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VOLUME I.
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Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be
fceid DU the, first Tuusday.,iii the mouth, betw non the
hours of tvn in the Foremen and three in the after
h*u*. at tttpCourt house in the county in which the
property is situate. Notices of tlwse sales must be
cWen in a public gniettc forty. days previous to
the day of sale,
Ifotiees for the salcof Personal Property, most be
~ give* at least ten n'vvs previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors ot nn Estate must
ba published forty days.
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of Ordinary lor leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published weekly for run months.
■ Citations for Letters of Administration, must be
published thirty days —li r Di mission from Adininis
tvation, monthly for six months —for Dismission from
Guardianship, forty days.
ItULES for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lishedmonthly for lour months— fur establishing lost
ners .for the fit'l seurrr of thru l months —fur compel-
J titles from Kxeontors or Administrators, where
a bond hnsb<‘en given by tlic deceased, the full spare
yf three mouths.
Publication# will til war* b* contmuoil ntjcf ‘Tditig'lfi
•oAtse requirement*. iii.lras otliwvipe onlofro*!
All busitiCKß in the lino of Prixtixci v\ ill meet
with prompt- attention nf the Kp.Poktfr Ofki err
(Late Finn.)
HARRIS & IIARRIk
IvRRaoN L. Harris, I Chart es J. Harris.
Mifledgeville, (a. | Tbomaspille, Ga.
wnrc.h ‘.II w ts
Rsht. S. Hire'll & Willintu tlcLctidai),
a ; torn at law,
TfiOMASrilet FTTrEOUGIA „
ort!4 13 wey
“ b ake: a be $ :Wi\
AT T 0 R X E V S AT LAW,
Tronpville, Lowndes Cos., G
•ept 15 St'-. : ts
SAIIICL 15. SPILSt Ell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,”
THOMA'dVILLE. GEORGIA.
WILL give hi* entire ntt.'ufion to the ‘ f
Law f -ln tho o.unities of fht/ SoMtluMii Circuit.—
Olßc* <%n the sectvu.l fl ur >f 1). &. V.. ?*icLtMnV
brick building. * (jpn3 /, o t v
E. C. HORO W
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
XAfi'trtf. hf. r.rop'in.
WWrTj practice m thpcoiritioß of th* Southern rir
cnit,and the rountioß of I )*<]v, W’Mth jtnd
ertr f*f the M i -on, mil Cuflre, (T.ulli yiul Ware
f the Cir *uitN.
Flat Crcoh. fin . O t. ? t r
,1. ll.M'Veb vt£IjT.T~T
Attorney olid i't l>w.’
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
7 ho\r.\snu.r, nr.onon.
WILL practice his profess!, n in the Courts of
South -western ficnVgla. and speci?<l]v in ti;e counties
,f Lowndes, Th:Hnas,7K r ,'attti'.-and Hater.
de.-9—tf” ->
DrTwtf.ll. I!Ai.L
TENDERS his Profeteioual si rvjees to the citizen
of Thumasvilie anil vic'uiiv—Residence the housi
formerly occu|iicd by A. 11.’ Ilanacll —Dffiee. next
door below. [apr2o]
j>r. SAIII ITT SsT WILUAtIS.
HAVING IncnLM injEhntifafcvillo ri spcctfidly ten*
dT?* hia profoasionttl to the citb: of
Tbomaavillo and vii-jriitv. He may b<* ftihud uULLh.
OlTbie of Dr. S*!n, Ailini’f [ <•! 1 !V\
(I’/fiirnt V rad ire.) I, : ,
P. N. BOWP.It, 11. P. 7
f>FEEHS his Proli asior.al services to thecitizi ns ol
TbomasiiUe and vicinity. ('aUs at ail hours
promptly attended to. (ft Id’tf
Dm. 11. 15. A 11. O. AR\OLI),
SSA3]SAiW ©IMITISitt,
r nom a.svi li.e, (; i;orc i a .
WE.bave p'nrt''linsuiL'.th ReStdcnce
of Dr. R. J. Bruce’ wbere one of m
T* may always be found: .'forth l’ow
dr and Wash, always on hand.- [jid.i K.-ts
(’amnges. Bnssirs an i \V; guns.
WANT.’FACTI-111 l) TO Oltnpt, HY
JOSI Pil TOOKF. ro„
AT THE HOUSTON CARRIAGE FACTOKY,
lloiisitin County, Georgiti.
nr aii work fully guiiraiitrrdT
€. (;. UcLFAIIOA.
LICENSED AITHTONEER.
