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— — \: If Of !fll • Cl a !a %h .BXg'XpQ^) 8(1000 /1MT/!'// ^ YOL. t. DUBIIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 33,1878. Passing Away. 1 BYT. P. 8.' s • ‘ The fairest flowers that bloom on earth Musjt jvjthtrt and 3 G The frost of death the petals toucli And then ihpy. pass away. The grandest structure man can rear— ^.Thftiffifle ofihimmn pqwer— ATCtoAdied bjrfime’s relentlessbaud, • And erumble in an hour. And man with all his boasted skill, Must yield to death’s embrace; Must find within the narrow grave A silent resting-place. That furrowea brow with hoary locks Must soon be luid (iwny; No power on earth the stream of life, Or tottering steps can stay; That nollt# youth, Whose'bosom swells With prospeits bright and fair, Must see those prospects fade away— For life is ebbing tlicrA And that sweet maid, with buoyant stqp With spirit glad and free, Must, feel the icy hand of death—■ Must cold and lifeless be. We pass awayl The old—the young Around in silence fall; And soou the hour will come when we Must heed the solemn call. O friends! slinll we all iqeet again When earth shall find no prey? • When all that’s good and pure and sweet Shall neverp^s8-fnyaj r '?\/ '' Atlanta, October 9, 1878. CLIFFORD VANCE. {By Frank Lee Benedict.] ,sanh*r !• tit'/l ' The letter was gone, but Grace Ilamygtpn chpncpd to see it in the hards of the*servant; and with a cu riosity which was one of her greatest failings, she road the superscription, mid the anger that had been smould ering in her mind for some time past flamed up at once. She bad drawn Clifford Vance in to as flerious a flirtation as slio could manage'•'ifc^Tftg^abobk- 1 She 01wits given to such flirtations; and as her husband never complained, of course, nobody else had tho right; and, to toll-—tllO-WllOb»°^wu.tli—till •.!>. -,yop. ,11‘IV not think her,worse $lian site really was, her tomli'ruoss never-went be yond idle talk, in spite of all the gossip about her. and say a thousand things I ought not; but never before did any man think wrong of me, or darod to speak a word that—thaM-i-” She put her hands boforo her eyes, shivered a little, sobbed a little, and did it all very prettily; and Virginia Southwell began tb believe her, and igaiust; being the' slave of her caprices; had not exhib ited hirnself so freely, bound to tho whfc&s *bf her triumphant chariot as .she desired;and to complete,the hein- 0 nsnero $ , tmo ofrehbk^fterh the > time Virginia Southwell dawned upon the horizon,'he liad neither byes or ears, except for bet. ~ So the pretty 5 e^bfiaiitress was hor ribly enraged at her failure, and longed' to punisii, Vance and Vir ginia, too,''for the matter; since it was evident from- this letter that she had taken the, jibqrjy -.tjp; interfere with one of Mrs. Harrington’s vic- tims - .OSE Si It was not a deep-laid plot on the little tlfrc&V part—slio wfts not clever do * .KH'Hii'i Up stairs she went, knocked at into the room. , r “Ho\lr quiet and comfortable you look,”* she said; I am coming in to rest. Oh! how‘tired I am of those odious wretches.down stairs!” 0%$ WHWW 1lf stool at Virginia’s feet, and leaned her graceful head against Virginia’s kdeej ai)ij fajltefl the prc)ty] fus ing nonsense in which she excelled, ihteitefibr&ifi^ her sarcasm about other people with neatly-expressed phrases of affection for Mis3 South- well herself; > - At Inst she got to Clifford Vance, sand ' biro 1 became more angry than ever, because she could pot make Virginia express her sentiments free ly In regard to him; and before she very falfeijMifiiiinee;' thou to excuse herself she had to libel him still to feel a storm of wrath rising in her soul. “Do yon mean that Mr. Vance forgot the courtesy duo you as a mar ried woman?” sho asked, sternly. “Only that once—just tho day be fore ho went. Oh, Virgyl I was so frightened, so ashamed, so angry!” “What did he say?” demanded her friend’s severe voice. “Oh, don’t speak to me like that! Indeed, I don’t deserve it; you know I did not mean any harm!” “I am not blaming yon; only I hope this may bo a warning. Toll me what Mi*. Vance said?” - “It was that afternoon, while he and I,were in tho garden. Oh, Vir