The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, August 27, 1868, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text$l)c £utt)bm Appeal. i- i. f. S AWT ELL, 1 [H. H. JONES, Jpropriotor*. P- — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION': F*ur ao*th».... 8l •- 4^, Invariably In advaKik. All papum <ll»- eoiitinutxl un expiration of time pul*! tor. We are Growing Old Together tir M int uuixes im Tff are growing oW tog*tt.«-r } There iarilr«f In thr hair, la the wbiU-nwu of my tempi.-" Lite bath Mt iu linen of carr. tVe are growing old together ; ."'ll mi art brautilbl to me i \\e are (rowing old togetInr, Am I beautiful to thee T We nn* growing nM together J When you held my plighted hand, Life wore a look of "picador t'nw-en on <*•* <* land. by the pain of the Inmrnting That the glimmer eou'd not firing, With the riproem ot it* fruttng.', The b.'igntacM of the "|>ring ; fly the lovely hope we burled, lly the .lying child we ktacd, 1 lore thee "lieet. mV dear. at. For a hut my life hath mlwtd. IV. are growing old together ; When w e drop tbe » rHI. rile <me till watt lH»- WfMfe the Into the grand KoreVer Together we w ill glide ; No power In the ag«* Our Irlng can dirkle. We slit)) grow young tnydhe* \ What p«iet ever *U«JJ The raptures ef Immortal*. Who htt. Ibrerrr young ! Letter of Accep*«licc t>r the Hon. Jwhti T. Clarke. CrrtiBBRT, Oa., Aiignnt 0, ISflfi. Gentlemen : Yoore c»f tlio 5i»tli lilt.. no tifying me of my nomination, by the Into Democratic Convention of Georgia, ns n candidate for Elector for tbo Bint© nl large, came by due ronrae of nrdiK It bmmi me too wick to rc| ly. I uYuiiffiy m il <»l my enrlient ivluruing strength, In •ay,that, with grateful acknowledgment* ta the party for tbo unmerited v*otiq>li- meat, I AcitdVt the holtiVnuli..n. Jn going forth u* one ol the flag brnr- «rn of the Democracy in this ciitttpnigfl, I at.all do mi, not only wilh n hccirtnilig MlM trf IliU ilolKJI - Confined III"‘II me but (utilbliiidly convinced, tlmt I am but (ling (or ttie deute«t ri|ehtH and most ino mentotiH intercut* of (tax***, of tin South, of the <n(ire t'hum, utW tif human' ty. Taught from my carHunt yc«t*> In ie vero the Constitution of tbo I’nited (State*, an tbo noble-t, ntructute of hu ttiiin g«»v. rument, it* fixtures have iiO'"i- d.'it ino ill yttlith mid manhood, subjects of intt-iiwo and admiring study ; ami like thu grant cataract of Niagara, it* Mibliinity utid majesty Ini Vo timtimnilly grown nj'.hi my reverential gnaa,until I hurt? nln.owt wotHlii|.pe.| it. I reg.nl that Constitution ir. this country, nn tint only nectlie protection of />r>e*te liberty. In social Older and progniu, to na'iuutl peace andpnupiidy ol h"t)if, and national reap rtahil-ty abroad, Ho completely have all my idciin of good government found thcni-wlvi * embodied in it, that having Mice becotno, perhaps, infatuated with ilw advantages ;inJ its glories, I can so© nothing in the |nililien ■ f tlio country worth cui.tuuding for, il that win r. d com pact in to bo broken dmvn und abandon Ml. Hut arliut benign fcnlure of tlmt fun* dum.ntttl law him ©scaped the rut It lean ravagun of Radical power ? Tlio Connii tiilUiu essayed directly to protect private lil>eity and plivnte property jiy freeing citizen* from the arbitrary jnriwdiclion of the military, and charging tbe civil nulbority with the supreme mid exclttsivo jKnvcrol administering juntiee among civilians. Hut that wicked parly have t nwhly subordinated tlio civil to the mil Uttry. Through the ntbitrary measure* of the latter they have seized our prop erty, nud incur ecru ted nnd murdered our men and women. Arrests were prohibited wave under legal warrant", based on outh or affirmation of probable cause. Hut they have arrested thous ands of freemen upon military orders, often merely vet bul, and lor no alleged violation of low. 'J hey have set at open «fe.fumee tb® hmbtat earjiut when is* tied, nnd, by Isgiolative enactment, prohibi lied iU* legitimate und most iinpoitnnt use. Tim right of sjtcedy and itupsrtinl trial by a jur* of the vicinage they have often trnmplwl underfoot. The.