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Vol. LII. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1871 SOUTHERN'RECORDER. BY ORME & HARRISON. B XI SASNBTT Editor BlSCOS JlYUHK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR i rrals 12.09 per aitntiHi, in Advance. \ i) r r.u TisiSfi—I’ersquarc often lines, each ertiou, # 1 AAerohauts ami others forall .!«onnt»oTer $ io,twenty-fire per cent.off. legal adtertisixu. (The following Story, written by a gifted Southern writer, it entered as a competitor for the $100 00 P™'offered by Messrs. R. A. liar- rison Bro., for “7Aw best original contri bution" furnished their pages, during the pres ent year. Hearts Versus Dia monds, Or Which. Shall Be Trumps. Citationsforlettersoi ad- turn guardianship &c § 3 Oo . 2 00 romatr Homestead notice •; , A joticat i* ,u turl etters of disui u fromaam n ' Vocationfor lettersof Jisin’n of gimrd’u A H i>" Appitc ation 5 00 3 :>u r> oo 3 oo 5 oo 1 50 2 50 Vftirt^a? 6 sales of ten lines or less 5 00 T ,°x Collector’s sales, per sq. (2 months) 5 00 /’/.ris—Foreclosure of mortgage and olh- for leave to sell Land.. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Sales ot Land, per square of ten lines Sale of personal .per sq., ten dajs Each levy of ten Owe*, or less.. CUr- er EC- ' er monthly’s, per square 1 0* ,v notices,thirty days S 00 Tiibutesof Respect, Resolutions by Societies, Obituaries, Jfcc., exceeding six. lines, to be charged 4, transient advertising. ry Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu- t»rsor Guardians, are required by law, to beheld 0 n the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the keurs often in the forenoon and three in the af- ernoon, atthe Court-house in the county in which th» property is situated. Notice of these sales innst be given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notice for the sale of personal property must be given iulikeuianner 10 days previous to sale day, Noticesto debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Coart *f Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guar dianship, &e.,must be published 30 days—for dis- mijsion from Administration, monthly six months , «r dismission from guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months— fpr compelling titles from Ltacu'-orsor Adminis- rators,where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Charge, Si DO persquare of ten lines for each insertion. Publications will always be continued accord no- o these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise ordered. J T. W. WHITE, ll ta/ l nej£-at-Jz£anL, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. Will practice in this and the adjoining counties. EF*Applications for Homestead Exemptions under the new law, and other business before the Court of Ordinary, will reeeive proper attention. October 13. Inti’S 41 tf Superior to Any thing" of the Hind Heretofore Offered, L lady of this vicinity lias compounded a sane* /a. tor meats, fish, game Ate., which she denom inates "Magnolia Sauce” (or pride of the South,) and yvhich, at the suggestion of numerous compe tent judges, she offers to the lovers of good things, u superior to any now in use. It may be found on isle at the stores Messrs Conn and Haas. Mi!!ed?eville, April 12 1870 15 tf EXPECTORANT. For the Speedy FLelief AND PERMANENT CURE CF Cons u m ption, 13 r 013.010.1 tis, ASTHMA, cams, AND ALL DISEASES OF T1IE LUNGS, CHEST OR*THROAT! ’j’-pk EXPECTORANT is composed extlu , “ v elj of Herbal and Mucilaginous products, which * V Fenmls the tctj Substance of ttc Lungs, causing them to throw of the acrid matter which col.vets iii the Bronchial Tubes, and at the same •one terms a soothing coating, relieving the irri tHtion which produces the cough, the object to he obtained is to cleanse the organ ad impurities; to nourish and strengthen it w "'ll it has heroine impaired and enfeebled by dis- tfll *° ret "“ w invigorate the circulation ol •e blood, and strengthen the nervous organize lon - , l he EXPECTORANT does this to an as- tmsliing degree. It is active but mild andeon- fternal, imparting functional energy and natural .Tv'" ^ affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood, ua Nitrogen to assimilate the matter— It equalizes the “nerrous influence,” producing- quiet and composure. TO CONsioiPTIVES I; 1 'RTamabie, as it immediately relieves the dif cu.t hirathing and harrassing cough which at ieLa * the disease. Ills EOU ASTHMA .