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W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors,
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GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1S75.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 42.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tint pith of the destructive tornado
that swept some parts of Georgia and
South Carolina lfmt'woeK was three hun
dred to six hundred yards wiil(*. The
olyolone was cylindrical in shape and of
fearful velocity from north to south.
Tho front aloud wit« as black as night
and-half a mile high. Tho rear was
illuminated by a bright light. It trav
eled nearly duo oast, veering a little to
the north. After devastating ('stank,
tho tornado acorns to have divided, one
portion going oiat by north, and cross
ing the Savannah river, above and be
low Augusta, both proving equally de
structive, laying waste everything in
i.K trfok* Jtyigo trees wore broken
like roods, and in some esses the torna
do wnH preceded by a dull, heavy roar
ing, as of heavy artillery in the dis
tance. It spout its greatest fury iu
about three minut« h. An eye witness
says the senses were utterly deadened
and appalled. There was a or ash, a
roar and the mingling of a hundred
terrific and unearthly Roumln. Houses
were demolished aud oaks that had
withstood tho storms of a oeutury were
“napped in twain. There is great die-
tress in the devastated district, embrac
ing eight eouutics iu Oeorgia and two
or three in South Carolina. Tho de
struction of property is immense, nud
the list of killed and wounded is up-
/'ailing.
Two weekly lines of steamers be
tween New York and New Orleans
have discontinued their trips, leaving
only one regular lino in the trade.
When questioned as to the cause of
tho withdrawal of tho other two, the
agent of the other said it had been
brought about by tho great depression
of trade, politics in Louisiana, aud the
fact that most of the cotton which
formerly found its way to New York,
in transit for Liverpool, is now shipped
directly on steamers to Euro]
New Orleans. New York is not the
great receiving pent for cotton that it
used to be. As things st »nd at pre
there is not work for more than one
steamship line. Hailing ships havo out
up tho trade. Freights are low, and
should umlters not take a more favor
able turn steamships will not succeed
in making moro than naming expanses*
Tho steamship trade from New i'urk to
Savannah has of lute dooreaaed to half
its former extent.
Two sons of tho late John Mitchell
died iu the Confederate service—the
oldest at Fort Burn ter and the youngest
in the eliurgo of Pickett's Division at
Gettysburg. The third passed tho
periht of war unscathed, ami survives
with bin mother ami two sisterH. After
the war John Mitchell lovt all his prop
erty in tho fire of llichmoud, and mov
ing to New York joined the editorial
corps of the Daily News Home stric
tures on the policy of the federal vic
tors brought him under the displeasure
of reeretarv Stanton, on whose order
Gen. Dix arrested him and sent him
to Fortress Monroe, where he oootipiod
the cusomate next to Jefferson Davis.
Iu .September, 18fi5, he was released by
President Johnson, uh wo statod the
other day. Ho died quietly ut eight
o’clock on tho morning of tho 20th
inst., near Newry, in the county Down,
«t a place called Dronmlaue, at
“ Druimlcathan" of the Four Masters,
or in English " Broad-Ridge."
Tui: “bonanza" begins to pan out
dividends, now that tho Han Francisco
stock speculation has subsided. Tho
average gross yield of tho silver ore
taken out by the Consolidated Virginia
Mining company of Nevada in Feb
ruary, w*a §100 per ton, and the com
pany paid u dividend of $10 per share
for the month, amounting to $1,080,000.
This is the lurgest dividend ever made
on an American miuing property, and,
with the usual asHuriino*, it is therefore
called “ the largest ever made in the
world.” On three previous occasions,
in the summer of 1873, dividends of
$10 a .'<bnro, aiul amounting to nearly
as much, were made. Consolidated
Virginia is now held at 8475, so that the
dividend in only two per cent -very
good for one mouth. But no dividends
have appeared to warrant the p
inflated stocks of adjacent miuing
claims.
The coupons arc furnished lly the
gnvarnineut. iu phop of ifapipsi and
when a cigar is sold a coupon hasjto be
destroyed before (he purchaser. j Tho
design is to make the sniokfra detect-
itos.
It appear! that tho late John Mitchell,
who was elected a biomber of tho
British parliament from Tipperary,.
Ireland, as a subject of Queen Victoria,
was in fuel a citizen of the Upited
States, as appears frout transcripts of
the records receutly raado iu the office
of the clerk of tho supromo conrt of
the District of Columbia for tho British
minister.
Oov. Km.i.oori ha* Issued a oaH for
uu extra session ol die Louisiana leg
islature, to meet, on April It, to carry
out the adjustment, nud to enact laws
neooHBnry to the changed condition of
affairs.
Navigation in Canada is not expooted
to open before tho 18th of May, Tho
oauids are solid in many places, and
the ice in the Ht. Ltwronco river is un
usually thick.
Tiik citizens of Augusta, Georgia,
lmve contributed $(1,000 to the sutler-
ers from the tornado, which desolated
several comities in the state from Chat
tahoochee to Havannah rivers.
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
BAST.
Tho Eqtiitahlo Life Insurance Com
pany of Elizabeth, N. Y . of which Au^uhIun
I’. Hall, ikt'CRHfd, IMW proildlnt, has fulled.
Them is no money in the concern for (ho
creditors.