* have by acts ot Ouugrens, authorised, nnd in fact enforced, tiie seizure find emifisemion of private property without the trial or conviction ol the ow ner for any crime. The freedom of speech and of the \ res* ure guaranteed l.y the (Joimtilutiou, btif th« party in power have suppressed newspapers and imprisoned editors for dissenting opinion*. Public spunker* have bsen Incarcerated, fined and Inm i«hevl by tbe mililury eommisaioo ; and sornetirn. s, even upon the mere order of a subordinate officer of contemptible rank, general orders have been issued forbidding the civil officers of tbe land from expressing opposing political sen timents, under pain of expulsion from office and severe penalties. Officers so lceted, trusted and honored by the peo ple have been driven by bayonets from the disehurge of their public duties, be cause. in their regard for official oaths »od their devotion to tho Constitution, they could not obey the unconstitutional and abominable mandates of usurping Hjtrsps The South has indeed been the prin cipal theatre for the perpetration of these outrages. But they hare been done du ring a period of profound pence—-when the people were not only submissive to the authority of the United States, but anxious fur a return to the duties ami privileges of the Union—after the only ground* of sectional strife hud been re moved by the formal and final abolition of slavery and tli© solemn renunciation of the tight of sccestion, by the South- THE APPEAL. Vol. II, Outhbert, Georgia, THIERSMY, August 97, 1868. TSTo. 43. ern States themselves. Tho North, too, | United StutcN desire it or not. They can furnish memorable instances of like . dread tho popular judgment upon their wrongs nguiiiKt tho people and tho Con-; misdeed*. Th.-y nfC fio\V moving in tht* stitutton. In short, under Radical rule, SouthdlK States to take tlio choice of no provision of that instrument for the Presidential Kloctor from the people nnd protection of private rights of cither per. glvtj It oVor tU tho ao-cnlled Legislature, eon or property Im* been tcnpocted. now sitting in those Stutes—assemblies Uut that class of provisions bus not chosen under tlio overflying prosenco nlotto been di*pised «n»l overrun by the nnd authority tit bayonets, not by the iyrnimicnl spirit .»f Uadicalism. * The | free will of tbo people ; composed in tin* right* ol Plate* have been openly do- main, not of representative men, but ighl* ol Ptnte* have been openly de-! main, not of leprcs. uiv-d and continually trampled on Ten ot renegades and vagabond* Irom abroad, Souther.i State* have been oxcludcd | ignorant negroes,- and a emailjndmixture from ruproeeutation in Congress, for t of the offsoourlft^fl of the uativo whitbil several year* of profound pence They —men Hectored elected, in many install- leave, during most of that time, been de- ce«, by Iho irrespo siblo, military, paid nied by Congress all local civil govern agent* hf Raditndism, in tlio face of fact* incuts of tluir own choice, and held us! and tigmer* l«> tho contrary. Through mqucitsl provinces, under thecommnnd I these frflhdulent, violent and desperate f mdilary tyrants end miscreants, who mentis, nfb they struggling to hmliitniii delight to outrage our feelings und hit teu themHelvcs by the roldn-ty of the town trodden land. They have dhdVnn ,dosed thousutids of our best vitirwus, on the pretence of rclicllinn, while the hit ter stand, not only uuconvictod, hut un- indicted, for any crime, or be'oro any that stihn-mncy, in which, Imrestraiuwl by thu Constitution afttl IhH-*, they enn contiauo to riot in ptfwer, rthd in a course of reckless extrnvngune© of tlio people’* money, nnuxampled in lii*tory, und which could not fail to bankrupt the na tion, were sho mistress of thu coliiuiuoil tribunal. Wlwrcas, by the Constitution, j treasures of Christendom, thu right ol Htifiragu in oneb Ptnte was! Thu Democratic parly—founded orig- subject to her own exclusive regulation, * innlly ujmn devotion to the principles of Congress him assumed not only to di* the Constitution, and, amid thu minor franchise many, but has actually trims-' errors nud inconsistencies which mar all furred, a* far as possible, tho political, human works, over distinguished by tho power in tho Br»iiih»from those to whom 1 motto emblafcinod on all h. r bttfiners, of right it belongs, to a people u holly! ‘ Simc Right* nnd Strict Construction,’ incapable of using it with the slightest for many long years, wielded tho Gov nnlioiud regard to i-vcn thoir own inter- 1 ernnu-nt, sucuring social pufleo and or- rab The Radical parly ha\m (mpurtml dor ; sending forth alrean a of prosperity nnrpct-hng vagabonds, of all Color* and uml happiness to gladden every *i;olinii from all ounrtvrw — thepuHifrntia- j id tho luu.l ; administering n judicious rictthfH— to fill tho office* one* no«ll-1 «t home an.) abroad ; nnd mam- pied by oar moot taletuuii mid IWm-d tatulng an eem.ou.y in tho use ol the h I’ow eitixens. public Iivunury, compared with which These monsters, together with ihoiv the untueafured extravagance..f the now hungry subalterns, are struggling gree ; doinltti.nl fuel inn is simply umnwiig.— dily 1»* fill thuit insatiable maws with l hut par MUtOered by ill bited disscn- the plunder robbed horn . nr |«.nr and sltms, sadly illustrated tho maxim, “uni- hind working people, white tthd l lack, b-d wo stand, divided wo fall.” Over by ill. gi.