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THE BR0KEN.HEARTED ONE. "a
By LCTHRR GgIGGS.

ris By LUTHRR oEIaes. i 81 i.
p :. g(II|T T if'H
1sr her ers. in the merry Spring.
IN the mouth Of buds and howerss1HS
When, witt. pflpdy and the yPjfe 0f sonS'
SolShtiy sptd@he hotsssdD"S
1lffW.TTt .rlrfsE
Her step was light and buoyant
As the dream of early love;
While in her eye the star of hope
Cleaned radiant from above. 7ifcS
. -tsSt srgs'Es srt.-... A. .fE 81. =.
Her laugh was as the gushing note
= 6fthe song-bird's joyous strain;
Her eyes wore the gladsome look OF youth
Which ne'er come back again, sr
Once more sought her queenly form,
In Summers gorgeous bloom;
They told me-, by the nlurmuring stream
Sue lay, meath a marble tomb l, A
Grief-vorn her spirit passed from earth,
Rre life had scarce begun;
And they laid away 30, tenderly,
The brolen.heartedl lone
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s9sd gass lla2 aae 4E5s

hundred dobilar bilrrl31nhMnM nota h4Tam Iis ddhtb dda1htbs
! : This laid On the counter.
"Giye. me that. letter wi With { t the saSs gay !
monogram on the seal, 1 said = a
whisper, '"and this is yours" -
The postmaster hesitated tor ) mo-
'ment, and looked at the money and t6en
atme, Just then the whistle Of the an
prs9saPsshiang ssPs train was heard s fhs ais
tango. as m He locked the mailbag With a
jerk, tossed the note backed to, me with
. shake of his head, and hurried out out to
ths, has, platform ss il haste e q set t out f of
the ytHay Of temptation. I followed, him
without a. word, In that one instant /
had iresqlyed upon the course Of action
which I afterwards pursued.
What could that object tbe which was
enclosed in the letter? UNFORTUNATELY, ]
could guess only toS readily. I have pc;
fore spoken Of the small back door giving
insress to my wife's apartments Fo% the The
grounds and and have also p, nenti04sd mt ps,a the the
fact that itwas closed with sll,S ds,ad-latch latch
Nov, the only glance I had cest upon the
letter had revealed TO, me, the, fact that
the enclosed object. was 2 key, and the !
paper had been 50 adapted by pressure
toita fow that the Outlines g s cogld ~ d. be
clearly distinguished TIE peculiar s,ls9pe shape
the handle and M the I'd odd d1 pyramidal t form r.
Of the wards being iysry yr psrceptdilbFIlss pdlFIs i
was the. key of ftlia the httle back dqoF, q1oYF,1r.i,.
III GCbstinssed in oyv aet N,pnber. )a;,e
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"OuRST0RY TEL ER."
MY ,AVENGER.
sss rrrU1Trrrx,Sa

Aeloud eamo over the pretty face so
smiling but, nlnsment before.
Il think Hsn mp very unkind. Richard,
she began in vexed and impatient tone.
1T is hard indes,liif Imay not receive
the visit, of one of my kindest and best
friends I have often told you how kind
he was to nle1Lf" 'i
Stay, Maulle," l said, intcrr1ptins her
speech as much by my look and gesture
Of command rs By my words. Il allow
you, as YOU know, almost unlimited liber-
ty in the matter of your acquainta,lces
and friends, but this much will SAY: l
will not permit you to accept the attcn-
tionS Of a man whose wife, for whatever
reaOni it may be, refuses to. visit you:
and under any circumstances / cannot
allow Mr.. Gordon Arnold to. place HIM
self on the footing of an intimate friend
OF the family" e.
"You a~e jealoas said my wife, with
'aashtsiecr cutting hsr rosy lip, '.just
becaase pack Of gossips and scandal
lnOnsers choose to make my friendship
Tor Amoldj Gordon the theme of their
tales. wonder that you would hearken
to such Vie talk."uLi uOI IA
o. "Had / hearkcne 4 to them, you never
would be my wife. / am not jealous,
Maude, but l have no wish to have the
old stories about Miss p Pemberton revived
Oh the subject of Mrs Kerrison."
And so | must not let my best friend
cnearth visit me-" She cried her eyes
hashing through the indignant tears that
hiled them, merely becasse-"
Because Twill not permit you to re.
'e've him. He may be your best friend
out Your worst enemy could hardly have
harmed yoa More tka,f he did when hi
]eop"rdi'i your good name to pamper hi.
own silly vanity. 1 blame him, the maj
OF the world, far more than ever did the
inexperienced girl you, then, were. ]
nave nave forgotten the past, but beware how
you recall it to my mind. have never
yet believe, laid my commands upor
!ou toperform any ant, bAti do 30 now
LOU snail no' permit Mr.. Arnold to visit
you" '''''' u a
rose from my seat asI spoke. Maud'
naa dashed away her tears, and we stoot
'nus gazing into each 'othera face for
moment. Icould see that my wife wa
weighing the contendme advantages Q
',oelllon or submission, aud ind I waver
y" III Look or tone, o scena of violent op
PoS'ion 10 my wishes would certainl
nave ensucd; bI. she read smy deter
'a'hat'on III my face, and she yielded
owing her head in mutc acquiescencs
SAe turned and left the room, and abou
@H nour later she joined Inc at dinner
.Aqu,sl'eiy dressed, and perfectly com
posed and pleasant in amapser, thong
oAeWhat graver and more silent tha
' % 80 ended ouz,6rst safb DIST dis
,;s' s'0n on the subject of Mr.. Arndld
,ps r,, de came no more to the, hons'
l Thought too highly of NIaude's goo
"'r ieI2H 70 imtgiae that sh
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PETITIONS AND NrMoH14Ls,

