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JOHN A. HAMILTON,
act ??3m Court House Store.
She knell by tho crimson altar, and
the light from tho painted window, fell !
like a glory radiantly upon iicr form ;
ilve knelt am} prayed in thc.*uo-lifc *n?le.|
like some twee* saint of^story. There
in the grand Cathedral, in the midst of |
the city's wjr, whilo thcnvorld w^a rush
ing on with its dizzy hum, Lucille Ave
l&E^t*??*** ""l
She felt so sad and despairing that
?morning. She had just been disap
pointed in getting nu expected situation.
Yes, a dozen times, had sue n-ad the
short, cold note from her relative-, K?
whoiuYluf had applied as the last?last
resort. Tho story^ she'Bad written had
been refused by the publisher of the
Magazine, the day previous. What was
left, now, toabo done ?
Nothing. Nothing but to return to
the haggard-looking old homestead, aud
suffer, and bear, and hear her fath
er's?poor old man-i?fruitless and.sad re-,
pinings.
These were her thoughts, as sho was
returniug to her uncle's residence iu the
city, from the post office, where she hud
just received that disheartening letter.
Thus, tdio was thinking, bitterly, os she
passed the Cathedral, and hearing the or
ganist practising, aud seeing tho door
open, and persons going in to repeat
their prayers'; an impulse of religion?of |
superstition, perhaps, turned her steps
into the church, aud she prayed. 'Twas
a scene of expressive significance, yes,
an historical emblem.
She, the daughter of a haughty house,
the descendant of knightly men, und of
noble women, after suffering the keen
humiliations of poverty?aye, of hunger
ami cold, and seeing her aged fr.ther
iffer aml heat ing him lament so VU\U- |
cruel fortune?after en
during this for a weary year, had resolved
to come to the city, and try? try some
thing for herselt and for him.
After u Wiek of trying and failure,
this was the sad, despairing cud.
Here she knelt in the Cathedrui, anff*
the light played upon her in its beauty,
;;nd the singings of the grand organ vi
brated through the solemn stillness, anon
treolipu so sweetly on the ear. and then
profoundly toning through'the building,
with its deep grand bass.
Mciiiiuks, the organist, was another
Tom Pinch, aufl the sorrows and meek
nesses ol l.is own life would ? express
themselves in bis melody, while u note
uf human sympathy, from a warm heart,
would repeat itself unbidden, as the bur
den of the music. It must have been
so; for Lucille Avcnel'rose from her
knees aud felt happier.
How expressive tho whole sceno !
How typical of the Southern laud !
Bravo hearts are resting 'neath her turf,
manly arms are prostrate, pale women
kneel und weep Graves arc her sjirincs ;
her temples ruins, while a kucliiug re
frain seems to pour i s pooan music from
its forests and its streams. Niobe !
Lucille Avenel returned to her sad
dened liomoand brought little comfort to
her fa;!;er.
?'Papa," said Lucille, after telling of
her disappointments, "uncle and every
body says, that things will soon be bet
ter. The States will soou be reconstruc
ted and restored to their prosperity."
"Ab, daughter." said the old gentle
man, sadly, "th'n.k of our losses, our
ruins. I have been rich, aud thought to
see you happy. Will these things be-re
stored? Will they reconstruct my for
tune, my spirit, my hopes? No, Lu
cille," and the old man looked so sad,
and bis voice quivered as be added
?'they can never reconstruct mo."
Lucille camo and laid her beautiful
head upon the old man's breast, and tried
to cheer him, but he would repeat, und
retired to his rest thai r?'gW; repeating,
??they will never reconstruct me."
Lucille resumed her pinched and hurd
life, sewing for her support, and suffered
und bore up like a heroine. Atleugih
a better day did dawn for her and hor
"luthci. Her uncle wrote that eho could
get employ incut to write in the govern
ment offices in the city. So she und her
father moved down, u"d obtained rooms,
und Lucille went every day und wrote in
the government office. At first, it was
very stiaiige, and the polite young officer
had to ahow her a great deal how to copy
and nil up blanks. But after a while
ucd the routine, of. her bitsii]
She obtained a very good
r serviles, and '?he aud-bei
father were quite comfortable.
