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- I ' -V " | ' ; - -v. I .. ... .~ . . ... . - ' ... .jii. .. ' ' " < J- .70.1 bnrc ,at>tSU* 111 1 1T 111 * .} m ;.. 1 ... . . ir r\. .....)1 VOLUME.20. CAMDEN, SOUTEi-OAROLIKTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1869. . /NTTMBERU' :?,f A i " ' R \ \ U a " ' . ' ' 1 1 " ' --?-J Ufa vAfTtmAdL dA* SELECTED STORY. ' . I A bOUD STROKE FOR A WIFE. BY JUDGE CLARK. It was my first visit North since I j tail token op ray abode and entered on j ' Wo ^irnctice of uiy pro'esoiun hi New j Orlean*. In tlie cftV ol N-w Y?"k I had * wry Vjftar friend. my old chumamteia.vona'e. i Txeorgc Dickaou} *u\l a* he *a? r l?c <>ii- , < i? fcrmu I knew in the great metropolis, \d course I lost no time in looking him J*h . ... , . Three years had passed since our last i tneeting, but ten could scarcely have i produced a change more marled than had taken place in the appearance and taanoer of my friend. I Our first greetings and friendly in- j tjuirie* over, I longed, yet forcbore, to wait the cause of my friend's mdaocho- t ly. I felt sure, in due time, or oeuig i made the confiJent of the secret, pro- ( Yided do motive of delicacy prompted its i (^concealment. That evening in my room at the ho- r tel, George told me his story. He had s formed an attachment for a young lady, I whose graces of uiiod and person he ? portrayed 'with all the fervor of a lover's o eloquence. She had returned his affection. but her futher had opposed his f Suit, having set his heart on the marriage of his daughter to a nephew of * i hia. c This nephew was a young physician, of profligate charct?r, my friend as sured me?but ih *t may have been pre- b judice?who had long but nnsuccess fully wooed bis cousin, 'to wh..m his t proffers were as repugnant as to her father they were acceptable. t S?m<i*months triirco, Mt. Parsons, the voting laffys rather,tan gone Southon[f business, accompanied by his nephew. At New Orlefc'ns he had been seized by ? a Sudden illness, which terminated fa tally iu three days. ? On the day precedirfg bin deafh he 8 had executed a will, (which had since h been duly proved by the depositions of tbe attesting witnesses,) containing a solemn request that his daughter, to v whom he left the whole of his estate, v 7 T should accept the hand of his nephew in ( marriage, coupled with a provision that : P in case the latter offered, and she rc j v fused, within a specified period, to Cnfc'r I ' into the proposed union, the entire es- 1 late devised to his daughter should be 1 forfeited to the nephew. ^ To sacrifice her fortttne lolicr heart's f choice would not have cost Julia Far- ( sons a moment's hesitation; aud noth iog could have more delighted George Dickson, than so fair an opportunity of ahowitig how superior his devotion was ? to all considerations of personal *dvan- ^ Uge. But her father's djtng request, in Julia's even was sacred, li h..d sur i . (! prised and stunned her, it is true, for in their toao^r conferences on the subject, he had never gone bevuod the most kindly remonstrance, and had never even hinted nt anything like coercion. Young Parsons had not the magnanimity to forget bis ungenerous ad van tagc. , He-wnyAr hare been content with his ( cousin's fortune alone, but his right to , that depended ou his offer and At re , jection of an alliance which she frit in , conscience bound to accept. The brief ^ season of grace, which she had been j compelled to beg even w'rh tears, hud already almost passed, and u few more | /lajm jrouW' witness the cond.-muation /if two lives to hopeless mis<ry. ( the conclusion of my friend's nar- , ffttive, in which, tor reasons that may jfv hereafter be developed, I felt a peculiar ||| interest, j prevailed upon hiui to Mount* j|| pany me to a place Of ajBUsemcnt to ffi whioh I bad previously prooured tivk? ; . When we reached the theatre, the f??? ? ??t beiiun ; but pcnvrviauuc uu?i J _ B we succeeded in finding teat* whicb commanded a fair view both of tbe aiage fl and tb? audience. B In a few moments George tocubed my I elbow. "Obaenre tbe gen tie mm nearly op* IV poaite, in tbe front of tbe parqaette, ?1 *tmt tbe column, leaning Mi arui on liii- c ue,' he w hisp. ild I looked in the direction indicate and saw a face whose sinking r<sot blunc" to one I had seen before chusi me to start with surprise. ' Who is it!" I asked 'Eldiidge P.irson*," was the reply 'The m-wphew of whom y??u spoke! "The same," mv friend answered "Docs he ro-emb'e his uncle?" I w mi the point of inquiring, bur ju-t tin the siraneer drew the ulove from 1: right hand, and I saw that llu-fiistjoi 'jf the middle finger wax wanting, a ci L'Utnstance which, for sufficient reaso tbsored my attention. 