gyl” Then, in great haste, she wove a rather incoherent little melodrama. Tho amount of it was, Vanco had got on his knees, and cried out to her to have pity, for ho loved her. “Ho swore that he mount to kill hirnself, Virgy! At first I was frightened; thou I got' angry, and gave him a bit of my mind, and got up and rail into tho house. That was the real reason lio wont away. I had threatened to tell my husband.” It was, unfortunately, in keeping with stories of Clifford Vance’s past. Moreover, it uover oceurod to Miss Southwell that any married woman would falsely accuse a man of having made love to her, when the fact that lie darod do so, showed that at least s’10 must havo been rash and impru dent. „ j i Grace sobbed, and made Virgin ia promise to love her, and be her good friend and guardian angel always, and.help hor keep out of scrapes; ana M-kj» Southwell boliovod 111 hor penitence, and liked .lismmttcr *W she hud ever before done. “I know you never liked him, or I would not have told you dear,” Grace said, anxious, if p633ible, to find opt That terms Vance stood with her. “He is nothing to yon?” “Nothing,” replied Miss Soubli- woll with quiet scorn; “he is too ut terly indifferent to mo evbn for con tempt!” She got rid of Grace as quickly as possible, and wont down to seo if she could recover her lotter—it was already gone. Wli i lo her anger and humiliation; were hottest in her mind, she wrote 0 brief note, and Sent it after her epistle. “In n?y letter of this morning I promised to bo your friend—I asked you to come back. I havo learned that the man I beleived you, does not exist. I have neither anger- or contempt to bestow—you have p:us od out of my life foroycr; and re member that neither explanation or entreaty can change my resolve. If, by apy chance, you should read tins before you do my Jotter, at least havclsnffioient right feeling either to burn that or send.it back with the seal unbroken.” And.it so happened that both mis sives reached Clifford Vanco at tho into temblor, and in turn tho sum mer gar/ placo to gorgeous autumn. c of hot faith in him being riiihed/ Virginia C Soptbwell had never boon nblo to blot Clifford’s peniQ'y So utterly from her mind as I ho had resolved, and had believed. Wteld bo easy to do. . ifo had never boon just the same tte frcslmoss had, worn off it; and though sho never allowed horsolf to think how it had gone, sho was forc ed toyidmit thate it was lost. She more. .... ^ “I never knew so had a man,” she said. ^Gh, ¥iife l know I flirt, same time, and ho chanced to open the note first. jWhsatjfha ML.-jWhafc ho, suficy* vnly the. angels ‘who watched a ffm-ed, and pitied hiepain*.t youltLevor know. In duo course Virginia Southwell received this brio! message; “I did not- read your lotter. Be quite at rest, I shall never trouble you again in this world.” At first those wordB scorned to her u tacit confession of his guilt. She said to herself that he perceived by her note she had loomed his treach ery, and dared not deny it; and sho warred- against herself terribly for her blindness, her stupidity, in be ing for a time deceived by his spe cious words, and plausible manner. Tho months went by-^-wmtor passed, spring came and deepened *y'>ithjj6%if because sho no\ put tins mth bite of her could not help recalling and looks; oomparring him to , and thinking how much bettor,\nd movd'mmorons he siiowod. SombtinW tfioujch she boliovod Grace’s ste’y, slio caught herself wpnderi ngV some expuiiiation frorn him mightNhnve been pdsiiblo—if she hfid nocHvritteh in too Varsli, nay, oven an unwomanly maiiier. Then sho woufi ravo against he for lior idiocy, in thinking such tilings; despisolhorself heartily; re sume borrow of resolutely forgetting him; and just when sho fancied that she had succeeded, some passago in a book, sonjo expression in a stranger anything, nothing—would recall liis imago, and her work would have to be done afresh. She refused to visit Mis. Hamfigr ton that summer—tho woman had grown positively distasteful to her: but whon autumn came, sho received such pleading messages ^ that slio could not refuse to go. Grace was down in her country re treat, and so ill, that she could not bo nxovod; if darling