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In making this proposition the Ob ject is to encourage, as far ae practica ble, tbe development of litemote hi South Carolina, and to give tba grad ing public, through The Weekly News, tales of Southern life which shall pre serve tbe recollection of traits of char acter and social peculiarities Mid hab its fast passing away, And keep before tbe rising generation the attmory of a struggle mors glorious tbto that of the Revolution and of sufUHnbgs great er than those which were borne by the pen of Seventy-six. MhNN) the ex . fieriment now made prove successful tbe proprletma of Tba NMrtsnd rier will hope to extend tMn field and enlist af contributors Kpekly News tbe moat brilliant wrl tars In tba whoit South. The thud, thud of running feet upon the earthen sidewalk drew nearer, and a panting man rushed by shouting the alarm. Windows were thrown up, blimls banged back and nervous voices beard calling; ‘Wtaetr? Where f’ buttle crier had neither time nor breath to ariewer. And now other Voice* took up the alarm and it was sounding on many tongues down every slumbering street. Suddenly, i* if th« tenor and sus pense of the town had swelled to the point of wilti explosion, there bust forth the loud clangor' of one of tbe village bella A great volume of sound relieves surebarged feelings by furnish ing adequate expression. The sir' kes were swift, hurrying, incessant, each peal throttling its predecessor. They were like tbe rub-a-dub of the mar-4 shaling drum. •Where is it?’ ctled the others of the party, rnshing out from tbe card tables and back-gammon boards. ’Look there? Oh dear, I’m afraid it’s the paper -mill,’ exclaimed Mary excitedly, pointing to tbe north, where over the tree tops a dull glimm*-! shone against the low cloud roof, and now and then a shower of sparks as cended. Tbe quick Jingle of a small bell came up ffbm the village. * l ey’re getting «ut the Cataract. Excuse me, I’m off,’ said one of the young men who was a member of the voluo'eer fir-company of the place, and vault ing tbe fenco he vauished into the darkneee. The two other young men In the party showed a die position to follow bis example, when Bade said: •Why shouldn’t we ail gotogethet?, * Oh let’s do it?’ ‘ Won’t it be fun 1* ’ How lucky we’re up,’ chorused the girls, jumping up and down with ex citement. In a tries hat* and shawls had been donned and the whole party was half- walking, half-running along the street, tbo breathless to talk save in ejacula tions, As they passed along, lights shone in upper windows on either side of the street, and from almost every bouse tbe father or son was sallying forth half-clothed to join tbs muster. "Violet had scare ly spoken since the first alarm, and chancing to touch her arm Mary found that ahe was trem bling violently. Such had been her anx lety about Will for a few days past that bar heart sunk with undefined ap prehensions at every sudden noise. This midnight fire alarm had filled her with agitation, aa if it threatened some terrible solution to her namelass fears. A buggy with a fast-trotting horse whizzed by, going the other way .4- hey’ve sent after the Blandvlile engine,’ said one; • it must be a big fire.’ Aa tbe panting party turned a cor ner tbe blaze cams under plain view. It was Indeed tbe paper mill. Tbe jingling of the engine bell, the hubbub of men’s voices, tbs boars# orders of ths foreman, and now the sound of band-bra\ee as they went chug, chug, under tbe arm* of a sturdy crew, cams from the scene, which was lit up by fitful flashes from ths burning mill. At one end of it ths flames poured forth froai every window, and tbs roof smoked, but its greater length still la darkness save for lantern ftta wttfcto; ns men harried and for tbe rescue property or op pose UheUta to tba flames. But even a* the^ stddfl and gated, a balefOU glimmer sh' D* from aeveral-windows a moment btofnre quite dark. For ball au hour the men fought the firs inch by toeb. Then the mill pumps broke down and there was no lofiger any chance of saving tbs mill. Boon the flames poured out at all th* win- dowsaod burst through the roof in many places. The fire roared like a huge mill-wheel, and kheshsetof flams cracked and snapped as It great blan- ets were being shaken. The belts had long since ceased ringing. Everybody was amused, and ths fire had become Its own beacon, holding every waking eye for miles around, and irradiating the chambers of distant hillside farm houses with a ruddy tight, till the sleepers awoke in