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SSPKEffs afmUiiciutcnt. Car.. -r~zssssz?rzrrr aesarrss BATUHDAY, KAT 23, 1874. ■■■■•—!— [Ffom the Bilttnore Buud&y Telegram. ] THE BEAD ALIVfc. -- —*- A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR. BY OI.IVK KING. .$ A ai y \ There were five of tx* —1! told. . , Cthmld Blauche.the W twt,biightetsM in the ; work!, whose black ejm ond fresh, yountf beaut v kuu3 fttreiuly oau-<i many a heart to la*t and j trembk In a maumT quite unacc* mutable to the was calm, diffnifled, with soft ?iln' eat eves, and hair just with silver. j . - *s look TnTieriuru eyes, and an eiprefwion noon the I wan face that told more plainly than words that u great grk.f l*it Mettled upon that young liu;, crushing: ajui muul. Little darling of two summer*, rail or fun and mischief, who needy, through innate gtodmsH had thus far escape be ing ajanled by the potting mid indulgence of her elders. had, a wad, vAaiUug my ft was late when we asc*Tnhhsl in that pleasant ] breakfast parlor city M*akfu*tM are uroverbiallf i late—and somehow there was not the usual ge nial flow of spirits and good nature; a cloud socixmml A|JM|fMHVv(ilouud ill in itsiolda, and iu steaSfl&hgglWg to Mfl.fUiMyt*. *11*1110(1 thoroughlvnaTisfictlto await its lifting iu it* own good time. Rveu boisterous lit it.* ('hunir tdimbed quietly to her seat beside her motlivr uoor LUliftn—Mid patted her cltoiik pityingly with r.fcrikußf luted,l>tirVtmi iigT l tioieeomjiMivnig ’ woril of playful tectlernew*. I WM in nu mooli to break the yilence tnywlf, ami sat inwardly Wandering wliat had come <*v i iu all thinking too, in a vango way, of those mys terious influences to deprcKsimi that are said to I ires sag' l evil tidings; and Anally allowing my thoughts to drift in an uncertain manner t" so MjriOTtir. ti **'•••'> wither, which I hioiHitlimg whatever to do with the iih Dial state of affairs upon which t was speculating; for never was there a more glorious spring morn ing; never were there “softer airs or brighter skies ’ while the mild rays of tin* bcitutirul ..lay sunshine drifted into the room in bars or bur- [tut afaS things must come to an end, so did j onr uncalled for depression. Tin- timely arrival j of the postman was the signal for a general excln- , inntion, and as each of us grasped otyr JeU'TS and | hsstffy tot* opt* ttic SflviUopk, Igw W trail iSiMTllTiniikJ lit- - c gWotn **u-j iahed ill a halo of general gladness. The letters were commonplace afliiir* cnrntgh; Itisneto, r*d bora through witli a pleased smile ! and a deepening color, which told us quite plainly I that the writer was none other than young Fred [ Waiters, Mine were from brothers and sisters, ! tolling nut at the butter and cheese making at home, on the condition of the garden, the num ber of ducks, pigs, calves and ebiekiins, anil all the other dry details of farm life. But aslglanceil at Aunt Mary, whelms already flnished her lettr is, and in her usual metlipdii al •ay TEOtartied them to khtiir envelop*, 1 knew at Oftce that she had received intelligence of no or dinary character. Hho was pale deadly so, and there was a drawn, anxious look upon'liar face, growing more intense every moment. But a warning glance toward I.illian suppressed my imunlsive queetimung, and gave my t" uiulcf stiud &wttl* ft*-**,, whether gissj.if ill in slum ' wif Iyinc©rm*fl ray poor iufnaUmi oonun. l waited nurvounly for the others tf loftve the room, U the time puzzling ns to wliat multi be the nature of the otunranmcftboo that had tltai morning reached us. At length we wi<re alone. My aunt hastily rinsed the door after Lillian's retreating from then turning to me, said, lit a quick, excited whisper; "Maud- tbi* UitteMg fmiu Llted <lr:iv! f %prlg from iy t haU[,ln Speech Item aston ishment. "Yes,” continued Aunt Mary, growing more composed, “it in from Elliot, atul ho will bo horni< this very morning. How can we prepare him fm the change in poor, poor Lillian and wliut oh! I dare not think ot (he Mfcct upon her. Can it not bo oh, Maud ! we have heard of sneli things —ia it not possible that the meeting may bring back the poos wandering brain t Khali we mil see her again, as iff idd, well and kisia and IduahiM fWWttloAlf husbftna and child.' And Aunt Mary. quite overeome gave way to het emotion in a burst of natural tears. I was too bewildered to reply t e ti’il Tnnki nothing of it. For he it known, Elliot Cray win dead -had been dead for two years. His re main* had beeu brought homo, with tho eertiti cate of his death; liis