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- nap K - - ' - ^% : x ^:' *\- - , " :V '' ' ".' * < -' >- ' w j 1 .- ' - * . .. '?#" " I ; V- vv'-.T-'v-'- - ^ ; ' - ' " > - " : - " " " i ?1-^- ' '' ' " ?? ??I?? ? '" * 2 : L . " - : ' 4 .^? .. .?-?-????? :???? ; ? t?-r - - ..... ?=?i . - - , f ... i BY W. A. LtjE AND HUGH WILSON. - ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1866,' VOT.TTivm ytv * - - * THE BROKEN KNOAGEMENT. ~ No, Carrie, ^not * even *'a hud," can I spare fronrmy peerless rose. No doubt, il eeems Bclfish to keep them * "nil, when you so much desir.e n single ono. You have been very kind t6 mo, dueling, since my illties?, brightening by your presence and sympathy many-dark houra of suffering. ,.x jFlie rose;troe shall bo youra when my flights havo hecome days.in that other land. Sinco little Eva was in, prattling of your two levors, I have had a story to tell you; . *' If you have leisure to remain, I think I feel strong enough'to relate it now. Raise mv h&ad a little, nlease: that will do nicelv 1 ; ?thank you. It will be twelve years% to morrow, since my twentieth birthday. Your mother was ' but one day past eighteen, but. we always celebrated the festivals together. Upon x.\* this occasion uncle gave us a grand "party. . : . I dressed early, for my betrothed Lawrence , Elmore, bad promised to come before the - company arrived and bring me flowers. I ; . anticipated" something beautiful, for his . taste was exquisite. lie came bringing a boquet of half-opened rosebuds and blue violets ; besides this, it branch from a rose . tree, bearing tbree.fragrant white buds, just ready to expand, into full flower. The buds he insisted upon twining with his own ' . hands among my braids and ringlets, which ; . ^ heaccomplisbed with - wonderful skill, making the green leaves and snowy buds * gleam.here and there among the dark -'."7 >,r ' -.curia in .a way that won praise-and admiration^ from all. "My taste,1' wascommen? '* :J: ded again and again, and''I laughed the " *V.? ' compliments ofTaa best I could ; for to no ' one, not even your mother, had ? told the " J secret of my engagement. Lawrence was a c'.erk, industrious and economical. Still, .. he deemed it not prudent to rafcrry in. less ' V -. than two years, and 1 insjsted that it-lie . - waited so long, the engagement should not be public. . My only motive was to avoid the comments and discussions of acquaintances. Our party passed pleasantly; tho re; * * - ^ freshmenl?, music, flowers, every thing, were v # admirable; the company^ was. in fine spir V... * _ . its, and nothing occurred to make itjjs a dark hour in my life. ' Among the guests was Mr. Hueton, just returned from a lengthened t<Jur in South America/ . . - Early in the evening he was introduced tome, and entertained me .'greatly with . accounts of wild adverttures and-descrip-* " tions of tropical scenery.- ' Several- times, during.the evening*,' we werev thrown ^together,vand that, Buttle 8omGtliing which ; ; tejls a maiden when.sho has won a:new . ? ' admirer, told me that-LowiB'TIue'ton would ? pursue the acquaintance. SIoDths of-gayety followed, and.people began to notice the attentions .Mr. Hueion paid.me.". 'Iiaw,?.*. r retice was seldom preBont;bopks^nilLlltfdy . > occupied hla time,1 save* wti'eu Uo sper^t a " , quiet ovoriing with me.\ These e veilings tL:ri't A - A pecame iesa 1 requeue, ior 1 weni oui pon-.i > . ' ?*;- .etrmtly. Thoro was a'netf..charo) devotion of the wealthiest, : > ']'* man of tho set. I never vvhitber I wa3 drifting. _ OpdlH^arl&Si -v - aix months-after vour'parly^ . * v2 " ? .'bonquet wfla sent mc, with ; ' not aecn my betrothed for i.'^ ? yi ; said'. to myself, he has sqnt; iMS<|TiKM s^fc-Vv- '?" yj?"