consternation and chanticleer crowed to tbs false dawn. 8o long as there was a chance of -saving the mill there Was a feeling of strain and excitement among tbe peo ple. The conviction that nothing more could be dote produced a sense of positive relief, which was apparent in a general unbending and disposition to look around, find acquaintances and compare notw. Tbe young men who bad been working at the engine and hose took ths dppottunity to join the group of girls, and receive congratula tions on tbs drenched clothes and blackened faces that testified to their public spirit. But beyond smiling absently when addressed, Violet took no part io tbe chat going on around her. Her eyes were roving every where am'mg tbe crowd, looking*valnly for WlIL The magnificence of the conflagra tion was at its height. The roof of the mHt bad fallen in and from the jagged tops of tbe brick walls, as from a gi gantic brasier. the flames leaped fifty feet in the air, like genii harnessed to the earth and striving with frantic bounds to carry it up with them Into the empyrean. The low clouds were msy with the lurid glow and reflected it back upon tbe houses and streets, so that the whole village was Illuminated with a threattlcal red light, Tb* ef fect. reminded one of a grand spectac ular acene on the stage. ibeveryat- tit udea and groupings of the crowd be trayed a histrionic consciousness. The entire population had now turned out aa spectators. Thieves might have plied their trade undisturbed among the deserted houses. Some had even brought chairs. Husl andsstood with their wives, hl d the young men with the maidens in groups beneath the trees encircling tbe mill, the foilage above them shriveling in the heat Small boys playing tag, and clusters pf men about, the engine and hose, oc cupied the foreground. A sudden undescribable stir and In- drawing of the breath among tbe crowd constricted every heart with terror, eveu before the cause of it was seen. A young fellow, a village ne’er-do-well, with perhaps too much of tbe whisky aboard which had been circulated among tbe firemen, had in a fit of bra vado gone too near one of the toppling walls and a mass of falling brick bad struck him down. He lay helpless and writhing, apparently with a broken leg. The wall, thirty feet high on that eide, was evidently on the point of fal ling outward, and an attempt to reach the unfortunate would expose the res cuer to the risk of a horrible death, with ail the chances against his escape. The people looked en terrified. Thera were brave men there but no one stirred. Perhaps two seconds had passed, though they seemed like five minutes, when a quick gasp from Violet made Mary look around, and following tbe direction of her eyes she saw a man who bad started out from the shadow of a tree, moving swiftly toward tbe mill. * Come back! Coma back I’ cried some, but he kept oh. He reached tbe fallen man, and as be turned to drag him away Mary per ceived what Violet at tbe first glance had seen—it waa Will Ronalds. shuddering ground, while fragments of brick rolled to the Very feet of tbe on lookers. A deep groan Went up from tbe people, only to b* suddenly stilled as through the smoke and dust Will eTer I’ve ®««n you, I’ve teemed to eee • I know,’ she went on with Ib'e ¥A- gerneee of a long repressed utterance, • I've been sad-faced and dull lately, but It waa all because of yon. When- was seen with tbs man In bis hands, clambering over tbe reoeeeee of hot brick. It. seemed Hits a Miracle but was in reality very simpls. When he saw that there waa no time to get out of reach of tbs wail, he bad drawn ths injured man to a spat opposite a great window, and as the #ill Ml in one pises the brick went each side and left him unscathed. Relieved by ready hands of his bur- dsn and looking neither to tbe right band nor the left, he went straight to Violet AH the women looked at her with a baif-enviods sympathy to see how she would receive him. But Mary would nof look for it seemed to her that Violet’s face at that monient was something sacred. Will drew her a¥ifi through hla. and led her away down one of tbs crimson-lighted streets into the deserted village. ‘ It’s Jut t lik* a theatre,’ said some body. For th* next week Will could not show himself on the street without having to ahake bands with half a doz en people anxious to congratulate him on his pluck. The contest with the week before, during which he had been too much ashamed to stir out of doors tlii after nightfall, was decided testi mony to the virtues of heroism as a salve