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THE QUITMAN BANNER, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. TOUKA OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN' ADVAXCK. F#r one year $3 00 For »lx months 2 00 For thri*e months 1 00 For single copy 10 CLUB RATES FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For a club of fire $12.50 For s club of ten $22.50 For a dub of twenty $40.00 JOB PRIWTWa. Wo bare attached to our newspaper establish ment a complete Job Office. Iland-bills of all 'kind*. Programmes. Card*, Blanks, Pamphlets, •£«., executed In the best manner. 11l LEDKREIt. 1. M. FRANK. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN. SAM’L M. LEDERER & CO., Importers of and Dealers in FOREIGN, DOMESTIC. staple a Mao my cubes, 113 Broughton street, Savannah, Ga. of Browu Sheeting, Cases of American Prints, Oases of Bioachi-I L'nodft, Bull .< -f Brown Shirting, Cases of Kentm-k; J .ms, Bales of Blankets, of Osnabtirgs, Cases of Kerseys, Bales of Flannels. Having removed to onr very large and spacious building, we are enabled to keep the Largest Stock Ever Offered in Savannah, and Merchants Visiting Onr city are especially invited to pity a visit to onr Extensive Separate Wholesale Departmeut, before purchasing. JtoT«nber 22, 'O7. ' ' SAVANNAH CARDS. JIFUCTiIREII THIS. Kayton’s Oleum Vitae. THIS Great German Liniment is an alin-ist ta|h’!:bte cure for MheusMt in, Ketiralyia, Rheum 'tic Pain* in the Back, Breast. tytu or Join*.. Serxnmh flHvUiche. Toothache, Enrjehc, .Sprains, Unites. SKeUimjs, Cute, Bites. Burns, the. This great remedy .hould be In every house.— Tar Harm this remedy hat no equal. t.t for Kay ion’« (Ileum Viur. Tabs no other, g.utliy eiprem for SI,OO Kayton’s Magic Cure. An Egyptian Remedy, Far the ours at sodden Cough* nod Colds. Asth ma, Acid Stomach, Heartburn, .Sore Throat, Sea Slekaess. Cholera Uiarrhma, Cramps and Cams ia tha .tomaeh. Sent by express for sl. Kayton’s Dyspeptic Pills, Arc a sure *nd pleasant cure for DYSPEPSIA. lILLIOUS DISORDERS, CONSTIPATION, and all disorder* of the liver, stomach and bowels, and when taken regularly will cleanse the blood. These are tho greatest Anti Billions Pills ever ' placed before the public. Sent by mail for 3U j •eats per box. The above Medicines are prepared and sold by PROF. 11. H. KAYTOV, SAVANNAH GEORGIA, T# whom all orders should he addressed ; or to hia Wholesale Agent*, A. A. SOLOMONS & CO Savannah. Ga. ptr-.K liberal discount to parties selling again. Far tale in Quitman, at Dr*. Briggs A Jelks drug, store. Fabruary 22, 1857. ly D. FALVEY, DEALER IN* £ YER Y VARIETY OF ■ ■ t ■ « m ■ , mm , ■ •yslWii¥a*l ■ FI • llUdiKi St, Andrew's llall Building, Broughton St., 2d door from Jcffc-mon, (Savannah, Geo. HAS IN sfORE a large and varied assort ment of Mahogany, Walnut, CiESTIT AND ENAMELED Setts, Tables & Bureaus, (X Every Style and Pattern, GJCJtIHS, OF EVERY DEKCRIPTIOS 1C„ AC. November 22, ’67. 3m F. CONSTANT, Bull St., near Bay Street, Havannali, Geo., DEALER IN— Jiaprlclr anh Domestic Cigars, .TOBACCO, PIPES, &C. With a long established reputation as an Im aarter, be endeavors to keep as good a *tock. [a quantity and assortment, as can be found in the State. “ The Recess.” CON’ v i-iCTED with the Cigar anu Tubucco E&- .inubment, is a SALOON f.*r the accommodation of regular patrons and tb« public generally, where the Best of Imported Liquors are served, with a LUNCH each day. Stranger* will find it a quiet report, with no Wines «'r Li quors that are not choice. au|23-2s*ly /•*. CLAOHOKN. JNO. f.TVXIXOHAM ! CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM. wholesxls axp arran. Grocers and (Ship (.handlers, I Cor. lay and Drayton at*., Savannah. Go. Keep constantly on hand a complete assortment of Family, Plantation and Ship Supplies ; also, a ehoice selection of Liquors. Wines and Segars.— ; Orders promptly attended to, and quality guar anteed. *eptl3-6m (iradj’ i& Tiill.v, PLAIN AXD ORNAMENTAL PiASTFrRERS, BRUT STREET, SATITIIH, Cl. Kalsomiaing and Repairing Neatly executed. Lime, Lath, Pla::er. Hait. Cement and Buildirg a Myl3-Iy KtOrUI ;or iaie. F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. 