| and unjust taxation 1‘ot the I "helmed by tlio passions engendered by solo purpose* of parly agrondisemenl, i U»« luto ever to l.e lattrelUed civil war, and tlio privilego of plunder, tbo lla.li ! unablo In lilt an < llccliial nrm Ibr the cals are continually laboring, l.y every i defense of the mttloual sanctuary mid ai • m.lmllowed means, to develop the nfijit.-1 »«**. <»"•« l"» r «.V have been long eompoll- Hitiou and nniUroslty «>f an ignorant and l " pittas* the licentious hotde* of misguided rare against their naighlmrs Kudicidlstti teming down thu UMH|i!ti of nud friend*, upon whom they depend lot j thu Constitution, which eunhnotrd the support; und thin arc destroying all so-! Hod of l.ilu r y whom the nation rror- ciai secmily, nnd hastening the ruin .1 shipped. Hat l bast a kinder prtiVl n!l classes of our people. | Aouco minie* tjlmidus to-duy- ll.n lx- Nor have they disregarded tho light* v.cssen of thn Itndictila huvu uroused llte .1 the Southern Slate* only. Thev real" even of many inodoratn men wlm have denied the Stab*, which never so-, hml bori.me outiagcd m party re 1 si ion* coded, thu right to representation In! with thorn, nnd tho peoplo ol tlio North Congr.**, except by rn.-u aoeeplnblo inj *ru becoming eh.m-.rous f..r thu rcstorn- thrlr senlitm-nts to the dominant pm tv., tinn ••( llio Constitution. '1 ho Democrat- I'll the end or maintaining their over Ivi ptvreuts Urn only otgamzathit. wlmltiling Ittisjoiilics iu tlio Senate uml; |»cp»ivd l«* lead tho campaign lo. -Uib- ll.-use.f Ib-presontntives, IhcyhaVteio- '•«>’«nd Union, now and forever.— 1-e.de.llv i uh*d out men clectod l.y the' They have met m solemn council, invok peoplo of sin h State# nnd admitted de ing the aid ol all true patriots, without luitoil candidates, who promised to |regard to fminer pally di*linction*.- the stn.plu tool* of tl.eir party. They I Tln-y have Rolemttly declared theuiflelvos In.Vo in--csiimcd formally to challcge the ! for fluid',In,<r 1)1 »J the annenf, ylon light <d Maryland to het own ehonr-n *«* (^t did ion, mtk (he rril oration of oil State government, under which sl.o I,a I, riyht* Kite icitheid. 'I’l.ey Ijavo noinina- ever beforo \»een nfi honored nnd uinal 1 b-rl Suyumur, "f New \ork, for I’rest member ..f thu Cnkitl, nnd have Imldl.v | dent, nud Ului", of Missouii, for \ ice- threatened to usurp tbo control of tboi I’rentdrnt. Now they confidently up elective franchise in all the Stales. At length, in the madness of their tin hi idled liccii*r,tliey have openly attempt #-d to throw off all pretence t»f oonsli- tntiulilll restraint, nnd to nssunie all the |KiWers of government into tho liuiid* id their leader* To this end, they have, by Congrcssii nal enaetinelif, essayed t.» snatch from the Executive !>■ paitment a large share of the distinctive |tower* lodged there by tlio Couatilutinn, and to confer them iijk.ii frontiires and fovori- ities of tln-ir own. They imp. neliod p.-nl to all wlm lov© llioir country ; nil wh<» revele the nuttUiof Washington ; I.I all who uhl'I'NIl the pride of Uovolil- ii..nary auucstors, or win. gnfa buck with longilig heal Is to thu prosperous days which wo all st out in tlm old Union; und to a.I who look intelligently to the wel fare «C the preoent and future gcttBift- tioii* of sll races mid colors in thu liuid J to rally with iMithusiuam around their standard, find plant it once inure on tho height* of thu national Capitol. I feel that ill udvocutilig tho biicccsh of the Democratic party, ut this timo, l tliu President upon charge* ridiculous _ r . .. . I.;. I-,... V.I ,.;.i am engaged in tho snored cause ol tin lor tln-ir legal frivolity ; und, with great , , , i . u,. h r . i- ,,ii mo a Id ter hi und jiroaiw*, e<<uUtu(<ti(j for In* exis-nditure of public treasure, nud bi ... t. ~ , 1 iii.ii i„ i . .1.. 'DneUhU-on and the t nion,fttr the j\oiln ana ,hu ““ olbnb„f. 1 l.,l,o,»l..n pojo. h , f ' M(/n , . sw „ tbey lubored bmg and toil™ ■’ |10 s „. ef „ |boy lmvo.liiib.T- ,, ki for ,|,o ,k.- m lb,. ..Uernl't, b«' , „r I oo>. .till porm vom n, hrcoto„.n K ,,od loom-, , rj f. llU rdloivciltoon, mg to cniiflummute their inalignunt do-1 . ( . . uw TH-.l-iTcLI^I.invmW,),,,, liu-oM hr well set tied jurisdiction of tho Supr> niu , , , „ n i n «» i „... n r Court, another co-ordinate branch of tl Government, merely to jtrermt Ote rindim of the miutilution and thr. right, of <Hi- and itute* by that last and higlient peaceful at biter known to tho nation ; «nd t" * *" Jl * *“ *’ ‘ * L ‘ tribui provu mi unsoriipuluu* tool in their hands. Thus, while they liar« practically ft oiide, in the pait, every dillinctire provition Ot' the great Lonttitution whether deigned for the trcurUg of private right* or for thr pre- IIuni*, H. J. Smith, Committee. le rmuninnon ana (he nghi, oj nn- -y A good story is told of Dr. by ll.ul W .nil b.glOTll gl Jj» Muckuuiir. The doctor oc T.". r " r'r •? oomponiwl ao.no foir lodieo to tho o.vy ,,| they I...Idly tbrooton to d«trny the w „ t .