" Of an evening they would gri round to
uncle Ralph Sinclair's aud talk over
VHPirow Urnen and phases in their his
tory. ? s. ?
Clara Sinclair, Lucillas cousin, was i
highly 'dcligKied and amused at. the"
'?events of tho day." as sfc<3 called theui,
und declared that she would like nothing
better toar) to write in the Yaiy^<
offices. It was ineffably tmu to he
her and her. uncle Peyton A'vene), i.n
cillo's father, discussing tho "issues of
the past." and "the living present. >
-? JiPDC e r,e>',on! you he obliged to
'accept tho situation' aud admit these
things to lie facta."
"Ah! my dear ^irl, I hate that ex
presslo'n, 'accepts the situation,' and some
things uro facts which are not truths, a
combination of accidental ei reu instances
may produce very anomalous results.
These results may seem to crush the
truth to the earth, but believe me, its
mighty principle will rise and be vindi
cated.
"Oh ! my dear sir, please spare me
your metaphysics,' these things may be
untruths but they are certainly tacts.
If I nskod you whether you belioccd
in negro suffrage as a principle, you
would tell me, no, but. my dear - un
cle, you must believe iu it as a fact.
And what, sir, is to change the fact!
Nothing in the world but your metaphy
sics, and your hopes for some miraculous
intervention, such as we Southerners
looked lor during the war."
"My girl, the negro is a doomed ani
mal, and destined soon to leave only fos
sil relics of his race, if be insists upon
his right to vote iu this jUutry."
/ *'My Lord, uncle, any one is doomed
that attempts to argue with you upon
this question. *>Your ideas and yourself
are fossil relics of the past."
, ? .''i?U Juill V 1>UX, VMA -J>.ntVHgi-ll'mH ? :
any more of an evening when I come
here, for you are getting to be a complete
Radical."
"Oh, that reminds mo, Lucille, do you
know that everybody says that Percy
Waring, your old sweetheart, is a genu
ine Radical. What do you think of
thatf"'
"1 have hoatd, Clara, that Percy Wor
iog differed in his political views from
most ol his sft tod his associates, bot 1
do not think that so harsh a term as
'Radical can in; applied to hitn.^
"Oh. my; there wo have it again
There is no use to [day upon words and
banter names. You know Lucille, that
anybody in the S/>uth now. who differs
with tha secession party is called .< Radi
cal! I mean any body wh i is willing to
ubide by reconstruction, ami who thinks
that it will be permanent. In other
words anybody who is reconstructed."
And so they would chat ; Clara Sin
clair iu her rattling style, arguing with
her uncle Peyton, and criticising the po
litical situation ; unclb Peyton, protest
ing against the ' fate that had so vastly
changed his circumstances, and those of
his country. lie would ignore the pre
sent unnatural state of things, as ho culled
them, and adhering to the past, believed
implicitly and with unswerving faith,
that it would be vindicated and restored
in the futUro.
"The glory of the South has depart
ed," he would say, "but the evolution Of
issues, and tho settling of the political
and social cqu'dibrur- upon its level,
would restore it."
One more scene, aud all our chiiractcrs
will have been presented.
In tho huge city, at his desk, iu his
law office, sat Percy Waring writing.
lie was n man of about twenty-seven,
of medium height, and slight figure, with
an intellectual head, aud fine distin
guished features.
lie had been practising law, little ever
oiio year, ui d his busiucss was slowly in
creasing, lie hud served with gallantry
iu the Confederate nrmy, and surrendered
the sword of Captain, when Leo's skele
ton army, by capitulation, grouped itselt
iu the last historic tableau, ere the black
curtain lell upon the dreadful drama.
Ruined iu fortune, Percy Waring, forced
to the necessity ot seeking a livelihood,
hud puisued tho study of the law, amid
dishearte ning difficulties, aud was just
beginning to tealizo the success ot Iuh
efforts.
