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VOLUME I. 2 THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 18t3. rUbktd Weekly at $S 00 per Annum !■ Mre. 9lH|lr t optri 5 rente. MADELINE’S HEART; 08, TBS DEADLY DIAMOND RING. BT CAW. CHARLES HOWARD. CHAPTER L tXjU-I’MX.S BAD BASQUE. Ulalmno looks superb to-night. How gracefully she does the honors of the housel V the sirens who lured Ulyssus to the rocks were as beautiful as she, I shall cease to wonder at the ancient's fall.'' "Mr. Constoek, you are inclined to en thusiasm tonight." "Perhaps I am, Miss Robsart, but look; is not Ulalumc beautiful. Note thoae eyes, as blue and mild, and lovely as those of the gentle gazelle, behold those locks! Like burnished gold they shine; gold never looks so beautiful as they.” "She is beautiful!" and the words re luctantly utttered rippled over lips which had just been fiercely bitten by fair, white teeth. "And, more, she is aware of the fact," • • 'How could it escape her knowledge, Miss Robsart? But see! who is that gen tleman about to lead her from thut group of ladies." "A Mr. Bonton, from Philadelphia, I believe," answered Madeline Robsart, looking up at her companion with a faint smile which told how she enjoyed the pain her words had caused him. ‘ 1 'Tis said he is a veritable Croesus, on the Atlantic coast, and moreover, Mr. Comstock, it is asserted that Ulalume’s eyes were the magnets that drew him thither." Ashley Comstock did not reply, but kept his handsome eyes fixed upon the twain who were, moving from the spacious par lors towards the arbored gardens, attached to the stately mansion. "Mr. Comstock." He did not aeetn to hear his name. Madeline pronounced it again, when he turned upon her like a man suddenly ■ awaking from a feverish dream. "Hindi we, too, not enjoy the fragrance of the flowers? ’Tis so very close here, and without the breeze that sweeps shore ward from the bosom of the Pacific, will! cool the brow ao fevered now. ’’ He said something which the woman did not catch, extended his arm, and thej left the parlors. It was after the unmasking of Ulalnmo Cowden’* guests. The king with his face uncovered walked beside the goldei haired troubsdor; and the queen of the genii sat beside her brigand chief, and drank love from his dark eyes. Clalume Cowden had entered ipm her nineteenth year, and the bal masque had been given by her father in her honor. The elite of San Francisco tilled the gorgeously appointed rooms of tl*j bank er's house, and nothing had occurred to mar the festivities of the hour. But the storm cloud was hovering over the bright scenes, and its wrath dtscended upon the fairest, and purest, and the best before the roseate dawn of day. The richly trellised gardens swarmed with pleasure seekers, and ashly Comstock and hia friend found no little difficulty in findings secluded nook. For himself, he wished to roam up and down the walk; but Madeline suggested a spot where sh< could tell the handsome man something which, she said, had long lain upon her heart At last they found an unoccupied arbor, and upon one of the rustic seats Ashley Comstock threw himself with a sigh. "Mr. Comstock," began Madeline, at his side, “the most impertinent of ques tions hangs on my lips. I can keep it back no longer, and I feel that while you will forgive me for its utterance, you will answer truly, for the sake of the friend ship that has existed between us so long." At another time Ashley Comstock might hare toyed with her words, and put an hundred humorous little interrogatives at her before she could prooeed; but now he was silent, and his face wore a stem seri ousness when he raised his head, and, in the faint moonlight, metier eye. "You know, Madeline,” it was not Miss Robsart now; they were beyond the con ventionalities of the ball room, "you know I have forgiven a thousand and one silly questions of yours in time gone by, and I would, disgrace a precedent not to forgive in the future. ” Thus encouraged Madeline Robsart, with a long drawn breath, advanced. "I will question plainly,” she said, "without prelude, and sly allusipns. Do you love Ulalume?” Ashley Comstock started at the words; but a moment later looking the questioner square in the face, he answered the little sentence. "Ido.” ‘ ‘Have you told her so?” " I have, Madeline,” and his face lit up with a pride which answered the next question that fell mechanically as it were from the woman’s lips. i “And what did she tell you?” “She is mine I” The slowly spoken words fell npon Madeline Rohnert's ears like the notes of fate, and for a moment she did not speak. Rhe looked into Ashley Comstock's face like one astonished by the sudden descent THE INDEPEN DENT. of a thunderbolt from a clear sky; but when she did speak it was merely to say: ' "Ashley, I hope you are a happy man.” "If I am