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faY W. A- LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1866. ^ VOLUME XIV. NO. 10. | "SENT BY EXPBEBS." BY AUV KANDOLPH. Marian Harlan wns alone in Ibe world ?her mother juBt buried. ^he wa9 a bealitiful, bro'Wh-haired girl Vvitli soft, shy eyes of violet g'ay, and roiy lips compressed to a firmnesB far beyond he* years. For after all she wa3 scarce !y Seventeen, and bo Deacon Gray was telling her, as be sat by the fire spreading his huge hands over the tardy blazo, atid naked: 'But what are you goin to do to earn your bread and butter, child ? 'I don't know?I haven't thought. Mimma Imrl on nnnlo in Ni'W York who* Yea, yes?Ive lieern tell about 7tim? ho was road 'cause your mother diJn't marry just exactly to suit him, wasn't he V Marian was silent. Deacon Gray waited a few minutes, hoping she would admit him into her eecret meditations; but she did nut, and tho Deacon went away home, to tell his wifo that "that llarlan gal was the very queerest creetur he ever had come across ? In the meanwhileMarian was busy packing her few scanty things into a little carpet bag, by tho weird, flickering light of J.he dying woodfire. T go lo New York, she said to herself, setting h?T.r small pearly teeth firmAogeilier, 'My mother** uncle shall hear ntr n1/>iiln/1 tTifr.llfh JJ1V OWI1 liDS. ?J 1 ? p - * Ob, I wish my heart woO?M ^iro':> 80 wildly 1 I Am uo longer nW?k Minnie Harlan; I am an orplian all aloru> in "l(1 .world who must fight life's battles w.'lh tber own singlo bauds 1' .Lower Broad way at seven o'clock P. M.! .What a B ibel of crashing wheels, hurrying humanity, and conglomerate noises it kwas! Minnie II arliUi satin the corner of ;?o Express Office, under the flare of gaslights, surrounded by boxes, and wondered .whether people ever went crazed in ibis perpetual dim and tumult. Her .dress was 4?ery plain?gray poplin, with a shabby .old-fashioaed little straw bonnet tied wiih black ribbons, and a blue vei', while her .only article of baggage tho carpet bag, lay ,in h6r lap. J3be had sat there two hours, and was very, rery tired. jPoor little thing,' thought tho darkfh aired young clerk nearest her, who inhabited MOrt.of wirecyjge under a circlet of gaslight. And then ho took tip his peu, ,aod plunged into a perfect ^.tUntic Ocean .of accounts Mr. Evans 1* .tSir!' The dark haired clerk emerged from iiia .cage.with his pen behind.his ear, in obedience to the beckoning finger of his superior. *1 have noticed that young woman sitting here for some time?how came she here?' Expressed on. sir, from Millington, Jowa?arrived this afiornoon.' As though poor Minnie Harlan wore a :box or & papor parcel. 'Who for !' tComigued to Waller Harrington, Es.quire.' ft 'I sent up to Mr. Harrington's address to notify him some time ago; I expect an an.ewer ?very moment.' Very odd,' said the gray-headed gentleman,.lakiug up hia newspaper. *Xeit sir, rather.' Soma three quarters of an hour afterwarda, Frank Evaua came to the pale girl'a aide with with an indescribable pity in his hazel eyes, 'Miss Harlan, we have aent to Mr. Har? jtington's residence' Minnio looked up with a feverish red upon her ch'eek, and her hand9 clasped tightly on the handle of the faded carpettog. . -'?And we regret to inform jrou that he tailed for Europe at twelve o'clock this A ppddon blur came.Qv?r Minnie's eye# ?>he,trembled like a leaf. Io all her oafegUttio Mf )mA made no allowance fqr ^ exigency Jikelbis. Can we do anything .further for you!' ^Wtionedtbe jrpung clerk, politely. 1 'Nothmg-r-w /??? can do scything now P " Frank Evan? had beep towing away, but something fa the pitooua tope .of her *?foeapp?al?d to every manly ioetinct with "?ri send to any oilier of your | . fripjteVy**? ? ; ^ *P?k?pe I aa have your things sent to jomequjtt fMoily hotel!' - * u * ' s Minuic opened her little leather puree and showed him two ten cents picoes, with a smile that wns almost n tear. 'This is all tho monoy I have in the world, sir I' So young, bo beautiful, and so desolate! Frank Evans had been a New Yorker all his life, but he had never met with an exactly parnllol case to this. lie bit tho end of his pen in dire perplexity. 