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JOHN H. SEALS,
NEW SERIES. VtILUME 18.
Cljc Ctmprrance Crusabtr.
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Published every Thursday in the year, except two.
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TKHUS: Tin Uollais per year* in advance.
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Cr.rp.s or Ten’ Names, by Hooding the Cash.
will receive the paper at - - sl)p*eopy.
Cj.rßs. us Five Names, at 1
Any person sending us Five new subscribers, inclo
sing the money, shall receive an extra copy one year
tree c.l cost.
ADVERTISING DIRECTORY:
Eate3 of Advertising:
1 square, (twelve lines or less,) first insertion, $1
Each continuance,
Professional *tr Business Cards, pot exceeding six
lines, per year, ij “j
Announcing Candidates lor Office,
Standing Advertisements:
■mat* A.t.-priisemenis not marked with the number ol
insertions, will be continued until forbid, and charged
accordingly. , ,
.23tJ~.Merchants, Druggists and others, may contract
for advertising by the year on reasonable terms.
Legal Advertisements:
Bale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians, per square, 5 00
Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex
eeutors and Guardians, per square, 3 ‘do
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 2o
Notire for Leave to Sell, r
(Station for Letters of Administration, and .a
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm n, 000
Citation for Letters ot Dismission from Guard p, .23
Legal Requirements:
Sales of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Exec
utors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on
the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours ot
ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court-house door of the county in which the property is
situate. Notices of these sales must bp given in a pub
lic Gazette, forty days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the s tie ofPersonal Property must be given
nt least ten days previous to the day ol sale.
Notices to Debtors and Creditors ol an estate, must
he published forty days.
Notice that application will he made to ’he t ourt ot
(Ordinary, forlenvc to sell Land or Negroes, must be pub
lished weekly for two months.
Citations lor Letters of Administration, must be pub
lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration
monthly, six months —for Dismission front Guardianship,
forty days.
Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly, for font months —for compelling titles front Ex
ecutors or Administrators, where n bond has been issued
by the deceased, the full space of three months.
/?©*■ Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or
dered. JOHN A. REYNOLDS,Publisher.
THE
Georgia Educational Journal,
THE TEACHER’S FRIEND and PUPIL’S ASSISTANT,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN QUARTO FORM,
in FORSYTH, GA. at $2 00 for one year, or HI 00
for fi mo.
Every
in Georgia ought to have this
Address
‘Georgia Educational Journal,’ Forsyth, Ga.
GEO. T. WILBURN, M. D.
Editor.
Feb IS, 1858 ly
DRS. COE & LA TIM l'.R would inform their friends
and patients that one of the firm will constantly
remain in Grcenesboro’, and that the oilier will be found
in ilie following places at the times specified below;
White Plains, from March Ist to March 14th.
Mount Zion, “ “ loth to “ 28th.
Oxford, “ April 12th to April 25th.
Pcntield. “ “ 26th to May 9th.
As this time table will be strictly adhered to, those
who call early will be most likely to receive attention.
Feb 25th, ISSS
The firm of .t. m. no anm.es & 00. is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, Win. B. Seals
retiring*. The business will be continued by J. M.
Bowles at the same stand, where lie will keep, at all
times, a full supply of liamily Groceries, and will be
ready and willing to serve his friends at very Short Pro
lit* for the CASH. .1. M. BOWLES,
Feb 25 WM. B. SEALS.
JUST RECEIVED!
A Large Slock of Family Groceries!
CONSISTING OF—
'•A AH Grades Sugar and Coffee ;
Fine Syrups and Molasses ;
Good Apple Vinegar; Rice;
Nos. 1,2 and 1? Mackerel;
A large lot of Hydraulic Candles, which can he
bought exceedingly low;
A variety of Pickles,; Maccaroni; Sago;
Currants ; Raisins and Candies ;
‘fable Salt; Soda ; Pepper and Spices ;
Chewing and-Smoking Tobacco ;
Pipes ; Any quality oi a Cigar ;
Large lot of Jar Snuff;
All qualities of Soap ;
Drugs and Patent Medicines ;
Perfumery—a choice lot.
By way of remark, I would say to the citizens and vi
cinity of renficld, that I am giving this business my un
divided attention; and if they will give me a liberal pa
tronage, I will save them the TROUBLE and EX
PENSE of going farther.
Penfield, Ga. March 9, 1857. J. M. BOWLES.
— LOST OR STOLEN.
\LL persons are forewarned against trading for
the following notes: A note on Wm F Luckie for
Seventeen Dollars and Forty Cents, dated in April or
May last, and due the twenty fifth December thereaf
ter ; one on Wm Moore for Twelve Dollars and Twen
ty-live Cents, dated in May or June last, and due the
twenty-fifth December thereafter; one on David Phelps |
of Hancock county for Twenty Dollars, dated in March ;
la** and due from date ; and one on John Mitchell of j
Mount Zion for Seventeen Dollars Twelve and a-half |
cents, dated in April last, and due the twenty-fifth of j
December thereafter. I
The above notes were made payable to the subscriber [
as guardian of free boys Jerry and Ben ; and the ma
kers of the same are requested to make payment to no
fcerson except myself or mv order.
v ‘ THOMAS D. SANFORD. >
Greeneshoro’, March 4, 1858.