H OUT H
Tho Georgia papers report that ouo
hundred nnd live pen-one were hilled and one
hundred and tvrmlv-throe wounded by tho
terrible tornado which passed over nortions of
that n
i few data
Tho new tax hill huforo the Virginia
loginin'uro, providing for the funding of tho
Mate debt by means of a tut of fifty or
every hundred dollars of assessed value
estate, to be (hsolisrged by tho payment of
cants lawful money, has been defeated
by a largo majority.
WEST
Information has been tolographod
(leu. Ord of several parties of miners having
ihfforent points for tho Black hills. In roply
to a telegram from ono of the minors w
oeiltly cauie out of tho hills, whether ho would
perinlttoft to return with rainforawui^il
1 provisions, ft on Onl says : " Troops frni
rt Laramie and hostile Indians havo ls>th
no for your miner *. Eor tholr sakes I hope
i troops will ranch them first, as tho mil
itary orders are simply to bring in tho parly,
lonhiie tho loaders, burn their wagons and
Irstrny their outfit." (Ion. Ord has Ixion au
thorized to put all Ids cavalry at one® Into the
Sioux country, In which tho minors are tres-
passing, and to employ fifty Indian scouts to
advise tho cavalry of the advent of the miners.
TROM WASHINGTON.
The books of the internal revenue
office show that in February last there ware
distilled 013,303 gallons of spirits, and tho tax
was paid upon 1 M>0|,n. r »fi gallons. Them wen
remaining in wareliousoa on tho 20th of Fah
ruaiy '.173,000 gallons ; on tho Unit of that
month tho amount of spirits iu warehouses
was FJ.747,010 gallons.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has Issued a circular revoking tho former re
ward for information lea-ling to tho forfeiture
of a distillery not legally operated, and offer
ing 060 for information which shall load to lh<>
seizure of any distillery of not less than forty
gallons capacity nnd (he arrest of tho owner,
tho money to bo pal-l upon presentation of tho
< ertifleate of the collector of the district and
tho district attorney.
Tho attorney general haa directed
suits to bo iuHlitntod against several of tho
Faclflo railroads for tho amount® certified by
I bo secretary of tho treasury to bo duo the
government for tho five per cent, of their re
spective net earnings. The following are tho
roads and the amounts: Central branch of
the Union 1’aclflc, *17,197: Hloux City and
Pacific, *21.101 Union Pacific, *1,040,007:
The attorney-general has decided that
the secretary of the treasury cannot except
tho resignations of the commissioners of tho
Freedman's Punk tendered a few days ago,
with tho condition that their acceptance should
roleaso their Isinds, nor con tho commission
ers demand divestitro of their trust till the
affairs of tho hank are finally sdmiuihtered, or
congress bv new legislation, routes to their
relief. To relievo the protest commissioners
would he to relieve from responsibility the
only executive officors to whom tho depositors
may look for a final administration of tho law
tinder which they accepted office, making no
provision for their successors.
TOREIGN.
It is estimated that over ton thousand
people attended the funeral of John Mitchell.
A dispatch from Berlin says it is
definitely settled that Prince It.smarck is to
be inode duke of LauenLerg.
The German government contem
plates all amendment Of the law against
JesnitOH so os to make il operative against
other religions orders.
Gen. Campus has inflicted anothc
dofest oti tho ('arlists at iiuguot, near Ili-
daitm. The enemy lost throe hundred, sad
tb<' Alphonsisls sixty-eight killed. Tho (Jar-
lists aro concentrating for an attack on Pttig-
SENATORIAL.
r.XTIU SESSION,
March 20.—Immediately after the
ailing of tho journal, Mr. Anthony moved
that tho senate procord to theconsidoratlon of
lolullou submitted Tuesday night by
Mr. Frolihglmyson, approving of tho action
hero'oforo taken hv tho president in protecting
Louisiana from domestic violence. Debate
followed, and finally the souatc, by a vole oL
28 VMis ts 21 nays, agreed to take up tho reso
lution. Mr. Anthony then •ubmitted tho
substitute agreed ui>ou in tho caucus of repub
lican senators for tlio resolution of Mr. Fro-
Unghttysct’. as follows: Resolved. That tho
of I ho president iu protect ine tho gov
ernment iu Louisiana, of which William P.
Kellogg is tho executive, and tho people of
that state against dotuoallo violation, ami on-
forelng the laws of tho United Staton, Is ap
proved. Air; Revnrtl then spoko at length
against tho resolution. Mr. Bayard tnioe
Yielded for a mqUnn IQ adjourn, wlittlifwae
each Unto rejected. Fiu»ll\. ou motion of Mr.
Bamhdph. a recess was taken front -1: Iff (111
. m.. Mr. Ilattdolph raying his solo object
making tho motion for a recess was, that
tho senators on his side of tho ehamlier
might havo an opportunity for conforonoo.
s not anxioiiH to go on to-night, nnd would
yield for a motion to nd|ourn nnd speak Mon
day. At tho request of Mr. Logan, Mr. An
thony modified his motion so ns to go Into
executive session, which was Agreed to, niut
unto proceeded to tho consideration of
Monday.
March 22.—After tho rending of tho
Journal of Hatnrday’a proceedings, Mr. Bmit-
woll submitted h resolution providing for n
final adjournment of Iho sonata on tho
dayof March, at -— o clock, and gave notice
that ho would call it up ns roott as tho resolu
tion now uu ter consider'alien was rlisnosed of.