'But what are you going to do T 'I don't know, sir. Isn't there a workhonse, or some such place, I could go to, ?n(;i T ,1- 9' Ull VI* A WUIU I1UU JVIUCUill'^ IU HIS I 'Hardly. Frank Evans could scarcely help smilling at poor Minnie's simplicity. They arc putting out tho lights, and preparing to closo tho offico, snid Minnie, starting nervously to licr feet. 'I must go ?somewhere. 'Miss Harlan,' said Frauk, quietly, 'my home is a very poor oue?I am only a five hundred dollar clerk?but I am sure my mother will receivo you under her roof for a day or two, if you can trust me.' 'Trust you?' Minnie looked at him through violet eyes ohscurcd in tears. 'Oh, Bir, 1 should be so thankful !' -xiow mie you arc rrnnic I Here, givo giro mo your overcoat?it 13'powdered with buow, and' But Frank interrupted his buEtling, cherry*cheekod little mother, as sho stood on tip toe to take off his outer wrappings. 'Hush, mother! there is a yonng lady down Btairs.' 'A young lady, Frank ?' 'Ves, mother; expressed on from Iowa to old Harrington, the rich merchant. He sailed to.r Europe this morning, and Mie is left entirely aL?ne. Mother, Julie looks like poor Blanche, ?nd I knew you wouldn't refuse her a cornC here notil she could find something to do.' Mr6. Evans went to thejdoor and called viawntj uui. 1 Come up stairs, tny dear?you're as welcome as flowers in May ! Frank, you did quite right; you always do.' The days and weeks passed on, and s\ill Minnie Halan remained an inmate of Mrs. Evan*'* humble dwelling. 'It seotna just as though elio had taken our dead Blanche's place,' said the cosy little widow ; 'and she is so useful r.hout the house. I don't ' know how I ever managed without I her.' 'Now, Minnie, you are not in earnest about leaving us to-morrow 1' 'I must dear Mrs. Evaus only think?I have been here two months to-morrow ; and the situation of govetaesft ia very ad full bO^WUUDt 'Very well. I shall lell FraLk how obstinate you are* 'Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don'l ! Please keep my secret* 'What secret is it to be so religiously kept?' asked Mr. Frank Evans, coolly walking .into tho midst of the discussion, with bis dark hair tossed about by the wind, and bis hazehbrown eyes sparkling archly. 'Secret-1' repeated Mrs. Beans energetically wininc lier dim ?no/>to?lo , , ? _r?w.?giouco. 'Why Marian is determined to leave ub tomorrow.' 'Minnie!' 'I must Frank. I Lave no right further to trespass on your kindness.' No right, eh? Minnie, do you know that the old house lias been a different house since you oaraa into it! Do -you suppooe we want to lose our little sunbeam r Minnie Bmiled sadly, but her hand fell very cold and passive in Frank'* warm grasp. 'You'll stay, Minnie?' 'No;' She shook her head determinedly. _ - 'Then you mast be madt to stay,1 said ] Frank. Tv? miwied something of great valuo lately, and-1 hereby arrest you on suspicion of the theft 1' '^dissed something ?' Minnie .rose, turning xpd and white. 'Qh, Prank, ycujaever can euBpeot met' ' 'pytjdo suspect you. jlnlaqt I am quite tu^e thai the ajLic^e is your poaee ipn/ .'Tho article 4* 'My heart, llisa Minnie! Now look herq; ^knojr ? am yepyTypung and very poor, but 1 lo^re yoy, Jfianie parlan, and J ynll be a good and true husband tp you. Stay an<J be my little wife 4' So Minnie Harlan, instead of going >q\U as a gorernets, according to the program?- , nic, married Llio dark-haired youflg clerk in Ellison's Express Oflico. They wero very quietly married, early in the morning, and Frank look Minnie home to his mother, aad then went calmly about his business in the wire cage, under the circlet of gas lights. Evans 1* Ye?, sir.' Frank, with his pen behind his ear as of yore, quietly oboyod the Idlest of the grayheaded official. 'Do you remomber the youne woman who was expressed on from Millington, Iowa, two months since?' 'Ye?, air?I remember her.' A tall, silver-haired gentloman here interposed with eager <iuicknoBs: 'Whoso is she ? I nm her uncle, Walter Harrington. I havo just returned from Paris, when the news of herarrval reached mo. I want her; she is tho only living relative left mo!' 