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HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1871. VOLUME VII.?NO. 9. A MASQUERADE. Listen, friends, to my tale and learn the cause of my cherished prejudice against wo? man. On the seventh of October, 1864, Mrs. Frank Talbot's drawing-rooms presented a scene of Saiety that could not have failed to satisfy any evotce of pleasure found within her walls. There were kings and queens, knights and la? dies, pretty little peasants, whose picturesque costumes bespoke them from the mountains of Tyrol, but who were strangely wanting in the foreign accent. In one corner stood a young Quakeress, holding an animated conversation with a gray-haired monk; in another the Dawn of Morning and Goddess of Liberty were en? deavoring to outrival each other in the good graces of a dashing young fop of the sixteenth century. To my right stood Jcannette and Jcan not; to my left, Ked-Riding-Huod, forgetful of cheese, cake and grandma,- was lingeriug to flirt with a bashtul miustrel, whose faltering tongue failed to express the sentiments of ad? miration she inspired within him. As I stood silently observing the scene, and vainly en? deavoring to discover one beloved form among the unmasked figures around me, a low, music? al voice broke upon my ear; and, turning hasti? ly round, I found myself confronting a queen? ly-looking nun. "I beg your pardon for interrupting your reverie, monsieur," she said, in French ; "but the message I bear will procure my forgive? ness. Miriam Courtney, the Queen of Sight, to whom your soul pays willing homage, nas arrived, and requests your attendance." She paused, and 1 gazed at her in blank amazement. Who was she? How did she become possessed of a secret I had never whis? pered to my dearest friend?no, not even to the object of my passion, although my actions must have given her reason to suppose I was not indifferent to her ? I ran over the com? plete list of my lady acquaintances, and, as far as my knowledge extended, not one of them could speak French. Puzzled, perplexed, I nevertheless, after a moment's hesitation, re? solved to test her knowledge of myself by as? suming a nonchalent air, and carelessly ob? served that she must he mistaken in regard to my identity, as I could not claim the honor of an acquaintance witli the Queen of Night; and I was about to add, in an insinuating tone, "I desire no lovelier queen to whom to pay my homage than she who stands before me," when .she interrupted the complimentary speech by pointing to the open door, and exclaiming, See, there she comes.'" Involuntarily 1 glanced in the direction in? dicated ; but a group of fairies, with gauze like wings and floating drapery, intercepted my view ; but a moment, however. They sudden? ly parted to the right and left, revealing a young girl, whose starry dress and glittering crescent proclaimed her, indeed, Queen ot the Night. One glance was sufficient to convince me that I was gazing upon my beautiful Miriam ; and, even had 1 doubted it for a moment, a glimpse which I caught las she unconsciously raised her hand to her brow) of a pearl brace? let I had frequently seen her wear would have been proof conclusive. I turned to address my companion; she had disappeared. In vain did I search for her through the crowded rooms. I did not, however, lose sight of Miriam. While I still pondered on the word- of the nun. she entered a small conservatory opening into the garden, whither I followed her. I had purchased an exquisite bouquet in the early part of the evening, and now presented it to her, saying, '"Will your .Majesty deign to accept from the most humble of your slaves this token of his respect and esteem?" "Thank you !" she said, in a strangely affect? ed tone. "Ah !" thought I ; "she imagines that I have not recognized her." After a moment's hesitation, as though she feared her voice might betray her, she contin? ued, "I fear these flowers were not originally intended for me. I noticed you in close con? versation with a bewitching nun a short lime ago, and, judging by your manner, supposed you to be offering this same bouquet to her." "You are mistaken," 1 replied, with a secret flush of triumph, for I thought I detected a tinge of jealously in her words. "The flowers were bought expressly for you." "Ah, indeed !" she said in a gratified man? ner. "I perceive you are a faithful and loyal subject, and must reward you according to the forms of royalty, by creating you a knight of "Pardon me, dear lady," I interrupted, "not only for declining the kind offer, hut also for aspiring so far above it. I must confess, how? ever, that I can accept no post beneath the dig? nity of the King himself; and this is the hon? or,"' I added, in a lower tone, "1 must earnestly entreat you to bestow upon me." "Am 1 to understand that you desire me to resign my crown in your favor? Truly, your {?resumption is unsurpassed, in the annals of liston." "No, you mistake me," I returned. "It is not the value of the crown I seek, but the pos? session of the Queen who wears it." At this juncture several couples, heated and fatigued by the dance, strolled into the conser? vatory, which had hitherto been empty save ourselves. "May I beg your Majesty to step out into the garden,'' 1 said, offering my arm. "The night is beautiful, and your royal sister, high in the