<?|ifi^g'ito-iilglit.,HI'openbd aftd^eafefD .V. '//CMra . With the . floorers," accepjSthft; V: ' /^votipn ?f-:0ne' who would ,bo moref?^1 " yoiir fri^nd.^ . V'1 ? % " > ] rf- " - " ? j ;*i.-: - '. -v \ V r.^^W^nr feU/frdrtj.my:^tartlea 1\rf^ort, - i ,ond for tlfe firet.time jn months _ I wiw.obrV > . *. J Jigedio think. - Sloping to j:ai?e. the note, - ' ^ V1.' I;bru^hed.agaip*t - the. rose,; which^.-with o> -?' / * f *< \ . twitnliW"nfAm'-MMMM' . 1 v v <" , . V Tv" ,uijr t^ixtuiuguv. >; fi ; 1 iStetiWighKWas updn my .;/ " ' r :\ ~ '"." iff* >V>V:-'-. > J - ^ r .; - - ?*? , o/hew^d> fflo^ucqtirs. - Iljove: jr1 :t ? ' -c- f*!W~ moafhMud Ve: ';--r ?*;: - *A-..* '?p^ .bjteitjr.Jje 1?^ ,V$ ; ' 3? + :% >:.. v..-iv&r my own, I couki npt cheerfully labor, as I ought, to'make his salary suffice'. for us ; therefore, 1 ask freedom from my engagement. Three days later a reply came, in tho following works: . ^ . "Clara : My best beloved?you are frco. I have nothing of yours to return, save a hit of blue ribbon that once-tied your curls." I retain that, ( * lawrekcb." I felt, instinctively, that my freedom had been purchased at the prico of mortal anguish to another, and would gladly have undone my work." Shutting myself from every eye, that day, I did not weep, but suffered none the less that tears were denied me. Tho evening brought Mr. HueIon, and with the heart}- approval of my uncle and aunt, I was again betrothed, Lewi9 urged art early day for the marriage, but aunt insisted that four months wa3 the least possible time in which my outfit could be prepared. The next three months weie passed in a whirl of silk, laces and muslins, which wearied me. Mr. Hueton often remarked my silent ways and thoughtful looks, wbich ho attributed to shyness and over-exertion* With his grand faith I in me ho never imagined my love was half vanity. ; ' At length, but eight days wero to pas3 before our marriage. The rose tree was full of opening buds, and I anticipated wearing them at my bridal. Two buds were half opened, and I brought the plant down to show Lewis, when he came in to spend the evening. "Do you know, darling," said be, "that the charming taste with which the roses were twined in your hair, the first time of our meeting, was what attracted me to. you ?" j I bent over the treo to hide my glowing face. Ilu continued : |' "But I have not told you?I can remain' no longer this evening, having promised to spend the night with a sick friend. By the way, he is passionately fond of flowers ?givc-iao thoso two, for tliey will fade bofore the day, and others wiW cooae out." I cut the flowers and he left mo. The day following, ;a messonger, brought a re quest from Lawrence Elmore, that I would lend bim for onA-iln*? * - ? -? ? v? "V luaD irtJts-j ii? was ill, had heard of its" wondrous beauty, and knew bow I bad reared it. I could, but send it, with every-caution for its safety. Instead of calling that .evening,. -S^r. Hueton wrcfe, paying J.bat he WSB ^-staying with a'dying friend. The bought'thai his ( friend wa3 my,discarded lover did not cross", my^jnind.-. . ? . . t' r" , t . V Th'e next morning Mr. Hueton "brought" the ro8o!tr^':8b6rrtj>f"evei^ bud npd' bios10m. He placed it -.upon -the-- table, say\to?i ipM*4 '-> *}' *?*-. '%, .MMy friend, Lawrence Elmore," cut them ?iHj<and*6tarfcd upon .a long journey^iUt '|bmn in bis hand 1" ; pity me !"-1 cried, and"fell sefjgjfifty ^urhpfi *iirt \ j>%jray yoar fault; itwaaonlyin thd^^Br, Rof hi9 dying momenta, tlint I Ifftroj^r' i had called -bis. illness and doaP^tv? r,vrenU/plRcing me upon the sofa, he left the .house., J* 0.4; *r ;Tbe'wedding invitations had 'notjjeeu givdn'^ut atfd Were now delayed ljy my 8uddeh; Ulde8a. - From a eorvant T learned when Ij* WrenfceVfuneral would lake/placS, add, ' in spit^of remoBBtrariqe,-'attended,' dressed plainly.and .wearing, a.