Thn consideration of tho unfinished business,
being the resolution approving of tho action
of tho president in regard to Louisiana, was
resumed, nnd Mr. Johnson, of Totinossoo, be
ing entitud I" tlm floor, began to speak at 10
minutes past PJ o'clock. At the conclusion of
Mr. Johnson's spocch. Mr. Bogy look the Hour
in opposition to tho resolution, lie could not
perceive or imagine any other motive for tho
n solution t-xropl to further strougtlien the
power of tho executive, a power already so
vast ah to threaten tho free exorcise of Iho
conontrnnt powers of thn government, and
which required only a subservient congress to
render it absolute anil imperial. Mosers.
Withers and Randolph addressed the senate
iu npponitioti to the resolution. Mr. Wliyto
offered. as a substitute for tho resolution pro-
nosed by Mi. Anthony on Halurday, tho fol
lowing : Resolved, That thu notion of the
president in thn uscof thn army of the I'nlfed
Slates to enforce an unwarrantable, ex parte
and private order < f Judge Purroll, issued oil
tho ftth of Boootubar. 1872, directing the mar
shall to seize the building ocottpiod ns a state-
house for the asHoinhling of the legislature of
Louisiana; in InntaUimL and upholding as
;nvJfnWtofTC Of that stale
of yesterday's proceedings \vo4 read. At 6
o'clock, while tho senate was still In (txeoutivo
session, Mr. Hnwn submitted lit" following:
Unsolved. That a eoromlttco otfuairtlng of two
senators ho np]>oiut«d by the'chair to wait
upon the president of the'DiuMQ States to in
form hitu that unless ho may have some fur
ther communication to mnlio.’tliu senate is
roadv to adjourn without delay. Agreed to,
and Messrs. Howard and Bayard were ap
pointed as the committee. At 6:30 p. m., (he
committee iqqteintrd to wait upon the presi
dent relumed.and Mr. llowo reported that tho
president ronued ho had no further eonmntni-
oa'ion to mako to Um senate. Mr. Boutwoll
coiled up the resolution submitted by him on
Moudav laxt, providing for Iho final adjourn
ment of the senate, and moved to amend by
inserting 6:16 j>. m., March 124. Agreed to.
aud the resolution as stnendAil was ndonted.
The hour of 6:46 having arrlvod, tho proaldont
pro tom. Air. Forrv, of Michigan, said: Sen
ators: lit declaring tho order of iho senate,
permit mo to thank you for the kind tenna In
which you havo formally tendered nto your
approval Grateful for Jfour uniform support
ai.d oourtesv. aud honing thrfyon may reach
your several homes in ssfotv, and all bo per
mitted to return again iu December next, with
rolnvlgoratod Htronglh. I new declare tho
spnelal session of thn senato of tho Forty-
fourth Congress adjourned zinc life.
AFTER THK BALI..
They sat nn.t combed tlirlr tieautlfifi hair,
Tholr long, bright treasea line by one,
As they lauglie.1 nud talked In their ehamlier there,
After tlis revel was dene.
Id'y they talkrd of watts and quadrille,
Idly they laughed, like other girls,
Who over the lire, w hen alt la Mill,
t' nnb out their braids amt curl*.
Rohrs of satin and mussels lace,
It nets nf Il.iwrrs, and rlhhnM toe,
After the rrvel Is tliroush.
Ami Maud aud Madge, In rots-aWf white,
The prettiest mglil-HewiiM under the sun,
Hlecklnglnna, shpiisrl. ss, all In jlio tilghl,
After the revel L dene.
RU and comb tholr Ireaulltul hair,
Thoee wonderful waves of brown and gold,
Till the lire lx out In the chainlMW there.
And the little bare fia t are cold.
When out of the gathering winter chill,
Aud mil of (lie bllier HI. Aguetf«eMhrr,
While (lie lire Is out anil the hmisela still,
Maud aud Madge together—
Maud and Madge, lu robes of »Mlf,
The prettiest night-gown* under the
iirtalned away from the chilly nffclii,
Inike United States eoldims to Invado thn hall
of tho house of reprcsentatlvos of Louisiana,
anil to ojoot therefrom peroonn claitniiig to bn
im-tuborH thereof, and thus destroying Ihe
organization of that body, is contrary to the
spirit of republican inntitutiniiH nud catinol he
approved by tho aeuato of tho United Hlatoa.
Mr. BUorman tnuvod toadjourn. Mr. Anthony
> wor® lint a few more
oraldewliQ
and ho did not know that any senator <
side of thn chamhor desired to do so. Ilo foil
eonfidonl a voto could he rnaohod at a reasona-
Ido hour to-morrow: nnd thereforo would no)
tonablo adjournment now. Ilo
gave i
, however, that Im
Thiinnnu then
After Ills p
rl la delis.
Float along lu a sub mild dn am, '
To a gulden glllsru’a tinkling tons,
a thousand lit sirs* shimmering slrsi
r of I:
Tropical mlora awreter Ilian musk,
Men aud women with beautiful fucs,
Ami eyes of beautiful dusk.
Aud one faro shining like a star,
One face haunting the dream* of rai h,
Aud oun voles, swssl.T than otham arc,
llrraklug lu sllvrry »|ss< h.
Telling through lips of bearded bloom
An old, old atorv o'er again,
A* down the royal liaiiuered room,
To a golden gtttoru'a at rain,
T*i and two they dreamily w
And all unheard, h
walk* beside,
claimant one for Ida bride.