Virgy had any love or pity for her sho would coins). Virginia went, and found Grace exceedingly ill, and as it was tho first time such discipline hod befallen lier, sho was I'evritityTrigliteficd. Yir gijiia nursed her for tw6 weeks; and while slio was at tho worst, and mor tally afraid of dying, Graco conclu ded sho might bettor renounce the world,"the llefii, and tho devil, and absolutely made open confession that she had exaggerated about Clifford Vanco. Come to get at tho bottom of tho story, which Miss Southwell did at last, it appeared that ho had gone on her knoo3, at lior command, to button lior glove, and tho protes tations sho had told of had been the merest sentimental' nonsense, which it was ovident sho. had forced him to speak. Virginia wasted no words—the creature was then too ill thou to be scolded; and after she began to got well, Miss Sonthwoll preferred to lot the.mattor drop into tho oblivion to which Grace consigned it with; a grace and easo that few womon would have been able to display under the circumstances. Mrs. Harrington was nearly re covered at last, and was able to re turn to town the doctors said. She had worked herself up into such ner vous excitements whop /Virginia' talked of loaving her, that it had boon impossible to do so; And; after all, the little foolish moth was,not worth being angry with. • But, ah! in tho solitude of her chamber—in every lonely moment, how Clifford Vance’s imago camo back to the proud girl; and she Was forced to admit to herself that life could never be what, it might lwvo been lmd she believed in him—had slio even shown him 6rdi- niiry justice. For she was powerless now he would never come near her, and sho could not send for him—she was a woman. She darofi not even trust heraelf to write and ask his forgive ness; lest she should betray her se cret. Before now he might have cast her from his thoughts-^-might lovo another; she could die, but she could not expose herself to such hu miliation. It was tlio evening before they were to go up to town, and Virginia went down to the beach for a last look at the sea, whose coaseless mar mur had grown to sound in her care like the requiem of all that was bright in her youth. It had been windy all day; but when tho sun was set, instead of decreasing it grow more violent, and presngfid a tempestuous night. Virginia stood there nud saw the Sun go down, a groat, red, angry ball, and tho gorgeous clouds floated up like triumphal banners; the wind surged by with a louder shriek, and the breakers dashqd upon, the shore "ilb fmntie violence. Two or ilir’ee old fishom\eiy near 1) skiffs, und watch of the storm. Vir- n was suddenly, nt- y their words. She looked notion in which; they wore pointing,' ibid saw a-sail-boat round ing the point, and could just distin guish there lyas but 0110 single occu pant/in‘it.^ i iir;^, 1 :! . M i . f Tlie'ffutebjirqno was boing tossed to and. fro liko a bubble. Wlfilo they gazed, they saw tho man liqul, down bis sail : and tuko to Uis oars, and a ory of dismay and oomnnser ution wont up; Qli 1 can’t you help him?” ox en i mod Virginia> turning to tho nun., ■ ! They shook tlioir heads sadly. “Vo should .only logo our own lives, Miss,” said tho oldest of the group.. “Only God Almighty, in his meroyi can help the ppor fellow now!” “But lie may get in. Sep how he puls! Oh, that wind! if it would only flop!” “He ijniM—it’s a chance! Thq boat is being blown in shore fast enojigh, but it may go bottom side up any minute, and no mortal could live among them breakers.” They stood there almost in silence, watching the agonizing scene, and wore utterly Violpir.oo ami,, t.Wp is vndrr b;n-r«me .jiiitri limn that ill all this life's rontid of torturos. It was very brief! On swept the boat, dashed from one breaker to another; uow soomingly almost per pendicular in tho air, then setting back, while afresh wavo would,fair ]y submergo it for an instant. Tfie doomed man had laid down his oars, lie was near enough now bo that thoV could see ho was sitting quite still in the bottom of the boat. Once they saw him pqt lfia hands, before his face; they know that lip was praying, and ft simultaneous supplication wont up from the white lips of those who