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IW4t"tSIII\<,TO\ (il/iETTEv jas. a. \mm> tmh ehsb s ‘Your coua&fri c4frljpQMMNf.' j§>4|{ AJtno. da l'C);ino to her daughter, ss she handed her a letter which sU Ikl^.dJlKr* ishcj rending: *> * ‘I am so glad,’ said* rfSrteSle, as ifio‘ laid tha letter down. -• «; « »,».***.,.. m A ‘Dear Nathalie! I lyavo not seen her for to long. 1 mean to make her m frfppjr while she is with us. I wonder if tbo has Ranged much since I saw her?' ‘I tlitfck that now tha ; s a woman, mid when you saw hersho was a mujftchUd.’ . « , pAhfcv t| ‘I wonder if she is very different from me, being and educated in Tsa gloml. %tm fate*, W* very. d : 4 foront Knipiiibjofficnrereijrap I'. women. I sliafif not know how to \reatj Ur at UHL v-Wlrta, m ali© tto'hei*! Sflbet ore se%‘ lUrtcpsc, taking, upthu I'-:tor. ‘On Wednesday, and this is Mon day. 1” tthtshirrangfe the room rif#*" to mine for her. Dear Nathalie’ and Hor touse ran <iul of |he room with the bright careless laugh of a true, gtufeh'ss heart. Mu«..d* i:.Oftuo, loft to re fleet. •Have ! deadlight in a king Nathalie to coma here 1 ,Y£*v ho tojUar trmse’st way ? I lately llimense so wuti. lier tin*, that ?he will not «ety give wav to Nathflip, but her,greatest t&tsureuxil! lie to see her put forward nud admired! But then Natwfe niffyho likelherpaud besides tliey are very fond of each other;’ and so ed, and when Nifhylie arrived there was no ftrektig hot the warmest affection in the welsomftwkicln.be tact* Nathalie was a tail, vgrf liandaierne brn nette, with large, brillimit Witck eyes that J.ik a diaßjoad« under 'the slightest " f'rutr’tnertu t.t o. 0 1 -» nj, b", ...a „;,"a oor . tain w hich, I though subdued by her good breeding and veraauosialist, and in a Jra*»ng-reom al ways took the lead. She seemed tp j celijfsenone ms Mi gloried | t* hswftouniii’s triumph, in tfee adMMMswn J she yceetriSl from AlHl-' llottetrtio ttiftafs : ifiutSi t*Sfnt%tflff ai as Nathalie, cplf>lar Winner w*i tp |uret and ro gentle that it Was * n«ee*s**y to kntwff mil ttgdiKOMrj tfrcßj. fore Hortense did hotalnne iff* *d?lwTO|»j| roonj wfr people ..for, th o flrttH time, aii3 mt i tnrfalt* Trw’ln hsr ! her true wortlT was seen. I*! .... puwrftutrijArsdUimM. uniofc. 1 J y * tirnity<%£ Mr «t Ci«as;'»ftltr|d*-Sd lift was an ofiP; friend, and was flMwjMfifMNff afM hour. 11. I—l |.r I never seen N aUc!fl?^!e*kredteir?^l: fle rtrfrioyedat‘seeing * strtte ger foldedJo |th|f usual he wwugtoveft* be »k.ubiy**pktid* wmST ctnoay, and ih% Mrrfr’do rOiSn>hO'.is#'*wsnhfl» the conventionalitieß- xwda tea against her. Tnu tm too ffgmal* intr ikTlTy^^Jgpfro's sed the rdhm'awd Jit dowM»y Hortwise, He hadrinoVif'hefdi^i l ho traded hwyrith the- kmd^fet^tnrrty - of a’ brother, itortensfi fhisMrßer eyes tjniotlyv '^mni*v*m.*** -*• ‘Hortense, 3fd your cousin come? How glad _fßu t IHIM Mb lo have her you! *’* ,fJ * ht ~ TJ®e was a slight tiflWe of -rrony-in tlK* last words wk*yfc Hortchse, and with deepened color slier op lied : « ‘She has only been hefa' WceM. - am more than Med to have lees wHhaw I am k?rrr- iMT WApiNGTON, WII.KES ( Ot.NTV, GA., FRIDAY MORNING,'SEPTEMBER 14,1866. .! f)n fWm lMtikMfe i#beuutl(\il?’ K , re ' ii: y i hp was determined to mfffgrK wtto her tn b’vorvtfiing, with n fWture at- imimtieiweshe «>sa and went tp MMtNUphi/.' * _ ■*** MJit. dwt smNsm# 9®. ij®t of coining every evouing, and soon he repen \d idtfbasty of Nathalie. She was so brilliant, so agebeaWo to I dm. Though hS swff'beonmo familiar with her, bis manner ivos of coui-se netnwfftr eorriml with her m whir Uorteuee. m lllllllMey »«id, ITor tenso, you never sing any more. Come, single Yiclor ' songs. You have not dftng to riiui since lus feUirft.’ »:> iwftiui WKos ' 'Decause ho has cot asked mo,’ said llor-t tense, gedtly; but the#HvaA'a te#e of and-' ncaOa hbyofab . the pipno anasanguf9''*%vbrite. TTaa when she ceased he avas at (the other cud of the room talking in an under-tone to Nathalie. She 'rote' und'qnletly retnmetl her eenbroidery. There win a hittiancss in tier heart w liich hronglit the hot tears to her but they did not (all. : ~ V . _v Until now lie had always taken such an 'interest ill ail She llhoif; ho find 'eftfbtfrirged her always, nn<! always wheit she tutuud from th|f4djKi«Mi%t,*ißjgjig tp him, sho had .met his warm smile of appreciation— uftl'l now. Wheu liocume to say good nighyu*.her, tha.gjute-lrimJier.hand calm ly, his with-Hclear, ea'nr look, .'and he noffi- ggft pocted tlj| going. on breath that lock. Anotdfer hifSitfi’ won't ori, kfid' iky by day NathamVaw*the Jove* was grow ing in Victor for Nathalie. .. . During nil Hmro days Pforiense wm ns calm and as rpilM as usual, rtid thongh lu ‘ the cvvm'ng Viren she heard fits "gWjr, her heart tkrfbkiyf wildly, nmnocr never mltshe idea) :, rift-f the same quiet look. Dut at night, when all -a.sAeui, ii '»->• 'UJivr t 0,:,,. tSen the of agony wliich overpowered her, told how Vfith ij.be unmistakable mstiuet of wo man, she l.,ur he dal not love, her. She. .knew he,loved NgJ>itjift», Perhags, if she tried, sho might yet win him, hut loving Jjim as sl.e did, Lis hrtjijdacl? was Kor fust. iLa*iro. luso'Tier new ujhftry-iurc’n,. . the sight of his suflerir.g. that 1 Ms happiness .deModed ugo% 'i. jsho m;!p j win that kttppuuissftufc i..,. .M.i.iii *mrm ammk... --dOlftfcnighr.eivbhcfas paciaglier J»,nr‘ l.dfjfp golnj W 8 tdeoplew he<V She Uird edNlldtlfeigUft ifcyftto yon. Will you lei i me staveh ith ■ taaa?MMg3Bu l Jt^ ffyare | gart^B , -J ■ -ib-elSnsa sat down myHWMftCnd^il a : her arm* artmST lierv taftl - bfCF^. Mowt* m*,en»i> has dsjflife. head sank in liortc use's. waived " sot Wctff. '“** *m a ,4 g^sauateig^jai hup into TrSTTace RTSWwfiy 'Stlu drd not at v*uLmmm m m l This roused Ilortense, and Nathalie saw t nothing of the WWclMKoatnMv what I think 1’ ske said in her in Denilir? in her face. *C * y Kr» I tjWetftin, tkide i», Stlhing I sp mucu ile- AMi mb »m* i . are. ~- .. ‘speke fire truth, though idthe reaimeaning of | her woSS He kwjieß kiss she gave Nathalie was warmer than ejsej, bcoausc alio loved hiui, aud through •insr eawse *ho teverl him, and through her his happiness would come. Was she Ttf that moment loss a martyr than those of <ddou finuss, who gave their lives to tor ture rather than Uo false to the thing they loved? , £ As Nathalie closed the door, lfortensc, without a word, sank down where she stood. She wn3 utterly crushed. Tier softpste was beyond expression. All through the long horns till morning she sat‘ there, just but. stunned; with eyes wide open iw>n vaeant stare. She was vt ry It was yiot until tire tuftlight streamed into the room across her eyes Dint she moved, and then sho got up calmly, smoothed her hair, • an'd vwut downstairs,. looking except Dmt her