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Dried Apples 20 Bran SO Barley ....48 Beans ......60 Cow Peas .60 White Beans 60 Castor Beans 46 Buck wheat. 5- Stone 0< a1... 80 Shelled Corn 56 Corn in the ear 7<> Corn Meal 50 Plastering Hair............ 38 Unalacked Lime ~,...t4) Parley Malt., Oals .. 34 Colons .56 Dried Peaches 'Unpeeled 36 “ .peeled 40 Millet Seed 50 Orchard Crass Seed 14 Herd's Grass Seed... .14 Irish Potatoes ,60 Sweet Potatoes.. 50 Peas 60 Rye 56 Blue Grass Seed 14 Clover Seed 60 Flax Seed 56 Hemp Seed 44 Timothy Seed... 45 Hungarian Seed 43 Coarse Salt ~ .V. 50 Fine Salt 55 Tnmipa -55 Wheat .6f> Cotton Seed $1 THE HAMILTON WEEifcfcWm A jModel Newspaper. THE SAYANttM? D4LILY NEWS. Tbe Savannah Daily Morning News is acknowledged iby the’preas and people tb be the best daily paper south of Louisville and east of New Orleans. Carry ing with it the pres tige and reliability of age, it has all the vigor and vitality of youth, and its enterprise as a gatherer of the la test and freshest news has astonished its contemporaries and met the warm approbation of the public. During the year 1873, no ex pense of timeplabor, and money will be spent to keep the Morning News ahead of all competitors in Georgia journalism, and to deserve the flatter ing encomiums heaped upon it from all quarters. There has, as yet, been no - serious attempt made to rival the telegrams which the News inaugura ted some' years ng<>, and the conse quence is, that the reader in search of the latest intelligence always looks to the Morning News. The tele graphic arrangements of the paper are such that the omissions made by the general press reports are prompt ly and reliably supplied by its special .correspondents. The Mornifig News basiately been enlarged to a thirty-six column pa per, and this brcftflffffteope of type embraces, daily, everything of inter est that transpires in the domain of Literature, Art. Scieuce, Politics, Ile lig*)i% affti genS-aLintelligence; givjfl ing to llrS reade rii oi£\audYte 1 1 e r i gesjpd mattjrjlCdi afljpjther paper in tile Statej\T f It is, pSrhajTs, needless to spfcak of the notifies of the Morning News. For yeffs aifd years—indeed, sjnee its establishment —it has been a replnfcn tative Southern paper,.gnd from that tiiqe to the preseptj'in all emuundh linfe* it h A consist^ tently ratio Statefc, Rights pwieiplcs, and labored, -withr an ifrdoraa d duration that knotty nl abal ement, W'ptumonEapd presems the interests and the no nor of tne South. The special features of the Min ing News will be retained awTim proved upon during the yearfand several new \fcll be added. The Georgia news i ltems, with jheir quaint and pleasant humor, and the epitome of Florida affairs, will be continued during the year. The local dcpai tnieut will be, as it ls belli for the past year, the most complete and reliable to lie found in any Savannah paper, and the commercial columns will he full and accurate. The price of the Daily is 810.00 per annum ; $5.00 for six months ; *2 50 for three months; SI.OO for one month. THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS. This edition of the Morning News is especially recommended to those who have not the facilities of a daily mail. Everything that has been sjid in the foregoing in regard to the daily edition may be repeated of the Tri-Weekly. It is made up with great care, and contains the latest 'despatches and matket reports. The price of this edition is $0 00 per annum, $3.00 for six months, $1.50 for three months. TIIE WEEKLY NEWS. 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The face is certainly very handsome: but there is something in the expres sion that, to me, at least, is quite Un pleasant—almost repgllant.” My cousin took from my hand the photograph that I had been examin ing, looked at it a moment with an expression of surprise not unmingled with pain, aud turning away her head with a gesture of disgust, threw it among the buruiiig coals in the grate. “ I thought that was destroyed long ago,” she said, rising hastily, and up and down the room, TiWr she were (Striving to ban ish, by the motion, some unpleasant reminiscences. “ Strtnge.that it has never been destroyed.” It was ono dreariest days of a' Canadian winter; jjhe air without Vas darkened by the fast falling snow, freezing as it fell till it rattled like hail on tho ufindows; and the wind, raging and blowing as it does in no other country, had formed great white drifts, that threatened to exclude en'irely the faint light that still stiuggled 'through the iee-cover ed panes. On such a day there was no danger of interruption by visitors; so Ada and myself had quietly settled