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lewis jh. (tKist, Proprietor. %n |^t^eirf jaro!} jtlaspagtr: <for % fromotiim if jft $tlifaal Swat, ^gritntoral anb Contmcrnal Interests gf % ^ ^^ VOL. 21. 7 YOEKVILLE, S. P., THURSDAY, JTJ^E 24, 1875. N?" Q5' j|tt Original jl'tsru. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK. CHAPTER. VI. When her sisters were all gone, Edna had taken her chair and a book out into the front piazza, and sat down to enjoy a quiet evening undisturbed. It was a treat to her to have an evening like this, once in a while, to find relief from the busy duties of the day, in leisure and repose. Dearly as she loved the younger girls, their thoughts and feelings were not always in harmony with hers. Jennie's lively chatter, Dolly's commonplaces, Virgilia's gloomy looks, the soft babble of the twins, sometimes oppressed her, Even Claribel,her darling, was less of a companion than a pet. It was pleasant to be alone, with such happy thoughts as hers were now for company. Sho Aiif hor for?tmnoh-nrr/Prl letter that she carried about her ever since it came?and pored over it for the fiftieth time. Then she closed it,and imagination went swiftly back to the days of her youth. How plainly she saw the frank, fair face, with its light moustache and curly chestnut hair, its kind brown eyes and pleasant smile. Would it be much changed, she wondered, or would she easily recognize it again ? Old tender sayings, bright glances, pressures of the hand, crowded into her mind?memories of a brief season where all was happiness and sunlight? then of a change, sadness and trouble, and a cold gray barrier interposed between her and her hopes. That barrier had seemed so impenetrable, so fixed, so cruel; and now all of a sudden a magic touch had swept it away, revealing glimpses of a brightness that dazzled her unaccustomed eyes. He might come now?any evening?almost at any moment; and she thought what a strange chance it would be if he should choose this very hour for their meeting, with no one near to mar its enjoyment, by curious glances or thoughtless, frivolous remarks. Actuated by the idea, she had dressed herself with even more care than usual; a rose-colored ribbon at her throat, i n i- _ J l - J A ana a nower in ner nair, auueu gr?ue auu brightness to her attire, and a youthful look to her face. She had been conscious, while looking in her mirror, of a thrill of passing vanity in the reflection that Clarie's praise had not been unmerited. Changed she must be, since Hugh bad seen her last; but would he find anything displeasing in the change? Something of a shadowy presentiment of his coming?it was scarcely expectation? gave her a restless feeling, quite unlike her usual serenity and composure. She found herself casting frequent glances toward the road, aud once, when a solitary horseman appeared at a distance, her heart gave a sudden leap, and for a moment her breath came fast as she watched his approach; but as he drew nearer she recognized the broad-brimmed hat aud slouching shoulders of an old farmer who lived in the neighborhood, and could not forbear a smile at this transformation of her ideal into the real. Farmer Price was in a conversational mood, and as he came within talking distance, he drew rein for a little chat. "Good evenin'!" he called out, cheerily. "You look lonesome, settin' thar on the piazzy all by yourself." "I don't feel lonesome," said Edna, smiliug. "But I will be very glad, Mr. Price, if you will stop and rest yourself for a little while." "Thank you, not now. My old woman will be lookin' for me. Young folks all out, hey ?" "Yes, they have gone to spend the evening at Dr. Curtis'." "Well, now, it's a shame you warn't asked, too." "Oh ! I was asked ; but I didn't care to go." "Is that so? Now it's my opinion you ought to ha' gone. If you don't like dancin' and such things, why anyhow, twould mane you feel good to look on at the juveniles." "There will be no dancing," said Edna, rather stiffly, for she inwardly resented being put at such an immense distance from the others, as the old man's words seemed to iraply. "Is that so? Well, now, I du think dancin' is a great thing for young people. I reckon you used to like it yourself, didn't you ? But seems to me folks don't care about them kind of amusements, like they used to. Of course, the Methodists don't like 'em ; but then, I ain't a Methodist, you know. Well, good-night, Miss Vaughan. I reckon my old woman will be makin' a fuss if I don't hurry home;" and the farmer rode off with no symptoms of hurry in his steed's easy, shambling gait. Edna turned to go into the house, almost in a pet. What a silly old man Mr. Price was! How old did he take her to be ; she wondered. But that was the way. She supposed because she had six younger sisters, and took charge of the house, her age passed current for forty, at least, among these people around. She rang for lights, and ordered tea, iu a tone in which Cyrus detected a little unusual sharpness; but she was ashamed, directly, of the momentary weakness, and spoke to him afterward with more than ordinary kindness to compensate for it. When the tea?which was served with as much carefulness and precision as if the whole family had been at home?was over, she found it necessary to go into the store-room for some domestic purpose, and had well-nigh forgotten all agitating thoughts, in her attention tc this homely employment, when the store-room door was burst open, and Jake, the little black house-boy, rushed in. "Miss Edna! Miss Edna ! Gentleman in de parlor come for see ypu." "Who is it, Jake ?" "Dunno, ma'am," said the little imp, show ing his glisteniug teeth. "Him didn't tell me." "Very well. Say I shall be there in a minute," replied his mistress, quietly; and with a curious flutter of hope, wonderment and agitation at her heart, she followed him to the front room, where a gentleman waf standing before the fire-place, looking at ac open miniature on the mantelpiece. He turned as she entered?and the well-re membered brown eyes and frank smile beamed on her as of yore! She felt for a raomeul dizzy with the sudden joy ; the room seemed to be going round and round, and she could scarcely believe in the reality of the voice which said? "I have given you an unwarrantable sur prise, I am afraid! Hut did you not receive ?ny letter to tell you of iny expected return?' "Yes," ahealmostgasped. Then, in the con- | sciousness that this must seem a curious wel- j come to him, she managed to falter? "Oh! Hugh?Mr. Thornton?I am so glad ; j to see you again." 