^payyvyeil to fcvflitLrecognition? He wm*:buried in; ^Qreetfwobd, .fcnd* alon^in .the. capi?g? which mV uncle nonfe T w#nt ?-? I,'f 7 t' < :' n'? "' ** 8& 9$?$ ty* ?W( conducted me *t? ^SSKaMBBmmmS& 9m ^~~~ ~ . not bring hia contempt upon me by telling him all. I have related this to you, Car rio, as a warning. Your affections are given to ono man, do not trifle wjth the h(vliost feelings of another. Sometimes, when I am gone, and you como to Greenwood,' bring a rose for Lawrence Elmore. - . ANTHONY ANlTcLEOPATRA. I am'dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life tide fast, And the dork Plulonjno shadows, Gather on the evening blast; Let thine arm, O Queen, support me, Hush thv sobs and Imw ilimn amw Hearken to the great heart secret, Thou, and thou alone, must hear. Though.my scarred and veteran legions, Bear their eagles high no more. And my wrecked and scattered galleys, Strew dark Aotinm's fatal shore, Though no glittering guards surround me, Prompt to do their master's will, I must perish like & Roman, Die the great Triumvir still. Let not Ceosar's servile minions, Mock the lion thus laid low, 'Twas no foeman's hand that slew him, 'Twas his own that struck the blow, Hear. then, nillnna') on ~ w j r...? ?? wu ?UJ UU9UUJ| Ere bis star fades qnito awny,' Ilim, who drunk with thy caresses, Madly threw a world away. And then, star eyed Egyptian, Glorious sorcerer of the Nile, Light the p&th te Stygian horrors. With the splendors of thy smile. Give this Ceasar crowns and arches, Let his brow with laurel twine, I can scorn the Senate's triumph. Triumphing in love like thine. I am dying, Egypt, dying, Hark the insulting foeman'a cry. They're coming?quicfc^ my falchion I Let me face them ere I die? Oh ! no more amid the battle, - Will my voice exalting swell, Ieis and Oairia guard thee, Cleopatra I Rome I Farewell 1 ? ? mr .. ?Ak Ankod'ote of Macaulay in InTSlA. Whenever the subject of scriptural fortune telling came up in Lord Macaulay's presence, he was pretty sure to relate an anecdote of his sojourn in India. He arrived one night, late and tired, at the house . - r of tlio chaplain of a somewhat ugfreifueoted district, aBd desired to get to bed as soon as possible. lBut, bis host was- Dot goingto throw away the raro opportunity of elicitYng some valuable information from a guest of such rare ability and scholarship. "Mr. Magaulay," said .he, "I positively cannot let you retire, till you state ,your opinion aa tp tb? Number, of-th? Beast.1' <(I .\Vaa ' driv?n. into " a corner," said the Blatesmani rather. ;.th(?n. theologian, ."and I answered.on the- spof^I ljjive.no doubt as to.what was.Corfeshadowed\fcyibe mystical number?the British- Honse of Commons'.! 'The mem6ers' elected?668?- j the tlireo clerks.at the table,-the sergeant-, jfrt-arlins and the deputyrsergearit, tUo lir 3>rarian iind tho two dopr-keepers; making ^66,' and I rflshed to my conch." ; v ^3WM|^WhBH^.illiyou' do, Btnile and or l>e crabbed and SaEe;eyery.-o^^^wound you miserable ? Tou can live, among beautiful flowers pad the mire, surrounded y The amount of hnn$feWp**?pr od u ce is incalculable, if smiling face, a kind:heart, gnd epeak ploaaant words. On the other jjaud, by eour looks. .nrn?i?_ wnwU ?ViA" ? t s - - T" ?mu fretful disposition you can rnako hunJreda unhappy, klmost beyond endurance. ? What 'will you do! Wear a jpleagaitf countenance, let joy beam in yorir eye and love glow on your forehead.' There-ia?no. joy so gr^At fis Ah^tjarhioh springs fronra ktndHlttfcVr a pleasantdeed,~arid -yott iqay feel it at night vfheb you rest and at 'morhiig when afid^t^rSn^Ji,' (h(WUj,v when about your daily bugineaa, I ."' r t. v** X'j A- *v.' BeAtixiFDL.? At a Sabbaik achooUnni~v'ar*Z^.rTr.'T JC-ij-? YStx &??? ZertSTT* % * - Ladr^it?d;onaBjpM v^itfiirr tJumtbe, tithdiv;j;^^lb^it^T9?Cr0>dr W^rartHot^bd PfWdfid in<iim>aTr%;'t',*r/ ?