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l cannot marry the man l have ceased te
respect"
"rhs is Mrs. Manners doings!" he ex
claimed, angrily; 81 have long seen that
in her sclfishness, she has strivcn to disunit.
u.s."
"Not another word I" cried Isabella, Will
an imperious gesture. "Your accusation i.
false and unjust. Though would willing
ly have spared myself the pain Of this in
tervew, yet could not bear that even my
best and trucst friend should know how low
Sir Philip Deverll has sunk in the estima
tion of Isabella Grandty."
lie bit his lip, but restraining the angry
feelings warning in his bosom, he answer
cd
1T is evidently useless attempting to rea
son with YOU now-to-morrow we both
shall bc camer."
She extended her hand with a calm, sad
farewell, and thus they parted.
AS soon as the cabriolet. drove from the
door, Miss Grandby rang for the sbutler, an
old and attached servant.
"Christopher," she said, II wish to leave
England immediately-to night if possible
can you arrange it for me?'
Christopher bowed assent.
Il shall leave all my pensioners in your
care, and there'is young wornan-whose
address I will give you-who will be re-
ceiveI by my housckeeper in the country
as soon as she is ready for the journey.
Christopher withdrew 10 make the hur-
ricd preparations for his young lajy's de-
parture, and she sought the chamber Of her
aunt.
Mrs. Mannerssas seated with her hands
resting on herFopen Bible; she glanced
anxiousIy at Isabcla's perturbcd face. That
kind look destroyed the remains Of her forti-
tude, and sinking at the feet of her aunt,
Miss Grandby gave way to a convulsivc
burst Of tears. Mrs. Manners WAS too sensi
ble to check them, but her tender endear-
ments at lengtll- restored the weeping girl
to composure.
"My kind aunt" she whispered, Il must
leave here directly; fear my own weakness; !;
YOU will 20 with me, will you not!'
Are you sure" asked Mrs. Manners,
that you are not acting too hastily that
You will not repent this step?"
'ssQuite sure," replied Isabella; IL cannot
tell you more than that Sir Philip and are
parted forever"
Fresh tears accompanied the words, and
Mrs. Manners wisely sought to know no
more. In few hours Isabella was on her
way to the continent, where her welt-order.
ed mind soon regained its usual serenity;
and thus, after few vain efforts to discover
this retreat Of the heiress, ended the hopes
Of Sir Philip Deverill.
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MISCELLANY.
From Reynolds Miscellany.
THE ESCAPE OF AN HEIRESS.

1t was the fashionable hour Tor morning
calls, but the drawing-room of Isabella
Graudby was uuoccupicd, save by the fair
heiress and her chaperon for the world
had already learned the days when she was
"at home" only to Sir Philip Deverill, l'er
accepted lover; and the elegant French
clock now marked the hour of his coming.
As its chimes struck on her ear, Isabella's
unusually pale cheek became still palcr, to
the alarm Of Mrs. Manners, who arose and
bent over her with affectionate so;icitude.
II am4quite we'll, my dear aunt" said the
young lady, hastily, "and you must confer a
favor upon me. wish to see Sir Philip
alone, quite alone"
The elder lady looked surprised and half
offended but Isabella went on.
II know how very kindly and discrcetly
you have always acted, but yield to my
whim for one hour, and forgive my with
holding the reason for the present"
The gentle, coaxing manner of her pretty
relative had already assuaged Mrs. Msnners's
ruffled feelings, and she smiingly gathered
together her vast assortment Of needles and
woods. Isabella watched her in silence :;
but, as she turned to leave the room, abrurt-
ly asked
"Dear aunt, why have you never admir-
ed my chosen husbandr'
"My Child" said the the old lady, startled
at the. unexpected question, II have never
told you that I. did not like him."
"But have seen it," replied Miss Grand
by; "seen it in your eyes, in your manners,
and reproacbed myself for acting in what
felt was opposition to the wishes of my best
and truest friend.",.