Possessud of u rare aud commanding
eloqueucc, and distinguished talent, tho
uyes of the politicians wero turned to
him. In several of his forensic ad
dr., au smu of conservatism of
political opinion, which suggested a com
promise by wb?^io gentlemen of the
Sooth could bow with dignity and grace
to tlio stroke thi^t had impoverished
them, and changed the entire fabric ol
Jheir polities, r.nd the condition of their
laborers, and yet launtuio the unsullied
purity of their mAI economy, and even
sec a hopo forl^htf rc8toration*of their
ruined wealth-att expression of such
jHj^^^^HK9^^Rking sentiments, had
rather exposa^hiejjio the censure of his
;t??:-? pt? i;? te>, wjtiiij 7|'tjfehc same time it had
brought hiuvrtttlfryttolice of the ?tuote
1 i 1 > c. n b o ?*t I ^f^B^m/^'1'.' l^'a mied the
SouthcrijJ^itry.'>'
At tho^n^PP*?if his introduction to
you. reader, he iaj%riting a reply to a
communication, hSjhud just received
from a political organization, whose per
fect* dtVriplinr Mjja?#t;droit manipulation
of the colored p :ome by their secret so
cieties, and sensation suggestions and
promises, placid Uruhcir band? the su
preme governmcht'of the Stute,
Percy Waring Vus ambitious. He had
long diiTercd withfand objected to the
supine policy of-annctivity, that had
characterized tho ?puthern people since
the shock of their uofeat, an 1 the stii|*e;
lying effect of thcirafulooked for change-'
He had often thought, and had even
grown warm in cxinkrex&itioii with friends,
saying that he longed for an opportunity
to utter his Fcntittjents to his country
men.
Suffice it to say,accepted the invi
tation to address the political meeting to
bo called by and under the auspices of
the hated party that ruled the country.
The time was appointed, and its an
nouncement made Id the public.
Percy Waring V friends generally cut
his acquaintances-some without further
formality,"others jfter hearing from his
own lips, that .t ?iis really his intention
to d?divc:- the adjr.ess.
All of his i'tiiic'sJs did this excepj,.
friend from childhood. Ralph Rutlcdgc
called at hitJ office the morning after the
announcement tfppcurcd in print, lie
found .Percy Waring sitting at his desk.
"(?.?od luorutjfi". Perev," he saluted
him as of yore, and the t ties of frank
and unaltered friendship, astonished, and
to say the truth, almost unmanned Percy
Warihgi In the fever of his ambition,
and the ert'thusit.Hin o| his supposed souso
i;t duty, In hud been prepared for tho
cooincsH ot tint friend- and had eveu uu
ticipated them ip^tb >ir "cuts
Rut recovering himself be rose uu i
ted his friend warmly.
??'fake a seat, R llph "
'Yes, 1 wanted to see you a moment.
Percy, ah ui this political harangue you
are deliver to-uiorrow night to the Radi
cal party"
??Not to the Radical party, Ralph, but
to any of my fellow-citizens who will
hear me."
??.My dear fellow, are you demented ?
Is it a practical joke K Do you suppose
that any of your bona Jiile i'ollow-citizeiis
will eomo to hear you under such au
spices. Look here, Percy, I have come
to put a stop to this thing. Remember,
Percy, your lather Bleeps in a soldier's
grave, which he gained lighting lor prin
ciples, against which you are about to
raise your voice, and which you nrc
about to recant, Remember, sir, you
are a gentleman '. Roiuotubcr Lucille
Avcnel ! You know you lose caste by
this madness. Remember your profes
sion, which is surely and steadily in
creasing \our honors ami rewards! Do
you expect to practice law for the ue
groca and to settle their estates?"
??Really, R ilph. you arc iclnqtiont?"
' I am in earnc.-t Percy. Pur God s
sake, tell me, what kind of speech do
you intend to make."
"I intend to express those sentiments
which you have heard tue utter so fre
quently in conversation."
??Look here, Percy Waring, I have
done my duty. I cannot divine your
motive nor your object in this madness.
Rut if it is all in vain. my dear air, 1
cau but clear tho gang-way and lot you
go. You know the consequences I"
"1 suppose oue of them will be the
loss of your friendship aud acquain
tance."