* —one dose often relieving the dis. & tit rep wt g sing, and producing calm and pleas tor ciioup PFf'TnIn r without a bottle ,,, GRANT ’ !l the h uuse. Wc 1 certifii.ota. „«• _ i • , of the EX .. _ have numer- •U».rrr b | .- te * ° f ita having relieved, almost iu- m,,'. ' t ‘ 1 ‘ i sufferer,when death appeared al “"st inevitable. 1 Mothers be advised! T ,. Keep It »n Baud ! *oo n -'! r ,? d v disease rer t u ‘ res Prompt action; as ther.'m 1 “oarge, hollow cough is heard, apply " t ® ed T. and it is easily subdued ; BIT DELAY IS DAXCEKOTS! , rt T I! ‘ e Properties of the EXPECTORANT Wii!»' U i ?*’ nut ritiTe, balsamic, soothing and clue..”'’, ‘f braces the nervous system and pro- picasaut and refreshing sleep. T EXHILARATES and relieves HOOAIINESS AND DEPRESSION. aud ,,l i lA ' u ' n S all these qualities in a convenient dtentrated form, it has proven to be the jtlOxT VALUABLE LUNG BALSAM ofi'ied to sufferers from Pulmonary diseases. 1 r *PVtd Jjy W. H. TUTT & UNO, Iild V, n AUGUSTA, GA uetoi Dr 1 B .“ u, ‘ Everywhere. U «ohcr 18,15,7# 42 «•>. 13t Annie R. Blount. CHAPTER, 111. Bo, Bertie and Cecil young, lov ing and beloved and utterly un mindful of rank and pedigree whiled the happy hours away, boating, fishing, flmvergalhering, and horse back rilling, to say nothing of the volumes of Poetry they consumed together, with flushed cheeks and beating hearts. In a light canoe, which threatened every moment to upset, he would row her down the river, and as Tlmir hearts so swiftly glided While the silver waves divided, they would lift tin their clear young voices in some tender love-song to the music of a Guitar sirummed bv Bertie’s slender finders. Many a happy hour these loving young crea tures passed together; many a ro- manlic stroll beneath a July moon in that dangerous hour of early ev- enirg when twilight has first been folded in the embraced of night. But this could not last forever. Even now Fate was weaving the web which would envelop them in its cruel folds. Mrs. Granville had re covered, and Col. Glover had re turned from his tour to the White Mountains, and his hidden pursuit of Constance Kay. We left Con stance in a perilous position, but still hoping Micawber-like, that something would “turn up,” and the blind goddess relent. But alas ! there was no such good fortune in store for her. In vain she made ap plications for a situation, all her at tempts were unsuccessful, while young women for inferior to her in education and retail abilities, found employment without trouble. Poor child! she never once suspected that two enemies had been at work— Mrs. Granville had spoken slighting ly of her from sheer haired, and Col. Glover, wishing to have her com pletely in his power had caused in- siduous whispers to be noised abroad of such a character as to impate seriously the orphan’s good name. Door after door closed against her, and the poor child cried from the depths of her despair. “My God! My God! why hast Thou forsaken me.” Constance had just conclu ded a very disagreeable interview with her landlady, and was indul-.- gmg in a fit of bitter weeping, when Col. Glover was announced. With the privilege of an old acquaintance he sought to soothe her grief, and in sisted on knowing the causeof her tears. Pride kept her silent, she was already under heavy obligations to Col. Glover; he had insisted on engaging an eminent Physician for her grandmother, and her inability to repay him added another pang to her already overburthened heart. In vain he clasped her hand in his, and besought her confidence; in vain he al last twined his arm about her Drinking form, and begged, as one who loved her more than all the world, to know the cause of her tears. Constance still evaded him, but Maumer Leah, who had been an unwilling eaves-dropper, came in suddenly, and brought the hot blood into the white cheeks of Constance by saying: ‘I’ll tell you all about it, Masser Colonel, Dat drolled vilyun, what owns dis house done been come and ’noy do pore chile to death ’bout de