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'W • THE BUTLER HERALD, I boy grew into the won he hail art . at, tho conclusion that any denial or ttiraaaauTiow Paici $1.50. Pxm Am mum. TUKBDAY NOVEMBER 11th IRVtf. The Kew York Kloctlon. Wo learn from our exchaoges that Cornell, the Bepublicaudidate for Governor baa been elected by a plurality of not le«s than 35000, perhaps more. The balance of the Democratic ticket is perhaps elect ed, though at this writing, (7th) there seems to be some doubt aa to this. We are not at all disappointed at the result; the bargain between Tammany and the Republicans was, as we feared it would be, suc cessful. The defeat of Governor Robinson is a calamity, not only to New York hut to the entire touutry, since it shows that hones ty and faithfnluess in the dicharge of official duty avails uothing against party spirit. Moreover the elect ion of Cornell places New York io the catagory of doubtful .States. If the Democracy can get up a few more quarrels they will succeed in making the election of a Republican President in 1880 a '•regone conclusion. We think Senator Bayard could carry New York in 1880, but to elect our candidate, we must car/ Indianna and New Jeasey also;but in the light of the recent elections it vonld be folly to say there is any certainty of doing so. Upon the whole, we have little time and less inclination to indulge in specula tion as to the hopes and chances ♦hat the Democracy has to elect a President in 1880. Writtea for the Herald. VINA; OR A TALE OF THE AMERICAS REVOLUTION ! BY HBNRY THORNE. CHAPTER IY. But Nina was not drowned; never* theless if her parents could have seen the immediate fate that awaited her, they would perhaps have received lit tle consolation from the knowledge that their child still lived. The life of hardship, suffering, trial and tlegreda- tion that the coming years would bring, was oue at which even the stout est. heart might well have been appall*!. As our story is mainly concerned with the history of Nina’s life, (t will be necessary for us to relate the man ner and cause of her disappearance. On the day of her disapfiearance a boat had been seen in the creek a shest dMtaaoe. below the residence of $Jr. Hartwell, but as it had not been discovered by him or his family, and wa«. by the few fishermen who saw it, supposed to belong to Mr. Hartwell, its prgaenoe in that vicinity occasion ed no remark. The crew of the boat consisted of four, one of whom seemed fc>. be the commander of the party; the other three had the appearance of sail ors of the lowest type and character, ho. feet commander and crew might have been transferred to any piratical qraft without, doing the least violence to the morals and purposes of either. The sails of the boat had been ta- in. when they had reached a point not (hr from the Hartwell mansion, though they were completely hidden from view by a turn of the creek and the thiok woods which at that place bordered iU banks. While the boat ip auchorod at this place we will take tji*. opportunity to enter into a more particular description of the leader of the party. He was a person of me dium. stoungly and compactly huilt and was evidently the possessor of great physical power. His face was unshaven and was covered with a tong unkeiuupt beard of a dark red Color, and which together, with a long course of debauchery, gave to hisap- peataaoe^a hooce, repulsive cast. He iworaed. about forty years of age, but waainreaUtyfew years younger; the unrestrained iudulgeauce of intemper ate and othor debasing habits having added so many years to his apparent age. When ho spoke,the tones of his voice were harsh and grating, aud the Scowl which usually accompanied the utteranoe of his words, rendered it un pleasant in tho highest degree to whom soever he addressed himself. His eyes gleamed with a wicked, fiery look,that warned every one who was in the least a judge of physiognomy, that he was a bold, bad aud dangerous man. The name of the person whose sal ient features we have endeavored to sketch, was Powia Hales. Hu had not always been the depraved man that he was at Use time of his intro duction to our notice although per haps the Utcut seeds of his viciouB fife were sown in the disposition and temperment which he had inherited with his family name. He was from boyvheed of a rash impulsive temper, iud being petted and spoiled by the mist*»eo indulgeances of his parents, Ip reason of his being an only son, tkeae traits of character were intensifi- <£and aggravated; ana thus when the ' opposition to his desires whs an out rage on his rights, lu other words, when young Hales had attained to manhood he was supremely selfish—, a trait not by any means common to young men. Besides, he had acquired as already intimated, habits of gamiug and intemperance, so that by the time he arrived at the age of twenty-five years, he had managed by various means to dissipate the large fortune left him by his father. Hales, when he found that he had squandered his inheritance,learned like Timon of