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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1877._VOL. XIII-NO. IT. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.?Two Dollars per annum, and 0?K Dollar for six months. Subscriptions are uot taken for a less period than six months. Liberal doductions made to clubs of ten or more subscribers. RATES OF ADVERTISING.-One Dollar per square ot one inch for the first iusertion.and Fifty ?Cents per square for subsequent lusertionslessthau three months. No advertisements counte less than a squa.ro. Liberal contracts will be niadewith those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad? vertising by contract must be confined to the im ?mediate business of the firm or individual contrac ?ting. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes 'of Respect, and all personal communications or ^natters of individual interest, will be charged for ? at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are i respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE,. WILLIAMSTON, S. C. A Live Up-Country School for Girls. REV. S. LASDER, A. M., President. LOCATION?Healthy, accessible, quiet, fdeasant. Community, moral, order V. No grog-shop within three miles. Chalybeate Spring in 200 yards. Pu? pils attend three Churches in turn. COURSE OF SrrjZ)r-Semi-Annual, on the "One-Stvdy" plan. Each pupil pursues one leading study at a time. Concentration of thought, increased interest, success, and enjoyment re? sult. Belles-Lettres, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Latin, required for graduation.^ Studious girls complete the Course in three years. THE MA THEMA TICS SECTION will open Monday, Oct. 8. For five weeks there? after, each Academic pupil will recite three times a day in Arithmetic and once in Spelling"; and each Collegiate {uipil three times in her appropriate ?ranch of Mathematics, and once each in Arithmetic and Spelling. jPREMIUMS.?Every pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 50 per cent, on next Session's regu? lar tuition. PHYSICAL EXERCISE receives systemat? ic attention. Daily practice in Calis? thenics. Regular use of Health-Lift. Morning and evening walk, &c. THE FALL SESSION opened July 31,and is progressing with unusual order, harmony, and enthusiasm. Pupils are admitted at anytime, and charged to the end. RATES, per Session of 20 weeks :? Board, exclusive of Washing.$65 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 Instrumental Music. 20 00 For further information, send for a new Catalogue. ? Sept 13, 1877_9_ly IDeiEJOL?! TTMIE Exercises of this Institution will be JL opened at WALHALLA, South Caro? lina, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER fith, 1S77, With a corps of competent professors. Tvmos in Advance?$20 in Collegia';e ; $10 in Preparatory, and $G and $3 in the Primary Departments, per session of five months. Board, including everything, except lights and washing, $10 per month, payable month? ly in advance. Location noted for health, pleasant cli? mate and good water. For particulars ad? dress J. J. NORTON. Chairman of Stockholders. Aug 2, 1877 5 A New Life in the Land! THE Exhibition in Anderson was one of the most remarkable events since the war. In point of numbers, talents and dis? tinguished ability, nothing could have ex? ceeded it. At every stage of its proceed? ings it was manifest that a new life is in rhe Hand. The celebrated Dr. Heinitsh was there, and advocated Southern Medicines for ?Southern people. His Family Medicines ;are household remedies. HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu? rifies the blood. HEINITSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS?For Liver Complaint, Sick Headache, Dull Feelings, Loss of Appetite. HEINITSH'S ROSE CORDIAL ?For Bowel Complaint. STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP?Cures Coughs. Colds, Asthma, Catarrh MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR? DIAL?For ail complaints incident to Teething, Sour Stomach, Crying. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great? est Pharmaceutical product ever discovered for all disorders and dis? eases which have their origin in r he blood. Health may now be regain? ed. Life prolonged. Beauty re? stored. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Scrofula, Swelling of the Glands, Goitre. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Nervous De? bility. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Indigestion, Liver Complaint. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Consumptive Patients as an invigorating cordial. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For General Pros? tration. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For all Cutaneous Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples, &c, &c. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. prepared by E. H. HEINITSH & SON, Columbia, S. C. Aug 16, 4877_5_ ly the Russo-yif aIb TURKISH VVAn AGENTS WANTED ! For this Comprehensive, Superbly Illustrated History of the present momentous struggle in the Fast. Its accurate Maps, Plans and many Elegant Engravings arc a special feature. It gives a ORAPHIC HISTORY of each Country, with His? toric and Descriptive Sketches of the primitive manners, picturesque customs and domc>tic life of the Contestants. Describes the Dreadful Massacre of Christians in Bulgaria; the Frightful Turkish Atrocities in other places ; the uprising of the masses in Herze? govina. It gives the Stirring Batth'3 and Thrilling Incidents of the war, and is the most fascinating and exciting work of the age. Agents are sure ol prompt and ready sales. Prospectus Rooks now ready. Also Agents Wanted on our liRAND COMBINATION PROSPECTUS representing 150 Distinct BOOKS, Of Universal Interest. It includes Agricultural, Biographical, Historical. Religious and Miscellane? ous W ks, with Size, Title aud Description of each Book, Specimen Paces and Specimen Illustrations. Sales made from this Prospectus when all sin?lo Books fail. Also on our Family BibleS germa* PROTESTANT OR CATHOLIC, With Invaluable Illustrated Aid? and Superb Bind? ings. Nearly 100 Styles. Superior to all others and indispensable to t-very Family. Aif Particulars free, .iddress JOHN E. POTTER & CO., Publishers, PHILADELPHIA. Sr-pt l.'i. 1^77_ 9_ly_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. John C. Horton. Plaintiff, against E. M. Holland. Martha Lawless, et ol.. Defen? dants.?Summons for Relief?ComjUuini not Served. To the Defendant, Nancy L. Hall, Samantha J. Grant. