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lewis m. grist, proprietor. | !nbepenbrnt Jfamilg ftctospajjcr: jfor tjje |)romotioit of tjie political, Social, Agricultural aub Commercial Interests of tire Soutji. | TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. "VOL. 21. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1875. NO. 33. i _ i r i : i ? ~ : Jttt Original fturu. \ Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. [ THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK. I I CHAPTER XIN. r The agitation and dismay at Brierly Farm 1 may be imagined when, on the departure ofj the guests, Claribel was nowhere to be found. | Search was made throughout the house and ; grounds, but in vain. None of the family re-, collected having seen her since supper. Jen-1 nie had spoken to her when she had come in , from the lawn, and May had noticed that she looked sad and pre-occupied, and was standing apart from the rest, after Hugh had dis-; appeared. Edna, white and trembling, but preserving ; her composure of manner, said that of course I she must have gone home with some of their j friends; probably the Curtises had invited ! her. "Gone without saying a word to any of us ; about it! I cannot think that," said Jennie.1 "Besides, to-night, of all nights, I don't be- j lieve Mrs. Curtis would have asked her." "I saw the Curtises get into their carriage," i said one of the other girls, "and she certainly j was not with them." "I never knew her to do such an odd thing before," said Jennie. "Edna, we ought to j * " i . - 1 ?? ? send an aDOui ana inquire. "But Jennie, she certainly must have gone with some one; what else can have become of her?" i "It would look rather queer to send ; after all the people who have been here, and , ask if our sister is with any of them," said | Mattie. "I have no doubt we shall hear of J her in the morning." "Yes, I think so too," said Edna, resolved j not to give way to the fears which beset her. | After all, they were very intangible fears, j What could possibly be apprehended, except that Claribel, by some unaccountable freak, | had stepped beyond the bounds of her usual careful propriety, and chosen this most unsuit- , able time to play a practical joke upon them j all ? At all events it was impossible to take any steps but the institution of a general search j at home, until the next morning. But the sisters were all too disturbed to sleep, and , though after a time they dispersed to their several apartments, it was only to keep an ] anxious vigil until daylight appeared. < At a verv earlv hour Edna desDatched messengers to some of their neighbors, while j the three younger girls themselves went to explore in different directions. At the Curtis- ( es, Dorothea, already established in her new home, met them at the door, astonished at < their unexpected appearance. "Have you missed me so much that you | have come after me already ?" she asked. "Dolly,is Clarie here?" they all exclaimed j together, by way of a reply. ! "Clarie! what do you mean ?" "She isn't here, then ? Haven't you seen ] her?" "When? This morning?" j _ "Any time since last night." I "Of course not! Isn't she at home ?" I "No?we can't find her any where." , "Good heavens ! How strange." , "What is the matter, my dear?" asked j Mrs. Curtis, appearing in the piazza. "Won't < you all come in ?" j i Iu a few words they explained their errand i | k?r The omnH InHv was full nf wonder- I .V, ...... b j I J inent; but expressed her conviction that they ! ] would soon fiud their sister?she had gone off i with some of their friends without telling j ] them, just with a little fun. j "But, Mrs. Curtis, Clarie never does such ( things, and I feel sure she wouldn't have chosen an occasion of this kind for such an esca pade," said Jennie. By this time the whole , family were assembled, and various were the ( comments made, and the suggestions offered, ( in regard to the subject. I "Perhaps she has eloped with Thornton, by j , way of creating a sensation," said the doctor, t < jokingly. i "Oh! she was there after he left," replied ! Jennie, too earnest now to jest. "But come, I girls, we must not delay any longer?we must j go somewhere else." i ( "Have you been to Virgilia'shouse?" asked ; ( Lucy Curtis. "Perhaps you might find her there." \ ^ Nobody had thought of Virgilia ; and ; though they all agreed that it was extremely j unlikely that Claribel should have gone to j \ her house, still they decided that it would be 1 1 best to go there at once. They had not gone ! 1 but a few yards when Henry Curtis followed J them. "Of course, I made light of it before Dolly," 1 he said; "but please tell me, are you seriously ' anxious about your sister? You don't really 1 fppl nnv nnnrphpnsinns in rptrftrH tn hf>r saffitv. ' j -rl D J j do you ?" "We cannot tell what to think," replied j 1 Jennie. "It seems so odd that she should | 1 have slipped off in this mysterious way ; and !' yet I suppose it is impossible that anything j1 should have happened to her?any accident, {1 I mean." "Oh, quite impossible. You could not have j failed to become aware of it by this time. ! But I'll ride over to your place, presently, i and see what news there is of her; and if she is |' still absent, or her absence still unexplained,! I shall take prompt measures to sift the mys- I tery at once. Only, don't alarm yourselves, for I feel sure that she is safe somewhere" They proceeded at once to Mr. Holdweg's, j and in answer to their summons, the latter personage himself came to the door. "Ah, dear young ladies!?is it you?" he exclaimed, extending both his hands to them in a hospitable fashion. "I am charm to zee you ! Come in, come in !" "Mr. Holdweg, is ray sister Clarie here?" ; asked Jennie, before accepting the iuvitation. "Yoursister Claribel, dear Friiulein? No, I ave no