watched. It was a terrible sight, oven tb tho men inurod to scones of dangor and death; bqt it seompd tp Virginia Southwpll that she must go mad if she copld not do something; uinst plunge into tlio water—as if her weakness could avail; could hot stand and watch a human being flung oil to dPtttii before her very eyes. ^ ‘’ :; - Nearer and nearer tho boiit was dashed; louder shHeked tho wind; fierber and whiter rolled the break ers; aiid there the group stood, with strained eyes ahd : hushed breath, watch ingr-wateh ing. Another blast—a maudor waVo; seized tlio boat bn its upward heave, boro it high in tho air, and dashed it down, down. When it righted itself the man had disappeared; A sebond’s horrible stillness; a cry from every lip, “There! There!” They Uadi seen him—be was very near the shove; the np^t breaker would dash him almost on the sand. In silence the fishermen mado their arrangements; two of the strongest, with long ropes tied about their waists,' waded out into the surf. Virginia saw the hapless wretch dashed forward; saw tho fishermen spring toward him; was conscious tliey bod caught him—wore bring ing him iii. 8he heard acclumntkn^ from the mon; she could not speak —could not support horsolf longer. Sho sank on the Band, perfectly in possession, of her senses, but too weak to moyo. She saw them bringing tho motion less body np to the beach; they came close to her on flic way to tho biilh- ing-lumse. Tho man’s head lay over the shoulder of his supporters—his fiat was off; they swept back tho mas ses of wet hair, and Virginia looked full in the face of Clifford Vanco— and it was tho facb of ono dead. She let them go—-sho could'neith er cry out or faint. She sat thero aloilo on tho sands, rigid, cold, try ing to pray, ttying to roalize what had happenod—to move, to feel: anything to break tho horrible nuinb- uvhh mul rigidity which was crco] over lior. : ofi i '?■ ■ 1 *• : • = -^ : - She could not tell if she had sat there moments or hours; it seemed Ittf hei‘ as if sho had boon suddenly filing out of time into.tho pulseless hush of eternity. Sho could only feel that ho was doad—dead! and slio ooiild novor hoar him say that he forgave her! Sho was roused by one of the mon; slio heard him- whisper, < “Wo’vo done all wo cun; we’ll got ‘him up oil tho cart—it’s Mr; Vanco;'* I - And Virginia’s wliito lips* parted to whisper only, “Is I10 dead*” There's no sign of life—wo’vo tried brandy. We’ll get liim to tho hofite. These wore in-■■his vest pook et. Jhst please take.’em Mias.” She soKtill and saw tho cart drive off with its N burdon wrapped in a blanket. Sho could not move yet as well wait thore as anywhbro; lie was dead; she novor could hoar him say lie forgave her. Sho glahcod down at the pockot wrapped in a handkerchief, whi the man had laid by her; took it lip wilh a great effort; saw a woe pock et-book, and a small, thin, metallic case. Without being conscious of white the was doing, she nnscrowod the top os tlio caSo. Within was a paper. Site drew it out, mid saw the letter slio hud written—.tlio lottor wmi vti> flcul uiibvokuiu.. _.... All lier lifo’nfteJ Virginia South- well know that slio had passed through woi’sa than tlio tortures of death, as sho kept her yirgil by the lonely sea-shore; Imt it was all strangoly indistinct, in spite of its agony. When slio bocamo really conscious, sho found hovself on tho road homo, near tlio gate of the hoiiso to which Vance had boon carried. Slio stop ped, went tip tho jiatb, entered the hall—sho must soo his face once more; porhaps after that sho could go mad, or dio. Just then ono of the servants came into the passago; s]i6 recognized Vir ginia, and begun to wring hor hands and sob. “They say lift must have thought he’d sail over from Thompson’s Point,” she moaned; “ho used to often. Oh; dear! Oh, dear!” * Virginia could not ask any ques tion; she know that he was dond. She went down tho hall, opened the door, and passed into the dining-; room. Thero was a group of people ■gathered about the half-undressed form that lay on the sofa. In the same blind fusliion Virginia pushed her way among them and stood close by tho cpuplij and ns she did so, Clifford Vanco opened his eyes, and with the flsst