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VOLUME XLYII.J
MILLED6EVILLE, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1876.
B IMfB ER 8.
THE
Union 4* Recorder,
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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BY
poUGHTOM, j3AF*NES Sj JAoORR,
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•• •• •« •* O'lanliauahip,.. 3
• ** Leave to s»*ll Land, ^
•• for HouivateaeU, 2
Notice to Debtor* and Creditors, j* "JJ
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Rale* of Land, kc., by Administrators, Executor* o l
Oaarliana, are required by law to be held on the firs
Tuesday in the mouth, between the Hour* of 10 in the
toreuoou and 3 ill the afcruoou, at the Court House in
be county iu which the property i* •ituated. Notice of
these sales must be given in a public gazette 30 days
previous to the day of -ale.
Notices for the -ale ol personal property must be
■iven iu like manner 10 day- previous to -ale day.
Notice to the debtor- and creditor- of an estate must
be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Laud, kc., must be published
for oue month. _ ,. ,.
Citation- for letter- of Administration, Guardianship,
ks. must be published 30 days—for dismission from Ad-
uiiutstrstiou mouthly three mouth-—for dismis-iou from
Guardian-hip 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
tuouthly f .rfour mouths—for establishing lost paper- for
the full-pace ol three months—for compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, whore bond ha-been giv
en by the deceased, the full space of three mouths.
Publication- will always be continued according to
these the legal requirement-, unless otherwise ordered.
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CONVENTION SlXTty CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
Milledgeville, Sept. 6th, 1876.
Delegates from counties compos
ing the Sixth Congressional District
assembled in the Capitol at 12 o -
clock, m., for the purpose of nomin
ating a Democratic candidate for
Congress.
T. W. White, member of the Ex
ocutive Committee, called the Cone
vention to order.
On motion of 2Jr. Jamison of
Bibb, Mr. Edwards of Walton was
made President and T. H. Lati
mer of Baldwin, and E. E. Pounds
of Butts, Vico Presidents.
On motion of Mr. Leverett of
Putnam, L. Carrington was made
Secretary.
The following delegates reported :
From the county of Butts.—E. E.
Pounds.
From Baldwin —I. L. Harris, P.
W. Brown, T. W. Turk, J. Wood,
T. H. Latimer and J. W. Herty.
From the county of Newton.—0.
T. liogers, James Wright, T. D.
Uwinn.
From county of Putnam.—J. T.
Dennis, W. C. Davis, Frank Leve
rett.
From county of Jones.—R. V. Har
deman, Green Roberts, R. T. Ross.
From county of Wilkinson.—W.
J Bridger, J. M. Langford, M. L.
Byington, A. Pennington, A. W.
Spence.
From the county of Bibb.—R. W.
Jamison, C. D. F indlay, A. W. Gib
son, B. Dub, J. W. Adcrhold, Alex
ander Reynolds, C- J. Harris.
From the county of Laureus.—H.
M. Burch, B. B. Linder, W. H. Til
lery.
From the county of Rockdale.—J.
C- Barton.
From the county of Walton.—
John P. Edwards.
From Twiggs (not represented.)
From the county of Jasper.—F. C.
Marks and J. J. Aikin.
Mr. Jamison, moved that in set
tling all questions before this conven
tion each county should be entitled
to twice as many votes as the county
is entitled to Representatives iu the
Legislature. Carried.
Mr. Leverett, moved that to make
a nomination, it shall require two-
thirds of the votes of the District
Mr. Jamisou, moved to amend by
saying two thirds of the votes cast
shall nominate. Amendment carried.
Mr. Hardeman of Jonos nomina
ted Hon. J- H. Blount.
Mr. Barton of Rockdale nominated
Hon. J. J- Floyd of Newton county.
FIRST BALLOT.
For Hon. J. H. Blount.—Butts, 2 ;
Baldwin, 2; Wilkinson, 2; Jasper, 2;
Bibb, 6; Laurens, 2; Jones, 2.—
Total 18.
For Hon. J. J. Floyd.—Putnam,
2; Rockdale, 2 ; Newton, 4 ; Walton,
2.—Total 10.
SECOND BALLOT.
The same as first ballot
THIRD BALLOT.
For Hon. J. H. Blount.—Butts, 2;
Baldwin, 2 ; Wilkinson, 2 ; Jasper,
2 ; Bibb, 6 ; Walton, 2; Laurens, 2;
Jones, 2.—Total 20.
For Hon. J. J. Floyd.—Putnam,
2 ; Rockdale, 2 ; Newton, 4.-—Total
8.
Mr. Blount having received two-
thirds of the votes cast was declared
the nominee.
Mr. Aiken moved to appoint a
committee of fivo to notify Col.
Blount of his nomination and re
quest his acceptance. Carried.
And the Cominitte is, J. J. Aiken,
of Jasper Co, Osborn T. Rogers, of
Newton, R. W. Jamison, of Bibb, H.
M. Burch, of Laurens, and P. W.
Brown, of Baldwin.
On motion of Dr. 1. L. Harris, the
v , (Unt« of the Convention were ten-*
'N.dered to the officers, and the Demo
^ratic* papers of the District were
Requested to publish the proceed-
The Texas Challenge.
