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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 13. 1869. _ VOLUME XVII?NO 16.
THE BRAVE AT HOME. j
feY THOMAS BUCHANAN REID.
Th? mud who binds tier warrior's a ash
With sinile that well her pain dissembles,
The whiU beneath he?- drooping losh
One starry tear-drop banus and trembles,
Though Heaven alone records the tear,
v And Fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
As e'er bedewed the field of glory I
tThe wife who girds her husband's sword.
\Mid little ones who we?-p or wonder,
Jlnd bravelspeaks the cheering word,
What tliongh her heart bo rent asunder,
Doomed nightly in her dr?atns to hear
Thfl holts Of lli'flt il Miinil him r?Mla
-? ? -- ? "?? ??
Baa shed aa saced blood aa e'er
Was poured upon tbe field of battle !
Th? mother who eoneeala her grief
While to her breaat h r n she presses,
Tbea breathe# a few brave words and brief,
Kitting the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but b*r secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon her,
8tiedk lioty blood *'er ih?* e"d
Received on Freedom's fii>ld>of honor!
MARION'S PORTRAIT.
In the evening, weighed down
with remorse and anguish of heart,
I went to Mr. Claytons to see Bella.
Her eyeo were red at^ swollen with
weeping. She upbraided me bit
terly with my coldness and growing
disaffection, and in a flood of
tears, implored me to say what wa9
drawing me away from her. ' By
way of plausible excuse for daily
absenting mpeelf with her society,
I explained a great deal of my time
had been occupied in pointing
sketches of Black Briar Copse.
Nothing would satisfy Bella short
of my promiae to t ike her on the
morrow on the wood, to point out
the scenes and to compare them
with my sketches. I dreaded the <
> expedition?to* bad I not promised
to meet the the enchantress there?
?but could not refuso, for Bella's
peace.
It was agreed we should go thither
in the morning, and as the next
day was to be my ia6t at Aldfold,
Mr. and M?s. Clayton were to go
with us. Later in the evening an
old gentleman of ibe neighborhood
a Mr. Murphin, a friend of Mr.
Clayton'* dropped in to chat about
the prospects of the coming crops,
ond, hearing of our proposed expedition,
said he should like to accompany
us.
Accordingly in the morning we
*11 set out, Bella and I with the
portfolio leading the way, and htr
Uncle and aunt following with Mr.
Murpliin. On reaching the copse,
I submitted the sketches to their
notice and showed the points of
view from which they were taken,
all except out, which was a little
"bit of tree scenery down the path
where I had met the enchantress.
"Wishing to avoid that'spot, I pretended
to have forgotten - whereabouts
I had taken it. Mr. &iurphin,
however, to my great anxie*_
.
ijj reuugmzea xne spot at once,
and insisted on leading the way
thither. It was useless to remonstrance,
so I followed the rest, nervously
dreading to meet her there
To my intense relief, we reached
Ihe place and fupnd my fears disappointed.
I had been so accustomed
to see the enchantress by the
hawthorn-bash a little farther down
the path, that I had feared she
wotrtd bo there even cow. But I
Joofced and Raw the bosh, and.
{there was*ho one near it, She had.
not kept her appointment My
picture having been pronounced a
faithful one, we alLset down upon
the ground to rest, Bella, near to
pie, turning over the sketches in
soy portfolio. Suddenly it flashed
serosa my mind,. tool that. I had
men, auaa iett the portrait there,
the portraitofthe enchantress.
j| ijieai
' te Bella'* lifted* lt/Mtr t portmifc. I
had promised not to show !
irwfb&Mt BiDe'fl face eafcerly
'^^feptaring.to^peek, bet uotdetectjrt#*nj
chaege in her ieeturea
tb^tpotw
. trait ? rijt i***t * very ideal o!
. .? fcteety f-' ,$w? ,v*y * ? ?* y
. .It-It vVt a*.*' ?y:r*UKl
beautiful girl, of course, and he
won't show it to .rao, and wants to
put me off with this!" and she
held up the sketch.