zee her. Was she come here dis morning?" "We are looking for her, and don't know where she is. We thought she might have come home with you last night." Mr. Holdweg expressed the greatest astonishment when the case was explained to him. He had not seen Claribel, he said, since sup- J per the evening before ; but no doubt she was ; with some of her friends. "That is what every body says," rejoined ' Mattie; "but it seems strange that we can hear nothing about her." "Can we see Virgilia?" asked May. "Ah, dear Friiulein, I fear she is too indispose to zee you just now. She is in fact asleep.1 She no sleep all night, and I gif her, dis morn- i iug, some leedle dhrops." "What, is she sick ?" asked Jennie. "No, not vot you call sick ; she is fatigue, and a leetle?how you call 'im ??over-excited; she vill be all right by now, if she get good sleep now." "Oh! well, we won't disturb her. Give our love to her when she wakes, and tell her what we came for, please. We have no time to sit down." And off they went, more uneasy and perplexed than ever. Uneasiness and perplexity deepened into real alarm, more serious than they had yet felt, when on reaching home they found that no news had yet been received of Clarie. By mid-day every body in the vicinity had been informed of her disappearance, and the alarm became general. It was evident their first supposition, of her having goue offon the previous night with some of the guests, was an erroneous one. No one could give any account of her, and the terrible fear took possession of them that some fatal accident had occurred, though how or when, it seemed impossible to divine. Henry Curtis rode at once to the nearest telegraph station, and despatched a telegram to Hugh. They had a vague hope that he might be able to throw some light on Clari bel's disappearance; but in any case it was necessary that he should receive information of it. The answer came in a few hours' time. "I am startlqtf and shocked beyond measure; will be with you as soon as practicable." He, then, could afford them no elucidation of the mystery. Edna's anguish of mind, and, indeed, that of all the sisters, can better be imagined than described. This waS truly a melancholy termination to the festivities attendant upon Dolly's wedding. Dolly herself, pale and agitated, presented herself at the home she had lately quitted in such a serene frame of mind, all her wonted calmness destroyed by the news of this unexpected calamity. "Oh! Edna, this is dreadful. Can nothing be done?" "Everything is being done ; but I feel it is all in vain?I "shall never see ray darling again," moaned Edna, who had already yielded herself to all the bitterness of hopeless grief. "Edna, Edna! don't talk in that way ; she must be found soon." (A??lAr?n1tr flarrmnrVl fVlO ueuuic, nau ucnug iuiiuuhj m v..v lower entry, overheard a suggestion, in Henry Curtis' voice, that made her blood run cold. He was talking with his father in the diningroom, the old gentleman having ridden over with his daughter-in-law to see if he could be if any use. "The river should be dragged, father," he said. "She may have fallen in." "Good God, Henry, how could she be near the river at such a time ?" "I don't know?the whole affair is inexplicable?but, at all events, search should be made there." "If she had fallen in, search would most likely be vain, for the current is so rapid ?" Poor Jennie waited to hear no more. She led to her own room, and locking the door, luried her fuce in the pillows of her bed, as if to shut out, with all sight aud sound, the horrible idea thus presented to her. The river was half a mile from the house, but they were iu the habit of often walkiug upon its banks. Suppose Claribel had suddenly lost her miud? such things had happened before ; she had been laboring uuder mental trouble lately, ind who could tell whether the result might lot have taken this form ? Jennie almost hated Hugh Thornton for having come home to disturb their peaceful life. She felt somehow that he must be the jauseeven of this fresh distress. The weary day dragged on, and the weary aight came?the long, long night, fraught with inexpressible misery to those sad watchers. They sat in a shivering group around the library fire, which the butler's zeal kept burning briskly, but which failed to impart warmth or comfort to their chilled hearts, rhe servants, all awake, moved uneasily about, Fully sharing the general sorrow, for they iearly loved their beautiful young "missy," md mourned over her supposed loss ; already iccepting, with that relish for the horrible which is inherent in the sable race, the most tragical interpretation which could be put jpon the mystery of her disappearance. Some whispered darkly of the river, the thought of which had driven such a wild terror to Jennie's heart ;some thought she had been enticed into the woods and murdered there; and one, more superstitious than the rest, hinted at the possibility of her having been spirited away by a certain "bogy-man" supposed to "walk" at night-time about the precincts of the farm; but all agreed to the likelihood of her disappearance being a final one, and her recovery impossible. Next morning Hugh arrived, having hastened back at the utmost speed which his means of travel could provide. He was nearly distracted when he learned the unsuccessful result of the quest which had been made, and immediately instituted fresh efforts, but with do better fortune than had attended the former ones. Another day passed in this hopeless search. Advertisements were sent to all the State papers?accompanied by the offer of a large reward for any reliable information that could be afforded?and then they were fain to cease from their fruitless endeavors, and wait, with what resignation they could summon, for any future development that c? *i UJlglJL UC 111 C3LUIG