funeral sermon had been preached by an eloquent divine, and tears from sorrowing friends liad bevu sin"tcrisl | i iitifuliy over txtadear, dead faee while, if fitrilier prom were necessary, the glistening monunieiit ip Qreeuwmsl bore even then tile day a; and date 01 his death. And uow, on this sunny spring raori ing, jus! as we were growing to think of him rs a h -iglit in habitaut ot tliat blesaed laud beyond the skies, comes the earthiest of earthy let ters, the jmpet vollow, coarse, and soiled, but written iu the free, bold hand we all so well remembered, tubing to that he liad escaped dpnth, but h|(t laUen into the hamhi of tie snetev, Jungtxjshfd m> ntlis m a dreary hospnal, from thence removed to prison Thathehail written many times, lint never linv ing received ott* line in reply, feared his Ictten had never readied their destination. The i eaiiie enquerrie* after hia darUuK. .wife Ida p.ee.iou, Vitjmft, pfld ikiixui il with the gratef and tidlngi *l#, sild be wit us immrtliaV' l .' ■ sweet girl who hung so lovingly around tin neck of the brave, handsome soldier husband How well we could recall the pure faee seatinttij. the hopeful letters that alums! did 4 regetymi het —h# J>ngli6 .mihinted stmWi-Wie on the incidents And later when little t harrie was laid in her ar ns, Uow delightedly she traced tin yd‘su‘ifslilaiVv'l' Kk tiki’ futiHtr, anil tV* himrs that must ulnpMu hfro lu grout, joy iu Ks/mK.upmi thuii Hikv affection. , Thou came Frcderickburg 1 Tho morning pa pers bore upon tlicir louk list of the - Prominent there wan the name, “Ellioi Captain 24th N. V. Vols." LjJiian saw it ttrst. There was one pciromv Bi'Tsam, dv£ug a\vv in a wail, tiir auunflail like the hist hopeless cxprosaimi of i, broken heart. . . , , , , AndaoAllM’oved. For nays we wfitcbe l besuh her bed, but no skill could roust fu r from tin death-like wtupor into which she had fallen. We must leave it all to time," the physicim said, as they gravely shook their heads ami turned away. For weeks she lay silent ana still, nor sweet face growing more shadowy, her large eyes tlxed upoi vacancy, no won!, no complaint. And so tho long w e .ched months rolled by* Klowlv, very slowly she recovered, and at last wag able to walk about the house and grounds But her mind was a blank; everything, oeen hot babe, was/orK\‘tt<m;foi* how she whald sit one | gaib talutHc golden circlet upon her Anger, her wedding-ring, but an attempt to remov* I it met with prompt and decidial objection; in al l j else she was passive, never speaking, never re j cogniaing her friends, or noticing her child. Ev- | erytbing seemed to have ‘d©d from her memon ! since the tlrcaciftil morning when she read tie j sad tidings ofbor hnaband’s leath. And now waa coming hvam . I never saw j staid, quiet Amit-M*ry 41 such a tremor of excite ; ment. How to reeieve him how to tell him ot j Ldhaji'fcjJreadfuJ aUtu, wyre questions thM wen j sud<fSti% Vut to rest by th* qtUi k riflgu g ,“t tin moment hi ter w were all Crying, kiss ing-imd ©mbrscmg in unison. Verilv the grave had given up its dead. Elliot was but little changcfi. Sickness anil privAtion had left their mark in h few added lines I upon his brow, but his soft, magnetic eyes wen the same, and his voice retained its old richness and melody. ! A few words sufficed to tell him all. Then j slowlv we conducted him to Lillian s room, where j robed in white, she stood leaning idly upou th window-seat, gazing iu her usual abstracted man- j nor upon the distant clouds. Bhe dtd no* turn hor head or notice our ap proach, and as EUkt*4 eyes rested up the wreck o loveliness before him* waa terrible to see tie grieilhat ceumlaed strong frame; but. uias iering his ©mpaikUi. he tenderly passed his arui abotit h■ and drew her lie ad upon his bo aoin thpofch ooressing way, and Evoking her full in ©yea, said, as ne pressed a kiss on the poor wsjaljpsi “Lillian, doling, do you not know me -your own Elliot?" lighting up of ttie face, a nuicrhij|h, aid springinj ■ back, she stood regard ing hfrn, inth wiid. scared eyes. **Elliot—my Elliot," she said, catching hei breath between. words—the ttivt she had ut- ' K>red in two long, cruel years. Then, as we stood in an agony of anxietv, a look of iutelligcncc gr*uiaaUy pvwspresidhr features, and, never taking her eyes from liis face, slu crop* Hlowij toward him, and nestling close, bu riei her face in Ids bosom, and burst into a flood of tears—hleaaodr tears -the Aral sheliad shed. From that r Cftoovery was secured, i AH the jvftst came buu*k r to U*-r save the- two