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;v *fi^T ^ A'All A| A-A-<? ? , " * TO LIME XVI. ./" . LANCASTER C. H,, S. C? FEB., 13, 1867. NUMBER 1. SELECTED STORY^ | MAD A LINE, ' TUB LITTLE FRENCH SINGER. A little girl tat in a garden in Parie.? i Her band* warn folded idly in her l?F? Her heir sbone like gold in the sunlight. I Iler dreM wee plain and neat, while a i small diamond pio, winch held the fine cambric handkerchief carelessly thrown i around her neck to protect it fro no the morning air, revealed that her poeition in < life waa one of ease and affluence. It waa in October. A few flowers yet i bloomed among the borders of boxwood i a few hunches of grapes purpled out of reach on tha trelliees; while the falling leaves were twirled here and there by the t breeze. Tho little girl watched a whirl iog leaf for while, then pitted the heafl i of the house dog, that sat beside her look log wistfully into her face?a gruff, grim, faithful sentiael tn bis shaggy coat. "Well, old Carlo," she said, still patt Ing him, "how do you do, any how f I I want somebody to talk to There is no 1 hody at the bouse this morning but old I Mother Connaut, and ahe is as groin as an egress and as crabid as a griffin She I won't talk, nor romp, nor nothing. She I is a good old soul, though, I must say,? 1 Don't you think so, ?arlof Many a t dainty bit ahe has eel aside for you?at r least a dog would call such bits dainty,? I Hut I forget. Connaut will not talk, and i you cannot?(hough I believe that you would if Tou could." Carlo rubbed his no?? affectionately against the little girl's kneea, and wagged liia tail, scattering the pebhlea in tlie walk. The little girl took up a few ofthe pebble*, and while she tosssd them about in her hand*, aha tang a verse wf a song. Oh. it was delicious 1 like the thrill of a bird ?clear, distinct, rapturous. Just then a man jumped over a low place in the garden wall, and came toward the little singer.' The dog growled threataningly. "He quiet, Carlo," said aha. "Down with you r The intruder was a little, old man, with gold spectacle*, and a massive gold watch chain. Ilia tace waa full, kind, genial, ilia broad chin was smoothie shaven, bis ayee twinkled merrily, and he hud an odd trick of knifing lip his shoulders. I "flood morning. Miss," said ihs old I gentleman. ' Tli? lull* girl did not kaow what to sar.so sha nodded pleasantly. * "You will eierute me," said he. "What for ?" asked she. I "For jumping over the wall," . I "OI other folks do oome in through < the gate, since I think of it. That is > what gates are far, said the little girl. "My name is Cruvelli?Professor Cru j welli," said the old man a little pompous* < ?e . ? 1 "And mine is Msdsiiue," said she.? *1 lire h?|e." I "So I thought." said ll\a nrAfeSAA* 1 ' taking a pinch o(snuff. "P?rbip? yea 1 Ho not kaow me. I em t mmi<i?n?n grant violinist?a composer. ! male? pao- 1 pla laugh and cry. Thay risk suffocation 1 to baar ma ; thay crowd; thay cry 'bravo* and 'encore.' I don't mind then*. I ' draw my bow, I play my kriao, and grow 1 rich?vary rich. I am trying to talk now 1 ao that you can understand ma. I heard 1 yau air.g. Your voica is a west and clear; it iaapa the octaves; it cuta tha air lila a lark in tha morning. T knee joat com ! posed n preoioua little merreau. You I abail !en?o it. Yon shall sing it at the theatre." "No, I ah all not." said Mao aline blunt* \7' "I w!M give you on* hundred frame." i "No." Fit# hundred." i , *No." "Fire hundred franc* every Una* you , sing It." * I (,rieaee excu?e roe," eeld Madeline. t'VVIi* Bill >nn BAt una il " "Ob, I might cooaont to ting it, but i >M in tlio tboalro. That is a wielPod p!mo?. It ia wrong to (>? ?? thoro. It U no placo fot^liitlo girl*." I ' W?l!, jod may bo right. Mudalioo," 1 and tba profeaaor took oaothor pinch of i muff and era 10 mod tbo bo* into bi<ipock< Ot in a mannar which botrayad that ho ?aa a!tghlly *?fod. "You may "bo night, t toy. Bat com* i to my houao and laaia lb* aria, aaybow. I Hor# ia my eard " < Mad alioo took tho oarj and tho obi j goatl?*man UA, again pinging n?ar tbo J wall. Who atartod for tbo bourn, with tbo dog at bcr boo!