The Texas, Dallas county, Demo
crats seem to be in dead earnest in
the following challenge to their
brothers in other States. As Geor
gia is one of the States specially
singled out, let us formally accept the
summons and enter the field to win
the Banner. With Tilden and Hen
dricks for national standard-bearers,
and the gallant Colquitt for the State
Banner, we have a fair prospect for
victory. Let us then go to work to
unroll to a November sun, for Geor
gia, the Democratic Banner of the
Union.
A Challenge From Texas.—Dallas,
the Queen City of Northern Texas,
sends forth, in behalf of the State of
Texas, the following challenge.
We challenge each and every State
in the Union to meet us in a friendly
contest in November next, to see
which can roll up the largest majority
in favor of Tilden and Hendricks,
the prize to be a splendid silk ban
ner. The terms of the challenge are
these: If any State gives a larger
majority for Tilden and Hendricks
than is given by the State of Texas,
then Dallas will send to that State a
splendid silk banner. Bnt if Texas
gives a larger majority of Uncle Sam
uel than any other State, then the
State giving the next largest majori
ty must send a banner to Texas, Dal
las to be its custodian.
Whichever State wins the banner
is to be considered the Democratic
Banner State of the Union, and is
to hold on to the flag until the next
Presidential election, and then give
it up to any other State which may
win it by giving the largest Demo
cratic vote.
Now, whilst this challenge is giv
en to each and every State in the
Union, yet we would signal out the
great States of Kentucky, Georgia
and New York, and invite them to
the contest. What says Louisville,
will she take up the glove in behalf
of Kentucky? And what do you say,
Atlanta, in behalf of your grand old
goober-grabbing State of Georgia?
Come, now, New York city, we dare
you to enter the list.
Every city or State which accepts
this challenge will please make it
known by publishing their accep
tance in the Democratic papers of
New York, Atlanta, Louisville and
St. Louis. James B. Simpson. Presi
dent First Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club; Barnett Gibbs, Presi
dent Second Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club; Y. W. Cleveland, Presi
dent Third Ward Tilden and Hen-,
dricks Club; J. D. Kerfoot, Presi
dent Fourth Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club.
injrs.
TTh.
Che convention then adjourned
sine^te
J. P. Edwards, President.
L. Carrington, Secretary.
The Sandersville Herald says:
One of the largest and best farmers
is the county gives it as bis opinion
the cotton crop of this county
has beau injured 33 per cent, during
ths past two weeks by rust and dry
wssther.
The republicans cannot rely on
thefe whits troops to do their dirty
hi the South; accordingly they
•re transfering the colored troops to
ths doubtful Southern States.
GOVERNOR TILDEN.
The Radical Slander Concerning his
Railroad Operations—A Clear
and Truthful Statement of the
Facts Involved.
From the Nation.
These charges against Mr. Tilden
deserve some attention because they
affect the character of a man who, it
is not at all unlikely, will be for four
years President of the country.
They aro supposed to go to the root
of his character, and to show him
to be not merely unlit for public
life, but for a decent position of any
kind. They are said, in fact, to show
his whole career to be ono of chi
cane, fraud and robbery, and to ex
hibit him as only differing from a
man like Fisk, Jr., or Jay Gould, in
not having openly thrown off all
restraint. Wo have carefully exam
iued the principal one of these
charges, in fact, the only ono brought
forward in a tangible form, which
relates to the St. Louie, Alton and
Terre Haute Railroad, and find that
it rests on these facts :
In 1859, some seventeen years ago,
there was a Western railroad called
the Tetre Haute, Alton and St.
Louis Railroad, which got into diffi
culties aud could not pay the inter
est on its bonds. The bondholders
determined to foreclose the mort
gages under which the bonds were
issued and reorganize the road. They
accordingly appointed Mr. Tilden
and several other gentlemen, who
were selected on account of their
knowledge of law, or their skill in
railroad matters, to do the business
for them. These gentlemen, forms
ing what was called the “Purchas
ing Committee” of the road, bought
the road in at a foreclosure sale, and
sold it again to a new re-organized
company, receiving in return new
securities, which they were to distri
bute among their principals on the
basis of agreements made with them
They issued new securities to the
old creditors as long as any credis
tors appeared to claim them. There
were at the end of these proceedings
a number of securities still undis
tributed, which the Purchasing Com
mittee divided among themselves,
either for their services or for other
reasons satisfactory to the parties
concerned. It does not appear that
there was any concealment of these
facts, or any complaint made by any
body to whom Mr. Tilden or his co-
purchasers stood in the relation of
trustees-
Indeed, so far from this being the
case, the Purchasing Committee,
while having under their agreements
the right to exclude persons from
the benefits of the reorganization af
ter June, 1861, took no advantage
of this right, bnt admitted claimants
down to 1868, and have never exclu
ded anybody. Besides this, they
say that, in purchasing the road in
their own name, they assumed heavy
liabilities, some of which are still
outstanding; that they performed
many services for which they could
get no remuneration except from the
surplus in their bands ; that the
whole remuneration arising from this
surplus would not pay each member
of this committee, at the outside,
three-quarters of one per cent of the
nominal amount of the securities
which passed through the hands of
the committees—a small remunera
tion ; that the net result of the
whole operation was to greatly ben
efit the road, advancing the securis
ties from twice to eight times as
much as they were worth before.