not, it is my own fault, Made line," he answered. Butwhall we not go ? The promenaders are re-seeking the man sion, and we must not be absent." She seemed eager to lcr.ve Ce spot, and a few moments later they stood in the dazsiing glare of the golden chandeliers again. Madeline Robsart’s faoe was quite pale; the beautiful lips almost bloodless, and the veins in her hands had crept away from mortal sight. She left Ashley Comstock and sought beautiful Ulalume Cowden. The twain bad long been, seemingly, fast friends. The parents of each reveled in wealth, and their daughters, in consequence thereof, had been thrown often into each other's society. Their passions flowed into dif ferent channels. Madeline was wild, im pulsive and rash. Ulalume calm, forgiv ing, and as gentle us the ring dove. A transcendent virtue beamed in her eye and shod its fragrance upon all who came in contact with her. Suddenly the two beautiful women, the wild and the gentle, disappeared from the parlors, and the merriment continued un abated. AU at once it was rudely broken in upon by a startling shriek, and Madeline Robsart, alone and with the whitest of faces, stood in the doorway. "Madeline!" cried an hundred voices. "In the octagon arbor—Ulalume!" she shrieked, and fell into the arms of Ashley Comstock. Instantly all was confusion. Men mailed to the octagon arbor, and found Ulalume, pallid and lifeless, reclining upon the rus tic bench. Her lips were tightly closed, the beau tiful blue eyeß stared at the stars that peeped through the great grape leaves, and the heart was as silent as the grave. Several physicians met the lifeless form in the mansion, and after a calm examina tion rendered a dreadful verdict. Ululume Cowden was dead! "She suddenly reeled from me with a low ery,” said Madeline Robsart, when questioned about the girl, "and when 1 stooped to pick her up, she could not speak, poor child, and her heart was al ready still.” One by one the guests departed, until of all the number but Ashley Comstock remained. He could not leave his love—his dead Ulalume! Madeline Robsart evinced great eager ness to reach her boudoir thut tragic night; and when she had gained its sacred pre cincts she drew a lieautiful diamond ring— the diamonds glittered in the head of a golden serpent—from her finger, and re peated this couplet: “Wlio’d think that this fair ring doth hold The key to death, to love, and gold I" CHAPTER H. BENEATH THE SCALI'EIj. “Shall I accept Hardinge's invitation ? Were I to follow the dictates of the stricken, the world-aick heart, that throbs in my breast, I would seek some shore, far from this, wildly lashed by the billows of the Pacific, and there in the solitude of exile, end the days over which the veil of sorrow has been so suddenly thrown. Now, like the Egyptian Queen, I have immortal longing in me; but life, life! excitement! or I cross the threshold of the mad house, and perish beyond the pale of reason. Yes, yes, I will go to Hardinge. I will see the mys teries of the human heart, so full of de ceit, revenge and hate. ” Thus spoke Ashley Comstock as ho stood before the window of his chamber and looked down upon the busy street. Thut day he had buried the only woman he ever loved, and now the evening shadows told him how desolate he was, how utterly alone in the world. The secret of his engagement with Ulalume he had oonflded to but a single person, Madeline Robsart; but many who watched him while the clods fell upon the coffin thought that the beautiful dead was something to him —something dearer than a friend. He had not seen Madeline since the tragic termination of the ball; he did not want to see her, for when he spoke her name he shook his head dubiously, as if to say, Madeline, you rest under a cloud of suspicion. Donning his evening costume, Ashley Comstock left the grand hotel and ordered a carriage, which bore him to an unpreten tious house in a street where but few gas jets shed their mellow light. Alighting, he paid the yellow Jehu, and soon found himself in a small room in the second story of the building. The room gave evidence of being the abode of a medical student, for skeletons, chemical aparatus, and volumes of medi cal lore, displayed themselves, and a dis secting table occupied a prominent po sition. "I’ve been wishing for you, Ashley,” said a prepossessing young man, advanc ing from a lounge as Comstock entered. “I’ve secured a noble subject for to-night, and am expecting John with it every mo ment. And, by the way, Ashley, it is a peculiar subject—very beautiful. I have seen the young lady in life, and were I not the dear one of a little woman down at Los Angelos I should have fallen in love with her myself.” Ashley Comstock was not in a jocular mood that night. His heart, his thoughts were in a new-made grave, and he could not-tear them away, though