*. At the goto ah* waa i met by a boy. Hi*clothing, though neat, was threadbare. Ilia eyes were clear and honest, and his forehead high and broad. had a crutch in one hand, and leaned upon another. "Good morning Madeline," he said. MIIow do you do, Lionnl !" she an ifcered briskly. "Not very well. That fall through the K? ?:??i-j ? < - - >' **? - L..VU-OJ irm i M|F|?iwi ra? ior me. vtdiii nil I to do now fw "Yet, tlii?t it it Whnt are you to do tow ! I ennnot tell." "If I coulJ go to college?to VEtolt U Droit "You would beeorn? * grett mtn, ehf ind Madeline's eye* shone no she spoke* "Perhaps not," said Lionel, blushing. "And why not gc !" "Ah I why not? Thnt you should isk r "I understand vou. You ha?e not the nA?ni W o 11 Iiawi ??lit ' ? * 1 4,1 .. SM, m> w ucu will 11 I SKA I "To graduate f" "Sol You have even thought of that 1 Well, how nr.uch will it take t" "I have nvver a?k?*<l. A. grant dim, tiadaliue? more than I can ever raise.? Let us not Celk about iL It make* me eel end." Madnline shaded her even with her lands a minute. Something was (lashing through her busy little brain. "Lionel," ahe said, "I have often thought of .you?especially nihce that ihocking accident Yoo have alwavs >een kind to me. You have done me lome favors." "None worth .spsak'ng of, Madeline." "Perhaps i can help you to themonev. [ will try. Mind, I onlv said perhaps Keel me K.-r? lt 11. i * l!m? ? ? ~? " wwv, .... ... .w *u iiikiihw. "1 will, Madaline. M?y God bless rou." Madeline berried into t!??? house. She lid not see that the crippled boy threw ?i*?e* after her with hia band. Up Hair* sh> went. She was in searck >f li^r fa bar. She found bun in lb* ihrarv. Ha waa an elderly man, with ileasant faee, and light batr like hers, ??!v hi* face just than wore a tad and worried look? lie looked up and epoka to her, and .hen became ahaorlted in the inaM of taper* on the table in front of him. "Pa, * *hV cried, "I want you to give ne five hundred franca in lha morn ?? it ng. Ha merely elevated hi? brow* a little; >ut upon Iter repeating the request, be ooked up and asked bar what (he wanted with so much money. "That ia to !> a ancret." she replied.? 'I will pat it to a pood use" "I have no doubt ot' that I would Ike to oblige my little girl very much," ia said, kiodly, although bin lace grew 1 I a* leaner, -out at present, i cannot My nind and money must be directed into mother channel. Thing* hate not been joing right, and it will require much watchfhlnesa and mora economy to tare me from a aerioue loe*.H A moment afterward* he waa again oat in thoae mvsteroua paper*, forgetting that his little daughter Madaline was in the room. Did aha pout, and etorm, and insist apon being humored t No, ahe Hid not * the waa too good for that, She fe't and knew that her father's reaaon for not obliging her era* sufficient to himself, and the felt it her duly to believe that i( khonld he sufficient to hereelf eleo. She Hole quietly out of the room, though lightly disappointed. How waa ah* to aid Lionel now f She thought of the propoeition mode to her in the garden. She looked at th* card and saw on It, TKOF. VKRNKT CRUVELLl, No. 49 Rn di Rnrou." "I will go and *** him thla afternoon,'" the aaid to her*elf; and fhen "he *ang a reree of the little eong that had attracted the attention of tho composer. She went th his honee in th* afternoon, and met Lionel at th* garden gate th* next morning, as ahe had promised eh* would. And every dny thereafter for a week eh* went to the professor's to prao tie*. lo ft Mttlft whilft Oft turning ptacarda waa rftad noticft of ft n?w muaical prodi (JT? Lft Pft' lift Oftbriftllft, thft wondarful;" *Th? Littla Qu??ft of 8o?fThft tbofttrft Id which abe aftnf draw grant crowd*. *'I b?lie?ft I will (jo and hear thft litilft linger who i? creating aucb an atoilftlatnt," Mid Mftdftlinft'ft father. poahing back hi* chair from thft aoppar table*? *Thia la announced ?a thft ihird and Uat night. Would you lik# to go, Madaiift?r "facta** i?ft, pa." *hft aftid. lift w?a not looking ?i h?r juat than, or b? would have wondered why her face grew to red. On the evening of Madeline** engage* ment ft! the theatre a.carriage called for her at the house of the professor, and left her there again. It did not take her fong to perforin her part, and it came early on the programme Hence, she had not been from home long enough to have made her absence a subject of re, mark. Madeline's father went to the theatre. At the