111. NEW YORK. I MPAHTI AI. si FFKK I NtisT NVi Jl ther Wealth. Ketlnement, or Condition, are exempt. The Phii.otokkn, or Females’ Friend is expresslv for the benefit of females who may be suffering from Nervous Irritability, Distressing Apprehension*, and all these troublesome com plaints that invite premature old age, and render life miserable The Pbilotoken acts like a charm in relieving pain : and by controlling the ner vous system, restore* those feelings of confidence and satisfaction that insure happiness. It is a radical cure for Dynmenorrbcca. and a treasure that should be possessed by every female who desires to restore, improve, or preserve her health, beauty and physical comfort. Descrip tive pamphlets, containing valuable information for invalids and heads of families, will be sent on receipt of postage stamp. Price $1 per bottle ; the usual discount to the trade. HARRAL. KtSLEY A CO., Wholesale Druggists, 141 Cham ben at., N. Y. H islets hxtb-act buohu. The most efficient Diuretic and Tonic for the treatment of all complaint* resulting from v enknusa and darangetneni o the Kidney * and l rinary Organs -such as pains and weakness in the back and loins, gravel, dropsy, stranguary. incontinence, infiuinatlon of the mucus surfaces, Ac. Kwlky's Brent can be used in all cases, for children as well as adults, with perfect safety. Physicians are finding that Uisi.ey ais tho most uniform and reliable preparation, beside being of greater strength and in larger bottles than any others. Sold by the Druggists and Merchant* ter $1.50. HARRAL, UISLKY A CO., Proprietors. N. B. All officinal preparations of medicine* bearing our label arc made according to the . S. Pharmacoptcia. and"all goods sold by us are warranted to be as represented, or may be re turned at our expense. Determined to maintain the reputation which our houses have always enjoyed for dealing in Kki.iarlb Mki.i. isks, and to merit the continued confidence of our customers, we assure them that the same attention will be paid to orders by mail a# when personally present. HARRAL, RISLEY & CO., It *lioli sale Eivu/jjfisls, HI Cnavrkm and 1 HtwwN St-s., NEW YORK. Successors to IGivilantl, Kccko * Cos., 1830; ItaviUnd, liitrral if Uisit-y ; IlarmC PJsley A Kitchen : Ilarriil, Ili.tl' V 9c Tompkins. CARHART& BROTHER, liate of Georgia. Importers & (Wlljolcsalc Dealers in Staple aud Fancy bmmam tsm 17 Barclay St. and 22 Park Place, .Vnr- 1*0i7.-. ' September 13, 18<J7. dm DECKER & CO. IVORY AGRAFFE BAR FUNO FORTES \RB celebrated throughout the country, and are i' : -tinsruished for their Singing Quality; Volum- polity of tone ; Sympathetic Elastic even touch, Durability of construction, and beau ty of finish! " First Premiums awarded at the New York State Fair in 1858, and when v and wherever exhibited. The Decker A Company Piano* have always received the First Premium whenever and when ever they have competed with the most celebra ted makers in this country. The Ivory Agraffe Bar is an invention beauti ful in it* simplicity, and wonderful in its practi cal effect. It i* the most compact Agraffe ever invented, and its influence upon the tone is to render it mellower, rounder, and more clearly brilliant, while it utterly overcome* that sharp, me tali c quality which disfigures the instrument of all other makers. The unanimous opinion of the best artists and the most reliable critics, is that the Decker A ; Company Ivory Agraffe Bar Piano Forte, which in voluminously sonority, and positive solidity of tone, can stand comparison with the best grand Piano Fortes made. No. 2 Union Square, Cor. of 14tb St. and’4th avenue, NEW YORK. January 5-47-ts AGENTS W ANTED FOR THE tiaA.74ACK.ETS, kn 4 bow tbej Lived, Feogbt and Med far Mile, WITH incidents and •’ketches of life in the 1 Confederacy, comprising narratives of ’ ■ Personal Adventure, Army Life. Naval Adven | ture, Home Life, Partisan Daring, L.fe in ‘be ’ Gamp, Field and Hospital., Together with the . j Songs, Ballads, Anecdote* and Hnmorous Tnci : denta of the War for Southern Independence. • There i* a certain portion of the war that will j j never go into the regular histories, nor be cm- : ; bodied in or poetry, which ia a very : i real part of it, and will, if preserved, convey to J ! succeeding generation* a better idea of the spir- 1 ! 