The subscriber is now opening
a nice stock of
Spring and Summer Goods, .
io which the attention of the citizens of Penfield and
vicinity is respectfully invited. The styles of the sea
son are unusually handsome and prices very reasonable.
An early call will be highly appreciated.
Penfield, March 25th Wm. B. SEALS.
Fresh cranberries and currants".
March 25 J. M. BOWLES.
ORANGES AND LEMONS.
March 25 J. M. BOWLES.
TF vqu want an article superior to Potash for
J- miking Soap, buy the CONCENTR ATEC LEY.
March 25 J. M. BOWLES.
PPLES! APPLES!
March 25 J, M. BOWLES.
■\T<VFICE. —The copartnership heretofore exist
in/r between THOMAS MILLER AND JAMES
H. IJAfrL, under vhe style of MILLER &, HALL, by
mutual consent, has been this day dissolved. The notes
and accounts due the firm are in the hands of F. C. Ful
ler, Esq. for adjustment.
Greenesboro’, March 20th, 1858.
Greeneso jt THOMAS MILLER.
March 25-31. , JAMES H. HALL.
XcONT BACON! A fee lot of
cured Bacon, for ealc bv J- M. - V LE..
1 March 18, 1858
nil mitt
Atlanta Medical College.
r |>HE Fourth Course of LECTURES in
this Institution, will commence on the Ist Monday
in May next, and continue four months.
Fan till):
11. IF. LH O WN, M D Professor of Anatomy ;
JOHN IF. JONES, MD Prof of Principles and Prac
tice of Medicine ; ,
IF. /■'. WESTMORELAND, MD Professor of Prin
ciples and Practice of Surgery :
THOMAS S. PO WELL. M 1) Professor of Obstetrics
and Diseases of Women and Children ;
; ALEX. MEANS, M V Professor of Chemistry and
Pharmarea ;
JOSEPH P. LOGAN, M D Professor of Physiology
and General Pathology ; •
> J. G. IF ESTMOfI ELAND, M D Professor of Materia
Medica and Medical Jurisprudence ;
T. ('. 11. WILSON, M D Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Fees:
Pur tbe Course of Lectures flO5 00
Matriculation 5 tin
ltiswotiinr Ticket (taken once) 19 uo
The increased facilities in the departments oi Anato
my, Surgery and Chemistry, afforded by ample and well
adapted rooms in the New College Building, make these
branches of study much more entertaining titan hereto
fore. The Dissecting Room, situated in the upper story
of the building, and furnished with skylight, will be
opened and supplied with sound and iaolfenfeivesubjects
by the 15th of April.
Good board can be had in the eitv at S3 to l per week.
For further information address
April l~st* J. G. WESTMORELAND, Dean.
WASHING MACHINE.
THE subscribers,having purchased from tlfe inventor
the right to manufacture and sell BA’ O JEN’S
ROTARY WASHING MACHINE in a number of
counties in Georgia, desire to introduce it to the notice
of the public, and confidently claim for it the following
advantages:
Ist. It will do more work in less time, than any other
machine in use.
2d. It will cleanse clothes and leave them .entirely
free from dirt, ready for boiling and ringing, in from 10
to 30 minutes.
3d. It will wash the finest or coarsest , fabrics, from
muslins to blankets, equally well, and will not injure
the most delicate textures.
4th. It can be operated successfully by a 10 year old
boy.
sth. It is so simple in structure, that should it nerd
repair, the most common workman can do it ; and,
(fill. It will, with ordinary care, last 10. years.
It needs only a fair trial to test its merits, and any one
using it will be satisfied lhat it economizes time, labor
and money. Orders for these machines, addressed to
the undersigned at White Plains, Greene county, Ga.
will meet with prompt attention; and they will be de
livered at any point the purchaser may choose.
Respectfully, •
WM. T. ALFRIEND & CO.
Madison, Ga Sept Kith. 1857.
M f.ssks Hightower &, Alfuiexi): I have bec.t using
the waslting machine of Brown’s patent, which I bought
of you about four months. It has fully come up to
your recommendation, and far surpassed my expecta
tions.
For ordinary washing, it is certainly a great labor
saving contrivance; but for washing heavy bed clothing,
carpets and other clothing so difficult to wash by hand,
it certainly will be an indispensable, article in every fa
mily where its merits have been fully tested. I tliinic,
however, that the most valuable recommendation of the
machine is, that it washes all kinds of fabrics with much
less damage than can be done by the most careful hands
in the ordinary way. which, 10 any ordinary family,
would save the price of the machine in one year. •
I wish you success in introducing your machine,
which is certainly no humbug.
Yours very respectfully, C. B. BARRON.