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to "the said complaint on the subscribers at tlieir office at Anderson CourtIiou.se, South Carolina, within twenty days after tin ser? vice hereof, exclusive" of the day of Mich service ; and if you fail to answer the com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plain? tiff in this action will apply to the Court Jor the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated October Rtlj, 1*77. MOORE & ALLEN. Plaintiff's Attorney. THE Defendants in this action will take notice that the petition herein filed for the probating in due form of law the last will and testament of .lohn Holland, deceased. MOORE A: ALLEN, Sol. Pro. Pet. ! Oct 11, 1877 U G During the past five years the public have carefully observed the wonderful cures accom? plished from the use of VEGETINE. From its use many au aniicied sufferer has been restorod to perfect health, nfter having expended a small fortune in procuring medical advice and ob? taining poisonous mineral medicines. Its medical properties arc Alterative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic. There is no disease of the human system for which the VEGETINE cannot be used with perfect safety, as it does not contain any metallic or poisonous com? pound. It is composed exclusively of barks, roots and herbs; it is very pleasant to take; every child likes it. It is sa'fe and reliable, as the following evidence will show: Valuable Evidence. The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev. O. T. Walker, D.D., formerly pastor of Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, and at present Bettled in Providence, It. I., must be deemed us reliable evidence. No one should fail to observe that this testimonial is the result of two years' experience with the use of VEGETINE hi the Rev. Mr. Walker's family, who now pronounces it invaluable: Providence, It. I., iw Transit Street. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: I feel bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your VEGETINE. My family have used it for tue last two years. In nervous debility it is invaluable, and I recom? mend it to all who may need an invigorating, renovating tonic. U. T. WALKER, Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Church, Boston. A Walking Miracle. Mr. IL R. Stevens: Dear Sir?Though a stranger, I want to In? form you what vegetine has done for me. Last Christmas Scrofula made its appearance In my system?large running ulcers appearing on mo, as follows: One on each of my arms, one on my thigh, which extended to the seat, one on my "head, which eat into tho skull bone, ono on my left leg, which became so bad that two physicians eanio to amputate the limb, though upon consultation concluded not to do so, 03 my whole body was so full of Scrofula; they deemed it advisable to cut the Fore, which was painful beyond description, and there was a quart of matter run froi ? this ono sore. Tho physicians all gavo me up to die, and said they could do no more for me. Both of my legs were drawn up to my seat, and it wns thought if I did get up again. 1 would be a crip? ple for life. When in this condition I saw VEGETINE advertised, and commenced taking it in March, and followed on with it until 1 had used six tcon bottles, and this morning I am going to plough corn, a well man. All my townsmen say it is a miracle to see nie round walking and Working. In conclusion I will add, when I was endur? ing such great suffering, from that dreadful disease, Scrofula, I prayed to the Lord above to take mo out of this world, but as veoetine has restored to me the blessings of health, 1 desire more than ever to ?Te, that I may be of Eome service to my fellow-men, and 1 know of no better way to aid suffering humanity, than to inclose von this statement of my case, with an earnest hope that you will publish it. and it will ntf?rd me pleasure to reply to any com? munication which 1 may receive therefrom. 1 am, sir, verv respectfully, " WILLIAM PAYN. Avery, Dcrrieu Co., Mich., July 10,1872. Reliable Evidence. Mr. IL R. Stevens : Dear Sir?I will most cheerfully add my testi? mony to the great number you have already re? ceived in favor of your great and good medicine, VEGETINE, for 1 do not think enough can be said in its praise, for I was troubled overM years with that dreadful disease, Catarrh, and had such bad coughing spells that it would seem as though I could never breathe any more, and VEGETINE has cured me; and I do feel to thank God all the time that there is so good a medicine as VEOETINE. and I also think it ono of tho best medicines for coughs and weak, sinking feelings at tho stomach, and advise evcrvbo.lv t<> tako the VEGETINE. for I can assure them it is one of the best medicines that ever was. MRS. L. GORE, Corner Magazine and Walnut Streets, Cambridge, Mass. Prepared by n. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, VFGETINE IS SOLO 3Y ALL DRUGGISTS. PROMPTLY! TO THE_FRONT! THERE are some who Iiave not come forward promptly, and others who we do not think will be behind hand with their engagements; but we desire to state to all that we must have what is due us, in order to carry on our business. We now earnest? ly request all our customers, who are in? debted to us, to come forward and nay up. If we cannot get the money that is* due us by the 1st of December next, we will place our Notes and Accounts in the hands of an Officer for collection. We have on hand a good stock of ling? eries and Wagons. Our work cannot be excelled, and our prices are as low as any other market. We are constantly man? ufacturing Vehicles of all kinds, and can supply you with whatever you want in our line. All kinds of Repair Work done in the best manner, and at reasonable prices. We will give great Bargains for the cash. REED & STEPHENS. Oct 4, 1877_12_3m WILHITE & WILLIAMS, Anderson, S. C. BUISTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS' FRUIT JARS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY, LAMPS, WINDOW GLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, Cheap for Cask. July 10,1877 1 A. K. Long. R. L. Giluland. New Firm ! New Goods. LONG & GILLILAND, 103 Main Street, Columbia, S. C, BOOK BINDERS, STATIONERS, Blank Book Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all kinds of | STAPLE & FANCY STATIONERY, AND GENERAL NEWSDEALERS, y&fir Orders for Music promptly filled. Oct_4, 1877 12 ly ESTABLISHED 1874. GEO. B. EDWARDS, Cotton and General COMMISSION MERCHANT, Charleston, S. C. IPROMPT attention given to sale of Cot-1 ton, Corn, Peas, Rice and Produce of all kinds. Merchandise bought free of commission. Agent at Charleston for State Line Ocean Steamships between New York, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and all parts of Europe. References?Bank of Charleston, Jas. Adger it Co., G. T. Lowndcs & Co., Charles? ton, S. C. Oct 4, 1877 12 3m Marble Work. THE undersigned hereby gives notice of all persons wishing Marble Work that ho can afford to till their orders much cheaper than they can procure the same work done elsewhere. 1 do my own work, and add no profit on my stock. Thus I sell work for which you pay $200 elsewhere for $175, and all oilier work in the same pro? portion. Shop opposite Tollv's furniture store. SAMUEL MURPHY. Sept 13, 1S77 ?? 12 jft+ mid|bb is not easily earned in these times, &i 0 S ?but it can lie made in three mouths 0 m m by any nnn nf eirh.-r sex, in nrir S M I part of the country who is willing to work steadily at the employ? ment that wo furnish. 