years of mental dealt*, and though there wr% weury months ere hor cheek regained the roses it had lost, ami her manner all its old lightness and vi fueitv, vet it was comfort to note the perfect hap piness and unfeigned joy ever resting upon hor pure f*-&. . %v -rt • im* ( liwifl’, of whose birth the father liad J never heard, and whom *.h’e mother rtimomlvered ! only a# a “wit bit” baby, came in for her full ■ aharc of petting when the fact of her eaistumU* was Inode kn*wn, *nd frmi tbenceftirwsji and was lo the fond psreiifi a perpetual wonder and delight, j Sugar -It* Heal Value and Virtue*. To tb iVliglit,s may lie aalely attftumed i<# rrery cltiltl to wlioae ears tho word* almll come, anil to tho equal nurpriito i doubdesß, of many a fond and caution* parent the eating of augur ifi now oon | K'iilered, hy higTi medical authority, a* t only not injurioua, but positively bonofl ciaf. Ono of tho ahleat and beet known Ungliali phYfliologistß. Dr. Bridge* Adam* investigated thi* Ktibject some time ago in a manner that loft him in no doubt a* to : the value ot aogar in it* relation to food. Snowing, by exjierii noe, the diffrri'iii'e in antntnm* effect produced by tho flesh of tired cuttle on a march and those slain in | a condition arising from abundant food j mid healthy exercise—that, in tho former case, any amount might lav eaten without nati*fyiiig hunger, while in the latter a mmdler amount realized that purpose— hi* Investigation lml to the discovery that certain other food, of a different quality, such it* grape-gagar anil fruit, would help the tired meat to assimilate, anil thus remove hunger. Fin asserts, that pudding* and fruit tarts are not to lw regarded tut simple flatteries of the appe tite or palate, but os really digestive agent*, provded they are not themselves | made of indigestable materials. The | fondues* of artisans for confectionary, anil the inclination of patients just discharged . from a hospital to ask for sweet* rather 1 than forhnostantiril food, are exafuples of! a Mtrrecf''instinct; and, in the case of children, in whom the requirements of growth ealletl fur a rapid and elllcjeut ,trifio)i(ffaff*m of.Toud itjk* fissile, firing is ’ no iliiuht that nature’s demand for sweets is very imperious, and parents should, j therefore, understand that the jam-pot in- j creases the amount of nutrition extracted from beef and mutton. This view of the 1 nature and i-fleets of sit gar was entertained ! hy tho late Profossor Ijiebig, who was ue- j customed to say that, instead of sugar ; being, us thought by wnpe, the most dan- ! gerous constituent in pastry, it. is in reality ; the least so; that is, if not added in tool great a quantity to cakes and tarts, sugar i i* trnnstormc'l into lactic acid, and assists , the stomach in digesting. Both by sugar ! and honey, indeed, Liebig assert*, is the : quantity of the digestive juiees increased und tlm digestion proiuotol; it also, while , being digested enrie.lios the gastric j nice I with a sulrstanoo which assisls in dissolv ing the aliments, for the sugar on com ing in contact with the saliva, has been partly transformed into lactic acid, which aetH upon the alimentary principals in the samo manner us dot s the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice. In regard to the effect of sugar on the teeth, the correct ness of the popular Imlief is met and refu ted by the fact that the teeth of the West ludinn negroes—a community remarkable for the amount of sugar consumed among them—are a bright white. Tho reasoning of medical science is, that phosphate of time being the chief constituent of the bones and teeth, but not before adult age, an increase of the phosphate of lime is the essential characteristic of the dovelop j ment of the bones of children, and as lac tic acid .dissolves the phosphate of lime of the food, sugar indirectly supports this solution, and facilitates the conveyance of time to the toqth. Success in Business. It ia net get) hip. ATI with such peculiar gift* make bad managers of any businena, uml are too erratic for ordinary executive purpose. Aud it is not high intellectual attainments. Few scholarly men will lay aside their devotion to letters for thoii own Make, and follow the plodding course by which success in business is to he at tained. And it lies not in the force ol circumstances. Homo who might other wise have been successful in a dear course, have doubtless broken down iu the toco ol popular obstacles; but tho man who can ben 1 occasions aud conditions to his will cau BcUieve