1 "And why not Hugh ?" he asked, regard-' j ing her with the same smile as he led her to a j ^ ' seat. "If you would have me believe that : you are glad to see me, Edna, you must not' ' j meet me as a stranger; let all things between ' i us remain unchanged." I "I am not changed," she replied, in a voice which thrilled with joy. It was all true, 1 then?all that she had hoped and dreamed. | ! He was the same?how could she have doubt-1 1 i ed it? He bad come to renew the bond be-! | tween theru ; to bring back the old happy 11 times, and the promise of yet deeper happi- j j ness to come. She could not find many \ words. It was enough for her to sit beside him, i to look into his eyes and hear his voice. She ! half feared she might wake suddenly and find 1 the vision gone, j "You are not changed outwardly, at all ; ! eveDts," he rejoined, his eye resting compla-, cently on her sparkling eyes, her glossy hair, j ; and the brilliant bloom that mantled her i 1 cheek. "Why, Edna, I cannot realize that it j I is twelve years since we parted." i "Nor can I, now," she answered, softly.!1 j "But it has seemed a very loDg time?so ! 1 much has happened !" j "Yes, much has happened. The years have < . been gloomy enough, to me. But I hope we i I may look for restored brightness, now." " We may look 1" To her the brightness had 11 . come already; every shadow of the past was fled. .! "When did you arrive, Hugh ? And where ! I ? 9? 1 aiu jrvu i "I am boarding at Mr. Perry's. I got I there just at dinner time, but, as I anticipa- I ! ted, I found no difficulty in securing a' room." i "Did they know you ?" < "The old man was puzzled at first; but bis J daughter, after looking at me very hard, sud- < ! denly cried out, 'Why, father, I'll bet you I it's Mr. Thornton; old Mr. Thornton's nephew, 1 who used to live at Green's place.' What a j fine-looking woman that daughter of his has ] grown to be; I recollect her a cherry-cheeked, | i j sheepish girl of fourteen or fifteen, who used j i to bring us milk and butter and fruit. It is j ] j quite amusing to see her with three or four j ! children dangling after her." "Ah ! that is only one of many changes you j will find here. Dors this house look the same I j to you, Hugh ?" i . "Just the same?cool and pretty and tran- ] i quil; a pleasant, peaceful asylum from all the j | cares and turmoil of the outside world." ( "Cares creep in here, too, sometimes." j | "They must, iu every earthly Paradise, I suppose. How charmiug your flowers are, j | and the green grass in front, there. I sup-1 1 | pose you keep them iu order." ! t "My sisters, some of them, are better gar- ( deners than I am. I have all the household j duties ou my shoulders, you know." * "It is time they should be shifted to other j | i shoulders, now." 1\ "Because I am getting too old to discharge | them properly ?" 1 j "Of course ! Age is written on your ! s j wrinkled brow and in your snowy locks, j ] I You are actually becoming decrepid !" ] "Is that the sort of flattery you have learned | in Italy ?" asked Edna, laughing. "I remember, of old, you did not like flat- j ; tery." "So you confine yourself strictly to the : truth." j /In trmi wicVt fn lrnnw wlinK T rAftllv : | think." "You have left me in no doubt, Mr. Thornton." i "But truly?I think you are even more I beautiful than you were when I parted from 11 I you." i. "Don't be so trifling, Hugh. If you want J | to see a beauty, I will show you my youngest j ( : sister." j' "Which isshe? Dolly?" ji "Dolly, indeed! Why, have you forgotten i that Dolly comes next to me?" I' "Does she ? I remember a troop of little j ] girls, but I never looked very attentively at i any of them." I "This is her likeness?Clarie's, I mean," ; j no i /I l?i^nn knn/lntr* ki no n rviimntliro "Wllf ' i caiu jjuua, uauuiug niiu a ujiuiai'Uiv* i^uu j it does not do her justice at all." ; i "I was looking at that when you came in. It is a lovely face. What do you call her ?'' J j "Clarie?Claribel, her name is. She is my child. I have had her for my own ever since our mother died." "She does not need making. She has the s loveliest disposition in the world?as lovely as ' her face. I expect you to be very fond of j1 her." i i j "I have no doubt I shall. Which are the i others ?" ' < "Dolly and Virgilia?Virgilia is our clever ] one, you know; she is different from any of I us." ^ j < j "Is not that paying her a compliment at j the expense of the rest of the family?" s "Well, I mean she is very, very clever ; devoted to books, and all that; she has studied hard nearly all her life. Next to her come | May and Mattie ; they are twins, very pretty I aud very sweet. Then Jeannette?she is our i ; sunshine, always bright and charming. Clarie i i! is the youngest, as I told you." "Aud you have had this family on your i i; hands, all these years ?" . I "Yes?quite a responsibility, don't you , think so? It is no wonder I am old aud < i | wrinkled, as you say." ; "It is a responsibility of which you must ; be relieved." i "So I shall be, when they all get married, j j But I don't know what I should do without | all my children." i . 