Athens, aud as many other good men have done, that those who eucour&ged him in his dissolute habits, and all the while professing eternal friendship, were the last to come to his aid in the time of need. ;He now realized the painful truth tliat he had I to rely on his own efforts to rebuild his shattered fot tunes, and from this time he became greatly embittered to-1 ward every man, woman and child, and as he ojienly boasted,was of opin ion that he had a legitimate right td prey upon his species whenever oppor tunity afforded; and, he had resolved^ to avail himself of every advantage that clmuce might throw in his way, to replenish his purse, and use every means fair or foul, to regain the wealth he had so luviahly spent. The boat it seemed had anchored for Hales to go ashore, aud this in reality was his purpose, which he proceeded at once to execute. Once on latid he proceeded in a stealthy manner to di rect bis steps toward the Hartwell res idence until he arrived at a point where lie was able, without exposing himself? to obtain a clear view of the house aud its surroundings. Here he re mained stationery for some }>eriod of time, resembling the tiger in his lair watching for the approach of unsus pecting victims. He saw Mrs. Hart well and her child wheu they left the mansion and when they entered the summer house. Ho patiently waited while the child was playing among the flowers, rightly conjecturing that she would after a time leave her mother aud wander off from the yard. He had no definite object to accomplish in going ashore, save to seek an op- portunity to inflict as much injury at possible on the unsuspectingHartwells. His familiarity with the location of the mansion and its grounds demon strated that the present visit was not the first which be b*d paid to this locality, After a time Nina lift the grouaris in which she had been playing and went off in the direction of the stream already mentioned,calling to her moth er that she was goiug to the wharf to watcb the boats—a very common prac tice for her and the servant Fannie. As we have said her mother had fallen asleep, and of course no answer was returned. Had her mother been awake the child’s constant attendant, Fannie, would have been sent with her, and Nina would have been saved from many long years of hardship and mis ery—;• on suob lktle things doec the fate of individuals and nations some times hang. When Hales saw Nina leave the grounds, and learned her destination—for he was near enough to hear and understand what she had said to her mother—his face was light ed up, or rather, disfigured by a fiend ish smile that must have thrilled the heart of his Satanic majesty with the wildest joy; for at that moment Hales had resolved to kidnap the child, be lieving that it would be the heaviest and most cruel'blow that he would ever have the opportunity of inflicting on the mother and father. Hales, when he had decided on. his line of action, glided swiftly back to his boat and ordered the anchor hauled in;, when this was done, looking stern ly on his crew, he addressed thorn as follows: “My men, I desire that you will get out your oars, and carry the boat rap idly aud quietly upstream to tho wharf at the back of yonder house; when you get there, place this boat along; side the one you will find there at au- chor. On that boat there is a child, which tor purposes of my own,I mean to get in my ixissession. When I get her in my hands and in this boat, you will then as silently as possible and as fast as you can take this craft down stream tothe point weteftthis morning, and I will then decide what we shall do. If we are resisted, or any attempt is made to capture us, use your pistols without regard to sex or age. But mark my words, unless we are discovered, the first man that speaks above a whis per, 1 will send him to the bottom of this creek to feed its fish.’* With this he drew a pistol f»om his belt and •cocking it, ordered the crew to pull out into the stream. Nina saw the ap proach of the boat, but she was not alarmed as boats were passing up and down the creek almost every day. The boat was laid alongside the boat on which Nina had gone; in a moment Halos was by her side; in a moment, more she was gagged,bound and almost thrown into tho bottom of tho other boat,and was on her way ftom parents, home, friends and all that made life bright and happy for her young heart. In making the capture, Hales hud pur posely left the bounet of the child ly ing in the boat from which she had been taken, to induce the belief the 1 she had fallen over-board aud was in this manner lost, | CHAPTER V. To understand to motive whioh ac tuated Hales iu kidnapping Nina, we must go back to a period antedating by five er six yeara the time at which our story opens. It will be remembered that it lias been intimated that Hales had squan dered his patrimony, anti that it bad become necessary to repair his shatter ed fortunes, or else give up the indul ges uce of his expensive habits and quit the sphere of society iu which ho had been