his triumph in spite of such adverse surroundings. It is not luck. There is less of happy chance .in such success than is commonly supposed. It if true that many tempt their fate ttqd escape ivs by a miracle, but this can from no rule of life; success in business is obedience It n law that can bo clearly and distinctly traced throughout tho whole of olio's ett recr. This law is based on the princi pie that rverykhing has its price, and they only who arc able and willing to pay it can acquire wliat they covet. Some an unable through want of nerve, or failing health, or defective judgment, or other mental and physical defects front succeed ing in the struggle. But more who tire able, fail because they are unwilling to meet the cost. They sec the end, but will not by patient self-denial employ tho moans. Present ease, present grati fication, some from of indulgence not con sistent with the end which lms been pro posed, offers a temptation too strong fot them to resist To-morrow, they will begin a sterner course; next week they will turn over another leaf with different reading on the obverse side; but to-day, letthe liandt be folded and the old incumbrance remain. No man is on tbo road to success who ha not already part of tho price, and is not now holding out to fortune in full the next iu ta'mcnl that is due. Catching Turtles. “This is the way catching tnrllo is de scribed: You spy him afar off floating in the undulating surface of the water, j sometimes miles from, the shore. Slouly, i cautiously your boatman rows the skill h the turtle; the least clumsy splash of at oar would disturb bis siesta. At last you ; get behind him and inch by inch you ap proach him. Then you stoop well over the bow, and turn your turtle. Ahem. Turn him 1 It seems easy enough to say, “turn him,” but how do you do it ! Yon bend down, leaning far over the bow ot the boat, make both hands meet under liis j belly in the water, and you lift Mr. Turth clean out of the sea and tumble him back- j wards into your boat. It is surprising how i light n turtle is iu tho water and what a| dead weight ho is out of his element. No t matter if he does struggle a little and dash . his flippers at you, the only thing really to j be afraid of is his barnacles which almost always grow on his sides and cut like knives into the arms aud wrists when you hold a two hundred pound turtle in your : embrace.” Tun Happiest Period oe Human Lite. —I am sure there is ouly one answer. It j is now. If lam doing my duty, to-day is the best day I ever had, Yesterday had a happiness.of own, and up to this nkorniug it wits the best day of all. I S would not however live it oxer again. 1 string it as anew bead, on the chaplet of I praise, and turn to the higher thoughts of ! the present time. Of all the many days |of luy life, give me to-day. This should be our feeling always, from the cradle to (he hour wlieu we arc called to Ooiuu up . higher. Ghidhood is the best for children, manhood the b. st for men, and old age for the silver-haired. We will all j in in a chorus of common thanksgiving to God, andi when asked, “Which is tho happiest period V” I will say—childhood, manhood, ‘ old age alike “<J, Y ’ (From the N. V. Mauilsy Mercury.) A DEAD SECRET. The Hfl t*ry Which Drovr C'anrl* t'nrnrl) (• Deafli—ftoqiael of th Nuirhfe iff • Ihr IhluwHrc—Wrrck of a luuiiK hut Orrpatr lug Llfr. The readers of the Mercarg will no doubt remember tbo sad story, publisliefl not iong since, of the finding of the liody of a beautiful woman in the Delaware Kiver, near Bordeutown, New Jersey, and it* identification as that of a Mrs. Carrie Cornell, who had thrown herself into the Lehigh ltiver at Easton, Pa., about one month before. A mystery attended the life und fate of the unfortunato woman, und is now hidden with her in tho grave, not to be revealed perhaps until the judg ment-day. the Jtoirxo hint or the poor woman. Carrie at the ago of sixteen was a bright eyed, light-haired girl, mature beyond her years, beautiful and alight, and just bud- 1 ding into womanhood, tho daughter of 1 wealthy parents in Boston, and all seemed lovely and promising in her future life. Phare was ft skeleton in the family, how ever, which was kept in the utmost se* [ crecy, and there is even no evidence that |'it ever went beyond the knowledge of tin two persons concerned. These were the j father and the daughter. Whatever the ; nature of this mystery mny have been, it led the father to treat his girl in Uic most ' cruel manner, employing harshness and I rough mss at all