1 "Where are they all at present?" 1 "Spending the evening at Dr. Curtis'. You i I recollect the doctor, dou't you?" i "Perfectly?and to what happy chance am I indebted for finding you at home?" "I thought six at a time were quite enough, j i Such a formidable number as that would not i have gone, on an ordinary occasion; but it was to hear a lecture on mesmerism, from a j Professor Graves, who is a guest of the doctor's, j i Do you know, Hugh, I had a sort of fancy you might come this evening." j "Had you ?" "Yes. But don't flatter yourself that I n stayed at home on that account. I declined going before I got your letter." "Were you at all pleased to get my letter,, Edna?" "Of course not; how can you ask ?" 'j "At all events, you were surprised." "I certainly was. I had never hopednever dreamed of your return." "Never, Edna ?" "I used to, long ago. But I had learnei to think it was a useless hope, she answered, with glistening eyes. He took her hand am kissed it. "If you knew how I had longed to write t you all that time! But I thought it was bet ter not." "It was better not." "And my heart has been so weary ! M; life has been weary enough altogether; I al most broke down sometimes. Everythinj seemed so hopeless." "Ah! but what a support you had, in feelinj how nobly you were acting." "It was only ray duty; I could not shirl - * * / t j _ !J it. I was asnamed or oeing oppresseu uy n Bometimes. But I had such scenes to g< through ! I was thankful when my poor aun was at rest; even more for her sake than mine Oh ! Edna, it is a terrible thing to see an; one suffer as she did ; and then her darkened mind?death was preferable to such a life It was one of the most trying phases of in sanity I ever saw?hopeless, incurable; an< all that terrible physical pain in addition, trust I may never have such an experience again." "You must forget all that, now." "Yes, I must," he replied, passing his ham over his brow, on which a pained look ha< settled while he spoke. "It is not difficult ti forget, in my present happiness. It is 8< sweet to be again at home." His eyes, as they rested on her, said?"to bi with you," but his lips did not utter the words She understood them as well as if they had A. delicious content filled her heart, and over flowed in her shining glances, her trerauloui ?i . .1 ?:? e? ?i tones. Ani mis was corupeusanuu jui o> those years of waiting?to have him with hei ouce more, to find herself still beloved. The hours flew by on wings. When th< flock struck eleven, Hugh rose to go. "See how late I have kept you up," he said 'But I could net force myself away sooner "I am often up as late as this. When shal [ see you again? I waut to present you t< my sisters, you know. "If you wish me to come back for no othei reason than that, I shall be very apt to staj iway." "Come for any reason you like, Hugh ; ] promise you a welcome, at all events." "I have had the sweetest welcome in th< ivorld. to-nicrht." he said, holdiner both hei ? ? - o ? ' ? aauds in his, and looking dowu into her shin ng eyes. "It is the welcome that has mei rae in my dreams?but the reality is bettei than the dreams." "It does not seem like a reality to rae, yet.' "I must go now. Good-night, and good aye, for a little while?I shall be over her< lo-raorrow, if that will not be too soon. It it )nly to see your sisters, you know 1" They parted, with happy looks and smilei ind deep fervent joy underlying this light sur [uce?at least in the breast of one. Edna ,vhen he was gone, sat down in a sort of maze trying to comprehend it all. As she had tolc nim, it did not seem real to her yet that h< should be there. She looked at the hand h< had kissed?she still felt the thrill of tha kiss, and put her own lips to the spot his hat touched. She dwelt on his glances, his tones full as they had been of a meaning itwa3 no seemly yet for him to put in words. She dit not want a fuller explanation yet. She wautec to get accustomed to his presence first, to re alize little by little the full extent of her new ly-awakened happiness. Poor Edna 1 He: heart had been hungering so long, it was n< wonder that it grasped with eagerness at thi Ifoooiiro nrvar Krnnrrlit within itf? rPfloh. Hugh Thornton, as he rode away under th< starlit sky, thought himself a fortunate man He bad met, as he had said, with a very swee welcome. It was pleasant to read in the eye of so fair and gracious a woman as Edm Vaughan how dear his presence was to her and to feel that here was rest, and peace, ant tranquil affection, and home joys, after th< weary and troubled experience from which h< bad but lately escaped. Like Edna, he hat never ceased to cherish the remembrance o their early love ; though with him the memo ry was perhaps less sacred, less intense, that it had been with her. A man dwells mor< lightly ou such things than a woman ; is mori easily distracted by intervening events. H< takes up the thread of a by-gone time, lonj laid aside, more carelessly aud as a matter o course; a woman touches it reverently, anc receives it into her holy of holies, the inmos: shrine of her heart. She did not care to retire until her sisteri were at home, so she sat in her chamber reading a little, but thinking a great dea raore, until half past twelve, when the sount }f wheels warned her of their approach, ant presently their laughing voices were heard ai they ascended the stairs. She opened hei ioor that they might see her light, and the] ill came in to wish her good-night befor< seeking their several