"No, sir, I shall not cut you when we
meet, but I nevor expect to meet you in
society ! You, of course, kuow this."
'?Those, who caring not to uudeastund
my motives uud my heart in this mutter,
are worthless friends. 1 feel'that I am
right, and 1 dreud not theso silly conse
quences."
j "Well, sir, I have said what I intended
to, you know tho rejt."
"Aud I shall say what. 1 intend to, to
tuurrow night, and shall be happy to
have you hear me."
"I shall not bo there. Good tnotn
mg.
And ho left the offi.ee.
Another historic, emblematic scene-.!
Oh ! ho- this proud, brave, dowu-trod
den people have clung to the brightness
aud glory of their past. Their glory
forever departed, and they mouru so pa
thetically at its memorial.
Scorning the fucts forced upon them,
those facts subverting their entire eivili
scatiou and. forming tho bases upon which
a uew and entirely different one is tu be
supcrstructcd, they cliug with wild,
fond devotion to the memories of the ir
revocable past, and hope, romantically,
madly, that the future will restore them.
History but repeats itself. Its course is
not retrogressive. Perhaps iu the widen
ing circle of its cycles it may reach the
correlative and parallel point, at which
it stood before, but it widens, complicated
progresses.
Percy Waring delivered his oration,
and be was cut.
Iustiuct prith elpquenee, burying the
glorious past, with stately eulogy,-and
gleaning from it lessons for the future,
it pointed to that future, picturing the
brightness of its new*era, and pointing
out the practical duties of the different
classes at the South.
In his advico to the colored people,
the eloquent speaker seriously disappoint
ed those who bad invited him to speak,
lie advised them to scorn their secret or
ganizations, by which they mcebauically
obeyed the will of the clique into whose'
bands its springs were intrusted. He'
bade them think for themselves. Their
rights were guaranteed now irrevocably.
They should uow consult only the common
interest of the country?the interests of
the employer, tho land owners, as well as"
of those of the laborer.
ivwuuuiiiyti iWS iiiauo uy io;.uton
to interrupt him, but he had touched the
right chord in the colored man's nature,
and they would hear him.
The effect of his address was thrilling,
in i sistable. 'Twas the ouly way- tu
reach the colored people, and they felt
the truth ot the advice.
His address was published iu all the
city newspapers, and all classes inwardly
tell that the po..iiiou Percy Waring bad
assumed promised much good to all
classes.
Still he lost castr. His friends cut bis
acquaintance, aud bo was denounced,
"Radical."
Twas an evening or two nftor the
speech that Lucille A vend and her fath
er were at Palph Sinclair's spending tho
evening as usual.
Clara Sinclair was, of course, brim
full of chat for utiele Peyton and Lu
ciile.
"Well, uncle Peyton," she said, "bate
yon read Mr. Percy Waring's specuh to
the Radicals V
"No, my girl, I have not certainly.
My Heavens, whut can that boy mean!
His father's bones must havn stirred in
their grave. What would he say '{
What would ho say ?"
"Re illy, sir, you might have read his
speech. Rut.?Lucille, what do you
think of your beau ia'e.ut now ? Are you
disenchanted V
"Tho views of Mr. Waring are cer
tainly very new and striking to us. 1
am not enough of a politician to know
whether he is altogether right or not, but
I do sympathize wit1, him in the ostra
cism which appears to be the consequence
of it. 1 do think that these questions
j ought to be discussed calmly and serious
ly, and that ono ought to have a right to
differ with tho majority in his opiuiou."
"Undo Pey ton, do you hear all that,
Lucille is us much of a Radical as I am,
aud ought to bo deprived of tho boon of
kissing you, as well as I. Rut I hoard
to-day that Percy Wariug is the Radical
candidate for Congress. That is his aim
1 suppose. Success shall be his crite
riou."
Aud so she rattlod on.
Percy Wariug Was the caudidute lor
Congress. The oolored people broke
through all tho routine, of their party or
ganization, aud would have him to bo
their candidate.