heavens, is impatiently awaiting your coming." She took the offered support and we stepped out into the open air. "Oh, how enchanting!'' she observed. "This soft, hazy moonlight throws a charm over ev? erything; softening all defects, heightening all beauties. Does it not remind you of an ex? quisite dream ?" "Truly, it docs," ] replied ; "for I cannot realize the fact that I am so fortunate as to enjoy the pleasure of walking and conversing with you alone." "I see that you arc well versed in the art of flattery, sir." "On the contrary, 1 know not what you call flattery, and desire nothing so much as to give von some convincing evidence of my sinceri-, ty." ' I "Since such is the case," she returned, "prove your words my unmasking." I instantly loosened and flung aside the dorn-1 ino that had concealed my features, saying, as I did so, "Since you de-ire it, I obey; though J it is wholly unnecessary, as you must have recognized my voice when I first addressed you, as J have yours, although you have taken such pains to disguise it." The only reply to thi? was a half-smothered laugh. I I' d her to a -mall harbor in the cen? ter of the garden. We sat down on the rude bench. I passed my arm around her waist, and took her hand. She made no resistance; on the contrary, I felt certain ?-1k; returned the ! gentle pressure I gave it. I drew her head down on my breast, as I Miid, "Will you not return the favor, and unmask als., ''' "I will do yon a Lrr'\'itcr favor by refusing to," she answered. "What do you mean?" I inquired. "Pity thr impatience of an ardent lover, t"ho never ! dared to hope before thia evening that bis pas? sion was reciprocated." "I fear the passion would vanish should I disclose my features." "Jest no longer, by beloved Miriam. Let me see yo?r charming face," I entreated. "Areyou willing to risk the consequences?" she inqtired, gaily. "Certainly," I replied. *'I fear no evil;" but scarcely had the words escaped my lips, when I foundreason to repent them. She rose from the bench beside me, while affectiugto loosen her mask, when, alas I alas 1 the nextmoment the glittering dress and ex? pansive cinoline fell to the ground, and out of the feminne apparel sprang Miriam Courtney's young briber, whom I always detested for his practical okes and consummate impudence, and who rturned my dislike with compound interest. Ve stood gazing at each other for a moment, h shaking with convulsive laughter; and, as I timed on my heel, and hastily left the irarden,pcal after peal of merriment arose on the sileu night air, and jarred on my senses long after Iliad turned the corner that con? cealed both louse and garden from my view. "I see it al now," I said to myself, deeply humiliated. "The mysterious nun was no other than Miriam herself. Coquette that she is, I did not'.onsider her capable of playing so despicable a rick. She and her brother planned the affair btween themselves. Tired of my attentions, se took the surest as well as the most insultin method of dismissing me. No doubt they wS entertain their friends with the story, and by vmorrow noon it will be circu? lated all ever Iwn." This though decided me. I left in the train the following norning, without bidding one of my friends arewell. I have never shown my face there ince, aud shun all women, ro? mance and seriment, as I would a vial of | poison. A Hmarkable Story. People kill theiselves every clay with quack medicines, but irely after the fashion de? scribed by the N? York World, in the follow? ing remarkable ntrative: A Hungarian riaied Endre Tagetc, of Fre? mont, Iowa, lateljclosed his variegated career by taking at onedose three bottles of Ferry Davis' pam-killer i a most remarkable way. He left a manuscrij account of his life, from which it appears iat he was of noble birth and well educated He was engaged in the revolution of 1S48, -as taken prisoner by the Austrians, and sen med to be shot; but he escaped and went I Italy, and afterwards to Algeria, where he losing money by gambling; he entered the Frcnclservicc and tbuglit the Cabyls for two yearsat the end of which he was captured and reiccd to slavery, from which he was redeeineojy a female servant of the daughter of the el f, who married and converted him to the Miometan faith. Soon she died and he rcturneoo Europe, wandering first through the deser stealing a camel on which to ride, and at lasVcached the borders of the Mediterranean, wire he took passage on an American ship to Xssina. He joined the army at liples, and for insub? ordination was c??ndeinnedo serve lour years in the galieys. Soon he t aped and fell into the hands of brigands, but i he had no money he was permitted to depart peace. Then he went to Genoa, where a Neiolitaii oflicer re? cognized him and placed hiiju irons prepara? tory to sending him back to te galleys. The captain of the vessel which \* conveying our hero pitied him, struck off h irons, and al? lowed him to jump uverboardnd escape; but no sooner had he. lauded, than French patrol clapped him into prisou, and l.was reclaimed by the government at Napic: However, he pretended to be a French dcrter, was not given up, and in six months weighting at the Crimea. He served also in thc'ranco-Italian war, and four years afterwards ^ lighting in this country in the Federal arm, When the war was ended he settled down oshe banks of the Wapsipinicoti. where