apartments. "Where are Jeunie and Clarie ?" she asked "Oh! Mrs. Curtis kept them. They an joing to be there a week. You are to sent their things to-morrow. Oh ! Edna, we hat i delightful evening! The professor is s( ice?" "He mesmerized Virgilia, Edna ; and dit it nerfectlv?I wish vou had seen it!" "My dear Yirgilia, how could you ?" "I did not mind it, in the least; it was no disagreeable," said Virgilia. "I think you were wrong?suppose you hat felt any bad effects from it?" "It would not have mattered," replied Vir gilia, coldly. "Good-night." "Good-night, my dear." Edna took he reluctant hands in hers, and drawing her to ward herself, kissed her twice, with more thai ordinary affection. There was peace ant good-will in that embrace. She was too hap py to-night not to desire that others shoult feel kindly and pleasantly toward her, aut she wished to melt her sister's coldness ant reserve. Virgilia returned the kisses hastily and passionately, and without a word hurriet from the room. "How excited she looks," said Edna, i little anxiously. "I hope she has received n< harm." t "Oh ! no. He seemed to have such perfec control over her?it was really astonishing Edna. I Bhould have liked you tosee it." "And Heury Curtis was perfectly devotet to Dolly?he hadn't half a word for any om else." "Don't blush so, Dolly." "I shouldn't wonder if he had proposed - ! did he, Dolly ? Come, confession is good for em ; the soul." qui i "Edna, you are to send the girls' white Th 3 I muslins, two calicoes and two other dresses, j liq " ! and all their ribbons?at least, Jennie thinks ! dol 3 | you can find hers somewhere, if you look. ! cef j And Clarie's bluesacque, and her apron with lar d frills, and that little box with the picture on 1 pei it?" j bee "Oh ! to-morrow will do for all that! I am wh ever so sleepy, and I am sure Edna must be, at p too. Poor Edna! it was a shame you should tail 1- have such a long, dull evening, while we were Jos jj enjoying ourselves." An "I have had a visitor," said Edna, quietly. qu< 11 "A visitor! Really? Who was it?" I "Mr. Thornton?Hugh Thornton." j ^esi i "Oh! has he come?" ver '? "Yes. Girls, you had better not sit up any or o longer; it is nearly one o'clock, and you can thii t talk as much as you please to-morrow." f?r ? - ' ' ? -? - 1 ?s .tfm ' Dorothea IiDgerea arter tne twins naa gone. - ? 7 "Edna," she said, coloring, "Henry Curtis is Th 1 coming here to-morrow." *bt ' "To-morrow, Dolly?and is it for something ow - special, dear ?" re3 1 "Yes?I think so. I know so, from what Pu' I he said." ?b? e "And am I to prepare myself to receive him as a brother?" thi "What do you think ?" asked Dolly, clasp- j a n 3 ing and unclasping her bracelet. fee 1 "What do I think ? What do you mean, fro 3 dear?" thi 3 "I mean?would you like it?" En "Why, Dolly, the question is, would you Bli s like it," said Edna, laughing. col "Don't you think he is nice?" seti "Very nice, indeed?just the sort of person the - I should like to see you married to. He is leg 3 amiable, affectionate, has plenty of sense, and sen 1 means sufficient to support you comfortably, at i r and is evidently very fond of you?" grs "Oh ! of course." of ? "And is such a good son and brother that awi I feel sure he will make a good husband." spi "I am glad you feel that way about it," said Prc . Dolly, in a satisfied tone. "I thought it bet1 ter to tell you at ouce, before it was quite set- ^ ' ' ^ ' - v. T^j? r ? net I tied. uooa-nigni, JliUIili ; A am uicauiuiij tired, after jolting over that horrid rough ^ r road." dal ' [to be continued next week.] y,ea the 1 pistotg of J>. ^atolina. "1? j .P.. Th r Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. wh HISTORICAL SKETCHES |?8, ^ of the r ant Early Settlement of South Carolina, got > ia I BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. ^ 5 (continued from last week.) p0* 3 It is difficult to tell whether Thos. Smith's career, as Governor of South Carolina, was a 8t,t 3 success or a failure. In fact, it was neither. ^an . Although wedded to the people by all the Pra , ties of a long residence, and respected by them Pn , universally for great moral integrity, he did fiv I did not succeed so well as some of the Gover- 10 ( j nors who had preceded him ; but on the other bai > hand, he did little if any injury. Smith ?rfl t either felt his incompetency for the task, or 'ow 1 was unwilling to subject himself to the great ; inconveniences and countless annoyances to t which a rigid and faithful discharge of his Of 1 duty as Governor would have subjected him. t0 1 1 Shortly after entering upon the duties of his - office, he wrote to the proprietors that in no wei - way could a friendly state of feeling be es- a*al r tablished between the people and the proprie- 1 j tors, and between the people themselves, but Pai a hv nrnnriAfftra spnHiiitr over one of their of I " "J ? 1 o own number to act as Governor. The pro- of < 3 prietors regarded this suggestion as worthy of ulft consideration, the more so since Sir Nathaniel hea t Johnson was of a similar opinion with Smith. tha s The proprietors called a meeting, and after pas i due deliberation of all the proprietors, it was ren , determined to send Lord Ashley, the grand | bar 1 son of the Earl of Shaftesbury. This young ! l&ti 3 nobleman was thought by the proprietors to j Thi 3 be eminently qualified, but such was the con- to 1 1 dition of his father's estate that he regarded it tha f; as incumbent upon him not to undertake the waj . j work. In the next choice, John Archdale I i j was selected. wa? a | Ine commission of Archdale bears date Thi 3: July 18th, 1694. This was prior to Smith's opp 31 letter, in which he declared his intention to j at 1 r: quit the colony. It was