'"My dearest Isabella said Mrs. Manners,
droppipgsher work, that she might return
the affectionate embrace Of her niece, "if
ny'distaate to Sir Philip has given you'one
hours uneasiuess, I shall be very angry
with myself for having, though, unwittingly,
betrayed it. i have nsyer dreamed of at
tempting to bias your choice; you are of
age,and with,good sense and penetration to
aid youi your sslection; and if have not
exactly approved, ilbecause I fear my
Child will find SIT 5balp too thoroughly a
man d the world -of. the London world
tosbecoms,ber companion in pursr and'sin,.
pier enjoyments." -
AT this nomsBft thedssbipg Of aea6riole,
to.the;deor, id Sa LOUD rattats sapnoupcsd
the szpsc.sd arrival and Q. Mrs. Manner
vanished ct spad door Sir P. :Dsvetill, hnry.
1ipg pst Tie ssyvsnt, Who bsstsled tossn:
ndunce him, sassred at tbs other, - ::
"They teld ne ssiuiysiab evening he ex.
elsined sassacips g sthsFs Isabslfs stood,
Isee hysypul Sountsn nance tbs sssbsy atoia
mssHaIy lest evening, that sosi ~srs ;;IIlE i
feared that M ssansales ieslonsY at the at6s::
basssdors Ban had mad you s. soluda your.
Aaess isll as ihat, yoa; q L ;5sselss 5l
MSSnybsievsd s. 3. {;
s sl sssSssd Isibalis amu;s adj ssly.a ;bass
fS 6 Il 60.
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VOLUME s6---e-NO. i,
RATE OF ADVERTISING.

The Proprietors of the Abbeville Banner and
Independent Press, have established the follow
.hg rates of Advertising to be charged in both
papers:
Every Advertisement inserted for less time
Than thfee months, will be charged by the in
Aert{on at One Dollar per Square, q inch
the space of 2 solid lines less, for the irst
Insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsc-
Gentinsertion.
sB- The Commissioners, Sheriff. Clerks
shd 0rdinnry's Advertisement. will be inserted
IN both papers, each charging half price.
EE'. Shttiff's Levies, One Dollar each.
,.R- Announcinga Candidate Five Dol.
aaTs.
Advertising an Estray, Two Dollars,
70 Ge paid by the magistrate.
ADVERTISEMENTS ineetted for three tn6nths, or
lonpef, at the following rates
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Wonders of the Human System.

Paley, says the London Quaterly, ap-
plauds the contrivance by which everything
we cat aud drink is made 10 glide on its
road to the gullelt, over f,een,rance Of tho
wind pipe without falling into it. A. little
movable lid, the epiglotts, which is lifted
up when we breathe, is pressed down upon
the cbink of the air passage by the weight
of the food, and the act on the Inusles in
swallowing it. Neither solids or liquids, in
short, can pass without shutting down the
trapjoor as they proceed. But this is only
a part Of the safeguard. The slit at the
top Of. the wiudpipe, which never closes ell
tirely while we breathe is enducd with an
acute ss5sibility to the slightest particle
5offssffiatter. The. least thing which touches
Sthc margin Of the aperture, causes the sides
to come firmly together, aud the intrudine
body is'stopped at the inlet. It's stopped,
but unless removed, must drop at the next
inspiration into tfe lungs. To effect its ex-
pulsoin, the sensibility Of the rim at the top
Of the windpipe actually puts into vehement
action Whole class ofmuscle placed lower
than its bottom, and which, COMPRISING the
chest over which they are distributed drive
out the air with force that sweeps the Of.
