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lewis m. grist, proprietor. J Jitbepcttbeirf Jfamiljj ftetospaper: Jfor tj}c promotion of f|e political, Social, Agricultural anir Commercial Interests of % Soatjj. {terms?$3.00 a tear, in advance. "VOL. 21. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1875. NO. 45. fcctrj;. | THE MERRY HEART. 'Tis well to have a merry heart, However short we stay; There's wisdom in a ine'rrv heart, What'er the world may say. Philosophy may lift its head And hna out many a flaw, But give me the philosopher That's happy with a straw. If life but brings us happiness, It brings us, we are told, What's hard to buy, though rich ones try, With all their heaps of gold; Then laugh away, let others, say Whate'er they will of mirth, Who laughs the most may truly boast He's got the wealth of earth. YhertsTs Beauty in the merry heart, A moral beauty, too; It shows the heart's an honest heart That's paid each man his due : And lent a share of what's to spare, Despite of wisdom's fears, And makes the cheek less sorrow speak, The eye weep fewer tears. The sun may shroud itself in cloud, The tempest wrath begin ; It finds a spark to cheer the dark, Its sunlight is within ; Then laugh away, let othejs say ? Ttuaie er rney will of m irth ; Who laughs the most may truly boast He's got the wealth of earth. Jkii Original J-totg. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. Sleepy Hollow. CHAPTER XI. ! GETTING ACQUAINTED. The old Scotch housekeeper, Barbara, stood waiting to receive us in the hall. She welcomed i me kindly, looking searchingly at me at the same time with a pair of keen, twinkling gray 1 eyes. "She's got a bonny face," she said, nodding j at her master with a satisfied expression, as ' she released my hand. ("I should say ye've made a gude choice, Arthur?if the outside don't deceive me." I felt some surprise at her calling my hus- 1 band by his Christian name; but supposed ' that the familiarity of long intercourse had engendered the habit, which the difference of ' years between them made the more excusable. 1 Dr. Wardlaw smiled at her comment, turn- 1 ing to me at the same time to see how I bore it. 1 "I think you may fairly judge by the out- ( side, in this case," he rejoined, pressing ray hand which he still kept on his arm. "We may look for sunshine in the old place now, 1 Barbara." ( "And it needs it," said Barbara, senten- ( tiously. Then taking up a candle, she added, , "your lady's rooms are quite ready for her ; ; 6res burning and all. Will I show her the 1 way to thera at ouce ?" "Will you go up stairs to take off your j bonnet, Rosamond, or are you too tired ?" asked my husband. I may as well go up at once," I replied. "I * am anxious to get acquainted with my new domain." c "It's a good big house enough," was the N housekeeper's coromeut, as she preceded me, 1 light in hand, along the passage, Matilda fol- E lowing with ray traveling bag and shawl; "but it's awful lonesome sometimes. Are you much fond of company ?" "Not particularly?that is, of course I like it sometimes," I replied; "but I am accus- 1 tomed to a quiet house. At home I lived ^ alone with my father." 1 "Eh! it's good you're not one of the fly- 6 about sort," said Barbara. "The doctor's a 1 quiet, donee man, and he'd fare ill with a gay, * gadding wife. Here's your chamber, little madam, and there's a drawing-room and parlor beyond. They've all been aired with fire and sunshine and breeze every day for a week 1 past, so I hope you'll find them comfortable ; c andjf^jnu want anything just send your maid down to me. My room is below here, off the ' back entry. When you've rested, you'll find s tea waiting for you below ; or rather, a sort [ of dfnner and tea in one, as I may say ; for 1 you'll be hungry after your journey." "I am very much obliged to you?everything looks very nice," I rejoined. Having 1 thrown open nay room-door with some cere- J mony, and waved me in, the old dame bustled ' off down stairs. ' "What a funny old lady, Mies Rosamond," remarked Matilda. "Is she any relation to ' the doctor ?" ] "No; certainly not. She is his housekeeper. -? ? I TV 11 ? i- . * 1. Due rememoer, J.UI}', yuu are w tieaum wan great respect, for she is a person of irapor- 1 tance. What pretty rooms these are!" "Spec' the doctor had 'em fixed up on purpose for you," said Matilda, looking round, approvingly. "There was no doubt that such < was tl&e case. The eoft,bright-flowered carpets < looked as if they had never been trodden up- < on, and the dainty chintz drapery of windows and bed hung in fresh glossy folds. The fur- < niture alone was of an. ancient fashion, of * solid, shining mahogany, reflecting on its i 1 quaintly-carved surface the flicker of the cheer- j s fu] fire, lhat_ leaped and danced with a look j i and sound of welcome on the hearth. The ; i three rooms designated by Barbara opened | into each other. The chamber was spacious, j' and, Hieing a corner room, had four large win- i < dows, though what the aspect was from them i I could not at present discover. The dressing- j i room was a large, light closet, furnished with i a wash-stand and chest of drawers, and with ' space for a sofa or single bed if necessary ; j( and the third apartment was a charming lit- j < tie boudoir, adorned with pictures and stat- J ues, and containing a lounge, a small marble { tahle and two or three luxurious low chairs, i In a recess were also shelves for books, and a , lizht wicker work-stand stood in one corner, | showing that the room was inteuded for daily use and enjoyment. 