THOMAWILLE, (n.OIHUA.
WILL SELL on every Saturday, and on the first
Tuesday in every month, GOODS of every de
scription, entrusted to him for sale.
july tt-2 j 7 oy
’’ €.”-Vl7 lIARRI, Y
Gcnrr.nl Commission Mm*liriit.
Foot of Monk Sjrect Brunswick, Get.
dee3 w ts
Adams House. -
TIIIS establishment is now’ pern a- iiYji
nently opened for the aecumnoda
tion of the public. Every conveni. nee |}(Jl|jjiL
has been provided tor hoarders nod fan- I|l|ioffi
•ient customers; and the proprietor flat
tera himself that he is now able to give the utmost
satisfaction! GODBOI D, Proprietor-
ThmnasviUe, Ga.. March 34, 1857. ts
Land Office.
HiYVINfi opened an Offiee- iu Tbnmasvillc, Ga..
wc will Imy any Lands in Southern Georgia, at
reasonable prices, or si II Lands for the owners on
•ommission. We w ill also report the value of*Lands
owned by persons at n distance for a fair m mpensa
no. “ bukch & McLendon,
JJnr.T. S*. Bt Rt.ii, I Tln'masville, G# ‘
7 Wat. MrLrstiON. i May 2fi7)fisf>, Cm
Bank Agency. *
THE subscriber has been appointed Agent for the
Bank of fiavami|> at this place, and is prcjiar
mf. to discount Bills of KjMMjjßjte* Drafts, Ac.;
and haa for sale Checksou New Ymk.
july**) EDWAIip REMINGTON.
ifiORIUN *TEI*ERT,,
Professor nf music will give private lessons to the
eitiiens of Thoinasville and vicinity upon the I’iuno,
Melodenn, GdWar.-Flute. Violin, and Violon'ei llo.—
Ha way b found at Fletcher Institute, from 9a, in to
jT, r -toped. _ bjirsy _
(Dric;iji^h^}cctriK
\Yyittoii lor the Wire-Grass Reporter.
LETHE.
by Mary e. bryav.
No draught from that mysterious fount.
Which Police <te Leon sought,
Whose golden, bloom encircled waves
With magic powerwere fraught;
To bviiig hack childhood's clustering-culls,
And bid youth's h. allhiul glow
Burn on the lip and inumlcd clink,
And tint the tineheuu'b snow.
Oh ! Youth is be antiful ar.d blight,
Its dreams are glad ami free,
. „ Bot Tjinc wi l biivft them, one- hy oue,
Then no such and: aught for me !
I would nit, if the power were mine,
Recall the vanished past;
I only wish Oblivion's shroud
Were o’er its memories cast.
Give me of that ‘Tartarean stream,
Beside whose dark banks meet,
Departed shades to dmJt its waves,
Aid all their past forget. j
Oil! were it mine to queff a bowl
From Lethe's sunless stream,
’Twould still the fever of my soul,
And quench this shadowy gleam,
That memory's torch throws hack upon
The ruins of the past,
Like the wierd, ignis fiituus light,
O'er gloomy church yards cast.
Forgetfulness is all the boon .
A broken spirit begs,
When turning from life's poisoned cup,
Drained to its bitter dregs.
Oblivion! Oh I its spell j&.Bweet,
As is the st range repi se,
T hat sti ais around the. tiuveler’s heart,
Wandming ‘mid Alpine suows,
Or, as when over Eastern fields,
Red vvitii the pt-ppy's tl. w^r,
The wind hlviw s on tiw sleeper’s brow
With soothing, dia.ly power,
.So sweet'dpo dm p, and still a cliann
Hangs ‘round the Lethean bowl.
When its dark wings!FbrgetfulTOsa
Folds ‘round the slumbering soul.
Oh! I would cast ail hope aside,
* Would spurn, each gilt of mind,
If but -Oblivion's lotus wreatir
Wire ’ropud my forehead twined.
Vain w i.hj—l may net break the spell
Which inemoiy o'erme flings,
I may not stdi tiie tad retrain,
That ever move,-shesings,
♦
I-l:Uvi* fe< lit fi l th rile (h ve nf peace.
W aii torn u*rlinV;pii,g. v\ atg,
Nu to art, acrut-fc ii ) inrie w iibte,
Her olive bi ain b to briiig.
Ala.#! it was a mocking tie ml
‘1 hat ;übiei> wave;
Fioin my lu ait I iecl tlicro id
Ni 1 et,iie but the .grave.
ThoruisrUle. 7. ——
Written t.jr the Wire-Grass Kepoiter.
