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BY THOM AS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR. VOL. VII. JS rpiiK Cassville Slani'aud, is | nr i publ.slied every Fr.day.—Ot e fIA lice, north-ea'st corner of the yob \Jf lie square. —Tkums, Two Dollars seyearif paid in advance, two and Ij a half after three months, or three dollars at the end of the year. Xo paper discontinued Until all arrearages are baid except at the option of the publisher. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at *1 her squ ire (twelve lines,t for the first insertion, hud 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual Advertisements not marked will be published hntil forbid, and disced accordingly Letters mi business nsast he prrCpaat and ad* dressed to the t’rojirtetor. , Jiifceiofij. CR \WEORD & CRAWFORD, Attorneys at Cassville, Ga.—As a firm under the above name John A. A M. J. Crawford will promptlv and faithfully attend to all business Intrusted to their cure in any of the count-os of the Cherokee or l.lue. Rdge Circuits. M. J. Craw* f, r ,l will g've particular attention to the collec- , ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no! trims to put clients in speedy possession of their , money. _ mh l-ly , I'’ W. CHASTAIN', Attorney at Lav, Mor- ! n mton, (ft.—Practices in. all the conn-: ties of the Cherokee circuit. Jan 5 ■ r\MKS MI LX ER, Attorney at Law, Cass* v ile. Geo. Practises in the counties of the Cliei okee c'reuit. n| b C “j TANARUS) 0. CR AWEORD, Attorney at Lev, Cui- I), hoirt. Geo.— Practice in the count ies of j the Cherokee circuit. apr j TO 11. TATUM. Attorney at Law, Trenton, j |\ , (j ;i . -Business entrusted tuh'searein any | ..ft!,. tMuaties of the Cherokee circuit, will meet ; with prompt attention. Nov. 21. j , < WEIL. Attorney at Lav, Canton. Geor- ’ Business entrusted to his ctre in \ HUv.e'V-’.‘C not . Sos the Bh\e lx dgecircivt. will ‘ i:, ‘et W ill faithful attention. Feb l'i, 1-355, j , , j. ; \IX. A’ rrney at Law, Calhoun, (fa. j ? I , Will practice in all the counties .of the j • a ■;> eireu't. Particular attention will be . ,1 to the collecting business. mh 9. tt T T. WOFFORD. Attorney at Lents C-tss y's , villa. Ga.- -Practices iflNilt the counties ■ f the ( heroke** circuit, :yid will attend fiithful -I'- t: all busutess entrusted to his care. Office! ■ ,-i ot th court house. auglltsB —ts I * OOi’F.R A RICE. Attorney* at Lav, Cass* | | fl:Geo.—Practice in the counties of r * ~ •ob'i, Chattooga. Catoosi, Chej-okee, Dade j-’ ... i, iLirdon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walk <-r aa IWh tiiald. John’ 11. Uicß will, as hcrc t •f ire, eontluu'.’ to give h.s personal anti almost j v veins'v.; attention to’ the collecting business, j april 2", 1351. | /■ \ L. EAR HOUR. Attorney at Lav, Atlan- j * , 11, Georgia. -Will practice in the and Her- , ~.t r >urts of Fulton and cont gitous c uinties. j P irt cttl-tr attention g'ven to the execution oil •nt uT-.g - tor es, and draughting legal iiistru-1 :a ‘ois. ~ Claims in the Ctv ot Atlanta will be J pa antlv attended to. Office in the Holland j F .use, up *.t i'rs. -Entrance first door above Whitney & Hunt. Feb I*s, ->s—lv / T L. UPSHAW, Dealer, at Dry Goods, Gro* j V I • cer s, hardware, cutlery, saddlery, hats, ; and c tps, hoots and sll > ‘s, if >n, nails, Ac., at IV. ink’s old stand, west of the public square, Cassv,He, G.u Y\7fKLE A WIKLE, Dealers in Dry Goods, 1 \ Groceries, Ac. Ac. Smith west corner of Public Squ ire, Cartersville, Ga. J m. 2, 1554? Tl). CARPENTER, Dealer in fincy, st pie iii.l and (tnestic dry go al.-, sugar, c.dtec, mo il is- •>, A,*.; I, rrd rare, cutlery, Ac., at Envoi’s old stand, (.’ issvilie, Ga. Jan 1. IW. HOOPER A CO., Dealers in Staple and • F tticv Goods, Groceries, Iron, Hats, Caps, !! i a* and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the Brick store, ‘Cassville, Ga. Feb 2, 1854. HTRSCIIBERG A DAVIDSON, it .—M mus ictnrers of cloth.ng, and ileal •’ a 15 ..its, Shoes, II its, (’ qs, Gentlemen’s I lrai'li ag if i ids, Fancv Goods, and Jewelry, WhoVs ,liT and Retail, at Patton’s olb stand ‘(J.issvilie, Ga. June 23 fSS4. IOCKKTT A SNEI.LINGS, I'achr* awl j tor,o ral C ,mw.iseam JL- rchUu will attend y to Receiving and Forwarding and Selling everything sent to-Our address. sept 9 —dm* - ■ ./a ; DOCT. I'. 11. ZUI’ER, Reform I y /i>/xici<t Would must respectfully inform the cit q izens of Adairsvdlc and surrounding country, that he is now prepared to treat forms of diseases upon the soundest Phy siological principles yet known; his rem edial agents are all of the safest kind, and chief ly Botanical. march -iO, 1854 —ly TiTJI. M. PEEPLES, dealer in Drv Goods. \V Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,, It . its, .Shoes, Drugs, Medic.nes, Ac., Ac. Cal- Uom, G t. M iy , G. COURTENAY, A CO. .Vo. 8, llroad • .S 'treat, I'lirtrUnton, Smith Or ml/, >m. Books, ‘St it unary, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and < X fvsp ipers. ; : J Til ■ m >st extensive stock of Novels, Roman- j ces, Ac., in tin Southern country. ’ Near the Post Ollicy. mh 10 s. o. cocuTEvar. w. couttre.s'A.v. HH|VATT Me BURN MY A CO., Direct Im porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign md D miestlc Dry (roods, No. 37 Huyne Street, Charleston, S- C. Jan 12. lboo—4 l J—ly \T7ARD A BURCIIAIU), Augusta Ga., \ ‘ would inform their friends and the pub- ■ tic generally, th >t anticipating a change in their : •business, the comi ig season, tliey are d.sposed 1 to make large tone ssions from their former low •'(•ales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to ; ‘lie lowest poss.ble point. The attention of ! wholesale dealers r.s well as customers, is res* • V ctfully solicited. | Augusta, Dec 22 ‘ ‘ , v..v-> a.