1 "It looks so cosy, I am afraid, wheu I get (1 settled here, I shall scarcely ever want to go ; down stairs," said I. "^Low pretty and com- j fortable everything is! I expect I shall feel : at home here very soou." "Is you goin' to put on your blue frock, \ Itfiss Rosamand ?" asPecT Matilda,"evidently ' thinking tlfSf ft would he a.ntoet uri-bridelike j proceeding to make my first appearance at ray owu tabrle^in a traveling-dress. I was too tired, however, to make auy change; so merely | smoothing my hair, and putting on fresh col- j lar and cuffs, I left to Tildy the task of un-1 packing my trunks, or a portion of their contents, and went down stairs. Dr. Wardlaw and the Old housekeeper were talking earnestly over the dining-room fire. I I caught one sentence, uttered iu the high, | shrill tones of the latter, as I entered. "Eh ! but she'll bejjlad to see you again, j Arthur; the puir lassie just pines for you when you're away." "Who is it that pines for you when you're ' away?" I asked playfully, as I drew near to my husband and placed my hand within his arm. "Only a little acquaintance of mine, in the neighborhood," he answered rather quickly, as Barbara walked off. Then leading me to ; the table, where supper stood prepared, he added, before I had time to make any rejoin-; der, "Come Rosomand, if you have as good an appetite as I have, you will do justice to j: all these good things that are awaiting our j > pleasure. Barbara always has a substantial ; meal ready for me on ray return from a jour- i ney, and this time she has added some unusual j j delicacies in honor of you." I wanted to inaugurate my new duties at once by making the tea, but he insisted upon my postponing that responsibility to the following day. At present I was only to sit j down and be waited upon. Very odd, but very pleasant, too, it seemed to be sitting there, I < feeling that here was to be my place forever- j i more. I looked around on the handsome, i well-lighted room, with.it? tootoful furniture, its pictures, its ornaments, its various appliances of elegance and comfort, and tried to re- i alize that it was my own home?that I was i mistress of all I saw. The old butler, a pic- < ture of solemn,white-tufted respectability, stationed himself near my chair, and sedulously 11 attended to my wants ; while two young and j excellently-well trained domestics flew hither i and thither, obeying his behests. Certainly < there was no lack of servants about the estab- i lishment. j Our repast being over, Dr. Wardlaw pro- j I posed to me that we should adjourn to the library. I assented willingly, and found it a < pretty little octagonal apartment, much small- * er than the one at home; but well stocked j with books, and delightfully home-like and j j comfortable. A study-lamp burned on the j table, the maroon curtains were drawn, the j Sre burned redly and silently, its first vehe- j ment blaze having subsided into a quiet, j steady glow. A hug6 bear-skin did duty as a puc? Wa rniirrh Vipart *nd fierep.-lnokini* teeth i being displayed at one end, and its four paws t jxtended on either side. Dr. Wardlaw drew j j i chintz-cove red sofa near the chimney, placed j ] ne on it, then seating himself at ray side, drew ] lie close to hita, exclaiming, with a deep sigh | )f content? s "Now I have you all to myself, at last!" And then we talked, not continuously, but! j with long, restful, happy .pauses in between,' ( )f the life that was just beginning for us, of ( >ur plans and wishes and hopes, and the joys ? ve were to share together; or, rather, he ( alked, and I listened and assented, feeling as ( f now I was commencing to learn, really to ; i enow him for the first time, while the convic- \ t ion grew upon me, that each moment of added | c knowledge wonld make me love him the more, c "Rosamond," he said, at last, when the g varning clock had struck the hour of ten, j 'here, in our first confidential talk, in our r ?wn home, I want to say somethiug to you, 1 vhich I wish you particularly to attend to, v ind never to forget. Will you promise to da f is I ask you?" 1 I looked up at him, laughing. I e "Blue-Beard's key !" I said, jestingly. j c 'You haven't showed me the bunch yet." J t "No, and I don't mean to. But' my request j ( nay appear to you to be somewhat on the i g Blue-Beard style; though I hope that there all | ] malogy ceases between that celebrated per- i lonage and myself. I must begin with a word 1 >f warniug to you. In some respects, I am an < ;ccentric man." < "Now, Arthur, don't say that." < "Why not?" i "Because I like people to be like other i )eople?not in all things, of course; but ec- j :eutric characters are so apt to be tiresome." i "I will try not to be tiresome; but you ' j enow, dear, I like to feel that you under-1 I itand me thoroughly, and will not let any of my ! 1 irotchets take you by surprise. One of these | I s, that I don't like questioning." 11 "How, do you mean ?" i ? "Well, you must not be inquisitive to know j < ;he why and wherefore of everything I do. [ ? [f any action of mine should at anytime ap- < aear to you a little unusual or even unreason- ? ible, don't ask me for an explanation of it." f "Oh dear!" said I, in dismay ; which was 1 lalf real, half feigned. "Do you know that j 1 pou are putting me to a very difficult test?" j \ "I hope not; it ought not to be difficult." j 1 "Woman's curiosity is proverbial, and 111 im no exception to the generality of my sex." , 1 "I think you are, in most respects. At least, 1 [ never saw any one like you." "Now you are trying to propitiate me with J lattery. But please tell me, Arthur, are you ! contemplating any very serious eccentricity it present, and is this a preparation for it ?" "Not at all. I am only speaking in a geniral way. I want you to love and trust me 10 thoroughly that no word or act of mine, lowever incomprehensible to you, shall in the j slightest degree excite your suspicion, or: nake you place a whit less confidence in me | :han before." j I looked meditatively at the fire. Here was i phase of married life that I had not before j contemplated. Why should Arthur shrink ( Prom taking me into his confidence, wholly ( and entirely, on all occasions, as I was quite , ready to do in regard to him ? Mystery and i reserve were utterly foreign to my nature. 