AIAIDE: A SKETCH.
BY (WARY E. BRYAN.
Trust me, not in vain
Thin nanism us kVi n.v, it h> II give
’ -Ti) tin e the key Tliiit rjnrii unlock tlie hearts
TTt tiiowsiuals,- the sutitliy pi-w ei till /spell
(li tjii path}, ami itflnilj vvukeii tliee
Tii a tar <le (i t* vor-sotMi. m- - ~f p. ever,
A ti/e treed 1 > _ie >! / i>/ k from Uis in til wins
‘file t'imi,im'ls tlmt l/tui in urn! lint, atid soaia up
Uejni. ins with beliiei (1 j,Lt tbiin^'er,
- Mis | oaten ijsreii idol e.
You felt instinctively on hooking Yipon her.
tlmt hers would he no coTtttitoH destiny.—
Most feces nrj* eithei a prophecy, or a hist"-
•tv, Ilers wus n prophecy ; a gitSndh glmi
mis prophecy, (lushed with the shadows i t
doming sorrow perchance hut what of that ;
Shadows serve to heighten the brilliancy of
sunlight. Hot first remembrance was of or
phanage, and reliance upon herself early tie
Adopt'd tlitestlength and power of her char
acter. She possessed an unquenchable thirst
for know ledge,"-—.l ‘Yeai ni-fig, to investigate,—
to analyze, to seaielt every where for truth j
anil this did net proceed from vanity, or am
bition.but was merely the, impulse of a tniud,
(■raving an aliment, hltnttep and vigorous.—
The seclusion of her childhood iuidthe want
-of youthful companionship had'rendered her
love of solitude almost tnoidid. She wonhl
shut herself in her study, for hours, with the
window*- throw n open to the song of birds
and the breath of tbnveis, studying German
inctapliysics L absiract theories and “works of
deep and profound reasoning ; and then, in
the twilight, she would wander fearlessly
through tin* grand, old woods-around her se
cluded home, sometimes with the lovely lit
tle Effie, her only sister, as a companion, hut
oflencr alone.-,holding converse with Nature
in her ow n glorious temple, and reading, with
the enthusiasm ol jti Geologist and the ardm
of a Botanist,volumes of mysterious nieair
ing in the stones anti flowers, tliat Effie gatli
eied from tlie margin of the river.
Jf this little petted child, with her Wayward
ness, her impulsive aiidchangeful tendeaiess,
her beaut> and dVpcndanee, possessed the
nlv key to Mamie’s heart. To others,"she
was cold aud miappioach hie, —a being ot
another sphere ; to Eflie alone, slie yielded
an affection, more tlnih sisterly,—almost ma
teriiak Effie was sent away to a distant
Seminary,to add the lighter accomplishments
to the education, her nsterdiad bestowed up
on her iiiituiiiliy sprightly,but indolent mind,
—ami Maude was left alone, yet never lone
ly. The old family Servants marveled that
she could eudtire utter solitude, ami
looked on her w itlf wonder, w hen alio came
down for a ride, ora visit to the sick and
poor of the village. Her etherial, elevated
nature, (betrayed by the high, pure loow,
! leached 1” ’*ofy lDtcftfet, aci fbe doep
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 3, 1857.
earnest eye*) excited ti eir reverence, but
she w ns tu them a constant -mystery.
“ She will never full in love, depend upon
it,” said Mm. Giles, the house-keeper, ns she
aril ng.-d n basket of fiiiit, nu present fta
Motlt! ou her twentieth birthday. “ She’will
nev e fall in love,for she will never find any
one here to suit her cgiiitf Vet she did : and
what think you was the lealrzaiion of Mau
de’s high ideal; what *1 if in.tine of him who
Lade the spirit of passion mu: e over the deep,
mitrnulded waters of her sod! A mere
Admits,—an impassioned, impulsive boy,with
an ardent, poetical e npr, and a fired of’ al
most giiliah heauiy.- And thus it is, in the
li story of h must gifted ones. When they do
lovey.it is not subprior 411:1!.ties that, excite
their passion. Their fa'm yih captivated by
out ward brilliancy and illumination quickly
invests the lieioved object, with all the liL
attributes of their ideal. 15, it tiiis is not well
for the mind’s future progress.
