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VOLUME 39. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 19, 1869. NUMBER 1. ^^^ H????????i^^?? ~~: : i ^?nhf.ld a custom which turns the af-1 Republican Re-Organization.? | SOUTHERN STOCK " MISCELLANY. THE DISGUISED HEIRESS. Miss Vernon sat thoughtfully at her window plunged in deep thought. This tieed not be wondered at, for the question upon which she was pondering af fected her deeply. She was an heiress, having come into , possession, at her majority, of fifty . thousand dollars. She was prepossessing in her appearance, and this, as was Datural, added to the report of her wealth, which, as usual, was considerably exaggerated, brought her suitors in pleuty. Among them she made choice of William Winsor, and in a few weeks they were to be married. William was engaged in the whole* " 'v:? i onrt tinrl thn rr>n saie cioimug uusiuno, .... r utation of being a sharp and active man of business. He was of good appearance, and as far as could be judged, was a good match even for the heiress. Nothing to his prejudice had come to her ears until the day before. . A poor woman had come to the door for relief. On being questioned, she said she was employed making shirts at twelve cents apiece for wholesale dealers?that after making a dozen and carrying them to the store she had been roughly told that they were spoiled and that nothing would he paid her for her work; but she would agree to make them better. She added that this was one of the ways in ( which the firm made money out of poor work women, by pretending that the j work was unsatisfactorily done, when | real'y no fault could be reasonably found with it. j The sum, small as it was, of which $ Bhe had been defrauded, was all-important to her, as it represented nearly a week's work. I y "Only a dollar and .forty-four cents for.a weeks work," exclaimed Miss Ver- a nrn in dismay. s "That's all," said the poor woman. "How do you live ?" I "It can haidly be called living. It's j I just barely keeping soul and body to- f gcther," said the poor old woman. "And who is this extortioner that ( first offers you starvation wages, and 41 nntt atrnn nf t lirun ?" xhIt. I1HOU UCIIUUVIO J WV? V?VU w? - 5 cd Miss Vernon indignantly. "William Winsor " I "Who?" demanded Miss Vornon, quiclcly. < "William Winsor " t "1 can hardly believe this. I know the gentleman." "It is true, and you will fiud it to be ( "I will investigate the matter. Here i?? five dollars for your present needs.? ' Come hero to-morrow at this time and I may have some work for you to do." t The poor woman departed invoking i blessings upon the heiress. t "I will look into this," said Margaret Vernon resolutely, "and if it proves true < the engagement between William Win. J IT _1 11 L _ V _ 1 T __M1 4 isor ana myseii snail ue uru&un. 1 win i not give myself to such a man." < "Nancy," said Miss Ycrnon the next i morning to the chambermaid, "have ' you an old dress and shabby cloak ana bonnet you can lend iuo?" "I have got some that are so poor that I am not going to wear them a. gain," said Nancy, surprised at such an inquiry. i "Will you lend them to me?" "Of course, Miss; but what would the likes of ycu want of such old clothes ?" i "A little fun, tl at is all," said Miss Vernon. "I am going to disguise myself, and see if I can't deceive someWith this explanation Nancy was Iconteut and produced the clothes. Miss Vernon put them on, and in addition borrowed from another of the servants, a thick gseen veil, somewhat the worse for wear, and then set out on her mis^_8ion. No one in her disguise would have recognized the usually elegantly dressed heiress, Miss Margaret Vernon. Miss Vernon slipped out of the basement door and took her way to a large store, on which was insoribed the name William Winsor, in large gilt letters. She entered and after awhile a olerk spoke to her in a rough voice: "Well, what do you want ?" "I want some work," she said in a low voice. "We can give you some shirts." "Anything." "Can you sew well ?" "I think so." A half dozen shirts were given to Miss Vernon, and she was informed that if satisfactorily done, she would be paid twelve cents apiece. These Bhe carried home, slipping in at the back door. Two hours later the poor woman nailed. Here are some shirts for you to make, said Miss Vernon." "Why they are the same as I have been making," said the woman in surprise. "That is true, and they camo from the same place." "Am I to carry them back there?" "No, you will bring them hero. I will pay for the work wheu done, double the price you have been receiving." "Thauk you, Miss; you are very kind." "Sew them as neatly as you possibly can. I wish to see whether they will be rejected as poor woric.'" "Yes, Miss Vernon, I will take pains with them." Three days later the poor woman returned with the work completed. Miss Vernon, paid her for them, and requested her to call again the next day. 