The present managers of the road,
who are not the persons who em
ployed Mr. Tilden, and have, so far
as it appears, no relation with him
of any kind, now make s claim upon
him and the members of the com
mittee for an account, to which be
and the other members of the com
mittee reply that it is none of their
businoss. One of the members of
the committee has very frankly told
the plaintiff that ho does not pre
tend to understand the legal rights
of the matter, that he has a number
of the bonds, and is perfectly will
ing to su render them if ordered to
do so by any competent authority.
The only question apparently iu-
volved in the case is one purely le
gal, whether there is any relation of
, principal and agent or trustee and
beneficiary exis: ing between the Pnr-
| chasing Committee and the road, as
it at present exists, which author
izes an accounting between them,
and the litigation is of a kind to
which any lawyer might unavoida
! bly become a party. The road says
; there is ; Mr. Tilden and the other
! members of the committee say there
is not, and naturally decline to give
I up their books. It is obvious that
| in doing this they simply act so as
: to guard their own rights, for it must
j be remembered that they admit the
j existence of persons to whom they
| did stand in the relation to agents;
and if they have any property in
their possession for which they owe
any account, it may be to these prin
cipals that they owe it, and if they
do not want to pay it twice over to
two different sets of people, they
must resist with every means in their
power the claim now made upon
them. There are no indicia of fraud
about the case, and so far as appears,
its use by Republican organs, in its
present unsettled state, to prove Mr.
Tilden a railroad “robber” or “shark,”
is a scandalous abuse of the power
of the press.
We have gone into this “charge
at considerable length, because it il
lustrates the straits to which the Re
publicans have reduced themselves
for campaign powder. In the pres
ent campaign al! the benefit that can
be extracted from “charges" will be
reaped by the Democrats, who can
prove by undeniable evidences a cor
ruption in the dominant party of
the most gigantic extent, widespread
throughout all the departments of
the Government, and practically en
couraged by its bead.
TtyE WOMAN’S COMPASS.
By the twilight fire s'one I'm sitting,
Musing away and knitting, knitting i
The tick of the needles, the tick of the clock
Are all I hear as I knit and rock.
I weave no thread of the golden sort.
Spun from the poet’s reeling thought—
No thread of that wild electric wire
That springs to the clouds and flashes fire.
But yet 'tis a thread the fates have spun
For the woman s life to turn here upon :
The wheel of her being goes round and round.
And these are the bands with which 'tis bound.
'Tis a thread that ties her to human care,
A web for the mortal wear and tear,
For the busy feet that go their way
Du the dusty path of life's every day.
When her restless, proud, and panting soul
Would spurn the fetters of meek control,
And fly away on forbidden track.
Here is the ueedle to hold her back.
Takpi.ey Starr in “liume and School' for
September.
Uedartown Express.
Rev. fjr- Tljigpen.
In this sermon on Sunday last the
gentlemen whose name appears a»
hove, said in the course of his re
marks that the exceeding stringency
of the times financially considered,
was attributable to a lock of confi
dence. Nothing was ever truer. Pco
pie have no confidence in each other,
and the man who has a surplus dol
lar will not loan it to his needy neigh
bor for fear that when he needs it he
will be unable to get it- Why? Why
can’t he sue and recover? Because
the debtor can, and in seven cases
out of ten, will avail himself of the
inestimable privileges and benefits
conferred by the homestead and ex
emptiou laws. Legislation encour
aging dishonesty, is the cause which
has destroyed confidence, and
brought upon our people the burden
of hard times which they are at pres
ent groaning beneath. Mr. Thigpen
said “Christian men ought to pay
their debts, and that if they could
not pay all, pay what they could, and
keep on paying." They can not af
ford to dodge behind these delusive
legal screens. No, they profess to
live up to a law which says ‘‘owe no
man anything,” and no part of this
code of laws has ever been repealed;
it embraces no homestead laws, or
any other law which is calculated to
encourage dishonesty. “Pay that
which thou owest,” is an imperative
command falling from the lips of the
inspired law-maker, and the man who
conforms his life to all the other laws
in this great code and fails to come
up to this one, had as well failed in
all. We were glad Mr. Thigpen
touched upon this subject The pul
pit is a fitting place to begin the
great work of moral and also politi
cal reformation. It is the duty of
every preacher to preach “honesty”
to the people. Tell them as did Mr.
Thigpen, that a promise to pay and
a failure to do it is what has brought
these hard times upon us. This is
not all; the times will be harder in
this life, but the hardest times will
be to those who disregard this great
law, in the life to come. Honesty!
Let preachers preach it; let laymen
teach it; let choirs sing it; let judges
proclaim and juries sustain it until
the people—the whole people—shall
become honest. Honesty embraces
the whole catalogue. Honesty is
the watchword—let us be honest
[From the New York San of Au#. ‘JO, 1876.