rent. De cussed scamp swears he’ll level down on de furniture, and ebery varsel ’ting we confess, tbout Miss Constance pay him to-morrow morning. Dat’s de gospel trufe Masser Colonel, ane I hope old Nick uil make him sweat for it one of dese days,” •‘Is that so?” asked the genile- man indignantly, “and you would not tell me: Oh! Connie, I thought you had more faith in me- Do you not know, dear one, that I would gladly die to save you a single pang, and vet, you will not trust me.” He clasped his arm more firmly about her, and as by a sudden im pulses lifted up her tearful face, and imprinted a burning kiss on her -blinking lips. “Leave me to set tle with this unprincipled wretch. I’ll warrant he’ll trouble you no more, my poor timid little darling.” “But Col, Glover, I am already indebted to you, to my shame,— grandma’s physician, and now— “Notanother word, my dear child. My days have been few and evil; iet me redeem them by one or two generous deeds.” Several days after tins interview, Col. Glover again sat by Constance, and in response to her rejection of his proffered kiss, said in a harsh tone. “Oh! Connie, you are so cruel, I have loved you so long; done so much to prove the intensity of my love, and yet, you arc so cold, to distant; have I deserved this al your hands?’, The long silken lashes veiled her eyes; her cheeks were crimson, her heart was beating as though it would burst her silken bodice. Yet, tor herlileshe could not utter one word rising of grief because of her cruel ty. Master of all the arts of sophism- try, he could make the worse appear the better cause. In one of their painful interviews, he said: “Con stance, do you think it a virtue to condemn me, as well as yourself, to utter misery because of that miser able Puritanical cant, which would make it a sin for us to indulge in the Cod given emotion of love because forsooth, the law can not smile on our union? Would it make my love more sincere for a Priest or Magis trate to mumble a few unmeaning words over us. Your soul is too lofty, you are too lar above the nar row-mindedness of those empty sticklers for ceremony to imagine such a formula necessary to the holiness of our marriage. You are already my wife in the sight of God for we love each other; and because I am tied by legal vows to that poor insane woman who bears my name, a living human being chained in in her own defense. The weight of loalhsomn utlion to dead bod Y ' vould pecuniary obligations lay heavy up>|y°" comdemn me to a solitary un on her, to save them she loved from the horrors of the Ahns-House she had accepted Col. Glover’s assis*. tance; but now when he plead for loved lift? Happy in the delusion that she is one day Queen of Eng land and the next Pope of Rome, >t certainly could not injure her for her love she felt a strange shrink- me to be n,ade ha PUY b J y our loVe * ing of the heart. A curious, unde- | ,bs wa y> I have ordered a dozen finable feeling half fascination, half j b °t-I e s °f I i-rt wine for the grand loathing, such as we feel in pres- j molber » surely y°u will not refuse ence of the beautiful but deadly to beracce P l ^ <)U are g row ‘ rattlesnake, had possession of her. ’ n § * bbl and P a ^ e * n lb,s crue l Her heart throbbed wildlv when he struggle, my poor little darling. Give clasped her hand with a strange fiery ^ U P> Connie, lay down your arms tumult which she believed to be love; and come to mine, you know I love and yet when he would have press- you more than my own soul, you ed her to his heart, and sealed their cruel beautiful, Connie!” betrothal with a kiss, ahhoug b sbe , CHAPTER, 4th. owned that she loved him, some- j . ., Another pair of lovers, patient ponse. reader. Yet another pair for v hom the current of love ran in troubled channels. by the tears and entreaties of Ber sublime rages tie,—that he would wed her in spite of her mother, Col. Glover, and all the world besides. Circum stances favored the imprudent and rebellious lovers—the very next day Cecil was to drive Bertie to the city, as she wished to make so ne purchases, and attend the Theatre, where a celebrated actor was ‘star; ring,” for one night only. It was arranged that Col. Glover should meet them at the Theatre, and drive Eettie back