IKJl bilUUI. Mr. Iloldweg had been one of the most active and painstaking of the party orgauized to investigate the matter. He spared himself neither trouble nor fatigue, and appeared so deeply to sympathize in this distress of his sisters-in-law, that he won from them a warmer feeling of regard than they had hitherto bestowed upon him. He excused Virgilia's non appearance, at a time when a common affliction would naturally have brought them all together, by the alleged continuance of her indisposition, which had been increased, he said, by the disclosure of this great misfortune; but as he asserted that it was not of a nature to excite any alarm, they gave but little thought to it, being too fully occupied with the one momentous object of their present consideration, to trouble themselves about outside matters. On the third evening after his return, Hugh was at Brierly, and Edna, coming for some purpose into the library, found him sitting there alone, his arm resting on the table and his face hidden in his hand. His attitude was so despairing thatshe felt it impossible not to say something to comfort him ; and, coming to his side, she put her hand gently on his shoulder. "We must still try and hope, dear Hugh," ! she said, in a tremulous tone. Her words sounded, to her own ears, like mockery, for she herself had lost all hope. "I think I am the most wretched man liv- ! ing," he answeied, with a groan, without look- j ing up. j "This is agonizing to us all," she rejoined, j almost inaudibly. "Suspense is harder to bear than anything else." "And yet, iu addition to this torturing suspense, I have another burden laid upon me," j said Hugh, raising his pale, careworn face. "Edna, it is hard for a man to lose the brightest hope of his life, and almost in the same breath to lose what is almost as dear to him? his good name." "His good name ?" she echoed in surprise, i "What do you mean, Hugh ?" "Sit down here and I will tell you ; though ; perhaps you will think me selfish to be engrossing your attention with an account of | ray private troubles, at such a time as this." "Tell me everything, Hugh. Ought not a ! sister to share her brother's troubles ?" she responded, gently. " 'Tis an old, raked up story, which has i been, by some means, recently brought to < J light?I know not how," said Hugh ; "a story i j of folly on my part, mere headlong folly, by i | malignant representation transformed into a i crime. Edna, you will believe the truth of what I tell you?you will not doubt my word." i She doubt his word ! If ever faith, unquestioning faith, were written in a woman's eyes, s | it shone in her clear, confiding glance as she I looked at him now. No lessening of his re- i gard for her?no shortcoming in the payment i of the dues he owed her long-tried affection? i no harsh judgment of others, could shake the < tenderness that made his very faults seem < virtues to her?a tenderness so unselfish and I so pure, that even his chosen bride could find no cause for jealousy in its existence. Her < ! love for him was a part of her life, and she I could not, if she would, have rooted it out. I "You know," said Hugh, "that I was born 1 j and raised in Wilmington. My father and I j uncle were both residents of the place, and after my parents' death it still continued my 1 home. My UDcle was one of a banking firm 1 there, and I was a good deal about the batik ] he was in, knowing most of the officers and < employes, and being on friendly terras with I them all. There was a young fellow there J named Risley, who was very clever at copying I writing, and so was I. We sometimes used to ' compare notes, and see which of'us was the ? i most skillful at it, and sometimes when his j I copy and mine, and the original, were placed ( side by side, we could not distinguish one from the other without having first placed a certain mark on each one. This was a dangerous sort of pastime, but of course it was only carried on in sport?I, at least, nev- | er dreamed of harm. At last, one unlucky j day, we were in the bank, in my uncle's of| tice. There were a number of unfilled checks lying around, and a fellow named Hendricks, i a chum of Risley's, who happened to be with i | us, said, taking one of them up, 'I'd like to | i : have old Holland's name to this, or your un- i < i cle's, Thorntou, for five thousand dollars? | 1 wouldn't I cut the business here, and make a 11 ' ? - i ii / _ _ *i_ - i ! i pleasure lour arounu me woriu ior me suae | i of my health !' " 'Oh! Thornton can oblige you,' said Risley. 'Only name the sum you want; make I it twenty-five thousand if you like.' "'For that matter, you need not come to me,' said I, 'for Risley is quite as capable of obliging you as I am.' "Hendricks looked at us in surprise, not understanding the meaning of the jesture ; and Risley, tossing one of the blanks to me, exclaimed, 'Here, Hugh, give him a proof of your skill?don't let him doubt my word.' " 'Why not give him a proof of yours, instead ?' 1 rejoined. "Because my hand is too shaky to-day. I was out late last night, and billiards and ; champagne always tell on my nerve9.' " 'All right,' said I; 'here goes?what do ! you want, Mr. Hendricks? Make it a good i round sum at once.' j "He named the sum?five thousand dol: lars, he said, would answer his purpose ; and j taking a signature of Mr. Holland's, which I j j happeued to have about me, as a model, I j copied it exactly on the cheque, after filling j | it in with the specified figures. Hendricks j j compared the two, and declared that he could | not have told one from the other?he had j never seen an exacter copy. When I held i ! out my hand for the cheque, intending of j course to destroy it immediately, he laughed ( and put it in his pocket, declaring that he i was not going to be such a fool as not to use i it now that he had it; I need not expect to | handle it again. As he persisted in the joke, j ; I got rather augry, and finally a little alarm- j ed, for it was not a pleasant thing to have | trifled with ; and finally, hearing his name ; ; called from outside, he started up to go, at i ! the same time pulling the cheque out of his j pocket and tossing it toward me. I snatched | ! it up, and was about to tear it, when Risley j asked me to let him look at it. " 'I'll swear, that's splendidly done, Hugh," he exclaimed. "What a capital forger you : would make.' j " 'Have done with your jokes,' I rejoined,! 