806 per week in your own town. You need not bo away from home over night. You can give your whole time to tin- work, or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over 3*20 per day. All who engage at once can make money fast. At the present time money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try tho business. Terms and S5 Outfit free. Address ut once, II. If ai.LF.tt ?t Co., Portland, Maine. July 20, l'J77 2 5m DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. A Grandfather's Story. About sixty years ago I was in Paris for the first time in my life. Bonaparte still lingered at St. Helena, and the ad? venturers, good, bad and indifferent in character, who had served in his armies, | bad not yet lost all hope of the return of their idol, and, consequently, had not yet thought it worth while to settle down into thorough peace and quietness. Young Paul Ferrand, whom I fre? quently met at the cafe, and who had served as a captain at Waterloo, was sure that the Little Corporal would come back again soon. "You have not yet beaten him," he would tell me laughing. "You sent him to Elba, but he returned ; you have sent him to St. Helena, and he will return again. We shall see." Ferrand was an exceedingly nice fel? low; and, although he professed to cher? ish an unquenchable hatred for England and everything English, he had, by some means or other, become attached to Alice Rae, a young English lady of my ac? quaintance, and who had been living with her mother since the conclusion of peace at Paris, not far from the abode of the ex-captain. And he was always very friendly with me, too. He would, it is true, abuse my countrymen most unmercifully, but he was always particu? larly good natured; and, whenever he found himself saying a little too much, he would arrest himself and apologize so heartily that I never could be angry with him. I was alone in the French capital, and had few frieuds there except Mrs. Rae, her daughter Alice and Paul; and so it happened that I passed a good deal of my time in the society of these three. The mother, a woman still in the prime of life, and the widow of a king's messen? ger, was a connection of mine by mar? riage, and that fact gave me a good ex? cuse for offering my services as escort whenever she and her pretty daughter thought fit to go to the theatre or the opera. At such times Paul always had a seat in the stalls, and between the acts he would come up to my box, to the de? light of Alice, who was in love with him, and to the no small satisfaction of Mrs. Rae, who herself had quite a maternal affection for the young Frenchman, and did not in the least discourage his atten? tions to her daughter. If there were no formal engagement between the two, it was at least perfectly understood by all parties that as soon as Paul should get an appointment, for which at the time he was a candidate, he was to marry Alice; and I, though only a few years her senior, was to give her away. Oue night the opera-house was crowded more than usual. A great singer was to appear, and a new work by a renowned composer was to be performed. But Paul Ferrand, sitting in the stalls, seemed scarcely to listen to the music or to notice the acting, and much more often were his eyes turned in the direction of my box than in that of the stage. Alice and her mother were with me, and, as the curtain fell at the conclusion of the first act, Paul came up to us. He was in high spirits, for he had heard that the Minister had decided to give him the coveted post, and he expected to hear in a few days that his appointment had been signed by the King. We congratu? lated him, and, as he left us to return to his seat, I whispered to him : "You'll be a happy man in a month or two now, Paul." He smiled and shut the door. We watched him as he threaded his way to his place. It was in the center of the second row from the orchestra, and he had left his opera-glasses on the chair in order to preserve his right to it; but during his absence a tall, military-look? ing man had appropriated it, and had coolly put the glasses on one side. Paul approached the stranger with the utmost politeness, and, I suppose, for naturally I could not hear, requested him to move. The interloper did not deign to answer, but sneeringly looked up at Ferrand, as though to ask what he meant by his in? trusion. Paul pointed to the opera glasses ; but the stranger neither replied nor moved, but continued to appear as though he did not hear. I saw that mat? ters were assuming a dangerous complex? ion, for in the new comer I recognized Victor Laroquire, an ex-Bonapartist offi? cer like Paul, a notorious bully, and one of the most celebrated duelists in France. But what could I do? I could only sit still, much against my will, and witness the inevitable consequences. I thought Alice would faint when Laroquire in the calmest way rose before the crowded assemblage and struck Paul iu the face with his glove; but she recovered her? self, and, like a statue, watched her lover pick up his opera-glassess, bow to his in sulter, and without a word leave the building. There were some exclamations from the audience; but the duelist again rose, aud with a theatrical air gazed round, mockingly imitated Paul's part? ing bow, and resumed his seat. This was too much for poor Alice. She could not remain any longer; she must go home ; and so, with some difficulty, 1 got her and her mother to my carriage, told the coachman to drive them home, and my? self walked quickly to Paul's lodgings. Pie had arrived before me, and was already writing when I entered the room. "Of course," he said, as he saw me, and came towards me with both hands out? stretched, "you, my dear friend, will as? sist me. It is impossible to do anything but fight. Even Alice could not make me alter my conviction upon that point, the insult was so public." "Suppose you leave the country ?" I suggested. "Then I should have to give up the appointment, and Alice, too. No, my dear fellow, I am a Frenchman, and I must fight; and you must arrange mat? ters for me. If he shoots me, it cannot be helped ; if I shoot him, I shall have shot the biggest scoundrel in Paris. I beg you to call upon Laroquire to-night. I have already discovered his address. Here it is." "But must you really fight? It is suicide to fight with a professional duel? ist." "Ah," said he, shaking his head, "I am afraid it is suicide; but I must light, so please don't try and persuade me that I need not. And I will fight, too, as soon as possible. You can arrange every? thing for to-morrow morning. I must have the matter over. In a day or two I might be a coward." By his looks he implored me to go to Laroquire; and, constituted as French society was as that time, I had no other course open to me than to do as he wished. "If Monsieur comes from M. Paul Fer? rand," said a man-servant when I in? quired whether I could sec his master, "M. Laroquire has sent to say that he has not yet left the opera. lie has, how? ever, sent this penciled note, which I am to give to the gentleman who conies from ! M. Ferrand." 