'Do you know the exact date of M Parson's death ?" I asked, when v Itad garned the street at the c ose of tl perforn ance. ' Yes," said George, "it was tl wenty-third of Dec* tuber. Ilisdaug: .er received a telegram from her Cousi tniiouucing the fact the suuie day. Hi vhy do you a>k 7" "I have a reason which uiay or nu lot prove a jrood one," I relumed ; an lating that I had business engagemen or the whole of the next day 1 parte rith my triei.d, promising to meot hii m the following eveuiug Next afternoon found me at the o ice of Dr. Parsons. "]>r. Parsons, 1 presume? ' were til rords with which I aecost< d the genth uun I bad seen at the theatre. Yes, sir.', "You may uot remember me, Do< toi iut I believe we have met be ore." ..i L 1? r.._ ..... "1 OCg paruuu, en, iut uuv iwvn^ ing the occasion." ' You weie iu New Orleans last wir "r, were jou not!" "1 wan/' he answered, with soni uibirrassment. ~"l aiu TTie gefftleinun oTT whoitPyo ailed to draft a will. He turned pale, but made no replj Surrogate's office th?? momim;," I r< umed, "and " "You >peak of my uncle* will," h ustily interrupted. "And yet," I oootinued, "you said ras your* when you applied to hare i rritten. You rcprcst uied yourself a l? tfirotis of executing such a doeutnei ireparntory to embarking on a perilot uyage. Ttie paper was drawn in at ordance with yoftr instructions, leaviu lie date to be filled tit the tunc of sigt ng. Your locks were gr>>g then, an :ou certainly bmket! old enough to hat i marriageable xiatiiibter, but your dii tuise was not i?eifecl" aiid i peitrted I he mutilated finger "What do you mean ?" he scouted i i debaut tone, springing to his feet. "Simply that your uncle's signatui o that paper is u forgery-J" I answerei 'ising nod Confronting hiui. "H? die in the tic uty third of Deet inber Yot iwn telegram to that effect is in exis mce. Ii was on thahmity fourth, il lay before Christmas, that you caled o no to prepare the p?jtcr now on recot in his will. The inference Ys plain ; yc indcrtiiok to manufacture this spuriot est a merit after yy ur uncle's death, an ffishing to clothe your villainy in leg form, you procured from me the r juired draft. Y?>u, or some one at y?u nstigatiou, simulated the signaluie . he deceased. The witnesses, who ha\ ?inee peijured themselves in their d positions, were prueur- d in some utaum best known t?? yourself-?" "Enough, sir !" he ejacultatcd,plaeir his back against the door; "you havii howu yourself in possession of a sccr the custody of which may prove ifa jemu* "I um not unprepared for your threat I replied. "In th-- first place. I did n come here unarmed ; in the next, I hie prepated a full written statement of tl facts to which I have alluded with i formation, besidea, of my present vif to yourself. This pap-r will be deliver, to the friend to whom it is dircete unices within an hour I reclaim it fr<i the messenger, who has bo< n in?truct< for that length of time to retain it." His face grew livid. Ilia frame qui cred with* uiiugled fear and rage, ai his eye gleamed like that of a wild be; at bay, "What iryrrar pbrpdeef" be e claimed, ia u voice hoarso with aupprcsaed pa*cidn. "To keep yotilr secret while you live," I answered, "on one condition." "Name it." "That you write instantly to Julia Parsons, renouncing all pretensions to f* her hand, and absolutely withdrawing your proposal or marriage " , After a moment's pause he seated un ! himself at his desk, and hastily penned lii a brief note, which he submitted to my nt inspection ; it was quite satisfactory, ir- "Be so good as to teal and address it," ii, I said. lie did so. r. "I will see tl at it is delivered," I rc remarked, taking it up and bowing my ic tsrlf out. ' When I met George Dickson that ic evening, I.is old college look had come h hack. He had great, wetrs to tell me.? in The next thing was to take me to sec it Julia, and it is needless to tell wlint a happy evening we three spent together, ty and what a happy marriage followed Dot id long after. t? Kldridge Parsons, I have just learned, d joined one of the late Cuban expedim tions, and was killed in a receut^enco :titer with the Spaniards Bloody Work in Jackson County, Florida. ie ! Tk? T-illiJuiftsi <? S* at fuel furbishes J" the following account of a bloody affair that occurred at Muriunna, Florida. On Tuesday, the 28th ultimo, the p? colored people had a pic-nic some two miles from Mariano a The most prcvuleut report is that the row commenced among the colored women, most of whom were armed Tliey fired away, not knowing at whom or for what they ie were firing The whole party became Dutiiosl'iicken. and all whohad nromfired u