The Republicans cannot stand up
against the evidence of their mal-ad-
ministration, robberies frauds, cor
ruption, prodigality, and excesses
during the last fifteen years. They
have destroyed prosperity, unsettled
confidence, ruined the enterprise, and
brought distress on the country.
With the certainty of defeat at a fair
election, they now daringly propose
to invoke the aid of brute force and
to triumph, if possible, by throwing
troops into doubtful States The ex
periment is dangerous. The people
of the North are in no mood for this
business. Grant’s arrogance is fast
becoming intolerable, and if he ven
tures further than the letter of the
law allows, he will be surely held to
the sternest account when Congress
shall meet in December.
The Hon. George W. Julian hith
erto a very prominent and influential
republican and withal a very able
uian, has renounced republicanism
and is stumpiug Indiana for the
democratic ticket.
OUR RADIX LETTER.
The Era of Fires—Return of an Old
Friend—A Reading Fascal—The
Provident Life—New Plays—Don
Carlos and The Police—Well Paid
Pedestrianism.
[brom Our Otrn Correspondent. |
New York, September 1, 1876.
To the Editor of the Union &
Recorder.
After quite a long period of com
parative immunity from tire, the reg
ular fall season of conflagration has
commenced this week, when more
disasters of this nature have been
reported than for two months past
The losses which have been mostly
on large warehouses and manufac
tories aggregate several hundred
thousands; and as the losers were as
a rule well insured, the insurance
companies are making some very wry
faces over the untimely commence
rnent of their winter troubles.
At the date of September 1st the
ostracised oyster raises his neglected
head and smiles upon us with that
jaunty and sprightly manner which
is peculiarly his characteristic. For
four long months he has been ban
ished from good New York society,
and left to pine in unnoticed solitude,
but the moment we have got rid of
the last of those R less months, which
he hates as the old Scratch does holy
water, he reappears among us, look
iug as fresh (and tasting as salt) as
ever. A nice fellow is the oyster. I
met him down iu Fulton market this
morning for the first time this sea
son. He greeted me with the easy
assurance of an established favorite
and on my congratulating him on his
fine appearance, he replied that he
supposed that he did not look it but
really he had been in bed all summer.
Such a joke as that I felt could not
be overlooked, even in an old friend,
so seizing a fork that lay near I plung
ed it into him and well, he will
never joke again.
The reeord of crime in this city is
steady and voluminous but too
monotonous to afford many items of
special interest. It is only occasion
ally that there is anything in either
the criminalor his crime to attractat
tention. But the police have this week
got hold of quite a character in the
shape of a pleasant young fellow with
so many aliases that it would be of
no use trying to tell his name. He
was arrested here to answer for a
round dozen burglaries committed
over in New Jersey. While waiting
for a requisition from the Governor
of that State, the prisoner did a little
figuring and then told his captors
that he guessed he wouldn’t go over
there to be tried, but would go back
to Sing Sing, in this State. His ex
planation was that he had a little un
expired term to serve there and
would rather take his chances at that
than go across the ferry and get a
dozen different sentences which
might box him up for life.
The astonished officials telegraph
ed up to Siug Sing for identification,
and got back word that our friend
had recently escaped from that insti
tution with a balance of eight years
on the wrong side of his ac
count. So there was no alternative
but to send the polite captive up to
his old quarters, leaving the New
Jersey prison to yawn in vain for its
prey. The courteous cracksman on
taking leavo gave the officers his
New York address, with permission
to restore to its rightful owners as
much as possible of his professional
plunder. Iu the place indicated was
found considerable property betoken
ing the literary taste of the gentle
man from Sing Siug. A few watch"
os, clocks, and jewelry showed that
he was not too proud to gather in
what valuables chanced to fall in his
way, but the collection was mainly
books. His taste in this direction
was omnivorous. Not only were
there choice works of a general char
acter, but big bibles from pulpits,
dog-eared arithmethics and gram
mars from district school houses, aud
many a volume from the Sunday
school library in which our hero
could see himself depicted iu lurid
colors, and beguile such of his ev
enings as were not spent on the war
path by reading his own history in
that of the bad little boy who goes
fishing Sundays, plays marbles for
keeps, runs away from home to the
great city, aud finally brings up iu
the conventional dungeon to the tune
of clanking chains.
The thought of this gentleman
suffering in his prospective seclusion,
separated from his beloved books is
a touching one, bat somewhat re
lieved in its intensity by the reflec
tion that in all probability he will be
oat and forming a new collection
long before the demands of justice
upon him are satisfied.
At the recent annual election of
officers in the Provident Savings Life
Insurance Co., the choice for the
Presidency fell upon Mr. Sheppard
Homans, previously Vice-President
of the same society, which office was
at the same time accepted by Mr. A.
Wilmarth, the eminent fire under
writer. This is considered an impor
tant event in insurance circles, as
evidencing the success of the advanc
ed principles which the Provident
represents—principles original with
Mr. Homans, so far as insurance is
concerned and found in the plan of
this company only. Their advan
tages to insurers will be seen when
it is stated that this society furnish
es insnrance at cost, the sorplus pre
mium instead of going into costly
real estate, as in the case of other
companies, being held as a trust fund
returnable with interest on the. sur
render of the policy.