'Ah ! but, sir,' snid Frank, 'you can't havo her.' 'Can't have her I What do you mean ? Has any thing happened?' 'Yes, sir something has happened ; Miss llarlau was married to me this mornini?.' Waller Harrington atared. 'Take me to her,' bo said, hoarsely. 'I can't be parted from my only living relative for a mere whim.' *1 wonder if lie calls the marriago service and wedding ring mere whims,' thought honest Frank ; but he obeyed in silence. 'Minnie/said the old man, in faltering accents, 'you will come to me and be the tho daughter of my old age? I am rich, Minnie, and you are all I have in the world.' But Minnie stole her hand through her husband's arm. 7.- -* A/VOIWb MIIWU, v?M3 AII1U IU 1UU WflUIl I w03 desolate and rIooo. I cannot leave iny husband, Undo Walter?1 love him." 4Jben ^ou must both of you come and be my ckildrerf,' eaid the old man, doggedly. 'And j-o.u mu't come now, for the great house is as Jpnely' is a tomb.' Frank Evans is an express clerk no Ion ger, and pretty Minnie moves ?o velvet aod diamonds ; but they are quite as hnppy as they were in the old lime and tha? Leaving enough. Uncle Wnlter Harrington grows oldor and feebler every day, and his two childrou are the suuabine of hia decliuing life. Mii. Lincoln's Own Aomi :kt nf ITn Famous Flight to Washington.?A rccent Pictorial History of tho Civil War in America has tho following account from the last President of bis fatuous iligbt to Washington: J Wbilo in Washington City,early iu December, 1804, tho writer called on the President, with Isaac N. Arnold, member of Congress from Chicago, one of Mr. Lincoln's most trusted personal friends. We found him alone in the room wherein the Cabinet meetings are held in the While House, whose windows overlook tho Potomac and Washington Monument. At the request of the writer, the President rolated tho r.imimcttnnoA /if l.u ...? v.uu??utjuu.utjr between Philadelphia and Washington.? [The narrative ia here given substantially in liis own words, aB follows.: I arrived at Philadelpbia on the 21 at. I agreed to stop over night, and on the following morning hoiat the flag over Independence Hall, dn the evening there was a great crowd wbere I received ray friends, at the Continental Hotel. Mr. Judd, a warm personal friend .from Chicago, sent for me to come lo his room, and found there Mr. PiokertoD, a skillful police detective, 1 also from Chicago, who bad been employ- , ed for Bomo days in .Baltimore, watching or < BearchiDg for suspicious porsons there.? Pinkerton informed me that a plan had been laid Tor nij assassination, the exact . tiipe wbenl expected to go through Balti- i more being publicly known. He was well, informed as to the plan, hut did not kuow , that the conspirators would have pluck . enough to execul^ it. .. Ce urged ine to go right through with bira to Washington that ptghV X did'nt like that. 1 had .made engagements to vieit llnrriaburg, and -go from there to Baltimore, aad I resolved to do so. 1 could not believe there was a , plot to murder mi, . I made arrangement?, however, with Mr.Juddfor my return to jPhHadeljpbiaih6 ne*t nigtif, if 1 qhould be convinced Utat there was danger in going tlArough Batyicaoro. I told him thit I should meet at UarsUUurg, a* 1 bad at olber plaoear, a delegation to go vritb me .to llie next place, (then Baltimore,) I should feel snfo and go on. "When I was making my way back to my room, through crowds of people, I mot Frederick Seward. We went together to my room, whan he told mo that ho had been sent, at tho instance of his falhor and Geueral Scott, to inform me that their detectives in Baltimore had discovered a plot there to assassinate mo. Tliey knew : nothing of Pilketton's movement*. I! now believed such a plot to be in exist-] ciice# The next morning I raised the Hug orcr I Independence Uall, and then went on to Ilarrisburg with Mr. Summer, Major (now General) llunter, Mr. Judd, Mr. Lamon ' and others?There I met tho Legislature' and people, dined, and waited until the' timo appointed for me to leave. In the| meantime Mr, Judd had also secured the telegraph, that no communication could' pass to Baltimore and give tho conspirators knowledge