&jfc? > r P ARR A MelvKNZlE.—Factors and Commis sion Merelnnts, and Dealers in-Groceries, • ! |' r -*diice and Merchandise generally, Atlanta, j I ,1’ u 't cular attention given to consignments of If ‘it hi, Grain, Bacon.and all kinds oytetfLuNM !y . ‘ t V\7"* A'SIIIPS IRON WORKS.—The subseri-; * ’ , ‘ l,<nv Prepared to receive and exe- 1 ( or, ' ur f f °v any kind of Castings, or Ma ! chine work, and all persons favoring him pith I !’ r,y rcly u P im having them executed in , the best manner, and with despatch. Orders .or . ash-lilmds and doors promptly attended to ’ at Ins Car Establishment. Cash paid for old t opper, Brass and Iron Castings. JOSEPH WISSHfjv Atlanta, Ga., June Bd, l ‘O4. A T> L A CKSMITHI NO.—The Subscriber t J ‘S prepared to do n.ll kinds of work \jr 1,1 his line, such as Ironing Carriages, making and repairing Farming imple meats, edge-tools, horse-shoeing, Ac. in the best manner, and on the most reasonable terms.— Edge tools warranted. A share of patronage is sol cited. L. GRIFFIN. (Vssvdle, Ga., Feb. I*, 1855.-- 2—ly. y .i v‘ . | • ikVHisUflCiiJS. CIARIIIAGE and .Buggy Making Establish* j meutatt Cartersville Cass county Georgia, ,°i WE Would solicit a continuance ot , ‘T XfX- the patronage heretofore enjoyed.— We are doing good work, and tit reasonable pr - ces. We keep on hand a good selection of Stock, and have employed a line assortment o lirstrate Mechanics, who know what they ar I about. We warrant our work not to fail. G:v >us a call before purchasing elsewhere. On , motto is Honesty and Industry. ‘ JONES A GREENWOOD. I Cartersville, Ga., July 8, 1854. NEW Tailoring establishment, at Cnrtersvi'le Georgia, 8 hop at S. 11. I at.llo’s old stand. tTbe subscriber lias lately opened, in the town of Cartersville a New Tai i.ottixf! Estabi.isUment, where he .s pre part<J mi do.any work in his line in the best and n cii. fashionable manner. He guar antees all v no: turned out of his shop to fit in the most m.**a:eptionable manner. Particular ly attention i.sid to cutting and fitting jobs for ladies. He ir-spectfully solic.ts a fair trial, as he is confident of success. SILAS O’SHIELDS. sept 9 —l y rpO FARMERS AND PLANTERS. A. & J. I L. Hill, are now receiving a superior lot of Negro Shoes, Negro Blankets and Kerseys, Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Trunks, Ag;., for the fall and winter trade, which they are ottering Low for (im/i, or on short time. Farmers .or others wishing to ptr ehase such articles will do well to give us a call and examine prices, for we will have them on hand and intend to sell. All that we ask is that you will call and examine for yourselves, east of the court house. Cassvillo, Oct 27 e-sun--,-, / t EORGE VOGT’S Piano and j v T Music Store, No. 148 A rah j IjJ JyT Street, I’h tuhlelp/ria . Constantly I J on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Mu's:* I cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu- i s‘c, Ac. Ac. Vogt’s Pi.vxos are pronmmeed superior to | all others in sweetness, power and beauty of] tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons I willing a Piano of the first class and undoiibt* ! cd excellence, at a very moderate price, w 11 do I well to give them a trial. sept I—l i. ■VfOTICK TO LAND OWNERS! The* under-; i.A sijrned having removed from Albany to : Troujivil’e, Lowndes county, Ga. I Will in addition to ihc practice of Law examine ■ and report the value of land in the counties (if Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and i Irwin. lie will, when requested, examine j Lands personally, and gve full information as j to • duo, location and probability of immediate ! sal . Having no connection whatever with j land speculation he will change to net as agent, , in the sale or purchase of lands, in any of the j aforesaid counties for a fee of ten per cent, up on ihe amount received or paid out, IBs char* j <res for examining land will he five dollars per ! lot, for lands in the 12th district of Lowndes, in i ail the other districts, he will charge ten dol lars. Additional will he ehrrged for an exam:- i nation of title upon record. EI’IIRIAM 11. PLATT, j Attorney at Law, Ti'oupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga. ! Nov 17—ly PIANOS, SHEE T MUSIC, <&~d-e7” tm —y * TIIE undersigned is pro-1 — *fegair paied to furnish Vogt’s! .Pianos, at short notice, i and on