Sparta. Jan. 13, 1858.
| Dr. Alfritnd:
Peak Sru —Your Washing Machine that I pur
chased from you at our fair perform? admirably well.
M y wash-woman, a free woman of color, says she would
not take *IOO.OO for it, if she could not get another. For
bedclothes, it surpasses anything 1 ever saw, and one
third of hard labor is saved. Yours,
H. 0. JOIINHTON.
Gueexeshoko’, March 25th, 1858.
Messrs. IF. L. Alfritnd ip Cos:
Gents —We have used one of Brown’s Patent
Washing Machines, and are satisfied that it is a sav
ing of at least one-third of the time and labor, say noth
ing of the saving of the clothes.
Yours, Respectfully,
J. F. ZIMMERMAN,
B. F. GREENE.
White Plains, Ga. March 22d, 1858.
We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we have J
been using Brown’s Rotary Washing Machine tor the
last eight or ten months, and take pleasure in recom- 1
mending it to iho public as an instrument that will, in j
averv short time, relund its cost in the saving of time, ,
labor and the clothes. WM. J. MAPP,
E. D. ALFRIEND,
A. B. TAPPAN,
I). C. ALFRIEND,
- marion McDaniel, j
0. E. GRANT,
A. GRANT,
JOHN H. ELEY,
. SAMUEL GENTRY,
I. D. MOORE,
ROBT. H. JACKSON.
Oxkokj), Ga. Sept 28th, 1857. i
I most cheerfully state, that having used one of j
“ Brown’s Washing Machines,” now manufactured and |
sold by. Hightower & Alfriend, White Plains, Ga. I am j
more than pleased with its performance. Mrs. Thomas ;
would not, on any account, be deprived of it; and our
servants, who are interested in the labor, are more de- j
lighted than ourselves.
Brown’s Washing Machine docs its work well, saves ;
more than than half the time, and the labor is so light
that a small boy may work it without much fatigue.
I will add, that Professors Sasnett and Williams’ fa- j
milies are equally well pleased with these machines, s
both having used them, as we have done, for several ,
months. We think them superior to any thing of the
sort that we*have ever seen in operation.
J. R. THOMAS.
I have been using, in my family, “ Brown’s Patent
Washing Machine,” for several months, and can say,
without exaggeration, that compared with the usual
method of washing clothes by hand, it saves three
fourths the time and labor, and possesses the additional ]
advantage of not wearing out. the clothes so much.
e MILES VV. LEWIS. j
White Plains, Ga. August 29, 1857
The undersigned takes pleasure in stating ihat His
! family have had in use for some time, one of Brown’s
i Patent VV’ashing Machines, and that it has given perfect ;
I satisfaction in all respects—especially in saving labor
i and time, washing thoroughly, and in not injuring the
clothes at all. JOSEPH A. EVE.
Augusta, Aug. 17, 1857.
This is to certify that I have used Brou n's Patent \
Washing Machine for some time, and can say, without
: exaggeration, that compared to the usual method of
washing clothes by hand, it saves two-thirds of the
time and labor, and possesses the additional advantage
of not wearing out me clothes so much, and it washes
euuallv as clean as can be done by the most careful hand.
4 - WILLIAM M. LANE.
Lexington , Ga. October 12///, 1857
TRUSTEE’S SALE. —In pursuance of an
orderof the Honorable Rob’t V. Hardeman, Judge
of the Ocmulgee circuit, made at the March Term of
Greene Superior Court, 1858, will be sold at public out
cry, before the courthouse in Greene county, Georgia,
’ on the first Tuesday in JUNE next, within the legal
hours of public sales, a certain tract of land, containing
one hundred and fifty acres, situated in said county, on
the waters of Town Creek, and adjoining lands of mv-
I self, estate of Martin Tiller and others. Sold lor the
benefit of the wife and children of Samuel Patrick.
Also, at the same time and place, arid by virtue of a
similar order, will be sold, in like manner, a certain
tract of land, situate irt said county, containing one hun
tired acres, more or less, and adjoining land of A. B.
Sharp and others, whereon Samuel Patrick now lives—
-1 said last named Uact sold for the benefit ol the wife and
child of Leonard l’c-ck. Terms on the day ol sale,
j. S. T. PEEK,
i Trustee for wife and children of Samuel Patrick.
8. T. PEEK,
Trustee for wife and child of Leonard Peek.
April 1, 1858-tds
PLANKS! BLANKS! OF EVERY D ESC RIP
-13 TION. furnished upon the shortest notice.
Officers and Attorneys arc requested to
■ h ml in their orden,
THE ADOPTED ORGAN OF AFT, THE .-TEMPER \VGE ORGANIZATION’S IN TIIK STATE;
PENFIELD. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AP ft 14. 1, 1 8 58.
j ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.— WiII be sold
| J"*- before the court-house door in Greencsboro’, Ga.
1 on the first Tuesday in May next, between the usual
; hours ot sale, a negro woman named Queen, about sixty
! years of age. Hold by virtue of an order ot the Court of
; Ordinary ot said county, as the property ot Harriett L.
j Grimes, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cred
i itors of said deceased. Terms on the dav oi sale,
j March 25. 1858 ISAAC A. WILLIAM*, Adm’r.