ourselves in her cosy little sewing room, where, with gas lighted, inner shutters closed and barred, heavy damask curtaius closely drawn, and a bright coal fire blaziftg in the grate, we strove to forget, ainid our pleas- j ant surroundings, the wild storm that raged without. We had dragged an old iron chest from some obsdure closet, and were ransacking its reces ses forthright scraps of ribbon, silk and vtVets, ii’hh bite of gold and silver le from which we intended to fol-m gorgeous needle books and pin-cushions for the fancy table at a lady’s bazaar. Amid these I had found the photograph in ques tion, and I saw, with surprise, its effects upon my usually calm and tranquil cousin*. “ A story! a stoi’J’ Vt I exclaimed: “ come, tell me a story aud make me forget the snow and the wind and my disappointment at not being able to go to the theatre to-night, and all my homesick feelings for my dear Califor nia home, where days like this could not even be imagined.l*|| know from your looks that there tß|a story con nected with that very handsome gen tleman with the wicked looking eyes.” “Wicked looking eyes,” she repeat ed slowly. “ Yes, Anna, yon may well call them so; but with all their wickedness there was a strange charm, nvfgnetishi, in ’their beauty, which it, seemed almost ‘impossible to resist. Ah! I see that you are deter mined to have the story, and as I have a vivid remembrance of how persistent you can be, I know that I must submit. ‘“To begin at the beginning,’ as you used to say, when a child; at the time of my marriage to Harry Gor don we were far from rich. 'I had only the small property given by your father, who would not allow his orphan-niece to go portionless from his home, and Harry had a small amount invested in the banking house of a friend. The failure of this friend soon after our arrival in New York made it necessary for my husband to obtain a situation instead of estab lishing himself in business, as he in tended, and we oame to Toronto, where he was employed by the firm of Lee & Brothers. His salary was small, and we were obliged to live as economically as possibly; so Harry rented a small house on Yonge street, furnished it with as little expense as was consistent w ith comfort, and took me there to commence house keeping on a very small scale indeed, ’ keeping no servant except a woman who came once a week to wash, and a man who came occasionally to saw' w'ood, bring in coal, etc. “ As this home is closely connected with my story, I will describe it to you. ft was a low bricked cottage, standing quite alone in the centre of a large garden, with vacant lots be hind on each side, and in front, too, on the other side of the street; so that we were quite as much removed from neighborly companionship as if we were living in the country. A small covered porch was in front, with a door opening into our parlor, sitting and dining-room; in one, fron ting this door, another opened into the kitchen, and another to the right into my bedroom; a door to the right of the kitchen opened into a small store-room; and back of the kitchen was a small latticed porch, witli the wood and coal house at one side. Here I lived as mistress and maid of all w ork, for Harry’s limited salary would not permit us to keep a servant; but, hard as I worked, some of my happiest hours were passed in that little house. I often thought of my dear old home in San Francisco, and smiled as 1 imagined the aston ishment of your father, if he could but see hie gay and thoughtless niece, ‘brilliant butterfly,’ as lie used to call me, transformed into a busy, working bee. “One day, when litte Alec was about five weeks old, I dismissed the woman whom wo had employed for a short time, and resumed my house hold labors Budget had been a very good servant, Tint things in gen eral had been allowed to lose the neat and orderly arrangement iu which I had left them, and I spent a day in cleaning attd arranging tbe appurte nauoes belonging to my household. I succeeded at last in bvinging order out of confusion, and, before the re turn of my husband from the store, in)’ home looked as bright and cheer ful 9s it had dune beforo my illness. “I think I more ted and happy than I did that even ing. Ojjjyjacatigotjje'jf s%i<ty had. just been of soprano, which I had been obliged to resign, had been ottered to me again that day, with an increase of salary, more than sufticiontNn defrav the ex penses of my illness ; and Miss Janet Gordon, Harry’s aunt, bad made it possible for me to accept by offering to take charge of baby during my absence. My past Illness gavo anew feeling of enjoyment to the health and vigor novFfcoursing through my veins. “I*was