to the Farm-house, while Cec.l remained in the city. “As soon as wc leave the Hotel we will go directly to the house of Mr. Barton—he is a magistrate and wil perform the ceremony for us with out raising any conscientious scru ples, so he gets his fee. He has forged as many matrimonial chains as the far-famed Blacksmith of Gret na Green, and”— —“Tomorrow night he will unite anolhor love-sick pair » f babies, eh, Cecil ?” pressing his hand to her throbbing heart. “And then you will be mine dearest,” murmured Cecil in response, “come weal or woe.” “Sink or swim, survive or perish,’ added she with a merry laugh. And with another lingering embrace they left the grove of oaks, the scene of betrothal, to wend their way home ward. At the gate they parted, Bertie to steal unobserved to her room. Cecil to smoke a cigar on the piazza, and wonder dreamily as he he looked up the stars, what the future contained for him, and the girl of Ins love. In vain he ask ed those mystic lamps of heaven, they stared back at him with bright passionless eyes, and made no res- S! e ia a Ft.ry at such limes rather than a womnii; aud I am such a coward. Oh, Cecv, you must take me wiih v u. I can not, dare not meet ! er.” Here was a pretty state of affairs for the boy - Brrdcgroom. He had made no pre parations f>r such a contingency, and now, he foutid iunselfwith a wii» on his f a tills; no lv Hue to carry Let to; and about twenty five dollars in his pocket. A b.diiant prospect ruly! He. began to calculate even tiling in her soul seemed to give the ie to her words. Pour Constance! It was her guardian angel who warned her in that perilous hour, but she did not know it then. But when she learned his base purpose; heard from his own vile lying lips that he ‘Herein this lonely bower where first I won thee, I come, beloved, beneath the moon’s pale ray, had an insane wife living, who had To gaze once more through struggling tears been confined five years in an Asy- . “P on tbee - , . * . - And tuen to bear my broken hoart away, turn in Europe, and that with all bis - . i . r i l i| , I dare not linger near thee as a brother, passionate love lor her, he could not , T , , , r . _ 1 I feel my burning heart would still be thine make her Ins own in the eyes of the How could I hope my passionate thoughts to world; then, did her puie soul ac- ! smother, k __.. i i -i i i • • . While yielding all the sweetness to another nowledge with deep thanksgiving to , ... . „ ° 1 o6) That should be mine.” God, the warning which had been Jn a lremb | ing voicc Cecil read given her by instinct, or by the good there impassioned lines from the angvf supposed to preside over the little blue and gold volume he held, destinies of human beings. Fierce U)en l eU j ng j t fall to the ground, was the*struggle in that young girl’s as by a sudden impu i se> and operm ) heart. Ou the one hand, poverty his arms. Bertie, with a low cry, ami an already blighted name, threw herself on his bosom. His branded in the eyes of the world i; f)3 8oug h t an d f ound h erS , and the “pure as ice, and chaste as clung to them with trembling, pas- snow. On the oilier, rest and lux- sionate eagerness. It was thtir first my for the two dear old creatures love kiss, and in its linget ing sweet- dependent on her feeble exertions J ne ss was centered all the fever of and a life of wealth aud guilty love their young loving hearts. He felt for herself. And the Tempter ar-1 her heart throbbing wildly against gued thus: Has not the cruel world his own, and twining his arms yet branded you as a moral leper, a so- , more firmly about her yielding, sup. cial Pariah, without guilt of your ! p ] e form, he whispered in her ear own? II they dri\e you into that of pass j 0lia ( e broken words of endear- which they falsely accuse you, does j inenI . s!ie , her senses lapped not the sin rest on them, the vile shin- . pj E1 ysi U m, listened with a silence derers, who have hunted to <leath ■ farmoreeloquenlihan words. How an unprotected orphan. Ah! this long they sat thus neither ever knew, self-righteous, Pharisaical world is more to blame than it imagines for the sins of itserring sons and daugh ters. Many have been driven into evil by the base calumnies of lying gossips. In Constance