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murder rhS9arling. With. one mighty effort
freed myself from the dread phantom, and
springihs in bed dashed wildly at the re-
vcngelul monan. Nv hand Struck against
the phialit from Which she would, in another
instant have dropped a deadly portion upon
his breass,sand the violence, swell as the
suddennesSdf the movement, spilled the con.
tents upontle facs,and neck of Athlene-who
uttered sasefy Of sage. and, sank. back in q
swoop. Instantly, everything faded from rue,
aud kneY no more until awQkc in broad
day lightsan Mrs. Seymslrs chamber, upoa
her conch.. '''sef'''' "--'
"WhcSis Clifton, and what tllashappcnea?p
1 inquired ~ sss' i.af ,-'i1.' g''
HIS wea:known step came to my side, and
his dear Voice answered. s.;rq So. !.
"Ahleha! she has confessed to crimes
most terrible, the crowning one OF all was an
attempt Iomurdor US both while we slept,
last NJ 'ght,fI Your hand saved US althous b the
shock rendered YOU nsensib1e"
I" "hcreis Abilene, now % ~
Gone tefender> her account TO God,'' he
answered. oemn1y. $50 =. s''i h-a'~ ySa! %
Not dead my husbandW . -'ses a. "
"She diediin:an hour aftershe came to our
room' the sconteuts of the phial, Instead of
dealing oqts sleath, to us, brought death to
lerself.nesss4I =; .:,.,. ..,s.. :. .,..s
= Did Ifcause her death, Clifton 2" 49,. :
o!ishe sad that sue meant to kill, first
me, and sssen you, thinking us both asleep,
she did nSt hasten, bu- stood looking at US,
half tempted TO leave US, and 20 away. But
the delnogcM revenge would not allow her to
do that, atd, as she was about to commit the
fearful deed you sprang from your sleep and
reached yoRr hands toward her. The sud-
denncss st1rtled her. and, as she sprang back
wark, shesfell the contents Of the phial was
poured uaon her face and neck, and, although
We hasteusd To summon physician, it was
in vain.s ke only lived long enough to con-
fess 10 m9mother and myself, in the presence
of DR.. Like the learlul darkness oil her life.
l will nStell YOU more now my wife. At
another. time, will Tell you of her life. We
feared aussattack Of fever for you, the nervous
agitation4sas so great. "'.'', &C. ae
Willsbr. Lake be discreet and, not men
tion whathe saw and heard. last night ?i =
" He Sils hc is an old,fdend of the fami-
ly, and has promised hegers ITO, expose tthe
guilt Of my brothers wife, =. :
My husbands mother, hearing voices in
the nexrroom, came in. She had suffered
almost as.much as myself from Athlene's ac-,
tions, andI can truly say that death had re-,
leased .atcrribe load from all cur hearts,
when lie took Abilene away.
Very pleasantly glidesliIe away We'have
removed from Portland TO Boston, where we
fully enjoy our wealth, and the love that has'
at last brought us 10 such perfect peace..e
Long shltcrward lie told me VI Arhlepe's
Confession, and history CT her former life,
which yon will remember to have read in the
early chapters of this story. But Tie saddest
Of AL was .iirr confession that she had mur
dercd the little Mabel, hy the use of the fatal
liquid ob.alned from the chamber Of TIE
dwa.f. Heaven forgive her.
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SOME F4CTs ABotT TIE DOME OF OUR Ma
TloHAL CAPIroL.-Thc. dome of The Crpitol
at Washipgton.i is the most ambitious struc-
ture in America. 1t is hundred and eight
feet higher than the Washington Monument
at Baltimore, sixty eight feet higher than
that of Bunker Hill, and twenty ythree feet
higher than the Trinity Church spire of New
York. 1t is the only considerable dome Of
iron in the world. 1t is vast hollow sphere
of iron weighing S,OO9,20O. pounds. How
much is that? More than four thousand tons,
vr about the weigh; Of seventy thousand full.
grown people; or about equal to d thousand
laden coal cars, which, holding tons apiece,
would reach3 miles and a half Directly
over your head is figure in brorza, "Amer-
lea" weighing 14,9S5 pounds. The pressure
of the iron done upon its piers and pillars is
l3417 pounds to thes square foot. ST.. Peters
presses nearly 10000 pounds moIe. to The
square foot. and St. Genevieve, at Paris, &C.
O6O pounds more. 1t would require to crush
the supports of our dome pressure Of 1885,.
$50 pounds to the squire foot. The cost was
about 81 loo, 900. The new wings cost about
S6,500,60O. The architect has plan for re
building. the old Central part of the Capitol
and enlarging the Park, which cost about
Ss,20O,OO0.
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A PANTHER MILLS AND EATS A LEOPARD.
In Anes' circus and menagerie, as We are
informedby ono Of the troupe, o great row
occurred an9ng the animals on Tuesday
tlsat lsthfswinds blew down
part Of the pavilion, and the noise frightened
the beasts and set then fighting. In one
cage were confaci a panther, or Brazilian
tiger, ;..M two or three African leopaids, a
sort Of hsppy family. These savage brutcs
generally goialoug well enough together, but
II by any accident i'll gambling, or otherwise
blood was drawn, they mme diatey became
enruscd, and it required the utmost prompt,
ness ard severity Oh the part of the keepers
to sujdne them and restore order. Owing TO
tue great noise and confusion, ON Tuesday
night, it was alons time before it was DIS
covered that there had been runpus in the
"bappy family" When the cage was at
length examined, it was found that. the pan,
ther had killed and half eaten une uf the
ecpards.- Charleston Mercury.
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My Creed