'fNancy," said the heiress, after her protege had departed, "I shall wi&h to borrow your old clothes asrain." ' "Certuiuly, Miss," said Nancy, " if it is not a shamed you arc to appear in such rags." "No one will know me, Nancy." "Sure, Miss, you can take them whenever you like." "I don't think I shall need them gain, Nancy, but I thank you all the :wno." ? i it* tr ___ iNot long attetwaras i*jiS3 vernon in nr shabby disguise, entered the estabishincnt of William Wiusor, with the undle of shirts under her arm. She went to the counter and laid hem down. ' What have you got there," demandid a pert young clerk. "Some work, sir," 6aid Miss Vernon, lumbly. "Well why don't you open the bun31c !" said the young man, picking his :ecth with his knife. Miss Vornnn did ko. The young man deigned to tumble >ver the shirts, glancing at them careess ly. "Shocking! shocking!" he said. "What's the matter, sir?" i "They're wretchedly sewed, that's i that's the matter. How do you expect! ve are going to sell such shirts as :hesc?" "I am suro I thought they were weli ; lone," said Miss Vernon. { "You thought, did you?" repeated j :he clerk, mocking her. "Well, 1 think ! differently, and that's all about it. Wo j shan't pay you for these shirts. They : will have to be sold at a loss. "But what shall I do?" asked Mis9 Vernon, in seeuiing distress. "That's your busiucss, not mine.? We will try you once more, and give you another half dozen 6hirts If they are done better, you will be paid for them." "These ore done well," said she, snatching the bundle from the counter, "and I will show them to your employer." To the indignation of the clerk, who 0 ------ ? - - - , was not used to such independence iu the poor women who. worked for the establishment, Miss Vernon took the shirts to another part of the counter where shesaw William Winsor himself. "Mr. Windsor," she said, "your clerk will not pay me for these shirts. He says they are not well done.' Mr. Winsor took up one and pretended to examine it. "No; it is poorly done. We can't pay you for these, but you may have another bundle, and, if they are satisfactory, you will then be paid." "Didn't I tell you so ?" said the clerk triumphantly. "Now, young woman, how much did you make by that operalion ?" fli< "More than you think perhaps," said er Miss Vernon, quietly. "Do you want any work 1" "No; don't wish any," she said. "0 ! you are on*your high horso are S. you ? Well you may be glad to get work Ca some day when you can't hare it." Hi That eveniog was the one which Wil- vei liatn Winsor usually spent with his be- toe trothed. When he was introduced, he enj went forward, to greet Miss Vernon. mc She drew back coldly, aud did not of- sea fnr hnr hand to frrasn his. j Ml ~ ~~ O I "What is the matter, Margaret!" he fre asked, surprised and startled. "What col have I done to entitled me to such a re- ho ception ?" coi "My hand has taken yours for the Bl last time, Mr. Wiusor," said Margaret lac "Good Heavens! What is the mean- wt ing of all this? Margaret, explain your- spi seif, I cannot understand it." ra< "I connot take the hand of one who hii grows rich by defrauding poor women in out of their scanty earnings." tw "Who says this of me ? Some one Co has been slandering me Confiont me tin ? * ....'a in Willi my accuser. jl uurc ia auu?i uiio- ? take here." "I will do as you desire. Wait five uii minutes." r'a Miss Vernon left the room, and soon a" entered in her disguise. The young man strode up to her angrily. ,nl "Are you the one that lias slandered 'e' me to Miss Vi rnon ? he demanded. IQ> "I told her the truth !" rid The young man reflected. Violent an contradiction he saw would not avail hiiu; he would try another course. "Ilark, you, young woman," he said, in a low voice, ' there is a mistake. 1 ph will make it up to you richly. I will give you ten dollars ou the spot, aud all ha the work you want at double rates if you he will tell Miss Vernon it was all a mis- rei take. eui "Too lute, Mr. Winsor, said the veiled iii{ fi<Mirn throwini' un her veil and showing TIj o ; o -r the contemptuous face of Margaret Vcr- a v non. Your bribe is offered iu vein.? wa Good evening, sir." iu Confused and astonished, William 'au Winsor found his way to the door and ^a: h is never ventured to enter the house u of the heiress since. lie was paid for (lu his meanness in his own coin. i,,!l yz< Wearing Mourning.?W e long for a j the day wheu this custom shall be obsolefc. coi It is unbecoming the truly afllieted tul one. The wearer says, by the black pi) garments, "I have lost a nearfriend. Iam vei in deep sorrow." But the true grief pb does not wish to parade itself before an the eye of the stranger, much less docs be; it as.