" PETITIOES AND NEAOMALS. "''.~
"AIr:..Bts,1 Mr.. .Btsu,1rch, Of East Baton Rouge, pre-
scnted 4 memorial Of Alfred A. Delaro-
derites, which was read and referreato
the Committee on Claims. ''"i" ''A't
blr:. Fauilknneer,' ne OF Caldwell presented,
petitions for the relief 81 st. Ahna'sAst
luum, lu, and St v vihcent's Home, which
we're 1 read and referred to'the Comtiiit-.
tee ta on on Charities s. and Public Ihstit
tons. '''''' 20" 40 ,
Mr. Carter, Of Cameron, presented a,
petition from the police oliicsae jury VI the
parish Of Cameron, asking statdtary pro
lection to tile range and 'pastuirrasgse Of
said parish, which Vas read ana referred
to the Committee on Judiciary, -"
+, 70 sidT liEs1:fIl RESOLUTIONS, ',, ed .m .rp-
lh Oplatek, 9f Orleans, ,,s}8t offered red the
following resolution, which iSll, IVA was read e
Hnder,.a suspension Of the rules, ~ es, and
adopted: .a...,mm.., al, b. q
RsaHdo That the Committee Csgap t e.''g on Pub
JIG, Buildings be uaqrn and d. II r. hereby empqwr
cred and ipstsllsstsfs sat as aassss early 4 = q Gay
~ .praeticabA bRy bRysu sub7committess sfsqrn tsst or
|atherYiseIi taiSst a4d Inspect bhl,t all the
public .buiil&nass.tof the State, SO as to R as
certain the eppditiea ofthe San same sisnf and to
report to this HOUSE, by bIpt bill Pr other 9th
mise, syeh.measpses as pnfiy abesI,lf.a be Ideemed
necessary to put said j buildings q,i@ R in con'
}itiop to meet the ,obieets Of theiE great
ION; and the expenses Of olsaiidl said insMpection in M
shall be lpaid out of any fgpsAlss fgoslsp IN. under
the control of the Committee on Contin,
|get& EStesex JInTtaolIar 81
Mr.. Devices, Of De Soto, offered the
following resolution, which was read
Under / suspension of the rules, pnd
kadGptedi::i loi c'01 .in iser-li Ii
Resolved, That the Chief Clark sSeri
teaAt4at IArmsi Assistant Il, Clsik, and
MihHte' CIgfks;be allowed haSh ,Issveu
tdUilars and Fifty cents. for ripostags, tu
beiipni6 cut ofthe contingent eHpensel
of the House. ii"Iho di7 4 %
lnqshr. BtEwstef, of OdacAsa, offered tha
fonowihlg s4esoautionjaw lies ovel
4 ,iHdeehfp thet r,Ies .sa@9ii'e'lsh ji-la
fiToR.sktit d,iTnat The rules Of this Hons.
shall be so amendeal ~ to require tn
lyIas s1d1nsys 'ono the fiialpassage o
|ieaattsrfyy sesoluti6n I6r'aet which sappropri
-'ates ,noncy,Sf hasa tendency, m IN.
way, to increase tho expenses Of tha
Estate Gvvef4%ents'srD ,s4siaI .
4 Iaan nrronfss ot's1aSDrs~ coxx1rrzs& %
The cSsnnmittses on iEnrollmentiihai,
tthe following. report, which wns feceNet
and, accepted: '''! - : a',.''S' :
tIssh CoMMrrrfE OF ENROLMENT, =
'iNcw Orleans, Las JANUARY, %, 1871. 4
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carried on any. clandestine fmtsrcoHrse
With itii16ni him l. nspSspIici6h, the daenna ishat
might iittThs:S9g have. Guarded ny ilS6H@ and fhy
home, as,vaa Vas iiIIed into deep aid idsastef-
inviting ittipg slu@fber, fb 70 s'i''' "S"i'' % 77'''
Early IN ii May We We quilted Fifth avenue
for .Msades;leIighi,a I coming daily 'sY the
city to attend to business, and r9ttnfHhng
home naSl late III fhe' evening. We hid 'Str
house! rlsc!tfiffsd tfiffssd With c3&pany ffon the first
week .kt sfter er1Ssesaggaott9sg NJ got 9sgttled.' iMaude was
Dihsciined si 70 1g,ct postpone having any visitors
till late later Sifh ii TIE season, a 81 but REPRESENTED
to her that as we wished to invite large
nu,mRber! ,1Rba!ef Of iii 1fkrSiennds ndd during ts summer,
and dyci,uld could entertain iattta but limited number
at q tine, she had better issue invita-
tons as soon On as possible and show off her
house ana her new summer dresses
while both we're in their first freshness.
So it Glanced that we had a constant
succession of guests till late in Semptein-
ber. We had vcryI gay summer; GRO
quet parties, lunches, driving parties, and
evening receptions drew all our neigh
bors and their visitors to our house, with
one exception, Mrs, Clarence Car.
teret, Who lived very near ms, .persisted
in ignoring otir advent. Sheiwasia Dig
nifedii liieii1bred nfatron, the mother OF
two charming daughters, and was per-
sonnage highly esteemed and of much
consideration iii the neighborhood!s IL Mr..
Carteret was exceedingly friendly when
ever we chanced to meet, but his refined,
high-nindeal wife never paid my wlfe
even the ordinary civility ofa CALI l
learned why, one day. ~ ~ gai'hiu
One beautiful morning in October Il
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Ia Isls9a Ssi4a63nn 63n 61astS:ss III r. { - pSs