11 rlid not like the idea of their existing, in ever so slight a degree, between myself and the person I cared most for in the world. On the other hand, I felt that I did love i and trust him, so fully, that it would take a I very heavy assault to batter down the bul-1 I wark of ray faith. And if he was a little ' I crotchety, as he said, I need, not on that ac-! i count, feel less tenderly towards him. Every j I one in the world bad some failing, some weak-, i uess. I could not look for absolute perfec-, < tion, even in hira, ray ideal. j I "If you will only tell me," I said, present-, s ly, you feel this dislike to explain your t motives or your actions, whatever they may '' be, to me?" ! | "I did not say especially to you," he inter-, j rupted. "It is ouly that I reserve to myself JI a right to follow certain dictates of my own I: will and judgment, for which I am accounta- j < ble to uo one ; not even the very dearest one j < on earth?and I need not tell you, Rosamond,;) how dear you are to me." "I thought," I said a little piteously, "that | there was to be perfect confidence between | us." i "And so, I trust, there will be. Do not | misunderstand me, my child. Heaven forbid J that I should ever lock against you the most, secret chambers of my heart! Canuot you appreciate the distinction between love and reason? In our love, we are and always will be one. No barrier can ever come between us [ po there." I soi "But when it comes to reason, then, I being be a totally unreasonable beiBg, have no share in it." thi "I don't think you at all unreasonable. It wa is on that account that I now appeal to your da good sense. Besides, you are wilfully perverting ray words. I allude to the mere possibility of an instance occurring, where my j th< conduct may not be perfectly clear to you, i tal and where I appeal to your faith in the purity th( of my motives, and your knowledge of the j we general reasonableness of ray disposition, to he; prevent any undue inquisitiveness on your ; chi part, or any feeling that I am doing you an ! he: injustice in withholding a full explanation." "Very well," I responded, with a little irrepressible sigh, "I suppose it must be as you 1 wish. I shall trust you, as long as you don't ' do anything very atrocious. I may speculate ha on the reasonableness of that, I suppose, : cia mayn't I ? But I warn you, Arthur, I can wa ever become a GrlseNTa." ' "Nor do I want you to, Rosamond; and I gei trust I have nothing of the tyrant in ray na- 1 ture, to make me try your dutifulness too se- of. verely." i mi "After all," thought I to myself, as I went i no to my own room, "I believe this conversation tas been just an experiment, to see how far wa my affection for him will go. Well, I am wa willing that he should put it to the test! I ' ilmost wish he would be very provoking once, sh< lust to prove how patient and forgiving I can j las be!" ' a j I did not know that the time was at hand ' when the patience and forgiveness I was so sh< mxious to display, would be drawn upon to ' in extent which would far exceed my antici- his nation or my desire. ' ab Th CHAPTER XII. i AM CALLED UPON TO FULFILL MY PROMISE, vie I had sufficient occupation, for the first few br< lays after my arrival, fully to engross my pal ;ime and thoughts. Everything, of course, pri possessed a great interest for me, both in the Sa< muse and about the place, and I was constant- he< y busy exploring my new domain, and getting gir my own personal possessions arranged to my get satisfaction. un My husband had provided me with every ndulgence which the utmost kindness and wh ;houghtfulness could suggest, or procure, dri Quantities of new books, pictures, a hand- ing lome piano, and living pets, in the shape of wh sanary-birds, gold-fish, and a beautiful King am Charles Spaniel, were provided for my amuse- th( nent. I had authority placed in my hands on! ,o direct the arrangement of the gardens and apj ,'onservatory as I chose?for, in anticipation mj >f ray arrival, he had had a large portion of wh ground, surrounding the house, laid out and pof >lanted in choice flowers aud shrubs, that I am night Dot miss -my own floral treasures at sai lome. I fouud a good friend in old Barbara, vho seemed to take a fancy for me, from the hai irat, and by her I was initiated into sundry for muse-keeping mysteries, of which I had hith- VV >rto remained in ignorance. She always ad- coi Iressed me by the appellative of "little mad- sul im," seeming to regard me partly with defer;nce, partly with the indulgent superiority the ihe would feel toward a child. And, indeed, thi [ was a child, or little more than one, in years, of n experience and iu wisdom. The joyous am Yeshness and ignorance of early youth and coi lountry breeding still hung over me, and it >"f lid not seem likely that they could be soon he< lispelled, in my new sphere, by much contact hei vith the outer world. Half a dozen families me were scattered around us, within a radius of to perhaps ten miles or more, and out of this lumber, not more than three or four were eli- t-h< jible as visiting acquaintances. Dr. Ward- coi aw had long since given up the practice of wh lis profession, except on rare occasions, when 1 le was called in to some consultation, or sent at *or iu haste, in the absence of the regular phy- j his lician. His health, though much improved j thi >f late years, had, for some time, been far from