'and destroy the thing at once?it's an ugly j experiment, anyhow. I assure you I was i , angry enough just now, when Hendricks pre- ; tended he was going to keep it.' j l " 'All right?I'll destroy it in a minute. I just want to take a look at the tail of your G? j I think it's a trifle longer than old Holland makes his,' he answered. Now, I trusted Risley, implicitly, and seeing the thing in his hands I felt as safe as if it were in my own. , My uncle came in, at that instant, and the matter slipped out of my mind, until in the ; evening, meetiug Risley again, I asked him if he had destroyed the cheque, and he told me yes. . "Soon after that, both Hendricks and Ris- ' ]ry went away, and I heard nothing more of i either of them. The whole transaction passed ' out of ray memory, and in another year my ' i uncle gave up the banking business, and we I came, as you know, to settle in this neighbor- i hood. i , "And now the worst part?the horrible i ! part?of my story is to come. About four ; years later, a forged cheque was presented at the bank?that very bank,of which Mr. Hol, land was formerly one of the owners?signed < I with his name. The forgery was not at once ; detected ; and when it was, the person who had presented it was gone, and they tried in j i vain to trace hira. Edna, that was the very j cheque I had signed." I Edna turned pale. "But that could not affect you, Hugh !" !! "It does affect roe?iL has been proven that j I I wrote that signature. Hendricks, who I' turned up afterward, swore to it?there was a 1 mark on the paper that he recognized. He I had scribbled it there himself." "But if they knew you did it in jest?" ! < "Ah ! it was done in jest; but who can prove '' I did not make use of it afterward in earn- i est ?" 5 "But Hugh !?Good heavens I?you don't < mean?" s Edna faltered, and stopped. j s "I mean, Edna, that I am suspected?and 1 very seriously suspected. Imagine the feel- 1 ing of having such a cloud on my name?and i no proof to the contrary !" < "But this Hendricks?he can prove how it. I was done !" : i "He can prove that he saw it done?that I i l took it up again when he threw it down ; he j 1 knows nothiug more." j < "But you said Risley destroyed it." I i "He told me so?bet you see it was false." j i "Then do you think he made use of it?" 11 "The whole affair is involved in mystery, j i Risley, I have heard, is dead ; but when his ! 1 death occurred I caunot tell. I have but my | i 3imple statement to plead in my defense, and j \ these men do not know me sufficiently well to j ( accept thai;." t .. 4 _1 J:.I rr?iI , 1IIU Wi,11311 U1U Xieiiunuaa yi vc niio imui- v nation ?' i Not more than a few weeks ago. But the t strangest part of it is that the matter should c have been stirred up so suddenly, after such 1 i long interval. There has been a hidden r igency at work which I can't discover. But f lowever it has come about, the stigma rests v )ii me. Of course I shall move heaven and c jarth to get it cleared up?but I fear it will c he a hard matter to accomplish." c, "When did all this come to your knowl- 1 ;dge ?" I "During the few hours I was in Wilming- t ;on the other day. Oh ! Edna, I feel as if it c ivould have been better had I never been j jorn !" t Tears?hot, irrepressible tears?escaped | f from Hugh's eyes, as he turned away, his a poice choking with his last words. And t hldna, standing mutely by, had no words of a )omf irt for him. This new shock seemed too c terrible to realize. She felt some way as if s Providence had deserted them all, and that t ;he sun would never shine on them again. c [to be continued next week.] - ' ' , .. . i Ttistonr of J>. fevoUuii. I O 'O v Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. HISTORICAL SKETCHES i OK THE C Early Settlement of South Carolina. ( < BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. C (continued from last week.) 9 Calamities often befall nations, as well as c udividuals, in quick succession. The infant f solony of South Carolina was no exception, a tlarrassed by designing men in her midst, e md surrounded by blood-thirsty neighbors, s ler very existence was often in jeopardy, t rhe usurpation of a few unscrupulous fanatics h learly drove many of the best citizens from f ;he colony. They had heard of the mild and r ust government of William Penn, and being 1 ippressed by a set of mongrel ecclesiastical t yrants, they formed the resolution to leave d lie home of their adoption, and cast their lots a with the honest Quaker. But few actually o eft the colony; still many had been planning t heir departure. Two calamities befell the o :olony, which, to some extent, caused the dis- 3 urbances amonest the inhabitants to cease, a ind united the advocates of the various creeds I n a common cause. e In the summer of 1706, the yellow fever e igain made its appearance in Charles Town. This dreadful disease commenced its ravages t it an early period amongst the settlers of the n Srew World. In St. Domingo, in 1494 and e L498, it prevailed amongst the Spaniards. It I nade its appearance iu Boston as early as I 1693, and two years afterward in Philadel- f )hia and Charles Town. Again, it appeared a vith more virulence and with greater fatality t n Charles Town, in July and August of 