(>h, Maud and Madge, dream on together,
With never a pang of Jenhois.fee.rl
Fur here th* bitter M Agnes * JUtbrr
Rhall whiten atmlhsr year.
United for Ihe bridal and robed for Ihe tomb,
llrahtrit brown hair ami golden trers,
'here'll be only one of you left for Ihe bloom
<M th» Iicari.’ed llpn to preaal
Only one robe for Ihe bridal pi nrl",
The robe of satin and llrilMfla lore—
Only one b> blush through tier curls
O, beautiful Madge, In your bridal wldleI
For you thn revel has Just begun ;
Hot for her who nlmips In vmr arms lo-nlgld,
The revel of Life la done I
lint robed and crowned with saintly bibs,
O. beautiful Maud, you’ll never rids*
Tim klases another ha* won I
The arrival iu Madrid of tho Count-
ens of Girgenti, King Alphonso's hig
sister, ha- been announced l»y cable.
Mail advices explain that tho Rtripling
king is despondent nud threatens ut
times to abdicate, in which case the
countess will be on hand to assume the
royal honors aid prevent the Motitpen-
sieriRtH or Carliata front snatching the
abandoned sceptre. For the first seven
years of her life Girgenti wan princess
of Asturiaa and ostensible heir to the
throne of her mother IsalMjila. Then !
was born the ptiuv Alphonso, stripping 1
her of both title and heirship. Now i aud ed
Bhc become* m-oin tho prince™ "I YolO.i
Astnrins, and in noting her future ,] 7 p t rovud three
movement^', the telegraph is liable to fires in Yeddo
speak of her under that title. ronce.
i Only eight, of Iho Carlinfc chieftains
Rbtaii. eignr dealers are to he afflicted I followed Gen. Catrera in going over to King
it cigar-l>QX ( which the ! Alplmn <• f'axtello lia- icrignwl In- profoe-
rosolutlou
voto should ho leached. Mr.
modified Ids motion no an t»
havo an exnctitlvn HOHnioti. Aflera fow min
ut on tlio doors were ro-oponod nnd tho huiiiiIo
adjourn (hI.
MAitt'ii 28,—Mr. Anthony gave
tiro that ho would ank the nenato to remain ill
aosHioti to-day wlthofit a rnoesa, Until a vote
ho reached oil tlio pending renolutiou, np-
provli g tho action of tlio proHldont in regard
to Loiiiniann. Mr. Jones, of Florida, took
io lloor and spoke ill oppoaition to the reno-
lUoa. Ilo was followed hy Mr. Wallace iu
ppoaitiou to thn renolutiou, anil in dnuitnol-
linn of military interference in Lottlaiana.
Ir. Whyte ttintflflod liln aniondmonl olTored
.onterday mo an to read nn follow'd : ItoMolved,
That tho lino of tlio army of the United Hinton
to enforno an unwarrantahle and void ordor of
Judge Ditrell, isMited on the 6th of December,
1872. directing tho mamlinl to sefzo the
hullding occupied a« a ntato-honno for tlio
<mhling of tlio leglnlaturo of Loillnlnua,
therefrom
thereof, are
of rnpuhlican iimtitn-
tlonn, and cannot bo anprovod hy tho nennto
of tlio United Hinton. Tho qnenlion being on
Ilia above nmendmont, it wan rojoclod-yeaa.
22; nays. 33. Tho question then being on
tho aniondmonl mil.nutted hy Mr. Anthony to
the renolutiou of Mr. I'reliiiglmynon, Mr.
Thurman offered the following an a proviso to
the resolution . Provided, That nothing her
The amendment of Mr. Tlitirman wan relented
resolution nf Mr. Anthony:
Provided, That nothing herein contained In
meant to assume that the body of men which
elected P. B H Pinchhack wan tho legal leg
islature of the state. Mr. Thurman then
offered Iho following an an amendment: Pro
vided, That nothing herein contained is meant
to approve of the Interference hy tho United
Htalea treopn lu the organization of the leg
islature in Louisiana on the Uh of January
la*'. The amendment was rejected—ayes. 21;
nooM 32. The question then being on thn res
olution of Mr Anthony, as h nubhtitilto for
that <>f Mr. Frrdingtiuysnn, it wn« agreed to
yeas 33, nays 23, as follows: Yea- Messrs
Allison, Anthony. Bruce, Kurmddo, Cameron,
of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Coukllng, Cragin.
Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry, of Michigan, Fro-
litighuyaen, llarvcv, Hitchcock. Jlowe, JogallH,
Jours, of Nevada, Logan. McMillan, Mitchell,
Merrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Mor
ten, Paddock, I'attorHon, Robertson, Hargont,
Hhnrman, Hpencer. Wndlcigli, West and Win-
doin 33. Nays Messrs. Bayard, Bogy, Booth,
aperton “ — - ■
Hi
ANABTABIA’fl GHOBT
v well I rmitotnber that ilinitial
a great firo at Onako, Ja-
7th of February, by which twelve
ero destroyed, including
Hoveral lives were lost,
on tho 11th of February,
drtd houses. Destructive
of almost nightly occur-
with
estahlishing il
'■"TV”' k T P Jl,e ": ,r : ,n ; Ln/r„ll, K ™t„„u.u.|^k I propels
«»indl.og. il..- box Iim p-rforated I twcrltad , lllrinlf ,, rd,,,. i
coupons on the inside edge, correspond- I otherwise changing the manner of public
ing with the number of cigars iu the Ltruction.
krell, Cooper, Davis, Donnis,
Gordon, Johnson, of Tennessee, Jones, of
Florida, Kelly, Keman, McCreery, Maxey,
rwood, Hindolph, Haulsbury, Stovonson,
solution
Besolvod, 'i'hat the action of
•otecting the govommant in
enforcing the laws
a' state, is approved,
hlic buildings and
and afterwaids adjourned.
