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VOL. 11. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 1, 1860. NUMBER 9.
Poetical Department.
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Pur the Camden Journal.
LINES.
'Twas ere my fate to love alike
The beautiful of earth and heaven,
And ask from beauty's glitt'ring store
Alone, the gifts which arc not given?
To launch my bark upon a sea
Without a single port of rest,
Where disappointments drive mv enft
Far from the 4 Islands of the I?!e.-t
A...1 T t IwtL a ?rl If *??i nrr 6ini!n<.
1IIU 111111,11 J ICIII I IiWOO giitnti'p y
I.ikc stars within affection's sky,
Will lure me to the home of Love,
.And then, like earth's hopes, sadly fly ;
For I would dash a thousand stars,
And all that's bright about them by,
T?> see one mile, so softly bright,
Light up thy eye-speaking spirit;
For we can be beloved but once,
The heart's brght destiny will sav.
And other feeling, like the Irost
Bclore the sunshine, melt awav.
Then when thou sit'st at evening's hour
To read amid the flow'rels' home,
It is not strange that one who loves,
?? UUIU L?jr UJdl U ^llici I JUU II IU.1III.
CONST ANCV.
?!)c (Dlio.
C?kkat consumption of .M ka r in till'*
Country.?There an* few things in ihe liahits
of Americans which t>lrike ;lie foreign observer
with more force, than the extravagant
r*<>iiciimiilir>ii nf foml?and mure psncclallol
meat. Truly we may be called a carnivorous
people. With all our outcry about hard lime*,
the quantity of provisions cotiMimefl in America,
would support, iu health, treble our population
in Europe. The vast consumption ut meal
is not only wa-Miil, lint injurious to health, and
to activity of body and of iiiiud. The body if
made of iron, would be unable to perform all
the functions imposed upon it at one time?cs '
eially is it, we should suppose, without pretend- I
ingto any science on the subject, deleterious to
eat meat suppers?or to eat a heavy mea! immediately
preceding any necessary action of
body and mind. How well this is proved bv
the experience of the turf. Suppose it race to
be run lor a heavy sum, half iorleit. am! on go1.
,t ..liI,-l.
Ill** III Ml lli* MilMJi', i 11 c Iiiiuni limn nun u..uw..-u
he is >ure thai his na<? is lIn* heller hnr?e, the
groom has been brifwd to give her a gallon of
oats and water at pleasure, would he not dlonCE
withdraw, and pay forfeit sooner than encounter
the certainty of paving the lid! amount ?
May it not he averred that one half of the pro
visions c.onsu ued in this country in ght he saved
with certainty of avoiding the numerous dis?
eases that arise from nletliora, impaired diges- |
ti?n and disordered blood ! Let the heads of j
any family examine the subject, and tliey will
find that a substitution ofhread and vegetable* !
att/I null/ f??r lliron.^ntnlltw a( (lip DJ/Vl/ Pllllsllf lll'll
would be attended with economy and better
health.
Wuou: ,\i'miika or Wrens.?Tim veto'
power has been exercised twenty lire lime* since
the formation of the government, viz: II y CJ?*n. i
Washington 2: James .Madison G; James!
Moure 1 ; Andrew Jackson 9; John T)ler 1 ,
James K. 1'olk 2. Total number of vetoes 25.
The whole number of acts passed and approved !
sinre the origin of the lioveruiiient, is about j
7000, which will make 2^0 acts to one vein, j
. ....
Nkiuiiroks.?It is pleasant to live iu a gout!
neighborhood?where, if you are sick or in (lis.
tress, you are sure to find friends ami assNtanre.
In a good neighborhood you hear no idle gos.
sip?no backbiting?no unpleasant remarks* (
The children donot quarrel with each otlcr? j
III row nil III* 7% Ml I'SMIII IHlin n III \\?MI J
and torment tin; domestic animals; but all is
|den?antucss and peace.