you see a pure good girl where whole life had been oue of loving self-denial, whose sole crime (?) had been her poverty, ■whose great error (?) had been her earnest efforts to earn an honest sup port for herself, and two helpless women left to her care. Will this young girl, who has been so brave, so hopeful, fall into the snare woven for her? Has her good angel deser ted her, and given her over to the evil one? It almost broke her heart to see her poor patient grand-mother suf fering for medical attention, and sometimes her conscience reproach ed her, for doing w'hat she felt to be right, and she culled herseil a wick ed girl because she was not willing to make any sacrifice for the com fort of one who had been a mother to her in childhood, the only mother save Maumer Leah, she had ever known. “If she dies I will be guil ty of ber murder, for I could save her, and will not. Oh! God, was ev er poor mortal in such a fearful di lemma! For myself I could bear any hing without a murmur, but to see her suffer, and die, oh! it is too much!” As for Mortimer Glover, the arch hypocrite, he feigned to be but when, with a vivid blush, Bertie lifted her face from its resting-place the July moon was high in the heav ens, shining down on their young heads with subdued brilliancy, shed ding a so't halo round Bertie’s fair girlish brow, lighting up her tresses till they seemed like tangled threads of gold as though it lived to linger neerone so fair. “Oh! Bertie, my bale darling, wc love each other so fondly, and yet—we must part ” “Pari!—Cecil,—oh! how can vou use such a cruel word ? What would my life be without you? No, Cecil, I could not live without you, and 1 will not. If you give me up I will take the black veil, and I know in a tew years my poor young life will waste away like a fading flower cruelly deprived of God’s loving sunshine.” “And yet I would rather see you consigned to that living death, Ber tie, than to the arms of Col. Glov er.” “That will never be, Cecil, never! I vow it here to-night in the pres ence of high heaven, and call God to witness that l will keep my oath. In life or death I am your3. Yours only!” And once again she sank in his encircling arms, while their lips found sweet union in “a long, long kiss—a kiss of youth and love.” We will not recount all their lender speeches, nor the mad resolve which Cecil at last made-—urged to it, wc must shame-facodly confess, The woids were spoken. Cecil Chester and Bertie Granville were one in the sight of Heaven. It was hut the work of a few moments, anil yet those brief words, mumbled over impatiently by the nervous, white-haired old Magistral marred all the ambitious schemes of thf wordly-mindeJ mother. When the hurried ceremony was over, Beitie before so brave and sanguine, was seized, as valorous armies sometimes are, with an un accountable panic and clung irem. blingly to Cecil’s arm, while she stared at her strange surroundings like one in a dream. Never in all her after life did she forget that bare poverty-stricken room with the two tallow candles on the man tel, burning with a pale, sickly light, giving Cecil’s bronzed face, and old Mr. Barton’s rudtfy counte nance a queer greenish hue. The whole scene was photographed on her memory in indelible colors. The wall paper representing Napoleon ut the bailie of Austerlitz, was torn in many places, and hung in ragged festoons. Here was a soldier mi nusaneve, the “man of destiny” himself had one leg amputated at iho knee by some ferocious child, and embryo surgeon. The old fashioned, clumsy side-board, from which the old man with officious hospitality insisted that Cecil should “take a drink of brandy,” himself meanwhile with well-filled goblet toasting “the fair young bride.” A table with three legs propped against the wall; two ragged cane-bottom chairs; and an old horse-hair sofa, sadly the worse for wear, from which the wool and wire protruded in various places. A coarse gaudy looking print over the mantle-piece yclept “Amelia,” and a companion piece styled “The young inoUier.” The old gentleman’s wife, and two ragged, grinning descendants of Ham, who stood in a doorway, eye ing the bridal pair with admira tion and awe, were the sole witnes ses of the ceremony which