I hold that Christian grace abounds
Where Charity is seen; that when
We climb to Heaven, It's on the rounds
Of lore to men.
hold all else. named piety,
A selfish scheme, vain pretence;
Where centre'is not, can there be
Circumference?
This I moreover hold, and dare
Affirm where'er my rhyme may go,
Whatever things be sweet or fair, :,
Love makes them so.
Whether it be the luliabies
That charm to rest tho nursing bird,
Or that sweet confidence Of signs
And bushes made without word.
Whether the dazzling and the flush
Of softly sumptuous garden bowers,
Or by some cabin door, or bush
OF ragged flowers.
'Tis not tho wide phylactcry,
Nor stubborn fast, or stated prayers,
That makes US saints; we judgcth the tree
by what it bears.
And when man can live apart
From works on thcolosic trust,
fkuow the blood abou. his heart,
Is dry as dust.
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TIE aGoyEESMENT ro. DE SrBrEnrEp.-
The Washington correspondent Of the Daili-
more Gu1ette, whose predictions. have often
come true, w,ites as follows: If the radicals
succeed in getting possession, even fo~ IN nth,
of all he departments of the Government.
the country, North and South, will be driven
TO civil strife and bloodshcd-the very fIrms
p e,crb d by the Constitution will be ig o:ed,
en- arls,ocrGcy founded, and con6scaliun ut
the properly Of political opponents made the
.despo,i.in. In th,ss view, t firmly believe
that the eventual dismissal Of mir. johnson
will be effected. 1t is an absolute patty ne-
cessity. No sensible man in the radical ranks
entertains the notion that their electoral
ticket ca5 command constitutional majori-
ty. The present House is relied upon to
proclaim GraRt President without regard to
the popular vote.
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ESTABLISHED 1902.
CHARLESTON COURIER,
DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY,
by A. S. WELLINGTON Il CO.
Daily Paper, $500 per Annum'
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vsyHE COURIER has entered on the sixty
4. sixth year of its publication. During this
long period Of its existence, despite the mutations
of fortune and time, it has been literally sup
ported, whilst many of its contemporaries nave
been compelled to succumb to financial necessities.
We gratefully record this evidence of the apprre-
citation of our own, and the efforts of our prede-
cessors, to make it THAT it is, and always has
been, ONE AMONG THE LEADING. COM.
MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE
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FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER.
To furtherance Of this purpose we now issue
the Daily and Tri- Weekly Courier to our Sub
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annum respectively.
Our purpose is to furnish first class paper
upon the most reasonable living prices.
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in the nett proceeds latter having deducted
his.wages and his support)
10. Give him awritten agreement, that af-
ter one year aud wi,hia FIVE years you will
sell him the house and land at stipulated
price. H usb
These conditions Mr.. Leiding believes will
satisfy the German immigrant, and be speaks
from the German stand. .point--speaks with
q practical knowledge of the wants end feel
ings OF the German farmer.
The "good time coming" for South Caro-
liza may not be so far in the future as croak.
ers think; and my idea is that tho very best
it not the only way to bring that-dsy about
is for our landowners to colonize their sur
Plus lands aud Germans are the best OF
chonists. Let our people 90 manfully and
literally to this work, and the sceptre will
soon pass from the dusky brow OF iudo!ert
Ethiopia.
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CoSFIscATloN.-Do we wonder that the
Congress of the Northern States do not pass
ConGscation Act when We observe that the
lands Of the South are being sold every day at
unparalleled sacrifices? }? Think of tract of
land. in Rockingham county, containing 800
acres, with mill oait, selling for $3.50; of
a tact on the Piedmont railroad selling for
81 p~ acre; and another, which sold tor
$1,000, since the war, being "knockeo OFF, at
S260.
Is this aot practical confscation produced
by Radical rule? We have before suggested
that the real p!au of that Infamous party was
to con6scste the landed property Of the South
by the imposition Of taxes which no people
90 the globe; In our impoverished condition,
cen pay.
If RadicalIsm shall continue TO rule the
country, lnilliono of acres oflahd In the South
will be sold by the gstheter, and the shfewa
YANKEES will be on hand to buy thera OF Che.
tenth Of their value. He will thus get our
lands virtually for nothing, and still say chow
magnenmotis we are,r not to conGscale your
property l"-Wilmipgton Star.
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WHIrEwAsHINc BowEN.-We understand,
from good Radical authority, that @. c. Bow.
en-, member Of Congress, D. Il. Chamberlain,
Attorney General, General F. ]. Moses, Iy.s
and r. c. DeLarge, member of the hegisla-
ture, have gone to Washington to endeavor
to counteract influences now at work in that
city to exclude the first named from his au-
ticipated place in Congress. The same au-
thority states that this Whitewashing Com.
mittee is armed with strong letters of endorse
ment from the Governor elect, the United
States District Attorney, and other high Re-
publican officials. Charleston Mercury.
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e. Mrs. Harriet Reecher Stowe has
lately returned 10 Hartford from her Florida
residence. She has very pretty place there
on the st. Johns River. Mrs. S. says the
Southern people are no more inclined to re-
sist the laws, or to foster the spirit of rahels-
ion, than Vermont is! She tested thu. Fea.
feeling of the people in her somewhat extep,
ded journey all over Florida, and found them
so kind that they would even surrender their
own sleeping accommodations to her. They
desire only peace and the restoration of the
TTnion 3D.
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Ea A lad named Max Schulcr was drown.
ed in the Chicago river on Saturday. No
one was ever known to escspeiwith life after
falling into that stream. Its rank and vii.
famous compound is certain death. .,EYen fish
and snakes cannot live ip it.
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ES- The Newbern IN. C.) Journal of
CONNER ce says that q citizen Of that place,
W. q. Pearce, was fortunate enough, twenty
three years ago, to rescue from drowning, at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Hollander named Yandz
Yonchsien. For more than twenty-five years
neither rescucr or rescued heard of each 9TH
.er. A few days ago. However, Ar. .Pearco
learned that he whom he had saved was Dead.
aud had bequesthed TO him q lsrge estate OF
sesl and personal pscpessy ln BnzIE
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BEEF MARKET.

l WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD
BEEF and MUTTON to the people of Edgefeld
on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings
.as reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CASH.
A. A. GLOVER, Agent.
Jan % If
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Was GOVERNOR PERRY REBEL?-ln the
United>States Senate on Friday last, during
the discussion of the House Bill TO admit
North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Georgia aud Alabama, Mr.. Sumner made a.
lusion to Governor Perry in the following
words: -s .
Mr.. SumHer rose to correct statement
made by Mr.. Deolittle, to the effect that Gov
ernor Perry was Union man.. he said he
had a. document at home showing that that
gentleman had. held a position in the rebel
service, which, he thought, was commissioner
for mpressment into the rebel service. He
had also 3 copy OF the Charleston Courier of
May 30, 1862, containing speech made by
Mr.. Perry, on May 20, 1861, saying: 81 give
my son, two horses and negro boy to the
Brooks cavalry, and will give my services
whenever they may bereauired." !" Is not
that man." Mr.. Sumner asked, i@'s rebel2n
EaqMr. Doolittle adhered to his opinion. and
said he would settle the point with the Sena-
tor after further examination.
T. Is,., . - ------7,----s &. y.
DISGUSTING DISPLAY OF R1D1c1L1sl.-Thes
following petition is receiving thousands Of
signatures in many parts of Pennsylvania:
To the Honorable the House Of Representa-
tiues Of the United States: .
The petition Of the undersigned respectful.
ly represents:
That Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice Of
the United States, and William Pitt lFessen-
den, Senator from the State of Maine, on the
trial of Andrew johnson, on the articles Of
impeachment presented by the House Of Rep
resentatives, did violence to the loyal senti
ment of the nation, and gave "aid and COM
fort" to the spirit OF rebellion that attempted
to destroy. .our Government
That, relying upon their assumed integrity
and former professions of loyalty, the proper
authorities, in the issue of Government cur
rency, placed the likenesses Of the said Chase
aud Fesseuden, respectively, upon the ore
dollar and the twenty Eve cents notes.
That, b,!ieving the said likenesses on said
notes, in all business and social relations, do
violence to the seuse of decency Of the COM
mupity, we therefore ask that Congress shall
recall oil such notes, and prohibit the further
issue of notes of said denominations until the
likenesses of said offensive persons sre re-
moved therefr9m, and their places supplied
by those of mer enjoying the confidence Of
the loyal people of the nation.
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INSURANCE AGENCY 7

l.ETIEs wishing to Insure their Dwell
LINGS, GOODS. Re. can do so on the iowes'
terms, and in the BEST COMPANIES, by call
ing on the Undersigned.
D. II. DURIsOE,
Agent for A. C. HAbL's Insurance Agency
Jan W.
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Estate Notice.