Tending substance before it. The convul-
sive caughing which arises when we are
| checked, is the energetic effort of nature
for our relief.when anything chances to have
eyaded the protective. epiglottis. Yet this
property, to which we are constantly owing
our lives, is confined to single spot in the
throat. 1t does not, as Sir Charles Bell af.
firms, belong to the rest of the windpipe,
but is limited to the orifce, where alone it
is needed. Admirable, too, il is to observe,
that while thus sensitive TO the most insig-
.nificant atom, il bears without resentment
that atmospheric current which are inces-
| sanity passing to and fro over it's irratable
lips. ut rejects, says Paley. "the touch oi
a crumb Of bread, or drop Of water, with
| spasm which convuises the whole frame {;
yet left to itself aud its proper Office, the in.
trornission of air alone, nothingzcan be &C
quiet. It does not even make itself felt
! a man does not know that he has trachea
THIS capacity Of perceiyipg with such acute
/ ness,ibis impatiencs of offence, yet tspesfeci
t;fest aud ease whsn let 8 lons, sare properties
onst wculd have thought, not likely 10 re
I side nStho came subject. b III 10 to TIE juno
Isis1 However, of fthess almost, i1eonsistsht
i EahAlitisss insaAis, as we'll % an come .othel
i 3deiicats parts Of slhs body that Wa'nau, on,
] aafety. .snd our, conf Dur Safsty =to ibsi
ssnstt5iI ahsir rsreposs. (, =; =
Il .5z.s iss.s
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Elhaa; d.l.sa;.sps Igpss e1ss. 50: \ i g g
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Fractions of Squares will bee charged in pro-
portion to the above rates.
~ Business Cards for the term of one
year, will be charged in proportion to tho
space they occupy, at One Dollar per line
space.
eSy- For all advertisements set in double COL
umn,s Fifty per Cent. extra will be added to the
above rates.
DAVIS & CREWS,
For Banner;
LEE d WILSON,
For Press.
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Scenes on the Ocean Floor.

Besides the countless varieties of the facus
the bottom Of the sea is overgrown with the
curled, deep purple leaves Of sea-lctuco, +,
with large porous lichens, aud many branch
ed, hollow algH, full Of life and motion in
their rosy little bladders, thickly set with
her moving tiny arms. Thete plants form
submarine forests, growing one into another
in apparently lawless order; here entang
ling their branches, there forming bowers
and long avenues; at one time thriving
abundanlly, till the thickcst seems inpenc-
trable, then again leaving very large ope-
nings between void and void where smaller
plants form beautiful pink turf. There IL
thousand hues and tinges shine and glitter
IN each changing light. In the indul gences
of their luxurious growth the fuel especially
seem to CRAFTY every whim and freak
Creeping close to the ground, or sending
long-stretched arms, crowned with waving
plunes, up to the blessed light Of heaven,
they form pale-green sea-groves where there
is neither moon nor star, or rise up nearer
to the surface, to be tranccdcntIy rich and
gorgeous in brightest green, gold and pur-
pie. And through this drcamlikc scene,
planning in all colors Of the rainbow, and
deep under the briny, hollow ocean, there
sail and chase each other merrily gaiy
painted moacks, and bright shining fishes
SnaiIs of every shape creep slowly along
the stems while huge, grayhaired seals,
with enormous tusls, hang on tall trees
There is the gigantic Dugong, the siren Of
the ancients the sidcong shark with his
leaden eyes the thck-haired sea-lcopard,
and the sluggish turtle. Look how these
strange, illshapcd forms, which ever keep
their dreamless sleep far down in the gloomy
deep stir themselves from time to time
See how they drive each other from their
rich pastures, how they seem to awaken, in
storms, rising like islands from beneath. and
snorting the angry spray! Perhaps they
gaze peacefully in the unbroken cool Of the
oceans deep bed. When 10! hungry
shark comes slyy, silently around that grove.