as good terms as j Ijg they can be had anywhere i at the South. These in* j strnments are warranted to be equal in jmint of j tone,durability and workmanship, to any man . ufactured in the world. Every Piano warranted j for five years. Any instrument failing- to meet i l'i • expectations of the purchaser, may-be re-1 turned at any time within six months, and an- j other will be given in its stead. Having a j brother (a Professor of Music) in Philadelphia, ! who selects every Piano sent out, purchasers i ni-iv rest assured that none but perfect insiru I incuts,’ in entry respect, will be sold. A large lot of Sheet Music, of the latest and j most fashionable issues, constantly on hand and for sale at Publisher’s prices. \VM. SCHEUZERi Professor ol Music in Cassvit.le Dec. S, 1854—1 y Female College. v-—-’/'piJTNfZY & CLAYTON, WaW eL-UyV'! I House and Commission Mkn-j chants) Aaansta, Ga. — Continue the business in all its branches, and will g’ve their personal attention to the sale of COTTON and other produce. Cash advances made when ’ required. Bugging, Rope, and fain ly supplies purchased at the lowest, market rates. Com mission for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale, aug 18— riV) OLD SOLDIERS.—By a recent Act of Jl. Congress, all persons who have served in any War since 179“, are entitled to 1 fin acres of Land—and those who have received Warrants for a less number, are entitled to a sufficient number of acres to make that amount. The undersigned will attend to the collection of such claims. WM. T. WOFFORD. Cassville, mh B—ts rpo MERCHANTS AND PIIYSICTaNS !! J. Atlanta Tray Store.- —The Subscriber hav ing purchased the whole interest in the above i establishment, respectfully offers to the Mer-.j chants and Physicians of Georgia, Alabama and 1 Tennessee, a large and well selected assortment; of pure Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye j Stuffs, Window Glass, Surgical and Dental Ap- ; par ituses, Med cinal IYquors, Fancy Goods, j such as Soaps, Colognes and Lubin’s Extracts, ! at wholesale or retail, as low as can be purehas- j cd in any city South. We invite persons visiting Atlanta to call and see—we charge nothing f.ir showing, and would be glad to exhibit our Goods to all. 11. A. RAMSAY. Atlanta, Ga. ‘ mh 15—C,m *,,f Duhlqnega fvgnal, Cherokee Advocate, j Cedar Town Republican, Jacksonville ('Ala.)’ Republican, Dalton Times, Rome Southerner, i West Point Beacon, UaGrange Reporter, New mtn Banner, Griffin Union, will copy twice a month for six months, and forward accounts. ; AGENCY AT WASHINGTON.—The nn*J j t JL dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims j i against tlu; United States, before Congress, be- I ] fire Commissioners, and before till the Public i Departments, and especially claims for bounty | 1 land under the act of Congress just passed, pen- ; ! sions, back-pay, half-pay, adjustment of amounts . | of disbursing officers, settlement of post mas- 1 j tei's and contractors accounts, and every other i business requiring the prompt and vices of an a tk * . Federtti Goverum'-nt, wiih a tin,rough and fa miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the i , public business at the different offices, added to his free access to consult the ablest legal advi-, sers, if needed, justifies the subscriber in pledg ing the fullest satisfaction and utmost dispatch to those who may entrust their business to his care. Being well known to Die greater portion of 1 the citizens of Washington, as well as to many gentlemen who have been members of both j Houses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it ! is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice by , special references. A full power of attorney slmuld accompany all cases. Communications must be pre-paid in all cases. Fees regulated by nature and extent of the business, but til* , ways moderate. 11. C. SPALDING, Attorney. I Washington, D. C. mh 15— > A FEW MORE LEFT of those cheap Doublc- I il Barrel Guns!! at * LEVY’S CHEAP CASH STORE. 2 Ifcbsspitpci--—£ibolcJ to wi Stiife politic?, Xift#tfe ipe Tffftihefg, foireigit iwO Sclnolie TiVtog, See. CASSVILLE, GfATHTJRSD A^Y, APRIL 12, 1855. (CJjalrf |%rtrt}. j I Think of Thes. TO- I’ve thought of thee while the world hath slept— In the still and starlit houtw When my soul a solemn vigil kept, With i’tg own.mysterious powers ; i Or wandered far on the rushing tide, ! Os fancy’s billowy sea— -1 When the brightest star that rose to guide, Was a constant thought of thee ! Thou hast come to nte in the hour of prav- ; ! t,r - ‘ j Mid holy thoughts and true ; When dreams of bliss for eartli too fair— Were rising on my view; J • Mid wild conceptions'!are and grand That sprung in fancy free, And visions fair of the happy land Has come a thought of thee! | I have met thee oft in a spirit land ~ When roaming far and wide ; And guided by an angel hand, Have wandered by thy side; Where silvery streams of brightness flow, And b rds of sweetness sing; And bursting buds of beauty glow, In one eternal spring. I think of tliee