for human frailties. Indeed, if tbe men and the opportunities could only be brought together, there are always Individuals enough who would be glad to mend ibeir reputations by risking their lives, to perform all the heroic deeds that humanity in its daily experience stands io need of. Perhaps when society is more perfectly organ ized this mutual adaptation will b* se cured. What part particularly pleased Will was that he had b*-en re instated in Violet's favor Without any temperance lectures, for his principles as to drink ing had been no more affected by that croquet party episode, than is a man’s lasts for driving by a single runaway accident. It was not drinkiog but care less drinking that had done it. Doubt- he would have chuckled with a 1 still more amused self congratulation, had he known of the plot to take be nevolent advantage of his disgrace by fofclog him to take tbe pledge, which Mary and Violet had Utd, and which the affair of the fire bad so completely flanked. For, thanks to that, he had returned to Violet not as aconsclence- strlrkeo suppliant, on #bom rigid con ditions of pardon might b4 imposed, but os a hero “ trailing clouds of glo ry ” and laving at his mistress’s feet as public amends for his slip tbe civic crown of oak-leaves, that by Roman custom was tbe meed of him who saved a citizen’s life. But oouid he have fully appreciated all that was touching in her awe and worshipful admiration of him since he bad saved a man’s life, he would have had compunctions in taking advantage of It Who was she. she asked herself, to reprove one who for n mere stran ger’s sake had dared te throw the dice with death, as lightly ns if he had been playing forfeits with a girl! For tbe week or two after ths fire Will drank a good daal mors than usual, as a result o? the excitement and exhilaration of his popularity. He took good car* indeed not to attend any more social reunions in an intoxi cated condition. Of that particular form of dissipation ha was pretty well cured. But he called on Violet seve ral times when she couldn’t help see ing that he had been Indulging rather fieely. It began to be said about tbe village that Will Ronalds was going it pretty hard again, and the ladies be gan to talk him up at ths sewing cir cles and wonder If Violet Hazsn knew about It. Mra. Hazen liksd Will well enough but naturally thought her daughter ought to know about these reports, and got berself Into hot water aeveral times by attempts to commu- Rtin I Run ! The well is falling,’..nicate them to her. cried a hundred agonized voices, as the bricks fell In a shower and tbe whole wall began perceptibly to s*ay outwards. Will glancad upwards a* if caloulatiug tbe danger. Tbe spectators could ass the working of each feature of his face io tbs strong glare of the Are. H« violently dragged the crippled man outwards about fifteen feet, and then as if recognising that there was no chance of escaping be knelt by his aid# and turned his eyeh on ths peo ple. They met Violet’s and seemed to turn her to stone as if they bad been a Gorgon’s. Most of the women and many of the men covered their faces with their bands to shut oat ths horrid sight that waa coming, hut Violet's ga» was fixed on Will aa If fascinated. At first lazily, tbs wall In one mam you be sorry.’ swayed outward, then more swiftly aa at the last moving like lightning. Thera was a crash like aa earthquake, a cloud of dost roe# from the One day Violet did finally muster up courage to speak to Will about his drinking. It wss at ths end of a call, after be had risen to go. •What a Puritanical iittla thing It is?’ be had jestingly replied. • But you can’t think It Is good to be —to be—intemperate, dear/ she .said earnestly, yet fearful lest aha should hurt his feelings. •Of course notjhhe replied, but I don’t call moderate drinking intern- peranoe.’ • But doesn’t it lead to it, Will? Bow many people there are who begin with a little and end with too much I If you would only make up your mind to stop, you oouid do It easily, you are ao strong, and I would try to make >t up to you by being ulcer than you can think. I would not lot la over a modest woman more pi- It described the middle of tho arc and quant to her lover than when ahe shy ly yet frankly owns confidence In her power to make him happy? But ahe would not lot him Interrupt her. a horrid death’s bead over your shoul der.' * No wonder you haven’t enjoyed my calls/ said Will, with a rather wry face. ‘Oh, don’t be vexed at that. Won’t you promise not to drink any more, Will ? Won’t you please for thy sake V He drew ber oloee to bis side and caressed b< r soothingly for a few mo ments before he replied, and th<*n he sulci tenderly but decidedly: *1 will take the pledge on our wedding day to make you happy. I know I cau keep that if only by reflecting the happiness you will give me. And let that be enough, dear. Pleas* don’t fret your sweet self any more over this teetotal nonsense.’ But naturally she did fret herself, and often enough her pillow was wet with tears. Forebodtnga were sad dening tbe betrothal period, that mai den honeymoon which should bo so sweet, and her anticipations of tbe fu ture were clouded with a fearsomeneee that waa a sad shadow on the day dreams of a prospective bride. As I observed at the opening of this narrative, tbe vlllagp where these young people and their friends lived and moved, lay, figuratively speaking, beneath the shadow of Mt. Tom, and it had long been agreed among them that sometime they would make up a party lor a night excursion to its sum mit, for the purpose of viewing tbe sunrloe therefrom. And it came to pass, about two o’clock one moonless August night, that eight of them, in eluding Will, Violet and Mary, set out In a great pic-nio watfon with this ex curokm before them. It was so dark that the fences and road were Invisible, and as one of tbe girls was generally driving or whip ping, there was just enough likelihood of being tipped over to make it exhil arating. This, together with tbe fact that they were all near enough togeth er to laugh and eing in concert and talk in discord, resulted In a racket which must have left an impression among the awakened households along their route, that the inmate* of the neighboring lunatic asylum at North ampton had broken loose. Violet alone of the merry party was silent and sad. She tried at first to assume a cherry manner so as not to be a kill-joy to tbe others, though her heart was nice iwau in tier w* as soon as she saw that they did not need her assistance to have a Jolly time, she gave up the effort and with drew Into ber own thoughts. To the loverlikn cares and attentions with which Will tried to dispel her melan choly she responded with affectionate gentleness, but they seemed to be pow erless to relieve her dejection. At last he began to be a little vexed. Of course he understood, and all the others would understand, what she was so sober about. It wasn't nice, and it wasn’t like her of nil girls, to bring him into reproach by sulking at him and looking the martyr in the pres ence of outsiders. But he Was too generous not to take some of the blame to himself. He had been going it rather too hard since tbe fire. Really he ought to let up a little and he would. Violet had a right to feel out of sorts. It was after three o’clock and still pitch-dark when they reached the yoke ot the mountain, the highest point on the road between Holyoke and Easthampton t and the spot where they must leave the wagon. There re mained a climb of several hundred feet by a foot-path before they should reach tbs summit, which was loot to view in tbe black sky. One of the girls who was too delicate for ths mountain climb, and ber escort, were gulag io continue the drive toward West Spring- field, returning in time to meet the others as they cams doWn from tbs top in the morning. Tbe lanterns were lit and tbe clim bers entered a little grove and began the ascent. At first there was a good deal of laughing and at last a good deal of panting, and It was after fonr o’clock when they emerged from the shadow of the last tree upon tbe bald rocky sconce of tbe mountain, aid threw themselves down on the dew- drenched rocks to test There was as yet no algo of tbe sun in the east, but the landscape below them was revealed with wab distinct ness In that weird gray light of earliest dawn, which reminds one of tbs light spoken of In Genesis os created before tbs son. To tbs north and west lay the farms of ths three Hamptons, look* log like a vast ebocksr-board with their variously colored croj*. To ths south and east the wooded hooks of tbs mountains stretched away to fibers a long streak of mist bordered tbe landscape, beneath which like a Jewel under its oottoo the Connecticut nett led. f*o bb oovfnrncD.] Vi lla Shall he Speaker. The qottfmrow repon aWely cafi- vaas between Blackburn, of the 7th Rt-ntucky District, and Speaker Ran dall for election to t£e chair of tbe House, with alleged probabilities in favor of the success of Blackburn. fLe House will run a great deal of risk by making such a