late in the year i bee f j 1694?perhaps the last of October or first of; big 1 November?thatSmith, unceremoniously, and j the t it would seem somewhat irregularly, ceased to oft act as Governor. Archdale did not arrive in ! ded 3! the province until the 17th of August, 1695, j saf< , | During the interval between the resignation j mo I j and abandonment of the government by Smith | olir \ ! and the arrival of Archdale, Joseph Blake j qui J acted as Governor of South Carolina. | whi i j Blake came into the colony in 1683. He I cou r i was the brother of Robert Blake, the celebra-; 1 j I ted English admiral. He came from Bridge-| mit 3 water in Somersetshire, England. His father j firs ^ had at one period of his life been a merchant, j coo . who having amassed a fortune, retired from j anc 31 business and settled in Bridgewater. In his j by 1 day we may safely say that no individual ex- i diss 1 j ercised greater influence over the colonists,! wee ) morally, than Joseph Blake. He was a man : self of some property, all of which he sold, and j Go 1 | brought the proceeds and invested it in Caro-: mei ! lina. His daughter, Elizabeth, had married j fori ! Joseph Morton. The Blakes, both in Ameri- [ ber t ca and in England, were Dissenters and not 1 staunch Republicans. So soon as Joseph Blake wei ] joined the colony in South Carolina, the moral cou aspect of things began to change for the bet-! Bri .; ter. The irreligious and profane were, by his 1 1 1 * * ' J i ; presence, checked ana ine pious encourageu. j cou r i The government of Joseph Blake was only ' the - i a temporary arrangement to meet the exi- the 3 ! geucies of the case. He continued in office ty, 1 only from October or November of 1694, to did -! A ugust of 1695, and never received a com- peo 1 mission, as Governor, from the proprietors, mif 1 ; It was understood by both Blake. and the coh 1 J people, that so soon as a successor to Smith the j arrived, he would retire from office. This tail 1 being the case, his administration of the pub- the | lie afFars of the colony was conducted with eng i! caution. ter d A law was passed by the Assembly "for the* sen raising of a public store of powder for the ; wei t defense of the province." In this same act it ? , was provided that about twenty large guns be retr | mounted on carriages, "made of good sound Th< 1 j sedar planke aud timber," aud be so arranged tha e j as to be always in readiness for the defense of den Charles Town. law Another law was passed for regulating pub- gro - lie houses. By this act the owners of "tav- the is, tapp-houses and punch-houses," were rered to obtain license from Joseph Blake, e license for selling wines and all sorts of uorti, was five pounds?about twenty-five lars; and for all other kinds of liquor, exit wine, three pounds?about fifteen dols. It was by this law "enacted that no son whatsoever shall sell any wine, cider, sr, brandy, rum, punch or any strong drink atsoever, under the quantity of ofle gallon, one draught, until he or they have first ob ed a license from the right honorable ieph Blake, landgrave *nd Governor." y person "selling any o'f the aforesaid li)re under the quantity aforesaid, shall for; for every time he shall sell any quantity i than one gallon, five pounds current sil of this province, to b6 levied by bill, plaint information, in any of the courts within 3 province." This act was to continue in --Ur\f fill fVio Vinnnrfthlp UO 1U1 UUC VTUUiC JCUl, UI MIA vuv ieph Blake should cease to be Governor, ere was at this time an act in reference to 5 retailing spirits in force in the colony, but ing, no doubt, to the sudden and informal ignation of Governor Smith, the owners of blic taverns had become very careless in ierving it. During the administration of Joseph Blake, ngs continued about as they had been for lumber of years previous. A bad state of ling continued to exist between the settlers m England and those from France. In s whole thing, from beginning to end, the glish were greatly to blame. Governor ike was, by the English portion of the ony, required to withhold from the French tiers every privilege. It was asked that y might be both excluded from the privie of being represented in tbe colonial asibly, and also denied the privilege of voting the elections. This was a petition to deide the French and deny them all the rights freemen. Blake, either because be was are that this petition was, both in letter and rit, directly opposed to the wishes of the mrietors. or because he was unwilling to X ' Jertake so grave a work, situated as he was, not grant the unreasonable request of the itioners. )n the 17th of August, 1695, John Arche arrived in Charles Town. More than a ir had transpired since his appointment to high and responsible office of Governor of Province of South Carolina. He first oe to Virginia, and thence to Carolina, e instructions given him were full, and atever defects there might, on trial, be found sxist in them, he was directed to consult the tructions sent to Ph'lip Ludwell for guid:e and direction in tl.. management of the rernment. Before setting out from Virgin;o enter upon the duties of the office to ich he had been appointed, he asked the ver to appoint new deputies and moderate quitrents that were in arrearage, and inute a somewhat different mode of selling d from that which had been heretofore tcticed in the colony. This request the proetors generously granted him ; and on aring in the colony, he commenced to work sarnest for the establishing of peace and mony amongst the people. Power was nted him to sell lands adjacent to the rn, at about ten cents an acre, and lands ich.were in the interior at half that price. I mines of precious stones were excepted, the proceeds of these, the proprietors were remain in sole possession. Of the proceeds all mines of baser metals, the proprietors re to have one-sixth,if given in its unwashed te ; or one-tenth when refined. iVhen Archdale arrived in the colony, all ties were glad. Joy pervaded the hearts ;he adherents of every political creed and ;very religious faith. He made a cougrattory speech, and the people returned him .rt-felt thanks. Among the first things t the people did after the first excitement sed away, was to petition the Governor to lit the quitrents which were onerous. They 1 been, perhaps, in most instances accumung since the first settlement of the colony. 