when the golden flush, Os morning breaks on nigh ; Os thee when evenings purple blush, Has faded from the sky. When sable night a gloom has cast O’er earth and sky and sea From sunny realms of the faded past, St.ll conies a thought of thee. (Driginnl iOnumllrftf. j Written expressly lor the Cassville Standard, j IU JI)S v ee G'oiOct? jG}ku* LINK THE FIRST. FRIENDSHIP: OR THE M YSTKIU< lUSTOYKRNESS. | BV MISS C. SV. BARBEIt. ! [C'OXCI-UnET).] CHAPTER XVI. Til 12 SCHOOL ROOM DIALOGt R, I will love her no more; it is folly to g'vu Our hast years to one, when for many we live. J/ofman. Tlu* o-ovciTicss left tli<* orecn shinies and ijiiiet linu.its of Oakland amid the tegrets and good wishes of Us fill. For one, I did not by anv mo,'ins f-el letton eihd to (lie loss nhirh I had sustained, j I went u|> into the school room on the moi iiing after her depart tire, and sal down among the books which wore st tew ed about in the wildest confusion. I felt sad, desolate, deserted to a donq-ee which ] I had never experienced before. Oak- j land for the first time looked to me like i a grand old prison house. 1 longed to leave, it and go out into the gay and bn- j : V woild—tv specimen of which I bail | seen at the Springs. I was aroused by the sound of a familiar step upon the stairs, and 1 jumped to my foot and ran forward to meet cousin Fred. I was ; glad to welcome him. I had never been so olad of anything before in mv life.— I caught hold of both hands, and led him j towards the school room door. He had just arrived'from a journey.-. 11 is travel ling cap was heavy with dust, and his coat showed a plentiful sprinklin'.’ of the same commodify. “Come in here, Fred,” 1 said—•‘come iii and see how dreary j Oakland has till T\t once become. Miss; Ciiureh lots left ujHiofever.” j “ What, little eons!’’ said he,‘'are j vou here alone, sitting like a diseonso- | la e lover, beside tfye grave of his buried mi,stress ? Like Alexander, do you crave new world sin science to conquer, and 1 mourn because t jie Columbus who was ; to have found them for you, has left for parts unknown ? You really do look very dismal.” X ) r f Yes,” I replied, “and I have to tfianlv vow for it, it seems. Your conduct, Fred, reminds me of lire dog in the manger. Finding itself unable to eat the hay, it kept the ox. you will remember, irom eating it also. Recause Miss Church, or rather Miss Churchill, as l suppose we must now learn to call her, would not undertake to superintend your domestic education for life, you very generously determined, it, seems, that she should no longer carry forward mine. Upon tm honor, I am much obliged to you.’ “Are you?” he said laughing. “Ru’ you mistake me, little cons.. Instead of resemble g that renowned canine quad ruped, I must inform you that 1 am en tire] v unlike it. Having found a delicate morsel which T could not well masticate ! mvself. I have been nsiu • mv inmost en ; deacons lo hbld it to trtv fiietid’s lip. I j went to that, proud old fellow, Churchill, ! and plead the cause of mv rival, believe ; me, more eloquently than 1 could have plead mv own, and it. was not until I obtained from him a solemn promise that : Ellen should ■n<rt.-hcLf'tUi‘ud. into aiiynn- 1 AGido opposition to Ter thtiFl j iVoftid reveal to him where aim now she ! might, he found. I have robbed you of 1 a most excellent teacher, hut I have tried to win for Rushton, mv handsome hut unfortunate rival, a bride. That was generous, you must acknowledge.'* j “ Yes, Fred,” I said, “ that was good, g nerous, noble in you, but. I told you on the day she discarded you I did not. believe you realh loved her. This j proves it. You would rmf—you could not give her up so readily to another, if sucii were the case.” Fred looked down, and mused for a j ! moment, scriou.4l\. u You mistake me i ■ Claude,” he said at length. 1 like —yes, ; I reckon I love her. I certainly esteem I *C'‘{iv right secured. “PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.” and admire her very-much, and it the sentiment which I fee) for her he not love, why, I have never loved anybody and dofi’t know from experience the meaning of the word. Rut. finding that I could could not get her I gave her up like a man. lam not one ot your whin ing, love-sick, sentimental sort ot tellow Not I. 1 believe with gav Mr. UevdC , in Guv Matincring, that it is as hitnWtA find a heart that will break, as a ghi* that will not. Mine can he wchilly bent, hut it would take a tremendous shock to shatter it. When 1 learned* from Newt Wei born who Ellen Churchill was, and why she had fled thither, I resolved in stantly to seek her father and secure happiness for her. if I could. 1 detei min ed to plead for Eushtor, like a lawyer, and never give over his cause while a spark of hope was left. But. I found the old man as proud as an Eastern nabob.