The daring Higlit of ttie eagle Genius is
often checked hy the coningsjof the dove,
that nestles with folded'w ing on tjiC osirritiiT
of the licint; and ft; ns iy nften the sequel
of tlie story,—time and closer interettnise
remove the veil that fa trey had thrown over
ihe object of . Section, is it then not better
.to have gone through life, haunted by- vain
heart yearnings, and shadowy visions, than
tlms to have “made idols and fi-und them
clay I” Aye ! is not. the disiiirhcd dream,
better tlum tlie bitter wakening I
The Lnigirt, joyous lieanty oT this yotmg
student, dazzled and fascinated Maude, and
then too, there was a charm in the manner
of their first meeting. He prevented her
frightened horse from springing down a rocky
ch sin. where both steed ami rider would
have inevitably perished, and (notwith
standing Maude would have denied the im
putation of being- romantic) tiiis circumstance
invested her young hero with a peculiar inter
est. . . -.. .
They were very unlike—Maude .and her
Imy-lover hut this very dissimilarity of .dis
position proved To her, his chief attraction.
1 here was, for the grave, quiet giif, an irre
smtahle chin in in the giaceful gayety, the
almost feminine beauty, the confiding tender
ness,';ftideven the Very waywardness of bet
mpulsive lover. Jits fancy was quick and
.11 went; but. his mind was nestlier deep, pm
cultivated, and yet lies’ exerted stinnge in
duence over. Maude.,, ~
■She would lay aside her Werner any* time,
to watclrbim wreathing for her, chaplets of
gaudy colored Autumn leaves, as they sal
beneath the “beech tiees beside the river, in
the old spot, which had been Maude's favor
ite resort, when the. four' walls of tlic chain
net* seemed to fetter her thoughts, and- she
longed instead; tor the bound less vastness of
Uitf open air and sky. She read there still ;
out seldom alone, or with tlie’ concentratUm
of mind that had once been hers. Pcrcv,
m his picturesque hunter diess, half sat, half
negligently reclined at Idcr feet, lVaditcgding.
nieiils- fmiii some Volume id .iinp.i.ssioued po
etry, or old rniiiau'ce, weaving for her, -flow
ery garlands, or bracelets ol moss and calling
“a way her attention i.y a thousand wiitning
cafusses, which were very dear to Maude,
for with all her genius and mental endow
incuts, she was t> woman still -and so she
yielded to the dear dream of kovi—-“Youth’s
sweet ami ‘short romance.” And Percy,—
he ad mi red her stately beauty and was proud
ol _tl.e .Innliniiit mind, whose fill depth be
neither fathomed nor till deist. o.j ; vet it m.-iy
be that lie feff Ins own inferiority, and wish
ed in-Ins heai t, that Mamie had less (if intel
lect, and more ot passion and vivacity, li
would-lime been” but natural. Let liqjYin
m .n link her destiny to ilmt of la nia.i. infe
r ojfin intellect-to herself; for his pride wlli
not t■ rook any exhibition of mental supcrioi
i y, ami she vv ill either Joan! to regard tiiiiV
with contempt, or else,—yielding all to love
—cast aside tlie well gifts,- Heaven lias be
sti’vved npuuJlici and sink to Am level, -
Phis was not to he the fate of Mamie, firr
a change was at Irand. Etiie retnrneil liome,
lArngiiig light and music hack to the glnoniv
mansion. Pi very where rang her birdiike
laughter,-cv cry-where, amid tlie shadows of
the old ancestral trees, mov ed her bright fig
ure-Eke a .glancing sunbeam, and her sistei
looked upon her with her heart filled with
| uict joy and tenderness. 81 e was very
lovely, with her fair blrin le beauty, her pure
c implexion ; crimson lips arid curls, “ bright
as thoiigh dipped s rti sunsethut she had
litik* strength’ of character, and she dung to
her elder sister with a dependant love, that
rendered her still dearer to Mamie, Percy
was-charmed at their first iuteiffew. Hci
luxuriant youth;- and beauty captivated his
voluptuous- fancy, arid with her he felt at
ease. Maude did not check their increasing
intimacy, she’was glad of it for Elfin's sake,
for “ Elm-ley ” was but a gloomy abode- for
one so young and gay as her'Tfigaurriful sister,
and resumed tier old stmbes,
Pei cy and Edit; spent the bright mornings to
getjivr, stnilluig'tiii.oiigh the Autumn woods’
lunjer'phyriif botanizing, riding through the
shadovt’s of “ biltmii Forest, ’* or rowing upon
tin’ river in the liny skiff, Percy called the
“Fay;” and then, when the weather was
unsiiiicd to Krich outdoor pleasure, they lin
gered over the Piano, or read and “practiced
,ii tlip, library.