Its CLASSY eyes shine ghostly-like, with a
yellow sheen, and sees their pray. The sea-
dog first becomes aware of his dreadful cue.
my, and seeks refuge in the thickest rccescs
OF tile fungus forest. In an instant the
whole scene changes. The oyster closes its
she'll and drops down into the deep below;
the turtle conceals head and feet under her
armor, aud sinks slowly down
ward the playful fish disappear i'll the
branches ofthe morcoystis, lobster hide un
der the thick, clunsily shaped roots and
the young walrus alone turns boldly round
and faces the intruder with his sharp point
ed teeth. The shark seeks to gain his M
protected side. The battle commences, both
seek the forest, their fins becomes entang!ed
in the t.loSply iItrrwoycn branches at last
the more agile shark succeeds in wounding
his adversary's side. Despairing Of life, the
bleeding warus tries TO conceal his last ag-
ony in tbs woods, but blinded by pain and
blood,-he fastens himself among the
branches and soon falls an easy prey to the
shark, who very greedily devours him.
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ARREST OF A FUG1TIvE.-

ARREST OF FUGITIvE.-Informatio
was communicated on Thursday afternoon
to Mr.. f. L. Schuboe, State Constable, that
Col. H. Falk, of Robinson country, North
Carolina, who had escaped from Jail OF that
county, wasssa the Pavilion Hotel i'll this
city, with his family. Proceedings were
Immediately taken to secure his arrest. A
warrant was issued by w. d. II. Kirkwood,
ESQ.,, Mag istrate, OH the oath of Mr.. Schuboe,
and Mr.. Il. E. Stro,her First Lieutenant of
the City Police, was detailed by the Magis-
trate as special officer tosserve the war
rant.
After one o'clock, Friday moring, Messrs.
Strothcr and Schuboe proceeded to the Pa
vilion Hotel, where they found Col. Falk
and wife, his two sous and several servants.
WHO had mado arrangements to leave the
city by the early train to Augusta. Deputy
Sheriff Hendericks and en- Policeman Hicks
joined the officers ut the house. The arrest
was made quietly and without resistance,
and Col. Falk was conveyed to the Guard
House, whence, upon return of the warrant,
and examination before Magistrate Xix
wood, he was committed to'the Jail, to
await requisition from the auth orities of
North Carolina. Information has been sent
to the Sheriff of Robson County that Col
Falk is in custody here.
We arc informed that Col. Falk. whose
manners certainly bespesk him gentleman,
is planter of abundant means. He was
complicsted in May, 1857, in an unfortunate
affair, by which neighbor's servant lost his
life, and for which he, with one Other, was
held to answer. Before trial, he succeeded
in escaping frouf confinement, and had for
some months been at liberty, when he was
arrested on Friday morning.
Charleston Mercurv,
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OF newspaper aOriting, reviewer very
crecy, it is a secret known to all the town,
that almost every competent man in politi-
cal life hus now and then used the mespspa.
per press-the most powerful engine there
is for acting upon opinion. An acquaiut-
ance Of ours, calling on one. of tlle bishops
had to wait beside him until he finished
leader for daily paper. Several political
chiefs affect little secrecy respecting the
fact Of their contributing TO newspapers,
though they Of course do not wish to he
identified with all their contributions. you
may think it uery easy to aOrite an article
for newspaper said cabinet minister at
public dinner recently, but try it, In
truth, TO writc good5leader on an occur
renee of the hour, acute and ready in its
arguments, and humorous or forcible in its
illustrations, with the brief statements Of
f,.cts aud the skilful management Of person.
alities- which it demands in reference botl, TO
the pewspapessgand its party, is one Of the
most difficult Of all Kinds Of composition"
TAXING SHowER-BATH.- IL Doctor
"Well, how did your wife manage her
sliower.bath, deaconar
Deacon--.She had real good luck. Mad.
ame Moodys told her .,,how she managed.