j let itrong, and incapacitated him for the fatigue j wh if riding about over rough roads, at unsea- J his sonable hours and in all sorts of weather, j me Some years after his arrival in America, he | ho1 lad fallen heir to a considerable property, left hoi lim by an nncle in Scotland, after whom he flo1 was named ; and this, combined with what he At lad already accumulated by hisown exertions, oul slaced him beyond the necessity of farther | he abor, and enabled him to follow the mode of j chi ife best adapted to his inclinations. j W The quiet and seclusion of my new sphere me were not devoid of charm, even to a disposi-1 we ;ion as naturally gay as mine. I had enter- j o'c id upon my -married life with many ardent nae esolutions and high purposes in my heart, lur which it seemed to me could be better real- am zed, afar from the distractions of society, an; which might sometimes have proved uuwel- he ;ome interruptions to the perfect harmony of tur ntercourse which I desired should subsist be- J ;ween ray husband and myself. Of course, wil here was a good deal of high-flown romance to n these notions of mine, which it would take net iome months, or even years, of experience to glo uboff; but the source from which they rose eel was the healthy and pure one of deep and hai ;ver up-springing affection, which no parch- am ng drought of adversity could dry up, but ' would bless ua, I trusted, with its refreshing "0 nfiuence as long as our liveB should last. mo I used to take my work?such trifling yoi work as it was?into Barbara's room, when I 1 do jot tired of the little up-stairs parlor where j I a ny mornings were usually spent; and from ! sue ler I gleaned many particulars of my hus- j ' jand's former life, which were very interest-1 thu ng to me. She had known him from child- j ha' mod, having been one of the retainers of his j ha "ather's family; and when he married and 1 yoi jame out with his girl-bride, she accompanied ! ' lim, resolved that the young pair, of whom I n ihe was very fond, should not come to a ' itrange country without one familiar face ica within sight. I asked many questions re- i wa warding Edith, of whose memory I felt no not 1 nimn kAminoa if Tv.ia art lninnujlKIa frtr ma ! wll (CaiUUDJ) l/OV/?UOV IV nuo OV lujpunou/iv ivi iuu to realize that she had ever occupied the po-1 ov< sition which I now filled?so impossible to | ' connect the identity of the youthful Arthur i we of' those days with that of the grave middle-! at aged man of the present time, "How long were they married, Barbara? bu Did she die suddenly?" 1 asked one day,' kn when the subject had been introduced between ' ' us. | Pr "They had been married only a year, or a | ' little over, when she died. Her last illness I tht wasn't very long." ' coj "How was it that Dr. Wardlaw bought this place? It seems to me that they would rather ' have gone to some city; at any rate to some more Pr pulous place, where they would have had me society, and where he would have had a ; tter chance of succeeding in his profession." "Bless you, little madam, he didn't buy 1 is place then?no, not for a long time after- { ird. He couldn't have afforded it in those vs." Why, I thought Edith died here?" "So she did ; but the place didn't belong to j ^m. A friend of theirs owned it, who had ; ten a great fancy to Edith, and would have j jra come up here and stay with her. They ! re living in Columbia at the time. Edith's | alth wasn't strong, and it was thought a , ange would do her good. They hadn't been ; re above six weeks when she died." "What did she die of, Barbara?" "Fever," said Barbara, briefly. "What kind of fever ?" "Eh ! I don't rightly remember. Doctors ve such a power of names for diseases, 'spe,lly in this country, it seems to me. Any y, it took the puir thing oil'." "Perhaps it was chill and fever," I sug3ted. "She had no chill, as you call it, that I know Ague, we call it at home. Do ye have ' ich of that disease where you come from, w?" "Not that I know of," said I, unwilling to nder from the subject in band. "Edith s very pretty, wasn't ehe, Barbara ?" "You ken the picture the doctor has of her; i was jU8t like that?a bomay, well-favored sie, aye, laughing and play ing off pranks? jairfect bairn in all her ways." "And I suppose he grieved dreadfully when 3 died." "Eh! Would you not have him grieve for i ain wife? He never was one to talk much Dut his feelings, one way or another." "It must have been so lonely for him. ey never had a child, had they ?" "Gude preaairve us!" cried Barbara with a dent start, suddenly relapsing into her jadeat Scotch accent, which was seldom aprent in her speech. "See what an awfu' ck I hae given mysel' with the needle! b much for pratin' and chatterin' in sic a ?dless fashion?eh, sakes! the bluid is beinin' to flow. Little madam, could ye no ; me a scrap o' plaister to staunch it ? I'm co fuleish at the sight o' bluid." [ hastened to apply the court-plaister, ich I found, at Barbara's direction, in the iwer of her work-table, my sympathies be; quite excited by the frantic manner in ich she was wringing her injured finger d lamenting over it. In my innocence I )Ught that such severe pain could result ly from a dangerous wound, and a vague prehension of spasms even floated across ' mind. I was greatly relieved, therefore, en she presently resumed her usual comjure of manner, and left me in order to go d see after some household duty which she d must be attended to at once. [ did not, at first, notice what I afterwards d occasion to remark, that Barbara thenceth became shy of any allusion to Dr. urdlaw'8 former married life, and always ltrived to veer off splendidly from the jject whenever I introduced it. The idea at length began to dawn upon rae it she roust have some