't of the conflict than many dry report* or car**- ; ful narratives of events, and this part may be. called the gossip, the fun, the pathos of rhe war. , J This illustrate? the character of the leaders, the ! ; humor of the soldier the devotion of women, the | bravery of men, the pluck of our heroe*, the ro mance and hard c hips of the service. The Valiant and Brave Hearted, the Pictur -1 esq tie and Dramatic, the Witty and Marvelous, the Tender and pathetic, and the whole Panora ma of the War are here thrilliogly portrayed in a masterly manner at once historical and roman tic* rendering it the most ample, unique, bril liant and readable book that the war has called forth Amusement a* well a* in.-truct'on may be found in every p ige. as graphic detail, brilliant, wit, aud authentic history, are Skillfully interwoven in this work, of literary an. Send for Circulars and see our term?, aud a full and s’riptii»n of the w'»rk. Address, : JUNi£ 3IvUTHLK'2 £ CJ. Ai UnU, Ga. HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIQHTS MAINTAIN, ITNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY SAIN. QUITMAN, GEO., MARCH 6, 18G8. BALTIMORE HOUSES. VM. CAM BY. BKn.NAHD (I ILYIN. Canby, Gilpin & Cos., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF DRUGS, Northwest Con. Light anb Limbakdt Sts., BALTIMORE, MD. aug23 JU-6m* JOStN W. BRUFF & CO., WROLKSALK dkai.kk* in BSI Ml ID BUY m IS o. Ji lfi Buitimo. • .St, Between Charles and Randolph *ts. John W. Bruff, ) John W. Baker, ( BALTIMORE. Jos. E Bruff. i A. B. Faulkner } aug2H-ly* DARBY & CO., uNuik) aivC No. 206 West Baltimore St. and No. 1 N. Liberty St. Halt imore, Mary land. aug23 29-6m* PassanO, Magrudcr & Cos., Wholesale Dealers in Hoof Hr<»^aius 258 Baitfmone St, e IIA L 7 IMORE, 1/ IItYL A Nl> ang2B 29-6m* GRIFFIN, BROTHER & CO. CROCERS AND- Commission 105 liOIVIEARD STREET, llpltiiuorc, Marylcind. WHOLES ALE DEALERS IN BACON, CORN, FLOUR, SUGAR, C OFFEE, LIQUORS, Ami Groceries* of Every Description. April 12, 1 Hf»7. Illy Fountain Hotel, I ight fnii.KT, BALTIMOKH, Maryland W. 11. Pro. i Omnibus and Baggage Wagon in attendance up on all Depots and Boat DandiagfU L. Passano 8c Sons, | IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN NOTIONS, Fancy Goods, Hosiery m ■ i 1 Trimmings and Small Wares, 268 W. Baltimore St., ... .BALTIMORE. aug23 23-fim* JOHN ffl. RAYSOR, DEALER IN *•£*£*£ V |*||V| oil a?ls. Mnainillmrf; isfroorrvrilfc, CV«., HAS now received a very neat and complete assortment of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, which will be sold on very reasonable term*. Hi* stock cm hi aces Bress Goods, Domestics, Notions Bats, Cups, Boots, Shoes, Ready Made Clothing, Crockery, Hardw-w®, Ac., A general a**ortment of FAMILY GROCERIES, and almost everything required by the people of I thi* section. ! He most respectfully invite* his friends and the public to give him a call, and examine and price his goods before purchasing el*e\vhvre, as he is determine. :<-• sell a? low oh anybody. ! Grooverville. Om. 25, 1867. 'ib-if W. E. BARNES, Watch Maker and Jeweler,, QUITMAN. GEORGIA. CILOOKS, Watches and every descrip- WTW J tion of Jewelry repaired promptly. JLtj! neatly and satisfactorily. MB He may be found at Mr. Finch’s store. February 22, lbGf. ly COCOANUTS, For sale at the BANNER GROCERY. Miscellaneous Scaling. the iSilif m. I.