he tried to for hia own sake. QUITMAN, GA„ SATURDAY, JULY 2(5, 1873. Butler Hardingo, the Htudent, an en thusiast in his profession, noticed his friend’s demeanor, and tried to draw him ! out, but signally failed. Ashley Comstock would not relate the story of his sorrow; it (van sacred; it was truly his. Thus several hours flew by, and at length a low rap carried the student to the door. " ’Tis John, at lost!" he cried, and open ing the door a black-featured fellow en tered and placed a heavy body, enveloped in a dark sack, upon the table. "Now,” said Hardingo, turning from the door, which he had locked behind the dark man. "Now. Ashley, I will proceed to lay bare to you a woman's heart, with all its coquetry, all its deception.” Ashley Comstock heard him, bat did not turn from the only window that look ed down into the street; and with a mut tered anathema at his disinterestedness, the student untied the sack, and drew from it the white-robed corpse. "Heavens! that such beauty should die?” he exclaimed, gazing upon the cold face on the table. ‘ 'Ashley!" Then the young man turned, and step ped forward. “Hero’s a Cleopatra,” said Hardinge, opening a box of dissecting instruments, and taking out a scalpel. "Comstock —good heavens!” Well might ho utter that startling excla mation, for Ashley Comstock had stag gered from the table, pale as death, and with distended eyes fastened on the corpse. "What ails you, Ashloy? Was the dead a friend?” “Hhe was more than a friend!” cried Comstock, suddenly springing forward as the student's knife approached the fair, white face. “Butler Hardinge, your knife shall not touch her!” His command awoke the volcano which slumbered in the student’s heart, and a flushed face and flashing eyes greeted him from the other side of the table. “She is mine!” criod Hardinge. "I bought her!" , “She is mine. I never surrendered my claim to Ulalume. You shall not mar her body.” “Stand back, Ashley Comstock. I res pect- you; but lam not to be cheated out of such a subject as this. Curse you!” This last sentence shot from Uutler Har diuge’s lips, as Ashley Comstock snatched his dead from the table, and retreated to ward the door. “Give her back.” “I will not." The maddened student sprung forward with the keen scalpel above his head;but Ashley’s right arm flung him against the wall, and the next moment the room was a sea of light For the scalpel, flying from the student’s hand had knocked a swing ing lamp from its fastenings and the flames falling among certain chemicals, had in augurated a terrible conflagration. With desperation Ashley Comstock found the street door; but it yielded not. Then through the flames he sprang to the window. One blow shivered the sash, and out into the street he leaped with his shrouded love in his arms. Stunned and bleeding he was picked up on the walk below, and borne to a rear house. There he soon recovered to learn some thing that startled him beyond descrip tion. Ulalume was alive! He could not credit his senses until he stood beside a couch in the Condon man sion and looked upon the breathing form of the woman he loved! “Well, Ah Toug, what have you to tell me that is so important?” The speaker was Madalino Robsart, and she confronted a handsome Chinese ser vant in her father’s mansion, early on the morning subsequent to the scene just des cribed. The Celestial motioned another servant from the apartment, aud turned to the ex pectant heiress. “The grave has given up its dead,” he said slowly. Madeline shrank from him with terror depicted upon every lineament of her home face. * ‘You have deceived me then!” "I have. The poison which I put into the ring sleeps the person to death. They can be awakened one day after the receiv ing of the wound, after that, never. Ula lume lives—she is with her lover.” “I curse you, Ah Toug!” cried Made line. “She knew I scratched her with the bauble; she heard the words of triumph which I hissed in her ears. I must go. I have lose Ashley Comstock—everything. Why Udn’t you fill the snake’s head with poison from which there is no awaken ing?” The Celestial langhed. Madeline Robsart left the city when the shades of night came. Forgiving Ulalume would not hear of a pursuit. "Let her go,” she said. “I can forgive. Were Ito follow her ’twould be to tell her this. ” Butler Hardinge was rescued from the flames, and forgiving Ashley Comstock, he saw him made happy at the altar. Several years ago a woman died in the Monumental City, and over her heart was found a scratch inflicted by a ring which lay at her side. That self-murdered woman was Madeline Robsart. “Thomas,” said a father to his son, don’t let that girl make a fool of you. Look sharp. Remember the old adage, that ‘love is blind.’” “Oh, that adage won’t wash,” said Tom. “Talk about love's being blind! W r hy, I see ten times as