|, N „.„tly df«.ribln B on ‘b“ n -1 St-webor, If it obould not J f ’ b( , a , t |„ b‘» U ly of tborurrouml- .. . .ry boat tho beauty ing scenery, wh. u a puff of w ind gently lifted hi* hut “ff hi* head, and carried it like u bird tripping it* wings up tho liver. ‘Good heaven*!’ cried tho doctor, ... 'there'* a poor follow’* hot in the nlr. -rration of the hbertic, of Slate, they ,/and Why, ladies, that ia a Joke I alwnya pledged that all their jmel outrage, thatl U j UUjf f, f| , l vindicated, upheld and repeated, and that the rutfr u f | ftU g|,t c r which greeted hut mmMomv of the free, government ft ah- j |im a j| roUnt j ( ni „j ||, 0 direction ull eyes Hihad hy our father, iha/l U utterly tfjavtd. U|ok to induced him to put hf* To render their guilty purpose « vc » |,» n d tlnre. • Hy tho power*,’a noth he, more manifest, they have not up a* their t (• |j u i hia native wit return- candidate for the highest offica in the ing |, w a< | 10 „ aw it f„|| i„to tho nation, n man undUtiogniahed among, w ® lcM a f t ha East river, * That’* truo to the common herd, save n* a military nulurt . ; tt beaver ulways takes to tlio chieftain, whoso success against ail ex- 1 wa t cr / haunted foe was due Iom to *kill than to ' ’ — iiinneiiHO resources, and to n wholesale, t&r A Jfrenchmnn, in company with hi* bosom friend, hi* wife, ami daughter, year* of ago, wero sitting in the nnd brutal sserificc of the live* of over a hundred thousand of hi* fellow rol- dier*—u man, whose only qualification for leader of tbe party, beside* that he i* a man of blood and General of the armies, i* that ho i« a ,tranger In cicil laic* and fundamental compact, ; that hr en tertain* no political opinion, or policy ; hut offer, hiuucf ready, uilh hi, abonei, to eon iummaU (he n icked deign, of fhe parly — Him, too, in my honest judgment, they have determined to place at the head ot the nation, whether the people of tbe drawing room of tho former, when tho i hi fighter Wild to tbo booofn Iriend ; “ I say, .Monsieur A •. 1 want you to be my lover, won't you V’ Tbo father uogriiy oxdairnod r "Why, my daughter, where did you learn such rtrnnge expressions V” Tho child answered: "Fa, nnr*» say* that Monsieur A is mu’* lover, and if ho i* mu’a lover, why cuu’t be be mine too V Kent and Ideal. Sumo year* ago, one of the md*t|ifo*- fibruufl uiorcHnitt* of Havre, nftfnii flilp- posod to hnvo already roalizod millions, Hiispmnlod payrnout. Groat was the astonishment of tho commercial world, nnd greater still that of tlio social world, for there M. Lille find held the very first rank. Purliritt* H flrCfet fuel ing of SdliUfahtioH mingloil with tho iifi- toiiishmcnt cxpresaml iu tho social world, lor M, and Mine Lille had ex- titod too much envy to huvo many sin- fc’prfi friotltiA hffiong those who, during thoir pfoSficrity, wero proud to call themselves by that name. M. Lillo wns a rupivHontfltivo of tho ancient family of the Lill«; but with tho ghjrtte*t good taste, ho hail, HH entering comineioiul life, dropped both tho title of Marquis, which holongcd to hi* nncootors, ns well ns the dv, which indiotttud hi* nobility of birth. I ii oarly life, when only u poor noblcnmn, ho had mofritd a Loti til frsS ol I. , so that all prclcftsionn with regard to position, precedence or birth, we to beyond qucAtlun. Although M. and Mine. Lillo novor iiiilidud tb thoif ancestry; both possessing tlio simplicity of tfiitt tiohilitv, they could not oblitor- uto tlifi Ini'ts ot thoir birth, nor could the pat vontu** ever forget thorn. \Y hen, llicreforo, tho house of Lillo suspended, there was a secret satisfaction, not in the Ifiisfortuno of tho merchant, hut in the humiliation of tho noblettintl. But Mi nnd Mmo. fiillb Hiked no con solation, (iesifed no aympniiiy, idill rllh- jeetod tliemcolves to no liuniiliatioii*.