he fell love with a farmer's daughter living at Fremt; but, al? though at first >he seemed to returns passion, she soon grew cold, and drove thfc?oor devil to frenzy. So he bought three btfes of the pain-killer, loaded a gun, and went the house of his beloved while her parents wert church, poured the contents of the three l>irS into the muzzle of his gun, a*ked therl jf she would marry him, and when she refud to do >o, put the muzzle of the gun into i mouth and tired, killing himself instantly. Garteks.?Some New England la>, Jfxs. Daniels, we believe,?another of the anicls couie to judgment?has invented anewpgled apparatus for keeping the ladies' stocky %jnt which is to supersede the liruc-honon and knightly garter. It may do well cnou for those ladies who lack sufficient rotund 0f limb, but our Virginia women aro notde:Cnt in any of the necessary adjuncts that . to ! make up the perfect mould of form, and.m keep their garters on and stockings up wuut resorting to any new inventions. What;]] the Yankees ask us to surrender next ? l0 garter is an old and cherished institution ; j although the elastic invention with the hu^ has been adopted by many city belles, the ft. born and unconventional country girls s stick to twine and tape, and other st ringt some even Using as a tie the primitive wisp straw. We will have none of this new-fa*! ioneil hip-attachment gearing. We arc true t \ our ancient tics. It is a direct assault upoij our civilization, a blow aimed at our gartereo, rights ; and we will resent it while we have a| leg to stand upon. Ladies, he true to your stockings. Unfurl the Wanner of the garter, and inscribe upon it that grand motto of the grandest order of knighthood ever established ?"Moni unit qui nut/ y jn ti.tr"?and there is not a man, young or old, in Virginia but will rally round the flag, and shed his hist drop of blood in defence of the garter rights 01" woman, and cry "Down with the Yankee hip-ocraey !"? Richmond Knquirrr. Schubs Wkaltit.?A correspondent of the Crnlrnl Ifaptixt, after visiting President Grant's farm, a few miles from St. l>ouis, says lie was received by Mr. ElroiJ, who is intrusted by Grant with the superintending of property val? ued at not less than $300,000. '1 he farm in? cludes, with recetit purchases, XiV.) acres. Re? ferring to this statement of the Central Jioptixf, the ilraokhjn Eagle says: "President Granl went into the army not. worth a cent, and has lived rpiite freely ever since. JI is horses, equip? ages, etc., are the theme of admiring descrip? tions from correspondents not only at Wash? ington, but at Long Branch ami wherever else he takes up his temporary abode. It i-, there? fore, quite consolator to find that out of his not excessive salary, first as General and now as President, he is able to keep $300,000 of land and blooded stock. These boss politicians continue to live at the. highest point ol luxurv, and on moderate salaries, and yet to roll up riches.'' ? A colored constable in Savannah wants to know what good the 'mcndmcnl i- going to do if a nigger can't steal his rations and marry s*?v ?>n wires. The .State Election in 1872. A correspondent of the Charleston Knrs gives the following gossip concerning the State election next year, which may prove interesting to our readers : Previous to the overwhelming defeat of the Radicals i:? Charleston your correspondent, who has had opportunities of hearing the views of South Carolinians of all shades in politics, found that little or no thought was taken in re? gard to the State elections next year. The Democrats o: Conservatives, depressed hy the I defeat of the Gubernatorial ticket at the last i election, deemed it almost useless to make any j further opposition, while the Radicals, relying I upon their "thirty thousand majority" to carry the day under any and all circumstances, ap? peared to be disposed to let matters rest until the last moment, and then elect any persons who may be the favorites of the hour. But with the Charleston election a great change is manifested. The Radicals, di-heartcned by a defeat so unexpected and so complete in their stronghold, are casting about for the "coming man," or men, who will unite their factions and insure a victory in the gubernatorial election. The Conservatives, elated in a ratio correspon? ding to the depression of their opponents, are talking hopefully, and recognize the fact that the same self-sacrifice, zeal and determination which the Charlcstonians exhibited, will, if ex? ercised by the citizens of the State next year, place as glorious a victory in their grasp. Republicans, one and all, whether of the Delany black, the DeLarge brown, or the Bowcn white, call for a thorough reorganiza? tion of "the party." But then arises the diffi? culty : The native white Republicans, with the majority of the negroes at their backs, clamor for a native party, and a general invitation for the carpet-baggers to take a "back seat," and if they "do not like that to leave" the State. This element speaks favorably of ex-Governor Orr as their nominee for Governor, and F. L, Cardozo, (Secretary of State,) as Lieutenant Governor. It is claimed by many that so far as Orr is concerned his views are known, and '"Barkis is willin'." But it is urged by some, that while the ex-Governor has control of the wires for Scott's seat, yet he has. other wires