What a contrast is such a neighborhood with '
one where there is n?v sociable, pleasant ieel- j
ings, where one family never visits the other,
or inquires after its prosperity and happiness ! ;
You might be sick and suffer and die, l?ut tin :
voice would inquire el yo"r health ; tut alien- :
tion would be paid to your little necessities. In \
such a neighborhood who would wish to reside? j
Not we.
All should strive to lie good neighbor*. Let j
nolhing he done to mar the peace and hanno- j
llV of those among whom you dwell. For the i
sake of quiet and love, oveilook anv trifles thai !
would liave a tendency to break the good (eel- (
in?s tliat dwell in your midst. In a pleasant
neighborhood?thank Heaven ! ? it has always:
been our privilege to resi le. ? Portland Vn4
O
l>irc.
AROLITIOXrSM l.N DlStJUISE.
The. necesssity of a series of school books, j
published carefully, edited and revised at the t
South for the use s?l Southern scliools, is appa- j
rent to evety one nmon<; us who has given the {
Kiibjeel his attention. We are loo dependent? ,
indeed we are entirely dependent, ??o Not hero :
authors, compilers, and publishers, (or our el?- :
riieniary school books. The bitter poison of
abolition prejudices and opinions is thus iu*Hi
pnsly diffused into the iniutls of Soul!|.'I ll clii'.
clri'n. Before they reach the ago to think for i
themselves, Abolitionism
< "'iiiio ilit* fw?rt:ilf of ilifirc.'irt,
Ilntli |x>urtnl il> Icjktiiiis ilisiillnuuii.*'
It is time that the people of the South should
rouse up to a more watchful guard on this suh.
jert, and fiiil the deadly loe who seeks every
opportunity to strike a filial blow, ti is the
serpent coiled amonii flowers, and si liking the
lender hand of childhood, stretched innocently ;
forth to gather the flowers that shelter it.
We have hetbre us a woik called The I'ir-t
Hook of History," by the author of IVter I'.ir- '
ley's tales At pane lit) we find the following
passages in the chapter devoted to the fin;
oouthciii Atlantic .Si.iles :
" The negroes are gnneially \\c!I treated ;
dial is, they have enough to eat, drink, and
wear, and are not of.en required to labor be.
yond their strength. Hut die system of slavery
is not conducive to the happiness either of the
while people or the negioes."
" I hope the time will soon come when there
will bo no slaves in our country."
Then follows a "lowing and highly colored
sketch of the barbarities of the slave trade, and
tin' horrors of the middle passage.
The chapter winds up with this coudernua
tory paragraph :
' Hut at length the people became convinced
that slavery was an evil, and in all the States
north of Maryland it was abolished. In the
Soul hern States it is still permitted."
' Tims are our chiidieu to lie taught lo look
upon the ancient and scriptural institution of
slavery as an evil, and a thing accursed, and to
sigh in unison with the author of their school
books, for the time, soon to come, l'when there
wii! he no sluves in our country."
Such books should be condemned as incendiary
publications, and driven from our schools
and from our bur Jets.?Ausnidu Cun&lilulionalist.
Pi?m i.-Tiiivc. \!. wo !trn "oorfi'rl 1 v ln?nnv"
l)ii s moment, theie conn's up something I lie next I
In uinkc u.< HaIT we expect :i deal of picas,
me in seeing ;i fiiend, llu're is always someihing
In make os less happy. Ami so it w ill lie
through lil?'. We must not look for perfecli 'ii
m pcfjecl ficedoni liorn the ills and shadows ol
life, we must not expect too much enjoyment.
!t is best to lie. happy now, and 11n-t as little as
logsililc to the uncertain Inline. Sickness may
iome upon us unawares; disappointment may
irostrate our hopes; the heel of a once dear
"liettd rimv be liliee against us.
11 J1 IT' IV.. I
i urn una Li/mtrc.