— Abandoning all his creditor*, M. Lille ctnhnrked for Calcutta, from whcnco the blow which had underininud him had come, whilo Mmo. Lille retired to n small villa shu possessed in It ■ — , which had liccii built hy M. Lillo ns a convenient resiilunco din ing the hat lung season lor liia liiinily. IIore, wilh a limited house hold, retaining some of the elegancies, but none of the luxurie s of lifo, Mme. Lillo prepared to live in niter seclusion und simplicity during Imr lnishnnd'* ah sonco At this timo, beside* tho finan cial cmlinmianment, a great domestic sorrow hung over tho family. M. and Mine. Lillo hud nvo daughters, twin sisters, who, at tho ago of seventeen, wore reputed to bo without rivals, both a * to beauty and oducation, not only in Havre, but scarcely to posses* equal* in Fiiria. The year of tho commercial enlastidplitJ, tihd Jn*t bofuro it, Mine. Lillo hail gnlio In liailon with both her daiightolH, hut returned with only one. Laura had tied, sodlteod by the nit* of an ndventiiii i'! tub prudent to n*k the lialid of the lieh lucrclumt’* daughter, to which ho know ho could justify no claim, hut reckoning on obtaining it on hi* own teniiH, when, as lie fluid, he should have the gnmu in hio own hands. Tho father aliil mother heart-broken at the conduct of thoir child, had carefully hidden her (light from all. An excuse for Lnuru's absence was easily found, and the fami ly huiiof lining saved, her niimo w ns banished from tlio lip* of nil, though in tho liuarts of all memory and nflbctioii still lived. Tlio catastrophe which do- prived tho house ol Lillo of it* reputed millions, destroyed tho illusion of tlio se ducer, nnd Lauru returned secretly home to her inolliui < three duj'fl llftl'i' her fulliur’* dt'pUrturo, to die. Mme. Lillo concentrated her love and her linpe* upon her surviving daugliter Annu. Hy tho coffin of her ai*t«r*lioiiiudo her swear never to forWuko her home, never to conceal any love she might eon reive from those who hod cliori*hcd her infancy. Anna, with tho terrible lesson of hot sister before her, wilh tl.o daily spectn ole ofhuc mother’s grid und tho al'orn tlon it hud made in her, vowed to lid’ self and those she loved, to live but fuf thcfti. Ho sho resolved, iu pursuance of her vow, to Mtiladli llctaelf titler'y from id) Kocioly during her lather'* absence This whh no difficult task, for, suitors who luid flocked round the beautiful daughter ol the millionaire, did nut III trade upon the solitude of the (laughter of thu bankrupt ttttffuhaut. Hut Aunti was endotted w ith u vivid, romantic im ogir.alion, and a heart lull of Ididornes* and passion. Her mind, too, was filled with the literature of France and Ger many, nnd oecossurily tlio poets and the imaginative writers of both countries wero her favorite studio*. For some rf,oaths Anna was salUflod with tho lotc of iwotry j her fancy wns enamored all heroes ; sho concluded that to lie tho w ife of u man ol gvuius was tlio happi est lot ol womuti. One day chunco or destiny, in nn in stant, by meant of a potrait, gave a tan gible form to her fancy und tlio aspira. Don* of bor heart. In a review, os a gift to the subscribers, came tho portrait of Octave Gautier, then tho favorite and fashionable author of the dny. Anna, although she hud resolved never to form any secret engagement, had imagined that not only her inelination but her du ty oL/igod her to form a brilliant mur- riago. Gautier appeared to oiler every advantage, nnd the sight of hi* portrait, Idealized, of course, at once develop'd a serious passion in her heart. As sho had determined to bo lovod for herself, and resolved to study deeply tho char actor of the man eh© vm* to marry, sho did not think she wns infringing on tlio promises she had made, by muking in quiries about tho hero of her fancy. Great was the astonishment of (»au- tier’* publisher to receive u letter from Havre, asking whether the poet was married. However, ho answered in tho aegativc, and A»ea gave herself up to| nil the delight nnd illusion of n first pns- ekffi: < 8bino days after this Gnuliof itfl* sit ting in his study, in convorsntion with oiib of Ills intimates, when a lottcr will! tho llavro postmark was brought in. ‘ Ah F exclaimed tho poet, passing hi* hand through his wavy hair,' It is acme time sinco I received nn anonymous let ter. I wns.wcdUntiima now poem, just to remind the puhlio of ii* nainirriiion. 1 As he spoko ho handed the letter to hi* friend. Now, hi* friend wns no po et; but a practical man of law—distin guished hi letters and in political lifo, but neither eloquent nor brilliant. Tim id nnd reserved by miliiro, Iicrirnm do Cttlvlllo had nono of tho science of the world, and kept within hi* own heart Ins sentiments, his taste* and Ids feelings— things nil WU filtered to confide tb tho public. Anna's loiter conluiuod but deop ad miration for tho genius of tlio poet, ele gantly expressed, and wns signed by the name of Mutton. ' You nro lucky, my dear ft ft (f (let, 1 said do Colville, 1 ill Hlltplfo such letters ufi till*. They ih'iist ho an encourage- tdcHt to genius.’ ' A bore, you monn I W hy I huvo had at least a hundred of such letter* ; they tickle one'* vanity, but Hint i* nth Besides, who do you think tho writer of till* Ibttef’ I* ?’ 1 Soffit) young authtiffctoj cVldoblty n superior wi.ftmn, by the stj'lo und tuno of her letter.’ 