ebaags. Randall's ex perience, tact, eelf-poseeesion aud readiness are in valuable St such a c ri els as this, when-, lu paint of fact, tbs possession of a reliable working ma jority of Demobrata is a matter of some doubt. We are aware some complaints have been made of Randall, but be must be regarded aa fortunate to have held tbs chair so long under snob peculiar circumstances, and to have mods so few enemies. He is a good officer, and the Democrats will weaken themselves by falling t^hfe- talu hllfi. A reason against a change for Black- burp will also be found in the fact that he D a Southern man, aud bis election will play iuto the bands of tbe Radi cals, while It will be no important gain to the flouth. The Radicals feed on srcilonal animosity. In the pending called session the struggle to maintain Federal supervielon and control of the ballot in the States is all io^be fought on th* hypothesis that a free ballot comot be maintained in the Southern States except by Federal bayonets. Tbis is ths only plea for the defence of such laws that can possibly be urged \ and it wllFbe praised vehe mently with such virulent and section al misrepresentation as to produce much excitement and Hl-tetnpeY. This is what tbe Radicals will strive to ac complish. It is what thev want. It ia the line of their policy. Will Southern Democrats be so Incautious as to put a boutherti man in tbe Speaker's chair with such a prospect ? Hs will be more liable than a Notthenu man (par ticularly of Randall’s temper) to loose self-control, and be much more open to the charge of Southern bias, wheth er deserved or not. Let Southern rep resentatives ponder well over tbis matter.—Macon Telegraph. * The A bos' la CotfcFt. The libel against the LiberlaU bark Azor cams up before Judge Bryan in the United States District Court io Charleston on the lltb lost An order was signed referring th# matter to Commissioner E. M. Sea- brook, to commenos to examine the oSii? to the days in which id ptlt Id an answer. A number of Interventions were then filed, and the case referred to Mr. Seatrook. Tbe aggregate amount embraced iu tbe libel and tbe intervening petitions against £be Azor la 20,773 50. In ad dition to these there are a number ot other claims of Various character out standing, ail of fihich will be reported upon to the Court. In the course of the discussion it was hinted by tbs prootor for ths li bellants that the vessel would not bring more than tbs aggregate amount of tbe libels against her, but the As sociation people seem to be under tbe impression that she will bring at least 225,000. At any rate tbe pending pro ceedings will doubtless result In ths sal* of the vessel, and ths breaking up Of the Eiodus Association, as tbsy will scarcely be able to raise the money to pay the Axof out t mm m A Duel with Clubs Declixkd.—A telegram from Hannibal, Mo., Februa ry 27, says: The muoh talked of duel between E. C. Bennett, the editor of Um Hannibal Courier, and Joseph How ard, tbe editor of tbe Clipper-Herald, terminated Ignomioiouely; The par ties and seconds met last week a mile from town in i secluded spot How ard’a party being called upon to name ths weapons, unrolled ao old map con taining base ball bats, saying : *• Hers are ths weapons; take your choice.’’ Tbe Bennett party left io disgust, say log ths weapons were not recognized by tbs code. The partis* subsequent ly met aud after a few remarks had a knock down and were arrested. ., "titUp ok wpar •b««u, sad tbs otgret each eUsrty imil- eoud .by s ternary a#ts wkaa required. 8. A rtloleSfor puMiesthm thee id be Wit tes in * clear, legible band, aad ea only eae •ideef tbe page. 4. Ail changes' la advertisement* mast reach ua en Friday. —A- M ENEMAI. NEW*. A man in Richmond baa tbe brass spectacles that John Brown wore oo the scaffold. a Under the new jaw a GeorgU pistol to ter was given 12 months in prison ths other day,. • ’ ' • - • Texas, ever boasting In big flgursst has 8,000 bar-rooms, and with tbe Mof fett register could feSy ths national debt in three hours. In tbs $exas Senate a favorable re port was made on an amendment td the constitution prescribing tbe poll- tax as a qualification for sofflragfe It Is stated that Gen. G. T. Beaure gard has been selected to succeed Hon. Alex. Stephens In the Supreme Grand Command of tbe Grand Cbn- sistory ot the Sons of Malta in Ameri ca. * The ontee famous country teaidcncu of Boss Tweed, at Greenwich, Conn., has just been sold by his family to Jo* sepb Millbank, a rich New Yorker. Private partiee are eontribatlng to the support of the great number of Louisianians who have beets dragged from their homes by Che political ma chine known as the United States Court at New Orleans. Congressman Elam, though comparatively a poor mab, sends a check from Washington City for 2500. * A Kirkwood lady fish horrified last night upon coming home from church and finding her twhlve-gear-old boy executing the green com dance, with a butcher knife lu one iutnd.aiidaiighL ed newspaper In tbs other, while bis little slater Was lashed to the bed-poet Tbe young hofieful had been tosed Buffalo Bill Saturday.