in operation for his election to the United States Senate, as soon as elected governor. His sup? porters for the office of governor urge that his aspirations are a serious objection to his nomi? nation, as if successful it will give the control of the State to Cardozo, whom they are willing to trust with the second but not with the first place in the State. The putting forth of the above ticket will, it is believed, unite all fac? tions, Orr securing the support of the whites, while Cardozo is a sop thrown into the blacks, who, despite the laws of the land, insist on making distinction regarding color, &c. As be? fore stated, this ticket is spoken of by the scala? wags and blacks. The carpet-baggers, who speak of the election at all, have very little to say; but many express the opinion that the attorney general's (Chamberlain) chances for the nomination for Governor are good, and all speak seriously of the growing breach between the native and foreign elements of the party. They say nothing definite regarding the Lieu? tenant Governor's place, but deem it essential that a colored man shall be placed in nomina? tion, and that more of the State oilier- be given to that race. A few think that rill-bury should be given something to console him for the loss of the Mayoralty, and I doubt not he will get quite a number of votes in convention for the office of Lieutenant (iovernor. However, if "the party-' be successful he will be cared for. There is great anxiety among all Republicans to ascertain from the Conservatives what man will be run for Governor. They think that General M. C. Butler will be supported for the place, and seem to dread his nomination. They* consider their chances of success very uncer? tain, unless they can so mix up the State and United States polities as to confuse their be? nighted followers, and thereby, while making them vote the straight 1'residcntial ticket, in? sure their votes for the straight State ticket. The Conservatives talk little of men but much of the platform for the coming campaign. While many are in favor of an out-and-out Democratic platform, the majority believe that it is the best and only secure plan to make the issue not one of polities, but, like the people of Charleston, unite the honest and good men of all shades of color and opinion, and make a grand, solid attack upon the bands of marau? ders who, although laden with the substance of the good people of South Carolina, are organ? izing anew to secure another lease of the privi I lege of unrestricted robbery. Generals J. B. I Kcrshaw, M. C. Butler sind James Conner are mentioned in connection with the Governor? ship, but General Butler is generally regarded as the man for the place, and the only one who can lead the people to victory. An Atrocious Murder and Strange Con? duct of a Military Officer.?Recently a murder was committed in Clark County, Ken? tucky, of the most atrocious character, and which has received additional notoriety from the fact that a United States military officer protects the murderer, and refuses to surrender him to the civil authorities. A .Mr. Joseph E. Curry, a respectable citizen of Clark County, having some business in Powell, as we learn from the Kentucky Sentinel, rode up to the house of a negro man on the bank of Red Riv? er, and made some enquiries about the ford. Vliile the man of the house was giving him t lie nformation desired, ami as Curry rode away, nother negro, named Dave I'rewitt, shot him Vail from his horse, and then rilled his person I' ijuitc a sum of money. As Mr. Curry had rawn the money from hank in Winchester at morning, intending to use it in the pay ??nt of a debt in Powell County, it is highly ihahle that he was followed from that town his murderer. After plundering his victim 1 assassin and rohhcr fled to the camp of the *tcd States troops stationed in Powell, where how is, Captain Morse, the officer in com |'d, refusing to deliver him up to the author it- According to the law of Kentucky, Cap f?M?r?e has rendered himself liable as jmr l"'<crhninh alter the fact, according to the iStoy.^ which rccoiniucnds that flic Sheriff of County obtain possession of the mur? der^ a|| hazards, calling out every able bod? ied jn tho county to aid him, if possible. ' l,c iduct of Captain Morse is, in the face of "1C ^instances detailed inexplicable. ? ? morbid desire some people possess to see th?P(li,.s of those who die violent deaths was e>,ited in Washington during the few days t the remains of McCarthy, who was mvred in that city, lay at the underta- j ker's. js sai,i that over fifteen thousand | persons,.curious enough to call and look j at the uiins of the murdered man, a large . number whom were females. It is difficult to accour?r (his strange taste, but there is no 1 denying fact that such a desire exists in all j commiini I - I he Hca\ party has become so corrupt \ and so snn,heaven that it i- likely in breed ' a pi'stilem- i j? impossible, however, for it to breed a V pestilence than itself; and it i ought to bcosed in rarbolir acid af onre ? j The Conquest of America, II. 0. HT THE WHITE HOUSE AND AFTERWARM. The following capital burlesque is copied from the Indianapolis News. It is supposed to have been written in 1892?twenty years hence ?by Mai Adder, a witness, of the terrible scenes enacted at the time of which the story tells. The