away, seemingly without a motive. Anoiher report in that while the the colored people were quietly enjoying themHelves, they were fired on by some party concealed in the woods, and they then c became frightened and fired a* stated. The result of the shooti"g was that 11 Wyatt Scurlock, colored, who had a 11 child in his arms, was shot dead, the 18 bull passing thiough the head of the child and entering the bieast of Scur18 lock, killing both instantly. Several J other colored ptopie were wounded. It " is reported that the colored people swore I '* then that three of I he beet citizens ^ in Muriannu should be killed in retaliae tion. s" On Wednesday evening as Columbus ^ Sullivm. a preacher, who lives some sevenxh eight miles west Marianna, and " a colored man, were returning from the gin house ihey were fired on. Sullivan re was Wounded in the shoulder, and has since di d. The colored man was wound?'d in I he forehead j will recover. On ir Fiid.iy evening, while the boarders wore l" sitting on the stoop of Mrs. Attaway's IC after supper, they were fired on lU by parties supposed to be Calvir. Rod^ geVs, colored, aind two others, unknown u Miss Maggie McClellan, eldest daugh,s tcr of Col. MeOlcllun, was instantly killed, three balls or buckshot piercing the regiou of the heart. Col. MeUlellan e* is badly wounded. Mr. Coker and acvir oral oihers were on tho stoop at the time. Coker said he recognized the ;c voice of Rodgers giving the command ,J "Fire." Several colored men have ['r been arrested on suspicion. One man swears that Rod get a wanted him to join r ih<- party who did the shouting uti Fri'K day evening. On Saturday morning Ul Oscar Nichols, who was piloting a party "* of whif- ui-n in pursuit of Kndgers, was ahot dead by soiin: person concealed in the woods, and u Mr John Mjrick, ?' %Jr., was wounded at the came time. l'? In all there have been five persons 1v Li hd and several wounded in und near n" Maiiannu during tin* past week. Great cxeiti nient exists The citid zeus of all tl.iM's a- d colors are under arms and in pur uit of the murderers. 1,1 The colored people are very indignunt L'd at. the cow ird'y assassii ati??n of Miss McClellau, and are doing all in their v" prwer to arrest <h'; guilty parties. id ist An exchange bays 'He who pelts every barkiDg dog must pick up a great ij. many stone* Ooitracts for 1870. ! 9^ i' There ere no greater legal complies- So | tions thin tloao which grow out of the arrivi relation oF landlord and Tenant. The iereoi mutual lights, duties and liabilities of indie the partik and the remedy for their heart ooforcem/at when violated, is a fruitful folloi ?' and litigation. To avoid their 3a or to ensure a safe and T1 I against offendera, we ad* selfis rs to make it an invaria- vis t bte rule R enter into written contracts they before witnesses, specifying clearly the digni terms of t^ contract. Wherever this his p is lone, ether tho landlord, tenant or Icr, t laborer, cat have an easy remedy for in f violations olthe contract, under the pro- show visions of mi Act to protect laborers ana grate persons woiking under contract on pie, < shares of croos. The 4th section of that acce] Act makes it a criminal offence in eith- of pr er party to tie contract, to violate its ho is provisions, bj fraudulently disposing of or removing the crop before division, murt or by refusing to perform the labor or mcar fulfil the conditions of the contract, and Dig}j punishes the offender by fine or impris- aDd i on men t on conviction before a eouipe- he w tent Court. We regard it one of the him best laws for the times, that could be Whe framed, and we want our readers to un- tl id derstand that it relates to and governs marj -? J J..I- in written contracm oniy anu iuciu umjr rree witnessed. One half of tho difficulties cauij between lessors and lesscs result from a po] negligence in niuking their contraots. putri After they get into trouble they seek a the p lawyer and find, if any, there is but a Meai slim remedy. They hare no contract, rewa because they each thought the other his .1 would act right, and even then each futnl perhaps thinks he is acting fairly, hav- 0f tb ing forgotten or misunderstood the terms of the original agreement. Write your Ti contracts hereafter an j have thetn signed We ! mmJ ?i oApi; * rnn will feel yourself more repaid by freedom proa from any anzioty in the coming settle- cxpe mcnt.?Ktowe.e (out ue. on tl ! I 7 * 'bat An enterprise destined to have an ^ important iuflucnce in developing the resources of the South is now being . _ J* izem pushed to completion. Port ltoyal, S. ^ C., and Augusta, Ga., 110 miles apart, ure to be connected by a railooad, which .. . . 