especial reason for 8. Possibly there might be circumstances a painful nature, of which I was ignorant, d which delicacy forbade her to revert to, inected with that period ; or, perhaps, hayi r been attached to Edith, she had not yet 2oroe quite reconciled to seeing me occupy r place; though her evident fondness for i, and the desire she constantly manifested please me, seemed to contradict the latter jgcstion. Whatever the reason might be, 5 topic had evidently become an unwelne one; and I ceased to ask her questions ich she so plainly desired to evade. Our life was a regular one. We breakfasted eight, and then Dr. Wardlaw repaired to i study, where he usually spent from two to ee hours engaged in reading, or writing ters. Here I was at liberty to follow him ien I chose, for'this little room, which was i own especial sanctum, was always open to i. I usually employed myself at this time, wever, in arranging with Barbara about usekeeping matters, and in attending to my wers, and to the comfort of my various pets. >out eleven o'clock my husband would go t, and remain absent until near two. While was gone, I sewed, practiced, read, or itted with Barbara, as fancy dictated, hen Dr. Wardlaw returned, he would take i, in fine weather, for a walk or ride, and would come home in time for our four lock dinner, for he could not enjoy that al at an earlier hour, though he never took ich. A fter dinner, there would be a pleast period of idling over the fire, and then, in p weather, no matter how cold or inclement, would invariably go out again,and not ren until seven o'clock. [ undertook, on one occasion, to remonstrate ;h him for this practice, which, I represented him, left me alone at the time when I most ;ded company?the shady hours of the laming, when it was too late to employ myf, and too early to light the lamps ; and I J nothing but my own solitary thoughts to use me. 'I love so to talk by the firelight," I said, ne can express one's thoughts and ideas re freely then than at any other time; but I 1 1*71 fx I j never give me a cnance. w ny can i you all your out-door business in the morning ? tn sure that your health cannot require :h an immense amount of exercise." 'I am sorry you dislike my going out at it time,dear," he replied ; "but, you see, old bits are so difficult to break up. And we ve the long evening together afterward, i know, which nothing ever interrupts." 'You areso dreadfully methodical, Arthur! ever had any method, and never will." 'It is well that one of us should be method1," was his only reply ; and nothing more s said on the subject at that time. But I long after, one bitter-cold, rainy evening, j en he went out into the hall to fetch his | srcoat, I could not but offer another protest, j 'Oh 1 Arthur, surely youi won't go in such ather as this!" I urged. "Do, please, stay home." "I can't, dear. I am going in the covered ggy; and weather does not hurt me, you ow." "Bu t the horse ! Have you no pity on poor ince ?" "Prince and I have weathered worse storms in this together. Help me on with this it, won't you, dear?" I put my hands behind my back. "If you will neither consider yourself nor ince, you might consider me," I said in an injured tone. "I get dreadfully anxious abou you when you are out on evenings like this and it is so dreary to sit and listen to the win and rain, all by myself." "Don't listen to them; get a book am read." "I can't read. Please stay with me?jus this once!" "Now, Rosamond, that is not fair in you to give me the pain of refusing such an earn est plea." "Then don't refuse it! Arthur, I shal think you don't care about me, if you persis in doing what I ask you not." "You cannot think that, Rosamond; yoi know I would oblige you if I could." "But why on earth must you go? I can' think it is simply to gratify a fancy." He buttoned his coat without making an; rejoinder. It was plainly useless to argue th point I turned away, indignant and dit pleased. I felt very much like crying, bu pride, and the fear that he would think m silly, forbade. "Rosamond," he said, coming up to m when he was ready to start, "don't think m very disobliging, or very unkind. You ar right in supposing that it is not merely capric which takes me out always at this hour. . have a special object in going, or I should b only too happy to stay at home." "Then tell me what your object is." "I cannot." "You cannot! It is a secret, then ?" "Rosamond, don't you remember our firs conversation in the library, on the evening o our arrival here, and the agreement we mad at that time?" I answered, reluctautly, in the affirmative "This is one of my crotchets, which yoi kindly promised to humor. Don't ask m any more questions about it now." "But it seems to me such an unreasonable ff one. "One cannot always judge from appearan ces. Tell me, now, that you are not vexei with me, before I go." "But I am vexed," said I, relenting, how ever, at his persuasive tone. "Hunt up my flute, on one of the librar shelves, while I am gone, and when I com back, I will try and recall some of my long forgotten music, as you were asking me tb other day." "Oh 1 will you, really, Arthur?" I ex claimed, ray good humor quite restored by thi announcement. "How nice that is of you Now we can learn some duetts together, do so love to play duetts." I found the flute and polished up its silve mountings, and had it in fine order by th time he returned, and we had a charminj orraninrr nra/ll ici m. tnnatlmp fnP hp ffilinH tK A CV^/IUUg j/mvi'ioiug VVgVUIlVtf AWt wv wmvb ? ?? his skill in playing had not so entirely deserl ed hira as he supposed. So the discussioi about his unexplained evening expedition was again laid at rest, for a little while. : r\' [to be continued next week.] fii&targ of (farolrna Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OK THE Early Settlement of South Carolina BY BEV. BOBEBT LATHAH. {continued from last week.) The colony of South Carolina occupied, fo a period of more than sixty years, an isolate position. On all sides, it was a frontier sel tlement. By land, it was exposed to th scalping parties of the Yamassees ; and by sef it was exposed to plundering pirates. Thes latter were, at 6rst, favorably treated by th settlers; but he who forms a league wit! rogues, must either turn rogue himself, or b deserted and plundered by his confederate! Such was the case with the first settlers c South Carolina. They formed, with the pi rates, a kind of tacit arrangement that thes plunderers of the sea might enter the port o Charles Town and go out again undisturbed The colonists sorely needed money, and th pirates brought Spanish coin into the countr; and spent it freely. The early settlers of th colony never asked how, or from whom thi money was obtained. So far, they winked a the conduct of these robbers on the high seas Farther than this, they did not go. When however, the colonists were disposbd to obe; the enactraeuts relating to pirates, the pirate turned their vengeance upon the commerce o the colony. The Yamassees, and tribes in alliance witl the Spanish in Florida, often sent out marau ding parties. These kept the inhabitants o the country in a state of continual dread, an< often drove them, panic-stricken, to Charle Town. Beyond the Savannah, no settlement wa attempted. By the terms of the treaty mad< by Nicholson with the Indians, this river wai made the dividing line between the tribes am the English settlement. All the territory wes and south of this river was a waste, inhabite< only by wild beasts and savages. Both th< English and Spanish claimed the soil. Neith er, however, had made any attempt to settle it This territory now forms the State of Georgia ??r .. n 1KQT Sir vv alter xuueigu, m n>ui?iijuic tuai eighty years before a settlement was begun a Charles Town?landed at the mouth of thi Savannah, but made no settlement. In 1732, some benevolent persons in Eng land determined to open up a home in tb< New World, for the poor and oppressed o Europe. Chief amongst these individuals, wa James Oglethorpe. A variety of propitioui events had conspired to elevate Ogletborp to a high position of influence in the Englisi Government. He was born, sometime in De cember, 1683, in Surry county England. A an early age he exhibited a military turn o mind, and in 1714 was commissioned an ofH cer in the Queen's guards. The Duke oi Marlborough was impressed with his persona beauty and dignity, and recommended him t( prince Eugene, In the campaign of 1716-lj againgt the Turks, he distinguished himself and on returning to England, was, in 1722 elected a member of parliament from the bo rough Hazelmere, This position he held foi a period of more than thirty years. During this time, he devised a scheme for ameliorating the condition of London debtors. Having succeeded in this, he next turned his attention to the poor and indigent of Europe. Such ii the origin of the settling of the State of Geor gia. A company was formed and funds raised by private subscription for the purpose ol erecting a home in the New World for th< poor, especially of England and Ireland. Ap * it plication was made to the King, by whom a ; charter was granted, on the 9th of June, 1732. d The main object contemplated by this undertaking, was to furnish a home for the poor; d but it was also designed to make the new colony a kind of protection to South Carolina, it Twenty-oue persons were appointed trustees of the undertaking, and the mouey i, was deposited in the Bank of England. Evi cry precaution was taken to secure a proper investment of the funds. In July, the trus1 tees held their first meeting and Lord Percit val was chosen president. On the 28th of November, one hundred and sixteen emigrants n set sail from Gravesend, and on the 24th of January, 1733, they arrived at Charles Town, t It had been determined by the trustees, at their first meeting, to form the settlement on y the territory embraced between the rivers Sae vannah and Altamaha ; hence, so soon as they i- arrived at Charles Town, preparations were t made for reaching this point, e The new-comere were gladly welcomed by Governor Johnson and the people of Charles e Town. The people of South Carolina showed e their generosity by sending the newly arrived e colony provisions, and also, cows and hogs, e with which to stock the contemplated settleI ment. William Bull, afterward?in 1737? e Governor of South Carolina, volunteered to accompany the colony to its point of destination. General Oglethorpe was with the lately arrived sdttlers. Governor Johnson sent the boats belonging to the colony to t accompany them on their journey. On the f 12th of February, 1733, they arrived at e Yamacraw bluff, and laid the foundation of the present city of Savannah. In honor of s. George the Second, the King of England, by j whose liberality the scheme had been greatly e advanced, the trustees had named the settlement Georgia; whilst the town built was, from 3 the river on which it was located, named Savannah. This settlement was of vast importance to j the Eoglish colony in South Carolina. It extended the borders ofcivilization, increased . the number of Europeans in the country, and placed a settlement between Charles Town y and the Indian tribes. Oglethorpe being exe perienced in military affairs, set about to put >. the new settlement in a proper state for dee fense. A fort was built and cannon placed on the breast-works. The Indians, in the im> mediate vicinity were the Lower and Upper s Creeks. To these the territory west of the ! Savannah river had been