Ark Ynv S.vrtsriKD ?Ifso. you fire an aim
rialv. We ha.re yet to we the first man or
.voman wi{<? io satisfied willi his or her condiion.
They all appear to possess the disposi
ion of the poor man; who do" up the. hox ol
fuiueas. After coaming his treasure, exclaim
d?"If 1 had found them twenty years snonVr
might have had the interest on them hesidee*"
f we find wealth, we are sorry it is no larger;
lappitiess does not last; life is a dream, aaJ we
?old what tools we are!?lb.
3. Scltctci) (Talc.
i
A VErJSTIArT STORY.
A tale to catch
Credulous cars, and hold youti^ I.e.iris in rhains,
luu only lu In^jn, 1 joiu livid in i aittcc !
Roger's Italy. |
In the year IStJO, there resifIt.-tl in Paris an ;
[ 'n'dislitiian of the name <?l" Tr:iM?n-<l. f lis |
ani Iv were once well known in Shi opaline;!
I'ralF?r<l's lather, ItuweV' r. had bei-n oidi^ed J
o s*:'I tiio property, and at his death bill a :
niiail loi tune was left In h;*> only son Waiter. J
,vho, having now jireat l"\e. for his native |
totmtry, left it at tiie ajje of one and twenty. j
m.I, until the year ! mentioned, had travelled i
ibout the Continent, hunt! for intervals Ion..I
tor or shorter, as the (aney seized him, in i
Vienna. Venice, Florence, II line, or Nalpes. j
In :!><> ?ori:i'r of 1.'5'?!l ln> vvi-nl I ! i nut/.t'. t
uid for sonic months residi d at Paris.
|.)uring tiio summer he attended one ol ^
lie fetes at Saint Cloud. it was a benuti-;
ol tl.-iv in August; and tiic fouutams in l!in
oval "aniens .were plavinif; the pleasure!
grounds were filled w:ti? gay crowds, and J
uiioiiir the noise and confusion of the lau* J
uul the fete, Tri!]* in I walked on in silence j
tin! alone, knowing no one there, fueling no j
:|>cri;?l interest in the scene around him, ex j
;ept the vague pleasure ol passing the sultry
lours of a long summer's evening wh re
i i ." i i . : . . i i .
iicy promised io oc ic>> icmons man m n;s
avii small l<?<l>riii<rs in (lie Rue RiVoh.
As the twiljelii loir. In: found lie li.nl \va:ilcrc<|
in a considerable distance from tii;
rovvil and (lie confusion ilial si ill filled (lie
riunnds. The niuhl was so lovely, I lie stillicss
of the star-lit terraces so delirious, that
ie continued In satiutercarelesslvonamonyst
ilatucsaiid cascades tlial form lSic "deserted
iride of sweeto Saint Cloud."
He sat down at last in a secluded pari "f
he guldens; llie s< at was shaded by diieh
iran^e tiees: close by, from the shade ol evwin'cens.
oianred the white arms of a maid's
iiture in ;it her side fell tin: waters j
?f mil.' ?1* I lie iiiosl beautiful fountains that |
idurn tin; pa'ace nn?u:nIs. Trail**rd sal in ,
silence,?lost in tin: idle dicaniinji in'o wiiieli!
such a scene. and so still and sw? et an hour,'
nay easily beguile any one so listless.
Trail 'id had l?:<! a hie of the vaguest des- j
ription: he had all the luxurious tastes, tin: !
ivi.d romance, the melancholy fancies, the j
II renidated passions, and uiorhid imnuinaioiisofan
idle, hnl luyiiiv uifted and poetical
11in:I. ile had pa-s-al his days in every inlulgciici!
that, his fancy craved, and. at tin;
i^e of lliiriv, it was hardly p issiMo to find ]
i human hei " tnoie slranireiv unli;i"??v than !
= O . I I .
10.