"Don't tease our poor little girl,"
said.*Mr. Clayton," taking the picture
from Bella; "she has set her
mind on seeing your work, 60 turn
it out with a good grace."
"I?I don't understand you?I
can't tell what you mean. There
is iue ponrau, j. srammereu, pointing
to the sketch he held.
"Nonsen'se, my dear boy; you
know better than that. This is a
sheet of white paper. There is no
portrait here."
"No portrait there!" I exclaimed.
"Certainly not, as you must be
very well aware?look at it."
Mr. Murphin and and Mrs. Clayton
both confirmed what he said.
"O nonsense !" I cried?"this is
too much. Are you all blind ? or
are you all determined to have a
joke with me ? There, I say, is the
portrait. Good Heavens! icorit
you see it?"
. For the moment I did not know
if thoy were jesting with me, or if
I had lost my wits. Before me
was the portrait of the lady I had
met in the wood, as striking aud
lifelike as rolor could make it.
Mr. Murphin came to my side,
and, pointing to the picture, said:
"You seem to me as if you were
speaking the truth?will you tell
me whhat you see ou the paper before
you ?"
"A woman's face," I replied, "in
the prime of its beauty, shining
out from mosses of golden curls
that grow like sunshine; the lips
just drawn into a. 6mile that dim- 1
pies her fair iliaek, and strange
blue ej-es, liquid and deen as the
abyss of a quiet lake. The face of
a lady I met here in the copse." '
"My God!" cried the old man,
"can he have fallen into the toils
of Marion Lee ?"
i?r?p ..v 9?? T ?i~
VI nuviu ; x ttaivUU 111 t^iaZC- ,
racnt.'
"She is call 'The Lady of the
Woods.' Bat you must tell us liow
you met her, and how you escaped,
for her breath Is fever?her kiss is
death."
I told them there, Bella and all,
of the meetings in tho wood, of
the strange fascination and allurement
that had drawn me here, and
of the painting of the portrait.
"My lad," said Mr. Murphin,
"no wonder we c&nnot see your
picture. It is no living woman
you have tried to paint. Marion
Lee has been dead these twenty
years and more, but her blighting
influence has survived till now.
There's not a villager will pass by
this bitt of the copse alone for all
1 J1 _ rr\ i
mo muuey jou couiu oner, iney
say she Las blighted roa.>y a lad in
Aldford, and whoever has felt her
kiss has died before the year was
out. I'll tell you her story.
"Marion Lee was only a cotter's
child, but she was a born lady,
her parents gave her as good an
education as their means could afford,
but she seemed as if she knew
ftll about books without ever being
taucrliL Kn oni> wnnld liotm tal/a?
-0 - ? ? ? M"*v M#AVU
her for a villager's daughter. She
was well-grown and delicate in form
as the best.lady of the land, and
had golden hair, as yon say, and
piercing blue eyes, that set all the
Aldford lads crazy after her. But
it was no good. A lady Marion
meant to be. From the time she
was sixteen she had mode up her
miud <*> raise her condition by
marriage with some wealthy man,
? At. .* *
iui cu? Kiiew Hie vaiue ot ner Beauty,
and'resolved to have tier price
for it. Ab fyjnrned out, ehe had.
"Stephen WHJfield was the most
well-to-do of all tbe lads of the
' village ae the time. He had been
. clerk at Mr. $)t\nn's hank down
here, and Marion used to flirtabont
' with him. a good hit, because, you
?ee, she was greedy^>f admiration,
and till she could geT a lover to her
imnd/ahe ihoqgbtshewpuld amuse
iTMwielfAldford coul4
it were? though he was a good
bit the'elder, and treat him play
very soon discovered his new wife's
propensity for drink. It was a
mania with her, a kind of disease
that nothing could cure. Stephen
had a stern will and a strong determination
in carrying out any pur
pose be uueertook. He set himself
to reclaim his wife, and for
3'ears exhausted every means to
break lier of her fearful habit, but
without success. At last bia homo
had become a place of torment to
him, and he himself got reserved,
and low, and miserable. Matters
had been like this for a long timo after
his marriage, and his wife was
drinking herself to death, in spite of
every thing and overy body, when
Stephen "W'illfield, wearied with his
lot, came down to Aldford, for a little
change, on a summer visit, the
first he had paid since he settled in
London. He came, across Marion
JjCO. .