1 . tunc has been surveyed, contracted for, and partially constructed. Tho former place cQnt contains incomparably the finest harbor on the Southern Atlantic sea board, ^ which has been sufiered to lie too long c^cj encuiployed and comparatively unknown Vessels drawing twenty-two lcet of wa- , ter can enter it, and within the ample no^ estuary of Broad River, the united na. caus vies of the world might ride at anchor. j The projected -railroad will, it is anticipated, "bring thither no small part of jiavfi the Southern and South-eastern States, j and even of the Pacific coast. It will ^ also become an important cotton mart, having io this respect signal advantages gjje over Charleston, Savannah, and Mobile, . i* ccivt whose harbors are closed to vessels of , ordinary drought, and therefore scarce- je ly worthy of the name. jcarI The completion of the railroad will arfl ? witness the foundation of what will pro- jncQ bably become a prosperous city, and perhaps the most important purt of the ^ South, with the exception of New Or- now leans. Its site will be not far fioni the town of Beaufort, and it promises to ^ become a more congenial place of resi deuce for Northern men than most 01 tne Southern town?. Northern capital will build it, as Northern capital is now build- f^8 ing the projected railroad which is to connect it with Augusta, and to the same meu agency the South may yet be indebted ral^' for a sea port equal in importance to the on w great city which Jefferson once antici- 'u patcd %on!d grow up at Norfolk. aPP? N>w York Sun. WOul pass Newspaper Spongers.?An ex- insta change well says that there are many cepti persons who either take no paper at all, prop orelse take oue from another city, and its p when they wish to see what is tran- nal c spiring in their neighborhood, they bor- to ni row the local paper from some citizen as w more liberal than themselves. Many so tb men of this kind are engaged in business, pres.' and frequently grotudle because people travt do m?t. natninize ''home industry," when thoo they practice the very thing of which tiont they oom plain- geot Mr. Davis. A me of the incidents attending the aJ and sojourn of el-President Jefn Davis in Baltimore, are striking ating the interest and love in the s of tho Southern people, that still f him who is the impersonation of "lost cause." le Southern people know the Unh fidelity with which Jefferson Dainstained their sacred cause, and are justly proud of the unexampled ity with which he has represented eople, whether as their chosen ruheir vicarious martys, or as an exile oreign climes. Every courtesy n Mr. Davis by foreigners has been ifully noted by the Southern peoevcry distinction, accorded him, is )ted by the South as an ascription aise to her own virtues, of which the fitting exponent. .m.mk/innn #tio nnflinolllnff. tin JUIl UJUbl *"& VUW MUHluvto-Qj ? ? uuring fidelity with which he deicd himself through that four years' t, and recalling the bitter hatred umsurupulous mendacity with which as pursued, who can fail to contrast with those who were his accusors. ire are the Joe Browns, the Holdens, omnegenux, the malcontents and dots of the Confederate struggle for dom ? Almost to a man in the > of the enemy. Each one of them litical Lazarus, full of wounds and ifying sores, shunned and cursed by tfople among whom they were born awhile Mr. Davis already has his rd. Cannonitcd by the voice of countrymon, he will be known to re generations as the sainted martyr iO South.? Wilmington Star. he Approaching State Faib.-'hope that oar friends of the State i wilt nnt f..i1 to keep this matter ! linetly before their readers. We~j ct to have a grand gathering here le occasion of the Fair. We believe Columbia enters fully into the spirthe occasion. Her municipal auitics will do their part. The eiti generally will do theirs. Let us i an industrial exhibition that will the promise of brighter and better s. Let every part of the State do art. Let every County send its rihutions, personal and mater*!. The to which we invite the good people le State is not the field of political lenient, but the field of generous useful rivalry in the line ofinrial development. The question is, who is doing most service in the e of agriculture and manufactures, mechanics, and industry in general. 3r States are to have their Fairs, or i had them. Let South Carolina be found in the rear. Let her join grand industrial columns of the t army of the country's workers.? has made her mark in war, and re. 3d her blows. Let her now make mark in peace, and receive its genuseful and refreshing fruits. Wo 1 that a ball and a grand tournimcnt imong the incidents to be expected nuection with the Fair in November ;. We expect soon to have an idant supply of the premium lists, in demand.? Columbia Phoenix. AriDiTY of Thought in Dream?A very remarkable circumstance, an important point of analogy is, Dr. Forbes Winslow, to be found ic extreme rapidity with which the tal operations aro preformed, or - ? a?!