of a change in my plans. In New York some friend had given me a new beaver hat in a box, and in it had placed a soft, wool hat. I had never worn one of the latter in my life. I had this box in my room. TIaving informed /? f* * * very icw mends ot the secret of my new! movement*, and the cuu3e, I put on an old overcoat I had with me, and putting the soft hat in my pocket, I walked out of the house at a back door, bareheaded, without exciting any special curiosity. Then put on the soft hat and joined my friends witout being recognized by strangers, for I wa9 not the same man. Summer and Iluntsr wished to accompany mo. I said no; you are known, and your prescnco might betray me. I will only take Limon (now marshall of this district), whom nobody knew, and Mr. Judd. Summer and IIoDtur felt hurt. We went back to Philadelphia, and found there a message from Pinker./?i. ~ 1?1 " ivii jvtiiu iiuu roiurneu 10 l>altimoreJ, that the conspirators had held their dual meeting that evening, and it was doubtfnl whether they had the nerve to attempt the execution of their purpose. I went on, however, as the arrangement had been made, in a special train. We were a long time in the station at Ba'timoro. I beard people talking aronud; but 110 one particularly observed mo. At an early hour on Saturday morning, at about the time 1 was expected lo leave Uarrisburg, I arrived in Washington. ? ? ^ ^ Tit*; Senate's 1'i.an.?The following clear expo>:'-ion *'?! Hio Senate's progrmmc foi reconstruction is from tbe Washington correspondence of Jbe Augusta Constitutionalist : "By substituting a clause proscribing all persons in tbe rebellion wbo huve <?*er beld any office under Hie tJuiled Stale*: or State Governments lor Ibe cause of gonornl proscripticn, tbey expect to maka their platform more popular. The idea of disfranchising '-lie mass of tbe people w?ab shocking locvety fair miud. But the idea of not letting the leaders ia secession bold office is more consonant to tbe popular opinions North. Tbe provision that Con gresa, by a two thirds vote, may release any particular individual from the constitu* tioual disability, shows a new idea haB oc- 1 curred to tlie majority in Congress. This looks to building up a party at the South in sympathy with the majority iu Con- 1 gross. It is a notorious fact that the Con- J gross have seen, with great dissatisfaction, 1 the influenco the President has attained by < the use of the ' pardoning power. Tboy now want to reserve a large portion of this for their own exclusive. uao. They wish by this that the South shall uo- j derstand tliatathe real power is at the Capitol and not at the White Rouse.? < The radical party are playing just their < game with same skill. They are not pros- ! ?iog negro suffrage. TLey propose to cur- I tail tbe political power of the South and < oxclude the politicians of the. Sou'h from 1 office, excopt undor a two-thirds vote of 1 Congress. They think this scheme cannot be attacked successfully, and on it they are to carry tbe fall election. And further, if the South refuse to accept' tbe terms pro: posed, and her Senators and Represent** I lives we not admitted to Congress, the ' question of reconstruction is still kept open, , which suits ibe radicals exactly; because ' itiey imps tne longer the fckmth to kept out ,lb*belter, for two reason#?first, because I in tbe meantime their political "influence ] goes for nciblog, and iLe South can be ( gradually educated up to the right mark.' ; ' When the heart is stilt agitated by the ' remains of a passUm, we are more ready to receive .receive a new one than when we i are entirely c\wed. " i CROMWELL'S SWORD. WILL SOME "BUMMER" urino IT DACK. It appenra that at the capture of Columbia, S. C., by Sherman's army, thcro was lost an article of great autiquity, and highly treasured by South Carolina Masons as a relic of the past. This was tho famous sword of stalo, called among our MasonB "Tho Cromwell Sword," and commonly believod among them to hare been once possessed by the lord protector of England. Wo draw attention to the fact of tho loss, and to ihn ilpscrintivo r ii ? ,.r..,v ru.v.uuimo TTIIIU1 IUI1 OW( 111 tho hope