'Pome princes!! in disguise? No, Herlrfiffij princesses are too much snr- rmindod to luikb time to think of poet* ; this is either some silly school girl, some mad Knglisli old maid, or a t unning ndventuress, who expects to begin an Intrigue. Answer tho letter and try,’ 1 Theft) can Un titl htvrm In such a proccetlifig. Will you lend mo ybtir name ? • Give It to ynfl, ffiy (tear fuKhUr f’ Hcrtrain’s letter brought joy to Anna, nnd tlm* the ctH‘t0s|'Oiidonco begun, Bertram in vain conjoutUritlff tthtt hi* correspondent could bo—Anna fully* convinced that sho was writing to the pool. Soon the creature of his imagi nation, invested with every beauty; in spired by the charm* of her loltoi A, be come the ohjeet of Bertram’s adoration tho whole matter hud. -however, pnfiied out of Gautier’s mind. Gautier waft a modern ixiet, tlmt is, n thorough marl hf the wot Id. His poetical talent had been to him the mean* of gratifying his nmbit’tut. Through his long nnd well known litiiion with the Diiclios* d’K , hu had attained a high office in the State; nnd wn* now on tlioovo, through her influence, of being appointed to a diplomatic position of ureal imporlnnce. IIia idol Ms Itiffisclvj hit had great powers of imnginiitiofl, fluency of spouuli, no heart—a hnndsotno permit), nil thing* riilculntnd to seotiro tnc tlappines* of mm person—the brilliant stntriMtjrth nnd the charming poet. M. OclnVh unuticr. Ho wns cevtninly not n man to interfere with a sentimental correspondence. It hnd been going on nl> \»t six months, when M. Lille returned. His mission hnd been successful; nnd hnv- ing realized hi* fortune, lie found him self the possessor of immense wealth. On the morning of Lit* return, Anna, taking her father's nrm, strolled out with him toward* tho sou shore. ‘ Fatlur,' she said, ' your happiness und rny mother’s depend* upon your only child; you nnd mV ffiolhor desifu to sec mu married. I huVu tnndo my choice—1 am ongnged.’ ' Anna,' exclaimed ho,' bnvo you for gotten Laura V’ ' Do not be afraid, dear father. Iloro nrc all my finance's letters; he is worthy of .yon ) he hu* fl tlnffio tioblo and illus trious, nnd ho has noVer seen me.’ bitting on tlio rock*, the wave* at bis feet, tho father rend the letters -which bad etilranrod bis child. When ho hnd finished ho kissed her forehead and said musingly: ‘1 am going to Paris to night; yon have ricked our hoppincs* and pence, but porhnpa Heaven lias been merciful. If the mini is like his letter." Wo are safe/ lu a fow hour* M. do Lillo, who bud now resumed his title, was in Ports j and in tlm presence of tbo |>o«b ‘ M. Gautier V *ald tho ilarquia. ‘ The sumo.’ ‘ I nm tho father of Anna.' «Of Anna V < Yes, your correspondent of tlio last few mouth*. You linvo declared your lovo to her; you have offered iter your hand- have you resolvod to keep your promise ?' • You »ro speaking in riddles, : ' said Gautier; * 1 never made the promises you state. I have no Ititelilloii of mar- tying.’ . . The Marquis took Ii is lonvo. Was this daughter a dupe like tho other ? The Marquis resolved to find tbo impos tor, and to take his life, even though his child, hi* only child, should not sur vive him. Ill* bitter thoughts wero hero inter rupted by the announcement of the Count de Colville, nnd a hnndsotno and elegant young man entered tho room. • M. Ie Murquia’ said ho, 'your daughter, Mile Anna, has, by a letter I received this morning, authorized mo to ask her bund; sho tell* me you know all.’ ‘ All, sir; are you the llaron de Gau tier ?’ ‘No, sir,’ replied the Count; ‘and though I blush to confess tlio deceit to ^ you, i still more dread to wvuul it to your ditUgliUfr. I tint tho Count do Colville. I did but assume the nnmo of Gautier.’ Hero do Colville related how tho inubefeht Uciieit had origlttuHjd.— ' Nod;' fcohtiiiiled tie Colville, 1 1 hnvo placed myself in tho position of an ad- vonturor, for by your daughter’* letter*, l find sho is an heiresa—the heiress ol six million*. I huvo not a fortuno to aspire to her hand—I nm humbled tthd w relished.’ • You ara misinformed sir,’ said the Marquis; ‘my daughter will have but two hundred thousand frnucs in mnv ringc.' . • Then, Sir, as I have a fortuno of doublo that ninmint, may I ask you to prosent me. ? I do not care for Anna’s fortune; it in hcrnelf I love.’ 1 Sir,’ said M. de Lille, 1 my daughtor i* in lovo with the gbfiitifl of tlffi poet; it is but just that fine. Ahotilti choose be tween tho real nnd supposed port. 1 oxact a promise from you that you will not mention to any one tho real amount of my daughter’s fof’luno, ami limt you will spend n fortnight ut my house iu tho country with your friend, M, Gatt- tier.’ Bertram promised. Wo ital obliged to tell Gautier nil; however, lie hud kept scrupulously silent on the subject of tlffi Wltdtle, consequently Gautier re mained flndef tita iffipftssiun given him by tho sight of Anna’s Inst letter, that she possessed a dowry of fllx mllSitihft. ‘ Whitt it fool I wn*,’ exaluimou Gau tier to himself, • to sacrifice six millions. Of nil anonymous luttors, to pick out precisely thw one to make tho fortune of n friend. Well, friendship i* scarce — l know its pi ice—it costs mo six mill ion*.’ M, do Lille returned to llavro. 1 Mill;, do Lillo,’ said ho, playfully, on thtt tsvtjtfing bf his return, ‘ will you come nnd tnfco h walk with fnfi ? 1 wrtnt to talk to you about your poems. I have been to Paris.’ • Well?’ 1 Well, you hnvo wrecked tho destiny of yotlr life, boldly, foolishly.’ ‘Foolishly? No; fiitliOr; I chose n man illustrious, noble, young, handsome, distinguished. Was that foolish?’ ‘ Do yotl Ibve tho man whose heart nnd soul hnvo boon poured out before you during nil these months ?’ ' 1 loVo Gautier, tho poet.’ ' Yoti Uirirfl been deceived/ , ' Deceived ?’ sniit Atlhn, turaiff# ftafo. I Yes, my dnrlit.’fc!, yolt applied poetry to marringU, atU] fitly bits replied ns it ought in prose. Yodr correspondent i* not tho poet, but thu poet’s friurtd, who assumon his nnmo.’ ‘Assumed his name— deceived m© ! lie m an imposter ?' ‘ He is tho man who wrote tho letters thnt made you lovo him.’ ‘ No, father; ho wns feigning. Who knows what he is? Tho man capable of deceiving a woman who trusts him capable of tiny crime.’ ‘ Oh, iVotnnn, over exaggerated, llow- oVtor, Anna, you have deserved tho or deal I have imposed. You must choose between llte two; I have chosen al ready.’ ‘ 1 will hnvo neither.’ • I tihooHo tho inrijofttet 1 } he Is no po et,’ replied M. <(e Lille; ‘ lie is a man of pure hoiirt nnd sound principle. Re member how he respected you ; how ho novor sought to discover yoUHucognftO. Though you made him tho first advance. Remember that, Anno.’ Anna was forced to tho trial. Tho ttVu aspirant* came. At tho sight of Attna, resplendent with youth and beau ty, tho Count de Colvilio remained com founded, awkward and embarrassed be fore her, whilo the pool, piqued by tbo glory of the conquest, felt himself in spired with new hope, and displayed himself in his most brilliant color*. Tho Marquis left his daughter entire liberty. Although she never wandered from nor father’s grounds, site wns fro* quootly alune with her admitot-fl. A Her the first fow days the contdmpt with which sho treated do Colville led him to avoid her. Before tho end of t’ o fortnight Gautier httd declared hie love. I I did not (trite those letters Id you. Anna/ ho said; ‘ but yours wero writ ten to mo; you can lovo but me.’ • I have chosen,’ said Anna to her ft» liter. * I was right; poetry can bo np plied to murringo/ Gautier applied to M. do Lille. ‘ Sir,’ fluid do Lille, ‘ my daughter has 1 chosen you; she must follow your for tune; hers is but a moderate one—two j hundred thousand franctr.’ ‘ Two hundred thousand francs, mon- j tieur l We afe then of the ttorld. Your datfghttt is beautiful and fascinating enough to be taken without a fortnffo, j but it must be by a rich man. I have I thirty thousand francs a year. I spend them. The little your daughter would make ffio as a married matt poorer than I «m now. I shnll bo wretched, of course, but I canpot doom 1 four daugh ter to misery. Farewell.’ ‘ What« fool's game f nave been playing I' continued Gautier to himself. ' I nearly lost tho duchess, too, giving her rrp nnd my mission to Baden.’ The poet loft Havre thatetfeffitig'. De Colville entne to take Ins leuve.— It was thu last evening ho was to spond with Anna. M. do Lillo took him fluid©. ‘ Monsieur,’ said he, making a sign to Ann*, who left (ho room, ‘ let us take a walk on the terrace. You are about to leave us. 1 cannot let you tuko nwoy with you the mortifying conviction that you hare been refused, nflor the letters ,toy daughter wrote to you; this mar- ®I)C £ntl)bert Qtppcnl. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One dollar per square of ten line* for tbe fir^t Hi lertlon, nnd Keronty-Hre Cent* per *<|nare for ea«S ftitbuxpient iniertion, «c«tdynj three. OnqHquarfltffMIfc riiotitbi! 8 00 One *(fu*re one rear SO 00 Fourth of n column nix month" 80 00 llalfcnluinn *ix month" 70 00 Que column m* month" 100 00 ringo was impossible; my daughter cannot now again hop© to marry. For- tqno hoe ngnin frownoof oh me. I lmyq but jliflt sufficient to livo on, and, at my death, to save my child from penury.' ‘ Monsieur,’ replied M. do Oofvillo, ' tin? murringo is impossible becoqyq your dnugliter linte* nnd despisfcs me, and I have deserved it : but, indeed, I lovo her sincerely, wholly, devotedly. I hnvo more fortune titan suffices mo.