aDnointed time a beautiful, fain haired girl, plainly and chastely Attired, came on the Mag* and sang. Oh, such singing ! It waa grand, ex? qiiieite. Demonstrations of applause rant the building. The father clapped his hands in delight, and ctied "encore" with the rest. Tie knew hi* little girl. lie made his way to the door of the green room. lie got Into the carriage with her. "Madeline, what does this mean ?" he asksd. "Forgive me, pa ! I shall sing no more in public. Tliey paid me five hundred franca a night." . "Five hundred francs!" "Yes. Three nights?fifteen hundred franca. To'morrow I shall give ihem to I Lionel the cripple lie wants (o go to j the Aeademv ISKcolt de Droit" | "inu near nine ar.gel J" cried hei ] father, embracing and kiaaing her. "And w*a it for that vmi wanted me to gire you that money I You t.ay you will not atng any more P "If ywf do not wiah ma to." "Yea. hut you ahall. I do wiah you to. The hand of Proeid??nce ia in thia.? That mv clp'd ahoold hare ?uch a gift ! See her#, Mada'ine ; through the trnach ery of a friend I hare beuome fearfully emharraeaed." "Ia that whv.yott pot me off when I asked you for money ! And t ahall aing for vou how maor nighta f" "A* many aa need he, ron dear, eoo<l child." And Madahne ? Le Petite Oahriell# o the flaming placard?sang for the aeaeoa and aared her father from bankruptcy. Methodical and Frugal Habits. L.atU'.e, the celebrate! French bunker, when U'l, w?nt to Pari# .to seek hit tortune. lie carried letter# to the mo#t cele hrated finnncier of the empire, n million aire of whom fabulous report# were cur? rent *# to hi# unbounded wealth. The lad presented hi# credentials to thia Crce #na in hia discount office, who perused them po'itely, hut informed the bearer 'hat he bad no place for him. The youth too^ up hi# hat. and with a ^ heavy heart departed. The banker, how ever, looked out of l.is window at him ai i he walked along the alley to the gate in front of the bank. Aa he was looking down #adlf upon the ground, he espied a pin, stooping down, picked it up. stuck it on the lappel of hi* coat and went on. A* he wan opening the gate, ha heard ; the hanker'* voice summoning him to re ! turn. Upon entering hi* presence n second lime, the ol.l gentleman said tc ! him, "Mr. La fine. I nave heen watching : toii. 1 saw voti pick up a pin and stick it in tour coat, and I have drawn the it* Terence from that little Tact, that you art careful in small thing* and saving. It i argues well f?r your character ; for a mar often ahow* himself in small things. 1 bare made a place for you in my hank ing house; come tomorrow, and I wi! Had something for you to do. I'm? jroutn wa* overjoyed at hia gooc aureate ; for lie fe't within himaelf the! hi* fortune ?M made. IT? worked hart end etrainad every nerve to plaaae liii r^p-!oy?r. LI? rose rapidly from on< poeiiioa to a no'her, untd he became i partner in (he firm. After a few veare : he married the daughter of hia benefactor an only child, and upon hi* death, h< became head of the in;in*nee banking bouae, and on? of tha great financier! o Europe* To thia great man, Lnfitte, la due the anrceaa of tha Revolution of 1830 ; foi 1 _?.? ... - . ? wiinom ma wtitKh Worn* I'tiillippe couU narer bare ineceeded. To the and of hii life ho we* on* <>f the moot honored mar of France, beloved hit ijoodne** an' integrity, admirer! for hi* great talent* and adored by the people for hit lore o freedom ' The above alorv ia true, and is on< Intianoe out of m?nf in which ver* in significant action* hare determined iht futore eoome of a man'a life It addreeaet itaelf to our young men, and ia calculates to show them th* good effect a produces upon other* hy the exhibition on theii ^ parte of exact and frugal habit*. i For the Lancaster Ledger. The Constitutional Amendment; Mksskh Editors: A few remarks upon this subject, though rather At a late day, may not be out of place. : This State, and the Southern States j unanimously, hate rejected the proposed i I Constitutional Amendment ; and in so dome, base assumed that thed'gnity and honor of the people and State required j it. Whatever may have been the true cause of the rejection, every person is free to think lor himselt ; whether it was from patriotic motives, chivalrio sent timenf," or prrtonal interest, influenced ' our