He sang to her the most impassioned
songs, lead glowing pictures of youthful love
in the -burning language of poetry, and when
eve* and arum, he raised Iris eyes to meet
her appreciating glance, he saw hefme him
tlie very incarnation of love and heautv.—
He was ardent and capricious, Effie—yrtung
and loving,—it was no marvel that they
learned another, and n sweeter - lesson when
Maude sent them to analyze tlie bright Octo
ber tinkers. But Maude bad no tlTcmri of
this. Blie kuc,w little of human nature, and
she was so absorbed in her own love and hap
piness and possessed sueli unbounded confi
dence in her sister and lier lover, that no
shadow of suspicion had ever clouded her
mind. But the- revelation came at last.
One delicious Indian summer evening, afie
was kneeling upon the soft, brown turf of
the wood, examining the Toliage of a rrtfe
she had disc'■'**red. wber *hr* gottfc-J
approncliing footstejis readied her. She did
not regard it at first,, for she re-cognised the
voice* of her sister And Percy, but na they
came ttearcr, the ea.'er, earnest tones Attract
ed her Attention. It w*s Percy’s passionate
voice that spoke.
.“Oh! Ettie! derling, darling!” lie ex
claimed “ llnw emtld 1 help it ? It may he
wlong, hut can the flowers help blooming
Etlie, or the stars kcijp from shining ?”
“Hut Maude”—-was the murmured res
ponse.
“Oli! Maude la so dark and cold. Sin-’
never loved inu I am sure ; I do not think
she earn luce. I glory in her genius am,
her splendid talents, she was made to ad
mire; t/iiu aie formed for love, thy darling,
my sunbeam, tny bird of beauty ! For Mau
de there is.no such tiling as love.”
They passed on ; they pursued tlm wind
ing path to the river, ami Percy it 11 moored
the ißtle skiff, and handing KlHe in, the two
floated down the stream, singing the beaut 1
ful German canon, which Maude had learned
her sister
“ Oil ecu tchol ist am ahead, S(c
The stars were trembling through the dusk
of the twilight sky, when Maude catne up
the long avenue of Elms, calm and pale as
astatue. She smiled as she passed tlie two
young lovers conversing in the ivy wreathed
portico, and throwing Effie a of wild
flowels, she. went on, S'cacelys heeding tlieii
light question? to how she had passed The
evening. All how indeed !
None hut God had seen tlie silent struggle,
in her heart, during those long hours of lone
liness ami desertion. None but his pitving
eye had beheld the proud form bent in utter
hopelessness, and tlic white face raised to
heaven in mute, pleading agony. Ah! wlmt
to her was intellect, since it could not win
love. It was love which her woman’s heart
ctavetlywnd in the first moments nf desola
tion, Maude could have grayed for death ;
Jmt it had passed, —this wild, rebellious feel
ing. Maude had accepted her destiny.—
Percy's words, “ for her there was no such
thing as love” rang nport her at first Tike tt
deailikiie.il, hut now she acquiesced in the
sentence almost calmly. Tim mist had
cleared away Thun her mind, and she now
savv her duty plain before fieri and called all
the strength and pride of her nature to aid
her ift the trial.
That night, with quiet dignity and self
composure, she released Percy iiora his en
gagement. ISlie betrayed no shadow of emo
tion, spoke no word ol reproach, pr suspicion.
“ I do not think 1 “shall ever many,” sin
said. “ There are women, who were never
destined for domestic life. 1 think that lam
one of these ; and 1 have no desire to thwait
my destiny,” she added smilingly.
She looked so nobly beautiful,an she sto**d
there,—ififr stately figure dilated with wo
manly pride, nut] the light of a high purpose
ty seemed tame and commonplace in com
parison. /
Never had he felt, her worth, so deeply, as
now, that he was about to lose her turever.
He would have told her This, but she quiet
ly withdrew her hand from his clasp. “Jk
is .belterfor 11s both,” she said, and binding
down, she pressed her lip to his fnfeWeai*
looked one, moment into the changeful eyes
that-had soiling been tier sunshine, and fiieir
was gone.
A lew days after tiiis, she .nnnqiinced to
Percy her intention of yielding to the wish
of her bachelor uncle,—an experienced tour
ist and amateur lover of the line arts—and
accompany him to Europe.
“ I'.tlie does not wish to go” slip said, “and
l caimrot leave, her without a protector. —
Yhi love each other,” sb,c eontinuedf’ after a
slight hesitation, —-taking a hand of each.—
“ Why not many now ! This is no fitting
abode fur Effie, and you can remove to the
Lcity In line, which is part (if her dowry.”