—THE ARRIVAL. An August evening ;it Savnnnnh, that strange, gombro town of Georgia ; eight men, the sous of rich Carolina planters, four of them lately returned from the West Indies were sitting drinking Bur gundy in the balcony of the first floor of the Muscogee House on Bay street—the fashionable hotel of Iho city at the peri od of our story—the year proceeding the war of independence. The grave and mysterious city was that August evening quieter and more silent than usual. Ti e broad unpaved streets were deep with soft sand, that muffled the wheels of the cotton bale wag ns and of the carts laden willi hags of rice just arrived from Augusta. The long avenues of that not very rejoicing tree, the Pride of India, scarcely moved a leaf—not a twig stirred to show that they even breathed in their sleep. Here and there a negro and ,-d upon tho door step, or chatted with some gossip, in a stealthy way at a steet corner ; indeed the whole city would have seemed silent as a cemetery hut for the wild moaking laughter that rose from the balcony where the ChaUahouchio (or Death's Head) Club was holding its nightly lev el. The laughter was an exasperating laughter loud tipsy, defiant taunting and insolent—the sort of laughter that would have made a high-spirited man, passing by slip his hand to his sword and look tip to discover from whence tho jarring sound had come. Tho sudden gleam of light through the open folding doors of an inner room that showed the dining room and sanctum o| tin 1 Duelists' Cluli, ready for their rcccp It'i i seemed to act as a mute signal for lot tin mom to return to the table for more wine and to rally tnoro round the chairman. The room was decorated in a way that could only have been car riptl out by men of wealth who had graf ted on their natural vices the morbid farouche, and fantastic extravagance peculiar at that time to Spanish nod French voluptuaries in the West Indies. Pleasure among these men had noiid of the Preach gaiely about it. 'They were wanton arrogant, ruthless quarrelsome and overbearing—conscious of being the dread of half Georgia and proi and of of tho fear they had excited. It was scarcely a wonder tl at the mystery and terror with which they had surrounded their iniquitous association, together with the frequency of their deadly duels,—nearly always fatal to their adversaries—had roused the fear and hatred of the citizens of Savannah to a pitch which can only he compared ' to the horror excited by the even still more infamous Hell-Fire Club in our 1 country. Their club room wan horrible and ghastly in its decorations,iyet, hut for the crimes of those who sat there and the fact of their braggadocio being back ed by tlieir daring it would have appear ed merely pureile and theatrical, fit only to alarm persons whose blood could bo chilled by he sham horrors of Mrs. Rad clilfc’s romances. The room was hung with black cloth, on which was worked in silver thread the names of all persons wl.o had fallen by the sword or pistols of the members and the date of each death. Over the mantel piece was a large star, composed of death’s head moths, and a long rack full of swords and saw-handled pistols; each locked in its place like the favorite cues in a billiard room. The cups were hu man sknlls, lined with.silver, in the man ner Byron afterwards perpetuated in E igland ; and a bleached skull projected from the ghastly pinnacle of tire black dais that sp so! above the chairmans seat. Ev< rything that could be black was black, but the chairs and they were cover-d with red velvet and studded with silver nails—in aw ay to honibly remind one of stale coffins. Beside every gtoup of wine enps lay a pistol to be employed in a case of an im mediate duel springing up from any snd den disagreement between two members It was no wonder that exaggerated re ports of the mysterious and unhallowed orgies of these young-rake-hcll* had m vested .heir meetings with an atmosphere of almost sup rnatural horror- The vice of those troubled times was as defendant and reckless as it was heartless and cruel. Two memb< rs of the Death's Head Club more lazy, more drunken or more con templative than the others, remained in the out room leaning over the balcony watching night darken down over the | s reet where the fitful lamps now grew momentarially more brighter ; tiie one a dark handeom: young fellow, with col 1 , keen eves and a malign mouth was rap ping the balcony rail with