A large aud respectable portion of tho
white voters rallied on him, appreciating
his manly, iudependcut und promising
course, anu ho was elected.
Tho Statt was reconstructed, and re
presented in Congrats by ono of her own
citizens, "to tht, manor born," and elect
od by the consent lind uid of the colored
people, who thus properly appealod to
responded generously and well.
The State was reconstructed and re
stored to her sees ! V\<A '
Percy Waring distinguished himself
in Congress by his bold and Tearkss de
fence of the rights of hi.s State, as re
constructed. All classes felt that ho was
right. "When he returned home, ovation
uftor*ovation awaited him. Tho colored
people invited him to address, the in, and
as he told them plaiuly and truthfully
their rights and their duties, they gath
ered around hiru as around one whom
they could trust.
Some of his friends were "magnani
mous enough to come forward and renew
their acquaintance with him, frankly
acknowledging their error uud prejudice ;
others still kept him under tho ban of
social ostracism.
Among those v ho still treated him
with coolness were llalph Sinclair's fam
ily. None condemned him more vio
lently than Peyton Aveuel.
Years passed, and with their slow, rev
olution, reconstruction upon a sure foun
dation, was gradually being accomplish
ed. The gentlemen of the South were
cither passing away or their bitter an-,
tagouistn to tln-se changes was relenting.
While these changes wero working
out their fulfilment, and Percy was vin
dicating his sentiments by tho criterion
of their success and extension, let us for
a moment look at the relations that ex
isted between him and Lucille Avonel.
Born of kindred ancestry, both inheri
tors of goodly patrimony, reared ou
neighboring plantations in the country,
and meeting often in tho same social cir
cles in tte city, their intimacy had
ripened into love.
Their love had been mutually confessed
iu the sunny hoars of childhood, had
ripened with their years, and? been re
cognized and approved by their parents.
fallen in nn early stage of the war.
"lie has lost a gallant father," he
would say, 'T a noblo boy. I will bo
bis father, and he shall fill the plnce of
uiy fallen sou."
Their engagement thus hallowed by
the golden memories of youth, thus con
tinued and sanctioned by her father's
blessing, had been interrupted iu its con
summation, only by the ruius and poverty,
consequent to the war, and since by her
father's disapproval and anger at bis
political course.
Percy Waring kucw Lucille Aveuel,
too well, to lcar that sho would misundor
staud or mistrust him, but he' knew hgr
father's allegiance to tho "principles iu
abeyance," as ho called those issues for
which tho South had so gloriously but
so vainly struggled, und he knew Lu
cille'.- allegiance to her father. His pre
judice or himself must pass away before
ho could claim his Lucille.
Years passed away, and Percy War
ing had reaped high honors and rich re
ward. His sentiments has been adopted
by a large and influential class of tho
South, and under their iuflucuce, peace,
iu its truest sense, und prosperity un
dreamed of nt the South, were allaying
all differences, settling nil eouflicts of
classes, and pouring uutold wealth iuto
the country.
All opposition, all prejudice to hi:n
seemed giving away.
I At this period he thought of his Lu
cille, thought of her girlish beauty and
freshness, in the budding of her charms
and tho development of her disposition.
He resolved to make an effort to wiu her.
lie had never called at her futher's siuco
they had been in the city, und it had
been a long time since he bud speut an
evening at ilulpk Liuchtir's.
This evening he icsolved to cull at the
house of tho latter. They had deter
mined to relent. Ho was iuvited in.
Lucille Avouol and hor father were thorn.
At first the old man did not wish t? recog
nize him, but his feelings gave way when
ho hoard his manly voice, and saw hi?
bold, high-toned manner and carriage.
"1 forgive you, boy, 1 forgivo you.
for your futhor's sake and for Lueille's,
I forgive you. Ah, boy, you arc recon
structed I suppose They could never
have reconstructed your father, bravo
follow, aud thoy will never reconstruct
me. I will have to go to tho grave liko
him, 'unreconstructed.' "
Wo pass over tho evening's chat.