So two weeks after, Maude placed the
bridal-wreath on the fair brow of her sister,
stood hy her while she spoke the solemn vows
of mam.'tgg and pressed her to her strong,
brave heart with maternal tenderness. Wflat
matter it the past came crusliingly upon
her when the bridegroom’s lips touched
heis! No betraying fftish tinted tlie color
less cheek,"and none guessed Maude’s bitter
secret.
Another week, ami Effife was in her city
home, and Maude paced the deck of the ves
sel, calming her heart by gazing upon the
still sublimity of the sky and ocean. They
wfliiderwdevery where,—beneath suns
and blue Italian skies, amid the eloquent
monuments of Egyptian glory and tint clas
sic mills of tle Attic land. They counted
IliewtHi*,mirrored in the clear lakes of Switz
eiland, they gatfTered inhsseV from the icy
cliffs of Mont Blanc, the Acropolis,
watched the w indings of the Rhine through
ns castle-crowned hanks and stood, wrapped
in deep imisings, beside the dark and turbu
lent Danube. And Maude’s genius received
fresh inspiration from these scenes,so fraught
with sublimity and beaqfy, so rich in immor
tal memories, and Iter mind expanded to fem
br ce its new stoics of knowledge,—treas
ures that might not be concealed, for Maude’s
name had now become a household word iu
the land of her nativity. Her* masterly
sketches, instinct w ith thought and bold orig
inality, were read and admired by nil, who
could appreciate a strong, vigorous intellect.
And she had lingered so long ainid tlie liter
ature of Germany .that her mind bad become
imbued with its poetic spirituality, while the
magic of feeling and sympathy—the doarly
gained gift of .borrow—thrilled through all
she wrote.
She returned home, after nn absence of
eight yearn, to find an enthusiastic w-elc<*me
awaiting her. She went first to Elmsleydmt
its memories were oppressive. Strange, that
after all she had done and suffered, after all
the years that had rolled sw iy with their,ob
literating influence, the past had not lost its
power! p 1 - ‘ ;
Then, yearning to nee her sister, and her
sister’s children, she went to Effie'* home,bat
there were change* there. Effie was do lon
ger l-’-eG- vu oevr ■ rosy
cheeked matron, with tin traces of the deli
cate beauty of her girlhood in her round,
good humored face. Hers had been the mere
iltfeh and blood beauty that will not endure
tin*, test of time. Maude's wag the higher
order of intellectual lovlitiess,—-the perfect
harmony of the soul, speaking in every lino
ament, and the mijid within, lighting the
eyes with a glory, death alone can quench.
Maude was now thirty years old. It has been
said, that under favorable circumstance*, a
woman’s beauty is then in its zeuillr, and as
suredly Maude had never been more beauti
ful. Some new, peculiar charm attended ev
ery movement, s[x,ko in every look, and
thrilled through every word. She wore her
laurels with a calm dignity, that suited well
her regal style. She was universally admir
ed, and there were many who would have
offered her their love, but there was some
thing in Maude's manner that repelled all
such advances,
“A coni collected look,
A. though her pulse* best by book,
A measured tone, a cold reply'.
A management of voice nuil eye,
A calm, possessed, authentic air,
< That left a doubt of softness there.”
Percy had far exceeded nil Maude’s ex
peotations. llcr heart whispered, that it was
her own.early influence, that had developed
more strength and firmness of character,
than she had ever dreamed, that he possess
ed. He was now eminent in his profession,
and intercourse- wjth society had given a pol
ish to his graceful manner, and rendered his
singular beauty yet more fascinating. He
was the lion of society, but Maude interpret
ed the shadow that often flitted over his
brow. She knew that he was disappointed,
that there was a void in his heart, and often
when she raised her eyes, she tne.t his, full of
sadness and beseeching earnestness, bent
wistfully upon her. She avoided him as much
as possible, and at length left the city for her
uncle’s western home.
She was recalled after a year’s absence,
for death had stilled the pulses of Effic’s gen
■tlc In-art, and Percy was left alone with his
twin gills ; one'inheriting tiie fair, ffoweylike
beauty that had belonged to Effic’s girlhood,
the other, with Maude’s high brow and deep
eyes, full of grave sweetness and mystery.
This last, the dying mother had left to Mau
de, to train and educate as she wished, and
she. had now returned to claim her sister’s
precious legacy.