Two more plays have appeared
this week npon the boards of the
Fifth avenue and Union Square
theatres respectively. Both are new
to the season and one to the city. At
the former theatre Mr. Sothern drops
the excruciating idiocy of Drundreary
for the polished wit of “David Gar
rick” in which his success is no less
than that of his world renowned
specialty. The Union Square was
reopened on the 28th inst with Bret
Harte’s “Two Men of Sandy Bar,”
in which attempt at dramatization
Mr. Harte has made a failure sa dis
mal and discouraging as his literary
work heretofore has been brilliant and
successful.
The Mighty Dollar and Sardanap-
alas hold their own and mors too,
the latter crowding the spacious
amphitheatre of Booth’s at every per
formance. This piece is a great fa
vorite with Don Carlos, who is yet
among us. A few evenings since I
saw him there in s proscenium box
decorated with the Spanish colors,
accompanied by his suite, who with
one exception were a very ordinary
looking set. The Pretender himself
is a young looking man of less than
thirty years, with black moustache
and imperial, and full but somewhat
stooping figure. One would hardly
take him for a foreigner and still less
does he look like the man to carry on
such a struggle as the Carlist rebel
lion. But for his reputed wealth I
fear the prince would fall rather flat
in New York.
He has been much annoyed during
his sojourn here by the dogging of
detectives supposably in the Spanish
; service, and, indeed, has applied to
j the police for relief therefrom. But
; so long as he refrains from plotting
| against Alfonso he is not liable to be
molested by a country which prob
ably thinks itself well rid of his un
easy presence.
Daniel O’Leary, the man who re
cently added a new feather to Hi
bernia’s head diess by walking five
hundred miles in less than six days
in this city, has just been presented
by admiring friends with a medal
made expressly by Tiffany & Co., at
a cost of as many dollars as be then
walked miles. This trophy of pe
destrianism is of gold, ornamented
with a silver wreath enclosing a shoe
and garter, studded with diamonds
O’Leary now sails for the other side
to walk his legs off foi the gold and
plaudits of Her Majesty’s subjects.
Radix,
WRITTEN FOR THE ONION k RECORDER,
Love Missled—Its Sorrows.
BY HENTZ HEMANS.
CHAPTER I.
I trust, Paulino, that you will bear
my six mouths absence, better than
I, for I have lived in thy sweet dark
eyes since thy rosy lips, in answer
to my passion, promised to be mine.
Those kindly words entranced me
and I have, since reposed in a dream
of nnutterable love and pride. I will
confide in thee and love thee dearer,
however distant I may be, or long
detained from thy smiles and pres
ence. Wilt thou think of me Pauline,
and love me when I am gone.”
“Yes, Alonzo, you will fill my
wakeful thoughts and be the bright
image of all my dreams.”
Thus parted temporarily, Alonzo
Aubrey and Pauline Beaufort
For five months Pauline’s letters
reached him at appointed places
freighted with affection’s sweetest
flowers. Suddenly they ceased to
reach him. She received his regu
larly in all the fresLpess of confi
dence and devotion.
Four months after Alonzo left,
Mr. Millen wrote to Mr. Beaufort
to meet him at a Virginia watering
place and as Mrs. Beaufort’s health
was delicate, he cheerfully complied
with the wishes of his friend and
took her to the Springs. Pauline
accompanied them.
Mr. Millen and Mr. Beaufort had
been partners in earlier years and
their friendship, in the true sonso ol
the word, had been cordial and un
disturbed.
At the Springs, Pauline met Mr.
and Mrs. Millen and their handsome
and fascinating son, Lionel. The
Millens went into into raptures over
Pauline's beauty, and showered ins
cessant kind attentions upon her.
Among the numerous and costly pres
ents they made her were bracelets
of rare patterns, with the most ex
quisite settings of ruby, emerald
and amethyst, costly diamond rings
and a watch of the purest gold and
finest woikmanship, with a rich gold
chain attached, to be worn around
her neck. Each day they met her
with the sweetest smiles, rode her
out, took her with them in their
evening walks and rides aud intro
duced her into the society of the
elite. Lionel often rode and walked
with her alone and being deeply
smitten, made good use of his time
to ingratiate himself into her esteem
and win her love. He was far often-
er than any other, her partuer in the
captivating mazes of the dance and
no one could step to music with a
more graceful movement than he.
The sweetest flowers of the season
were gathered into boqnets for Pau
line and Mrs. Millen braided her hair
and decorated it with the whitest
unopened roses. Such kindness and
attentions had never been extended
co her before and it naturally made
a great impression upon a girl who
had not yet reached her eighteenth
year.
Some days after they had reached
the Springs, Mr- Millen said to Mr.
Beaufort:
“We have long been friends ; let
qb make the bond still closer, by tho
union of your lovely daughter and
Lionel; Mrs. Millen is anxious for
the match, so am I, and Lionel has
confessed that all liis hopes of hap
piness are centered in her. You
know my friend that fortune has fa
vored me with excessive treasures,
Lionel is our only child and when he
and Pauline shall be blended into
one, I will present to her in her own
right, with you as trustee, forty thou
sand dollars. This I propose, not
to seek to win her with golden prof*
fers, but to show how deeply I ad
mire her and how proud I will bo to
call her daughter.”