1 tore up the missive. It contained two cards, one bearing the name of the duelist, and the second that of M. Fer? rand Melanie, Rue Vivienne 18. Cer? tainly it was an off-hand way of acquaint? ing nie with the name and whereabouts of Laroquire's second ; but as 1 wished to pick no quarrel, I walked on to the Rue i Viviennc, and in a few minutes was ushered into the presence of M. Delarae himself. This worthy was a young man, aged about 23, and dressed in the very j extreme of fashion. His ruffles were j immaculate, and most Bvmetrically ar-1 ranged; his lace handkerchief wassteeped in essences ; his gloves, which lay on the table?for he had only just returned, at Laroquire's request, from the opera were small and delicate; his fingers were covered with valuable rings, and the bunch of gold seals depending from his fob was unusually heavy and brilliant. He did not strike me as appearing par? ticularly war-like; but nevertheless, after formally saluting me, he at once touched upon the subject of my visit; and, before I had been ten minutes in his company, had arranged to meet Ferrand and my? self at a certain spot, dear to duelists of the time, at an early hour next morning, and to bring Laroquire with him. "I don't think we shall need a sur? geon," he said to me, affably, at parting; "but, if you please, you can bring one. In his last affair, my principal shot his man through the temples, and he died immediately. I sincerely hope, Mon? sieur, that your friend is as clever." "Confound the fellow!" I said to my? self, as I left the house, and sought the residence of my own medical man. "I am afraid poor Ferrand is not such a consummate murderer as Laroquiere." After seeing the surgeon, to whom I briefly explained matters, 1 called upon Mrs. Rae. She was doing her best to comfort her daughter, who was in the grcatc. t possible distress. "Are they going to fight'?" she asked me. "My dear Alice," I said, "they are. I have done my best to dissuade Paul; but he says, and I am obliged to agree, that he must fighi. Let us hope for the best. He has a iure eye and a steady hand, and he has right on his side. The other man is a scoundrel. And you must re? member that poor Paul is uot an Eng? lishman. If I were he, I would not fight, hut, as it is, the matter cannot be over? looked, and indeed everything is ar? ranged." "You are to be with him ?" said Mrs. Rae, looking as white as a sheet. "Yes; they are to meet to-morrow morning, and by break fast-time .* Mce's suspense will be over. She must _ear up." "You must prevent the duel," sobbed the half heart-broken girl. "Cannot Paul let the insult pass? But no; it was so public." "You can only hope," I said. "I will see you iu the morning; but now I must go back to him, and see that he gets some sleep." "Tell him," cried Alice, "that if he is killed I shall die. Come here directly it is over. Come, even if he falls; you must tell me about it. I must hear everything." She buried her face in her hands; and I, escaping from the unhappy girl, hurried to Paul. He was still writing, and his hair was in disorder, and his face pale when he turned toward me. "I am no coward, he said, "but I am saying good-bye tb her, for I shall die to-morrow." "My dear fellow," I exclaimed, "you will shoot Laroquiere, and be married next month. You must finish your'writ? ing at once and go to bed. I will sleep here to-night, for I must see that you turn out in time to-morrow morning. He wrote for another half-hour, ad? dressed the document to Alice Rae, placed a lock ol* his hair within it, and, after sealing it up, gave it to me. "Give that to her," he said, "if Laro? quiere kills me outright?and I know he will. If it were not for Alice, I declare that I should be quite glad to meet him. Now for bed." He undressed, while I lay down on the sofa in the next room and lit a cigar, for I could not afibrd to sleep myself. Soon all was quiet, and I stole in to see Paul lying as quiet as a child, with a smile on his face. Probably, nay, assuredly, I passed a more uncomfortable night than lie did. Only with the greatest possible difficulty could I keep awake, and the hours seemed to linger forever. At last, however, daybreak dawued, and I called Ferrand, who woke refreshed and in comparatively good spirits. After a hur? ried breakfast we muffled ourselves up ; I placed a flask of brandy, some powder aud bullets and a brace of pistols in my pocket, and we sallied forth iu the cold moruing air. Scarcely any one was abroad except a few sleepy watchmen, who seemed to make very shrewd guesses at the object of our expedition; and through the sileut streets we went for a mile or so, until we reached the meeting place. Laroquiere and Delarale were there before us, and my friend the surgeon, arrived immediately afterwards in his carriage, which waited near at hand. The pistols were produced and loaded. Laroquiere chose one, and I gave the other to Paul; and then the two men took up positions at a distance of twenty paces from each other, and waited for Delarale to give the signal to fire. "Stay!" cried the bully, as his second stepped back; "let the young hound listen to this. I am not trifling with him. I shall shoot him only where he wishes, for I am generous, parblcu /" "If I do not kill you," said Paul, qui? etly, "I prefer to die." "Then I shoot him through the heart," coolly observed Laroquiere. "It will teach others not to challenge me." There was something to me unspeaka? bly horrible in the way in which these last words were pronounced. I shud? dered and looked at Paul. He smiled at me, aud at the same instant Delarale gave the signal. There was but one report, for Fcrrand's pistol flashed in the pan. The poor fel? low turned round toward me with fixed I eye and pale face, and, with the name of Alice on his lips, fell dead. Laroquiere turned on his heel and departed quickly in company with Delarale, while I aided the surgeon in his brief examination of Paul's body, Surely enough the bullet had passed through his heart. He must have died almost instantaneously, for he did not move after he fell, and" the last smile with which he had looked at me was still upon his face. It was a melan? choly business in every respect. I had to break the sad news to Alice and her mother; and the two ladies were so terri? bly overcome that I feared the shock would have some permanent effect on their health. For my part, I was obliged to hurry to England as soon as possible; and Laroquiere, I heard, also got away, and remained out of France until the I affair had blown over. I kept up a correspondence with Mrs. Rae, and was glad alter a time to hear from her that Alice, though still terribly upset, had learned to look with a certain amount of philosophy upon her misfor? tune, and hud to some extent recovered her usual health, if not her usual spirits. Meantime I settled down in London, and, u nable to forget my Parisian habits, usually dined at one of the then much frequented taverns in Fleet street. The j Cheshire Cheese, which was then in much the same state as it is now, was my favorite haunt; and there, as months I passed by, I gradually picked up a few j pleasant acquaintances, chief amongst : whom was an extremely well-mannered young gentleman named Barton, a man of independent means, good family, and first-rate education. One day, after he had been dining with me, the conversation turned upon continental manners, and particularly upon dueling. As