1706. e [u the city, for some time, five and six deaths t 'rom yellow fever, occurred daily. Many of t he prominent citizens were swept off. All o hat could do so, left the city and retired to f he country. The Governor went to his plan- t ,atiou, which he called Silk Hope. Dissent- t irs and High Churchmen, alike, fell before p he plague. With death all around them, I ,he inhabitants forgot their differences ; or at d ? - i ? .1 i , 1 I east ceased, tor a time, to ciierisn tneir nairea v 'or one another. li But at this juncture, another event occurred, which still further teuded to cause them p ;o lose sight of their party quarrels. England h was at war with France and Spain. Both of J ,hese powers laid claim to the continent of 0 America. The claim of England rested upon 1 v i grant made by the lloman Pontiff to the ! j] English Monarch, and both France and fc Spain based their claim to the same territory, )u priority of discovery and occupancy. So e won as war was declared in England by t l^ueen Anne against France and Spain, both i j; :hese nations turned their attention to wrest-; n ng the country from the hands of the English. I J, It was thought that the colony in South Car- v jlina would be easily captured. Impressed ' v with this idea, an expedition was plauued by ^ die French fleet under the command of Le j Feboure. The plan was concerted at Havana, p The Governor of St. Augustine agreed to ren- \ v ler him his assistance in the enterprise. From j Havana, Le Feboure sailed with a frigate t and four sloops. He touched at St. Augus-' h tine to receive the promised aid. On arriving , J it St. Augustine, it was learned that the yel- f low fever was raging at Charles Town. This n was thought to be favorable to the undertak- ? mg. It was confidently expected that they ( would find the inhabitants of Charles Town (j unprepared. This was the case. It is true i r that the city had been, comparatively speak- j j ing, well fortified. But many of the inhabit- j t ants were sick ; others were waiting upon the t sick and watching over the couches of dying I v friends; whilst not a few had fled from the i a plague into the country. : r A circumstance, trifling in itself, saved the t city from being attacked whilst in this un- t prepared coudition, and saved it, perhaps, J (j from total destruction. The Governor had j v 3ent out a Dutch privateer, formerly from c New York, to cruise on the coast. The com- [ mand of this vessel was given to Capt. Stool. It was known that a vessel was to paBS from c Havana to St. Augustine, bearing the money to pay off the garrison at the latter place. This vessel Capt. Stool was instructed to capture. Suddenly, Capt. Stool came up with the fleet under command of Le Feboure. Hotly pursued by the fleet, he made his escape by entering the harbor of Charles Town. This was on Saturday, August 24th. Scarcely had he entered the harbor, when signals were given by those posted on Sullivan's Island, that five armed vessels were in sight. The signal was given by kindling five separate fires, in different places, on the Island. The sun was only about two hours ligh, and it was feared that the invaders would immediately sail into the harbor and commence the attack. A dispatch was sent ,o the Governor with all possible speed. Runiers were sent, in all directions, to gather up :he scattered militia. The enemy came to the jar, but feared to cross, lest they might belome entangled in its windings. Alarm guns were fired in the city and through the sur nnndincr rnnntrv durinp the uisht. The J o u sabbath and Monday were spent by the invaders in taking soundings. During the Sabmth, General Broughton arrived in the city vith two foot companies, and Colonel Logan vith one company of cavalry. On Monday, Governor Johnson arrived from his plantaion. He found the inhabitants in the greatist confusion and distress. His presence soon estored confidence in the people. The first hing he did was to declare martial law. He lid every thing calmly and deliberately. The Indian allies were sent for from the surounding country, and preparation was made or defending the city. As the yellow fever vas still raging in Charles Town, it was wisely letermined not to lead the troops into the :ity. The Governor established his head|iiarters about half a mile out of town. On ! Tuesday morning, Captains Linche, Hearne,! Drake and Johnson, with their companies, ook their places among the defenders of the :ountry. The enemy began to make summary (reparation for entering the town. Four of heir ships and a galley, provided with boats or landing, crossed the south bar. The win(l ind tide were favorable, and they stood for he town. The fortifications were manned, md the Governo- nnd his men waited to re:eive them. When, however, the invaders aw the fortifications around the town, and he inhabitants ready to meet them, they (hanged their course, and anchored near SulTr.1 oa TMin rtn 1 loir roll i/->Vi flP/Vimnftn 1 V ?11J O lOiailVli JLIIV ed the enemy, attempted to cut off a sloop vhich had been sent to Wando to transport Japt. Fenwickeand his company. It failed, md the Captain and his company arrived in afety and joined in the defense. Thus Tueslay was spent. On Wednesday, two other :ompanies?the one under the command of Japt. Longbois, and the other commanded by Japt. Seabrook?arrived to strengthen the lefense. The promptness with which the militia asembled from the various sections of the colmy, shows that the inhabitants, for the time, brgot their internal feuds, and joined heart | md hand in repelling the old and inveterate , - ? "-n T 1 .. nemies of the settlement, governor oonnon had been educated a soldier, aod was a irave man and skillful officer. All parties lad the utmost confidence in his strategetical lowers. Those who would not subscribe to his lotions respecting church