As In; sat that evening in the pardons of
>aiut ('loud; Ins t "? >n<r!ii s turned ! ? I lit! ! ?i
rack oI yuars In: had passed without over
ueetiiic, ever beholding, an object suilic.ieui.
y adorned with "race an I beauty to lascinite
and fix his wavering and ineonsi-tent
icnrt. The figure of marble at lii.s sale aplearetl
not to huu more chill and passionless j
lain his own heart, untouched as yet by the |
ove which he persuaded himself must he
:ntire idolatrv; when truly aroused. I, .si j
i Ins own dreamy thoughts, he did not hear
he sound o| approaching fool steps mil li in: j
ai.v, ueariv opjiosile to hiin, the limine o| a
adv. She was iliessed in wlcte, a broad
;a>h of black was around her waist : in one I
iand ;*j held, by a lilver ( i. e.. , sfu:!l!
grayhound, black entirely black fioui head
lo tail. She slopped opposite TraH'ord, and
inquired in a hesitating voice in the Italian
gunge, with wliicli lie was well acquainted,"
JSignor I come si fa per useir da quel
giardmn ?"
" Si ! e tardi I" Traffurd felt lie could
shew the way far better than lie could describe
it. He rose from his scat, and saying,
"Si dat a I'lnconiodo di Seguirma V ho walked
on, followed by his companion and the
hound, whose light step trucked hy his own
so closely, that lie almost Celt annoyance
and fear, lest he should kick it unwittingly.
Ho led his companion through the intricate
mil! fll !sul lllt'V lli'll tl.<> vil-illllu
of ill.; lights and fireworks that illuminated
die darkness of ihe night, amungsi (lie
crowds of 1 lie fair.
15y a su 'den burst ?>f brilliant lamps from
a booth they passed, Tralford saw the faee i
of his companion. It was one of great beauty,
of a .southern cast; for the braids of hair,
the eye, the lashes, were of the glossiest
black ; and the raven hair was more remarkable
on examining the marble pallor of the
face and brow I hey illuminated and adorned.
The lady followed her guide without
speaking, and as they reached the road towards
Pans, she suddenly said,"Grazic tatito,
ccro la niiu carozzn," and she sprang lor
muiw iiiiu <A v iiui n'i n iiii.ii >?uih;vi ciiiuu uw
trance. There was within a female figure,
and, bv the carriage lights, Truil'ord distinguished
the face fur an instant only; it was
also that of n young am! beautiful woman.
The lady he had guided so far on her way
bowed, and entered the chariot, which quickly
drove ?n:
The servants were in mourning liveries,
the horses were pure white, the carriage of
a dark color;on the panel were emblazoned
the anus of the possessor; but what these
were, TraHbrd could not. of course, discern,
as the equipage.drove swiftly nil'in the di-j
rcction of J'aris. The only other word the j
stranger had icl fall in Ta(lord's hearing was :
addressed to her hound,
'Angelo!" she said, and iho creature
sprang nimbly in alter her; as she entered j
the carriage.
"An?ciof" thought Trafiord, as he stood i
beneath the trees atone ; -'a black one at i
least"
lie went home ; that ni^hi he dreamed !
wi the stranger in the gardens ; ho dream-I
e<l Ik: was sailnm Willi her down lite river, '
on whose starlet breast grew water-Idles us
white as the (irossshe had worn when they ;
spoke together on the terrace ol Saint Cloud,
fSiie told linn i.i a voice of spiritual, supoi- j
natural beauty, to stoop and teach her one
of lite lilies. lie did so; as he dipped his!
hand into I he elnil waleis of lite otnel river. !
they seemed to part and shew him the lace :
of another,?of a woman,- lair, hut ti??t so {
enchanting iti h r lo\eliuess as the a;i"ia- |
hie creature at his .suJe. A, threatmn;/ smile j
Hashed over the vindictive countenance. i
lie withdrew in I ear, and, turtiicu louiid,
found tiii: >tIau^ej- had vatiislied from his;
side, whilst Ironi the waves beneath a vuice, ;
in Italian, cried "\ cuOZi,"
'I'r.ill nd woke it;i ; In: laughed :iI Ins own j
agitation, as many superstitions people do, .