"IIo had left her a girl; "he found
her in the perfect beauty of ripe womanhood.
I am not surprised ho was
fascinated by her. No one would be
who has only looked upon her face.
In short, he fell in love with her,
madly, desperately. Marion, pleased
with her her power over him, affected
to laugh at his passion, taunting him
with its U6clo8sncss and aimlcssncss"
and the ties tluit Wound him elsewhere
yet receiving his'attentions, and drawing
him on her wiles, till she had
roused all tho man's nature into burning
excitement. Until, at last, he
pour ltiio ner car nil ins wild fondness
for lier, and besought her to fly
with him?anywhere away from the
curse of his unhappy home. How
3Iarion laughed in her cold, aggrava.
ting way! She asked if ho thought
her a fool, that eho should bo willing
to share the fortunes sf a poor man.
She told him ho must be mad think
of it?that she intended for herself
something xcry much better than ho
would ever be able to offer. Mad he
must have been, for . nothing daunted
him?not her taunt*, nor her smiles,
i
nor her rebuffs. They all drew him
one.
' 'now if I get rich, Marion?richer
than ever you could desire,' ho
said eagerly. 'Say Marion, would
you come with me then?'
"It miglit have been, I cannot tell,
that, tired of his earnestness, and
satisfied with the flame she had
aroused In his hoart, Marion was glad
of an easy way of terminating an acquaintance
that was getting irksome.
It might have been, I say, but I believe
it was cold blackness of heart,
without nalliation or exense. that lr?d
her to say 'Yes.' He mako her swear
it solemnly, and left her.
."Stephen "Willfield returned to Lon>
don an altered man. with one stern,
sole purpose before him, that shut out
all others for this world and the next.
He would get rich.
"There are two roads to riches.
Thci% i& an up-hill road that is long
and toilsome, and whereon many
faint by the way. There is a down,
ward and a nearer road, that is swift
and easy, with ruin at its end. Byways
there to both roads?which
meet. Stephen stifcd the cries of
conscience with Marion's name, and
steeled his heart against right for her,
as he would barter his soul for the
false sake, and set his face to go the
vuickest road?to make bast? to be
rich.
"It was months before theopportun'ty
came?but the devil's workmen
are scldow out of work long together
for want of tools?and it came at
last.
"Mr. Jackson, tho stockbroker with
whom Stephen Will field was employed,
received a commission to purchase?16,000
worth of Russian bonds fbr a
client in the country. It so happened
this commisaioiT came came by letter
during the abscnce of Mr. Jack
| son. Stephen, being trusted confident
tially to manage all matters for biff
employer, made out the contract notes
fop the purchase, and, on forwarding
thtm to the client, in due course re
ceived a check: for the amount, which,
being pay at le to order and crosscd,
not be paid into bank till Mr; Jackgin's
return. Moahtime Stephen had
purchased the bonds' 'for account,'
uhd, being negotiable by bearer, had
immedifttC'lv ?nnA nrrittn nn '
-J, V O D-'" ' """f'B"!
disposed of them 'formoncj' through
another broker, gndtopttite proceeds.
Mr. Jiukeon returned that da}-, and
fonnd enlriee in *11 the book* df the
purchase In d*ie< fbfttt, irod a racmorandomihat
the bonds had been: *ent
off that morning accompanied by the
tho avowed purpose of seeing a relative
in the North on the point of
death, arid started for Aldford.