Greene Sheriffs Sale.
WILL BE SOLD before tl.e court-W.ue door iu the city of
Oreenesboro’, on the fire. Tm-rtLiy In MAY next, betwecu
tiie legal bouts of sale, the I, Unwingpruperly, to w it :
One negro man named John, about 22 years old. oi
yellow complexion : Levied on as the property ot George
M. Willis, to satisfy four f fas issued Irom the Superior
Court of Greene county, in favor of John G Oliver and
others vs Geo M Willis. Property pointed out by said
: Willis.
Also, by thrysame, at the same time: The house and
lot on which William T Rainwater now lives, in the
corporation of the city of Greeneshoro, adjoining lands
oi Abel Conner and others, containing two acres, more ’
or less: Levied on to satisfy sundry Justice's Court f
fas front the 113d district, G M in favor of G H Thomp
son vs Wm T Rainwater, and li E Hunt vs Win T
Rainwater. Levied on by H Rouzee, constable.
March 31, 1858 ‘ L MORRISON, Hit’ft’
Also, nt the •same time and plnce.
Two black horses, about 12 years old, known as the
\\ illiatns horses, and two old grey horses, known as tne
i Ellington greys, about 18 years old—said horses in the
possession ot \V A Wilson : Levied on as the property
i of William T Dorster, or the interest said Dorster once
owned in said horses, to satisfy a \i fa front Greene Su
perior Court, in favor of JII Si I)’L Carmichael rs Wm
T Dorster and Green II Thompson, and otlter fi fas
in ray hands against said Dorster and Thompson;
property pointed out by G II Thompson.
| _ Also—One dark bay horse. Pete, about 10 years old,
in the possession of Thomas Stocks: Levied oil as the
property of W T Dorster, to satisfy a fifa from the Su
perior Court of Greene count v, in favor of JIT Carmi
j clntel Si, D L Carmichael vs William ‘J’ Dorster arid Glf
‘1 hontpson and oilier fi /Jus in my hands; property
pointed out by G II Thompson.
Also—Two horses, one a large soTrel horse, about 8
years old, Dick, and one a bay horse. Boh, about fi years
old: Levied on as the property of G H Thompson, to
satisfy afi fa from Greene Superior Court, in favor of
Branch & Walker vs William T Dorster and G II
Thompson, and other J? fas in my hands vs Dorster &
, Thompson; property pointed out by GII Thompson,
j March 31, 1858 ‘ C. C. NORTON, I). Slt’ff.
[ v J J
By Mrs. M. 13. Bryan,
CONFESSIONS OF A RECLUSE:
A STORY OF PASSION AND RETRIBUTION.
nv MARY E. BRYAN.
CIIAFTER It.
“ And if in future years a cloud
Shade tny now brightening name,
It is a wounded spirit’s strife,
And on thee be the blame;
For thou hast turned to bitterness
Thoughts that in love had birth ;
There is no truth in that or thee,-
There is no truth on earth.”
L. E. L.
IR KTU It NED home elated with my success, and
buoyant with love and hope. We entered the
familiar harbor on the evening of the wildest and
stormiest day of the equinox. Ominous clouds
filled the sky and the wind afar off was mutter
ing and roaring like a prisoned demon. There
was a strange looking vessel in port—a brig of
apparently four or five hundred tons, whose grace
ful i roportiens even then attracted my attention.
I Ter form was long ami symmetrical, the hull
painted black, bordered bv a single broad crim
son stripe, the masts long and raking and the whole
appearance suggesting the idea of speed and du
rability. There were two men upon the lower
deck, and as our boat glided slowly past, we
caught a portion of their conversation.
“ When will you leave port, Captain?” asked
one in a citizen’s dress of a tall, nobly formed
man in undress uniform, with a bold, handsome
fare, and a careless grace in his attitude.
“To-night,” was the prompt response.
“To-night!” repeated the other, in amaze
ment. “Impossible! Captain are you mad?
look !” and he pointed to the threatening sky.
“ And if it blow hurricanes and rain torrents,
the Black Hawk shall yet leave this harbor to
night,” said the Captain, turning away with a reck
less laugh and tossing his half-consumed cigar
into the sea.
We passed on and I heard no more, but I
turned to look again at the beautiful vessel with
a singular feeling of interest.
“ Harley,” said I to my companion, “now if I
were at odds with fate, as I sometimes fear I may
be, I would ask nothing better than to spring on
board some such desperate thing as that and dash
out under the very shadow of night and tempest.”