— Rushton will never get the girl, I fear, unless lie manages to get a fortune fl; St.” “ \Yhv should you care whether he does or not, Fred ? That is a mystery to me. When Newt Wed horn found you, you were sc ailing under the wound | which vonr pride and self love had just received. It seems so strange to me, i that you could so soon forget yourself J and plead the cause ot your .rival. ’ i “ Claude, ’ continued lie, speaking in a j lower tone if voice and sinking down up ton mv counter, while he spoke,- “I told ■ vou once I believe, that I had sworn e j rental Friendship for that man upon the S altars of Ovid Fellowship. God forbid | that anv petty rivalries —any sickening heart jealousies, slioud make mo unmind ful of that solemn vow. I believe it was heard and registered in Heaven. 1 ani not a superstitious Ling - you know that, else 1 should have quaked when Newt Wclborn showed his ugly visage upon the fop of the old fort, ; but were I to fur jet what 1 have promised, f should expect to see the ghost ot every dead Odd Fell oiv, rising up with ghastly front and gleaming shroud, to upbraid me. 1 should he afraid to pass a grave-yard at night alone. No. no, eons! those rows cannot be'lightly set aside. May my right hand forget her cunning and 111 v tongue cleave to the root of my mouth, when l for ‘et them, or tail to act up to the spirit which they inculcate! I never looked upon that little gold pin with which Ellen used to fasten her lin en eolar, without being reminded of mv 1 obligations. l>v the way, I thought l knew that pin when I first saw it, hut. I could rot imagine ln>w the girl came by | it. 1 know now. Rushton must have given it. to her.” “ He was her tutor at one time, it seems,” I said, “ and contrived, while learning her French and Geometry and Philosophy, to store away some fanciful notions in her head, not bargained for hv her father when he eon'raeted for | his services. Rut Newt Wei horn—lmw came he to know all about it. How did lie manage to get acquainted with the gav, and wealthy Ellen Churchill ?” “ Newt is a perfect cosmopolite,” said Fred ; “he goes every w here—even | Oakland, secluded as it is, could not es | cape him. As 1 before told \ ou, he and I Uushton are connected. Newt, 1 dare Isav, was often at Church ill’s while ! Rushton played the pedagogue. He saw Ellen, and having once seen a face he never for ets it. When Frank left. Chureliill’s and Ellen was turned out of doors by her father he knew all about it. When the old man afterwards repented of his-raslmess and wished to recall Ids daughter, she was no where to be found. Hid away here \v : lh an assumed or rath-1 er curtailed name, and clad in the plain ; garb of a cduuti y governess, she could j successfully elude ;dl research and in- ; quirv. The old man looked every where ; for her and finally concluded D* send for Newt, and enlist him in his service.- He knew his rambling habits and right iv concluded that, if she were anywhere to be found in the country the mute wou’d surely find out her residence. Thus put ; upon the lookout, and eagle eyed always, | it is not strange that he knew and reo- 1 ognized her instantly at. t lie fort. Nei ther is it strange that she became great- ! ly agitated at si.dit of him. Knowing as she did his aptness at recognition she could not well hope to elude his inquisi- j live eye?, find she knew also, that he had her story at his lingers’ ends, and e >u!d, if he chose, let me and every body else thereinto the arcana of all her affairs. Her host, policy was to avoid him, hut, as John would” say, ‘it is useless to.lock a stable.door after the horse is st- len. Miss Church kept her room ever after j that, while, she jStayed he S r ugs lint ‘ Newt could not he deceit. i of all her prudence, he got, a glimpse of her white she was getting into the (inf ringe, on the morning we left, which con-, firmed his su-picious. Wo attributed her agitation to a nervous dread and dis like, which his ugly features had inspir ed her with, hut, bel o e me, she had rea son to be dreadfnll afraid of him, as she termed if. Besides making her sorrows | public, where she least wished them to | be known, she thought that, very proh i ably, the fellow would be the means ot j augmenting I hem. She knew her fath er well enough to suppose, that, after the I first hurricane of passion had swept over his soul he would desire her return. But she knew, also the iron sternness of Ins will, and dreaded lest she might be re- called to the dwelling from which she had been tpo/rudel ejected, and forced, literally forced into a union against which ller soul revolted. Knowing Newt’s char acter as a newsmonger l do not wonder it her desire to elu le his. observation. — Pn, it was in vain. The fellow follow ed ■shore \ou know, for you were in tliear or when he came s'alking in iik<* a gi* : nit. He inquired for her and at first in sisted upon being introduced into her ! presence, but, know ing her mortal dread !of him, I persuaded him to desist font j his purpose. Learning from him who j she was and wliv she had undertaken an invocation which I had often surmised she was without experience in, 1 forgot ■ instantly mv own chagrin and rnorufi j cation, and set off for Arlington “’I wan j ted, if possible, to do Rushton a service j—to rive him Claude, the wisp of hay. j which I could not masticate myself.