Percy Waring's high words speaking
fron? a "mind conscious to itself of
right'" Claru'a chatting aud witticism.^
and Lucilla Avenel's high and holy hap
piness. r ..,r.
Their engagement -was recons^rwW'
They are married and happy. . '0o't>?*
our stricken country.
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Agricultural Items.
Hauimonton, N. J , sent a aii?i??P
quarts of Btra*berries to market thi.
season. ? "? ' :
The best corn crop on prairie sod yet
reported is 724 busheb by weight ft*H>
to von acres.
A Pembroke, (N. H.,) farmer has A
pig which has gained a pound and a wW
each day since he was hig enough to
weigh sixty-eight pounds.
. John Johnson, tho father of .upland
tile draining in this country, lives to se.i
within the State of New York fifty two
factories of tile drains.
A dairyman informs the Maine Pax
mer that having tried various things for
j sore teats on cows, he finds lard be**-,
! the most healing and softening.
The Stock Journal advises a higher ri
for regular farm work, and one that doc?
uot, without great pushing, trot moi f
than six miles an hour with a ligb.
buggy.
Cooked meal is nearly double the buVc
of uncooked, yet quart for quart it goes a*
far. The difference is, that muoh of th i
food is undigested unless cooked
Half a dozen eggs beat up withtwi
ounces ot salt, is recommended as a sum
relief of cattle choked with a potato or
an apple, by a correspondent of tho
Country Gentleman.
Every farmer should have a comport
heap.?Collect every kind of fertilize ?.
and to prevent any frcm liberating th
gasscs. keep tho wholo covered with ear. h'
or muck. Jp- ,
The Journal of Agriculture recoi
mends the application of a top dressing
of manure to meadows immediately afto;
haying, especially on dry patches whe/a
the grass roots are often parched und
killed' in wet wcattYer.
From six stations on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad 577 eight gall, n
cans of milk are sent daily to the Chicm <
market. The largest amount sent fr t
one station is 254 cans or 3,032 gaiL><<>
from Dundee.
The Journal of Agriculture thin1 s
present Western prices for wool will
maintained, but sees no reason for mm*t
advance, aud doubts whether those wit/?
have their last clip on hand will g.i in
much by keeping it over.
Mr. A. S. Fuller offers a prize of 8100
to any person who will furnish him a
cheap and effectual plan of ex terminal in -
moles from his grounds. He will I
satisfied with a trap or a poison, provided
the required work is done.
Mr. J. Harris thiuks steam threshing
machine* will soon take the place of ihr
horse machines. This, bo thinks, will
be of great advantage in the way of allow -
ing grain to be threshed as it is takt n
from the field, and the straw to be pu?, ,r,
in the barn.
Hiram Woodruff says in his W I;
about trotting horses, that a pull on bot U
reins will uot bring up a horse when Hn
has broken from a trot. A firm, quk-u
pull should be given on one rein, letting
the other give a little, as muoh as y-?'.>
want the horse's head thrown oat im?
A very practical agricultural oast w.?h
given to tho examinations at the close ?>;*
the second year of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College by a novel opening
exercise. Fyom the Sophomoro olaas 1(?
students wero selected by lot, and go' ,
an exhibition of their skill in mow
with hand scythes.
Dr. McCIuro. of Philadelphia, a
Votcrinary surgeon who has the caro of
several hundred horses, informs tho
Practical Farmer that ho has nev r
known the following prescription to &?]
of curing colic in horses: "Arorcat!
spirits of ammonia, half an ounce; Laud
num, one and a half ounces; mix wit
ono pint of water, and administer, if
not relievod, repeat the dose,
j Dr. 11 a mini 1 cays it is not expodjV.a
j to feed valuable ewes unboiled corn, bo*
says it is not usually thought to pay t.,
grind oorn for store sheep. ffe als >
recommends bran slops and roote to in
crease the milk of yeaning owes.
It is estimated that there are ov
12,000,000 head of oattlo in Texas akim
hut prior to the war that State on 1
contained 3,000,000 head The demau j
ooased and the cattle throve durio*; the.'
conflict, until they have increased out %
niouslv^