English satire, "The Battle of Dor? king," furnished the suggestion for this pro? phetic tule: THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA. You ask me to tell you, my children, of the events which immediately preceded the de? struction of the once great American Union, and the capture of the country by the present European rulers, nnd to say something also of the cause which led to these deplorable results. I undertake the task with a heavy heart, for when 1 revert to that terrible time I cannot help contracting our proud condition up to that fatal year with the humiliating position occu? pied now by the American people. The story is a short one. In the fall of 1S72 Horace Greeley, the editor of a newspaper in New York, was elected President of the United States. The people voted for him because they thought he was an honest man. And so he was. But he was also vain and weak, and he enter? tained certain fanatical and preposterous no? tions?about agricultural matters, for instance ?which he. was determined to force upon the people at all hazards, and despite all opposition. He believed, among other things, that every man ought to go to the West to earn his bread, and long before he was chosen President he used to advise everybody to move to that re? gion, as a Cure for all the disasters that could befall the human family. DRIVING THE SEABOARD POPULATION WEST. As soon as he reached the Executive Man? sion, which we used to call the White House, President Greeley organized an army of 200, 000 men, and proceeded to force the entire population of the seaboard States westward at the point of the bayonet. The utmost violence was used. Those who resisted were shot down and their dead bodies were carried off to a na? tional factory which the President had estab? lished for making some kind of fantastical fer? tilizer. All the large cities of the East were depopulated, and the towns were entirely emp? ty. The army swept before it millions of men, women and children, until the vast plains west of Kansas were reached, when the pursuit ceased and the army was drawn up in a contin? uous line, with orders to shoot any person who attempted to visit the East. Of course, hun? dreds of thousands of these poor creatures perished from starvation. This seemed to frighten President Greeley, and he sent a mes? sage to Congress recommending that 700,000 volumes of a book of his, entitled "What I Know About Farming," should be voted for the relief of the starving sufferers. This was done, and farming implements and seeds were sup? plied ; and then the millions of wretched out? casts made an effort to till the ground. Of the I result of this I will speak further on. ALI. EUROPE IN ARMS AGAINST AMERICA. In the meantime the President was doing in- I finite harm to the country in another way. His handwriting was so fearfully and wonderfully J bad that no living man could read it. And so | when he sent his tirst annual message In ? gress?the document was devoted wholly to the tariff and agriculture?a sentence appeared which subsequently was ascertained to be "Large cultivation of rutabagas and beans is the only hope of the American nation. I am sure." The printers, not being able to inter? pret this, put it in the following form, in which it went to the world : "The Czar of Russia couldn't keep clean if he washed himself with the whole Atlantic ocean once a day !" This perversion of the message was immediately tel? egraphed to Russia by the Russian minister, and the Czar was so indignant that he imme? diately declared war. Just at this time President Oreeley undertook to write some letters to Prince Bismarck upon the subject of potato rot, and after giving Ids singular views at great length he concluded with the statement that if the Emperor Wil-: liain said that subsoil ploughing was not good in light soils, or that guano was better than bone dust, he wasa'Miar, a villain, and a slave!" j Of course the Emperor immediately declared ' war, and became an ally of Ku la and of Eng? land, against which latter country Mr. Oreeley had actually begun hostilities already ; because the Queen, in her speech from the throne, had declared the Tribune's advocacy of a tariff on pig iron incendiary, and calculated to disturb the peace of nations. Unhappily this was not the full measure of our disasters. The President had sent to the Emperor of Austria a copy of his book "What I know," &c., with bis autograph upon a lly leaf. The Emperor mistook the signature for a carricature of the Austrian eagle, and he heart? ily joined in the war against the United States; wlnle France was provoked to the same act by the fact that when the French Minister came to call upon Mr. Oreeley to present his creden? tials, the President, who was writing an edito? rial at the time, not comprehending the French language, mistook the ambassador for a beggar, and without looking up handed him a quarter and an order for a clean shirt, and said to him, "Go West, young man?go West." PRESIDENT OREEI.EY AND CA III NET HANGED. So all these nations joined in making war upon the United States. They swooped down upon our coasts and landed without opposition, for these exposed portions of our unhappv country were absolutely deserted. The Presi? dent was afraid to call away the army from Kansas at first, for fear the outraged people upon the plains