ALL persons having claims against the Estate
IA of W. E. MIDDLETON, decd, arc notified
: 10 present the same to tho uudersigned without
do,sy. and those indebted to said Estate are re-
<,uested toyps up forthwitb.
1T, MIDDLETON, Adn'or !
pss Q, 1857 Iy ~
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Decrease of enc Public Debt.

A sore calamity has fallen upon the
tribe of croaking Copperheads, ana
from an unexpected quarter.
Notwithstanding Mr.. McCullocn
promise to use all the influence OF nls
Office 10 promote the election OF Sey-
moura and Blair, he has failed them
at a time when they most needed
helm. For weeks past the STARRED
news-moneers and lying prophets,
Maintained at Waghington by the
donations of the whisky thieves, nave
been writing and te~legraphing to the
statement of the public debt would
show an increase. On this the willing
editors indited mournful homliies on
the rapid progress Of the nation to-
ward bankruptcy, and urged the me-
cessity of putting the agents OF the
whisky ring into power to restore the
finances. III ) f1f roi
But, to their utter amazement, the
Official statement shows an actual re-
duction of the debt during the month
of September, including cash in the
treasury, of $5,290,694 so. IF. from
this, we deduct the amount of Pacific
railroad bonds issued within the
month, the decrease is still $976,-
594 08; but these are MT properly Q
debt of the Government, as the inter
est and principal of them is primarily
chargeable on the railroad companies
and the Government will not be called
upon to pay them, except in the very
improbable event Of the insolvency OF
those companies, and then it would
have the Pacific Railroad pledged as
indemnity. .3#0 c4IE8s
This is a sumner to the croakers
bat it will not stop their falsehoods
Luckily, however, their occupation
will be gone after next Tuesday.
One item of Radical extravaganza
during the past month was the pay
ment, in gold coin, by the Demo
cratic Secretary of the Treasury, o
| 1920, $50 of the Mexican war deb
contracted by the Democratic part,
over twenty years ago. This was
remnant of a debt of many million
left unpaid by the Democratic ad
ministrations of Presidents Polk
Pierce, and Buchanan, aud which
the latter specimen of a Democrat
statesman /" bequeathed to his Re
publican successor, along with a civi
war organized by the Democrat
States of the Union for the avowe,
purpose of breaking up the Nations
Government. ge
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to burst upon them ID al Its
fury, they suddenly revive an Affec-
ton for law, and claihor for peace.
This is what the Union men have
wanted all the time, and have now
determined to have. Within a week
Captain Mason has been killed, two
other Union men have been shot, and
another received q written notice,
signed by eight rebels, to leave the
country. because he served in the
Federal army. The ku-klux visit
the negroes and represent themselves
as the ghosts of the dead of Shiloh,
and tell them if they vote the Radical
ticket their breath will be taken from
them. They publicly boast that il
Seymour and Blair are elected nc
Union man viii be allowed to live in
the State, and the rebel leaders foster
and encourage all this.
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ARKANSAS.
How the Ku.Klux Democracy Rule.
ST. Louis. Oetober ?

ST. LOUIS, October z.
A Batesville, Arkansas, letter of
September 18th, says there is intense
excitement in that section of the
State, occasioned by the assassination
of Captain Mason, the President of
the Board of Registration, and the
subsequent killing, by Major Monks
and his Missourians, Of four of the
assassiGs. Capt. Siler, editor of the
Batesville Republican, and the Lieu
tenant commanding a company of in
tantry at Batesville, had gone to Full
ton County to pacify the people If
possible, but it was Thought this
would De difficult, as the Union men.
although IN a minority, are thorougbiv
exasperated at the conduct of az
rebels: The letter further avs oUar
three hundred and fifty homicides of
Union men have been comm;tted
since the war, and not one ~can;toI
punishment has taken place for ali
this crime. At no time have rebels
been so cOntumaciOus and defiant as
now. They gloated over the death
of Mason, as they did over the
assassination Of DIR. johnson and the
attempted murder of Wheeler and
Barker. But to-day, when they see
that the volcano which has been quiz
city slumbering for three years, is
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


TVHE SUBSCRIBER CONTINUES
u, the Lumber Business at his Old stand
at the corner of Main and Seventh Streets,
and would respectfully inform the public
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in the assortments, embracing Pine OF o.
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Also, 500 DOORS of various thickness
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Window Sash, Pin and Poplar ShinRloE
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