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®l)e toitc # xi\m Exporter. VOLUME I. THE Wilt E-(ilt ASS REPORTER PUBLISHED TUESDAY MORNINGS, BY rrrp.lt a. i.nvß, | w h.i.iam h. ihi.i ” ~ TERMS: The ‘Win e-On ass Reporter iiyuiMH’hed Wet R- Ij t Two Dollars per annum. in nil run c. AiLerdeti t'yr tiu> Kiiroiti'cit, to receive uucutimi ninst be sceompanied with the money. Snbieribers \yisliiiiyr the direction of their paper cluihsed, will notify üb ( from’ what office it i to bi tes naferrrd. The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square for the tiret. and TTtv Cents for each subsequent, insertion. Those Bent without-* specification of the number of insertion*. wif b ■ pul lished until ordered out. and* charged accenlingly. 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. Notice that application will be made to the Court 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| ■ a jl