his sword hilt; the other a flushed swaggering, I dissolute looking old officer, whose blood shot eyes s etuod starting out of his head, was caiiefulLv ak'tfflioj -Lt;*Ek of cayds with tho practiced air of an iuveterutr gambler, Heated with wine tho two revelers seemed to bathe themselves in the cool evening air that blew freshened from the river. It had been a burning day and the very day seemed caliuly enjoying the cool twilight breeze. All at once there was a sound of wheels a furious crack of whips, loud as pistol-shots, and a large dusty traveling carriage swept round the coiner of Broad street It was drawn by four foaming black horses, ntid the two negro postillions who shouted at the tired animals to urge them on were dressed in showy scarlet and yellow jack a. The vehicle drew up at the door of the Muscogee Hotel. The carriage door instantly opened, and out stepped a tali gaunt officer in French Uniform who handed out his traveling companion. The lady evident ly his daughter was a young girl about eighteen and of a benuty of tho rarest and most perfect type. Some fire-flies that the servant had caught for her in the course of the journey glistened like diamonds in her dark hair, and gave an Undine sort of character to her pale sen sitivenessand intellectual face and seem ed to cast such sparkles cn her large Italian eyes us stray stars cast upon the river at midnight. She was dressed in black and thut sombre color, so jarring with youth, scorned only to spiritualize the tender beauty of her face and the del cate symmetry of her form. 'Cliason, it’s that colonel's daughter you made love to at Gnudaloupe 1' said the elder of thepnon in the balcony. ‘.May I Tie' -r sweep the hoard again if it isn’t Miss Dol a .Vasiar !0 jo lucky dog! Edgar you must propose to her again, and if she won’t have you carry her off, and we'll stand by you." 'You are right, Johnson; it is Dolores, said l.he younger man leaning eagerly over the balcony "Yes, it is; how bean tiful she looks I And there's that sour beggar of a father, whom the general would not let me fight with, though he refused uie Dolores. Now I’ll liavo my revenge, lie shall fight me now or give me his daughter's hand. 1 know she still loves me—l know that—’’ “The colonel refused to fight members of our club at Guadahiupe!" said the other savagely. “He cal cd us gamblers and assassins; but we’ll try him now. Here, you moil, come here.” Oliusou and Johnson ran into the other Mini. Tho elder explained matters; the younger laid down his cruel scheme in a lew hasty hi ntcnccs: “The fighting member of the night lifts a right to a kiss from eve y lily that enters this house. He must demand his right; lie wiil ho refused; he must then force his claims and fight the colonel. I shall pretend to interfere to carry out a certain plan of iny own against thelady, hut that is nothing to any of you. If the colonel wounds the limn of the night, the next member in rotation fights him. 11* will not pass two of us. Johnson’s lunge at the armpit is pretty sure. 1 killed a man last week, but I am the last on the list now. You know 1 don’t fear fighting, but we must take our turns. You have all sworn to carry oat the schemes of any of your brother mem bers-” “We are ready,” cried the men. The fighting member—the bravo on the balcony—hesitated a moment as he took down his rocked hat and sword from a nail behind the floor. “I have taki'n rather too much Bur gundy,” lie said, “to be very steady; but 1 think I could run a house-fly thrif the head at the second pass. Como let’s foe! the fellow’s pulse.” The men put on tlieir swords, arid de scended in a noisy body to the private apartments to which the waiter had just ushered the colonel and his daughter. “Hot fools,” said Clisson to himself; “they little know that the colonel lias an incomparahlo parry, and a return thrust which he plants just under the left col la bone; that no duelist in France who ever crossed swords with him has escaped that thrust; and that two out of the three it lias killed.” As the deputation of the Death’s Head Club passed into the room, the colonel met them sternly at tho. door. ‘Gentlemen, you mistake; this i*a pri vate room.’ Captain Johnson, the fighting member, advanced at once in an insolent manner to Col. Massard, and his daughter, who had come from an inner room, and war now clii ging to his arm, alarmed at the menacing and dissolute faces ot the in truders. ‘lt is the custom of tho Muscogee House,’ said the bully, ‘in our club, for the fighting member of the night to de maud a kiss of every laly guest who ar rives here. For that we have now come I am the fighting member. My dear mademoiselle, allow me.’ lie laid one large id hand on the shoulder of the shrinking (f rl. Tho n xi moment ho lay bulf-stuu led npo.i t«■ j floor The co'onol stood with uno foot on j Johnson, and waved his drawn sword iu his baud. The c!.ub drew back. [53.00 per Annum NO. (i. j ‘Kill liiiu !’ cried the prostrate luilly. | Three or lour men drew Ilieir sword-; j and advanced; lint the colonel shuck one in the arm, the rest fell hack before the furious charge. At that moment CHsmuii forced his way to the front. ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, with assumed in digestion, 'this is unmanly, this is un worthy of brave* men, you are six tonne The colonel is no doubt ready to give any one of you satisfaction.’ Dolores recognized him, and looking up, thanked him silently with a faint smile. ‘Young man,’said the colonel, sternly, ‘I can protect myself against even a doz on of such ruffians. 1 have heard before of your association of murderers; I vowed to check it, as I did at Gaudaloupe Yon have hurried on your own doom. I did it there hy the law; here I will do it by the sword. I will light you one hy one, in your own order, and in your own place. If 1 fall, there ore friends in the town who will take care of my daugh ter. Clisson advunced and offered his hand ‘No,’ Ik: said, ‘I remember you; you arc a gambler and a duellist. I refused yon Dolores then, and 1 refuse her now. She needs no protection of yours. I see other old friends here too, no less unwel come than you; Captain Johnson, drummed out of his regiment for selling information to the enemy. Mr. Thorn ton, a detected gambler, sent to prison in New Orleans lor using loaded dice Mr. Gib son, you need give me no other proof ufyour reformation; I see it hy your companions. II—THE RENCOUNTER. The rules of the Death’s-Head Club re quired their duels to he by candle-light, without seconds; the combatants were locked in the club room till the victor gave the signal for the doors to he open ed. The colonel made no objection to these restrictions He only smiled haughtily when he saw the theatrical horrors of the room. ‘Good to frighten children,’ he said, ‘but good for nothing else. I prefer lighting without seconds. One can de vote one’s self more thoroughly to the w rk on hand; besides there is less in terruption. Have yon a .surgeon ready, gentlemen V ‘There is no need of a surgeon,’ said his antagonist, the red-faced captain lie had trodden under foot the night before. ‘My sword generally saves any expense that way.' Tlu: doors were locked. There was a heavy stamping of feet as captain John son advanced to tho attack; then a sound of shivered steel, a gasping cry and a heavy fall upon the floor. ‘You may- upon tho door, gentlemen,’ said a voice. The door was opened, and there lay tho champion of tho club wounded to death. Ilis broken sword [ was at the farther end of the room. The colonel, as they entered, horror-stricken took off Ids hat, sheathed his sword, bow ed and retired. The club was astonished and dumbfounded. The captain had been run through the lungs, just under the left collar bone. There was little hope of his life. The second and third days the colonel dangerously wounded his man in an equally short space of time, and with equal cold and formal gravity. 11l THE SECRET. The evening of the third day, as Do ‘ores Mansard siu in her room at her ta.uli mr-framc, in tho absence of her father, who had come on a secret mission from the French government to 'some of the planters near Savannah, disaffected to the Knglith government, her black nurse suddenly entering the room, whis pered in a low frightened voice : ‘Young gentleman, dear, old friend, to sec missy !’ The woman had been bribed by Glis son, who now entering the room throw himself at the feet of Dolores, and, seiz ing her hand, covered it with passionate kisses. ‘Dear Dolores,’ he ssid, ‘my life, rny soul, do you love me no longer V ‘O, Frank, you must not see me here. My father has forbidden ino to see you ” ‘Dolores, you loved me once. Do you remember that night hy the seashore, when we exchanged those vows of eter nal love?’ ‘Ask your own heart, Frank; ask it if I can folget that on the death-bed of my mother I swore never to give my hand to yon. And that, vow I will keep.’ ‘Dolores, you do me wrong. You think I am one of those wild, reckless men who insulted your father. 1 am not one ot those men. 1 tried in vain to repress their insolence I come to you as a sup pliant. To-morrow my father fights yours. I know ho must die. I know that nothing can save him from the irro sistible swordsmanship that lias already struck down man after man. I would willingly die for my father; but lie will not let me take his placo because I am not one ot his band of professional assas sins. O, Dolores, does not your heart bleed for me 1 Pitty me, pitty me, Do lor s, tormented hy this territi e fear, and helpless before this cruel destiny ’ ‘Frank, my I cart do s blew! for you; ! but how can I help you ? I have no pow- I el.’ The perfidious lover clasping her in ; l<is arms, tears rose in his eyes. ‘Yon TERMS FOR ADVEfiTfSM INVAHIAUI.V IX Al>V WOK. One square. (10 w* lew.) flrut lffsertfoff $2.00; each fallowing insertion, 00. When advertisements are continued for oft# month or longer, the charge will boas follow# 12 Months. 6 Worth j. 3 Months, j l Month. Number of Squares. 1 lift mi slo uu IS ift 00 i* 20 Otf 2 800 15 00 2fi 00 I Bft Off 8 I 12 00 18 00 j aftool 45 Off 4 | Hi 00 24 O') I 40 00 f 58 Off 5 | 20 00 35 00 I 45 00 | 60 Off j Col'mn | 35 00 JSOO I 80 00 120 Off 1 " I CO 00 80 00 | 130 00 j 200 OOj Obituary notices. Tribute* * 0 Ilia poet, and »ll articles o n personal character, charged for tJt advertisements. For announcing candidates for office. slu.oQ | father’s secret of success. My fntlioiV knowing 1 thin, can bailie him and dsnf.rt j him. Ah I 1 ope for succor in my lust hour, it is only t > save my father that f ask tin's.’ I).> mow sank her head for a moment f thou sin? Hung her arms around (Jlisa< n'i j neck and killed his forehead, j 'Frank/ trim said, 'though wo may i never more flee each other in thin world, I cannot refuge this request, f<»r I know : how <l’ur a father’ll life is. I can trust' I you, Frank, I know, with the secret th*f j guards the life that is bound up with I mine. Mv father years ago lost his loft I arm at a siege in India} it was replaced | by one of Wood, skillfully made, working j with metal springs, and strengthened lx)- i low the elbow by metal hands. On this hr receives his ndv •naary’s first thrust; I thee, quick as thought, ho breaks in twif i his enemy’s blade with a heavy side blow, and delivers his fatal thrust under I the left collar bone/ Oliasou’rt lips were pressed to hers, when a warning from the black nurse, of the colonel’s carriage stopping at tho hotel door, disturbed the lovers, and ihey part and with a hurried uud passionate embrace. That same night—to the astonishment of the club and tho no great sorrow of the next combatant—Clisson announcer! his intention of being the next man to cross swords with the Colonel. ‘I have my reasons/ he said, 'and to night 1 carry off the girl.’ ‘Hut that confounded thrust?’ sug gested the chairman. ‘O, leave that to me. I did not learn fencing of Destouches for nothing; never you fear me/ 'Clisson has got s >me mischief in hand/ sain one of the inen; 'lra eyes sparkle so, and he is in such mad spirits. Well, FJ just as soon he fought this colonel before me. I’d rather the old fellow got a thrust or two in his sword-urm beforo my turn cone’ The duel to6k place flic next morning. The colonel paused wlu-n he saw Clisson. The door* clotted, and they were left alone. ‘Young man/ lie said, ‘we have old 1 grudges, and it is well we meet. Have you not taken warning by your compan ions ? Will nothing teach yon wisdom ? 