much in the girl as you do!” BOLIVIA DECLARES FOR FREE CUBA. | Instruction Lent to Washington on the Subject—The Vclwsof the Presi dent of lloiivla. With but few exceptions the South American Republics have all declared them selves in favor of Cuban autonomy. A few days back the Herald published the official report of Costa Rica on the subject, in which said Republic offered its friendly services to bring about a termination by diplomatic means of the inhuman butchery now taking place on Cuban soil. The last champion to enter the list is the govern ment of Bolivia, through its President, Adolfo Bullivan. In his recent address to Congress, while speaking on the Cuban question, the President made the follow ing declaration:— THE CUBAN STRUGGLE FROM A BOLIVIAN POINT OF VIEW. “I think it fitting at this moment to ac knowledge the receipt of a communica tion from Ramon Cespedes, diplomatic agent of tile Republic Cfcbn in foreign countries, requesting the intervention of this country in the struggle now progress ing in Cuba between the natives of that country and the Spaniards. In accord ance with the request contained in said letter, I have to say that the Consul Gen eral of Bolivia at Washington lias boon in structed to give his moral support to any measure tending to bring about the manu mission of the slaves in Cuba, and particu larly of those which l>lnged to Cuban patriots and have boon confiscated by the Spanish authorities; ills > to see if it bo not possible that the war should bo carried ;onin a more humane manner. And, in conclusion, the Consul General is instruct ed to offer to co-oporuto with the various South American republics friendly to Cu ba, through their representatives at Wash ington, or with the Government of the United States, in arty scheme that may bo devised officially for terminating the fear ful contest now raging on Cuban soil.” Details of the Plot to Rob the Shah. A London correspondent publishes a story of a conspiracy to rob the Shah of Persia of his jewels. The party contested of throe remarkable men, criminals of the first water, yet who were totally unknown to the London police, and, indeed, though often compromised, had never been con victed of felony, They *i4 Col. Algeron Bignor Hawkins, the leader of the party and organizer of the conspiracy; Sonilino (his other name is not known), a Jew dia mond broker of Marseilles, but formerly I of Salonica; and Baron Names Migr.ulil.eli Daideu, formerly seruff, or Money lender, of Aleppo, but lately of London and Paris, an Euticainan Armenean, and said to be connected with the eminent. Oglon Daiduu family which for so long has managed the fi nances of the sublime Porte. The fourth and last actor in the conspiracy, Toby Spring, is u first-class burglar and safo-blower. Toby was left in London, while the others went to Moscow and managed to get their names attached in some capacity to the Shah's suite. Hawkins then hastened to London, rented a handsome furnished house in the neighborhood of Portmnn square, hired a retinue of flunkies, and gave himself out for an American nabob,’ who had come to spend a few weeks in the great city, and especially to give some re- j creation to his daughter, just finishing her education at a fashionable school on the Loire. It had been designed to commit the rob bery while the Bhah was surrounded by his retinue and guards in Buckingham Palace, but this idea was given up for the safer one of inducing the Bhah to visit the houss, and while there get possession of his jewels. According to the story, an appointment was made for the Shall to visit Hawkins at the house, his so-called daughter being the attraction. When Nur ses was made aware of his success begot intoxicated smoking opium, and was seen j in that condition on the streets. A detective followed him to see that he might not come to harm, and saw him go j to Hawkins' office, knock for admittance, | and the door was opened to him by Toby Spring, whom he recognized. Thinking that Narses had fallen among thieves, the detective got assistance and forced his way into the house. Toby and Serafino wero secured. Hawkins made his escape, but Narses, in his fright and delirium, made straight for the river and was drowned. Serafino made a partial confession and surrendered a quantity of burglar’s tools and the plot disclosed. Russell Sage & Company. —lt is some what singular, says the Augusta Chronicle. that the claim wli’ch Russell Sago & Com pany, of New York, have against the State of Georgia is just the same amount with tho debt due them by Mr. Hannibal I. Kimball. Mr. Russell Sage says the State of Georgia owes him three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars on account of monies which he loaned to H. I. Kim ball, the financial agent of the State. Per contra, Mr. Kimball, in his schedule of lia