Shefvcsit with her young charge to Elms
ley, aim resumed her old routine of study
and charitable duties, varied now by tlie ar
rival of distinguished guests, who cnaie to
look upon and converse with, tho now litera
ry star. .*
And Maude was quietly .tranquilly happy,
save when the old feeling of unrest, the year
ning of the uusatisfied spirit, for love and
sympathy, came over her, and tlgm Earth
seemed no longer fair, t lie's kies no longer
bright, atm Maude, the brilliant, the envied,
‘the child of genius and beauty, stood wrap
ped in dark dre.iimmgs, beside the stream.- —
that had listened to the plighting of her first
and last love vows, —her heart murmuring a
Jow refrain to the ceaseless moau of it# \va-
It wason one of these rare moments of
•veakii. -ss and despondency, that she stood
alone in the library, leaning her lo ad npot
the carved oaken mantle, and watching inn
singly the crimson flames,leaping up and dy*’
ing away in ihe grate. Without, the Au
tumn wind was wailing through the sere oh
Elms, and its voice had the spell of sad mu
sic—to recall the past. Ten yeirs ngo, ii
the strength of pride, and the CouSciousnes*
of right, she, had stood in that very tvw.ni
before the only man she had ever loved am
spoken the words that severed them forever,
calmly, coldly, ns though each syllable ha
urif been wrung from a crushed and bleeding
hoartv - — ~ - ~ ” ■ —■ **
He was before 1 Iter now—that fair, grace
ful boy, with the conscious blood crimsoning
his white forehead and words of rt-mnn,
stiance ttn-inl'lmg on his lips. How lifelike
seemed‘the picture! She almost believed it
real, and herlTenit was filled with the mist
of tender misled teais. iSiio was startled
from her reverie, by an nrm placed lightly
around her, nud a band clasping hers with a
thrilling pressure. She.turned, to meet the
radiant eyes of Percy.
“ You are forgetting yonrself sir,” she sa : d,
recovering from her momentary-'bewilder
ment, nnd withdrawing herself from his em
brace with quiet dignity, lie looked at her
sadly*.
“Forgive me,” lie said offer a moment's
pause,—"lint this rooin.vour familiar figure,
and your old, tliouglufnl attitude, as: you
stood there in the dim light, reminded ine so
forcibly of the past. T t cas forgetting every
thing Maude, but those dear, old day sand
you.” ‘
She did not reply:-she did not even raise
l:br eyes to his, awl so he went on, with the
impetuosity Bhe so well remembered.
“ Maude” fie said, “ have-, you succeeded
in Forgetting the past, or has it haunted you
like a shadow-, through long weary years 1—
Have applause and admiration gratified the
cravings of your spirit, or would yau barter
them now, ns 1 would freely do, to bn again,
as we once were, happy in each others love
and confidence t Yon look upon me won
deringly Maude. Yet oh ! if you knew how
I had loved you through all, how your mem
ory lias ‘teen my inspiration, your image the
worshipped idol enshrined in my heart, even
when l knew to love you was worse than
madness— was crime. I never realized your
trup value until it was too late, and then,
when I lenrnda nil, —fori have discovered
your secret Maude, —after the brief infatua
tion that had beguiled mC, had passed away,
my liea.t returned to its nllegiunee,and long
ing to-look upon the scenes that had been
hallowed by yonr presence, 1 went secretly
to Elmsley, and while wandering through
your tavori.e haunts, I found a leaf torn
from your journal, and this revealed to me a
truth, which was almost maddening.
I knew then what a warm heart, freight
ed with love for me, had beat beneath tbat
c*H offeror, I reslifed ther.tha attest of
NUMBER 8.
. - Afc.- -SEE* V
.your noble self sacrifice, Vour arim fortitude
and divine goodness Oh! Mantle you Jo
not marvel now, that thenceforth, M'-.iK
was one long dream of you. The lasthlfT
of yonr ennobling love inspired me with
unwonted energy—but then the remorse, this
hitter self-reproach! to feel that my hand
had overshadowed the brtgbtnaef my own
life and yours. “Obt Maude, Maude eat)
you forgive me ?” * ‘ Hi
She was leaning still upon the heavy
mantle, she had not onoo locked up during
his impassioned recltnl, bnt now she raised
her eyes, and placed Itpr hand in his. “Ya
were forgiven long ago, Percy,” ahe said.—
•‘Not a day has passed since we p-ftT# h
this very room, that 1 have not asked the
leeasiug of Heaven upon you and yoartMh
You have then no pardon to sue for, — what
more would you have me say p*
“ Much morn; that you have loved me
through all ; that the dark past shall be sols
gotten ; that wo may be to each other what
we once were—nn y more, that yon will be
all ny o*n—oven yet. The devotion yi
my life shall expiate the wrong I have done
yom Say Maude, shall we not yet he hap- *
She looked at him in silence, with all bar
self-control, be saw tbat the past vis still *
spell of mighty power, and he gathered hope
from the tenderness softening her dark
bright eyes ; but in a tittle while she moke.