granted by GoverI nor Nicholson of South Carolina. The Upper Creeks numbered about twenty-five thour sand. The Lower Creeks had been greatly e reduced in number by war and disease, g To conciliate the Indians, Oglethorpe called t together a couucil of their chiefs. In the execution of this, he was aided by an Indian wool man named Mary, who had married a white s trader. This woman was intelligent, and exercised very considerable influence amongst ' her people. By Oglethorpe she was loaded - with presents, and her services secured at an annual salary of five hundred dollars. * Fiftrj vf the vhicft unrae tu xtie cumivil cnH ed by Oglethorpe. A treaty of peace was made between Oglethorpe and Tomocbichi, the chief of the Creek warriors. Having arranged the settlement, General Oglethorpe returned to England, taking with him Toroochichi and his queen. On arriving in England, they were, with great pomp, introduced into the presence of George the Second, King of England. The Indian chief was struck r with astonishment at the greatness and grand deur of the English, and on the other hand t- every thing was done by the English people e to make a favorable impression on the mind i, of the chief. The princes and noblemen e flocked, from all quarters, to gaze upon the e savages of the New World. The people gathh ered around them for the purpose of seeing e them, and men high in state invited them to ?- partake of royal banquets. The King be^ J <ai^kfn /IaIloi*a a tvaalr Hup. '* C51/U YV CU uyuil LUC UJ agllLJ uuiiuio w nvwo| i- ing the four months they remained in Enge land, and when they departed for America 'f loaded tbem with presents. I. Thus, by acts of kindness and deeds of e generosity, the Indians, residing between the y Savannah and the Aitamaha, were induced to e surrender a portion of their dominions to the 8 English. t This Georgia colony, although separate and i. distinct from the South Carolina colony, still i, sustained to it an important relation. The y general object of both was the same. Both s were in search of a land of freedom. Amerf ica was then regarded as the home for the oppressed of every creed. The poor, who were a oppressed with want, saw a prospect for bet tering the condition of themselves and their f children. But the two colonies had another 3 grand feature in common. They were protess tants, and spoke the same language. Hence, the planting of the colony by Oglethorpe in o ojoq Kut ovtpnHincf t.Kp hnrdftrs of O VJIWICtU} VI MU UMV VAVVMV*twg 0 South Carolina. 9 About this time a difficulty occurred among 1 the settlers, respecting the manner in which t lands were taken up. Grasping individuals i run out large tracts of land, to the great dete riment of the colony. This was especially - the case in the region bordering upon Port Royal. Some individuals, with the expecta,. tion of making themselves the owners of vast i tracts of land, had unjustly laid claim to t tracts of land which had been laid out as e baronies under the proprietary government. All these empty titles had been abolished by the royal government. Still, some individua als endeavored to enforce their claim to large f! tracts of land, to the great detriment of the i colony. All the best lands on the water b courses, in the direction of Port Royal, had a been marked out for no other purpose, it would i seem, than to seoure the foundation for cerr tain individuals, in time, to become mighty t landlords. f St. John, the Surveyor General of the province, so far favored these individuals as P to mark out for them lands contrary both to I the law of the colony and to the general wel> fare of the country. It was a matter of vital T importance to the existence of the settlement ' ! that the number of the inhabitants be increas* , ed. This could not be done, if a few individ uals were permitted to lay claim to all rich r lands and force the multitude to either settle \ | on the poor and unproductive lands, or settle ;! on the rich lands in the capacity of tenants. ;! This was, in part, what brought them to the II New World. They had been mere serfs in ^ I Europe. They came to America that they ' might have a home of their own. | It was determined that such a system of FI oppression should not have an existence in > South Carolina. Job Kothmaller and Thos. Cooper, two individuals who had laid claims to large bodies of valuable laud, were, by the order of the Assembly, taken into custody. The Assembly were incited to take this action by a petition sent up by thirty-nine citizens of Granville county. Cooper appealed to Chief Justice Wright, by whom he was released. The Assembly declared that the writ of habeas corpus not apply to persons committed by the Assembly, and resolved that "No writ of habeas corpus lies in favor of any person committed by the house, and that the messenger attending do yield no obedience to such ; and j that the Chief Justice be made acquainted ' with these resolutions." The Chief Justice complained that the resolutions of the Assemcly had a tendency to subvert the principles of the government. His views were neither favored by the Governor nor by his Council, who concluded that the lower bouse possessed the same power in this particular as was possessed by the House of Commons in England. The Chief Justice was not without strong friends. They were, however, individuals who were influenced by selfish ends, prejudicial to the general welfare.' The Assembly were not to be baulked in their course. A resolution was passed that Chief Justice Wright bad conducted himself unworthy of the high and responsible office which he held, and that it would be for the benefit of the province to suspend him from office. The conduct of the Surveyor General was censured! He, in order to make his 9ffice