There ho "went straight to Marion
Lee.
"Sho laughed while he raved out
his passion, and poured into her ear
tho Btory of his theft in a torrent of
wild words.
" 'I am como back, Marion,' Stephen
said at last, 'rich. I have sacrificed
chacactor and peaoe of mind, and perilled
my soul for you. I have kept
my part_of tho contract. Keep yours.
? * *
xivuvoui yuuroam, ana coine with moOur
passage is taken for Amorica.'
"Marion Lee was at her wits' end.
Sho had never intended to keep the
promise she made simply to rid hertelf
of a man who was getting troublesome.
More?she had of late lavished
her charms with such snccess
on a wealthy squire that sho expected
shortly to be made his wifo. Seeing
nothing else to be dono^bho told Stephen
she was engaged to another,
and smiled sweetly in his face as she
told it.
" 'Marion' ho said, very pale, his
thm lips set closo together, 'this is no
timo for trifling?it is all too late
Feel my pulse, and say if it beat fast.'
"lie had controlled himself by a
powerful effort, and was outwardly
very calm aud quiet, though palo as
ashes.
"i\o, Stephen,' Blic said, a little
frightened now.
'"Do you think I am likely to bo
in earnest in what I shall say ?'
"She could not doubt it.
" 'Then listen. I can't go back..
It is too late?my part of iho price is
paid. This man, be he squire ordukc,
I'll shoot like a dog if you set eyes on
him more.' .lie produced a small revolver
from his coat-pocket. 'I havo
practiced shooting.' -lie continued, 'it
is useful abroad, sometimes elsewhere.
Now, listen, 3-et ouee more, and judge
how earnest I am likely to be, b?
causc I' am calm. We aro alone.
You do not leave this placo till you
n imc tho hour at which you will
meet me to-morrow,, and start.'
"She knew ho was terribly in earnest.
She thought what to do.
" 'The money,' sho said quickly,
'have you tho money with 3*ou ?'
" 'I have.'
"'Afcont you?'
" 'Yes."
"'Then bring it with you to-morrow
the hour shall be noon. I will
meet you at our old trysting-place,
tho hawthorn-bush in Black Briar
Copse, and I will go with you.'
"Punctually at noon on tho morrow
Stephen was there. Ho had doubted
6he wonld play him false. Bat* no?
Marion was there bef.-re him, trembling
and frightened now.
"Before he could speak he heard
hie name called in a man's voice, and
in an instant was in the hands of the
police, who were there awaiting him,
Stephen made no resistance, bat an
awful livid pallor crept over his face.
, " 'Marion,' he said, in a tone strangely
calm, 'is this your work?*
"'It is!'she cried, all her resentment
flashing out in words.
" 'Then this is the last work, Marion,
you will do in this world !' and
before the police could prevent him,
or even knew his intent, ho had drawn
a pistol, shot her down, and lodged
toe contents of a second barrel in bis!
own breast.
"Lying there on tho withered leaves
in the sunlight, his life ebbing away,
he cursed Marion, dying. And he
said:
" 'Let there be no peace for Marion.
If unquiet spirits may walk the earth
seeing refit and finding none, let hers
not rest in the grave till it bo meted
4a ItAM f* .1 fik/v "
IA7 IIVI UO DUO UUill lUVUDUl'CU w uio*
Lot there bo no rest for Mrrion! Lot
there bo no rest for MarionP and diod.
"You have seen Marion Loo,
When tho old man had finished his
narration, I turned to look again at
the portrait, but it was blank, save
a shadow1 that was there. I clasped
Bella to my heart, and implored her
forgiveness for my folly. Looking up
I saw what made tho' shadow?what
tho rest did *not see-?tho "Lady of
the Woods" wringing lier hapds as
though in tho bitter anguish of deftpair.
Bella, divining by my distorted
features what it was that it met my
ghie,"joined her pore prayers with
mino for the relca^ejuf Marion'* spirit.