“I will think of it,” Mr. Beaufort
answered, “and will confer with Pau
line aud her mother.”
Mr. and Mrs. Beaufort were aware
of Pauline's engagement with Alou
zo Aubrey, and they esteemed him
highly, bnt he was comparatively
poor. The amount proposed to be set
tled npon Pauline was a little more
than the estimate which Mr. Beaufort
placed upon his whole estate, and he
had two other children.
When Mr. and Mrs. Beaufort
broached the subject to Pauline she
burst into tears. Becoming more
composed she said:
“I have dearly loved Alonzo and
still love him. But for that I would
not hesitate to accept Lionel Mil
len.”
“Bat my dear,” said her mother,
,‘if your heart wer free and you had
your choice, would you prefer Alon
zo, or Lionel ?"
“It is difficult, mother, to answer
that question. My affections have
been engaged, and that biases me in
favor of Alonzo. Were I heart-free,
with no bias, perhaps I might decide
in favor of Lionel."
“You could love Lionel were yon
not engaged to Alonzo ?’’
“To be frank mother, I could."
“Have you a reason to believe that
Lionel loves you devotedly ?”
“I have : and it grieves to me see
it so plainly manifested, because I
like him so much.”
“Has he proposed ?”
“No, mother, but he would have
done so if my reserve had not check
ed him.”
“Pauline yon have promised Alon
zo, that is all. You gave th«t pledge
1 to promote your happiness. It
' can be binding no longer than the
reason for which it was given ex
ists. There are degrees in happi
ness. You have a right to secure
the superior degree. Your father can
give you but little. Alonzo's hither
can advance only half as much. His
whole estate will not exceed two-
thirds of the amount which Mr. Mil
len proposes to settle upon yoa
in your own right He will, per
haps, give his son twice as much.
I need not dwell upon the grand
house with its beautiful aud costly
furniture and appendages, the purse
of gold, which will supply every want
in luxury and apparel, the splendid
carriage, mounted in silver, with fleet
and handsome horses at your beck
and call, and indeed everything that
pride and luxury could suggest to
make you happy. I present these
facts to you Pauline in simple phrase
when I could color them in glitter
ing light without trenching upon
fiction. This I specially do to avoid
an undue influence on your mind.
God forbid that you should sell
yourself for golJ. Yon cannot doubt
that Lionel is the handsomest and
most stylish of your lovers. You ad
mit that you could love him wereyou
disengaged ; that he devotedly loves
you ; that with him you could be
supremely happy but for Alonzo.
Then to change your mind and be
come his wife would not be a
sacrifice of yourself for money. It
would be a considerate act of prn-
dence in giving up one you love for
another whom you could equally
love, in whose protection you would
add to that the advantages and
splendor of wealth. This change
could cause you and Alonzo only a
temporary regret. Many men and
and women too, have been subjected
to like changes for reasons far less
strong than those which appeal
alike to your judgment and heart.
If Alonzo would be pained for a
time, so would Lionel, more acutely,
perhaps by his rejection. Your
father and I are under obligations
to Mr. Millen for great pecuniary
assistance in the past His means
and kindness enabled your father to
do so well. The spirit of obligation
is enthroned in our hearts. Hereto
fore we have had no opportunity
to give it form, life and substance.
We suggest your acccptace of Lionel,
believing you will be happy as his
wife.”
“Yes, my daughter, do that to
please your father and mother,” said
Mr. Millen, who had listened in sit
lence to all that Mrs. M had said.
“Pr« inise us that if Lionel shall ad
dress you again, you will agree to
consider his proposal. Will you,
our dear child, do that much at
least to gratify our wishes ?”
“Yes,” answered Pauline, “but I
will add too, that he must not bedis
appointed if my answer shall be un
favorable.”
CHAPTER II.
Pauline retired to her room, lock
ed her door and continued in a brown
study for an hour or two. When
temptation assails ‘the virtue of a
woman, sho who hesitates is lost,
so in matters of love, especially in a
case like this, to hesitate between
two opinions unlooses affection’s sa
cred cestns. It binds the heart more
lightly and opens the way for a new
entrance to that temple dedicated,
as it should be, in love, to a single
idol. Pauline was bewildered by
the circumstances which surrounded
her. Her mother’s arguments had
in some degree, thrown her off her
balance. She really imagined the
existence of rights which conflicted
with moral obligation and was in a
state of lingering indecision. She
trembled at her own thoughts. This
state of painful excitement was ter
minated by a message that Lionel
had called and asked for her. Hasti
ly adjusting her hair and compos
ing her features, she entered the par
lor. Lionel she thought, had never
looked so handsome before. His
dark eyes were so bewitchingly beau
tiful and tender that when he pro-*
posed, as ho did at the interview,
she forgot to add the words she had
suggested. This was a positive en*
couragement.
A few days subsequently after
constant associations with Lionel
and incessant entreaties of her pa
rents, mingled perhaps with the par
tial impulses of her own heart, she
consented to become Lionel Millen's
wife. Several days before her mar
riage she wrote an explanatory letter
to Alonzo Aubrey, couched in the
softest phrases to soothe his feelings
and make this disappointment light.