an illustration of my abhorrence of the system, I told my com? panion about poor Paul's death, a matter in which Barton appeared much interest? ed. He asked me a good many questions about the parties concerned, and, after expressing a remarkably strong opinion to the effect that Laroquiere was a black? guard, bid me good night. I went home to my rooms in the Temple; and next day, on visiting the Cheshire Cheese, found no Barton. He had left word with one of the waiters that urgent business had called him away, but that he hoped to see mo on his return. Weeks passed, and then months, and still Barton did not come back; and I confess that I had begun to forget him altogether, when, one evening, he dropped into dinner as though he had not been absent for more than a day or two. "Where have you been ?" I asked, after I had heartily shaken hands with him. "I have been to Paris," he said. "On arriving there I found out a little more than you told me about Laroquiere, and, when I had thoroughly convinced myself that ue was the blackguard you painted him, I arranged for a series of lessons at a pistol gallery. Every day for a month I went and shot for an hour or two, until I was so perfect .as to be able to hit a small coin every time at a distance of twenty paces. After satisfying myself as to my proficiency, I took a box at the opera, it may have been the same box that you used* to have. Laroquiere was pointed out to me. He sat in the stalls, and between the acts he left his seat in order to speak to a lady in another part of the house. I descended as quickly as possible, and took bis place. He return? ed, and asked me in an overbearing tone to move. I refused. He persisted. I struck him. He sent me a challenge, and we met upon the same spot, curious? ly enough, where he had killed your friend, Ferrand. Before the signal was given, I said: 'M. Laroquiere, listen to me. I am not here to trifle with you ; but I am as generous as you were with Paul Ferrand. I will shoot you only where you wish.' He turned deadly pale. 'We will see,' he said, 'whether I shall not make you a second Ferrand !' 'Then I will shoot you/ I returned, as you shot him?through the heart. It will teach other bullies not to challenge me.' Whether he was so upset as to be incapable of aiming or not, I cannot say; but, my dear fellow, I shot him as dead as a dog, right through the heart, and avenged your friend, at the same time ridding Paris of its biggest villain. It was a case of diamond cut diamond." "Well done, Barton!" I exclaimed. "Wait," he said, "and let me finish the drama. We managed to keep the matter very quiet, and before leaving France I was able to call on Mrs. Rae, who is now at Boulogne, for I had a letter of intro? duction to her from a Parisian acquaint? ance. When I saw her first she knew nothing of the affair, but at last I broke the intelligence to her and her daughter. I found Alice to be a pretty girl, some? what spoilt by her long mourning, and not very much inclined to listen to me; but, my dear fellow, after three weeks of hard persuasion, she gave in, and now she at 1 her mother are coming over next week. I believe you were to give Alice away. When she arrives you shall have a capital opportunity." "And," I added, shaking my friend's hand warmly, "I shall be delighted to do so." A Fearful Risk for Girls.?Tin pastor of a church in one of our large cities said to me, not long ago : "I have officiated at forty weddings since I came here, and in every case, save one, I felt that the bride was running an awful risk. Young men of bad habits and fast ten? dencies never marry girls of their own sort, but demand a wife above suspicion. So, pure, sweet women, kept from the ; touch of evil through the years of their girlhood, give themselves, with all their costly dower of womanhood, into the keeping of men who, in base associations, have learned to undervalue all that be? longs to them, and then find no repent? ance in the sad after years. There is but one way out of this that I cau sec, and that is for you?the young women of the country?to require in associations and marriage, purity for purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor for honor. "There is no reason why the young men of this Christian land should not be just as Virtuous as its women, and if the loss of society and love be the price they are forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it. I admit with sadness that not all our young women are capable of this high standard for themselves or others, but I believe there are enough earnest, thoughtful girls in the society of our country to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls, will you help us, in the name of Christ ? Will you, first of all, be true to yourselves aud God; so pure in your inner and outer life that you shall have a right to ask that the young man with whom you marry shall be the same? The awful gulf of dis? honor is close beside your feet, and in it, fathers, brothers, lovers, and sons are go? ing down. Will you help us in our great work?" ? An Irish lady called on a photo? grapher to have a cabinet portrait taken. When the artist removed the plate he told her she need not sit any longer. On coming out from the dark room he found her still bolt-upright in the chair, with that look of petrified despair on her face peculiar to the photographic pose. "You needn't sit there anv longer," said the frightened artist. "What's that?" she hoarsely whispered, without changing a muscle. "I say you needn't sit there now ?I have finished," he explained. "Ain't I to pay you a dollar?" she interrogated, in the same gurgling tone, with her eyes strained on the mark. "Yes." "Well, thin, do ye mane to say I'm to give ye a dollar for only five minits in tho cheer? Begorra, I'll have a full tin minits fur the money, an' that's little enough in all conscience!" And she had it. ? The late Mrs. Jane W- was equally remarkable for kindness of heart and absence of mind. One day she was accosted by a beggar, whose stout and healthy appearance startled her into a momentary doubt of the needfulness of charity in this instance. "Why," ex? claimed the good old lady, "you look well able to work." "Yes," replied the supplicant, "but 1 have been deaf and dumb these seven years." "Poor man, what a heavy affliction !" exclaimed Mrs. W-, at the same time giving him re? lief with a liberal hand. On returning home, she mentioned the fact, remark? ing, "What a dreadful thing it is to be deprived of such precious faculties!" "But how," asked her sister, "did you know that the poor man had been deaf and dumb for seven years?" "Why," was the quiet and unconscious answer, "he told me so." ? The difference between going in and going out of office is this--tliey arc sworn in, but go out swearing. PRESIDENT ELECT TILDEN. His Great Speech to the Young Men's Democratic Club. From Ihc Fete Yuri: Sun. Although the hour set for the serenade, which the Young Men's Democratic Club were to tender to Gov. Samuel J. Tilden, was 9 o'clock, still there had assembled in Gramcrcy place two hours before that time a multitude that stood there patient? ly awaiting the