Our boat touched the strand and I sprang on
shore, forgetting the strange brig 3nd ray forebo
dings in the joy of being so near Inez. The as
pect of Melvin bay had altered greatly during the
six years of ray absence. The town, situated near
the. mouth of the river, had trebled itself in size,
and the nay had become a place of fashionable
summer resort. There were light, elegant dwell
ings occupying the place of the fishers’ huts, and
anew fear was awakened in my heart, lest these
changes had extended to the ordy being on earth
in whose fate 1 was at all concerned. 1 hurried
along the sandy beach and discovered with a
thrill of delight that the small, brown cottage of
Crazy Agnes, the humble spot where had blos
somed my wild rose in her beauty, was still stand
ing, and there was a cheery light streaming i
through the low windows, far out into the gath- j
ering gloom. 1 restrained myself sufficiently to
knock at the door, and waited with feverish im
patience for an answer to my summons.
It came at last. The door was opened by a
stranger—a small woman, ’ with a keen, Scotch
look in her gray eyes.
“Excuse me,” 1 said, bowing blandly, while
my heart sank with a cold foreboding. “ But 1
thought this to be the dwelling of an old friend
of mine. I see lam mistaken. Can you tell me
anything of her ? Agnes is the name—Crazy Ag
nes they called her.”
“Aye,” returned the woman, “I knew Crazy
Agnes, but she’s dead lang syne. .She would na’
be buried in the kirk yard wi’ decent folks, but
must needs be laid under yon clump of pines
within sound of the salt sea.”
“ But the child! the child! Speak, my good
woman, and tell me what became of the girl
Inez.”
“Thecheil? Ah! the lassie, you mean. She
married a rich man wi’ a power o’money after
Crazy Agnes died, and she’s gone wi’ him beyant
the seas. Was she kith or kin of yours, sir/”
1 did not reply to the woman ; I scarcely knew
how I left the cottage or what I did afterwards.
One maddening thought alone seared my brain.
done, married, lost to me forever; my cup of
present bliss dashed to the ground, my hopes for
the future nil blasted. What had Ito live for,
i what to hope for? I went frantically on through
1 the deepening gloom and gathering tempest until
I reached the boat left by ray companion, when, |
throwing myself into it. f pulled for the strange \
brig and was soon upon her deck. Even in that ;
terrible moment, with the peculiarity I have often I
observed in violent grief, I noticed minutely, as I
the lading light would permit, the precision and j
order of the ropes, spars and all the appurtenan
ces of the vessel.
f descended to the cabin, and, seated around
a table with cards and wine before them, 1 found j
several men, one of whom I recognized as the man
1 had heard addressed ns Captain. He returned
my salutation with graceful politeness, and calm- I
ing irtyself by a violent effort, I stated briefly that i
I wished to be taken into his service. He eyed i
me intently, and I thought at suspiciously, 1
but something in my countenance, or in my ‘
strong, athletic frame, seemed to impress him
favorably.
“ Young man,” he said, with a peculiar smile, j
“ perhaps the service required of you may chance
to be little different from what you imagine..
Probably you have not calculated the cost. What
are you willing to do, and what are you ready
to risk ?”
“ Anything,” I replied, recklessly; and as to j
the risk. 1 am willing to risk everything—life, i
soul, if need be.”
“ You’ll do,” said the Captain, with a laugh
mellow and musical as a woman’s, grasping my
hand and shaking it cordially. “Now be seated
and take a glass of this Burgundy. You look a
trifle too pale, and it will give you strength and
color. Nothing like Burgundy for that.”
He poured out a goblet full to the brim of the
sparkling wine and handed it to me. I drank it
eagerly, and felt its renovating influence in the
now strength, mental and physical, that followed
the draught. I could now think clearly: yet, l
did not regret my compact with the Captain of :
the brig, for I was still in the mood for doing any-1
thing desperate. That night, at twelve o’clock, j
despite wind and darkness, the Black Hawk left. ;
the harbor. I think the Captain had his own
good reasons for this hasty departure. The brig
was a suspicious looking craft in herself, and the
appearance of the crew did not tend to lessen the
distrust with which the worthy citizens of Melvin
looked upon her.’
Next morning, when we were fairly out at sea,
the Captain drew my arm carelessly within his
own, and taking me on deck, pointed signifi
cantly to the blood-red flag of the free-booters,
whose bright folds glistened in the early sunlight,
and I knew then, what 1 had before suspected,
that 1 had enlisted in the service of a pirate
cruiser.
For four years more I was a rover upon the
seas, leading a life full of wild adventure and
reckless daring, often an actor in scenes of con
flict, though never of deliberate, cold-blooded
murder or personal violence, done to the defence
less. From these, the authority of our leader
restrained his followers, and never, during the
J time that I remained npon the Black Hawk, were
! her decks stained with other blood than that
| shed in what men call fair combat. We never j
i attacked any vessel that did not bear hostile col- ;
! ors or was not equal to ourselves in size: and of- i
ten we boarded the richly laden merchant-men
without bloodshed or any attempt at opposition,
and, as our commander said with his usual care
less levity, “relieved them of a portion of their
superfluous cargo,” leaving them otherwise unin
jured.