united the wealthy and beautiful heiress, with her “lover of low degree.” The original plan had been to go on to the Theatre, and there rheel Col. Glover, ihe unsuspecting rival; for Bertie to return with him to her mother, she seek her own opportu nity (or revealing the clandestine marriage. But, as I have stated, an unaccountable panic seized the poor foolish little bride, and when they were again in the carriage, she vowed with convulsive sobs that she could not go back. “You must take me to the Hotel. Cecil, until we can arrange some plan for the future. I dare not meet my moth er. Oh, you don^t know what a fear ful tiling it is to see her in one ofher n the midst oi her -eloquent despair how long such a triffuig sum would pay Hotel hoard, and completely lost himself in a maze oi' Mathe matics. However, his courage, hoy though he was, was equal u> th> em ergency, ami dismissing unpleasant thoughts he set himself to llie tusk of soothing his girl-bride, and soon had the satisfaction of kissing away her tears and regrets. They drove up to the Hotel. Cecil dismissed the carriage: handed Bertie into dm empty parlor,. registered theli names, and ordefed rooms. Here we !ea\’e them and turn to Col. Glover. Great was his sur prise when the third act was over, and yet no sign of his promised bride, and her escort. A dozen sensation stories of brutal robberies and murders rose in his memory, and he tortured himself trying to conjecture what horrible mischance had befallen them; but not once did a suspicion oi the truth cross his mind. His acquaintance with Ce cil Chester was very limited, and never once dreamed of him as a possible rival. He was ignorant of all that love-making which had been going on at “Woodstock,” while he was courting Constance Kay, and making brief tours to va rious watering places. boy! for he had scarcely lasted food since his parting with Beitie, and had consumed the nights in restless vigils, a mere shadow of his former handsome self; his brenzed cheek w hit* almost as Bertie’s own, he presented himself at the Granville mansion and was admitted. Mrs. Granville, siiff’, stalely, and severe, clad in a rich black velvet dress, with an immense turban towering over her curls, was sitting in Hate m ihe parlor, and beside her sat a gray-haired Privst, I slher O’Hara. Two nuns sat on the sofa, and poor Cecil felt as though he were ^sum moned to judgement, when their stern passionless eyes rested on tiiua with a look of upbraiding. (TO EE CONTINUED.) The publisher of the Printer’s Cir cular in Philadelphia, with the view of determining who is the fastest type setter in the country, offers three prizes : First, a solid silver compos ing stick : second, a silve r medal; third, a bronze mesial. The trial must take place on Wednesday, May 10, J&71, and on noother day, and is open to all competitors in the towns and cities of the United States or Canada in which printers’ unions exist. Post offices.—Oue dollar per annum, paid to the post-master at Ad iline, Marshall county, West Vir ginia, is the lowest salary received CHAPTER V. m the postal department, and S6,000 When Col. Glover returned to i’. 1 ' 1 annum, P a ' d ppsi-master at ,x; i.t. • . , • ,. New York is tiie highest. Woodstock wuh Ins disastrous tidings, great was the corsternation ; It is stated as a proof of the effects that prevailed. The aflah was : ! lb - U P° :; Germany, that of ■ j t „ i i j nearly 1,300 students who were at- wrapped in a mystery; no one could ! J imagiee what had bef dlen the miss ing ones, until one of the house ser Max as Improved Ape.—Dar win’s new book, “ The Descent of Man,” in which he “proves (?)” the human species to be only an im provement on the race of apes, will he out from Appletons press in a few davs, and it is said “ will creale a •ensation.” Facts bv the Census.—Accord ing to the census of 1S70, the popuia- ionof t he United States is 38,307,398, against 31,443 321 iff 1SG0.