trained up. The latter he would readily have done could he there by have obtain<*d the means of coutiu- uing a life of idleness aud dissipation; but this he could not do. He had therefore resolved by some means,fair foul to regain at least a portion of the wealth which he had oo quickly spent. lu casting about for some scheme by bicli he might repair hia broken for a os, he decided on marriage as being the plan most likely to succeed. He imagined the more readily that he would succeed in his purpose, because having all the advantage of a finished education and accustomed to good so ciety, his address was pleasing and his upi»earaucc good. The extent of his debaucheries and confirmed habits of dissipation wvro known to but coiujwr- alively few; while what was known by tiie public of Ins character in this res- jieet was attributed to the high spirits of early manhood aud the influence of wild ami iiupmdeut associations. Older heads, so it was remarked, could re member the youthful outbreaks and frolics of men who were uow good citizens and pious Christians. Thus public opinion, im.tt-ad of restraining, rather encouiaged him in the wild and ruinous course he was pursuing. How often, alas! is this true of the world. Let a young man of good fortuue and high position in society start out on a career of prodigality and dissipation, and so long as he has wealth his short comings are excused on one ground or another, until he is reduced to peuu- rity, and then that same society that was so ready to excuse the errors of youth, now turn to him the cold shoul der, and are ready to cast him out as a foul blot on humanity; and thus he goes on from bad to worse until finally his course is ended in a felon's cell Now all this is wrong. Let every young man,no matter what his fortune or stauding iu lif«>be made to understand that the great moral laws which hold society to-gether, cannot be violated without bringing upon him the reprobation of all good people, and that wealth, learning and talent, so far from excusing, serves rather to aggravate the of fense—; let this we say be the standard that shall be applied to persons in exalted stations of life, aud we believe there will lie fewer fortuues squandered, aud fewer lives wrecked among the young men of our own dajand generation In accordance with tbU plan young Hales began paying hie id- dresses to Theodosia Linley,whom he had known from infauoy, and who possessed in her own right wealth sufficient to make them in- <te|»endent aud comfor.able for life. But there was an insuperable ob stacle to bis success in this quar ter—; the heart of Miss Linley was already bestowed ou Edward Hartwell, Besides, Powis Hales waa not the manner of man whom she could have loved even had her heart been free. She was gentle, teuder, considerate of the welfare of others aad ready at all times to sacrifice her own wishes For the. happiness uf her friends. Hales was the very opposite of all this-; but above all he was selfish, and Theodosia knew it; aud if there is one fault that the lovmg heart of a noble woman cannot excuse, it is that of selfishness in her lover. The case of Hales was therefore hopelesa from the first. Although he knew he was not beloved by the woman he sought to make his wife,and that Edward Hartwell was the fortunate suitor, he regarded the turn affairs had taken as an insult to himself aud an outrage upon his rights, and from, that moment became the bit ter and mffacablefoe of both. Still notwithstanding such was the condition of affairs, he resolved not to abandon all hope of suecess. He knew that Theodosia was kind and self-sacrificing and would not willingly incur his enmity; aud h*- hoped therefore to extort from her fears what he had failed to obtain from her love—namely her heart, or rather her wealth. It will be necessary to the under standing of this narrative, that we give the concluding part of the last interview which Powis Hales ever held with Theodosia Linley. Notwithstanding he had, previous to the occurrence of th,e sevne which we are about to relate, been rejected by Theodosia, yet with that rejection there had been min gled so much of reluctance und kindness in consequence of her de sire io save his feelings, that he determined to make one more strenuous effort to carry off the prize. Failure to him was pecu niary ruin and henoo he had be come reckless and desperate, und was now in a mood that might well alarm any female who was oalled upon to cross his wishes With this purpose in view, Hales had gone over to the Linley residence tor the purpose as we have intimated ot making a final, effort. He had been urging The odosia to reconsider her action iu rejjeotiug him, and in the earnest ness of his entreaties had uncon sciously risen to his feet. “Think well Theodosia,” con tinued he, 4 ‘brfore you send me away deprived of all hope; remem ber that you hold my happiness, aye, roy destiny in your keening. If you make my rejection final,you make tuy heart desolate and ren der life a burden too heavy to be bor ne. Do not, oh I do