1 thought ill of you in Gaudaloupe, am! refiiHod you my daughter, and here I Hud' you the member of a club of assassins. Come, draw, air I’ ‘Colonel Massard/ said Clisson, biting his underlip till the blood almost canity 'you owe more to good fortune than to' skill or courage. I, too, have been for tunate with the sword. Luck may turn this time. 1 have my companioiiM to re venge, ami your insults, old and new, to repay three fold ’ Ti.c colonel t r w his hat behind him and drew his sword. ‘Y ung man/ lie said, Y am told that* in your club priority goes according to the number of homicides yon have (‘fleet* ed. lu that case you have not made, I presum o , more than two or three wid ows. Now, sir, come; death waits for you / Tho colon* 1 was cold and steri/y reso lute; hut there was no eagerness for blood in the manner in which he ad van ced to the attack. There was more of the judge than the executioner about him as ho lo* ked roui and the dim, ghastly r miiii. He aicmcd as confident of victo ry ns if he had been sent from Heaven to* perform a punishment that had been prophesied, lie stood there a frame of steel, li s sword feeling along his adver sary’s blade, sen-sit ve of the finest vibra tion and thirsting for the thrust. Cli son stood keen of eye and watch ful. Suddenly the colonel dashed his left arm at his point. Wooden fingers opened to clutch tnc blade. Clisson saw the moment hud arrived, lie passed Ids point to the right, threw off his adversa ry's sword, and then with u swift cling ing pressure towards the hilt bent it lo the floor. The colonel drew hack aston ished ; hut cureless of his life, lie did not retire irom the threatening sword that was raised to strike him to the heart. Gli>son delayed his vengeance only to taste it the longer. He had pierced his adversary’s left shoulder, and the sword was raised for the coup do grace, when tho folding doors ot the inner room, leading to the balcony, were dashed open. It was Dolo res who rushed in, and drawing a pistol fired at her cruel and faithless lover, who fell to the ground pierced hy a bullet. The brave girl, a soldier’s daughter, perfectly reliant on her lover’s truth, yet* Htill, she knew not why, apprehensive of the result of the duel, had concealed her self armed in the inner room of the club, with the co operation of her faithful black nurse. The first word spoken hy Clisson* proved to her that she had been betray ed ; and hear ng her father in danger, she at once appeared on the scene as »»r avenging angel, to save her father ai.df punish her worthless and hi ig lover. .‘Gcnl'c.neu/sa and the cob nel who had heard all from Dolores, as he threw open' the door and admitted the now terrified club, "it was my daughter who struck down this man, not 1. He was a liar and ascouudroi ; lie broke his word and he has deserved his fate even if it be in stant death. Take up your champion, l have now punished you eiiougn. To-' night my daughter and myself depart for New Orleans, where It can be heard cf by any of your club still wishing to cross swords/ Ciisson eventually t covered and fled t> Soil lit America. He reappeared du ring the war of ii.d< pen ljuce, hut sank lower and lower in ii* amy till a pistol* shot over a gambling table at Callao, fctally rid t c .vorld of ahopeless villain. A« k»r C d.tiled Massard he settled after tho peace in Arkansas and materially helped to reclaim the wild territory tronv t’Ue Indians. Tti© facts of this story, i v n to the min-' u teat detail, nify bCdcpen* el on as strict-' !y true. D doits Mas ar l, lb e« J**ar» a ter the downfall »»f the Death’s H- ad CJlub, man elan* p'.ew of Gener j Wash ington Her d< sCendant-s arc n w weal th p jo; I ii L uidatia am. have a Urge estate a lew mi Vs from Raton R ugc, dtf the banks of t' e Miss ssiypi.