She said she.had "a large oiled silk cap,
With a caps Sstosit, like a'firernan's 8 tbatsa,r,e.
atFoyer her shoulders, and--Shs !. \, !. ~
!Doeaora-"shsssfool for hssbains that's
not e5way.n. ~ e S !. = i
Dsasons-aso my wife shoughtp---. s...s
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sss,aI In ola 9sfSisnasp vABdsl III iiis
3ttts fs fatistlc aays Sl SS lia
a6ans sopssEosuSR R1ff
s4essbl lnay What is,ychfsesa b sss
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The Husband at Home.

Editors Of Home Journal In your
paper, April seventeenth. | noticed 3
wellwrittcn article, entitled, The wife
at home 1t was appropos and very
sensible, at least 50 | think. Now, there
arc two sides to everything, and let us
ioot on the husband side of this, or in
other words, at the husband at home -
Mans first duty is to his maker; tho
second, to his family. 1t is within. the
precincts Of the home circle that virtues
shine brightest, whether through man.
woman, or chill; and it is also therein
that trials and temptations abound. 1t
has been truthfully written that in triAcs
infinitely clearer than in greater deeds.
Is true character displayed; and alas !!
for the fact that many a man whose gre
ecs, eloqacnce, wit or poetry calls forth
tho laudntions of an admirin5 world, is
in his do9cStic relations, tyranical, neg
lecttuI and unfeeling; and have known
of some deplorabe cases in which incon.
sistcnt Benedjcts vocifcrously preached
'Woman,s Rights but whose practice
was as remote from that system as are
the plains of Jordan f.om the Rocky
Mountains. Madame De Stacl says.
Love, in a women's life is history; in
man san episode Maa too often dis
regards this, anl forgcts that the chords
ofaHtction, if rudely jarrel, will vibratc
mournfnlly through many long and wca-
ry hours. Then touch gently and with
care the la:o OF love, least its strings be
snapped, and,
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Wanted

This meets ones eyes daily i'll the col
umn of Wants. and it is as true as tn,
Pentateach. Wanted: Or Course the
are-diways wanted.
The market can never be ovcrstocke1
they will always be called for, and never
quoted dull or no sale Wanted fol
thinkers; wanted for workers in the
mart, on the main, in the field and in
the forests,
Tools are lying idle for want ola young
man; pen is waiting to be welded Il
tree to BE lo!led a plough to be saided
avilla%e to be toualad Il school 10 bcin-
| structed.
They talk about staples and great sta
pies. Honest, Industrious, able younI
men ere the great staple i'll this world OF
ours. Young nun, YOU are wanted, but
not for Doctor No, nor Inwyet.--
There are enough of them for this gen
Grafton, and one OF two to spare.
Don't study profession unless it be
the profession of brck-,ayins Or farming,
or some other of the mhaaai Professions
Don't measure tape if YOU can help it
1t is honorable and honest, aud all that,
but then, perhaps, you can 10 bcttcr.-
OF all things, dom rob the women. 1t
is their prcrogative to handle silks and
laccs. tape ond thread. Put on youl
hat like 4 man, don an apron and 90 out
of dools. Get good glow on your
check, the jewclry Of toll on your brow,
and a good set of welldcvclopcl muscles
We would go, if we could, but then we
were young, longer ago than we like tc
think. and you know, when onc's old, he
caut.'
BESIDES, if you become Doctor, you II
have to wait. because you haven't ex
pericnee, says an old practitioner be-
cause you are too young say all thl
women.
If yoa are a lawyer, and likely to rise
they'll put Il weight on Your heap, 4 'o
Swiss, to keep you under, or, ifyoa make
a good argument, some old opponent, Il.
gray us a rat, will kick il all over, by
some tannt or other, because you were
not born in the year 'onc
And 50 it will go, until you Grow tired
and sourel, and wish you had been tim
ker, perhaps IAN immortal ono, OF any
thing bat just what you are.
BE farmer, and your troubles arc
over, or rather they do not begin You
own what you stand on, from tho centre
Of the earth,' as they used to say, up to
the sky;' you are as independent as
possible all day, and tired, not weary at
night for there is great difference
between those two words, if one only
stops to think oft. The more ncighbors
you have. and tho better farmers they
are, the more and the better for you.