bilities, says that he owes Sage & Company three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars on account of money loaned him by that firm. How is that? Will Russell Sage & Company receive seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a debt of j half that amount? If the State of Geor- j gia owes the firm anything Kimball does not, and if Kimball is indebted to them the State of Georgia is not. They cannot j chum the same debt from two different debtors. The claim of this firm against | the State has been the subject of a great deal of comment. Wo believe that it is a fraudulent one, and hope that it will be thoroughly investigated. President MacMahon’s Position. —A Paris correspondent of a Newt&’ork paper reports President MacMahon as saying to him that he accepted tho Presidency of France to save tho army and rescue the government from a hideous scramble for power and profit. He added: “There is no reason why the present regime, in its ! amended constitutional form, with a niili- j tary Executive, who should reign over the country and rule over the army, should not beeomo established in France. When the words ‘empire’ and republic become synonymous with ‘discipline,’ every citizen a soldier, and every soldier a servant of the Republic, wrangling and strife will cease in the country. ” He likewise said: “Eve rything that can be done to insure the Pope's safety and the necessary liberties of the Holy See, shall be done. It is di rectly against tho interests of Italy to ex pel the Pope, for were ho to take refuge elsewhere, the Catholics of all the world would be aroused and united against 1 Italy.” [From the Philadelphia Press. 1 How General Gordon Saved General Sheridan's Life. lu Goorgia I heard an incident in con nection with Lieutenant General Sheridan, which Little Phil, will read with some sur prise, and lay down the paper with some grateful feelings toward tlio gallant soldier j who saved his life. The night previous to the surrender of Loo at Appomattox, Gen. John Ji. Gordon, who commanded Stone wall Jackson’s old corps, General Fitz Hugh Lee commanding the eavalrv, and General Longstreet hold a consultation with General R. E. Lee. At this consul tation it was agreed that General Gordon should try the Federal strength on the fol lowing day. Sheridan was in command opposite Gordon. In accordance with the programme, Gordon made his demonstra i tion the next day and was met by Sheridan's j cavalry, which ho gallantly repulsed, but i finding Sheridan well supported by large numbers of infantry,fell back and sent this intUiegonce to General R. E. Lee. Upon its receipt General Leo ordered the firing to cease, and displayed tho white flag, un der which the surrender was subsequently made. During the cessation of hostillities, and while Generals Grant and Lee were in consultation, General Sheridan, with u large retinue of officers and men—about one hundred in all—was seen approaching Gon j oral Gordon’s lines. Of course, this caval cade, ns it came dashing across tho plain, j challenged tho attention of Gordon’s entiry force. Chancing to turn his head, Gen- | oral Gordon saw a long lank Mississlppiun I within a few yards of him deliberately train- j nig his cocked rifle on the approaching j horsemen. Gordon dashed at the marks- J man and rode him down, with an exclama tion more emphatic than refined. "What do | you mean, sir?” thundered tho irate Gor don; don’t you know firing has ceased by j my order? “T know, Gineral," replied j Mississippi, as he gathered himself up, "but I thought it wei'aridgmontacomin agin us, ; and I jist, sighted that short-legged feller ! thar.andif you hadn’t come up I’d a fetohed him from wharhe sot, and he’s ben a power- i ful heap of good to the Yanks.” That man was one of the best shots in ( the division, and never failed to kill his object when deliberate aim was had. Gor- \ don turned to meet Sheridan, and Buc hanan Read’s hero has never known how j near his life came to going out with the rebellion. Gen. Gordon is now United States Senator from Georgia. .*♦ Instances of Memory. There once lived at Stirling, England, a blind beggar, known to all that country round, by the name of Blind Alick, who possesed a memory of almost incredible strength. It was observed with astonish ment that, when he was a man, and obliged by the death of his parents, to gain his livelihood by begging through the streets of his native town of Stirling, ho knew the whole Bible, both Old and New Testaments, by heart; from which he could repeat any passage, and tell you the chapter and verse. A gentleman, once, to puzzle him, read with a slight verbal alter ation, a verse in the Bible. Alick hesita ted a moment; and then told where it was to be found, but said it had not been cor rectly delivered; he then gave it as it stood in the