Slowly tho wri ngi ng. h unds unclasped,
Italy to nurse and tend mo through
my illness.
Wo were married at old Aldford
Church, and another portrait has long
ago replaced Karion's on the same
blank sheet?my w'fo's.
The Schools of Germany.
A Dresden letter says:
The best schools in Europo aro
found in Bavaria, in Saxony, and in
Prussia, and the best in these countries
are found in Munich, in Dresden
and in Borlin. In theso cities the
schools aro conducted with primary
reference to mental developemcnt,
and, as a means to this end, the subjects
of study aro bo classified and
taught as to lead to the acquisition of
knowledge in a scientifio manner. 1
notice, as I go about to the different
school rooms of a large educational
institution, that thoy are as well supplied
with tho means of illustrating
every topic that is taught. In one
school-room, in which botany is studied,
I saw the plants for analysis, all
growing in pots, which were arranged
on shelves about tho room. In another
room, where zoology is taught,
the students wcro supplied with specimnnu
tniviio vi iuu vujvv/io mujc mu ICIJUIIed
to study, and these' specimens arc
so arranged that they aro always before
the student as he studies, or near
him to be \ised as illustrations as ho
recites. The teachcrs do not require
rules to be committed to memory at
first, and then all mental operations
to be performed in a blind obedience
to the rule, but they require the rule,
or general principle, to bo derived
from an observation which the pupil
Is led to mako for himself.
In tho study of language the pnpil
Is led to the priuciplesof construction*
by r, study of const, uctions ho has
himself been lod by his teacher to
make, and language is in no case to
bo used by the pupil uutil he possesses
the ideas and thoughts which the
language cxpressos. Tho teacher of
geometry first teaches by object lea
aona the principles upon which geometrical
reasoning depends; then the
pupil io lod to tho solution of problems
by means of his own reasoning, in
which he* himself makes an application
of tho principles he himself has
learned. The pupil is trained to observe
by observing, to reason by reasoning,
and to do by doing. In the
principal German schools I have visited,
the teachers have for the primary
objects of theif thoughts, as they
teach, the wants of the human mind.
The German mind is naturally metaphysical.
There is, accordingly, in
all plans of German education, a
thorough classification of subjects of
Tk? I.J 1
oi>uuj ?uv ouiiuuio ikt o gnuicu, nuu
the different grades are related to one
another in accordance with tho plans
of study. In Bavaria, Saxony and
Prassia there are schools called Yolks
schools, or people's schools, in which
tl e common branches of learning are
taught, and which all the German
yonth are required by law ta attend,
from the ago of seven to ten years in
some States, and from six to thirteen
in others.
Tho law is popular with all classes
and is rigidly enforced. The common
people, as well as the apper classes,
all give a cordial support to the
common schools. At 8 o'clock in the
morning the streets of the city are
filled with pupils of the primary
dhools and students of the higher
grades, each with his satchel of books
tied to his back, marching oheerfuliy
.to his appointed place for study.
After 8 o'clock no children of school
age are~to be found away from their
olasse*. Each parish of a town must
(tOVA O# IftOflf Ana aw /?ln?wAn
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tary school, and most towns, in addition
to these elementary schools, have
at'least oue uppor burgher school, as
It is called.
Tho German children at school all
appear neatly dressed, and, what I
what 1 am sorry to say is not al ways
true fn my own country, these, children
are trained to good manners.
When * stranger enters a aehool,
room, the children all ris$ and remain
standing until the stranger, in seated,
iff until ihey are invited; to be seated;
and whon the visitorleaves/the ohU;
dren all rise and refiaaip standing until
fco hds closed tho door behind hiro.
This practice is obaorced In all the
tinctions may be made ia after life.
Aft?r leaving the common schools the
German youth can enter npon the duties
of active life or they may enter
the trade school, whero they remain
threo years, and prepare for the various
trades they may clioo?e to follow.