- *.f-*i<.*"j'?-> BgiiiliBKMBBfife - - - - - ~ yit TAWNY FEBN. " Fanny carries her 50 yoara with as soar iug a head and as springy a stop as she could possibly have ilono ui her 20s. Fanny has set that strong resolute face of hers against growing old. Site "will not," and sbe won't. Reposo is a very ^feoblejill in her being. Troubled and stormy are the clemeuts of her nature; troubled and stormy have been her days, ller experiences of lifo would have aged an ordinary woman years ago. But like evory other enemy, Fanny defies age, and ho has not ,i 11_ i i ' umnu lu uttiin uer H3 ue can. ttvon when at last death shall seize and carry her off, he will have to do it in a terrible.hurry or he will miss his prize; for Fanny is n woman who never submits to "die by incho3." Fanny Fern's face bears a striking resent blance to that of Ii6r brother, N. P. Willis. The resemblanco is so striking that, as you trace it, you wonder while 'Hyacinth' was such a prig, how "Ruth Hall" could have been such an angel. The stylish figure, the graceful bearing, the amber curls, the pale cold eyes, the strong .law, are alike in both, only Fanny carries bo fore her by far- tlio most proud, powerful and aggressive nose." Fanny Fern is an elegant woman. Her dress is usually faultless in taste ; yot in spite of herself tbe effect is striking. Hor haughty head, her elastic stop, her stylish form, make it so. Thus, as far as the eye can trace her, Fan* ny Fern is .a marked woman in a Broadway crowd. Fanny Las done her best to make the public believd that she is a termagant, and has succeded.' Sho?delight3 in outre assertions and s&vagq sentences. It rather pleases her to think that the"whole tribe of outsiders consider her a dragon. Like many of her sister women, she doubtless finda it verv difficult fcnr wait n augel .here below, and the moti wljp married ber should bave been sure that theypossessed the power of subjugation or the gift of submission, they desired peace. And yet under ^his volcano of brimstone ripples a hundred rills of tender feelings, and Fanny Fern in word andjleod can bo gentle, womanly and goodl Not long ago, on the sunny sido of Broadway, in its nurse's arras, she saw somebody's baby. Who owticd \\)G baby I cannot say. I can only tell you .that I came paLupoU'Fanny Fern wedged in a corner, oblivious to everybody and every thing but the baby. ^Such ecsta^ cy, and such baby talk and such a transfig;' urfaco, all the'pride and harshness in itirielfc ed-into a mother's love. -Well, I looked an?l'listened, ovon wkilplhecrowd. jostled ma^onj'aodconoluded tbat a-\vo.man- who. looked.^cd talkod -like tltatto a" baby wa?, whatever her faults,-tripch more , a loving woman at Kfcart iti'aaa virago or,bluV sLbcking. "Nobody need despair of ^bo ''final Balvation" of- a womrtnvfho' can talk" like ' S i . v that to a baby, a??d that balfy, .not: her own?- * .. f THEi TKUK FJSKK MABON.-^^e^is.above^ a moan thing. He invadtfs no .ficurets ^d| the keeping of an other. He botrnya no sot creu id the keepiBg of another. He betray^ no'uecret'.cdnfinecT to his^ keeping. ^He takes selfish advantage of no roan'a^hjiqtakeS. > lie uses'no ignoble weapon 8jilcoo troveray. He never a(abiIn. tbe^dftrk. , H0. ia' *noV., one;thing!to;a .rnfln's face and- nntfihcr-hehind bis back,. If, by accident ho- conies into possession of bia^neigbbor'a coo'nsols, 'He pTaaaernpon tl/em ah act of . instant. ob-; :l?yien; *4|erB?Btosailed pafck&gea.without"' tan} paging ith tho wax, vI>gera > got me^nt for, hw eye, whetlierUhoy'nrittojr jn at bis window or * lie opSn * befyr^'him;. in .unguardod -exposure, arc aaofod. ' Ho p 03no priyacjr of oibare, Jilt)wpjrer | the sentry sleeps. V Bolla no'cl bars, locks . and! ikeya, hfedgeeiaojl pickotv bdntla.and so cutjijM, noticerto them for-ljfrd, He;may ^ trnsted, 1)i.mBfltf ^V*"' ' ?'