appearance of the man whom they wished to congratulate upon his safe return from Europe and to honor as the rightfully elected President of the United States. There were no signs, ex? cept of brilliantly lighted windows in Gov. Tilden's house, and still the multi? tude waited patiently and grew larger. .At S-] the street was blocked with a dense mass of people that stretched near? ly to Fourth avenue on the west, aud far toward Third avenue on the east. In Gramcrcy Park several brilliant calcium lights had been placed, many of the houses in the square begun to show bril? liantly-lighted windows, and the whole front of Gramercy Park Hotel was illu? minated. In Gov. Tilden's parlors were, besides the members of Iiis household, a number of ladies and other family friends. Ex Mayor Wickham had " arrived early. Soon after him Augustus Schell and John T. Agnew came, and speedily the parlors were thronged with prominent Demo? crats, among them being Henry L. Clin? ton, Allen C. Beach, Judge Ackert, Col. Harrison, Charles MacLean, Henry Havemeyer, Edward Cooper, Parke God? win, James Mackin. J. R. Fay, Austin Flint, Jr., Judge Kilbreth, Wm." A. Fow? ler, P. F. Marbury, Peter B. Olncv, Win. C. Whitney, Chas. D. Ingersoll" F. L. Stetson, Vincent C. King and W. S. An? drews. Soon after the committee of the Young Men's Democratic Club called at the house, and Dodworth's Band from their station in Gramercy Park began the sere? nade. At this time the multitude had curved arouud the west and east side of the square, and filled every inch of stand? ing room far beyond hearing distance. The enthusiasm was hardly restrained. Now and then a cheer would go up for the rightful President of the United States. Gov. Robinson was in the city, and it was expected that he would introduce his predecessor, but he was advised that the brilliancy of the calcium light would greatly affect his eyes, their weakness re? quiring, ou the part of the Governor, very great care. He regretted deeply that he was then prevented from doing what he very much desired to do. Had Mayor Ely arrived sooner he would have been asked to introduce Mr. Tilden. Augustus Schell was asked to do so by the committee of the club. After the band had played several pieces, Gov. Tilden appeared on the front step with President Van Wyck of the Young Men's Club. As he appeared in the doorway a great shout went up from the multitude, whose enthusiasm had al already been too long restrained. Cheer followed cheer, and the people seemed not to tire of cheering the man whom they elected President. He stood there in plain sight of all, gracefully bowing. It wus only by decided intimations from the members of the club, who flanked Mr. Tilden on the steps, that the people were restrained. Then President Van Wyck, in behalf of the Young Men's Democratic Club, finally welcomed Mr. Tilden home. When Mr. Van Wyck spoke the name, the people took it up, and again cheered, "Our President." Mr. Van Wyck, in closing, introduced Augustus Schell. Mr. Schell said : "Fel? low-citizens : We meet to-night to wel? come on his return home our distinguish? ed fellow-citizen, who has been absent from us for a short time. ['Three cheers for President Tilden.'j We cannot do that without reminding you of a fact which has become history. Samuel J. Tilden [cheers] was elected by the peo ph of these United States to be Presi? dent. (Cheers) He has been deprived of that great office and the people have been deprived of his services in the dis? charge of his duty by fraud. [Cheers, and cries, 'They won't do it again !'] It was a fraud which will not be condoned, which we cannot condone. We have passed it by for the present, but, as he has assured you, it must not be repeated. I have now the honor to introduce to you the Hon. Samuel J. Tilden. [Great cheering.] There was no mistaking the sentiment of the multitude as Mr. Schell said this. It was approved by cheers and exclama? tions. "Three cheers for President Til deu," shouted one man way back by the Park fence, and he did uot have to wait to put them. Three times three were given. Mr. Tilden then addressed the assem? blage as follows: Gentlemen of the Young Men's Democratic Club: I thank you for your kindly welcome. My summer ex? cursion now just closed had for its object a season of physical activity, in the open air, in a moderate climate, and amid scenes interesting by their associations with our literature, with our jurispru? dence j J with the origin and growth of representative institutions. It has re? paired as much as three months could the wa^te of six years consecrated to an effort for governmental reform in the city, State aud nation. I do not forget that in 1871 you joined in the work, and have never since been wanting to it. I am glad here to-night to mingle my con? gratulations with yours on what has been done, on the good auguries for the future, and, above all, on the resolute purpose of the young men of our country that the and re-established according to its origi? nal ideals. | Applause.) The contrast which strikes the Ameri? can eye between the British isles aud our own country in the supply of food and especially cereals ought to be the basis of profitable exchanges and inestimable mu? tual benefactions. The wants of our British cousins?already enormous?will rapidly increase. They grow, not only with population but by an incessant di? version of labor toward the most profita? ble employments. Our means of supply are boundless. We have immense areas of fertile soils?cheap?peculiarly fitted for the use of agricultural machinery, and connected with the centres of foreign commerce by great rivers, by vast inland seas, and by 75,(100 miles of railway. We have a sun in our heavens which, in the season of agricultural growth, pours down daily floods of light and warmth, making the earth prolific, giving abun? dance and variety of fruits, assuring the wheat crop, yielding cotton in its zone, and ripening corn everywhere, even to the verge of the farthest north. 1 predict a great increase in the consumption of our corn by Great Britain over the GO, 000,000 bushels which it reached last year. Jt is the most natural and sponta? neous of our cereal products. Our pres? ent crop ought to be 1,500,000,000 bush? els against 300,000,000 of wheat. It is but little inferior to wheat in nutritive power. It costs les? than one-half on the sea-board, and much less than one-half on the farm. It can be cooked, by those who consent to learn how. into many de be completely restored licious forms of human food. Why should not the British workmen have cheaper food ? Why should not our far? mers have a great market? Why should not our carriers have the transportation ? Let us remember that commercial ex? changes must have some element of mu? tuality. Whoever obstructs the means of payment, obstructs also the facilities of sale. We must relax our barbarous reve? nue system so as not unnecessarily to re? tard the natural processes of trade. We must no longer legislate against the wants of humanity and the beneficence of God. [ Applause.) The election now impending involves the choice of the State officers who