Captain Archer, pirate though lie was, possessed
many noble qualities. He exercised over his
i followers the most complete control and com
| manded their respect, though he mingled but
j seldom with his subordinates and seemed scarcely
jto belong to their sphere. He distributed the
i rich booty among them with lavish generosity,
and evidently pursued his lawless occupation
j only for the sake of its wild excitement and the
! constant perils that appeared to possess an irre-
I sistible charm for his restless spirit. I always be
lieved that some’ terrible sorrow, or perchance
some hasty error, committed in the hot blood of
youth and too severely punished, had changed
the whole tenor of his life a it’d wrecked a noble
nature.
I felt for him an instinctive sympathy, which
soon ripened into a deep and lasting attachment.
I would willingly have died for him. Twice 1
preserved liis life at the risk of my own; and
when he fell at last in a terrible affray with an
English man-of-war, double our size, the sword of
the assailant pierced my own shoulder before it
reached his heart. He died in my arms, and
with his last words assigned to me the command
of the brig. His will was sacredly respected by
the men, who had worshiped him, and so in less
than four years after 1 first set foot upon the
deck of the Black Ilawk, 1 became her comman
j der.
CHAPTER 111.
“ A sail! a sail! the sluggish blood
Stirs at the thrilling cry;
And wild eyes flash and sabres gleam—
The hour of strife is nigh.”
We had returned from a long cruise in foreign
seas, with the Black Hawk so metamorphosed by
paint and changes in her tout cn semble, that we
had scarcely any fear of being recognised. We
were lying becalmed, a dozen leagues off the cost
of Cuba, the sultriness of the weather having af
fected all with a lassitude foreign to our usual
habits. The day had been one of the stillest and
warmest I had ever seen; even in those tropical
latitudes, the atmosphere surcharged witli heated
vapor and scarcely breeze enough to lift a silken
curl from the brow of a woman. Toward even
ing, however, the breeze began to freshen and a
haze overspread the sky.
“Sail ho!” was the cry that broke’upon the
qifiet of our after-dinner mood. I swept a glancq
around the horizon and perceived to northward
the delicate tracery of the spars and rigging of an
approaching ship. She neared us rapidly as the
wind continued to increase, and soon I recog
nised a British trading vessel, that yet carried
heavy guns and was finely manned, which a year
before had escaped us with the loss of a top mast.
She was a vessel of apparently near six hundred
tons, with guns of heavy metal—every way a size
larger than ours. Evidently, notwithstanding the
change in the Black Hawk’s appearance, the sus
picions of the crew on bord the Regina were
awakened; for before commg within firing dis
tance she displayed her colors, and the gorgeous
emblazonry of the British flag was unrolled with
a defying arrogance that excited my men to the
utmost. In answer to their challenge, I displayed
successively the stars and stripes of the American
Republic, the Portuguese emblem and the dm
peau blwu j of France. None of these seemed to be
satisfactory, and throwing aside all trifling, I or
dered the blood-red ensign of our office to be
: brought forth. In a moment it rose gracefully
I from the goft mjd unrolled its brilliant folds, like
the lit*li plumage of some tropical bird. Jt was
answered by the heavy boom ol a gun. and then
ensued a rapid aid effective cannonading
both which lasted until, by an adroit
manoeuvre, (concealed by the enveloping smoke,}
we succeded in bringing our vessel alongside the
Regina and boarded lire partially disabled ship,
almost before her crew were aware ot our inieo
tion. The brief .conflict that followed was terri
ble. Happily, it was quickly over, and as soon as
the scales turned it) ourlavor, the usual ordei !•>!
the immediate cessation of bloodshed was given,
the British colors lowered and 1 turned aw aw
leaving the men to their victory. A tiny, white
glove lying on the bloody deck liken crushed lib
arrested my attention. It was very small, and
evidently could have been worn by none nut the,
delicate hand of a woman. Perhaps there were
females among the passengers. J’iiis had very
rarely been the case on any of the prizes we had
previously captured, and in those lew instances
the female passengers had received the utmost
respect and attention fiom the pirate crew.
1 looked again at the little glove 1 held, and on
the inside discovered two letters that sent tlso
quick blood to my brain. They were simple in
themselves, but they were the initial letters ot a
name that was burned upon my heart. Hurriedly
1 descended the stops of the ladies'cabin, opened
the door noislessly and saw in the dim light a
beautiful woman extended upon the lounge in a
death-like swoon, and half supported by an at
tendant, who was too paralyzed by terror to be of
any assistance. Despite tlic form, now full and
rounded in all the graceful proportions ot matured
womanhood, J could not be deceived. That
proud, yet tender mouth, the dark lashes sweep
ing down on the pale cheek, the rich curls of mid
night blackness falling around a face ot wondrous
loveliness—these could belong to none other than
my lost Inez.
To spring forward to catch her hurriedly from
the arms of her attendant and press burning
kisses on lip and cheek and brow, was but the
work of a moment. The warmth of that passion
ate embrace restored her to consciousness. < )pen
ing her large eyes, she looked around in wild be
wilderment, and then, remembering the struggle
over head, the sounds of which had readied her
and caused her terror, she threw me from her
with a gesture of loathing.