The ceremony took place at the
Springs where the members of both
families were and many of their old
and new friends. The next day Mr.
and Mrs. Beaufort returned home ac
companied by Pauline and her hus
band. Some days afterwanis Mr
Millen made them a visit at their
country home, about ten miles from
Lewisburg, Va., and while there,
handed Mr. Beaufort a check for
forty thousand dollars. When he
returned home to Lewisburg, the
place of his residence, he presented
to Lionel an elegant house in the
town and a fine plantation near it.
Lionel and his bride remained two
weeks at Mr. Beaufort's. During
that time Mr. B. very cautiously se
cured Pauline’s letters from Alonzo
and committed them to the flames ;
bat the day previous to their de
parture at Lewisburg, a letter was
handed to Lionel by a postoffice clerk,
who informed him it had been over
looked at an earlier hour. It was ad
dressed to Panline and mailed at Jef
ferson City, Missouri. He took it
to her and smilingly remarked :
“I was not aware dearest, that you
Hail a correspondent in Jefferson
City.”
Panline blushed and then paled, as
she saw the superscription and hand
writing, which, but a short time be*
fore, thrilled her heart with joy. Lio
nel was surprised and said:
“Why, dearest, does the recep
tion of that letter so discompose yon?
Open and read it”
“I will take it to my father first,”
she said. “It is from a gentleman
who solicited my hand.”
“Well, my precious, who is more
entitled to see that letter than your
husband, but take it to your father ;
may I ask of you the kindness, to let
me read it afterwards ’’
“I will see after my father looks
over it.”
Alonzo expressed his surprise at
her long silence, bat thought it pro
bable that her letters failed to reach
him as he was constantly travelling
from place to place. Still said he :
“I am deeply pained as I gave you
timely notice to let one reach me at
this place. Paulino, were a prophet
to arise before me and say you were
indifferent, or untrue, I would deem
him an impostor. These words—
your own—bo divinely sweet—fur>
nished a mnsic to charm me since we
parted. “Yes, Alonzo, yon will fill
my wakeful thoughts and. be the
bright image of all my dreams.”
Those eyes, which met mine so ten*
derly, have been the light of my
pathway. The caresses of your dain
ty lips has been the food of my soul.
That warm embrace, with your arms
encircling my neck so lovingly, has
kept my heart in a glow of rapture.
Within a week my business will be
completed. Would that I could fly
to thee ou electric pinions to fold
thee in my arms as my cherished
bride."
When Mr. Beaufort heard ttie cir
cumstances of its reception and Lio
nel's wish to read it, he said to Pau
line :
“Take the letter to Lionel. It will
be better to do that than withhold,
or destroy it. Tell him frankly of
your engageraeut with Alouzo—that
you loved him, but that when you
saw him, the tirst love was oblitera-
ed in your love for him, and that
you had written to Alonzo, broken
off your engagement and in that, be
would see the sincerity and depth of
your devotion to him.”
Lionel read the letter and heard
her explanations. He then handed
it to her without uttering a word,
took np his hat and walked from the
house. From that time Lionel could
not conceal his anxious jealousy iu
spite of all his efforts to hide it. Tho
poison was distilled into his soul. It
was checked, in some measure, by
Pauline’s calm and modest assurance,
her artless simplicity and the serene
dignity of her looks and manners.
Sweet words would murmer on her
lips iu tender tones as she saw him
troubled with, at times, she scarcely
knew what. He seemed rather to
endure than enjoy her caresses, and
now and then, his impatience made
him abruptly withdraw from them
with evident aversion Cupid's ar»
rows were still quivering in the hon
eymoon of his heart, when the tor
turer came—the unrelenting demon
—worse than death—to wreck at
once his spirit and its joys. The
green-eyed monster haunted him with
frightful phantoms, which shook his
marble nerves and made bis soul a
central hell.
( Concluded next week )
tyUMOROUS.
The Oran Outang.—The celebra !
ted Buffon relates a very ludicrous
anecdote of au Oran Outang, which |
had been brought up by Pere Car- .
basson, and became so fond of him,
that wherever he went it always 1
seemed desirous of accompanying
him. Whenever he had occasion
to perform the service of the church,
he was always under the necessity
of confining it in a room. Once, how
ever, the animal contrived to make
its escape, and followed the father
to church, where silently n ountiug
on the surrounding board above
the pulpit, it lay perfectly still till
the sermon commenced. The ani
mal then crept to the edge and over
looking the preacher, imitated all
his gestures in so grotesque a rnau
ner, that the whole congregation
was unavoidably obliged to laugh.
The good father, surprised at this
ill-timed levity, serenely reproved
the audience for their inattention.
The reproof failed in its effect; the
congregration still laughed, and the
preacher in the warmth of his zeal,
redonbled his vociferations and his
actions. These latter tho npe imitat
ed so exactly and with such em
phasis and facial demonstrations,
that the congregation could no long
er contain themselves, but burst out
into loud and continual laughter. A
friend of the preacher at length step
ped up to him, and pointed out
the cause of this improper behavi
our ; and such was the arch demean
or of the animal that the good priest
could not folly command the mus
cles of his own countenance and
keep himself serious, while he order
ed the servants of the chnrch to take
the ape away.