times in hia demeanor towards her, even on some occasions re sorting to blows. Still, in spite of all this provocation she never for one moment ul | lowed a breath of THE FATAL SECMIT ;to esonpe her lips. The remainder of the I family by all the means in their power en deavored to tiitiko the father cease his beu , till conduct and tried nil they could to ex ! tract some explanation from time to time jof the reason of his action. But it was to i no purpose, and they had no better suc ! cots in appealing to tho daughter herself, j Even the mother, who was then living, j knew nothing of themystery of his sudden | change of conduct towards a formerly be loved dn-ughter. Many times, indeed; the i interference of the mother in Carrie’s be i half brought about very painful scenes be tween husband and wife. WUEP HAPPINESS. Tims time passed on until Carrie I reached her sixteenth year. About this j time, in company with a brother of hers, a young man named Carnell called a few times at the house. He was smitten with the charms of the beautiful girl, but for some time kept his sentiments to himself. Carnell was a young man in good circum stances and of good address. Carrie did not fail to perceive the feeling which in fluenced him, and when one evening they were alone ho avowed his love and ottered hor marriage, and alia accepted liis propo sition on the spot. Hho did not feel the slightest sentiment of love for him, but had convinced herself that uny life was preferable to the one sliu wus constantly obliged to undergo, submitting to all manner of ertn Ity, and with the weight of a fearful secret upon her conscience. She therefore told James Carnell that she could only marry him on one condition, which was that the fallier should know nothing of the intended union. There were rea sons she stated which made this impera tive. He was too numb in low) to cavil al this, and it was agreed that the .marriage should take place without the knowledge of tho family. Six weeks after this .Tames Carnell and Carrie were mar id, friends of both par ties beingresent. The life of tbo hus band anu wife was a happy one, mid she learned to love und respect one to whom she was at first indifferent. To her it wins a Paradise after the bitter sufferings of tho previous years. The couple came to live in Now l’ork, wli ‘re the husband did a good business and supported liis wife in comfort and even luxury. Iji her small circle of ocquaintant as sho was courted and admired, both for her beauty and ac complishments, and i wus only ut long intervals that she saw her parents. In this way time passed, hi and year after year flew by like a dream. Si veil years of married life passed away like a beautiful day, in which not even aoh ml has appeared on t ho horizon to disturb tlm reigniug seren ity. But Carrie’s life was not to end in this happy manner. Disaster overtook Iho house with which t'm husband was connected, lie suffered largo losses, and while endeavoring to arrange Ins affairs, exposure brought on a'hastv consumption, to which 1m succumbed m less than tv month. CAimtP. WAR I. EFT A WIDOW, and owing to the unsettled state of her husband's affairs, would have been a poor one had it not been for the foresight of tho ono who loved her. Dttiiug Ins day of prosperity he had insured his life for 310,000 for her benefit, and this sum of money she received shortly after his death. Being now alone in the world, and her heart turned bi ck to the home ot her childhood, and lorgotting its miseries, she returned there only to be welcomed with open arms both by her nil Iter and mother. No mention of the dd secret had over escaped In r father dur ing the years of her marriage, and she fondly hoped that ho had forgotten or re pented his conduct. VU went well in her home until some time after tho death of her husband, matters began to go wrong with her family, and in two • r tiiree un fortunate speculations the f tier lost al most all he wits worth. In fau , in a few short weeks ltF, FEU, FROM AFFI.URNOB TO POVERTY. I t became necessary to retrench expen ses in every manner, and the old man fell I into deep melancholy. Carrie then formed an hemic resolution, which sho carried into practice. She offered the entire sum which she hud inherited to her father, in the hope that he might regain some of his lost ambition, together with hie lost for tune. 110 accepted it with deep gratitude, and once again made an attempt to ic make his fortune. Tho attempt wus en tirely futile, however, and he shortly lost to the lust cent the mouey