book, correcting the error that had been purposely introduced. The gentleman then asked him for the 90th verse of the 7th chapter of Numbers. Alick was again puzzled for a moment, but then said hastily “Yon are fooling me. sir; there is no such verse—that chapter has only eighty-nine versos.” Several other experiments of that sort were tried upon him with like success. He was often questioned the day after any particular sermon or speech; and his examiners inva ribly found that had their patience al lowed. Blind Alick would have given them ! the sermon or speech over again. Numerous individuals have been cole-! brated for their amazing recollective pow-1 era of mind. Seuliger, it is said, could re peat a hundred verses or more, after bav- j ing read them a single time; and Seneca | says he could repeat two thousand words - on hearing them once, although they had ! no dependence or connection with each ' other. Perthicus prepared his comment upon Clandian without referring to (he text; and the learned Florentine Maglia bechi, is recorded to have had such pow ers of retention as to be capable of recol lecting not only the sense of what he read, but likewise at times the very words and the spelling. To prove the power of his prodigious memory, a gentleman lent him a manuscript; and he returned to him sometime afterwards, pretending it to be lost, requesting Magliubochi to recollect as much of it as possible, on which, it said, that he wrote the whole of it without mis sing a word. For the improvement of the memory, a habit of strkt attention is of importance in whatever object of pursuit we may be engaged, as a systematic meth od of procedure in study or business. Moderate and repeated exertion is also peculiarly adapted to invigorate and strengthen the memory; mid. indeed, it is almost incredible to wliat extent daily use will promote this attainment. —— Grant’s Third Term Party Machinery in Motion. It appears that the movement of the office-holders to secure the re-nomination j of General Grant for a third term has al- ■ ready commenced. It is stated that the preliminaries were arranged at Long Branch several days ago, and it is not de- j nied that the President is cognizant, of it. ; Those having tho matter in charge seem to count very largely upon tho divisions supposed to exist in the ranks of tho op position, and upon their ability to rally the moneyed interests of the country to the support ol' their scheme. Under the head of “moneyed interests” they include tho national banks, the railroad corporations, and the large capitalists. These, they al lege, arc for Grant, because under his ad ministration it is not likely that any legis lation will be enacted hostile to these in stitutions. Another argument used is that there is no man in the Republican party who has developed greater popular strength than Grant, and it is hardly probable that within the next three years he will have a dangerous rival. Of course, the official patronage will bo used in manipulating conventions and in securing delegates. Some of the President’s friends think it is too soon to agitate the question of the suc cession ; but the matter has been kept very quiet, and it was not expected to Vie made public until at least a year hence. J f Grant should fail to get the nomination his friends assert that he will, at least, be able to name his successor. A negress being asked why she never wore white, as black women generally were fond of decking themselves out in snowy apparel, replied: “Raise 1 alius thinks a white dross makes a cullud pus son look like a fly in a pan o’ milk. MINIKLI.ANKOI’N ADVEIITISKMKNTS. BRIGGS, JELKS& GO., DEALERS IX Drugs mid Medicines, Family Groceries Hardware, Crockery, Dry Goods, Domestic and Foreign, Millinery Goods Hoots and Shoes, Hats Clothing, Notions, etc. WHICH WE WILL SELL STRICTLY FOR CASH —AND AT— CASH VALUE, Farmer*’ Produce, when purcliuscd by un, considered in CASH. 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There has, as yet, been no serious attempt made to rival the special telegrams which the News inaugurated some years ago, and the consequence is, thut tho reader in seurch of the latest intelligence always looks to the Morning News. The telegraphic ar rangements of the paper arc such that tho omis sions made by tiie general press reports are promtly and reliably supplied d> its special cor respondents. Tho Morning News has lately boon enlarged to a thirty-six column paper, and its broad scope of type embraces, daily, everything of interest that transpires in tho domain of Literature, Art, Science. Religion, and general intelligence; giv ing to the reader more and bettor digested mat ter than any other paper in the State. It is perhaps needless to speak of tho politics of tho Morning News. 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