in tlie vain hope of dispellm;* it, Vet one |
frenzy lie coiiM not cu'ice iVotn his heart !
and liraai. A hand of lire?a jiras-i of iron j
?held both with lieice determination. The
woi us, I lie V'#u:i;f l!io iacc, I lie eves, (lit; i
1 <?r;u "I (he slmiieer haunted Trail-tid wuli !
a jiiiw r, a pertinacity, that terrified, and
yul enchanted linn. T't liiid her, to see her. ,
in w<).s!ii|), i<> adore, was his thought by j
day. by i;..;ht. except when he sl? |?l ; then i
Ins It -. . . ).*a:ij lelt repose, and then only, j
.Mani il . : m\slioally, was he binud by J
an invi*,ilie chain, thai tightened as il length- i
ened. Mvery si??|? <t| liit: terrace where lie j
had seen l!ie. slraneer and stood nlonn with I
her. was so much sacred omnia! in his eyes. '
Tin; words she had spoken dwell iti Ins j
brain, a< il suulieu ihere in chambers o. :
fire. The form. the head, the eve of any !
woman was only int cresting, iiia?.inucl> as '
they recalled those ol'ihe unknown, livery I
crevice o! thai maddening heart was lilled
Willi one idea, which reigned sole idol, and
sole sovereign, of every pulse that heat lor I
her alone.
lie tried to reason himself out of tin: lolly
; then he tried to divert himself; he tried i
to read ; in: tried to leave I'aris at last ; I nit :
this he never aeeomphs.'ied, at least not lor
tlit: following six months.
One cwiiimg he was at the Opera ; the
music was that ofl??* uii. lie sal listen- j
ini; to tin: sound , w !;ose sweetness was so!
much incense offered to the one image en- i
shrined in h s s:ml* when, looking up at one I
..I* ft... h iV 'c * li.i en vv ifM /'iiir :il lntii I he I
luce t>i'a lady. Sin: was lookup; steadily. j
i!i: sinrtrcl ; surelv In* hnd seen tin: lace bo- '
lure. Hal il was ti>?l lln! one Ik; solicit, j
A sense of extreme disif>;? ?i;i!inciit and !
inoiif.'il'iliicss I**!I over Ins sj>ir;l; In: fell |
acutely lln: folly and misery of chasing vainly
after a shadow. The music was now loo j
painfti! tu please or souilic ; lie rose and'
lull the theatre. At the entrance of the
Italian Opera.house he saw a iine of carriages.
As he crossed the street on Ins way
home he observed the chariot, which he remembered
having seen at Saint ('loud, suddenly
draw up at the end of the iine. lie
sprang ijuioklv to its side ; il was the same!
while horses, monrniii>r liveries. Ho exam- j
ined the panels, on them were the arms, a I
wounded lion, and the word*, "A la mori,"
t'A ij ii appailieut eette voilure?" he inipiued.
O.u of t!f; j :rv i:i! , i pin; !.
"A la Comtcsse do Flourangcs."
"Ou domeurc t'eflo?"
"Quo vous itriportc insolent," replied the |
man, angrily.
Traftbrd walked ofT, but fur an hour be j
watched at the end of the street, and followed
die equipage on its road home. It entered
a ports cndicre in the Faubourg JSl.
Germain. Traftbrd watched these doors as
the closing gates of Paradise ; but soon to
obtain entrance within them he was deter- j
mined.
He called next day on a friend who knew 1
most ol the great men m Pans. He con- 1
fided to him Ins wish to become ncquain- :
tod with Madame do Flouraugcs, He annul
she was a widow ; aji Italian?Venetian by 1
birth. She was rich, beautiful, and courted
by many.