Then ho can follow his trade, or
ho can enter tho industrial school, and
in two years graduate an architect,
an engineer, acchemist, &c.; or if he
wishes, ho can pass from the industrial
school to ther polytechnic school,
and prepare to take a high position in
tho mechanic arts. The student may
lcavo tho common school also and enter
the gymnasium, whero Latin,
Greek, mathematics, rhetoric, history
ana cuemistry are taught. From the
gymnasium the student can take up
the study of a profession, or ho can
go thence to the university, where he
can fit himself to take upon himself
the highest position in the profession
ho chooses, and whore ho can know
all tho subjects of his study as
sciences.
In tho gymnasia the students aro
required to study and recite thirty two
hours per week, and before
graduating to pass over a course of
6tndy which requires nine years to
complete. The German teachers, as a
class, aro better prepared for their
work than the teachers of any other
country. They arc encouraged to fit
themselves for a high excellence iu
their prosession by tho preference
which is always given to teachers
who have a professional training, and
by tho honor which is everywhere
accorded to teaching as a profession.
In Germany the boys nro always educated
apart from the girls, and a male
toaclicr is always placed over a class
of boys, and usually a fernalo teacher
over a class of girls. In the graded
Schools of the cities the teacher continues
over the same clasa from tho
time it enters the school until its
graduation. This plan requires every
teacher to bo qualified to teach oil
tho topics found in tho whole course
of study. Teachers of one Stato are
encouraged by the government to
visit the schools of other States, so
that any improvement made in the
schools in one section may be rapidly
introduced into the other sections.
Teachers are also encouragcd to hold
conventions for mutual improvement.
TRAGEDY IN EDGEFIELD.
TWO MEN AMBUSCADED.
One of Them Killed-The Other Seriously
Wounded.
On yesterday evening we were in!
formed, by a gentleman just from
Edgofisld Court House, that the Crcsswoll
difficulty had culminated in a
fearful tragedy. As our readers are
all aware of the nature of the affair
out of which the difficulty between,
the Addison family ond Mr. D. Cresswell
arose we will not allude to
in this connection; but merely give
the history of the recent tragedy as
given to ua by our informant. On
last Wednesday aftornoon Mr. D.
Gresswell and an older brother, Mr.
Charles Cresswell, left this city in a
buggy to return to their homes, near
Ninety-Six, South Carolina. Late on
the evening of that day tho two
brothers reached Edgefield Court
House and stopped for tho night at
the village tavern. On yesterday
morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, the Cresswolls again started
on their journey, taking with them a
sixteen shooting Winchester rifle as if
anticipating trouble. They had ndt
been gono long when sorao one caine
into tho town and said the two men
had boei> murdered. A party immediately
went out to ascertain if the
rnmor was correct- A mile and a
half from Edgcgeld, on tho road to
Nibety-Six, the bodies of tho Cr^sswell's
were found. ' The older,
Charles Cresswell, was perfectly dead
?the body being almost riddled with
buckshot. D. Cresswell was serious*
iy, if not fatally, wounded. One
band was pierced by two balls ; the
other hand, by one; the dhlo-was also
struck; one ball entered .the side, another
t^e etomaeb. The latter is re{ported;
to said that two wen
concealed by the .wayside "and fired
simultaneously as they saw the boggy
, ?afterward ??ak?n? tbeirekeape.
^l^^U0blb0aftar'
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-THE BRIDE OF THE SEA."
TBE 8IX* NT CITT MIS-NAMED?TWO
TWO HISTORICAL BRIDOE8?AIT AMOUNT
PALACB?VSBIOE AY WIGHT.
The Rev. Matthew Hale Smith,
now travelling in Europe, writes in <
the Boston Journal, a graphic description
of the wonderful insular city of
tho Adriatic, from which we qaoto :
THE MYSTERIES OF TBE ADRIATIC.
Venice is ccrtainly a nqjquo city.