March 24. -The Hcnnto went into ex
ecutive Heeaion immediately after the journal
tuber night. Homo vagno proHont-
ininnt of ovtl woighotl upon my heart,
an I Hat alnitn in tho twilight. Anil yot
thorn jviih nothing iipparently to make
rno gloomy. On tlm contrary. I ought
to have been more than tieually cheer
ful ; ha<l I not reoolvod a tlelioioiiR
jtromlno from Katie Nelson that very
afternoon ?
It Xd'tned to he oiltl, In bo sure, that a
gray-haired widower like myself wits to
marry this girl of eighteen. Her mother
had been a hottrtekeeper iu our family,
but died room after Katie's birth. Ho it
happened that she wan adopted by uh,
uh wo had no children of our own. My
wife treated her kindly, but without
much warmth of fooling. AiiaHtaHift wiih
of Hitch a peculiar disposition tlmt I
actually believed she wsh joalonn of this
infant.
Poor Annatiuda! sho warned rno hoI-
emnly on her death-bed never to marry
again, and threatened to rise from her
grave iu oaflo of suelt nti event.
Kit*in waH in her tenth year when my
wife died. I Rent lmr away to a board
ing school ; nnd, as ImsincHH called me
abroad, did not see her again until my
return, eight years ufterwnrds. J was
Homowhat bewildered to find ft lovely
woman, iuHtoad of tlm little girl I hud
left in short drosses. Of conrso you can
guess the sequel. I foil in love with
thin charming udoptnd daughter. There
was something in tlm frank tenderness
of lmr manner that completely won my
heart.
It was ovidont that she was deeply
attached to me. 1 could not help see
ing how much ktglmr site valuer! my
society than that of my nephew,Ohnrlcs
Raymond, who had accompanied me
from itbroud. Him never addressed him
except in monosyllables, arid would
flush all over with embarrassment if lie
but entered tho room. But witli me,
Him was alwavH self-poasessed, and ho
talkative and sooiable that I could not
help pitying Charlie. lie was really
quite good-looking, and f used to won
der sometimes at her antipathy. Poor
follow; how I dreaded to tell him nf my
approaching happiness. It would bn a
great blow to his hopes, for he had ex
pected to Inherit my fortune.
Katie wasn't a hit like oilier girls that
I had ever known anything about. In
stead of blushing ut my confession that
afternoon sho turned pale, and shivered
as if struck by a sudden chill, f
ticed, too, that there was a strange
quiver in her voice when sho finally
consented to bo mv wife, f wan appre
hensive that Charlie Imd told her what
Anustisia had said on her death-bed.
And yet f couldn't bolievo her ghost
would be so inconsiderate. Somehow,
1 couldn’t forget that wanting. Am
sia was a remarkable woman, nnd would
surely keep her word, if ghosts are per
mitted to walk the mirth. Thinking
th no, I began to grow friglftened at the
shadows in my room, and hastily rang
the bell for lights.
“Why are you so late, Bridget,” I
itHlrtul, sharply, as the servant ontorod
tho room.
“ 1 mimic, sir, nnd it's mesolf that’s
boon with Miss Ratio every blossid mitt*
nit, and hIio'h almost hilt with n pain in
her head,"
Could this bo tlm result of our eon-
vernation that afternoon V Considera
bly startled, I questioned Bridget eager
ly. Charlie came iu while wo were
talking.
' Katie ill ?’’ ho said, with a shadow
his brow. “Init anything HcrioiiR,
unolo ?”
What business had ho to tako any
ipocial interest- in Katie.
"Only a headaohe,'' 1 answered,
coldly. " Him is subject to suelt nttnekn.
Bring in Iho ten, Bridget.”
“Wo shall havo a lonesome ovoning,”
Charlie sighi-d.
1 half believed that ho wan iu love
with tho girl liintsolf.
It wor cheerless, though, witlmut
Kutio. 1 missed her bright fauu behind
tho tea-tray, Charlio left his cup uu-
tasted. My jealousy was nrouRod, aud
1 watched him keenly.
Ah soon as we were alone, T Raid, half
angrily, “ What is tho matter, Charlie?
You look ah if you hadn't a friend on
earth. I didn’t know before that you
liked Kntio so well."
The crimson leaped up to bin very
brow.
“ 1 am glad that y »u do," I con
tinued, hastily, “ for you will soon be
commuted by ties of relationship. Him
lias promised to be my wife.”
“You are jesting, unolo I’’ ho Raid,
doubtingly.
“ I was never more tioriouH in my
life,” I answered.
(fiturlio showed evident BigttR o agi-
tution.
“ You have no right to sacrifice that
young girl," lie said, bitterly. “You
lire old enough to lm her father. Of
course sho accented you from gratitude.
How dare yon think* of snail u thing V”
“No wonder that yon rave," I re
plied, with a mocking smile ; “you are
disappointed of your inheritiinoe.”