5 quitrents, did not amount to much ; but nost of the colonists a very little was more n they could pay, especially if the quitrent i rtpmnnitaH in monev. I Jost of the money which was in the colony | s what was brought in by the pirates, is nefarious practice had been strenuously ' >osed by the proprietors, although linked )y the majority of the people. Laws had n enacted forbidding these robbers on the h seas from landing in Charles Town. By sanction of these laws and the instruction he proprietors, pirates had been apprehen- i I and tried, but not condemned. We may sly conclude that for a number of years, ney was exceedingly scarce in South Carla, and that although two cents an acre of treut was a very trifling sum, still to those 3 had no money, it was more than they Id pay. The people asked that these quitrents be re- < ted ; but Governor Archdale did not, at t, see fit to do so. This seems to have . led down the ardor of both the Governor I the people. The first Parliament called him, on his coming into the province was , solved after a stormy session of only a few i sks. Jonathan Armory, in behalf of him- , * i- ii_ ??:?: a aDa me people generally, peuuuucu mo i vernor that another Parliament of thirty !; mbers be chosen. A proclamation was I thwith issued for the selection of the mem- ! s of this second Parliament. The Hugue- j s were left out entirely. Twenty members j e elected at Charles Town for Berkley nty, and ten at the plantation of Captain stow, for Colleton county, rhis treatment of the inhabitants of Craven nty, who were amongst the best citizens of province, was cruel. As we will learn in sequel, Archdale was a man of great pieand the wonder is that his moral nature not prompt him to make provision for the pie of Craven county, so far that they jht be represented in the parliament of the j inv. It mav be that Drudence dictated I ?J . _ - J - - A course he pursued. Probably, he feltcer1 that the presence of representatives in assembly from Craven county would only ;ender strife and confusion and stir up bitfeelings. Be this as it may, when the Asibly met in January 1696, no Huguenots *e in it. 5oon after this second Assembly met, the littance of the quitrents came up again, j 3 people seem to have been determined i t something should be done to lift this bur-: i off them. On the 16th of March, 1696, a was enacted which partially removed all ( undsof complaint. In the preamble to , act, it is said that the lords proprietors, out ; of paternal care for the province, "have been <3 graciously pleased to empower and com mis- ( sion the right honorable Archdale, Esq., General, Admiral and Governor of this province, to do and act such things, with the ad- ^ vice and consent of three or more of their j deputies, and by and with the delegates or i n representatives of the people, as to him and a them shall seem most to conduce to the peace a and welfare of the present inhabitants, and to ? encourage others to inhabit and.plant here." 1 It was then enacted "that three year's arrears of rent shall be and is hereby remitted and n forgiven to all persons which hold land by h grant or patent from the lords proprietors, or 1 from any person by them empowered to grant 1 or sell land, * * * and that four year's P rent may be and is hereby remitted and for- ? given to all persons which have held land by j( survey of the same." ^These enactments, to- b gether with others of a similar character, qui- v eled the people, at least with respect to the I quitrents. At the same session that the above laws were passed, another enactment was ratified by the Assembly, providing for the com- q pensating, to some extent, of the proprietors g for the great expenditures which tbey had ii made for the good of the colony. In fact, if t the several enactments ratified on the 16th of 0 March, 1696, may be regarded as an index of jj the mind of the people, we may conclude that a very great reconciliation had taken place. j, Governor Archdale, more than some of the c previous Governors of the Province, directed e his attention to the various Indian tribes amongst which the settlers were located, ' * i ;-i it- ; me OStCDSlDie ODjeci wmcu me piujjiioluia ^ had in view in planting the colony, was to 0 spread the gospel amongst the heathen. This 1 was not the chief object, their declarations to o the contrary notwithstanding; or, if so, it * was soon lost sight of, almost entirely, by t{ both proprietors and people. No special effort was made by either party to Christianize or civilize the Indians. From the very first settling of the colony, traffic in Indians, either r directly or indirectly, was practiced by the ? people. Indians were reduced to slavery and ^ put to work on the plantations of the settlers, Q or sold to the settlements farther South. We d dare not say that the proprietors exactly ap- s proved of this course in every instance ; but on the contrary, they were not as careful to ? prevent it as they were to prevent intercourse with pirates or to collect their quitrents. t] Captives taken in war were reduced