com? pose the administrative boards. Gov. Robinson's Administration has been characterized by incorruptible integrity, by wisdom and ability, and by unswerv? ing fidelity to the reforms that have re? duced the State taxes one-half; that are rapidly extinguishing the State debt; that have retrenched two and a half mil? lions a year of the expenditures upon public works; and have purified our great official trusts. He needs and has a right to have the cordial co-operation of those officers, which, in the Government of the United States and other systems, form the Cabinet of the chief Executive. In my judgment the gentlemen in nomi? nation will co-operate in the reform poli? cy which I had the honor to inaugurate, and which Gov. Robinson is consum? mating. I think that their election and the chance-- that will take place from the constitutional amendments, adopted in 1876, will give him a more united sup? port in the Canal Board than I was able to receive during my administration. I have the more satisfaction in avowing this conviction because I believe that any nominations that did not promise such co-operation, would be disowned by the Democratic masses. The election, although for State offi? cers, has relations to national politics, to which I know you will expect me to al? lude. You are all quite aware of the re? sults of the contest of 1876. [Voices: "We are sick of it;" "We know you got robbed."] No, I did not get robbed ; the I people got robbed. [Great applause.] I had, on one hand, a course of laborious service, in which health and even life might be imperilled ; on the other hand, I had a period of relaxation here and abroad to recuperate from the exhaustion that in your service I had incurred, but to the "people it was a robbery of the dearest rights of the American citizen. The condemnation by the people of the greatest political crime in our history, by which the result of the Presidential elec? tion of 1S76 was set aside and reversed, is general and overwhelming. Her sister States might alford to have the voice of New York frittered away or its expres? sion deferred. It could not change his? tory; it could not alter the uuiversal I judgment of the civilized world ; it could not avert the moral retribution that is impending. But New York herself can? not afTord to have her voice unheard. The Declaration of Independence, the Bills of Right, and the State Constitu? tions all contain assertions of the right of the people to govern themselves and to change their rulers at will. These decla? rations had ceased to have any meaning to the American mind. They seemed to be truisms which there was nobody to dispute. The contests known to us were contests between different portions of our people. To comprehend the significance of these declarations, it is necessary to carry ourselves back to the examples of human experience in view of which our ances? tors acted. They had seen the govern? mental machine and a small govern? mental class, sometimes with the aid of the army, able to rule arbitrarily over millions of unorganized, isolated atoms of human society. In forming the Gov? ernment of United States they endeavor? ed to take every precaution against the recurreuce of such evils in this country. They kept down the standing army to a nominal amount. They intended to limit the functions of the Federal Gov? ernment so as to prevent the growth, to dangerous dimensions, of an office-hold ingclass and of corrupt influences. They preserved the State Governments as a counterpoise to act as centres of opinion and as organized means of resistance to revolutionary usurpation by the Federal Government. Jefferson, the leader of liberal opinion, in his first inaugural, re- j cognized this theory. Hamilton, the representative of the extreme conserva? tive sentiment, in the Federalisl, ex-1 pounded it with elaborate arguments. Madison, the father of the Constitution, enforced these conclusions. The increase of power in the Federal Government during the last twenty years, the creation of a vast office-holding class, with its numerous dependents, and the growth of the means of corrupt influence, have well nigh destroyed the balance of our complex system. It was my judg? ment in 1S76 that public opinion, de? manding a change of administration, needed to embrace two-thirds of the peo- j pie at the beginning of the canvass, in order to cast a majority of votes at the election. If this tendency is not arrested, its in? evitable result will be the practical de? struction of our system. Let the Feder? al Government grasp power over the great corporations of our country and ac- j quire the means of addressing their in? terests and their fears; let it take juris? diction of riots which it is the duty of the State to suppress; let it find pretexts for increasing the army, and soon those in J possession of the Government will have a power with which no opposition can suc? cessfully compete. The experience" of i France under the Third Napoleon shows that, with elective forms and universal suffrage, despotism can be established and maintained. In the canvass of 1876 the Federal Government embarked in the contest with unscrupulous activity. A member of the Cabinet was the head of a partisan committee. Agents stood at the doors of the pay offices to exact contributions from official subordinates. The whole office-holding class were made to exhaust their power. Even the army, for the first time, to the disgust of the soldiers and many of the officers, was moved about the country as an electioneering instru? ment. All this was done under the eye of the beneficiary of it, who was making the air vocal with professions of civil ser? vice reform, to be begun after he had himself exha "<ted all the immoral ad? vantages of ci A service abuses. Public opinion in some States was overborne by corrupt influences and by fraud. But so strong was the desire for reform, that the Democratic candidates received 4,300,000 suffrages. This was a majority of the popular vole of about 300,000, and of 1,200,000 of the white citizens. It was a vote 700,000 larger than Gen. Grant received in 1S72, and 1,300,000 larger than he received in 1868. The step from an extreme drgrvc of corrupt abuses in the election- : ? .i .-aib versiou of the elective syst? ? ? i -elf is natural. No sooner was t,. ? election over than the whole power m ,.?? office holding class, led by a Cabin- ?- '?: mister, was exerted to procure, and did a-iirc, from the State canvassers m two States illegal and fraudulent certificate^ which wore made a pretext for a false count of LEGAL ADVERTISING.?Wc are compelled to require cash payments for advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators ami oilier fiduciaries and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted whin the money comes with the order: Citations, two insertions, .... ?.1.00 Estate Notices, three insertions, - - 2.00 Final Settlements, five insertions - - .'{.00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?Ja order to re.