-- i .. *. , -n," 1 *.v ?> ? \*j> V* . - % - -&**# " ONE HUNDRED YEARS 0* 80ICTCE. Ono of the most eloquent men in France ia M. Duma?, senator, member of the Institute,-ex-Minister'of Instruction,- Professor at the Sorbohne and College, de France. When he rises to addresa tbe audience tbere h a thrill .of expectation, and a hiisbed anxiety to catch the words that are to fail from 'his ling. Tin lino ?? ??' ?" ?* 11? -j? uum du gubiip null iuur? ough command of the biceties of iho French language, and added to thia a marvellous familiarity with the growth and present standpoint.of scienoe. Recently, at th*e distribution of prizes awarded by the Polytechnic Association of Paris, M. Dumas gave a sketch of the condition of I scientific knowledge a hundred years ago,1 and compared it with the progress of the present day. "We translate a part of his address :? . In i705, the employment of the forces of nature was limited to two motors, wind mills and water mills. Heat had not'.been converted into univereal mechanical po wer, the steam engine was unknown. The sun . marked in its daily return the hours in the life of roan, but Niepee and Daguerre bad not made use .of ito light as the docile instrument of art; photography hnd not yet entered into the imagination of man. Electricity had neither given us the Voltaic pile, which decomposes the most obstinate compounds, nor the galvanoplastioart, which plates the metals without the aid of fire, nor .the electric light, uor the electric telegraph, and other marveU ot modern timcajdue to the genius of Ampere; nor the formidable Ruhmkorff coil, the rival of gunpowder^ and the juat object of highest reward. Ghemiatry had no existence. Lavoisier had nob yet immortalized his' name by those^iBcpYeries which explain the reciprocal?relations 'of'..matter composing the surface: of the- .earth, .with, the same clearness that Newton's laws af-, ford the key to the movements of the stars which adorn the heavens. Earth, air and water had not been dcoompoaod j the DA?, turo of the metals and that of carbon was unknown ; the aoida, alkalis'and salte, now employed in bo many art9. then ontv offer". - - # J t~ ed obscure problems; the cause of combustion was ignored ; the existence of - gas, distinct*from atmoBbheric air, llad not been V ' ' determined; the proximate principle idf plants and animals had not beien defined ; their nutrition, ,ap enigma; .agriculture was a blind and devastating practice^ ruining in turn the different countries, of .'the globe, and not permitting to any people to' fix itself in permancrice on any.ppot. ; The movements,' the; changes and' the lransfommtion~i*bieh';.affect,,the 'material' of' tho aurfucei'of lh(?jglobe "fln<l roetainor-f phose it nccbrding-Jo/limfs arid -plncea, had no signification ?fot! our ancestor?. Thecircuit-always.in action, .'whioH nourishes" ?frV?n nlant nf a? '" * ?.M MJIQU90 VI %uw Wlll'i IU9;HU?; i cnal at tli$ exp6n.se oitho plants and.,which tetania tolhesoiljihrough' th eamimal'.that' "thqw Jjahnon ie? -TOfc-*. lure vy Iiich our commonest farmer 110w jta* tioa 0 f, the profouudest philoBpber acsntir l..'Qqo)ogy. Wfa'^only ^nspiretL'iroinancet;* the cru6t oC the ^arlH bftcJ ^ot been eipjor -3., uraiw^vr lis iwiuu^uyu ;U?Jl" j^9K ?st baoii written that in.'tbo