At that moment tho wind gave a fear
ful shriek outside, and 1 thought of
Anastasia.
“Are yon not afraid to marry again?”
Charlio innuirml» maliciously. “You
romomhor the warning?"
“Nonsense!" I answered ; “it will
take Hoinotliitig more than a ghost to
frighten me out of this marriage.”
1 had scarcely Anislmd spoakittg,
when there oatno it gust of wind, and a
crashing of glass, nnd tlm storm actual
ly swept tuto the room. Wo glanced
around uh in dismay. The boughs of
u liirgo elm tree, that nbrnd in front of
t-lm house, had fallen ny.iiiiist the win
dow.
Charlie gave mo a peculiar look as I
cowered over tho lire, and then barred
thu window in snob u jnummr as to keep
out Ine rain. A* Rtf an go gloom envel-
o|)od us both, and wo did not return
again to tlio subject wo hnd boon dis
missing. Our nnnversation was fitful,
and it seemed a roliof when we separated
at bod-tiuio.
There is no use in denying that I was
troubled a little with superstitious
fears. I poored round anxiously into
every corner nf tlm room before retir
ing, Imt found no sign of any mys
terious visitant. I hail such a fear of
tlm darkness, however, that I left tho
eandlo burning.
Tlm fury of tlm storm hnd not abated,
and I lay awake somo timo listening to
the wine 1 !. At last, however, I fell into
an ttimnsy slttmbrr. IIow long I bad
slept I know not, when 1 wat» awakened
by an ioy touch upon my forehead.
I started tin, with a thrill of appre
hension. Tlm light emitted a faint,
sepulchral gleam. Oh, horror ! what
was that I saw ? A figure, roped in
white, canto gliding toward me from
the foot of tlm bed. Tlio fttoo was hid
den from my view, but 1 knew from
tlio form tlmt it was tho glmst of Anas
tasia.
“ William Raymond,” oatno in a
1 too ran voioo from the figure; “I am
here to avenge your infidelity, nnd to
drag you down to tlm grave in my cm-
brae©,”
I shrieked with terror as T felt her
clutch my throat, nnd cried, faintly,
“ Mercy ! morny ! "
“ You would marry Katie Nelson,
would you? whispered tho glmst,
mockingly. “If yon do not wish to
<1 io "—and hero the icy fingers pressod
i tight that I gasped for breath—
promise me that you will not take a
second wife.”
Oh, I promise ! T. promise I ” said I,
half dead with terror.
Woo bo unto you, if you deceive
” unswored the ghost solemnly.
And I board no more.
.. some time, however, before I
ventured to east a timid glance around
Tho ghost had disappeared.
The storm, too, was beginning to sub
side ; but I could not go to sleep again,
for I found it impossible to forgot that
phantom and its deadly clutch upon ray
throat. I resolved to say nothing about
it. Of course, poople would ridiotilo
the idea of a ghot-t. Nevertheless, I
did not dare to wed Katin Nelson ; yet
how could I explain this sudden change
of purposo V I foivently hoped that
sho would not din of a broken heart,
tlio poor child ! What should I Hay to
her ?
After considerable reflection, I re
solved to trust this delicate affair to
Charlio. Tho proposed marriage was
so odious in Itts eyes that I knew ho
would justify my apparent treachery to
her, if possible.
Morning catno, and I arose in a fever
ish state of mind. How i dreaded to
meet Katie at the breakfast tnblo ! but,
fortunately,site did not make her ungear-
anoo. Charlie looked so troubled that
I almost fancied he, too, had
ghost.
After breakfast, I said to him, with
an embarrassment that I strove to hide,
“My dear boy, do you remember what
wo were talking about last evening? I
have been thinking over tho matter
riously, and am afraid that a marriage
between Katie and myself will result it:
unhappiness ; but f have not the cour
age to brave her reproaches. Now,
Charlie, will yon aet as mediator, and
make known this change in my views
“Why, liuolo," he answered, and
almost sure that I saw a gl
“We won’t ilisousH the matter," said
I, in an irritated tune. “ Will von, or
will you not, grant my request?"
“ Of conrso, I will,” ho replied;
"but it- is a difficult Disk. Tlio poor
child will bo ho disappointed 1"
1 dotootnd a joyous ring iu 1i{h
voioo, and 1 lookod ut him rather sus
piciously.
His diplomatic mission woa success
ful, however. Luto in the afternoon,
Katie oatno down into tho library where
I wan sitting. I had never seen her
look profiler.
“Oh, Mr. Raymond!" sho said,
oagorly, “lam tm glad that you havo
olmngod your miml I It was so unex
pected yesterday. 1 never dreamed
Iioforo that yen lovi'd nto in any other
ay than as a daughter."
Was this noting? was she trying to
deceive me in her sweet tinsel fish ness V
Then you never loved me ?" 1
naked.
Dear Mr. Raymond, yon know hot
ter," she answered ; “only it was not
exactly the kind of love ono ought to
fool toward a husband. Yon aro as
dour t«i me us if you were my own fath
er ; but you are so much older than I,
tlmt—tlmt—”
Hlto hesitated, and did not finish her
Houtcnco. 1 remembered my gray hairs
with a pang of mortified vanity. Was
not the ghostly visit enough? Must I
bo tortured in this manner afterward ?