returning conscious ness'of life he recognized hor, and tried to . touch hor hand. Hours after, when ho was out of danger, in bed, and hud slept, he could romember and ask for lior, and eho came and watched beside him. ; She could not hoar the pleading of his eyes; she could not think of her self; she know that I10 loved ’hor, She held up tho sealed letter. “You may read it now,” sho whis pered. “Oh, Clifford, forgive mo!” The next instant, she was drawn close to his heart, and she felt upon her-cheeks not only liis kissoS but his tears of tliankfullncss, which he was not too proud to shed. 80 their littlo romance ended, and tho hotter, tho higher, holior morn ing of life had dawned. CamlUlutcH i‘«*r Congress erotic and Independent. i>; . ? > > 1st Dist.—Hon. John C. Nicholls, of Pierce, Hon. Stephen A. Corker, of Burko, Independent. ’ d 2d Disk—lion. \V. E. Smith of _ f Dist. —Hon. Philip Cook, of Sumpter. r[ 4th Dist.—Hon. Henry R. Harris, * if Meriwether, demooratio,Tndepon- dont, and Col. Henry. Persons, of, Talbot, ludopondoiit, clemooraf ‘ 5th Dist.—Hon..Nat. <T. t , ux Fulton, 5 Gteciibackor, 1 and M. E. Tlioftdn, Independent grconbackcr. . > 6th Disk—Hon. J. H, Blount, of, Bibb. ' 1 7th Disk— Hon. Geo. N. Loster; r of Cobb, HonWnr. H. Felton, of- Bortow, Independent. ;i :<di . v;k>! 8th Disk—Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro. U , a * mm of Morgan, Col. Emory Spoor, of Clark, rndopoiidont. ■ 1 ' A Horrible Outrage upon a Child, Aksonia, Conx., Ootohor 4.—A^ nogr6' nahiod Fvoomani kidnapped la' seven year old* daughter of John Mc- Orindie beforo'daybreuk yostordny^ 1 and taking hor to a biini, com’mittod> a hbrnblo assault, lifter whidlt fun loft hoi* on tho public road. Ilb'was subsequently arrested, and a orowd of four hmidred assembled to lynclt him, and lmd nearly Biiceoeded wh6n) ho was rescued by a doputy > * sheriff.' Ho is nertv jailed nt Now HUveh. ofi'l’ -v ,'^r‘r .ftoy/oiv The Biggest Fool of AJJii.myf* Pat Donna’s Paper. .... Tho typical soriptuniV idi'pt wljq looks for figs on. tlpsHo'bustie^jiJnd redemption and rbgoimraiio^ from A party whoso loaders and oxompjars are Boast Butler, Brick Pomeroy afid Douniu -Kuuvuoy » lilffi Sly Sammy. Wliltolftw Hold. I i’ • 'I> Thero is a pretty strong suspicion hi tho public* niiMtl flint o douiocniGv victory in Ohio and very ardently desired in Gramereyi park. A doteat in Ohio woiild' 1 tHp* up Mr. Thurman in his vaco for the nomination in 1880, and a like cii* cumstanco in Indiana ivould epol t)j9 dcinoCriidy to Mr. Tildoii agaih' as thC only candidate with whom thoy could expect success, Mr. Tilde# scos this and js lying lq,w. i(f) The Rise ill Central Stock. OhlougO Tiibiuioi • • ibtstu Nothing shows tho recuperation*of the south any more clearly than! the vapid inorenso in the husinesH of her railroads, and the conSoqnont appre ciation of railway wtooks. Thusithe sharos of the Gentral road in Georgia have increased twenty loonts <dn* tlw dollur in two weeks, and tho business of tho y company for September uis largely in excess over tho cen'cspbiid- ingmonth of last year. ' : rr iip 7wr ' 7ioft&ffl'tr "liicago Tribune, Sliico it turns oiit that JndglD Da •Sciqiont-skin boots for ladies are tho latest novelty in Paris. l id Davis is only worth a million, tho nationals have gone bnek on it ini. As a workingman’s candidate ,hp, wi,11 nptdo.. Hip pilp iK too s/mill, How to Vote in Boston. Boston Post, it Vote, follairos, vcfto with caire, vote in tho, presence of the, insiwc- tairo, buf m the name qt all that’s fairo, do not vote for Bdh Biitlairo, As 1 wnn just Buying. i ran ■ BlilladelpMnlfjsfl,:, >I r , fU . my remarks wore interrupted by a noticeable incident.”/ „i.! fimiol A gentleman ..,» some ono peeping through T8 hole of his oiiice door, investigated with a syringe full of pepper. snuco, and went homo to finfi -liis ,wifo hud been cutting wood, and a chip lmd hit hor in tho eye: ; , u Tr,f t **’>vh—' '■* * r rl*: *:Bfh fiiimrru - Six vears ago two young monifrom. Pliiladoldhia inherited from ; their father about $80,090 eaqli, Siuoo that period one has died p°<ir and tho other is dnving A fiunituri‘ car for a living. • i ; ini >4 “•’*' te fioi mfuAtia .* ■ ‘^ r,< JittM '