lawunaking powers, in adopting this . ^ course, we are free to judge ; but that > , our Legislature was guided hy wisdom, a [ few months at most will determine. I for one, under the circumstances, let the opposition be ever so great, am in favor of the speedy adoption of this "Amendment" And in saying this, T only > utter the honest conclusion arrived at aft ter mature and generous consideration cf i the most objectionable features of the measures touching the interest of the old politicians and office holders under the United States Government. An obstacle in the way to a reeoncil1 iation of existing political difficulties, it 1 the self assuming, intermeddling, officious demagogues, who have for the last twen ' tv vears been trying to steer the (.hip of State with but little success. And the 1 failure of the cause through four hloodv 1 rears of war. seems to impart no addi tional wisflom to the masses of the peo pie ; for we see impolitic legislation, hur densome grievances heaped up by our own Legislature, personal interests keeping pace with everv measure proposed for the general we'fare. For instance, the Third Section of the ''Amendment" excludes from office, State or Federal, ail persons "who having pre vioutdv taken an oath aa a member of Congress, or as a member of anv State ' L*gi?1atnre, or n? an executive or judicial officer of anv State, to support the Con* f alitutioa r?f the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection, rebellion, <tc"? This is the main objectionable clause tc the South ; the others are of minor im porlance and hear equa'lv upon the peo? pie of all sections. It does not enfran chise the negro. It disfranchises the in atigetore and leaders of the rehellion who had, previous to the war, taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States. T do not wish to !>e understood 1 as favoring this restriction upon their righ's as citizens, from anv individual or I nnlilieat M Tf..i _t.~_ r ? - w?? -ii*-h . I consider the tpry small n?irl?r of per aona this "amendment" would oppress, to the large mar* it would benefit, I am forced to acknowledge the importance ol its ratification. The moat of on.* legisla 1 tora admit this fact, yet, from pr'tonal i grounds, wot a* aaauined, jMitriotiini. wr \ are constrained to believe influenced tlieit i course; patriotism, in our construction means \be reverse of tbeir action. It manifested an illiberally on the part ol | tboas exoluded from the electoral privilege to alnk in one common ruin, the whole k because of their ineligibility. , Anotlier objection waa argued, that w< bad no guarantee, that our represents tivea would be admitted to their aeata ir Cor.greae, or the ratification would be ac, cepted aa a final se'tlementof reeonatrue tion This view was r\r/wa/til Kw | . , "1 , immediately AfTeot?d by the Amendment [ with Ili? design of overthrowing theonlj ' consideration of advantage ; when w< I no* only have the proof in the admi*A>i of Tenneaiee, but the pledged word o | a majority of Congress, t I am not of that class diapoeed to viev I every act of the Radical power ae unwor % thf of notioe ; we are placed in a eiuia ? tion that renders tie powerless to eel, onli i to comply with the demands of the con , querer* ; and experience haa taught ui , that we have gained nothing br dela? ? bat eacb day aeeins to widen the gulf ant f create new demand. We stand to-4ai f exposed to every lanclfu! enactment tha 1 may originate in the braios of fanatics ? 1st tbeir requirements be ever ao ur jus r or humiliating, without the shadow ol 1 power to reeiat. And ia it wi?e poliev )< i be left thus, exposed to negro suffrage i confiscation, territorialixalion. Ac- aimr*!? - ? . ? ?? r ) 1 because a email portion of our popula ,t (ion cannot hold vflicA until Congress re f mo?? a disihility, which in all prohabili ty, would he apeedv. t la abort, if w? regard our own inter , *?, let ne reconsider this "Amendment i elect men to our neit Legislature,(thougI i we fear it will then he too late), who wil | consider the matter for the good of ibe | people and act accordingly. Tha tlnn r bas arrived for the people to seriously consider their true position They have m * * been duped by political quacks into a sii j lent hcquiesence of ruinous events ; events ] ' in which our