more profitable, had encouraged unscrupulous individuals in locating lands. The result was that St. John was forbidden to survey any land unless he had first received a warrant from the Governor. [to be continued next week.] MOODY AND SAN KEY IN BROOKLYN. The New York papers say that the number of letters daily received by Mr. Moody, to be read at the morning meetings in the tabernacle, is the best gauge of the growing success of the evangelists. On Tuesday morning there were five, on Wednesday morning twenfw_finn ond Tliiinorlatr nnorltr fnrfw cnmo nf KJ"U TVj WUU 4.UUI UVM* ?J *V* } UVM4W v* which came from distant cities. There was one from a Baltimore mother, asking for the conversion of her son; one from a Binghampton wife for the return of her husband, who had forsaken her; one from a widow in Fulton, for the conversion of one son in Chicago, and of another in Kalamazoo; one from a Middletown father, for the softening of his son's heart; and one from a Philadelphia woman for turning to Christ of her brother-in-law. Besides these, there were prayers for a beloved, aged mother, who is not in Christ; for a sick husband, once a believer but now a wanderer; for a brother who is a lawyer; for a son who is exposed to great temptation ; for an aged father; for a man and wife, both interested ; for a husband, who has for evil associates, forsaken wife and children ; for a young man who relies upon morality, and who has no desire to become a Christian; for a widow's two sons, and for a number of sons, daughters and parents not enveloped by any peculiarly harrowing surroundings. After the music of the opening exercises on Thursday evening had subsided, Mr. Moody asked that "any one having a great burden to j/?vovut iii trircti otitP ftJWCf"" 811X2 a 1 cavil<31 1TJ08 to ask prayers for his son, a widow for her child, an aged man for his son and grandson, a man for "thirteen Roman Catholics, and for one especially who came out sobbing from the rink last night, and who?" "Stop, brother, there," said Mr. Moody, "we do not care for that." And then the fathers and mothers and widows continued to rise and ask for prayers for their children. An old woman in deep black ? t i n 3 I cried out oetweeu ner sons irom unaer n?r long veil, "Pray, pray for my bod?a sailor far from home." Later an opportunity was given for those to rise who were troubled for their own sins, and about ninety stood up, among whom were many men. At the close of theservices,Mr. Moody went to the reporters and expressed hia regret that any one had been so ill-advised and sectarian as to use the name Roman Catholic as it bad been used by one or two men asking for prayers for friends of that religion. "They used the word as though it were opprobrious) and were, very narrow-spirited in doing so* /. Why, there are as many Roman Catholics who are Christians as there are of other denominations, and those men had no business to lump thq term in the way they did." , The revival pcene on Thursday evening is thus described: "The singers, through the impulse of a battle gained, sang, without bidding, 'Hold the Fort.' The music is wild, triumphant and exultant. It fille^ the air, drowning the sound.of shuffling, retiring feet and ofmQving chairs.. The singers?the Christians?were brilliant and aggressive, and the conquered sinners joined in the psean, but with heads bowed and with yvet cheeks. Stanza after stanza and chorus after chorus was rolled out, * ? 1 * - ^ if xt each one louder tnan oerore, as me mruug poured through the doors. Then other hymns were sung. "Earlier in the evening Moody had twice showp "his power over his audienoe. Once a man with lungs larger and stronger than San* key's cried out,'Glory be to God/ end the preacher, to t|ie surprise of the startled house, said earnestly, 'I thaok you, my friend, for that cry. It came from your heart. But you can better serve the Lord, and me, bis servant, if you will wait and say 'Amen' when I ask you to."' Again, a man only a fetf feet from the speaker fainted, and his friends, affrighted, gathered about him, and hundreds of persons sprang to their feet. # "You are dismayed, are you ? cried the speaker, almost tauntingly to the crowd. "You are thrown into confusion and are routed by the fainting of a man?by a trance that will, resemble death for. a few moments only! "What if that man had been struck dead?dead with hfs sins upon him? dead without repentancfe or confession ? Then you might stand ghastly and terrified. And how many of you, if death should come as suddenly as fit, could rejoice over the call ?" The bald move of the spea^ jjwe^him the control of the house. The swooi^ffifl^was carried out quietly, but all eyes were^Hjftttl upon the preacher, not upon the helples^Hj^k den. During the evening six others faiWnjk 1 in less couspiuuuua puailluuo, <uju nue uutt? j out without the slightest disturbance bemr^a created?so quietly that only the police recom told the nnmoer. f From the rink many hundreds crossed over to join the youDg men's meeting in the Reformed Church, and Mr. Moody, with a corps of clergy, went to the little chapel' of the Methodist Church, where they have nightly I met and prayed with the anxious. ^ Bdt the i chapel was too'small to hold the frightened' I penitents; and the great doors of the church^ ( were thrown open., and soon more than four hundred quiet, pale-faced men and women ' filled the pews. The evangelist stood before ' them, and a band of sidgers in the gallery ! softly sang. There could be little of that close conference that had been usual in the inquiry meeting, but little of tbe praying of preacher and convert sidt >y side, but there were earnest prayers that would do for all, and tears were shed by the exhorter and faia followers alike. '