expecting Aunt Janet to come with my husband to take dinner with us that evenings and had taken great pains in the preparation of her favorite dish, ‘ Ooek-a-leckie,’ which she said I could prepare almost as well as a Scotch woman; and had dressed myself, as Harry liked to seo me, in blue merino with plain linen cuffs and oollar, fastened with a simple bow of blue ribbon,—>ey best dress, Anna, of kvhich Boras' obliged to be careful, so I protected it from contact with' tbe cook stove by a large housewife’s appfn of blue chpcW # v NT •. \I thought, lis 1 stoodiookjng in to my little pallor, fore had seen it Iboksoeplqqsant ntra homelike. The mellow* lignt of an autumn sunset ktreantfng"tttfQuglvtke. clear glass of tho giving'a* roseate tinge to the fresh muslin cur teins; a bright fire glfcwed in the pol ished grate, and tyerore it stood the ta ble, ready prepared (or dinner, with its spotless uamask 'cohering, faultiest jleau napkins, clear .shining glass, pure white ehma, and plated \vare-r~, we could not afford silver—polishe? to the extreme of brightness. Ottr one hand.somejjpiece ot furniture, a magnificent piano given me by yonr father, stood open, with Harry’s fa vorite music in the rack, and his flute lay ready on tho music stand; but the loveliest object to my eyes was the inmate of the little cradle, lying w ith wide open eyes, and utter ing that soft cooing sound which foolish mothers like myself interpret into all manner of sweet words and loving phrases. “It is said that a serpent enters every Eden ; and the one that inva ded mine came in the form of Arthur Treinain. I had often heard Harry Apeak of- Arthur Treinain, the hero ot his boyhood, but when I was In troduced’ to him that evening, and tried to welcome him my husband’s friend, there was something behind the handsome face nnd the faultlessly polished manner that seemed to repel me. If I were a Swedeuborgian I would say that our spheres wore an tagonistic. I felt the fascination of his address and brilliant conversa tional powers, but I could not feel at ease in his society. lie bonrded at the Itoasin House, and as he was re ported to be a millonaire on the lookout for some safe investment for his spare thousands, he soon becarno a welcome visitor at the best houses in the city. Still, notwithstanding all the attention that was paid him and the constant invitations that he re ceived, his most frequent visits wero made at our humble home. As time passed ort, tho aversion that I felt at first ceased almost entirely, and I be gan to look forward with pleasure to the time of his ooming, lie had a remarkably fine tenor voice, was a bril liant performer on the piano, and as Harry and rnvsolf wero both passion ately fond of music, our evenings passed delightfully, lie came almost daily ;at first, only in the evening, when my husband would be at home; but in a few weeks he came frequently at hours when Harry would be at tho store. At length I was aroused to a knowledge of the fact that these vis its alw'ays were followed by a feeling of vague dissatisfaction with the situ ation in which I was pi ced, and with my surroundings. 1 took myself seriously to task, and now, remem bered covert hints, insinuations, allu sions to my former position, half-ex pressed pity for the change, many, many things, so quietly said and so delicately covered that they had failed at the time Jo excite iny anger or suspicion. But why should he wish to make mo djkpontcnted w : th my borne? My suspicions once aroused, I became convinced that he was trying to wean me from my true love for my husband, and to win that love for hhnself. “Ashamed to think so myself, and more ashamed to confess it to an other, I could not go to Harry and ask him to put an end to Mr. Tre niatn’a too frequent visits; but went to Aunt Janet, and complained of the interruption of my household du ties. She only said, ‘Right, child. Yon aro quite right;’ but from that day Mr. Tremain always found her established in our little parlor with her knitting, looking grim and stately, ready to assist me in entertaining him, or to entertain him herself, ex cusing me on account ol ray house hold cares. “After the advent of Aunt Janet, Mr. Treinaiu’s visits became less fre quent ; but I was soon pained to see a great change in my husband. Tho cheerful, hopeful look vanished from his fUee, gave place to an expres sion of the deepest dejection. In stead t)f spenmng his evenings at home, as had always been his nab.t, regained outlate at night, hLd returned sad alra despondent,. Ins sleep was res'less and interrupted, ftmj^telooked^k^haggard and care worn that I atdtioils afiout ki§ Itfaltlh stlheMast of December Har ry’s