Two evenings after, Traflbrd attended a 1
ball given by one of the ambassadors. The
entertainment was held in a suite ol mag- 1
nificent saloons, hung with pictures, adorned I
with statues, and that night filled with a j
blaze of light, and a crowd of the fairest and
noblest of Paris. TraffonJ had received 1
tiie invitation through the kindnessof a fricn <. I
It was now about Christmas time, an I Par- 1
is was lull ami gay for ilie time ol year, I
lie entered tlie hall, and walked up the \
crowded stair, leeliug vvilliiii linn an ill do- s
fined sense,?partly of dread, partly of most t
intoxicating ecstasy. lie fell as if standing u
on Hie edge of a discovery that was to make I
or mar Ins happiness to ail eternity, ilo- *
maiitic, imaginative, and morbid in his love I
of excitement, his was the very spirit to e
rush madly to the end it imagined the only <one
calculated to biesa his wearied and un- I
satisfied liourl.
As lie -tood alone, s?c>n after his entrance r
into the larger saloon, ho saw suddenly en- I
tor from hot ween folding-doors, thrown (.
open to admit the crowd coining, to and Iro, ?
a figure and face tiiat made Ins heart <;uail ii
% 1 j
within him, at the suddenness of tiic uppari-; t
Iioij. | n
It was Madame do Fleuranges! lie was j |
dcteriniiied to speak to her; she approached i t
leaiiie<: on the arm of a gentleman. Traf-i a
lord looked eagerly at her, as if in her, face ;
he could hope to lied some cine tothc secret ; I
thai weighed so heavily on hislienrt. j s
She saw him; and and a conscious smile,; j
he imagined, played on her beautiful coun- j n
lenatice. JSsio was dressed 111 biack velvet; j n
a diamond star on her uicasl; in her hand ' fi
she liol i a sprig of iiiutle. Trallhrd thought j \
her lovely, but only lovely as a typo?a ?
shadow oi" anotlioi: lovely ?ts one who i
watches lor the moon will ileum lite evening I a
star that foriells the comiri" of the more iilo- j s
rious light ho looks lor. ISlio came and j ij
stood near. Tralioiu's heart heat with wild .
hope and fear. She lot a large bracelet lail : a
from her round while arm; he seized it,?for ' a
it (oil at his foot, it was a golden serpent, j
with brilliants for eyes, and a tongue gem- t
mod with rubies. Shu bowed when he laid *
u in her hand, and, with the ease and vivuci i
iv ?m'an <taiitin, U.gan to >jn;ak. A 111*1- j c
moment ur two alter, a Iricnd of Trail.?rd's ; 1
in11 ticiuc?:<i lii'-iu in form. Traflbnl wont : t
into supper witli tier; they sftl together; al- i I
lor winch they wont into a largo couserva- j
lory, <initiy lighted, and perfumed w.lli the ; *
sweet scent of the 01 aiigo-trees, thou in How- j
or. Tr.:l'i'or?l longed to ask tiic question tliat 1 (
s;it on Ins lips: hot iio did not dure, lie ! i
loll so conscious o}' his weakness, that he j
could not Iraino these simple words, and j J
1I10 hours (lew on ami on; and at last tin: j
Countess rose, and, followed by Tratlord, I 1
loll the dancing saloon, ami lie accompanied ' <
her to her carnage.
As she slowly descended the flower i >
wreathed si airs. >ho said,
" Aiwiissuur i i'l.ii'ii (i me (iomiera lo [iiuiair |
do le rrvuii
Trail"?r?l muttered i!i:itiks and ami prom ' |
ise.s, ;nnl impiivd when ho iniyht eoine.
" Mais ('u.ni.l vuits vuudrcz. Domain,
*lirai|??*' 1
Jo vieiulrai domain.?a deux heim s, sioela
oonviont a Madame." 1
"Mais oui ! certaiiioinciit, an rov??ir."