If ia Ktr f*A fnA(ii\a
_w ?w WJ uv lUVMJIO illO VIVJ VTA OliyilVU*
It is tho noisiest city I ever visited.
The gondolas are a convenience in
getting about Yonice; they are by no
means a necessity. If you ride thoy
afford only conveyance. But you can 1
go over tho wholo city on foot as i
readily as you can over Boston or ;
New York. Tbo palaces on the Grand
Canal have a water entrance, but they j
have also one to bo approached on i
foot. The shop?, tho market, the i
churchcs, tho theatres can all be
roached without meddling with the
canals. The are no teams, no horses,
mules or carts in Nenice. The
bridges are crossed by steps, and |
every that does not go by boat is carried
on the head or shoulders. The
gondolas aro. tho cabmen, omnibus
drivers and stevedores of other cities.
Their voiccs aro hoarse as ravens, and
they fill the a?r with their loud calls
from one to othor Tha streets as
they are called, aro mere lanes, from
three to twelve fcot wide,, throughwlach
tho busy throng tramps all dny
long. Tho grand promcnandes are.
crowded with idlers, coarso women,
untidy girls, unwashed men, and tho
unemployed, who are counted here by
thousands. The band playn every day
at 2 o'clock, on the Grand Squriro, and
around it gathers a groap of as indolent,
ill clothed and forlorn set of human
boings as I over saw on tho face
of tho earth. Monks go in platoons
from, church to church and beggars
meet one everywhere. The poor in
tho city arc very numerous, and aro
very poor. Their tattered clothes
are pierced with every variety of color
; they wear large wooden slippers ;
their sallow and wan complexions,
their untidy appearances, disgusts,
while it excites oyinpathy. The Blalto,
which is the Exchange of Venice
?where the markets are, th? stores,
and where the unemployed crowd
meet? is a sight on a morfaing. The
breakfast eaten out of doors, poor
fare, unwholesome soup, a' handful of
snails and food that tarns one's stomach
to look at, with the crowd partaking
of it, tokos much of the poetry
out of the canals an<l gondolas away.
In cool weather Yeniece is qnite tolerable,
but in warn! weather the smells
from the unwholesome canals, with
the vegmin that abounds, takes much
ef the romance of a visit to this place
away. Little patches of green are
seen in all parts of the city. Trees
planted in boxes are placed on the
marble pavements, window gardes are
common,.an<l plants and flowers are
cultivated on the house-tops.
YSNICK AS A CITY.
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.?w v??y aw VWI1V VU AX I XOUIUUD.
Tho Grand Canal was cut over the
flats and ipakea tho Corso of the city,
or the grand boulevard of Venice. It
cuts the city into two equal parts and
is Sorpehtine in its oourse. From
these start out a great number of
Bmallor> tyutals which correspond to
streets h} other cities. There are 150
small cabals; add to these small roads
or street* of the city, and the whole
amounts to ?,480. Religiously, Venice
itf divi^ea into 30 parishes, with
1,000 churches. There are over 200
aquar^fc. Tho churches and palaces
are btnlt on piles which number many
millions. The canals are crossed by
400fridges.
V, BBIDGfe OF BIOBS.
Tbje remarlcablo bridgo is a little
off from the Grand Canal. It connects
tho Imperial palace with the
fearfbl prison, so renowned in the histoqlof
Venice. The ingenuity of
marecahi devise nothing more torrible
than the cells reserved for political
pridOher*. After the judgment pro*
noudjjed by the Council of Throe,the
prieoner passed to his tomb ovor the
Bridie of Slghcs. A small grading
enatjaa' the prisoner, as he wuaecc.?to
: #)%
a elk*
It is built of solid etono, with one
span. It is ascended by steps. It
baa three compartments. Stores are
built upon each aide and the great
ruab from morning till night is over
this celebrated structuro. It leads to
the Bialto, whero the great businoss .
of Yenico is still done as in the oldor
time. A noiser set of tradesmen tho
world has not produced. The mon
have splendid voices, and they bawl
out their waries, on and aroand tho
bridgo, with terrific vehemenco.