—Geor^ gia ranks as the thirteenth State in point of population, and numbers 1, J ?D,.SSG. vants, aga.vky country girl who SAmeiime* waited on Ber io, appear ed on the scene of action, with a broad grin on ber countenance, and said to Mrs. Glover. “1 found this here on Miss Bertie’s bereau (bu reau) it mout tell where she’s gone may-be.” The frightened mother glanced over the crumpled piece o! paper, and staggering to a sofa, fell into strong hysterics. It was a note from Cecil to Bertie and plainly point ed to a clandestine marriage. For the next half hour every irrmnfe of of the house was busied with the hysterical mother; «nd when she came to her senses, it was pilable to witoese her impotent rage. She insulted every member ef the fami- ily, called the house “a den of vi pers;” bade ber maid pack up her things at once, ordered her carriage’ and swore roundly, she would move heaven aad earth in the effort to Beparate them. “Thank God! the marriage is not legal” she screamed, “unlass she was married by a Priest, and I’ll warrant the little fool never thought of that. Col- Glover, she was to have been your wife—the deceitful little huzzy, you will help me I know. Let me ence find ber and set Father O’Hara upon her, and I will soon undo this file plot.” So furious arid ravii g the floor lady departed in search oi her run-a-way child, leaving con fusion and consternation behind her, A week had passed away, and Cecil Chester had not once looked upon the face of hi3 fair young bride. From thehour when herwraih- ful mother tore, her weeping and affrighted from his arms he had not exchanged one word with her, or ber, or even caught a glimpse ofher in the distance. He was but an inexperienced boy and lie knew not what steps to take to reclaim his lost bride. So he haunted the street where she lived like a shadow and watchful as any sentinel kept guard over the stately autnsion which held his lost love. But in vain. All his notes ;o her were returned unopened, and he was eating his heart out in impotent agony, when he received a note brief aRd curt from la-mere Granvilie commanding rather than requesting an interview. Pale and wan, poor tiding the University of Munich iast sumtci r, there are at prhsent only -ibout G00. The much-talked-of inventory of the late Thadeus btevens* estate has it last been published. The amount -if personal property included iff it toots up the sum of SIS,GIG.25, There are no Pacific Railroad binds comprised in the inventory. The executors say that there is an unset tled account between the surviving partners of the firm of Bievxns A. Alii and the estate of Mr. Stevens, which nas been in controversy since the death of Mr. Stevens, but they are unable to state any amount which will or may be recovered from this source. Mr. Cresswell ha3 reported :n Congress that in six months the total, number ol franked letters was 1U,S 44.4S7 ; postage, $933.070 ; banked printed matter, 2.C-5o ; IS6 pounds ; postage, $333,593 ; total for six months, $ I *275,693 ; total for one year, $2,543,326. This is a startling exhibit cf cor ruption. That 300 Congressmen and a few' heads of departments should write neatly eleven millions of letters in six months, or over 35,- 000 par head, is a simple impoassi- bility, and shows how monstrously the privilege ins been abused. The census reports show* that in population Iowa has beat ail tier sis ters in the relative order of rank, having jumped lrotn the nineietulii in 1S00, to the thirteenth, in 1870.— In the same timelier population has increased over 500,000, being now 1,177 515. Many ot the northern counties have during this time gained irotn five to fifteen times the number of population they had ten years ago, Now farms are being opened in ev ery direction over her broad and fer ule prairies, while new towns spring up as if by magic along all the new lines of railroads. The foreign mails passed ihorugh the New York Post Office, during last November, were made up of 1,0 43,347 letters, on which 873 029 pos tage was paid. Of these letters, 45 4.088 were received from, and 504, 763 were sent to Europe, paying $6 4,051 postage. Of the letters sent from Europe, 201,331 were received from Great Britain, and 131,741 from the North German Confedera tion Of the letters foiwarded to Europe, 231,703, were sent to Great Britain, and 106,042 to North Ger many. Logan’s election to the United States Senate from Illinois is nota full Radical victory. He fought the bat tle successfully as an anti-Grant and anti-tariff man, and conquered on these issues.