IS: io out ere* 1 her carriage, ami I - I i Trafr
I .1 . n |.' i .......... .
l(?ru on ii?: sians. no uiu noi renins 10 mo ^ i
uall rooms, lull went home. ,
With impatience ho waited lor the ap-! J
pointed hour.and a; the clock struck two, I 1
1st; stood at the door of .Madame tie Fleu-! ;
ran^e-*. ' 1
it was a handsome hotel in the Faubourg j i
Si. Gerintun. lit; was introduced into a|
lar^e. oldla.-hioued ehainlier, hmi^r with old | 1
fauiilv portraits: several were evidently of!
aneiem lial:an origin, Iro.n the dress and 1
costume wliieii iliey wore. '
Madame de Fieiiranges entered. If lie I
had thought Iter handsome the preceding I
evening, lie thought her iiiueli more so when ' s
lie saw her ii::uiii. Nlie was wrapped in a j I
. i<m;? loose r-bo "f rich blue veivet, girded j
Willi ;i sash, and a clasp of silver, tfiie'
ln:!d out Iter hand to him ; in In r voie.e, in i
her faee, in her manner, there was a !
ness that showed an ardent desire to capli- !
vate and conquer the heart of the one she | 1
addressed. .She led TralToid into oilier | !
rooms, detained linn for t\v?? hours, and it I '
was not until a lew instants before his do- i (
|> oliire that lie summoned up co irage lo (
ask the dreaded <|iieslii?u. lie spoke ofj
Saint dlnntl.?of iluM-vciiiiii; lie h i?l
IIuto in lit;: s'.i'iini''I',* -"l liio stranger uu liic
ioni-ly waTaciV -?>! Iiis anvit'ly l>> Iv'i nv \v!i.) 1
:i!it| wliat :!i?: \vas,---aa?l l!:o ccriamtv In;
fi-ll 1Iw 11 i' 1 situ h?;r outer tin; ciianut >1
M i l mi1 f'i' ii;ani/i':;, ami drive uiVia she
iluvcliou *>l* l'ans wilii
i M | , , ? | ?,? .
I . ? a I >ui'. i. r .. -in 'i ji i i at i.'J
at him,?listened, and then burst out laughing
"Vous plaisantez, je parie. Vons rn'avcz
vu a Saint Cloud ! inoi ? Moi qui etait alors
enprovineo an fond do la Bourgogne, tout
I'ele dernier! J'y etais avee ma sceur. Vraimenf
a ccqud vous ditos, cet aventure a du
olio fort drole, et meine fort galantc."
She lauyiied heartily.
Tralionl felt all the confusion of a proud
man keenly alive to the horror of making
himself ridiculous, lie tried to laugh too :
totally failed in executing anything but a
dismal pantomime of merriment; and he
soon after left Madame do Fleuranges.
ixext oay lie received an invitation to
riine with her and some intimate friends.
The evening was passed most agreeably ;
there was a fascination in xMadame de Fleuranges
that fettered and fixed the fancy of
Trallbrd : although his heart was still as
madly devoted as before to the image he
jegaii almost to look on as a dream of supernatural
power and transcendent beauty.
Next night he was at the Opera, in the
)o\ of the C"Uuicms. lie found, in ten days'
line, lie could never leave her side without
naking some engagement that would bring
lim back again in a few hours, lie felt he
vji?j er:?iln:iliv hillmor I ha victim nf nil 1II11.
live passion, that was neither love, nor eseein,
nor admiration, ile could not break
iway, because, having no settled purpose of
ife. and no hope of realising the dream (to
orify which he would have sacrificed all
iut his i.ii',) he had no inducement strong
mough to tear away his hand from* the fair
me that grasped his so kindly, but so firms'.