“Sir,” she said, “ I am your prisoner, but you
will spare me? for the sake of mercy, of human
ity, you will snare me? At least you will only
take my life?”
How beautiful she was as she stood before ine,
her proud figure drawn up to its fullest height:
every shade of eoior fled from cheek and brow,
and the dark hair swept back from her high brow
in dissheveled masses!
“Madame,” L said, soothingly, “ the vessel lias
indeed been attacked and captured, but you need
fear nothing. You shall be respected. Not one
hair of that fair head shall be harmed. I, at
least, will protect you with my life.”
She started perceptibly at the first sound of my
voice, and regarded me with a fixed, earnest look.
I threw aside the tasseled cap I wore and allowed
the thick, bright curls to fall about mv face.
“Inez,” I whispered softly. In an instant the
warm, warm blood was all over that paleface;
she sprang forward with a joyful cry and sank
into the arms that were opened to receive her.
How long wo sat thus I know not. ft might
have been hours, or only moments, for I took no
note of time. I forgot that the woman I held in
mv arms was the wife of another, forgot the scene
’ of carnage over head, the years that had gone
| by, freighted with crimes that had dyed my hands
I and blackened my soul—forgot everything save
that I held, clasped to my throbbing -heart, the
idol of my boyhood, the object of my manhood’s
passionale worship.
We spoke but little—only a few murmured
words of endearment. No explanations were
needed, for she clung to me with the old confiding
trust of her childhood, and 1 smoothed back
caressingly the rebellious curls as I had done so
often in the days gone by. She, too, had forgot
ten everything save ourselves.
Suddenly a cloud darkened the clear eyes that
were raised to mine and she withdrew from mv
encircling arms.
“My husband!” alio exclaimed, turning away
and burying her face in her hands.
Tier husband! Aye, we had indeed forgotten
that. Her husband! and might he not be lying
now a lifeless corpse on the vessel’s deck ? Might
not the hands that had clasped her own he stained
with his life-blood ?
There was a quick knock at the door, which I
had locked to prevent the intrusion of my plun
der-seeking crew, and beckoning Inez’s attendant
to her side, I hastened to unfasten it. It was my
German hoy, Hermann Schultz, that stood at the
entrance with flushed cheeks and hurried man
ner.
“I have been searching for you, Sir,” ho said.
“ There has been disobedience and foul work car
ried on above, and your presence might have pre
vented it.”
On ascending with him to the deck, I found
Hermann's words verified. Excited by liquor
and by the threats and defiant curses of the pris
oners, my men had so far transgressed my positive
orders as to force the remaining crew of the Reg
ina, with the exception of two or three young
lads, into the small pinnace and push it off scan
tily vietu aled upon a sea already running high
with the approaching storm, threatening to fire
upon them if they did not row away with all pos
sible speed.
I was deeply incensed at such cold-blooded
cruelty, but regret or remonstrance was now un
availing; for the pinnace was already out of sight
in the rolling swells of the ocean; and besides
the twilight was deepening into night and the
storm, which had long been threatening, was fast
approaching. I saw that it was necessary we
should instantly abandon the dismasted ship, and
gave orders for immediate return to our own com
paratively uninjured vessel, to which several boat
loads of the Regina’s valuable cargo had already
been, conveyed.
1 went below, and after a few words of explan
ation to Inez, I drew her hand within my arm,
hurried her across the bloody dock and placed
her beside me in the boat which was in waiting*
Hardly were wo safe on board the Black llavvk,
when the storm burst upon vs in its fury. Every
incli of canvass was furled and the brig scudded
before the wind under bare poles, gallantly riding
the waves that threatened to eugulph her, al
though her strong timbers trembled like, a leaf
upon the waters.
All through that night of roaring waves, of
shrieking winds and cursing thunder, I sat beside
Inez, endeavoring to Soothe her by gentle words
and caresses as she my sobbing like ;
! a fi-iybten. and child.
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gave a$ tis-i hu-bun<l, 1 felt sure that he was net
among the Killed in the affray. 1w .s confident
that it was he with whom 1 had last engaged,
and to whom 1 lnul given the quarter he refused
to ask . He was then among those who had been
forced into the pinnace, and as I looked out upon
the tempest lashed ocean and the wildness of the
night, made visible by the Min iiftg flashes of
lightning, i felt assured that no boat could live
an hour in such a sea.
1 shuddered to think of the fate of the doomed
men : and yet shall 1 confess it?- although I
loathed myself for the feeling, 1 could not help
experiencing a momentary thrill of gratification,
as some strong blast, more fearful than before,
swept past ns jn its work of destruction; for
among the occupants of that frail boat at the
mercy of the winds, was one who stood between
me and the treasure so wildly coveted,, so madly
worshiped.