— | You know the result of my negotiations, j Say, have l acted Selfishly, or in opposi I lion to the great principles or your fa l vorite order, the Odd Fellows ?” “You have acted nobly, Fred,” I said. “ 1 don’t think mv father himself could have done more honor to the cardinal virtues of his order, hut there is another tiling which often puzzled me at the Springs. YY’hv did the governess start and blush whenever Funny Bates ad dressed .her ? \Ylr- did she always fol low her so with her eyes, and linger near her side, and listen with suppressed breathing to every word the girl uttered ? That is a mystery still.” “it i> a mvsterv, I will allow.” said Fred, laughing. “ hut, somehow, I often eaii”hi myself doing tlie same things, es pecially during the latter pu t of our stay there. That gill must bean enchantress. Her voice—her words her tones, at times, come to me like half forgotten music, and 1 have paused, eating my din ner, to look at her. 1*• the by. that one tiling gave her the advantage which she gained over me iu that game of chess. Mv attention was arrested by some won! | which she carelessly uttered, and while j I was wondering where 1 had before, lieard i a voice which sounded like hers, I made a careless move, and the play was up with me. But another game of chess re mains to he placed wi ll the sylph, or mv name’s not Fred Armstrong. Miss Churchill and I are not the only ones who have stopped to look at her. Mr. Ma roon has occasionally done t he same thing j himself, I am thinking.’ Just, then Mary came in with brush j and broom in hand, ready to clean out, and ■“ put to iights v -as she styled it. the disordered apartment. With the freedom which is so often exercised by an old and valued family servant, she begafi to question Fred re lative to his absence. ! “ Laws a massoy ! Mnssa Ft‘(*(l.” sin** jsaid, holding up lmr hands in surprise, “ has von trot back ? \) here has yon rhtfcn? Mistress will he powerful hid j |to see you l know, for she couldn't ha’| j been much fuller of wonderment and i grief, if you had really betook yourself j t<> the wars. And u heap o’ things lias j happened here since you went, awa’ . | jThat ] uetty bird of a governess turned j ; out. to he a grand lady— quite as grand i fas anv of the Alston’s ever were, (1 o.ught j j to know for 1 have lived with the Alstons j i always) and has flew away in a fine car- j i rfa e, and now I’ve come to put the] school room to rights, aginst Miss Claude has another tear,her. But shell never . have allot her grand lady to teach het, 1 11 warrant.” i Mv mind was going over the various ! points in tire story which I had just heard and I believe Fred s thoughts were wan tiering. We neither of us paid much heed to Mart V words. ‘•.Where-/# Rushton!” tit length 1 asked. “ Why did lie desert his lady Jove when her father’s door was closet! a gainst her ? He eunnotbe a tery gallant knight.” •• He went on board a man of war be fore lie knew o{ her expulsion, if indeed lie jias ever beard of it. He is some where in the naval service— somewere on the wide and trackless deep. Res pairing of winning his bride without lit in run • or fame, he has gone ofl I suppose tin search of both, ami has done right i- ” ■ 00. 1 “ AYluit's that you sire both talking j about ?” said Marv, with a stare. “ What ! Rushton is it that ye're talking about ? 1 knew a family of'Rush tons'once, mon strous clever folks they were too, and jthev and the Alstons were ‘hen as thick jas hops on a vine. But. they moved a- I wav, and somebody wronged Mrs RYish j ton Ont of all of her property; by some Lunder*handed means or other, and tn her (lasffcav s tj&eV.Aeiy ‘Jbc-h rbleed, And j ) would have stilt',‘red, it L -a been for them Odd geti'lemeit, sli-s ! C’l a tide, some of whom helped to Irtiry j j N'onr father. oil will remember 1 told you all about it once, in the < >akl li 1 oein etei v when \'oti ‘vent to visit thegraves ot your fat her and mother. \ oil know, said, that. Miss Susan never could some how get reconciled to Massa Edward's elongiiuf to thkt order of 0.1. l gvn'le meii. and going out to their lodges, mi il/ho found, an old friend of her’s who had been greatly ‘relieved by them.— Well, Mr>. Rushton was that lady. (). LordV ! how your mother cjiml when she found her old friend in such wretched vi run in stances, and what good care she took of her 1 But, poor thing, she did. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE. I not live long after that—Mrs. Rushton j didn’t. I mean. She drooped away and died, leaving as pretty a hoy and gal i behind her as one vVill often look upon, | although the gal was nothing but a wee I bit of a thing then. \ our mother wau - led to take it and raise it for her ow n, but some of Mrs. Kushioifs rich relations got it and carried it nwav, and I’ve never ’ heard from it since. 1 ’ray ! how come vou to be talking about them R-ushions ? There, amt any of ihem about hero now. is there ?’’ Cousin Fred listened to Mary, with brent bless attention. “ Yes. Mary,” he answered. “ I know a fellow w hose name is Rushton. He iiuiv he the bov, whose mother you rec ollect so distinctly. What was his name ?” Marv looked puzzled. “ I am sure 1 ought to remember the child s name, for ! heard it often enoujh in those days.— Franklin? no that wasn't it—Francis? yes, Francis—l have it now—hi?- name was Francis—i** was called for his ances tor, whose property he should have in herited, but they called him Frank for short.” “ And what Ik come of this Rushton family, Mary ? v said Fred, “ did vou lose all trace of them afterwards?” “Y. s Massa Fred, I nev. r inquired much about them afterwards. You see. Massa Edward, he died, and Miss Susan ■dt.r died, and we who were left came to Oakland, and I never heard much after wards about the people in the region of country that we came from. I think, however, that John told m* one day. something about old Mr. Eusliton's hav ing married again, hut they were icon slroiislv reduced, and never held up their heads after they lost their property. I think that the old man took to labor of some kind may be was a house carpen ter.” “And who were those dastardly vil lians who'wronged them so deeply, Ma rv, and how was it done? iVrlc ps the property may he regained for Rushton ‘ Who knows ?’ and cousin Fred's e- esj sparkled with pleasure at the thought. “ Well ! I can’t exactly remember now, what their names were.” said the jurl. leaning-her forehead on the top of her lifoom handle, as if striving hard to re call something once known: “1 can't think what their names were —1 date j say John could tell all about if. Hi.* j memory is a poweiful sight better than ! mine, about such things, but the wav of ! it was, this relation of Mrs. Rush'ou's made a will giving a large portion of his properfv, to tHe lady and ’<> her heirs.- But in his last days, when lie was on his thing bed, lie used to have dreamy, in sane kind of spells and didn’t well know what he was about. These people, who It; k ■ it v er2 in no wavs related to the gentleman, waited Upon her and stayed with him nevertheless, nil of the time, j and one day when lie was in one of his j dreamy, know-nothing ways, they made anew will, and guided his hand, while he sighed his name to if. The old man died ignorant of what lie had done, and ! these bad people got till of Ids money j and much good may it do them ! but | Mrs. Rushton, whose husband had cider j ed into some unfortunate.speculation ex j pent ing, you see, to have some of tiiL I money to help him out if he got into dil j ficullies, fared badly. But my old. grandmother used to say that every dog must have his day, and adversity conies sooner or later to all.’ “ But can't > on reinenber their names, Mary ? .said Fred “I fie! very curious to know, it might be in my power to be friend Rushton. Try hard may be Voti w ill recall them.” Mary mused awhile. At last light flashed from her eves. “1 have i r , ’ she exclaimed. “What, was that man's name at the Springs—that obi-eying man who you till laughed so much a bout ?” “Carlyle?” said Fred. “Carl le ? He was quo of the proprietors. You mean him.” “ Yes, that is the name,” said Maty. I “These bad people were called Carl le. ! I'ye heard Miss Susnn talk about them j a hundred times.” : “ Gail vie !’ echoed I, in astonishment.; “ What mi unfortunate name ! During : our residence at the Springs, thecaiio .) I headed proprietor was the butt of out , ! ridicule—no longer ago than \cs!oidti\ j I heard the name again, as one worn b\ j the suitor when Ellen Ghurehid detests, . and here we find that, it belonged to j those who wronged your triend out ot. his rightful inheritance. If my name was Cailylc, I'd change it as soon as i possible.’ J Flvd laughed. “Be careful Claude,” Just aid with the old mischievous twin kle in ins c\ “ it.- careful that you j don't h( , yet ! i re j mciuher how tlw | hotel, used to cast sly elances at volt. But seriously, ” he roiitinued, “it stnWs ! Hie, that the three indi iduals- the ho-, t‘l Carlvk —Miss Churchill s iejected i suitor, and the usurper, mav, yea must be closely connected. I Kiotor llales must know something about this Carlyle, race. What was that grandfather was saving in the carriage? I don t exactly j remember, but it was something about! the Carlvles having cheated and wrong ed some lady—some worthy and esti-j noble ladv, out of her property. He had the tale from the Doctor. Cousin LsT O. 10. 1 Clalldc. I’m oil’again. T can’t stop long ’ enough to shake the dust out of mv rid ing cap. I m oil lo see Doctor Bates. Three things call me hack to the Springs : I want to find out about Rush'ton’s estate I want to engage Maroon to recover ’ it for him if possible—Maroon is a law ver, a keen one too, and will, I dare say, entci with spirit into all necessary legal proceedings, and last!', l want to play : that name of clu-ss with Fanny Bates, f : shall never die satisfied, until that is lost ior won. So good bye, Claude! The j hotse that brought me from Newton, w ill | cany me back. Tell grandmother any- I thing you choose about my absence. —• ! Say here and be a good girl, and may ! be \on will bear of some weddings, by ! ami by,” and before I knew what the fel -1 low was about, he had kissed me, and I was half wav down stairs. | I ran after him, in amazement. “Do j not go, Fred !