Pun on a Robbery.—A thief hav
ing stolen a cup out of a tavern,
was pursued, and a great mob was
raised around him. A bystander
was asked what was the matter ?
“Nothing,” replied he; “a poor fel
low has only taken a cup too much."
Pun Nominal.—A manager on a
former occasion had not behaved
altogether well to an actor named
Andrew Cherry, wrote to him prof
fering to engage his services again.
Cherry sent him word, that he bad
been bit by him once, and was resolv
ed that he should not make ttco bites
of A Cherry.
The Ghost.—A foolish fellow told
the pastor of a church he attended
that he had seen a ghost. ‘When and
where,’ asked the pastor. “Last
night,” replied the timid man. “I
was passing by the church and up
against the wall of it I saw the spec
tre.” ‘In what shape did it appear?’
asked tho Pastor. “It appeared to
be the shape of a great ass.” “Go
home and hold yonr tongue about
it;” rejoined the pastor, “you are a
very timid nan, and have been fright
aned at your own shadow.”
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July Sdtb, 1875.
Democratic Convention.
Worcester, Mass., September 6.—
Wm. Wirt Warren is permanent
Chairman. The usual committees
were appointed. Mr. Warren spoke
of the necessity of reform and peace
throughout the country. The Re
publicans were endeavoring to create
strife between the whites and blacks
for party ehds only. He spoke of
Tilden as the chief practical reform
er in the country, and the long need
ed leader of the Democracy. Charles
Francis Adams was nominated for
Governor, by acclamation.
Gov. Gaston withdrew his name
and presented that of Mr. Adams.
The election at large are Messrs.
Gaston and Edward Avery.
A committee was appointed to
nominate the balance of the ticket.
The platform resolutions warmly
endorse the St. Louis nominees, and
say the national honor and credit
demand exact justice to all the credi
tors of the Government, the pen*
sioner, the laborer aud the bond-
Holder, and the payment in coin of
the debt represented by legal tender
notes held by the people at large
equally with the bonded debt held by
capitalists.
It applauds the action of tho
House of Representatives, rejoices
in the social order, rapidly reviving
prosperity, and established cordial
relations between the races, which
have followed as the result of the
restoration of Democratic control of
affairs in the several lately desolated
States. Wherever honest govern
ment has gone violence, disorder and
race conflicts have disappeared, and
the theatre of outrages upon public
order and private right that shock
the human sense and blot oar insti
tutions is confined to those narrow
limits of the South where Republi
can misrule still obtains and ruffian
elements of society aie left free from
restraints of law enforced by compe
tent authority.
The committee appointed to com
plete tut balance of the State ticket,
made the following report, which
was unanimously adopted; Lieut.
Gov —Wm. P. Plunkett; Secretary
of State—Edwin A. Lathrop ; Audi
tor—John E. Fitzgerald ; Treasurer
--Weston Howland ; Attorney Gen
eral—Richard Olnev.
RENOMINATED.
Augusta, September 6.—Alex. H.
Stephens was nominated for Con
gress by acclamation, without a dis
senting voice, by the Democratic
Convention which met at Thomson
to day. It is understood the Res
publicans will make no nomination
against him.
JEFF THOMPSON DEAD.
St. Louis, September 6.—Gen
Jeff. Thompson, of New Orleans,
died this afternoon at his old homo
in St- Joseph, Mo., where he had
been visiting for his health.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
Leads the Democratic ticket in Mas-
sschnsetts. He was nominated by
acclamation by the Democratic State
Convention at Worcester on the 6th,
and it was supposed would coneili
ate a considerable support from the
lyin^heMsesterapartof theState.
Alexander H. Rice was renomina
ted by the Radicals a few days be
fore. In 1875 Rice beat Gaston,
Democrat, for Governor, 5,306 votee.
The Democrats this year say they
expect to elect Adams-
Home-Made Tobacco.—The Colum
bus Enquirer says: “A great many
planters throughout the country are
raising tobacco for smoking and
chewing purposes. It can be found
in numerous places. We have seen
some homemade cigars from this
material. The flavor is very inferior,
but this might have been from the
manner of curing, and some degree
to the manufacture, which must be
exceedingly rough. They “draw
freely.” The business will save an
immense amount of money to lovers
of the weed.
To Kzep Milk and Cream.—-In
very warm weather, when it is diffi
cult to preserve milk from becoming
soar and spoiling the cream, it may
be kept perfectly sweet by scalding
the new milk very gently without
boiling, and putting it away in tho
earthen pan or dish in which it has
been scalded. This method is adop
ted in all the large dairies in Eng
land, and particularly in Devonshire.
Cream already skimmed may be kept
quite sweet for twenty-lour hours if
scalded, but if as much powdered
loaf sugar be added as will sweeten
it, and scalded, it will keep in a cocl
place for two days.
When a yonng man begins to go
down hill he finds his former friends
greasing the hill for him.
The paid admissions to the Cen
tennial exhibition are rapidly incress,