-crt its extent. The stricken one wi naturally-gocs apart from the world to sin pour out the tears. Real affliction seeks wl privacy. It is no respect to the depart- tlr ed friend to say we arc in sorrow. If we had real grief tt will be dtscovereu. When God has entered a household Ai in the awful chastisement of death, it tei is time for religious meditation and in communion with God on the part of is the survivors. How sadly out of place, th then, are the milliner aud dressmaker, lui the trying on of dresses and the trim- uo ming of bonnets. ah There issmicthing profane in exci- he ting the vanity of a young girl by fit T1 ting a waist, or tying on a hat, when is the corpse of a father is lying in an ad- it, * T */ i. J joining room, it is u sacrince to arng at the widow forth from her grief to be w< fitted for a gown or select a veil. re It is often terribly oppressive to the su poor. The widow left desolate with a be half dozen little children, the family pi means already reduced by tho long sick- en ness of the father, must draw on her ca scanty purso to buy a new wardrobe throughout for herself aud children, throwing away tho good stock of gar- be meuts already prepared, when sho knows not where she is to fret bread for those of | - O little ones. Truly, may fashion be call, tii id a tyrant, when it robs the widow of S< her last dollar. Surely your sorrow will fa not be questioned, even if you should L not call in the milliner to help you dis- ar play it. Do not, ijj your affliction, help fu %*r ition of your poorer neighbor to deeppoverty as well as sorrow. Central Baptist. Horrible Death.?Last week, Mr. W. McClelland left his home in : rthage to visit a neighboring town. 3 rode along for two or three miles ry comfortably. On the road he over>k a Miss Blivins, to whom he was i gaged to be married. She was also muted, and gaily dressed, and had a t irlet ribbon for a sash. The horse of r. McClelland seemed to become ightened at the sight of the dazzling ors, and became restive. The rider, wever, managed him pretty well, and i atinucd to jog on by the side of Miss ivins until that thoughtless young ly gave him a slight tip of her whip, i ten lie started off like a streak. She iirred up her little mare after the en;cd horse, but was speedily left bead. The borse rushed madly on, and crossing a broken part of the road, o miles from Lebanon, in Wilson unty, he threw his naer violently to 2 grouud. The rider's foot caught the stirrup, and he was dragged along b rough road at the rate of twelve les an hour, at the heels of the infused horse. His bones were nearly broken, and he was gashed and manid up in a most frightful manner.? ic horse did not stop until he ran 0 the square at Lebanon, when ho 1 down exhausted, and died in a few nutes. The mangled leuiains of the ler were gathered up, put in a box, d sent back to his friends. Nashville Press and Times. Woman Analyzed.?A Philadeiia paper says: A young woman of this city, who d acquired t?e habit of whitening *" i i r rscu wun cosmcucs irom neuu iu ioui, sently took a medical bath, aud ou icrgiug from it, was horrified at find; herself as black as an Ethiopian.? c transformation was complete. Not estigc of the supreme Caucasian race s left. Her physician was sent for alarm aud haste. Ou his arrival, he ighcd immoderately, aud said : ".Mam, you are uot iil; you are no longer woman, but a sulphu-et. It is now a estiou of medical treatment, but of iple chemical action. I shall aualiyou. Come, I shall submit you to >ath of suphuric acid diluted with wa. Tlio acid will have thchonorof ubiuing with you; it will take up the phur?the metal will produce a sulate, and we find us a precipitate, a ry pretty woman." The good uatured ysioiau wcut through with his analsys, d the belle was restored to ber memrship with the race. Young ladies 10 are ambitious of snowy complexions ould remember this uud be careful lat powder aud comctics they use?if ey use auy. The Sun Does not now Set in laska.?At Sitka, Mr. Seward will 11 the sun "standing still," as it did the days of Joshua. South Alaska in the latitude of sixty?very nearly e same as that of Southernmost Green id. In that latitude the sun dues t set at all in summer. It remains out twenty-five degrees ubuve the irizon at the hour we call midnight, ic only mode of knowing there that it midnight is to watch the sun when C begins to ascend. Fowls go to roost 7 P. 51., aud rcjjose until the sun is ill up. In winter it is, of course the verse, as in the higher latitudes the 11 is not ocen fursix weeks. It said is to 1 the boast of England that ou its ciure the sun never sc^. Well, we have upire 011 which the sun only sets ocsionally.?New York Times. The tendency of tho negro to relapse ick to barbarism, when released from ie example and restraining infincnce ' tho white race, has received an addioual illustration. The Colonization jcicty now calls for fifteen or twenty milies, which it will transport freo to iberia, for tho purpose of converting id