would conic East in spite of him. But at last he did summon the army to his aid, ami it moved to meet the enemv. It was too late. Before the troops reached Cin? cinnati the foreigners had seized Washington and all the country east of the Ohio, and had hung the President, the Cabinet, and every I member of Congress. The army disbanded in alarm, and the invaders moved to the far West, where they found the population dying of starv? ation, because they had followed the advice of (treeley's book to ''Try, lor your first crop, to raise limes, and don't plant more than a bushel of quicklime in a hill!'' Of course these wretched people were at the mercy of the ene? my, who?to his credit be it said --treated them kindly, fed them, and brought them back to their old homes. i'ttkh win or Tim REPrm.ir. You know what followed - how Prince Fred? erick William, of Prussia, ascended the Amer? ican throne, and the other humiliations that ensued. It was a fearful blow to Republican ism?a blow from which it will never recover. If made us, who were free men, a nation of slaves. It was all the result of our blind con? fidence in a misguided old man who thought himself a philosopher, but who was actually a fool. May Heaven preserve you. my children, from the remorse I feel when I remember that I voted for that bucolic old editor. ? As illustrating the humorous. Prof. Low- ? ell mentions an advertisement that caught his eye some time sinre : Wanted by a boy, a hit nation in an pflting hou^p He is used to tbo businpps. A Reminiscence of Aaron Burr. "Nota Bene," (Colonel John F. H. Clai borne,) contributed to the Natchez Democrat the following romance of the early days of Mississippi, a romance in which the eloquent, accomplished and fascinating Aaron Burr play? ed a conspicuous part: The arrest of Aaron Burr, at the mouth of Cole's creek, by order of Cowles Mead, Ac? ting Governor of Mississippi Territory, and Iiis arraignment in the old town of Washington on the charge of treason, the self-possession, abili? ty, and tact he exhibited, and the favorable impression he made on the community, are all well remembered historical incidents. He was discharged on giving bond for bis appearance, and his principal bondsman was Colonel Beni jah Osmun, a native of New Jersey, and the comrade of Burr in the Revolutionary war. He was an old bachelor, of handsome fortune, a high-toned Federalist in politics, retained his military habits, and was held in great esteem. Colonel Osmun was one of the most practical and successful planters in the Territory?was the first who commenced to improve our breed of horses, and was renowned for his table and his wines. His beautiful estate extended to the Half Way Hill. His lands, on his death, were pttrcha.-ed by the late General Brandon, and were given to hi- sons-in-law, Colonel James Smith and William Stanton, two of our most valuable citizens now deceased. Here Colonel Burr resided some weeks after his dis? charge, receiving the visits of influential sym? pathizers, but passing his afternoons in the woods. The Half Way Hill, then clothed with majestic trees was his favorite resort. But its refreshing shade and charming prospect were not the only attraction. There lived, at that time, near the summit of the hill, in a little vine covered cottage, a widow lady from Vir? ginia, whose small farm and two or three slaves were the only remains of it large fortune. Her husband had converted his property into mon? ey, and on his way to this Territory had been robbed and murdered by the notorious Joseph Thompson Hare, a more bloody-thirsty villain even than the celebrated Mason. She had but one chibl. Madeline, who must still be remem? bered by a lew ot'our older citizens as a miracle of beauty. Ju form and feature, in grace and modesty." she was all that the old masters have pictured of the divine Madonna, or that artists ever dreamed of human loveliness. Those that saw her loved her, yet she was never con? scious of the sentiment until she listened to Aaron Burr. The family were Catholics, and there Colonel Burr went to meet, by appoint? ment, one of his numerous agents and corres? pondents, the Abbe Viel, a Jesuit priest of re? markable ability. He was bom in New Or? leans in 17tft?, studied at Paris, and became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory. At the dissolution of that body by the French Government he returned to Louisiana, and ex? ercised the priestly function in the parish of Attackapas. He subsequently returned to France. It is probable that Colonel Ihirr, in his projected invasion of Mexico, contemplated securing the inlluence of the religious orders, and for this purpose had opened a correspon? dence with the Abbe, and met him by appoint? ment at this secluded place. At length, after canvassing his situation, with Colonel Osmun and six other confidential friend.