lips were yMghUy compressed. Nalhalio was 'nKorpbatr, and had, therefore, no dtft butHcr aunt, Mmo. do l'Ormo, to eon,;4t itroout her marriage, and sho was delighted that her niece should Marry so well. A -month later Nnfhelie freefone Mme. St! CSroix. It Natlalia’s desire, they wont to England for their wed ding tour. They desired so much to tee it again. Sho also wished Hortense to ac company them, but this was too much for her to do, but she proposed to visiftuhom ~ou their idturji, She wa3 offline-fTo xlcetii hot- word, from the fear of (rousing lasjflcfon of the truth by such .refusal.,,.-Sq when tliey had beet|. a year, Hortense went to stay wild! vliwn. They hud a beautiful pouutry-hotiyp-a fcjtg way from Paris, so lliat the Jem u/y sueei od uitolcrahlo u*. HorUiuse witt skeh li'zit.g thoughts as hers. - ' ’ \ She was wi-loouied with opoy arms-fry froth; and Victor treated Iter alwrys as his sister. Victor was very fond of society, and always had as many people ap possible at his house. Tho most frequent visitor there Mr. Sunclos. lie ».qv very handsome; very w itty and very fascinating. Hortense, who disliked him from the first dime sh«saw him. •So at ‘last, whosever ’Tib c;mio,'liS'nit-rely noticed-her at much nsj>o!itepe?9 required, and- took refuge with Nathalie, ilo was always with her. Naili vlia was changed,, Sho avoided ever being alone with Ifortenro; in fuel, her. Horteiisowas pained ab-thiyorß* uttefly to uudorstaod One day a lottercame to M. St. Oioix, bu- ‘ #tiXkrt'leTDfai>tMW>Wftwcek-. Banter this Horfeuso waff rous edtfoui .Jjy a., nialfli gSoot. Sho sprang tq her door aud ofienad it Sho heard viMmfm fora m.)n(wmf,then a I WfeMkaf violonffPlrtosed, aud rff wm <tei l-.nt. S:i■-. II tCM'-d for some lirh.-, -in.l thou •T "ff stafyjjiiud li.tencd of the. .lifrrary,’ Where was Victor, anikin sorrow. iVlrnmlt rfn olhcr thought tdiy, ppeucl thp ,d 00 | an^ weo^U# upon the fable, witfiliis ■hat kaHiftd m his .Jiand.i, and come! Iv,* tofe jliook him with a violence which sJetncd to choke him. He raised hi| face dt&"Sfor f ‘ ftuMi if faewh—all hag gard, arnTpaVe na-death. ’ she gasp 'l 1 my' wife—tho If have* loved so devotedly—sho is AImW.W!"’ ' | Tfortaaso shuddered with horror. ddyoujticr.n, Victor? In Ilea wad* rr» i no, expl iin rftSomplif-Sd my bmiueea in Paris.liirea daysieooaer.tlian I I haHehcJ horm: to Natlialio, for every \o\» riassed lyway from her is an eternity iermo.' Ao#t erupt- ujcihe walk, .and looked up to fmr wftWer, ks roVers look, I saw—oft, of it—l saw a man de~ iidtfigfrom her room, and she gavfe liirg a partings kiss. »0a the impulse of- the .moment I grasped toy pistol and fired, anil then, without waitipg to see the result, I rushed mad Qffihi the house. When ! reachecl.tlifs feelings overcame sir. SndOfebad u» sHength to go to her, X--m.it .M*s M JIM. . Hortense, this will kill me. I loved her with my whole heart and soul—lovo her as few men lovo. I trusted her with my happiness, it depended so entirely upon her.’ His agony overpowered him. The sight of his sufferings was torttiro to Hortense. She saw how ho loved Nathalie, how his happiness depended upon her, and what agony he endured in tho thought that sho was false to him. Could she do nothing? Was there no sacrifice in her power to re store peace to tho heart she would die to savo from pain '! A sudden light came into her face. There was one way-i- she was resolved. She left the room and went to*-Nethalie’» I,oom was lying on ..the sola half nnsousoioun, but when she heard Ilor* tense sho tlirbw herself ojpior knees before her, and in-an -agony of remorse nud des pair, gasped-diUii, ‘Victor,•N#i«ro.is lie? Will he—can he ever forgive (’ . ~ ~. IfortemWlookod do\w* nt her with au uxpbreslnig'bf contompt. As this woman had brought happm—e to-Biotor, ss long as sire liad hlessed friin J n-T!fi lier had loved her for his sake; but pow, when betrayed him, when sho made him suffer, she loathed her, Hut ska must Bave him. She speknin a cold; constrained voice: T-ulouo cim.iWora.poace and happiness to thi3 house, but rcriieroborl do it for his sake ,ffbt for y*erfTs, For you must act a pail-yi.m must do'as 1 dictate. You onco desfroyed my you shall not doßlroy his. Dovyqy Ji.bdr, Jyu’i/ikfljiof. Swear to me that you wjli do as I de sire.’ ' • T3*!(ff#■!%«•* ‘I swear!—anything, onfttiing, t 8 spere hual’ - ysiiMw . ‘Then telkme the-name of Vouj;4w«r»— was it not—»!. ,-j£>hßbP'* ‘M. S .n-K-i",’ smS shame upon the floor.* Without a wof3, left"fin) room, and went dowu to the library ntfairf. She weni ire-ry* —i ,.p i—ypy,a is;, her hand on his shoulder, said in a low tone: ' . gi *"•**■_j ‘ Victor, I .Lave a confession will yon listen to mo?’- - ‘Qt> j»i,f he said. . and -r-TiJj ‘Victor, j raw tho guilty or. od you ; hut* after I left you, I SciTover eonte wiyh rediorsb'. Jj coukl malic ho hsicidiced (or my built, so 1 came hack tifti JtA'Qll/. i , ; r T Ho looked up with ft iuinglcd expression of surprise, yoy, hope, gM fSfr. ‘How/ ini possible, .lioitei, sc;, I taw him cdme_£ioin NathalleVrodhi/ - •> ‘Yes ; -but she wjw, hek.<%(«. 3f3fc*iKl Nathalie coining to my room, and I hur riedly told that Jie j«igUt .-efi onpo in the room between NilthaJiey aM,i»ine into hers, am|v sq w .|yy -the window there.’ ire '•MfrtWis'c, though yon have taken n creaksei-row from msq you ITayS ’ftillcaus- 1 n *v% I you fts-a dtn* sister, hut now as* you know, it in for 'Nathalie''and you and I to be -ffiffether. Yon may trust me, jfidugli; I,sls 'lh’Sl!'6\-er^Ylcnow what 'h*s happened. M. Sanclos shall r.evei- ejjkn my house again.’; - ~v .. * * Shfe hpd niontinned the'nrirnc of Han c-103 oil p u rfftc% that Yiotoi mi gSI fcriiid him the firtift, And to keep him a-way frotqy Nathalie. *[**%''l ‘Yon are right in all yon *«y, Victor' and I undeisUntTyou.*. I thafl !go Ufitno to-uiorrovv/ A« she coa3<aL.s{«iiiking tho.dodr l!qiepedy and Nathalie -« *«— . * Victor spj-iiuk towftrtl beK/aint,,Divine up in his arms like*w child, kissed heetovef; again, iinploiing hjir pardon. When lie released, her, she.yvas goiog to throw »er setf'at liu-feet, aid by jinploriug hi* for*, givimess, betray al: With a quick,-pres*- onco of mind, she came JSb * said : o -• * ■'* -s* -**s < • ‘Can you dees? Can j-O'JWiardoß tfre-tretihle fcbave trouglit uj'ou yon ?’ l> Nathalie understood her, ami with a passionate burst of tears, exclaimed : '< )li, Horten, o! Vpu -/"If not.’ VOL. 1.-NO. 21. Hortense interrupted her, and in a low tone said to her: ‘You have sworn to do as I wish. You can servo me best by giving him happi ness.’ So Nathalie was silenced. Tho next day Hortense left them, and as she crossed that threshold for tho last time, her heart wont up in a silent prayer for him who bad been her fate. When Nathalie put her arms around her, arid kissed her with a nearly breaking heart, she looked at her with a look of almost sublime, peace and resignation,.which told Nathalie- that she was really hnpjvv In her sacrifice. “*• And long yeara after, when she thought of, it in fret nu||,f3j off homo, and thought of the Joy iHiac! frrougU to the man she loved, tho same look was stfll in her face, and she felt it bed not been all a sacri-> floe; * I'roi" the AVi'- Orleans Sunday Timet. TIIE SOLDIER'S GRAVE. Tread lightly— tie a soldiers grave, A lonely, mossy mound— And yet, toliearts like inine and three, H eliould bo on holy ground. Speak pently—let no careless laugh, ■*, No. idle, thoughtless jest, 'Escape your lips, where sweetly sleep* Tbo hero in his rest. K ir him no reveille ska,l beat, 'Whim morning beams shalfeomo; For him, at night, uo tatoo rolls its thuad#r(fi<S itotitii. ‘jfrpift lft ?3§Stf la S» 1,10 Tved-ding deeds o£ W 4 CJP' iiut ruoi-Iy oirtTio^.p^d^Ung treo Is earn,.! the .soldier’s nainy, -A naioo—not deerto us—-bat ah I 'There may ho lips that breathe That nauie on aoeradlyami low , As vesper prazors at *va, TTsfe may b« brows that wear for him YThe inpiu-uing cypraa yiue; Aldlieari., that make (his lonely grave j!%riu» akrllfr. ’ l * ; ' : •#*> T’hore may be joyed to go** With love into his own, *>ow kiApiug midnight vigils long wren mica* Ihel’e may bo hands now tin.-,phi in praver Tl‘i aoldicr' liSud have pressed, Apd (flfeoks wasliod pale hy sorrow’sitcars, Hi;; own cohljdicjjj^Sjreiiod. dfimW# lightly—for a roan bequeathed, 1*» Jaiff beueath tb is sod, llis aalie*te bis aftthrOfoad, ,Hi*.gallnnt sqßhtMNM*- Tux Sxg,nKT.—-‘ingtiged,’ said Ecuijf-r Tin, ,‘nuiechauiu, among a number of otk irk on a houvo ereeting, but a lit from ms cilice, -WRNWiy*lw®e#f. • i ... !.-hi ‘vi'drd rt|<l l R chcfful smjfefoTkpy m **» MH : * frp W% fijfc gloomy or sunless,,q happy sinilo danced likcji sugibeam on tus cheeiful counte „uauue. Meeting him due mornjpg t aak,ed him to tell mo. the aecrcfc o£ hia constant flow of spirits.’ ‘No secret, doctor,’ ho replied, ‘i- have gpt-enq wtd when I go to Work slut always has ft kipd word of imoour age meat for nre, and when I go home shif meet* m» with, ft smile aßd- * kiss ;• nrrd then tho tca-ik suro to he ready, and idig-fiM ddnk SO many little tlrfogs tltfOUdA tfro mo, that I can no!, fin.r illii iny heart, to speak au unkind ..word Ui-ariyboUjC By somo-curjou* ooiochiauce, it appear* TMt thoilhhitttg year, IffffT, has been fixed u|Km by Midiommedans, Brahrnins, and iyatlofrs other sects, as well air by somo-few Chriitians, as a period in tha history of tho universe l».bo somo gWat and mervftlkiu* ohaiigc.,- ' „ -«• -- t.-. S 'TP..JI fEpw U, tllim, , On a nnw,4rea*i»oi»n. etiquette, an edi tor remarks: ‘The lute page of this book soys that every; lidY ahif geMideman should |o*sees it. Tte tuSplisUcated rbpder will naturally. suppo*o. that.Bo kdy or gen , tfrman wdlAMd ij-iauireiiaiyil^ A ‘hri le’ n cftntly startled the officiating cfergymaf at ifltrUnSWle. SblrlitM. by ma kiogptlie mlaiwrjwHFi vow \fip her Eus b*tid, *to J a*B and too f old froni tCis day fßTffti'ti, for bettor hOrscrfor rioherer power ,ip siflgerne|| else fffffrfe-eherries and to ,jay -’ ■ e , » . - ,I’Jij jE^e#-'—A niArt said ale was excel lent tkiak,-though taken in large quanti ties it always made him fat. ‘1 have seen Jt make you lean,’ said a bystander.