There is one thing more, young man.
You are wanted, a yonAy aconsaa wants
you. Don't forget her No matter ii
you are poor. Don't wait to be rich
You need companion while you live,
and not after you have done living. Eff
fort is life, and cessation thercfrom, a
grand and gloomy 'has been, SO, do
net wait until your time is all in the yes
terdays if you do, ten to one if you are
I'll to be married at all, to any body that's
fit to be married. Marry while you are
young, and struggle up together, lest in
the years to come, smoebody shall ad
vertise Young men wanted, and none to
be had. Chicago Journal.
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'On thy harp or Oh thy late,
Iha string which thpu has br r,kcn
Shall ueyer in sweet Sounds again
49,. IL. - Il. :. -

Kindly, aal Lovingly, anil cons tan'ly,
should woman minister to the necessities
and vexations of man; and kindly, and
loving ly, and constantly. should these
offices be appreciated and acknowledged.
Tho wife Las need of soothing sympathy
as well as her husband; for she has many
source of anxiety and grief that he
knows nothing Of cxperimentally. Let
but the husband play the lover, and the
desirable and charming qualities that
sbone in the maiden will dazzle in the
wife. Let the cxhaustless fountains of
womans love be but kept open by the
gentle and constant affections of man,
and its gid waters shall fondly ripple
forth, to cher, or comfort, and to bless.
Believing tha. god husbands Nuke
good wives | am yours respectfully.
MARY MENroR.
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IlorsEIoLp MEASURES As all families are
not provided with scales iad weights, re er-
rim ingredent- in general MS, by evory
honse wife, the following may be useful -
Whe 1t flour, one pound is one quart; Ind an
,mpil, one pound and two ounces is one quart;
butter, when soft, one paund and one ounce
is one quart loaf sugar, broken, one pound
is one quart; white sugar, powdered, one
pound and one ounce is one quart; best brown
sugar. one pound and two ounces is one
quart; eggs, average size, ten eggs are ono
pound; sixteen. large table spoonfuIs are half
a pint
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a9rirulturaI.


The garden during the month of June
requires special daily attention, at least in'
walking through it, relieving plant here,
adjusting the earth there, tying up n
shrub in this place and securing vine
in that now thinning out an overgrowth
in one spot, now transplanting in an
other. Wedding aast be attended to-
and there is a great saying of time in
cutting the weeds beneath the surface as
soon as the vegetables sown break the
the surface to show wLerc they are, then
apply the hoe between the rows and
about the hills. There is no real need of
a large growth of weeds in a gardSn that
is properly cultivated, because they are
cut before they break the surface of the
soil or when they are so small as to be
scarcely perceptible.
An important work to be performed.
and had better be done when the plants
are small, is the thinning out, in oader to
admit of the proper Development and
perfection of the crop. Take, for ill.,
stance the parsnip bed the seeds, If
improperly planted were in rows fifteen,
ches apart, and the nlants now require
70 be thinned to a distance Of six inches.
1t seems hard to do this because with the
young plants this stance seem too great =
and hence they are often left only about
two inches distant and the crop IS stinted
and snail and nothing like what it would
have been with the proper thinning
The principle and the effect are the same
in reference to crops of all kinds, tcth
useful md ornamental. Do not, then
omit to thin out the plants to an extent
which will secure full development
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Az INEAL1lnLE RECIPE For STor-
PING BLOOD Take a thin slice Of lean
pork put it on some Goals of fire, put
on it all the saltpetre that will dissolve.
1t will soon form kind of crust, looking
like glass. Take it as hot as you can,
hold it in your hand and with %he finger
press it gently on the wound, and hold
it there three or four minutes. l have
known this to succeed in stopping the
flowing of blood from cut or wound,
when nothing else. would Ruaf Amer
lean.