very existence as n prosperous ' and bsppy people are involved. ! If we pass this "Constitutional Amend. I ! merit" by as an idle requisition, the day : < is net far distant, when the powers that I ! be, will clothe the negro with authority I to cancel our votes and plant our lands.? I Then these wise dignitaries of the State may look upon the wreck as an act of ' their stupendous folly. MACK. | From the Georgetown Times.] auuuu meeting 01 tne BtOCKnOlderS of the Georgetown Hail Road Company, held in Georgetown 8 C , on Wednesday, 23d of January, 1867. The Hon. Joseph B. Allston was call ed to the Chair and Joseph L Easterling requested to act as Secretary. On motion, a committee of two was appointed to verify proxies and ascertain | if a sufficient amount of Slock is repre* < sen ted. The Chair appointed Messrs. Ii. Dozier and D. L. Pringle. The commit tee having reported a majority of the Stock represented, (he meeting proceeded to business. The Report of the President and of the Secretary and Treasurer were read and I approved. Mr. U. lJozier offered the following resolutions,' which were unanimously ad-1 opted. I Resolved, Tliat the Secretarv Bnd TreHhurer l?e requested to c^ll for tbe unpaid amounts ol the 1st, 2d, 3rd, 4th and 5th calls, and, in case the same is not . paid, that he be requested to take the necessary legal steps to eo'orce the pav? inent. Resolved, That as soon as tbe means are raised the Directors are requested to ha\e the route surveyed from the tern;in us of the present graded portion to Lan caster C. 11. On motion of Mr. Wilson, a committee of three was appointed to nominate oll? cers of the Road for the ensuing year.? The Chair, appointed Messrs. B. II. Wil, son, J. Rees Ford and J. W. Tardon.? After consultation the committee reported the following names, viz : For President, Dr. A. M. Foster, and for Directors. Messrs. R. O. Bush, Chas. AIVton, Sr, C. J. Atkinson, A. Morgan, R. K Fraser and Ben Allston. The Chair appointed Messrs. S. W. .1 Rouquie and J. W. Tarbox to receive I and count the ballots, who, after per | forming that duty, declared the above named gentlemen duly elected. The meeting adjourned. JOS. B. ALLSTON, Chairman. Jos. L. Eastxrlixo, Secretary. White Laborers. ' | We find the following in the Sevan* nah "News and Herat.1": Savannah, J inuary 25, 1867. Kdilnrt New* and Herald : ' i Dcak Sirs : I am antliorized to aa> nounce to the people of Georgia, Florida, ' and South Carolina that the Emigration Agencies of New York will furnish emi^ grant* (male) who will contract and work * At $10 per month. ' Parties wishing to employ Mich labor should form cluba or associations, so as to call 100 or more into the neighborhood, and take families, so that they might 1 have society among themselves, and with those of their own language, till they learn ours. 1 It has been our error in bringing onW * young, single men amongst us, who do not understand our language, and to ex" pact a few only of those isolated etran gers to be contented and happy. ^ If we will bring men with their wives, daughters and sons, and give them all r employment, and Jet them he settled as * colonist laborers on the neighboring plan* tations, as 1 doubt not but they will he r happy, prosperous, and useful. If you thiak the matter worthy public 1 notice and public interest, and will trive it I the benefit of your circulation, you may ' , thereby do a service to our disorganized r j country. 1 , I I;Ave just returned from a trip through lit# richest cotton lands of Georgia, and t find a general want of laborers every, f where. Youra, very respectfully, j i G. W. GAKMANY. | Doh*t Honaow Trouble.? Sometimes ' I compare the troubles we have to under, go in the oourae of a year to a great bun die of faggots, far too large for us to lift. Hut God does not require ua to cany the whole at once, iie mercifully unites the handle, and gives ue one stick, which we are able to carry to day. and then anoth er, which we are to cerry to morrow, and t | ao on. Thia we might easily manage if | wn would only take the burden eppcinted t for ua each d?v ; hut we choose to in creaae our trouble by carrying yesterday's 1 atick over again to day, and adding lo> ' morrow's burden to our load before we > are required to bear it. r The New Reconstruction Scheme. Tbe