civilizing those who have goue here them. t" v,v) o J o to pay hid church out of debt. There was not a sin-rlc radical name on the subscription list. Great distress prevails among the poor of Washington, and some arc already perishing from the want of the ueccssaries of life. Since April last, 550 families per month, averaging two persons to each family, have been relieved by the National Freedmcn's Relief Association. Health op Hon. Jeffebson Davis. ?Wo have the pleasure (says the New Orleans Picayune) of announcing to our readers that iu a letter very rcceutly received from him by a relative of his, Mr. Davis speaks of his health as by no means as precarious as has been lately represented. Following close upon the breach among radical and conservative Republicans in Virginia and Tennessee, which resulted in the recent triumphs of liberal principles in the South, we have the news from New York city that the new Republican organization, called the Union Republican Central Committee, has held an adjourned meeting, and issuedan address to the Republicans of New York city and'State, setting forth the causes that have led to the present movement, and detailing the corrupt practices of other Republican organizations. The main object of the new party organization, as set forth in tho ad dress, is to express, the disgust the mass of the Republicans at the frauds perpetrated in the district associations in which tthe Jittle cliques of thrco or four have kept entire control of such associations, and prevented that "reform in the party in New York so vital'y essential to save it from ruin and give it prosperity and success." Phoenix. Wo are told that the efforts of the cotton consuming nations of Europe to increase the production of that plant in India, Egypt and Turkey, have failed entirely, and that the United States will find a satisfactory demand for all the cotton that can be raised in tho South. It is calculated that if the English cotton manufactories had during the seven years after 1861 increased in the same ratio as during the five preceding years, the hands would also have increased to 420,000 over the number employed in 1861, wbcreas the factory population is now ?0,000 less than it was in 1861.? From this fact it is argued that India and Egypt did not fill the deficit caused in England Ly the stoppage of the importation of American cotton. The Austin, Texas, Gazette relates the following heroic incident of the great flood : "In the neighborhood of Mr. Coalsot), a widow lady, with six small children, driven from her house, which was swept by the high water, took refuge in a tree with all her little ones.-. As the flood brought along rails nml rlrift wnorl. she caught them and constructed a sort of raft around the tree, so that when one of her children slipt and fell, it was caught by the platform btlow. Here the heroic mother, with her precious treasures, remained for twenty four hours, until Mr. Coalson constructed a boat and took them all safely to shore. The expcnse'of taking the census of this State, ordered by the last opulent Legislature, will be at least $60,000? according to an estimate of a Radical official. The United States takes the ceusus of 1870, and it would seem that reasonable economy would suggest that a separate census might be dispensed with, especially in the impoverished conditioa of the State. The State Legislature of Tennessee, as far as heard from, will contain sixteen conservatives in the Senate, with five Districts to hear from, whilst in the House there will be forty-six conservatives, four Republicans, and four Stokes Republicans?ultra radicals. Henry McDanicl, a colored preacher publishes a card of thanks, in the Iuka Gazette, to the white citizens of that cii? f".ii- hnvinrr mixed innnev enou<?h AND Mutual Life Insurance Co. 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Evcy' one having a family dependent upon him tor support should effect an insurance on his life for their benefit in case of his decease; the rich, because they have the means to provide against the ehancas of fortune; the poor man can spare a little every year for the future wants of those who may, be left destitute, nvnloocinnol man u/M|p in lifp finfl hpJllth. finds a sure means of support for his family, yet he rarely accumulates a fortune: the salaried man, because none are more exposed to the changes and vicissitudes of fortune. In short. Lite Assurance is applicable to ail circumstances in life. AN EXCELLENT FEATDEE. The character ot this company specially provides that a wife can insure the lire of the husband for the benefit of herself and children, free from any claims, dues or demands of his creditors in case her husband should die in debt or the estnte become insolvent. H- M. MYERS, Jr., Attorney at Law, Barnwell, S. 0., Special Agent. J. II. 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