that, public attention being drawn to its bistory, it may be recovered, drawn from some obscure hiding-place, and restored to tbc Grand Lodge ol Soutb Carolina, to which it belonged. This antique weapon was a subject of peculiar interest as n rolic rather than for its use aud beauty. Its history is given by Cliicho in liis Masonic reader. It is a largo one, once elegant, and curious two-edged weapon ; in a rich, velvet scabbard highly ornamented with emblems, and with tho arms of the grand master. It had been presented to the grand lodge by the provincially grand master, after the installation of the grand oQicer; was as a nnntpp.rnfofl nn>?r?4 nml ??? u.iwiu MUU iwctuwu nita IOTC1" ent assurances to keep it safely, bo far as human effort could accord safety. The weapon had been long in the possession of the grand master's family, aud was said to have once belonged to Oliver Cromwell, a legend to which some degree of probability may be given, from the fact that the provincial grand master was a descendant of Sir Edward Leigh, who was a member of the Long parliament and a general in time of the protector, from whom perhaps be received it. The further history of this Bword may as well be given hero. From the time of the presentation it continued in possession of the grand lodge, aud was borne by the grand sword bearer, or in later times tho grand pursuivant in alt public processions. At length in the conflagration, which in year ] 038 destroyed bo large a portion of the city of Charleston, and with other buildings the masonic hall, tho sword was with great difficulty saved by Brother Scyle, the grand tyler, with the loss of the hilt, tbe.Bcabbard,and a small part of the extremity of the blade. In the confusion consequent upon tho fire, the sword thua nm tiluted was mislaid, and for n long time was supposed to be lost. In 18?>2, a committee was appointed by tho grand lodge to make every oxertion for its recovery, nnd at length, in tho boginning of tho year, 1854, it was accideutly found by the grand tyler in an out house on his premises, and was by him restored to the grand lodge in its mutilate J condition. The last piece of lli$ i>lad<3 pas ingeniously replaced by a cutler m llio Oily of Charleston, and being sent to New York, tvai returned with now hilt aud velvet scabbard, and was used in its appropriate place during J he centennial ceremonies of that year. With such a history, and blended will) 6ucb a tradition of its origin, we need pot feel surprised at the uuiversal, and keen fooling occasioned by its loss. ? Brazil.?TLo Montgomery Advertiser publisher soma extracts from n letter of Mr. C. O. Gcuter dated Rio de Janeiro March 20th, which are interesting. He says: "I ara pleased with our more. I hnvo examined land in the provicesof Bahia, Espiritu Santas, Rio de Janeiro, and will go soon to look at San Paulo. R ie, no trouble to get lands and cheap, but there s such n variety of productions and climates L bat I will look well before settling. Id latitude 15 South, I am offered three leagues of hnd, eight miles from the eea 5n a river, (a leaguo here is 10,767 acros) twenty six slaves, And all the crop and stock for $17,000. I have found men here who would loan me the money to buy whenever I decide where I wish to locate. The price of land varies from one cent to twenty dollars per acre. - I like the peoplo, their government and their religion, and whenever I settle I will write, and invite you to bring your family and stay a year or two. re j u j . Li yvu cvui uuu jruunwii uuuer iuu oeuessiiy of planting for a living dpu't hesitate one minute to. come to Ibis Empire?the people livo better, on leas work, tban in any ather land on earth. I shall be a Brazilian in a few days by special legislation, rhe people, I mean the natives, are polite and exceedingly kind, find anxious to induce cotton growers, and artisans, and manufacturers to settle .ftfttp. Sereiaj of *. * " m. V* U V . v -* - * tho provinces are preparing to build houses and scud ships South for emigrants. Thcv need not fear to come. There is no place horo they will fail to do well in. Sorao Southerners are buying lands in St. Paulo.'' What it Costs to Govern* Esoi.axd ?IIek Army and Navy.?Tho civil aervice, army and nat-y estimates for the coming year, now before tho British Parliament, amount to .?32,482,153, or ?102,415,705, divided as follows: Civil sorvice, .?8,000,000: army, . 