not cast away my love aa a thing of no val ue, and thus drive me out iqto a. world that will oc dark and gloomy while life shall last. 1 know how loving yo»r heart is, tbe homage and devotiou I would render you as my wife would, I am pursuuded would make you happy iu the eud. Surely 1 am not such a mount* r as that my love and companionship would reuder you miserable and wreck your happiness forever.” “Powis,” replied she, gently yet firmly, “be assured that 1 would uqt willingly be the means of giving you pain; why, oh! why can you not forget me, or at leant erase to love mo, and let us be friends aud ouly ftiends? I feel, nay more, I know I could never give you that love that you would have the right to expect, were 1 to become your wife; it would be a frightful mistake and one which we would both regret. 1 would willingly make any sacri fice to secure your huppiness; but to do as you insist,would be wrong in the sight of Heaven, aud I trust you will forgive me for saying it £&nt)ot be. M Hales saw that his rejection was final, and it roused all there Was of evil in his heart. It was some moments before ho could command himself sufficiently to speak, and when he did, bis language was that of a fiend, rather than that of a professed lover. “You reject me finally and for ever,” he exclaimed through his clenched teeth; “so be it then; but with my rejection take my mali-ion. You have crushed my brightest hopes, trampled my love under foot, and sent me out of your pres ence to lead a life of woe and mis ery; and all this for Edward Hart well. Let him, and you also, be ware of me for the future. Never lover pined for his mistress—never miser sought for gain, with half the diiigeuce and persistance that 1 will seek for opportunity to make youi life aod his as misera ble as you have made mine. I wam you now that if time ever places it in my power I will have revenge for this insult and wrong, and will drive you and him down to beggary, peuusy, ruin aud hell itself.” He was gone, but it was some minutes before Theodosia could retire to her chamber, where her fi st act won to throw h*rs*lf on her kne^sand pray for divine guid ance and protection for her lover ud her-tlf. [to bj? i**xri nmt'-:o 1 USE THi* BRAN D ARM WTilf HAMMER BRND. 99* CHEMICALLY PURE. BEST IN THE WORLD. BETER TUAN AM SALARATLS. One Icaspoonful of this Soda used wli milk equals Four tenupoonsfuls of of the best Baking Powder, saving Twenty Times its cost. See package tor valuable tiri'oo- mation. If the teaspoonful is too large and does not produce good results at first, use less aJtewacds. feb.4tf. $1500!! 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Write for descriptive oirculars and full par ticulars. PHI LA. SEWING HAl'fllNE CO. 1301 « 1303 K7MWOOD, ST, euuupKLrui, ea. SI A CON, GEOR GIA. COTTON FACTORS -AND— COJVJUISaiOJV JUERcHJLJYTS WAREHOUSE CORNER OF POPLAR AND SECOND STtf* x GltEET Their patrons with the announcement that their large aad commodious Ware house has been entirely rebuilt iu Brick. fi>r their better accommodation of COTTOif consigned to them, and are confi'dbot th it their facilities for handling the next crop can not be surpassed by auy house iu the State. Their ofiloe and Salesroom have been rearranged with a view to improve light on» Samples and the comfort of v.ieitom,, muL a. cordial in vihdion.is extended, to tail to call aud see them. Thanking their friend tor the liberal patronage extended them in the poet, they a*k m continuance of the some, and promise aenewed 1 efiprts to plbose^ Orders for Bagging and Ties wdl receive prompt attention, Advuuces on Cotton iu Store made when desired, at lowest Bank rates. Kept.211- WILLINGHAM’S WAREHOUSE. T. B. ART0PE, DEALER TN MARBLE AND G RANITE WORK MONUMENT, HEAD STONE, BOX TOMBS, Vases,Iron Roim&Copiag,Building Wroks.&c. AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED STONE BORDERING AND YES ES FOR GRAVES'. SECOND STREET. NEAR CAMPBELL. A JONES' If A REHOUSE MACQffiT, — — — —- GEORGIA ^ Post Office Box, No. 425. Sept.2nd ly. COLUMBUS SASH, DOOR AND BLIND EMPORIUM f WA Wilingham DEALER IN- * Sash* Doors,. Blinds and White Pine Mouldings- ALSO LUMBER, LATHS, PLASTERER'S HAIR, PAINTS, OILS, PUTTY AND WINDOW GLASS CHEWACLid. LIMB BY THE. BARREL OR IN CAR LOAD LOTS. AGENTS FOB THE BE SI Z&lsomine in "Use, Anyone waiting anything in MY LINE by correepouiling W1THI ME shall have prompt attention. aopt. 16-tf. L take pleasure in informing my frienda and patrons that 1 am better prepared- to HANDLE CO 1 TON thia season than ever before. I am now located on Second Street, the finest stand in Macon for the cotton business. 1 have made artangr.. ments to get money at a very low rate of interest, on Cotton iiu Store. My scalesman, Mr. Hugh M. Willet, a son of 'Vof,, Willefc. is accurate and rellalilfc,. Mr. C. B.. Wilingham still hut charge of the finances and books, and is always ready to serve: my patrons. 1 have for mjr customers, free of charge, a loft aud wagon yard, also sleeping apartments for teamsters. Very truly, MACON — —