establishments, wilingly rendered obedience to him as a miliary commander. As soon a3 the Governor liscovered that the iuvaders were hesitating ,bout making an attack, he called a council f war. By this council it was determined o equip all the ships in the harbor, and go ut and boldly make an attack on the enemy's hips. These were put in condition for the ttack with all possible dispatch, and Colonel Ihett was placed in command. When the nemy discovered the preparation for a naval ngageraent, a flag of truce was sent in. George Evans commanded Granville Basiou, which was located on the Cooper river, iot a great distance from what was then calld White Point?now known as the Battery. Ovans received the bearer of the flag of truce, le was blindfolded and conducted into the ort. In the meantime, the Governor was pprized of his arrival. The troops were, by he Governor's orders, immediately so arrangd as to make the best possible impression on he minds of the truce-bearer, of their ability o defend the place. This done, the French fficer who bore the flag of truce, was led be *1--. ronoivorl im in milt. UIC LUC UUVCiuui, nitu ibuuivu ... ?... ary style at the head of his forces. He was hen asked to deliver his message. The puriort of this message was, that Admiral Le ''eboure demanded the unconditional surren!er of the fortifications and men of the proiuce; and that only one hour would be alowed him in which to give an answer. Governor Johnson, with the spirit and iroraptness of a military genius, replied that ie did not need a moment to give an answer. Ie iuformed the officer that he could depend n his men, and that he would die before he vould surrender. This spirited answer hav- j nrr he#m triuftn. the Governor told the truce "?> D 9 learer to go and attend to his own business. No attack was made on the town by the nemy ; but they commenced landing predaory parties at different points. One party anded on James Island. As the property j f Capt. Drake was situated in this quarter, j ie, with his company and some Indiau allies, i pas sent by the Governor to repel the in- j -aders. The Indians could be restrained by i io command ; but rushed on furiously and : u no order, and before Capt. Drake could ilace his men in position to make an attack ipon the enemy, they fled to their boats. Another party landed on the opposite side of he river and burnt two vessels and a store muse. Several houses were also burnt on fames Island. A party of one huudred and j ifty of the enemy landed on Haddrell's Point, ,nd commenced killing the cattle and hogs .nd appropriating them to their own use. Japtains Fenwicke and Canty, with one hunired select men, were ordered to cross the iver in the night, for the purpose of checkng their progress into the country, and also o watch their movements. They came upon hem before the break of day. Their fires pere burning all arouud them. A spirited ittack was made upon the plunderers, which esulted in their complete discomfiture. Of he enemy's forces twelve were wounded, thiry-three were taken prisoners, several were Irowued in attempting to make their escape, vhilst the rest were either killed, or surreulered unconditionally. The Carolinians lost >ut one man. Thus far successful on laud, the Governor letermined to make an attack upon the | enemy on the water. Colonel "Rhett, with I r j the fleet which had been, but a few days be-11 j fore, hastily equipped, was ordered to push out j P boldly against the enemy's ships. With six j' small and insignificant vessels, he sailed down ' the river to the point where the enemy lay at I g anchor. So soon as the French fleet saw j I i Rhett and his little armament approaching, j fi j they fled. The weather was unfavorable for ; e ! pursuing his foe, and Rhett returned without D an engagement. To all human appearances, j it seemed, that in a fit of despair, the French w had determined to give up farther prosecution g | of the attack upon Charles Town. Governor P ! Johnson, to be sure that this conclusion was , correct, sent out the Sea Flower, under the | command of Capt. Watson, to search for the enemy. He found some men whom the French had left on the shore, but none of the enemy's e: , ships were to be seen. Having taken on j 1< j board the Sea Flower the men left by the | I T L 1 nA r<U TV..,r. onfI fll l'icuv;ii, lie 1CIU1UCU IU vuaugo xunu, uuu ' o reported that the enemy was not to be seen. The prisoners captured by him reported that w they were certainly gone. n Martial law was now suspended, and the is people began to feel easy once more. That * same evening, (Friday) it was reported that 11 an armed ship had entered Sewee Bay, and ^ I that a considerable number of armed men tf had landed. The Governor at once deter- ai mined to make an attack upon them, both by is sea and land. Capt.Fenwicke, with one hun- i ai dred and thirty men, was ordered to cross the j * river and attack those who had landed, whilst! Colonel Rhett was to sail with the Dutch pri- j vateer and a Bermuda sloop against the ship ' p( anchored in Sewee Bay. Colonel Risbie, J ei Capt. Evans, the commander of Granville [ si Bastion, and a number of volunteers, accom- c* panied Colonel Rhett. Capt. Fenwicke came up with those who had landed at Hobeaw, but ashort distance from Charles Town. An engagement, which lasted but a short time, took place. The Carolinians were entirely lo successful. Thirty of the enemy were killed, vv and seventy taken prisoners. Colonel Rhett, 10 about the same time, entered Sewee Bay, and ^ the enemy's ship surrendered. Ninety pris- ^ oners were secured, together with a number ^ of subaltern officers, and General Arbouset, cf of the land forces. ai It seems that the plans of the enemy were ^ either badly matured, or they were greatly ^ frustrated in their execution. The fleet con- a sisted of ten