The veil woa torn away from the de
lusion l had cherished. Alas ! I lmd
misinterpreted her childish affect ion.
It might bo that rho loved another. I
looked down into tho faoo where a vivid
scarlet glowed, and rend her secret.
“My dear child," 1 exolr.imed, at
tempting to control my agitation, “ toll
mo ovorything."
“Oh, Mr. Raymond," sho answorod
in confusion, “Charlie ltus asked me to
bo his wife."
Tho rascal ! No wonder that ho re
mained with her suelt a long time that
morning; no wonder that ho bonRted of
the satisfactory manner in which every
thing had been explained.
“Tho impudent follow I" I muttered,
impatiently. “ Wlmt did you answer,
child ? Do yon love him?"
Low nnd "soft tho nuBWor canto
“Yob,”
The heart of it woman is a mystery
that T cannot fathom. I was oortninly
outwitted by nty nephew. I To might
havo boon afraid, however, that my
oonRoienoo wonld reproach me if Katie
showed Iter disappointment. I have
little doubt that hIio loved me far better
than she would confess.
Alt, well! they were marriod itt due
timo, and wo aro all living together.
The dear children do ov(ry thing I hoy
cun to add to my happiness.
Katie is still a beautiful woman, and
Charlie is tho staff of my old age.
1 never snw the ghoHt again. . Xu fuel,
I havo good reason to think that the
mystorious visitant woa a certain graeo-
loss nopbow of mine, who had fallen in
love with Katin. Of course I forgave
thu deception long ago, as it saved mo
from a terrible mistake.
I am muoli happier, probably, than if
I had married tlio young girl wIiobo
heart belonged to another. I am not
curtain, however, that she did not ac
cept Charlio from niquo at my rejec
tion. Any way, ho haH made her a good
husband.
Tho Art of Listonlng to Music.
A writer in Heritutor’s says : “ Thoro
is no greater delusion than that of sup
posing that the best ntUHie can bo en
joyed only by thu 'musical.’ Ordinary
peoplo onn tlerivo keen jtleasuro from a
sympathetic listening to great music if
they will but boliova that they can, and
attend to it accordingly. There
need of boing baffled by a want of
knowledge concering keys ; nor by an
ignorance of modulation. Your next
neighbor may know tlmt the air began
in G major, and then passed into R
minor, Imt you onn get your own sim
pler pleasure out of it. What is it to
me wlmt Titan’s secret of color might
have boon? ilo lmd it, and Unit is
igb for one who cannot ovon draw.
Tlio first rule in listening to music in
to listen. We do not want to arouse
oursolvoH to a frenzy of dolight, but
we do want to Itnnr wlmt the music is
like. A very simple and very good rule
for tlioBO who are perplexed by nil or
chestra, nnd who fancy they tiro puz-
zohl to know whore tho tune comes iu,
is to listen to one instrument, tho
violins, for instanco, alone for a time.
These will probably take up tho melody
and sing it plainly enough, then the
movement may become more compli
cated, and the air Booms to lmvo grown
more florid, to bo broken porhups into
brilliant fragments, but hoarken !—the
violonculli have taken it up, and over
it floats this new and lovely strain of
violins, then tho flutes catch tho melody,
the cornets and thu bassoon swell the
harmony, tho drum makes it rhythmic
boats, the whole orchestra is alivo with
the theme, and before you know it you
iu the very center of the music,
and what was before involved nnd in
tricate now becomes plain and bcauti-
Apfreiienhionh of Dnoirru.—Hays
thobugar Planter: Our planting friends
havo serious fears of a long drouth so
soon as thn pre-ont rains pass away,
and with somo show of reason. As we
have stated in previous issues of this
paper, tlio rains nave boon almost inces
sant since December last, giving our
farmers and planters but little oppor
tunity to goo their Helds in order for
cultivation. Now, it seems to follow,
as a rule, tlmt long rainy spells produce
drouths of an almost equal duration,
and should tho rule hold good in
present instance, it would bo wif
make preparations to meet it. While
ovory one will uso his own judgment in
the premises, wo desire to offer ono
word of advice, and that is to plant
deep us possittle und hill up well when
tho shoots are above ground tho proper
height. Plenty of soil around young
plants hold the moisture, and should
the anticipations of a drouth be not
realized, a little labor will remove any
superfluous soil from cane, cotton and
FACTS AND_ FANCIES.
—Tho pneumatic mail system linn
boon opened for public uso in tho city
of Vienna. By this method lottcrs and
paokngos not oxoeoiling two ouncos in
weight, nan bo sent from ono end of tho
city to tho other—a dial anoo of about
oight miles—in something loss than two
seconds.
—“ How is your church gotting on?"
asked a friend of a rigorous Hootehnmn,
who had sonaratod in turn from the
Kirk, tho Free Church, tho Unitod
Presbyterian and several lesser bodion.
“Pretty wool, pretty wool. There’s
nobody belongs to it now but my
brother and myself, and I’m nuo sure
of Handy’s soundness."
—A hen-peeked l'tiglislimnn, lately
•ceased at Bath, has wreaked posthu
mous rov. ngo upon his widow by leav
ing LTiO per nnntim to bn exjiendcd in
having mournful dirges rung with muf
fled clappers from the abbey chimes all
day long upon tho anniversary of lira
wedding day, aiul joyful peals to oolo-
brato the recurrence of tlio dato of lira
death, which released hint from matri
monial bondage.