telegraph spoke, a day or two since, of the new plan of reconstruction which is proposed as a compromise for Mr. Thaddeus Stevens' Enabling Act.? The following is the particulars of the plan, taken from-Lbs Philadelphia Ltdper: "In reference to the denaand of the people of the North, and in which Southern representative men who have been heard upon the subject acquiesce, the President thinks that the negro population of the South should have such safeguards thrown about them as to secure to them tbe permanent enjoyment of their free* dom, and that tbe negre armed with tbe ballot, can as well piotect himself as rdjt other citizen. Some of the Northern States, Massachusetts and New York for example, hare L.- i?ii_. * ? giTcn iu? uxiiui 10 die negro, in OHO 01 them in an educational, in the other a property qualification, and it in asked why may not South Carolina, for instance be placed upon the same footing with Massachusetts as to those who shall here* after be admitted to the elective franchise; and why may not the loyal represent** tives of the former be admitted to Con* grsss upon the ntfme footing an the repra* sentativen of the latter! Marking out thin plan in a practical form, let the peopie of the Slate of South Carolina so amend their constitution and lawn as to extend the elective franchise so far as Massachusetts has gone. As an incentive to this reform,the Pres ident intimates his readiness to issue a proclamation of amnesty to all the people of South Carolina who may haveap* proved the movement. This reform being accomplished the people of that State electing loyal Representatives to Congress, blacks voting with whites, as indicated above, it would then rest with Congress to determine whether these Representatives should be admitted. I have good reasons for saying this plan for adjusting the existing difficulties in the way of reconstruction is now receiving the serious consideration of the Administration, and has been discussed in the Cabinet with a view to its adoption. It differs from Mi. Greeley'* amnesty suffrage scheme in that it provides for sepm rate State action and proposes a qualified suffrage; and it lenves impracticable and unrepentant rebels still subject to the penalties for treason?amnesty and suffrage each being qualified. It leaves States to the exercise of their constitutional prerogative of prescribing the quaj' ification of voters and extending the elective franchise to the negro ; to the Executive the dispensation of pardon and amnesty, and to lh? legislative tbe ?si mission of loyal representatives to tbe respective Houses of Congress, each branch of the Government thus moving in it? appropriate sphere. Tiik Okdkk or Things.? Kedpatb is cut in the Anti-Slavery Standard for three things, which he'calls progress and improvement. They are: 1st. The abolition of the United States Supreme Court, which is pressed by many radicals. 2J. The abolition of the United States Senate. 3d. The abolition of tbe United Sla^a Army. The New York Erprtsg says: All tbia is but a fresh reminder of the French J revolution. *Tt begun with Miraheau, ' advanced to the Girondists and ended with T?nt>#?ni?rra A via* I ?- J---. ?" ?* wiv sea in the teachings oi history examplea to avoid as well as to follow. A young lady, with a mind intent on shopping, entered a store on a certain occasion, and addressing the fresh look* i ing, roe? cheeked youth, desired to know j if be had nice silk hose. "Certainly M?es,H replied be, and immediately the counter was strewn with the delicate articles ? ' "IIow high do they come, sir !" The clerk blushed, turned all sorts of colors, ' hut spoke not a word. She gave him a 1 look of surprise, and repeated her quea1 lion. Again the youth stammered and said ; "Really, Miss, I?that is to say j ?I think?I could not he positive?but my impression Is, they come just above the knee !** I Tk. ?~r ? | m %/nm I nn p?iv<? Vt jrvi Ik VU|^II| IO recede, for the Western hog supply of the present season, dowp to Jennet? 12th, it Announced to he 551,63 3 hoys shipped, pecked end butchered, compered with 453,45? for the seme period last year? en increase of nearly 100,000 hogs. A Timet" special says the extremists here piled op rates in the tariff hill so hiffh that there is a possibility that th? till will fait altogether.