hips and eight hundred men, who were a mixture of whites, mulattoes, In- ni I diaDS and negroes. The ship which entered w Sewee Bay was commanded by Capt. Pacque- se reau, and carried the land forces. In some h' way, it seems to have become separated from ^ the rest, and to have known nothing of the fate of the other vessels near Charles Town. al The French lost nearly one half of their sc men, whilst the Carolinians lost only a few ai men. The whole expenses of the defense of the province were borne by Governor John- ^ son. As a reward for his services, it is a traditiou that the proprietors granted him a large ^ tract of land, which afterward fell into the sj possession of the Manigaults. al Certain it is, that the invaders made a ta complete failure, and no doubt the success of the defense was due mainly to the military skill of Governor Johnson. [to be continued next week.] tt IHisfclliincflus |{ catling. tr{ WASHINGTON'S STRENGTH. pi A writer at Arlington House, in 1854, ask- re ed Mr. Custis if Washington could, like Mar- nj shal Saxe, break a horseshoe, and the reply a* he received was, he had no doubt he could ' had he tried, for his hands were the largest and strongest he had ever seen. Mr. Custis then gave several instances of the General's at strength, of which he recalls the following: . When Washington was a young man, he was j ^ present on one occasion, as a looker-on, at I A' wrestling games, then the fashion in Virginia. Tired of the sport, he bad retired to the shade of a tree, where he sat perusing a pamphlet,I 8P till challenged to a bout by the hero of the <ll day, and the strongest wrestler in the State. 01 Washington declined, until taunted by the a? remark that he feared to try conclusions with p the gladiator, he calmly came forward, and without removing his coat, grappled with his ^ antagonist. There was a fierce struggle for a "c brief space of time, when the champion was ai hurled to the ground with such tremendous stl force as to jar the very marrow of his bones. W( Another instance of his prodigous power was a his throwing the stone across the Kappahan- *e nock at Fredericksburg?a feat that has ev never been performed since. Later in life, a (lt number of young gentlemen at Mount Vernon were contending in the exercise of throwing the bar. Washington, after looking on a while, walked forward, saying, "Allow me to Pf tryand grasping the bar, sent the iron fly- [f1 ing through the air twenty feet beyond its usual limits. Still later in his career, Washington, whose age was like a lusty winter, J*1 "frosty yet kindly," observed three of his workmen at Mount Vernon, vainly endeavoring to raise a large stone; when, tired of witnessing their unsuccessful attempts, he put ?c them aside, and taking it in his iron-like ^ grasp, lifted it to its place, remounted his w borse, and rode on. i f.u l?i RiTirrvf-i wuev TrRKD.?One of the most 1 to prevalent fallacies that disturb the public u mind to-day, is the idea that it is harmful to Pf go into the water when heated with work, ot walking, running or exercise of any kind. al How many times, when boys, have we had te that injunction laid upon us by auxious moth- n< ers, not to go into the water when we were di warm or perspiring. But we often used to see ti our playmates go iuto the water when literal- g* ly dripping with sweat, and could not under- re stand how they could escape the dread conse-1 tb queuces which we had always been led to be- ai lieve would follow. The true rule seems to u< be, rather, not to bathe when the system is as tired or exhausted; and if this rule is faithful- st ly carried out, any one in good health may re take a plunge bath in cold water, however i dc warm they may be. When the system is fresh it reacts quickly from the numbing effects of the cold dash, leaving the person feeling fresh- te er and clearer than before. On the contrary, ar when worn with toil and fatigue, there is not that reserve force to draw upon, aud the con- sp sequences are often quite serious. Let parents and all others disabuse themselves of thatex- w ploded notion, and only bear in mind the rule here brought forward?never to bathe ai when the body is tired and the system not in in a condition to sustain further demands upon it.?Science of Health. in Let Us Have Light.?The American ai Builder says: Do not arrange your house so as to violate God's first commandment. Give at it many windows, and then, 0, housewife, keep your blinds open during the day and your fii curtains drawn aside. If you let the sun in freely it may fade the carpets ; but if you do ct not, it will be sure to cause ill health to the mothers and the children. The sun is a good pi physician. He has never had due credit for bi 1 Lis curative qualities?for the bright eyes and n< osy cheeks that come from his healing batli. )o you know how puny is the growth of the otato vine along the darkened cellar wall? iuch is the health of human beings living rhere the sun is intercepted by the window's rapery. So dark wall paper is not only loomy, but it is physically unwholesome. jet in the sun, for with it comes forth cheerjlness and strength ! A dark room is an enmy of good health, good temper and good lorals. Perfectly Satisfactory.?She said she ^ould take a dozen of eggs, but while the rocer was couuting them out she asked the rice. He told her, and she shrieked: "Seventeen cents?" "Yes, ma'am." "Why, that's outrageous!" "Well, its hard times, and everything's up." She sat down on a sugar barrel, sighed sevral times, and asked if eggs were likely to be >wer or higher. "I don't claim to be a prophet," he replied, 3 he twisted a sheet of paper into the shape f a funnel, "but I dare say they'll be'down ) sixteen and one-half cents in less than a eek, and perhaps go lower. Trade, which is aturally depressed during July and August, i