that his dangh- I ter had given him. This seemed to be the last blow to his fortitude, nnd he began-to drink. One night he came home iutoxi-1 ented, and she fled the parental roof that very hour, and, sought the protection of a I female friend. Bot her cup of bitterness was full, and gathering together the scat- . tered remnants of the small sum that was i left her after her father had dissipated the rest, she came to this city. IN NEW YORK. Carrie Carnell then went to live in, a. boarding-house in Fifty-third street, where she had a lady friend residing. It was here that she made the acquaintance ol a young man named George Archibald. He was good-looking, and Inal an insinuating ad drees und some money. From an acquain tance tho connection between the two ri pened into friendship, and he did not take ' long to convinse her that he loved her. For the first time iu her life she began to feel that a like sentiment was taking pos session of her heart and the two frequently took pleasant moonlight walks together, and oii.--' or ' w. * I u hired buggy. It was on one of these teto-a-tete excursions that he proposed marriage to her, and it wan not without great brushing and hesitation that she ac cepted him, and avowed her love. Thj* courtship continued for a couple of months, during which time he gave several pretexts for not taking her to the altar and making her his wife. Bhe still placed implicit faith in hi* word, and never for one moment supposed that all his protes tations and promises were false. They kept, on their clandestine interviews with out the knowledge of a single person in the house in which they were boarding. A ntSTOVERY. It so happened, however, (and it is sin gular how these things generally do hap pen) that a man came to bourd in the house whore the two were stopping. He no more than anybody else suspected the relations which existed between George Archibald and Mrs. Carnet]. But ho had known Archibald, anti one evening that a conversation was Being carried mi in Hie parlor at which Archibald was not pres , cut, the stranger mentioned casually that Archibald was married, ami had a short ! time before sent his wife to England. | The blow came with terrible force upon | the heart of poor Carrie Carnell. 'With , wonderful tact she kept her countenance, and did not betray iu the least the violent emotions which wore agitating her. That night she saw Archibald, but gave a pre text of indisposition for not entertaining him, and the next day, when ho had gone to business, sho hastily packed up her t hings und left tho house. mill HEART was COMPLETELY BROKET. She believed sho had nothing left to live for, and, like many another silly woman who believes that tn tho whirl anil excite ment of a gay life may be , found the panacea of all woes, she tied to one of those glided houses of ill-fame where some semblance of independence and self-res pect is left to the poor unfortunates who inhabit them. Hero for a lime she endeavored to drown her troubles. Her beauty still re mained brilliant. It was one evening while seated in the midst of a company in the parlor that a number of young men entered the room, and Carrie was struck dumb with umazement and shame at re cognizing one of them as the George Archibald who was responsible for her being what she was. Y\ ith imperurbabU coolness he pretended not to recognize her, aud even looked upon her with the eye of a complete stranger. This henrt loss conduct aroused all the dormant pns sion of the woman’s nature, anil seizing a knife which lay on the mantelpiece, she rushed at him and raised her arm to stab him. Before she could accomplish her purpose sho was disarmed, uml Archibald left the house. A StTICIDS'a GRAVE. But this lust blow was too much. Cur rie remained two seeks raving iu bod with brain fever, but when hardly convalescent, and still almost out of her mind, she left the house. It was then purpoeelos* and hopeless sho went to Easton, Pa., and stopped at the American Hotel. Readers of the Mercury will remember all the de tails of the last days of her life—how mys terious her actions, how singular hor manner. While there she heard of the death of her father, and resolving to drink the cup of bitterness, to tho dregs, she wont to Boston and attended his funeral, aud then and there bid good-bye to her friends and relations, and never saw any of them more. Returning to Easton, she again went to the hotel, and thut night made jokingly two or three bequests. The next morning she was missing, and four weeks after her decomposed