to slave- w ry, or otherwise ransomed by the tribe to v which they belonged. The people, generally, imposed upon the * Indians by encouraging broils and wars <] amongst the different tribes. This course was b pursued for the two-fold reason that it served si as a kind of protection to the colony, from n the fact that so long as the Indians fought P among themselves, they would leave the colonists undisturbed. This was not all. The ^ captives taken by the successful party were jf brought into the colony and sold, often for u toys and rum. These were either kept as la- I borers in the colony, or sent to Jamaica or " Barbadoes and sold. v To Archdale such practices were revolting, u and he set about in earnest to treat the Indians as human beings, and to establish peace and friendship between them and the colony. ? His kind and humane treatment of the In- ? a dians was not without good results to the col- g ony, and to settlers in various other sections a of the country. The ideas of Archdale, re- e< apecting the mode of Christianizing the In- 1 dians, was strange, not to say silly and ira- jf ? tt ,i t xi_- : : D practicanie. ne mougni mat tue miasiuunries who were sent amongst them should, in f( his own language, "be well skill'd in chymis- a try, and some natural genius to seek the vir- tl t'ues of herbs, metts, and minerals, &c." He w seems to have thought that men who were n chemists and botanists, were the very kind of ^ persons to make a favorable impression on ^ the savages. He also advised that the chil- g dren of the colonists and the Indian children a be allowed to associate together. This would t( have been good advice if he had been assured ? that the white children would always have ^ acted as teachers, and the Indian children as learners; but the probability is that the opposite would have been the case. It requires it! no effort to descend into barbarism ; but to rise from the savage state to that of Christian ^ civilization, is, in every country and at all -r times, rowing against the inclinations of hu- a man nature. At a later period Lawson recommended in- P termarriage as the quickest and only sure way ^ of Christianizing the savage Indians. It! jy sounds strange to recommend a Christian wo- I ? c m ! r mac 10 marry a savage iuau, ur iur a viuutinu I vj man to marry a savage wife. We may say I that the whole thing ended in a vague theory, i ?1 No very great effort was ever made in any i part of America, only by indiv iduals, to con-; y vert the Indians. As said once before, the first settlers of South ! b Carolina shed as little Indian blood as any of her sister colonies; but why did they shed , ai any at all ? The first settlers brought rum ^ with them, and they came prepared to make jc rum. One of the utensils they brought with ? them when they first came to the country was an "alembic"?a still. The Indians soon learn-; si ed to drink rum, and the rum made them per- j ? petrate deeds of violence amongst themselves ' and among the settlers. During the admin-! C istration of Sothell, both powder and rum ' d; were forbidden to be distributed amongst the ?' Indians. The law was evaded then as now. ^ m A musket in the hands of a savage, whose tl brain was fevered by rum, was a dangerous weapon. During the administration of Arch-! ej dale an Indian was allowed a pound of pow-; d der and thirty bullets for every wolf, tiger or r( bear he might kill, and for every two cats. ! j? The settlers taught the Indians the use of fire i ^ arms and to drink rum, and the Indians , p taught thesettlers how to cultivate maize and b make ash-cakea. , d (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) ! ? ' |oj An old wag stopped a pedestrian on the ; qstreet, and asked for two shillings to purchase 1} a dinner. "Can't do it," replied the pedestrian. "Well, gimmie five cents." "Not a ft red." "A chew of tobacco." "No sir." w "Well, you will at least tell me whether you t( think we'll have another rain-storm this <* week." f( f, S&" An old farmer riding in a lumber wagon ei with his son, when passing over a very rough h place fell off, and coming u lo close contact li with one of the wheels, he cried out, "My a neck is broke!" His son expressing some ra doubt as to the case being quite so bad, the ai old man responded with some spirit, "Don't qi you s'pose I know!" w fUMittg. Alderney Cows.?Alderney is well known or the breed of cows which bears its name, 'hese are so called, probably, because the first nes exported were from that island, although ow very few that are sold as Alderney cows re directly from there. Those of that breed ctually exported from these islands are genrally from Jersey, where the cattle are much he same as those of Alderney?small, with apering heads, and of a delicate fawn color. ?he Guernsey cow is esteemed by some even aore highly than the Alderney; it is rather arger, and more of a red, brindled in color, .'he cows are milked three times daily, and he milk is churned without skimming; one iound of butter a day is by no means an unommon yield for a good cow. The cow cabage is made to reach a size so large that the saves are used to wrap the butter in for raaret, while the stalks are varnished and armed rith ferrules, and extensively used at St. leller's for canes. The cows are very careully coddled. The grass they feed on is ighly enriched by the vraic, a species of seareed gathered from the reefs at low tide. ?here are two vraic harvests appointed by the overnment?one in the spring and the other a August?although it is gathered at other imes in small quantities. All hands turn ut in the season with boats and carts, freuently at night, and it is a very lively, picaresque occupation, though often attended rith risk and