-eive attention, communications must be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps arc furnished lo repay the postage thereon. Wc are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and all cheeks, drafts, money orders, Ac, should be made pavable to the order of E. R. MURRAY & CO.. Anderson, S. C. the electoral votes. To enable these offi? cers to exercise the immoral courage necessary to the parts assigned to them, and to relieve them from the timidity which God has implanted in the human bosom as a limit to criminal audacity, detachments of the army were sent to af? ford them shelter. The expedients by which the vote* of the electors chosen by the people of these two States were rejected, and the votos of the electors having the illegal and fraud? ulent certificates were counted, and the menace of usurpation by the President of the Senate of dictatorial power ove all the questions in controversy, and the menace of the enforcement of his pre? tended authority by the army and navy, the terrorism of the business classes, and the kindred measures by which the false count was consummated, are known. The result is the establishment of a precedent destructive of our whole elec? tive system. The temptation to those in possession of the Government to perpetu? ate their own power by similar methods will always exist, and if the example shall be sanctioned by success, the suc? cession of government in this country will come to be determined by fraud or force, as it lias been in almost every other country; and the experience will be re? produced here which has led to the gen? eral adoption of the hereditary system in order to avoid confusion and civil war. The magnitude of a political crime must be measured by its natural and ne? cessary consequences. Our great Repub? lic has been the only example in the world of a regular and orderly transfer of governmental succession by the elective system. To destroy the habit of tradi? tionary respect for the will of the people, as declared through the electoral forms, and to exhibit our institutions as a fail? ure, is the greatest possible wrong to our own country. It is also a heavy blow to the hopes of patriots struggling to estab? lish self-government in other countries. It is a greater crime against mankind than the usurpation of Dec. 2, 1851, de? picted by the illustrious pen of Victor Hugo. The American people will not condone it under any pretext or for any purpose. Young men ! in the order of nature we who have guarded the sacred traditions of our free government will soon leave that work to you. Within the life of most who hear me our Republic will em? brace a hundred millions of people. Whether its institutions shall be pre? served in substance and in spirit, as we'll as iu barren forms, and will continue to be a blessing to the toiling millions here and a good example to mankind, now everywhere seeking a larger share in the mauagement of their owu affairs, will de? pend on you. I avail myself of the occasion to thank you and to thank all in our State and country who have accorded to me their support, not personal to myself, but for the cause I have represented, and which has embraced the largest and holiest in? terests of humanity. Mr. Tilden's speech was received with equal enthusiasm, especially when he re? ferred to the damning fraud. "You have been robbed," said a voice. Mr. Tilden drew himself up and. said, in tones which will not be forgotten soon by those who heard him. "I have not been robbed. The American people have beeu robbed." For a moment there was silence, and then his full meanining was compre? hended, and a response came from the crowd that was most earnest. After the speech an informal reception was held by Gov. Tilden in his parlors. A Low Voice in Woman.?The fol? lowing paragraph which has beer, going the rounds of the press, will commend itself to many whose sensibility has beeu often exasperated at the theatre, on the cars, in the streets, in short in every pub? lic place by the loud, aggressive voice of the young woman of the day: "Yes, we agree with that old poet who said that a low, soft voice was au 'excel? lent thing in woman.' Indeed, we feel inclined to go much further than he has on the subject and call it one of her crowning charms. No matter what other attractions she may have; she may be as fair as the Trojan Helen and as learned as the famous Hypatia of olden times; she may have all accomplishments con? sidered requisite at the present d?.y, and every advantage that wealth can pro? duce, and yet if she lacks a low, sweet voice, she can never be really fascinating. How often the spell of beauty is rudely broken by course loud talking. How often you are drawn to a plain unassum? ing woman, whose soft silvery tones ren? der her positively attracti ve. Besides we fancy we can judge of the character by the voice; the blank, smooth, fawning tones seem to betoken deceit and hypoc? risy as-invariably as the musical subdued voice tells of genuine refinement. In the social circle, how pleasant it is to hear a woman talk in that low key which always characterizes the true lady. In the sanctuary of home how such a voice soothes the fretful children and cheers the weary husband. How sweet its cadence floats through the sick chamber and around the dying bed; with that solemn melody does it breathe a prayer for the departing soul. Ah, yes, a low, soft voice, is certainly 'an excellent thing in woman.'" ? Glaibome F. Jackson, a native of Kentucky, was once Governor of the State of Missouri. He joined the South? ern Confederacy, and died during his term at a farm house opposite the city of Little Rock, among strangers, with no kind hand of affection near to soothe his pain aud rob his death bed of its anguish. The most remarkable fact connected with the history of his life is perhaps the state? ment that he married five sisters in one of the most respectable, wealthy and dis? tinguished families in the State: that as soon as one wife would die he would go and marry her sister, in seasonable time, of course. Some of them were widows when he married them. In connection with the marriages there was a standing joke told at the expense of the Governor, which was that when he went to ask the old gentleman's consent to marry the last one the venerable father is reported to have said: "Yes, Claib, you can have her. You have got them all. For goodness sake don't ask me for the old woman." ? The story about Mr. Evarts' daugh? ter Minnie and her donkey that felt lone? some, which is going the rounds of the press, is not correctly told. He sent the donkey up to Windsor to be used in car? rying things between his country seat at Runnymcade and the town, and his daughter Minnie, then six, was particu? larly impressed with the animal's voice, and remarked to her governess that when she heard the donkey bray it made her think the animal was very sad, aud she thought it must be home sick. After some moments' reflection, evidently sym? pathizing with the unhappiness of the animal, the child continued: "Well, perhaps when papa comes up the donkey won't be so lonesome." ? An Irishman having been told that the price of bread had been lowered, ex? claimed : "That is the first time I ever rejoiced at the fall of my best friend."