—Wheeling Stan dard. Galveston Newe: John T. Holdman, a Chicago drummer, met bis divorced wife and little daughter in Parker county, where she was teaching school. Affection of the husband for his child broke down tbe barrier, which eventu* a ted in mutual condolence of tbe bast. They paeeed through, reunited, on the east-bound train to Springfield, Hi., their former home. The Democrats have everything to gain end nothing to lose in an extri session. Tbsy get Immediate and foil possession of the legMative branch of the governmftit, with all of iu patron age in the way of office*, in addition to the tremendous bower they oah wield by holding the parse striagfl. We will count California Democratic in advance.—Courier-Journal. terms as they aim, and they believe they eon starve dm Into aubmlsoioo. They know that Hayes is a fieak and ntgativa hum* a man who will scare easily, and who not possessed of the holding out or stlckiog qualities. They say the tte* publicans, when In posseaeiota of Cbh- grvss, fought and conquered President Johnson, aad they see no reason why they cannot do th* same thing with Hayes. Anyhow, they feel that the experiment is worth the trial* and should it ptote a failure they can back out iu time to recover loss ground.— Washington Letter. There is a disposition on the part of the loungers around the telegraph of fice in Ran la, Ohio, on Thursday, td steal peeps at fihat frasgoing ott with in. The Rev, N. M. Longfellow, of Jam®town, and bb daughter, Voshti B. Longfellow, were standing by the Inttrameot, while a dosen lady friends crowded around. The operator at Wichita, Kansas, was shaken up by the &eoia operator, who saked it John A. Health was present in Wichita. - Prseent and ready/* waa the reply over the thousand mil® of wire, and then tbs preacher proceeded to marry John and Vashti. This it— ionthf cause youag baritlrcoald set leave his buslaets io Wichita, and Vasbtlfcpa rents Insisted that she should be mar ried before leaving ber Ohio home tor her hew nest in Kansas. After the novel ceremony Mrs. Yashti Longfel low Bmltb, bride, started for Wichita by tbe nmft train, the crowd at the de pot cheering her luetiljr. -n y . the Princess Ionise Margaret of Prussia; bade adieu to the friends ef ber youth a* Berlin test Thursday, preparatory to proceeding to EngUnrf to Wed HU Royal Highness Arthur William Patrick Albert, son of Quaen "Victoria, oo last Thursday. This wed* ding waa to have taken ptehe in lan- wry, but the death of tba Duke ot Connaught’s sister AiDee, compelled a postponement Some of tbe clergy of tbe Church of England bate seat m written protest to Qoeea Victoria against the celebration of the nuptial* in Lent, bat the Qoeea Is not very scrupulous about such matte® aad usually baa her own way. Tbe Duke of Connaught baa aa income of 2100,- 002, and Parliament Will have to give him the customary eitra ailowqpae en Carolina in IMP, and he then began account of his marriage. The asnui- bis career as tool of th* carpet-bag- ties to tbe royal family now foot ap "David T. Corbin (Ku-Kluxj has an bounced that, having been forsaken by bis Bspnbtican friends, bs will make no forth el claim to the seat occupied by Senator Butler, of South Carolina* Of course Cofbin knows be never was elected Senator fro m South Carolina, aud bis friends also know It, and all be was after waa tbe $8,000 or 210,000 which tbe Senate will allow hi® foi hanging around the lobby two yes as a Contestant. Corbin is a Vermont man. who Was in the army daring the war, and after ite oloee tamed op at Obarleotoa as agebt of that beautifu Republican Inst Ration, the Freedman’s Bursae. Grant mad* him United State* District Attorney for Booth f? Kilt: gers. Hs flhould now form** law part nership with hla old friend, D. H. Chamberlain, la New York.—LoaUrUie Courier-Journal. 82,735,000, but only an occasional growl to heard over the etpene* The trad* ding of Arthur William was w very brilliant aflhlk^. ^ : v' M