—calmly, as though each word baa aft
mumml oer a struggse and a. pang, r-’^frawg
“No,” she said, firmly, yet kindly. *(t
nay not be Percy. I can never be yonr wife,
tor I cannot separate love front unbounded
lonfidence and respect. Yon deceived op
once,—nay, do not look so grieved. No,
Percy ; by all the sad memories of that Past
you have invoked, I will be yonr true friend,
your sister, —nothing more.”
Sim pitied him from her very heart, as fce
sat there, seeming so crushed, sodinmiHated,
so hopeless, with his face bowed npon,Ui
hands. She knelt down beside hhu, put book
tin* rich brown curls from bis brow, aad
looked sadly, tenderly upon the beauty, that
had mien been her idui. He caught her pas
sionately to his heart one brief moment, ami
i>i'ii left her as silently and abruptly aa Im
had entered.
And it was over,—this strange, stormy in
terview, and Maude stood where he baa left
her, once more alone. Bho bad rejected the
love for w hich her proud heart pleaded, she
had put aside forever tbat hope of the sweet,
domestic life she once coveted, and yet ahe
did not regret it. ‘ She had said truly, that
with her love and confidence ware insepara
ble. and Percy had once betrayed tbat confi
dence. Her idol bad become clay j tba
charui bad'been broken and could never be
renewed Love ebe might, but she eoutd
never respect, never trust him again. Tot.
Oh! how overwhelming was her sense of
utter loneliness and desolation, as she sank
back upon the fimteuil,and buried ber sane in
the damask cushions ! She felt with bitter
ness of soul, that, though she should benee*
forth walk, a lonely Empress, through the
high realm of mind, yet the empire of tin
heart,
“ The world of pure affection,
Inetfable, lorene, -• _
Where Woman’s softer spirit reigns
The crowned and jeweled queen,
would be closed to her forever; for whan
Maude tried to look into the future, she aaw
bnt one burning sentence, written on its dafic
scroll, •• For you there is n such thins: as
lore.”
She repented the words with mocking em
phasis. and a gush of hot tears came to bar
T**Hef. There -was auranswering vateey a
soft arm was twined, half timidly, around her
neck, a little cheek was laid to hers, and a
sweet voice whispered, “Dear aunt Maudes I
lovo you, I love you,”—the only word# of
consolation known to simple childhood. But
now they brought strength and comfort to
Maude. She smiled through her tears, bias
ed passionately the sweet lips that went pro
sed to licrs, and clasped yet more closely to
her warm, loving heart,— her sister'i child.
Ah ! now she knew, that there was still lava
for her, in the wide, cold world, and she felt
then and afterwards, that
“ Life bat many a blessed hour,
That passion never knows,”
B ABN DM ONCE KOU.
The Stamford Conn. Advocate says i •* It
is certainly with pleasure that we announce
the probable fact that P. TANARUS, Bantam i*
again ‘on hit legsthat he is to-day a rich
er man than he was before Ida connection
with the Jerome Clock Company. It is *nH
that he has brought all claims against blip*
self for from five to twenty-five cent* on tba
dollar, with the the exception of soran 118,*
.300 in and about Danbury, wbich he w3l
probably have to pav in. full. The whole at
the vast property assigned by him for (U
benefit of bis creditors has again passed into
his hands, and be is now refurnishing and re
fitting ‘ Iranistan’ in good style for bis ia
ture permanent residence.”
A 0000 EXAMPLE.—LET OTXXM lOLtOV.
The Superintendent of the South Yfek
tern Railroad has ordered his negro dothea
to be made of the cotton -from tba H xtston
County Factory, (Toofce'g Mill,) Georgia
Cotton, Georgia Wool an! Georgia )tiflt!
I’hey Are to be cut by a Georgia tailor, attd
given out to be made up by seamstresses in
Macon ; thus distributing more than a thou
sand dollars at home; instead of going so tba
North. |
This is the trne adiofy* BeUtblftl
independence, ami in these hard
times. Let all our Southern people fontir
this wise and liberal p
it Mr, Adams. —Macon Ttlegrapk.
**■■.. .
A country editor beads bis adver&ktorlSpt
as follows : t
“ He that la the world wosid rise,
Must read the news sad advertise”
There is mnch truth acd Bim poetsy^j..
that reoplst.r-fou t vSs|
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