-. Colonel Burr determined to forfeit his bond and make his way to I'ensacola. Unc >t(?rmy night in February, 1SU7, he set forth, mounted ou the favorite horse of his host, and attended by Jerry, a faithful groom, whom had orders to go as far as Pearl river. Urgent as the neees-ity tor expedition, Colonel Burr halted till daylight at the widow's cottage, pleading j with tlie beautiful Madeline to be the compan? ion of his llight. He promised marriage, for? tune, high position, and even hinted at inijx'rial ' honors, not realizing, even then, a fugitive and branded traitor, the crushing downfall that im? pended over him. The maiden had given him her heart; she had listened to his witchery night after night, and loved him with all the fervor of her Southern nature. She would have followed him to the end of the earth, and to the scaffold, and her aged mother would freely have given her to this most captivating man?for they looked on him as a demi-god? but as with most of our Southern women, vir? tue and propriety were stronger than preposses? sion and passion, and the entreaties of the ac? complished libertine were firmly rejected. Baffled ami disappointed he was compelled to proceed, but promised to return, and carried with him the covenant and pledge of the beau? tiful Madeline. She was wooed by many a lover. The young and gallant masters of the large plantations on Second creek and St. Catherine's strove in vain for her hand. Fortunes and the homage of devoted hearts were laid at her feet : but the maid of the Half Way Hill remained true to her absent lover; the more so because of the rumors that reached her of his misfor? tunes and hi- guilt. She lived on the recollec? tion of his manly beauty, and the shades he had most affected were her constant haunts. At length, when he fled front the L'niled States, pursued by Mr. Jetl'erson and the remorseless agents that swarm around power and authority ?when he had been driven from England? and an outcast in Paris, shivering with cold and starving tor bread?he seems to have felt, for the first lime, the titter hopelessness of his fortunes. And then he wrote to Madeline, and in a few formal words, released her from her promise. Stating that he. would never return to the United Slates, he advised her to cuter a convent, siiould -lie survive her mother. A year or two after this .-he went to Havana with Mrs. W., a highly respectable lady, who then owned the property where Mrs. St. John Elliott now resides. Jler extreme beauty, her grace and elegance, produced the greatest enthusiasm. The hotel where they |>nt up was besieged. If she appeared on the balcony a dozen cavaliers were wailing to salute her. When her volant was seen on the I'asco or the l'laza de Armas it was escorted by the grandees of the island. She was feted by the Governor General, sere? nades ami halls followed in rapid succession, and the daily homage to her beauty never ceas? ed until the evening bei Is sounded tin- Angelus. Without surrendering her heart, or being carried away by universal admiration, she re? turned to tile collage oil the Half Way Hill. She was followed there by Mr. 1\., an Knglish gentleman, the head of the largest commercial house in Havana, and to him, on his second visit, -he gave her hand. The vine-covered cottage, itstrelliseand bor? ders, have crumbled into dust. The courtly lover ami the innocent maiden are long since de.nl. Hut the old hill still lifts its aged brow, wrinkled all over with traditions. A favorite lookout of the Natchez in time of war -the scene of a daring conspiracy against the Span? ish authority the rendezvous of lovers -the hiding place of brigand-, and a depot for their bloodstained treasure?-mute, but faithful wit ness of the past ! ? For some unexplained reason a Cairo (III 1 paper advises young ladies not to climb trees in the day time. ? A lady pometimes keeps charms upon In r watch-guard ; but it is more important that she V?>ep<> wpteh and guard upon her charm1: A Cotton Revolution. In the year 1800 eighty-live per cent, of all the cotton usf-d in En land was of American growth?but the rebellion put an end to the virtual monopoly long enjoyed by our southern States, and, as events have proved, began a complete revolution. The English msnufac turers, deprived by the war of their usual sup? plies, cast about for new fields, and under the stimulus of absolute necessity they have caused the lands of the East to become abundantly fruitful. The increasing yield of the new cot? ton fields, and their brilliant promise for the future, are strikingly set forth in a work just i published iu Manchester under the title of "The Cotton Supply Association: Its Origin and Progress." The author. Mr. Isaac Watts, is the Secretary of the Association, and he has drawn the facts of his interesting narrative from the official records. The Cotton Supply Association was organized in IS'J", for the spec? ific purpose of opening up and developing oth? er sources of cotton supply than the Southern States of America; but up to the time ol our civil war its operations were limited in extent and comparatively barren in result. The pres? sure of the cotton famine in 1861 lent new vig? or to its undertakings, and India became the theatre of elaborate experiments. The results of these experiments during a period of ten years are now given for che first time iu a con? nected official form. In 1S60 the sum paid to India for cotton was *17,?O(J,000; but in 1864 it had increased to $1110,000,000, and the average annual amount remitted from England for cotton during the past eight years is stated at ^110.000,000?show? ing an aggregate increase ill the value of the Indian cotton traJ<, during this period, of about ?750,000,000. This astonishing growth has been followed by a corresponding develop? ment of the cotton-producing districts of Tur? key. Egypt