Thus Tralnird remained in Paris. Febuary
had begun, lie had often and often
tied to renew the subject between thtf
Jountess and himself concerning the stran;cr
at St. Cloud, but, beyond a few words,
ic never persevered. Still, still, every
houaiil?every hope?every idea, had but
me centre, and that was the visionary ex.
ecmuon os ayam seeing, unu ui iusi seizing
iio shape that had so lung tantalized hint as
l .shadow.
One evening (it was the8ih of February)
ic attended u masquerade. This was a
peeios of amusement thai Traffurd mjuyed.
i'he myaterv shed by masking over the
nero common-place of gaycly fascinated
lis excitable mind. lie put on a black
nask ami domino, and went to the house
vhero ii was to lie held. Near the door
at Vadumc de Fleuranges. She was not
na&ked, but dressed in the eastern style,
he looked the vorv image of the Cleopatra
he wished to represent. Traftbrd drew
icar; he spoke low:
"ilo\v glorious the gems on the breast
imi uruis oi her whose eves outshine theur
ill r
IShe looked up, and gazed and listened ear.
icstiy at the same time. lie went on in lite
uuie strain:
"IViceless they may be, but not so previous
as the rose-leaves scattered at the loot
.f their enslaving possessor. They retain
he shape ol the lingers that have p^sed
hem so lately."
lie stooped and picked up one of the
vlute rose-leaves at his feet.
"Ah mask unknown to mo, you flatter I
Df all you mention, gems or (lowers, there
s but une of tiie baubles 1 value much."
torn; laui nor nana on ner rigw arm, wncro
.1.11.......I I. .I.I....
l*V?l II O'v I |/? lil<
"Happy armlet !*' sai?i Tr;:fFord;uand why
s that one more valued than the diamond
:hain at its side"'
The Ciiuntess paused; then said, in a low
.'nice, lull i>r tender meaning?
"ikeuuso tlt.s was clasped on my arm
men 1;V "
Trall'ord's vain heart told him her words
minted t<> himself; hut ha persisted:
"iJv whoinr7
The lady was silent, and played with her
in^s.
i )?? ?:.i iw.M ,.?
J ) \ vwiuui: ?ar-i i IUUOKI, latMiijj ii'Jiu
ler hand.
"i>v one I can never forget!*'
who now speakstu you "said Trafbrd,
iii liis own voire.
The Countess <jave a small scream apiropriato
to the occasion; but Traflbrd ofcrcii
her his arm, and tliey wandered tojollier
through tin: saloons, tilled with every
.urioiy of masked and motley groups. Several
limes that iu??hi there blazed through
J'railord's brain the wish to escape; the arm
ivithin Ins was just as determined lie should
ioi. The ho.m ??1* Madame do Ficu ranges,
?r wliat was meant Ibr such, was fixed on
iite handsome jSnjilisluiian. She iiitendcd
inn to be Iter lover and her husband; and
indai^r lite piimarv nnaiiijemenls were but
slow in their progress, lh unjht herself justi.
lied in quickening their progress bv shewing
Tratiord that she herself, and all she had,
were ready for his acceptance.
TO KK COM'IM'KD.
Cotton in Jamaica.?Tito Kingston Sati.
ii>i stati'a that a .Mr. M. (ieachy had addressed
i very strong appeal to tin? conductors ot the
press of Jamaica, enlisting their aid towards in*
.hieing the proprietors of the soil to embark in
he cultivation of cotton, and advances some
I'oty sensible and cogent reasons suggestive of
ihe renewed prosperity of she island thereby,
' 'i . . m .1 .. if: :.* ? r :t.i1
A iiJ I'ollUI UI.ll III^ IS M.'ilMMK.
\VIMI.I:N.S.? Tlio largi! purcliacs ofwooltMia,
ill luivaittvJ prici'>, !mv.i on n.I.vlt.i Now York,
i'!ii! i'ioi,?!ii.i iuiii il i tim iro. 1 !;<*. !>o-?un snar.
k??l h.w l.tf'.Mi no il !? o.\!i I'is't'-I. ? yn*s thj