fosaiI retpafna ofyR'"roofc'iV/obh-^! tallied thajL ijl the history of the development of the globe Is revealod th e relft11ve age*, ot the fn"ountate,and,jlhe olew 'to ^ '(brteer.f condi(ion 9? th'o A -f* *: i o( pian^haldvbe^:^fQCte4; and^osijiea,1 jjv^^ieu'WiW fao^jpfctil^;; bad n?t applied the p^e . -v u>/ AULJJ ajLX f . XI ** J4,"* 4 . . - V' :_^Jl -' < > a contain secrets which I do not know, or -9 ah nil not be able at some future period to ~ -9 discover; the history of the earth has oo a longer any mystery for me; I am present at its earliest ages; I reconstruct the be- ' B ings whom it has nourished j I know the fl precise date of -the transformations,upon its 9 surface. My eye.penetrates the profundi- j| ty of space; I assign to each star its place- . 9 in the orbit in which it must move; I weigh the sun; I analyze the subsistence ifl of which it-is composed, as if it could be fl j placed in my crucible, and I can say of what 48 elements the stars consist which decorate 9 the vaults of heaven, eveu those the light 9 ironr wmcli requires ages to"travel to the "9 focus where the observer performs thete 9 dissection upon our earth; I play with - 9 the forces of nature; I transform the light 9 into hoat, the heat into light, electricity 9 into magenetism, magnetism into electrici- H ty, and nil of these forma of activity into 9 mechanical powers I convert one com- ?j pound into another; I imitate all the pro- ^ 9 cesses of nature dead, and the majorityjof ' jg those of nature living; I render at will *9 the earth fruitful or sterile; I give to itor 9 I take from it the power to nourish the ? plant. Life is an open boob, where, from 9 the embryo egg to the death of the ani- 9 mad, I read without obscurity the jrole of 9 the blood which circulates: that of tho *9 heart which beats, and of the lungs which '~9 respire : that-of tho m'nc/?lM -1 # ? , .?- mw*i%iw? nuiwu uutjy J 4H of the nerves which convey the order; of 9 the brain which commands ; of tho atom- Jj ach which digests;. of tha chyle which regenerates. In fine, I apply to my uso fl| 11 of the forces and all of the gifts of na- 9 ture.; flj This sketchby a master-hand reveals to . . . '83 us the extraordinary progress of science ' 5 during a hundred years, and shows how N. _ 3B quietly we appropriate cach addition (6.,- SB our knowledge, without taking, into ac- , JH count thelongy ears of toil which must-*.. ' V JH have preceded its full development. ITthoi T next hundred years should 'show equal re-r ault?, it is impossible to predict- wlnilimit'^;T-' - ^ shall be set .to the progress of the world; \ " -To PiiE9F.nvK OnoHAMM. Nathan ' jH Shotwell-^Eiba. Qanft8fta r?r?nntt? "Mn ? - 9 j ? j *wi?| W thinks the cause-Of the present app^ranoe W qf decay and.3eath in so many orchard*, . 9 < 13 owing, en tiroiy to neglect 'and. bad 'man- ' JK agement, llo thinks a majority of or-_ flj charda'in thiarcbuntryhavo that neglected .. ']H appearancc; some are not pruned at all, S oLhera are.' carelessly haggled, and large 9 ' limbs left with protruding 9lampa that can- 9 not, heal over. Orchards aro . ploughed, \ j9 and the rooU lorn;*fai;mera who have ac- JH cesa to leave?, musk, saw-dust, never - j,: innlehjlheir trees, nbr.;remove thorough ' ' *,'d bftrk.whieh. furnishes a harbor Cor insects, It eiiould.be oiraped oft\ with a hoe, and ' . ' : t h&^e;heid; WvAn oW. orqhar^ plantedfcjj Tfij % v-c^B vigorous growth and beaiing, bas.not been . .plougbe4.fdr.tui.rty jV"-' *** K???^ - 9 ally, been paatuted with Bwin$ oolil apple? IB bdgaiV to ripen. Manure frequently put 9 to tbe;,0^ of tbe^s d?troyiog the/ ? .' ' M ' , B find tbe-followipg ia the Woodvilloileptt6- . XU "T h ' **L "*- * '* V < "** "Vrv". ' Si