corpse was found floating in tho Delaware River near Bordeutown. Titus ends a story which, though reading like a romance, is never theless the truthful unvarnished lulu of u wronged and wrecked life. A Race For a Bride. Love laughs at bolts and bars, and yet, at the same time, there is “many a slip be tween tho cup and the lip.” The following true story pungeutly illustrates both of the above truisms. It happened a few days ago in an adjoining county. A comely youth fell madly in love with a rural belle. She smiled upon his suit and doubtless sighed upon his waistcoat. They resolved to become “twain of one flesh,’’ but the stern father of the would-bo bride was dead against it, and fiercely fori id the Imus. But ‘ ‘love laughs at bolts and bars, ” and the young couple stole away amid Ihe friendly darkness of a moonless night, fled to a neighbor’s, and about dawn next morning succeeded iu procuring tho ser vices of n parson. All things were made ready to tie the silken knot, and the hopes of the lovers beat high with the joys of a speedy fruition. But right here llto par son manifested some doubts ns to the pro priety of the preceding, and insisted on sending for the cruel parent and getting lti.iConßCßt before proceeding with the cer emony. After much arguing, and liis promising to intercede with the girl's father, and con vincing both that success would certainly crown his appeals in their behalf, they fin ally consented, anti tho irroscible old gent was sent for. Here comes in that other truism: “There is many a slip twixt the oup and the lip." Iu due season and within tlio hour for the messenger to return with-the ortiel parent, a fierce clatter of hoofs was heard down the lane and a voice wildly shouting, "i wont consent, and dif I do; T solemnly forbid them bans.” struck consternation nnd terror into the hearts ot tho wouiu-bo bride and groom. The groom ran to tho door, and, looking down the lane, saw at its farther end the infuriated father coming like the wind, under whip and spur, hut in hand, his white hair wildly streaming, and shoutingwith every breath, “I won’t consent,” etc. With the promptness of a veteran tho lover seized his intended bride aud moun ted his steed in hot haste, bore lies, off in the opposite direction at a furious speed. Tho father, with the vigor of despair, plunged his spurs deeper into his foaming horse, ami gave hot pevsuit, followed by tho parson and the assembled guests all mounted, and hiking a lively interests iu the sequel of the race. Down the road, over hills, through the mist of the ytvllies, into forests vocal with tho songs of morn ing, they held their mad career. But the stead that bore the lovers gradually slack ened his pace under the double burden, and the avenging parent steadily gamed on therm Finally he overtook the flying pair, and- reaching forth, snatched his daughter from her lover’s grasp, wheeled his panting steed, and bore her rapidly to wards home. j The lover, maddened, but not despair ling, gave chase; aud back over the same I road, cheered by the shouts of the excited ! party, rushed the father ami daughter aud I lover. The young man soon devoured the distance between him anil his intended j bride, and with a grasp of iron tore her from the parental arms and essayed to bear i her off in triumph. But tho old man, game to the lost, renewed his strength aud speed, and again seized his daughter, aud a furious struggle for possession ensued. But the party of friends and the parson put an end to the struggle by giving the girl to her father and advising the young man to wait fora more propitious occasion. , Thus ended, hut not finally, we feel assured one of the most exciting raaea for a bride known to either truth or fWtiou. —Jutksuu professional cards. LF.HADDOCK. Attorney At Law QUITMTAIV, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the Courts of the Southern Circuit, will also practice iu the scheming coun ties in the State of Florida. Office over Finch’h Store. inay9-ly JAS.IL hunter \T TORXEY AT 1* AW , QUITMAN, BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA . Will practice in the Cmmtkrt of the Southern Circuit. Echol and Clinch of the Brunswick, and Mitchell of the Albany. AiTOffice *t the Court Houne.l** JuneiHMf J. S. N. S X O W. DENTIST, Quitman, ----- Georgia, Office Up Stairs, Finch # Corner. „ ftU K^;L l,n W. B. BE.WKTT. 5. T. KINOMBKBUY BENNETT & KINGSBERRY, Attorneys at Law QUI TN AX, Brooks County, - - - Georgia. june2H-tf EDWARD R. 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