and Australia. Since 1S62 the pre? eminence of Egypt has been a notable fart in the history of cotton culture. Mr. Watts writes that in that year "cotton began to be so much in favor that cereals were almost neglec? ted, and the enormous profits derived from its cultivation during the American war led to the abandonment of the ordinary succession of crops?a result which the late Viceroy. Said Pacha, beheld with apprehension and alarm." The present Khedive, however, has encouraged the new industry, and during his visit to Lon? don in 1867 gave much attention to the selec? tion of cotton seed, and to the measures best calculated to render the crops excellent and abundant. Cotton culture is now firmly estab? lished in Egypt, and both the Government and the people are alive to its importance. It is believed that the fertile regions which are wa? tered by the Nile will in time be converted into a vast cotton field, and that India, prolific as it now is, will become a secondary source of supply. These facts indicate the character of the change which is gradually coming to our South? ern States?a change which will deprive the cotton fields of their fancied advantages, and lead the planters to cultivate cereals for home consumption. The altered conditions of labor, the partitions of old estates, the loss of fortune, the necessity of giving larger areas of land to the cultivation of corn ami srrain. are some of I the cause? which must produce marked chan? ges in the South, and with the complete explo? sion of the fallacy that cotton is king, will eonie a better system of agricultural develop? ment, a sounder financial basis, and the encour? agement of the working classes, who are the real rulers in a republic. Certain districts in the South, fitted for little else than the culture of cotton, will continue to furnish supplies for the home and foreign demand, but the exttft ordinary developments of ten years in other fields show that in the granary, rather than in the cotton bale, the elements of future prosper? ity will exist.?Baltimore American. Charity.?We are told in classic history that an old painter was employed to sketch the Macedonian emperor. The emperor had re? ceived a severe wound upon the right temple, in one of his famous battles, and a large scar was left. The artist proceeded to the work as? signed him. sketched the monarch leaning upon his elbow, with his forefinger covering tlie scar. His ingenuity was universally applauded and he became more famed than ever. So it i< with genuine charity, which "covcrcth a multitude of sins.-' Instead of exposing the faults of others, and holding them up to scorn and rid? icule, it covers them with the linger of love, except when truth and justice require them to be openly rebuked. Tin y way of the world is to expose the scars id* character, and set them ofT in more than their real ugliness. They are the subject of gossip and keen satire in the so? cial circle, and the sparks of tire that are struck around often kindle into a flame. How much more beautiful is thai spirit which treats the failure of others with forbearance, while it does not excuse iniquitv in the earnest friend ! That is the secret foundation of all that is good and true. This is the charity which "suffereth long and is kind." and "doth not behave itself unseemly,'' and thinketh no evil. A Brikf History ok Long Braxcit.? Long Branch takes its name from a brook, a branch of the Shrewsbury river. In the year 1793 the place was inhabited by Indians, and was styled Land's End. About that time four men. named respectively Parker, Sloeum, War dell and Hewlett came from Rhode Island and established a settlement there. A considerable portion of the land which they obtained con? tinued in the possession of the Slocums until thirty years ago. and some of the land warrants are still in existence. A lew years later other hardy settlers from neighboring provinces bought land in Long Branch at twenty shil? lings an acre, built dwellings and occupied themselves with farming ami fishing. It now embraces a population of lour thousand five hundred. The Liberty Pole is the name given tit the village, from a (lag stall' erected there during the war of 1S1*_\ while the coast portions upon which the cottages and hotels are located, is known as the Shore, fronting the ocean. Land purchased at the edge of the village by Mr. Samuel Laird, in I800. for S'J.?O a nacre, was sold for $4,000 in 1S70. soon after the Burlington Pathway wa- opened. Tin- Itrsl hotel erected at Long Brauch was the Ocean House. There are now accommodations for twenty thousand people. Three year- ago Bhthe Beach, south of the present West End Hotel, comprised on? ly tanning lands. To-day it i- laid out as a park, with new roads from -> venty to one hun? dred feet wide, and beautiful sites tor cottages. Of these there are now two hundred. After many year- of observation, the AVr ohifion has discovered thai, as a rule, woman is expected to be found fault with ami adored : courted, married, quarrel* d with, deserted, di? vorced : played w ith ami plagued, and only re? ally venerated when she becomes a mother and goes lo heaven ? A correspondent recommends the follow? ing as a simple cure t"..r colic in horses: Bub well the large veins on tb>> side? of the neck, and those just behind the five Shoulder? with. ?pivir- r i turpentine