—don’t, go !"—I cried.— ; “ Don’t leave me all alone at Oakland. It has grown as gloomy as a prison j house. Write to Doctor Bates—it will do as well, and that game of chess can I he played next summer.” “A bird in the hand, L worth two in L-the hush,’ said the fellow, laughing, hut I hardly stopping lo look back. ‘'l’ll ! write, little cons. I'll tell you all about, I Mr. Carlyle's health, for I know you feet ; l*really interested in his welfare. ou ! won't be lonesome —the pigeons that i foolish little dog—my canary —and Lil | P ! Fy i Claude, liow can you talk a ; bout being lonely—you who once assur i ed ino while standing on the hack terrace, ! tliut Oakland had been always been call* I cd a fine, grand old mansion, and that inhere never was an owl or but within i doors here 1 You are surely jesting.— j Good bye to you !’’ and the front door ; sbiimr.ed to behind him. He was gone. | CHAPTER XVII. | I.KTTERS. Let us see a glimpse of sunshine in the last chapter: it is quite essential. — Tales <f ray Landlord. Mv grandmother’s surprise was great when she hcaid that. Fred had again -tak en his departure. I explained to her and grandfather, as best I could, the reason cf his sudden exit, and both seem ed satisfied. Two weeks went by, and f began to feel very anxious to hear from him. One morning Tom biought me a letter; it was, as I surmised instantly it must b", from Idm. It was without date and its contents ran as follows : DLar Little Coes. I am at the Springs—pot here safe and sound, and found the Doctor and 1 his charming family still residents. They were, as a matter of course, greatly surprised when I showed mv-handsome ph’z one morning at the breakfast table, and if I mistake not Miss Fan ny looked gratified. I can’t say as much for M moon, but he is, I find, a clever fellow, and ought to be pardoned lor any little qualms of jealousy wit eh he may feel. Your obliging lov er is as hale and hearty as any one well can he who docs not him the pence of a quiet c< mcienee to fitted on. By the way ho looked into a va cant chair beside me so wistfully that I came near explaining to h’m, in presence of the whole company, the reason of your absence. But I took pity on your modesty and let him remain, I fancy, in a tormenting state of ignorance. I soon found and opportunity of appeasing Ma roon’s wrath, by showing him the prospect of a fit law-suit with none other than our obleeging host and his family. I may as well remark herein pissing, that Miss Churchill's rejected suitor is a brother of “ Mine host’s,” and looks so much like him, that I don’t wonder the girl fainted away when the follow went up to show gruifdmotlier the rooms. She must have felt instantly that she had got into the wrong com pany, but lie, it. appears, had either never seen her before or fa led to recognize her in her close, plain garb. Had she not met up with Newt Wclborn here her secret would have remained a secret still. But the mute, let, ns the saying is, the ‘cat out of the bag.’ I learn from the Doctor, that Mary’s story was strictly correct : these scoundrels are now in possession of Rushton’ rightful inheritance.— One of them—Miss ( linrcbilTs beau, is a perfect fop a id flouli lies tib ut at a great rate -theotl - I or is something of n miser and stays here at tho | Springs, playing the sycophant, and the extor tioner with every body. Their -father aided them in obtaining the money and died a year i r two ago, leaving (hem in full possession of all his ill gotten gains. But Maroon is fully waked up and will soon be on the track of him. He w.ll yet show them some band writing on the wall wh ch will confound them The interpo lation thereofsU.iE be— Thou art n\ failed in. tie hj./ance if justfc non eyuily and found wanting —ilrylingdotn, is dicided a ltd gipwunto an other. I imagine they will quake somewhat as Belshazzar did, at sight of it. Buts Mary’s grandmother would sagely remark, every dog must li iye his day: these dags have had theirs, and now the 1) >otor, M iroon, and I, will see that Rushton has h:s, (although the (log-part of tlu* proverb does not apply well iu h.s case.) But Hie dinner bell is ringing and I must close. Give my most ditt fill respects to our grandpar ents, and bel eve me, Your handsome aud .Vt tying cousin, FRED. “ Wlnß t> rnUlc-lmMil Fiv,l is! ’ 1 said wli’d I kilikai the letter, jnv !b?rting it a w av. But I be :h iiiojirmv --gratulparents would be tl sirons7r"sMlyjjtß contents, and so I went below and it into oi.ainlfa lier's hand. Ho read it aloud to oranilmo'lier and then broke out into eXeerat inq - the Carl vies ; Did not I tell \ on?’’said k*’. turning almost fieieely to grandmother, “that that fellow was a scoundrel—one of tho blackest dve ? I knew it I knew it from the very firsr. And I’m if lad Fred has taken the mutter in hand, and I hope