— You arc still young; a fortuno may Vyi he Hindu, You hnvo tio ,H0ii—let pio bq mie to you. Disposo of the capital I posAesS, nntf 68 prove thnt you hnvo for given my imposture.’ , ^ , . (t1 * I ennnot,’ snit,l jltc Marqui*, ‘ but you hnvo my affection and esteem. Ah, my (laugfiVor would hnvo boon happy.’ At' tlija ffto'mA’nt Anna glided frotti b^ lilitcf u bush, ... i, 1 And may tjft po *till.’ snid shq. Ah, Bertram, you linvo tho poetry of, tho heart—tho pootry thnt is breathed for home,'for those we lovo, for tno. dhflf-ria. well us tho bright days of lifo. Y.ou could nsBiimo tho poet’s tin mo and style, b(!t lio could nhj; tnkoyour soul or your heart; those are what I loved in yotff letters. Will you tuko mo, repontoiit, poor, but full of gratitude nnd lov© ?’ . •To my heart ot hearts !’ tiJclfflflJ&J do Colville, kneeling pt her foet. ' IToiv I bless fortuno that I can at least keep you in tho station you adorn. Oh, Mar quis, do you give Itor to mo ?' ‘ Sho does not half deservo you—tfflj- ward, enpriclqufl child; but ffinfry her, do Colville, for my sake. Vvo—lipr Wb- ther and ntysolf—could not bear to part with you. Take her, nnd don’t lovo her tho lens thnt sho is nn heiress, after all —six millions she has. But, dtirling, motiey may ho made tlio poetry of lire f* it keeps lovo over in a rosy atmosphere, nnd is tho moans of happiness to others. Charity ib tlrtJ poetry hynlMed for lleav* A Gustier. A smittfth young female, who writes' for tho Home Journal, over ftfo Horn at plume of "Adolnid Sayre,” and Who evi dently haft ''soino ono to love,” thus gushingly calls upon Her Adolphus’ to "ooittft and see her." “OH MAV, rforfiDj ftlr lftVe’8 jftctaAiffi' wind . . .. . Hubble" up ftotn my soul lo o’orflow into ttilno ; AtuI no miuculcnt grape wbluh the Ublite Ecpbyre Imprison#"suSh dlddct effH^ M this. “Then lly, and your passional© sotfl illSlt b© Btt- ed , With thin doUcato juice from my spirit distilled ; Vnt niov drluk till tbe fouuta of my being are dry, Till you reel with delight l O, then—fly to mb— fly I” That girl should bo attendod to. If who carries on such an cxtdnflivo mttnu- fuctbfV of “nectarine wine," "dulcet elix ir,” "dulicato juice.** nnd "sich,” let tho ruvondo nfisessurs look after her. Bho "takes on” thuflly, when tbd objbet flf Inst comes to tirnO : “O, durllng, wbt Huger T Tb© boot* Is I6ng yut W non you promuted to coini), nud tlift tiUiinentif fly fust: . Ilu.-h ! hark ! ’ll" Ills footstep-ririd nearer, mof* lie presses, boritibo*—I'ffl bffitf—flii is Ae/o , Tho poling man is entirely excusable for “pressing” under tho circumstance*. Pruning Trees. There is a gfioat dflnl said about the proper timo of pruning troos and ospe- ciully tho npplo troo. Some prefer fall, soma mid-winter, some spring; but scarcely ono recommends tho vofiy bdsf time—lu our humble opinion— nter. Doubtless somo old fogioa will upon thoir eyes and bold up their hand* at such nn innovation, ana donounce ft as an absurdity ; but wo think wo wilt ho sustained by n majority of tho 1 Hvi’ men of tho day. . - If we dosired to improve fho form 01 u fruit tree and get fid of some of the superfluous wo6oi wdtlld nffffttf. W winter \ but if Ire dcfllred fruit and H perfectly hoalod sfump; wflsTOiSflfffiftrth' from tho fifteenth of Juno fo (ftp twpn» tieth of July. Wo hove done this often’ wilh tho happiest results Tho fruit htuls form after this, nnd tho oporntlon 1 suddenly cutting off its gfowth, prodofle birds ; while tno wintef <ir early sprfb^ produce only wood. In pruning ornamental trooe in mid- sumffief, (ho hark, ififltortd 6F rending frorff tho stfonp, grO^i ober, and In a' few years will Completely cover it anti make a perfect amputation. , n ^ Wo huvo noticed this upon bar own promises ns well' it's upon those of othflra many times. This pruning is done WhetV tho tree is takifi# its tnidsymmeT feldra,' und then waked trp, rerreahed f6r anofltar start, nfld tlio o'nrk gradually ntoftm otfor tno stump afl if ashamed or tiro shabby looking e*poflflf6'. . f . When tho tree is iu full leaf, And presents itfl fall form to us, Wo cad soe exactly whore tho prtrflfbg shdiild' tth don*, in order thnt while tho overgrdwth may bo removed, tho symmotry of the treo may bo preserved. Especially id midflhvtvmef pruning to ho pWerred,- first, to produce Du OB’ bn IVuit hdaWbg troos as buforo slated ; and second when largo limbs are to bo removed. *gu An- oldcrly gontloman travelling in it stogfo coach was anrrtntcd by the constant War of WdTffiT kopf up bdtweeir two ladies. One of them ot lust kindly IrtaUmed u thotf cortilersatioft did not tnako his Head ache, wheu ho answered With great uai- volto: , u Ko, madam, I bnvo been married twotity-cight years.’’

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, August 27, 1868, Image 1