looking up a little. Our exports of gold re now equaled by our imports. The calling i of bonds puts more ready money afloat, ad capitalists are much more hopeful this eek than last. The crops are about ready > move, navigation prospects are brighter, id public confidence in financial measures rapidly returning. One thing moves around lother, you see, and though, as I said before, am not a financier, and my predictions are ot entitled to any great weight, it seems clear ? me, that eggs have got to come down. A reat current of eggs is setting toward this lint from a dozen different directions, and ?en if the calling in of bonds and the sale of irplus gold don't produce lower prices, I tnnot see why figures should go up." She reached into the pickle barrel, nipped cucumber, and went away wondering why 2r husband never knew anything. A Merciful Friend.?An elephant banging to an English garrison in the Indies, as one day amusing himself with his chain an open part of the town, when a man who id committed a theft, and was pursued by a :eat number of people, despairing of all oth means of safety, ran under the elephant, pparently delighted with the poor man's mfidence, the creature instantly faced about id met the crowd, erected his trunk, and irew his chain in the air, as is the manner of - i- ?1 J -!i1. it lese animais wnen eugageu wuu me eueray, nd became so furious in defense of the crimal that, notwithstanding all the gentle arts iade use of by the surrounding multitude, either they or even his mahout, or driver, to hom he was fondly attached, and who was rnt for to manage him, could prevail with im to give up the malefactor. The animal's onderful kindness met with reward. After iree hour's contest, the governor heard of lis strange rebellion to the laws of the land, ad came to the scene of struggle. He was ) much pleased with the generous perseverace of the honest quadruped, that he yielded > the elephant's interposition and pardoned le criminal. The poor man, in an ecstacy f gratitude, testified his acknowledgment by issing and embracing the proboscis of his ind benefactor, who was apparently so senbleof what had happened that, laying aside 11 his former violence, he became perfectly ime and gentle in an instant, and suffered is keeper to conduct him away without the ast resistance. Before and After.?A wise woman has lis to sav of nuarrels. both before and after arriage: "People talk of lovers' quarrels as ither pleasant episodes?probably because tey are not quarrels at all. She pouts ; he isses. He frowns; she coaxes. It is half lay, and they know it. Matrimonial quarts are another thing. I doubt seriously, if arried people ever truly forgive each other 'ter the first falling out. They gloss it over; ley kiss and make up; the wound apparently ;als, but only as some of those horrible ounds given in battle do, to break out again some unexpected moment. The man who is sneered and said cruel things to a sensive woman never has her whole hearLagain. be woman who has uttered reproaches to a an can never be taken to his bosom with e same tenderness as before those words were loken. The two people who must never larrel are husband and wife. One may fall it with kinsmen and make up and be friends fain. The tie of blood is a strong one, and . Fection may return after it has blown away; it love, once banished, is a dead and buried ing. The heart may ache, but it is with )pelessness. It may be impossible to love ly one else, but it is more impossible to reare the old idol to its empty niche. For a 3rd or two, for a sharpening of the wit, for moment's self-assertion, two people have ofn been made miserable for life. For, whater there may be before, there are no lovers' larrels after marriage." Curious Notions.?Dr. Kane's account of e huts of the Esquimaux, and of their filthy irsonal habits, was hard to reconcile with the eories of physicians that pure air and cleanliless are essential to good health. An exlange tells of a wealthy English widow who ved to old age, though she never washed irself or her room. She reasoned after this shiou: If the room were wetted, she might catch ild ; if the windows were cleaned, glass might 5 broken, and somebody hurt. She never ashed herself, for fear of cold. As a substiite, she anointed her face and neck with a Ltle milk and hog's lard, finished off with a uch of rose pink on the cheeks. She was ethodical in all her habits, eating with one irticular knife,fork and plate, and drinking it of one cup. She had excellent health, jhorred physics and doctors, and cut two eth at the age of eighty-seven. She had no iar relations, and refused to see those more stantly related. One pleasant characterisc is recorded. She had a large, well-kept irden, in which she passed most of her time ading. Although she lived entirely through ie reign of the First and Second George, id so far into that of the Third, she continid to wear fashions of the time of George I., i being those of her married life. Notwithanding this, she was everywhere treated with spect. Perhaps her gold had something to > with that, however. Why Some People are Poor?Coffee, a, pepper and spices are left to stand open id lose their strength. Brooms are never hung up, and are soon oiled. Nice handled knives are thrown into hot ater. The flour is sifted in a wasteful manner, id the bread pan is left with the dough stickg to it. Clothes are left on the line to whip to pieces the wind. Tubs and barrels are left in the sun to dry id fall apart. Dried fruit is not taken care of in season, id becomes wormy. Rags, string and paper are thrown into the re. Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef betuse the brine wants scalding. Bits of meat, vegetables, bread, and cold uddings are thrown away, when they might 3 warmed, steamed, and served as good as 3W.? Cottage Hearth.