14,095,000; navy, ?10,388,153. Some of the items of these B accounts iDterestinor. The palaces cost . 40,000, and .?90,000 more go for llio adornment of llic royal parli9. Fifty thousands pounds aro sot apart for tho orectiou of a building to contain the natural history collections of tho British Museum, and a similar amount for the purchase of a site for tho enlargement of the National Gallery. Tho "Poor Law Commissions" of England, Ireland and Scotland entail an expenso of ?242,000; and tho "Secret Service"demands ?32,000. Printing and stationary cost ?35*7,000, and the postage of letters on the public service in the department is ?138,000. Education costs ?1,300,00o, and the number of scholars is estimated at a million. Tho Colonial rulos receivo ?100,000,and near1 _ r? - /> " Iiy joau,uuu go lor the support and conveyanco of captured negroes and liberated Africans, and tbe salaries of tbo Mixed Commission established under treaties with foreign powers for suppressing the traffic [in slaves, besides the expense incurred ^maintaining ships for this purpose. Tho army consists of 138,110 menjof all ranks, divided as follows; Regiments, 128,212; depots in the United Kingdom of regiments iu. India, 8,082; general Btaff, 93; establishments, 281. Of the total, 7,150 are officers; 13,454 noncommissioned officers, and 117,513 rank and Gle. The military service in Canada costB JC008, 000; in Nova Scotia, 8193,000. Tho navy comprises YG5 vessels of all classes, of which only 193 aro in commia' sion, carrying 3,93G guns. Sixteen ships carrying from 70 to 104 gun3 in cach ; : and the ironclad fleet numbers eleven voasels, carrying 21C guns. Twenty-eight , war vessels aro building, one of which is i an iron-clad. Both the aggregate of naval vessels and of commissioned ships is less than those of last year. i The British nary costs more tlmn the American, according to tho respective eati> mates for the year 1 SCO 7. The former is kept up at a cost of $50,000,000 ; the latter for $43,000,000. The cost of the Brit isL navy is double that of our present ostablisbraeut, the figures being as follows : British $>70,000,000^; Amorican, $39,000,000. ? ^ | ^ ? The Value of Stamts.?People who' give receipts, and every body does it, should make a note of tho result of a trial which took place in New York the other day, and which show how perilous A thing a neglect to put stamps upon papers which require them, may bocomo. Many persons have fallen into tho error of supposing that if a paper is not stamped, (lie omission may bo rectified at any time at very little expense. This is not correct. Thero was provision made for validating unstamped papers mado and issued before the net of 18G4, upon complinnca wilh certain provisions. Similar provision is made in the amended act of 18G5, upon condition that the party derolict shall pay $50 and interest at 0 percent on tbo stamp, if the cost of tho latter is more thas $50. But in addition to this, there is an aotual penalty which may be enforced against any one who issues unstampod paper Under tho act of 1804 it was $200 in all cases. Under tho amended act of 1865 it remains $200, upon acceptors and payers of foreign bills of exchange without first stamping the secur ities. In this case, in New York, the party sued had neglected, beforo tho passage of the amended act of 1865, to affix stamps upon seven receipts for the payment of mouy. Ho was eued lor mc iuii penalty in onou case, amounting to $1,400 in all, and a verdict was given against him fur the whole aura. The stamps would Lave cost bin 14 cents, so that by bis saving habits on the occasion referred to, be is $1,809 86 out of pocket, besides Jawyer'8 fees and coils of suit. The example is worthy of remembrance. There are no duties whieh devolve upon a citi*e#whicb can be at cbesply difcharged tto tboso unitytbe stihmp laws; tfbd few which, if m|y cost a- careless person m&re - dearly. ; : !