loss of life from the over-loadag of boats or sudden rising of the tide. The owsare always tethered when feeding; they at less in this way, really giving more milk ban if glutted with food, and while they are ropping the grass on one side of a field it has ime time to spring up on the other side. Vhen they have done eating, they are at nee removed from the sun into the shade, ^he breed is preserved from intermixture with ther breeds by strong and arbitrary laws, ery carefully enforced. No cattle are alowed to enter the islands, except for slaugher, within a certain number of days, with the xceptiou of oxen for draught. ? ? The Apoplectic Stroke?What Pro>uces It.?A middle-aged physician once aid to the writer, "As I was walking down be street after dinner I felt a shock in the aek of my neck, as if some one bad struck ae; I have not felt well since. I fear I shall ie, just as all my ancestors have, of paralyis. What shall I do?" The answer was: Diminish the tension on the blood-vessels, nd there need be no fear of tearing them in a a weak place." Now this expresses in lain terms the exact cause of apoplexy in be majority of instances; and it is one, too, rhich every one has it in his power to preent A blood-vessel of the brain, from causes rhich will presently be mentioned, has lost ame of its elastic strength; food is abundant, igestion is good; blood is made in abundance, ut little is worked off by exercise; the tenion on every artery and vein is at a maximal rate; the even circuitous flow is tempoorarily impeded at some point, throwing a angerous pressure on anouier; iu? vkhci rbich has lost its elastic strength gives way, lood is poured out, a clot is formed, which, by a pressure on the brain, produces complete nconsciousness. This is the apoplectic stroke, t will be perceived that there are two leadig conditions upon which the production of be stroke depends; a lessened strength in the essel, and an increased tension on it?Poplar Science Monthly. Answering Letters.?A great many peole in this country are shamefully negligent bout answering letters. Nothing is more nnoying. In European countries it is rearded as the height of ill breeding to allow letter which needs a reply to go unanswered and so it ought to be considered here, 'his is a point on which parents should lay reat stress to their children. They should e taught to consider it as rude not to reply ) a letter which needs attention, as to hand a )rk with the prong end. The busiest people re generally those who are the most exact in lis respect. The late Duke of Wellington, ho, it will be admitted, had a good deal on _ .? j- j.-tf 1 IS nanus at, uiuereiu uiuca ui mo mo, icjmw > every letter, no matter from how humble a )urce. Once a clergyman, who lived in a istant part of the kingdom, wrote to his race, on whom neither he nor his parish had shadow of claim, to beg for a subscription > rebuild a church. By return of mail came ack a letter from the Duke to the effect that e really could not see why in the world he lould have been applied to for such an obset; but the parson sold the letter as an au>graph for ?5, and put the Duke down for tat amount among the subscribers. An Eventful Month.?The month of .pril is an eventful one in the history of the Fnited States. Four Presidents were bom in .pril?Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson and Grant. Henry Clay, Washington Irving and Stehen A. Douglas were all born in April. Two philosophers and electricians died in .pril?Benjamin Franklin and Professor lorse. Two assassinations in April?Lincoln and reneral Canby. The battles of Lexington and Concord pened the Revolution in April. The Government of the United States was rganized in April by tbe inauguration of Washington, who was also elected in April. In April, 1815, the city of Washington was urned bv the British. The war between the States began in April ad closed in April. Fort Sumter was bombarded in Ajoril; Richmond was taken April; Lee surrendered i April; Johnson surrendered in April; Jeff >avis was taken prisoner in April. The first blood of tbe Mexican war was ied in April, and tbe first paper in tbe United tates was published in April, 1704. The Patient Elephant.?An elephant in alcutta had a disease in his eyes. For three ays he bad been completely blind. His wner, an engineer officer, asked the doctor if e could do any thing to relieve the poor anilal. The doctor said he would try tbe ni-ate of silver, which was a remedy commonr applied to similar diseases in tbe human fe. The large animal was ordered to lie own, and at first, on the application of the ;raedy, raised a most extraordinary roar at le acute pain which it occasioned. The efict, however, was wonderful. The eve was ' i .. - u i a manner resiorea, ana me animai couxu artially see. The next day, when he was rought and heard the doctor's voice, he lay own of himself, placed his enormous head on e side, curled up his trunk, drew in his reath just like a man about to endure an peration, gave a sigh of relief when it was eer,and then, by trunk and gesture, evident* r wished to express his gratitude. Something to Think Of.?There is food )r thought in the story that is told of a lad ho, for the first time, accompanied his father ) a public dinner. The waiter asked him, What will you take to drink ?" Hesitating >r a moment, he replied: 'Til take what ither takes." The answer reached his fath- , ^ r's ear, and instantly the full resposibility of fT:* is position flashed upon htm. 'Quicker than ghtning various thoughts passed through his tind, and in a moment bis decision was tade; and in tones tremulous with emotion, ad to the astonishment of those who were ac* jainted with him, said, "Waiter, I'll take ater."