_1 er with whicn ine maieriai cwiugca liich the ideas depend arc excited ie hemispherical gam?)ia. It would ar as if a whole series of acts that d really occupy a long lapse of time ideally through the mind in one nt. We have in dreams no perion of tho lapse of time?a strange crty of mind; for if Buch be also ropeTty when entered into the eterlisembodied state, time will appear s eternity. The relations of space ell as of time are also annihilated, lat while almost an eternity is combed into a moment, infinite space is ;rsed more swiftly than by real ght. There are .numerous inustrai. of this principle on record. A Jem&n dreamt that he had enlisted as a soiaicr, juiueu um. ? serted, was apprehended, carried,back, tried, condemned to be led oat for execution., preparations a gun was fired;. h^^Hfoka with the report, and found that.t Apis in an adjoining room had, at the same moment, produced the dream and a* wakened him. A friend of- Dr. Abecrombie dreamt that he had crossed the Atlantie and spent a fortnight in America. In embarking* oaihis eitura, he fell into the aea, and awaksnisg In the fright, found that he badnbtbben asleep ten minutes ! ' A><\ -jJi A gentleman looking it kit-Watch after mid-night cried: 'ttfs tomorrow morning I must bid you good nightf Voltaire said of Mademoiselle do Livey: "she was so beautiful thai I .i.oJ mr Innar. thin body. Stfd fltOod 1>C -V,-?et j r -r i fore ber like a point of adrnfatroa.*, .... v" " V.' /PC?-1It It is said to be quite doubtful] whether. St. Peter ever opens the door qf Heaven ! in the next world to any one who.does much of his praying here with a little ''Mother," said Ike Partington,''did you know that the 'iron botoeMiad tfcl one car ?" '*One ear 1 merciful graeiotts, child, what do you mean?" "Why, the engineer, of course." - ' no You flatter yourself thatydt hold tfie reins of your own establishment. 4* you do. ButMf you are a married map, I'll wager two to^one^tlatj you'll hoty them at the horse end. "What makes you so -gram Torn?" "Oh I. have bad to sridartfaoitf trial to aiy feeling*." "What oo earth,was it V' "Why, I had to tie on a'pTefcty ^girts bonnet while her ma Iras looking on." , . i - 'r.tn 'til h) Some people seem to have been crmvt ror iheparftCular enjoyment of vcStdsL Like swine, they are. supremely, happy only when they have sncoeeded in find? ing a good sized mud:puddle toWaSc* 1D- ' "Bob," said a yotrng fellow at a fancy fair, "you are missing all the sights oti thisside." "Never mind, Bill,"retorted Bob, "I am sighting all the mimes oil the other." ? > vfT'"-:I "There fa no mystery/' lay* Damns, "so impenetrable that envy'cannot pierce it with its stealthy glaaee; and let the vril be Woven ever so ikifihiy, there is always some pin-bole through wmcn we may dc seen. . - j, The fashionable wife of our day 1st good de^l like a mosquito in your roMk1 after bed time. You never oan Ull ex* actly where - it 5s by ita song, and yon arc ever in an agony of suspense as to . where and when its bill is going to be presented. A gentleman being asked by a clergy* 7 man why he did not attend the evening prayer-meeting, said he could ndt leave ' the children. "What I have you no servants ?" "Yes," he replied, ''we bare two servants, who keep the house ami board us; we are allowed few privileges.'* .. ->n It is true, as Thackery says, that each separate soul of us is an island in the great ocean of life. Bat there are boats of sympathy which ply between shore and shore ; and to some few it is given to find a fellow isle, willing, nsy esger, to build a causeway which shall forevet sink the two together. .. .Ii ;| Josh Billiogs pays: "Mackrel inhabit1. the sea, generally; but those which inhabit the grocery alwus taste to me at though they has been fatted on salt-*1 They want a deal of freshening before , they're eatin', and also afterward*. If . I kin have plenty of mackrel for brek? | fast, I can generally make the other two (.meals out of water.'* vl; Henry Ward Beeeher says: *'It is * great gift to be born rich in tbe eyes and ears. Some men have carried before them an endless procession of beauty. There are charms for them where others perceire barrenness. Ther6 is a concert in the air all the time for thoso whose ears are tuned aright. Trees harp for them, winds roll their tones mnsictllj, and birds and insects fill tip the orchestra."