—The thieves of Hpainaro gayly pur
suing their mnd career among pictures
and statues. The celebrated cartoons
of Goyn at Madrid have gone after tlio
Sovillo Murillo—which latter, indeed,
has been recovered. Tho Virgin’s
crown in Baint Ferdinand’s ohnpol at
Heville has vanished. Ho has tho
“ Master Dolorosa" of Alonzo Guno at
Granada. Tlm latest exploit of tlioso
enterprising fellows has neon triumph
antly carried out at Madrid, Thoir
booty is a small Btatuo of Ihe Virgin,
most excellent of workmanship, and
dating from tho end of tho sixteenth
century, JIh material is wood, gilt and
painted. The thieves got it safely into
Paris, whore they borrowed a round
sum upon it from MM. Atidro nnd Mor-
ouard, bunkers. The Hpuuish legation
has elaimod tho statuo.
—Tlio banishment of lepers is rigor
onsly carried out in tho B tmlwioh isles.
There was a recent official search for
persons nffootod with tho incurable
malady, many having boon secreted by
their relatives. Hundreds wore found
and put into a vosboI for transportation
to tho leper village, to ho kept until
they die. Thoir families gathered on
tho houoh, and expressed thoir grief ill
loud lamentations. A talented half-
breed, called Bill Ragsdnlo, has long
held a high plnco in tho regard of Hand-
wioh Islandors. JIo is an orator of
great natural power, nnd loader in tho
district of Hilo, and a man of notorious
had morals, no discovered that ho was
leprous, though the indications were so
slight that ho had cHoapod official no
tice, and at once gave himself up to tho
authorities. A procession of natives,
singing and carrying flowers, escort oil
him to tho vessel Which wns to take him
and the others to their living graves..
Ilo made a spoooli to tho assembly,
urging submission to tho moasuros for
eradicating leprosy by banishment, and
expressing his hatred of missionaries.
Early Marriagon.
Discussion in the British house of
commons on tho subject brought out
information ns to tho earliest ages at
which marriage may ho legally solomn-
izod in each of tho states of continental
Knrojto. In Austria it is 1-1 for both
nexus; Hungary, 11 for males, 12 for
famulus ; Russia, 18 for males, 111 for
fomalos ; Turkoy, ns noon as they are
able; Italy, 18 for mnlos, 15 for females;
Prussia 18 and U; Franco and Belgium,
18 and 15 ; Denmark 20 and 10 ; Greece,
Hand 12. In Hosso Darmstadt and
Bailon the consent of parents is nec
essary in tho enso of men until they
have completed their 25th year ; in that
of women until they aro 21. Tho com
pletion of 18 years by malos audio by
females is nenesnury in tlioNothprlnndK,
aud in Hnxo Coburg Gotha no male is
permitted to marry before he has at
tained his 21st year. In Saxony tho
legal age for males is 18 ; for fomoloH
10 years. According to thn amended
paragraph of the new Gorman civil
mariage bill, tho ages would bo re-
spootively 20 and 10 years, instead of
18 and 14, as in the draft bill. In some
of the muttons of Switzerland the law
to thn ages of tho contracting
parties is as high as 20 yoars for males
and 17 for females, and in otliors as low
i U for males nnd 12 for fomalos.
Bovs Winn me Boys.—Bo thought the
occupants of a Boston horso ear, who
listened to tho story of a mischievous
young lad, who wan telling an old gen
tleman why ho likcil tho now master of
ono of our schools. Tho master, ho
said, was a Ilrst-rato follow, und then ho
hud dismissed tho Scholars lately at
0:80 o’clock in tho morning. Why,
what did ho do that for?’ asked the
elderly gontlomon. After the youth had
had a good laugh, ho nmnugod to ex
plain that ouo of the boys had put a
piece of ioo under tho thermometer, and
sent tho morcury down to forty, und tho
master thought the room was not warm
enough to remain in. And the way the
old gentleman laughed and shook told
plainly enough that ho had onoo been
In a fox-elmse in lluglaud lately
the Rev. (!. W. Wilkin-on broke lira
something extra- I neck and Lady Florence Douglas
ono nt tirat kind of boys.
Wheeler
Wo call attention to tho Wheeler k
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known Company has the
most advantageous facilities for supply
ing the public with Bowing Machines,
on as favorable terms as tho business
will allow. They warrant all tUuii
work, and it is a matter of impor
tance to tho purchaser to deal with a
Company whoso position and perma
nence give assurance that their guar
anty will be fulfilled. They havo
agencies and offices throughout tho
civilized world, for furnishing noodles,
thread and other iioceBsnry supplies,
and have an established reputation lor
reliability and fair dealing.
Htuhfkp Eooh.— Out some hard-
boiled eggs in half, mince the yelks
with capers, anchovies and truffles in
due proportions, and u little tarra-
Ron : add pepper and fait, rill each
half <'gg with this mixture, pour some
liquified butter over eaoli egg, warm
them iu the oven, and servo each half
egg on a bread sippet cut with r*
mischief in Ills eyes, nuuiokinuK camb- i umw »u« j-iuuy i iuinmo V VWS” | “Bt u “ " — ~'*'w’• i i„
ordinary must have happened. You smashed Iter collur-bouo ; but the fox mental cutter, and fried a ligni cotor
aro not usually so tickle r I was caught, | ia butter,