As the night, advanced and Inez grew calmer,
1 gathered from her broken sentences all I wished
to know of her history since our separation. Sha
had been true to me—true in heart at least. Not
even when forced to believe mo false, (from fall
ing to receive my letters and from learning-,
through one of our discharged seamen, a story of
my betrothal to a lady I had helped to rescue
from a convent in Spain,) did she cease to love
me: and when, left destitute of friends by the
death of her mother and reduced almost to star
vation, she yielded at length only a cold, loveless
hand to the solicitations of the. wealthy English
suitor, who, returning from his American tour,
had seen the beautiful pearl of Melvin bay and
resolved that she should adorn his home beyond
the sea. But there, amid luxury, elegance and
gayety, she had not forgotten the past. Neither
wealth, nor the love of a husband she only es
teemed could bring her happiness, and it was her
declining health that induced him to take pas
sage on the Regina, hound for Cuba, trusting that
the mild climate of that beautiful island would
restore the roses to her cheek. * * *
The storm at last began gradually to subside,
and leaving Inez, who had fallen into a quiet
slumber, I went on deck and watched there until
the dawn of day. At earliest light 1 went aloft,
and with the aid of an excellent glass, swept the
extent of the still turbulent sea to discover the
pinnace, hut it was not to be seen.
Later, however, as 1 stood upon deck with Inez
leaning on my arm, a boat drove by us keel up
wards, and as it. mounted a swell in passing, we
sow distinctly the name “ Regina” upon the side
next us, and Hermann instantly recognised it as
the unfortunate pinnace.
They had then all perished, and after the first
feeling of awe, mingled with remorse, came the
thought that Inez was now free.
I turned to look at her. She was very pale
and hastily lowering her veil, she begged me to
lead her below. I did so, and saw her no more
that day.
It had been long since I allowed myself to look
forward into the future; but that day I reflected
long and seriously and determined to pursue no
longer an occupation whose only charm was its
constant and stimulating excitement. Now, that
I had an object to live for, 1 resolved that my ill
gained wealth should purchase me a beautiful
home, and I would lead for the future a respect
able and quiet life.
I disposed of the brig to my first mate, making
him promise that he would take her to some for
eign port, sell her for a fair price and relinquish
his lawlesg mode of life.
The ensuing evening, under cover of the twi
light, we weighed anchor in the harbor of Havan
nah, a boat was lowered and Inez, Hermann and
myself conveyed to shore, while the Black Ilawk.
after receiving a fresh supply of water and pro
visions, sailed again before sunrise the following
morning. The same day, in the ancient chapel
of St. < Catherine, with no witness of the ceremony
save Hermann Schultz and an oh} orange woman
who was repeating her “ave marias” before an
image of the Virgin, a venerable padre united
Inez and myself and pronounced his blessing
upon us.
And so she was mine—mine at last—this beau
tiful, bewildering creature, whom in my impious
idolatry 1 would have sacrificed every hope of
Heaven to gain.
“Mmefuic cr, Inez!” I exclaimed, as I pressed
my lips to hers; hut 1 shuddered as a mocking
echo seemed to answer me, reverberating through
the old cathedral—“ Never! never!”
1 purchased an extensive sugar plantation and
a delightful villa a short distance from llavannah
which luid previously been the residence of the
American Consul. It was approached by a beau
tiful grove of iig trees, whose broad leaves over
shadowed the path, while troops of brilliant birds
fluttered among them, feeding on the ripe pur
ple fruit. < flange and lime trees, pomegranates
with their scarlet fruits and flowers, wide-leaved
banannas and feathery cocoa palms, nourished by
cooling fountains, adorned the lawn in front and
the rich grounds adjoining.
To this lovely Indian nest I transported the
bird 1 had caged, ami there, amid music, peviume
and beauty, we wooed the sweet spirit of content.
But did no haunting memories of my past life
of guilt and passion disturb the conscience 1
sought to lull to sleep? I had confessed and ob
tained priestly absolution, and had earnestly re
solved that the future should make amends for
the past. 1 felt myself secure from human jus
tice, but I could not forget that “crime is its own
retributorthat there is a vengeance from which
nothing can shield the guilty—a justice whose
claims may not bo sot aside. I had defied God
and man;( had yielded to the sway of evil passion,
broken the laws of my country and transgressc<
the mandates of a higher power and had been re
warded with abundant wealth and the fruition
of hopes I had scarcely dared cherish.
But would not the punishment come hereaf
ter—in the loss of Inez, in the destruction of my
earthly prosperity? The fear haunted me foi
over; it was the death’s head at my anque
and in my gayest, happiest moods, a sum on < u
would fall upon my heart, as Belshazzar
hand seemed tracing before ine the tnene e <
of my destiny. i
[to be continued.]
Little TWng**
Scorn not the slighest word or deed,
.Nor deem it void of power,
There’s fruit in each wind wafted seed,
Waiting its natal hour.
A whispered word may touch the heart
And call it back to life,
A look of love bid sin depart,
And still unholy strife.
No act falls fruitless—none can tell
How vast its powers may be,
“Nor what results untolded dwell •
Within it silently. _ <,
Work and despair not; give thy mite, . y* 5 ’-
However small it be; \ l.