employor determined to send mm to Montreal in cherge of a large sum of money, nearly forty thousand dollars. He was to leavo in the train at 10 P. M„ and when he returned in the evening he brought tho money with him. Mr. Tremain accompanied him, and I heard my husband say excitedly: “ Never jest with mo again iu that manner, Arthur, or our friendship must cease. Dearly as I love my wife, not even for her dear sake would I wrong my employers out of one farthing; and I cannot nad will not have my honesty called in queston, even in jest.” “ Mr. Tremain laughed lightly as he made some low reply. They shook hands, and the subject seemed to be forgotten. “ jlr. Tremain intended to start that evening foa NftuYork, by the way of Niagara, ancl fit five o’clock my hntbarul accompanied him to the terminus of tho Great Western Rail rroad. He returnct>i> an**bour, pTafTßllir’flffr severe ffteatffltehe. He {said that he had taken a glass of ale mtdj—his friqtm Lefoife ydd^ujANiim, tliujd iad not Tele aftei^ ward ; tlfat time he had been gro\Wng worse. 1 cup of stpsi"; *1 A, 1 Ignd did nlVlii aroit)o liim from tiio to be rapidly o'verpWCTing btm. At lengthy beooujing al iff need, I dospatcfi ed the wood-sawyer fpr the nearest physician. Ih> soon returned, saying that ;tl*e doctor would there in half an hour. Eight, bine, ten o’clock icame, no doctor. I looked anx iously, from the dpor, biflffhe weather hatjl beedkie stormy I,’and 1 ,’and the drifting snow kept every person within doors, so that I could not see a single p&Haer by. I could not leave my helpless babe, and appabently dying husband, who now lay perfectly unconscious: his livid face and labored breathing awakened my greatest fears; so with a fervent prayer that God, iu His in finite mercy, Would spare my dear one, I prepared to spend the night in watching by his side. “Eleven o’clock, and still no change for the better. The fire was burning low, and I took tho coal-scuttle to re plenish it with coal. As I knew the wind would extinguish the lamp, I tbought that I would find tny way to the .coal-house in the dark As I steppe# upon the kitvken porch, I started, thinking that I heard the sound of voices. Robberies had been frequent, particularly during the last fow months, and, for the first time that night, 1 thought of the largo sum of money now lying in the house. I was not mistaken. Notwithstanding the violence of the storm, I could hear persons conversing in the coal house; and silently approaching, I could distinguish the words. To my amazement, the voice was that of Mr. Treinain. “ ‘ Are yon perfectly sure,’ ho said, ‘ that, she has had no opportunity to •end the money back to Leo & Bro ?’ “ ‘ Sure! .Of course I’m sure,’ re plied the oilier. ‘ Haven’t I watched tho house all the evening ? She enmo to the door two or three times, and looked up and down the street; but no one would be out such a night as this.’ - “ * Have you seen Gordon ? ’ “‘Yes. She sent nte for the doc tor, and I hid myself a bit, and then went and told her the doctor would be there in half an hour. Gordon brenthed so loud that you could hear him all over the house; his face was purple— almost black—and lie ap peared not to know anything.’ “‘Yes, I suppose so. I gave Tom the wink to give him a strong dose. Did you remove the boltß and win dow-fastenings ftoni the store-room ? ’ “ ‘ Yes; I did that when 1 went tb tell Mrs. Gordon about the doctor.’ “ ‘ You have done well. If we suc ceed, you shall have three thousand. How about that sbanty of yours on Pigeon Lake? Can wo take her -there, and will there he anybody to take care of hei* ? ’ “‘ Of course. I have an Indian wife there and two grown daughters. She must be gagged and wrapped up iu tho buffalo robes: for the Inst rjixty mites you imrat hire Indians to curry her. But what will you do with the child? Will you tak that too ? ’ j ‘“No. I shall leave that with Gordon. Jf he lives—which is doubt ful, for lie took a strong dose—he will think that his wife stole the money, and deserted him and the child. Be careful to re j dace the bolts, and leave everything secure but the front door. 1 have m ade Gordon think that his wife is discontented, tired of her hard life, and longing for ease and wealth.’ \ttgen will the sleigh be here?* “‘ At ten o’clock precisely. You most be ready for action then, but now you had better see that all is safe.’ “ I had stood as one spell-bound while the villains discussed their plans, and now I dragged myself wea rily into the kitchen, closed aud bolted the door, aud tlum w ent back to the $2 A YEAR beddde of my husband. I took tny sleeping bttby from its crib and laid it by its father’s side, and taking the money from the drawer placed it un der his pillow. A revolver lay on the secretary, and Hairy had taught mo how to use it. I examined the barrels to see that all were loaded laid it on-the table -textile beffitde; then,teftl> t ajprayv for Divineaid and protection, Iscated myself onoe more by the bedside of •my ai'parently dying husband, to bathe his head and breast, and to drt what little I could to arouse hint from the fearful stupor which 1 now feared must end in death. “ That was a terrible watch, dear Anna. The strong arm tliat had ah, ways been able to protect me, now lay weak and powerless as an infant’s; and I, a frail and timid woman, was left alone to defend myself and tny ; dear ones from the cruel villains al ready ou the wutcli to invade our peaceful home. “Twelve o’clock how soon il came! Not quite one—but there was a slight noise at,the storeroom wind >w. *My ears were strained to. catch the slightest sound. A door opened softly, and innffled steps were heard crossing the kitchen floor. I raised the revolver, with my finger , ou the trigger; then two men with masked faces, bonding forward and poeriijg carefully around them, stole *sh>wlj<n|o tjie parlor; they were" just oppositem/bedroom door,when, taking deliberte aim, I fired, onoe, .vOno foil, but his companion •fprSng Tcm’ards me with an oath. I fired'again and again: lia was wotm dCTKdmtwjlMamo stagga-ing toward jgj/U fisvd agaw. Anua,T had tne iut to wound—to disable him, but I did not mean to ki 1 him; and as he fell dead at my feel, shot through the heart, I sank swooning on the'Jloor. “I do not know how long I lay unconscious; "hut I was aroused by the groans of the wounded tnan, and his piteous appeals. for water. I raised'myself with difficulty, and ah most hoping to find the events of the night only a fevered dream; but there lay the horrible witness that they were too tine. His head lay within the doorway, and I was obliged tp pass him to give assistance to' Iff wounded and suffering comrade. My feet seemed like f but I moved, slowly and mechanically, to do what must be done. I brought him water, removed -the mask, aud raised Ms head that he might drink; staunched the blood, and applied a bandage to his wound, bathea his face, placed a Cillow under ids head, and spread a lanket over him to protect him from the cold. “By this time Harry’s face bad lost its purple hue, and his breathing had become mote natural, I batlgsL his head with ice-water, and as Uiad board that coffee is an antidote against narcotics, 1 muAc _hot ..arc! strong. I succeeded in arousing him sufficiently to be able to drink it, and soon saw tint the danger was past. Then, woman like. I won overcome by the consciousness of what I had gone through, and sank cowering by the bedside, my head upon my hus band's breast, and olnng to him with the feeling that, weak and half-con scious a he was, lie could still pro tect me. “When I was fully aroused tho next morning to a knowledge of my situation, Barry stood at my side, still pale aud weak from the effects of yesterday’s potion. Mr. Lee’s voice in tho next room was giving or ders for the removal of ihe dead body of Mr. Tremain, and the safe keeping of bis wounded associate, Thomas McGrath, tho wood-sawyer; whilst dear Aunt Janet, with her anus round my neck, was calling me 1 brave little wooAn,* little knowing what a cow ard I felt myself to be, and declaring mo a worthy member of tho family <3 Gordon. “ This is the story, Anna, and you will not wouder that I should shud der and turn pale when anything re calls to my remembrance that Night of Terror. —— py Mush and railk festivals ara hold in lowa to pay off church debts. Whiskey is introduced into the mush by wicked youths, and stingy old hunks get liberal and pay off tho whole debt out of their own pockets. JSgF" A clerk of Dayton, 0., baa been stealing for the last three years. Among the articles found were 187 guns ami revolvers, 500 pocket knives, CO axes, 300 do >r knobs, 10 bags of salt and 500 pounds of nails, aer Parchment paper mtfy be made by (lipping blotting paper in a strong solui.on of , n um, thou drying, and passing it through concentrated sub phitrio acid, washing and drying it siowly. The Missouri legislature has a bill before it making it a misdeinea nor tor any one to give a railroad pass to u member of the legislature, judge, or State or county otboer, A ’sidy who is not thomighly%*j| ted in natural histeiy asked a friend who was going to Utah to bring her a couple of Mormons for her *s*• riurn. I * * —_——— mgm > ;f3 13F* As the vapor takofl from iMSi ocean returns to u again !t rivers, w lander and ants of selfishness, oinc back in overwhelmingjjpmirH