There are tenors and barritones here,
begging a living, who malco their for
tunea 111 America.
venicb at Nianr.
The Grand Canal is dark at night.
Tho stores open on the street and not
on the canal. Tho few palaces that
are occupied do not have their sittingrooms
looking npon the water. The
gondolas, that glide liko spectres tip
and down, have no lights. Occasionally
there is a fete on tho canal. A
huge barge is filled with singers ; women.
as well as men, play on tho violin
and double bass. The bai'go is A
lighted witn Chinese lanterns, and is
followed by from ten to thirty gondolas,
and thousand Of r?nnnln r?n ?i><?
? , 1?
eides of the canal follow the pi'ocession
and people on the bridges,, and
all join jn the applause that attends
tho singiug. Tbo canal is silent and
dreary at "night, but llie lanes and
passages are lively enough. The little
cafes and drinking reams,' gilded,
and bedizzened like.a newly painted
circus, are crowded. Itevellors fill tho
street that are never still. Bands of
men and women sing and shout under
the window, and never soeru disposed
to go bed. Strolling minstrels exercise
repose. Acrobats turn somersaults
with Bhouting and the hoarse
bawling of tho gondoliers does not
cease till morning.
The Negro military Occupation of Edge.
field.
The Edgefield Adverliter says :
The leading facts of the late extraordinary
occupation of Edgefield by
negro soldiers and the State constables,
have already beon given in the
Adotrtiur. This occupation is still
kept up, without a shadow of law,
right, or necessity, and in defianco of
legal authority in all its possible forms.
Twenfy strapping negroes, with hot
and new-born zeal, guard our jail day
and night, while eight or tea white
constables are on the wait and watch,
with eternal vig'lence. Of the latter,
four have arrived within the last
week. Wo hear also of two negro
detectives, who, ever and anon, flit to
and fro in owl-like mystery. The negro
fellows who guard the jail are
drawn from this immediate vicinitj',
and are filled, we hear, with a horribio
desire for the ?fruy. We should
not say " guarding the jail," however,
for there is no one in the jail requiring
a guard. They are guarding tbo
arms and ammunation lately lodged in
the jail, and are kept in readiness to
sally forth opon any vain pretext and
murder decent white people, whoso
only crime is unbelief in Messrs. Scott
and Eichelberger. Tho jail yard pre*
seats cow quite an animated scone,
with its fierce and fearfully armed
blank heroes, harrying constantly to
and fro; while along the iron fence in
front are ever ranged whole ranks of
lazy negroes, comtomplating, in ecstatio
idleness, the sublime glory of
their military brethren. Military enthusiasm
is at fever heat among them;
they gloat upon the exulting scene in
th? jail yard, and panf with ambition
that cannot bo meausred to serve their
COUntrV with sword n.nd mnalfnf
The glittering bayonot, tho pomp and
circumstance of trapping the warm,
red blood of Democrats^ tho eednotive,
life giving government greenbacks, all
these things fill their over exfcitcd
brains, and render them willing and
ready for any and all excesses.?
Shonld further troops" be called juet
now, we have opt tho slightest doubt
that thouBah'dscould bo enlisted in ono
day.
Thtough all tfoia, oa ever before, tho
white' people of orir town arid' vScfnity
pursue theeventenoroftfheir quiet
way: ;Ib fket, the imperturtmbfe dig
nitoT iad deeorupi of the white peo*plo
have sadly thwarted the secret
deigns of Mesgra. Scoftt and Eicholberger.
These negro aoldfere And this
fcw>rm of constable* were ptit here?
without the faioest shadow of pVovuoatioo
or necceaity are they kept h$re,
*v % ibe j*opte oFE<*ge^d> Pore*
|?drSooW tnuH e+fVfce considered *
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11 GOttld So amJ^uogeneroDsly