rssn't nsss of nap8sl11csF F s'ISSEaSSa me toA
Philadelphia, and F~6hld not be able to-
return to iMaude$eish ttntiIthe hst traA
on the following, tlay.i 1t wasiIthe first
time 1 had ever ,lefthhy wife since our
marriage, and I felt a pang of real regret
when thought 'of passing thirty-six
hours without one look 1t her pretty face,
one kiss from the rosy lips that had just
pressed mine SO tenderly, one glance
from the blue eyes whose last tear-veled
look was lingering in my memory. / had
chosen to walk to the station, rs the mol
ming was delightful, and was strolling
along beside the thick hedge that
separated Mr.. Cartefet's grounds from
the road, when my own name, pronounc-
ed in clear, distinct tone, struck my
ear. ,....,f,.
"Of course, Mr.. Kerrison does not
know how horribly his wife behaved last
spring with this scamp, Gordon Arnold"
"Aii Old affair revived, is it not?" ,
And then the speakers passed on, and
I heard no:more.
My first impulse; was to force my way
through the hedge and confront them,
but reflection came to my aid, and ]
paused. Should T advertise myself as an
eavesdropper, create talk by exhibiting
myself in the character of a nswlyarous-
ed Othello i'No, I weald wait. Iwould
vatelt Il woyldfpaG .yH,]i na1tquos-
ton Maude, Had FI sae. sac. then, so deceived
me? Oh, if she had! woe to her lover
woe to her! wdc, alas, to myself! For
what thsuwauk be left toi me-to me
who had sii,yne ssiiyen her my, whole lsahts heart9
I reached the station, and consulting
the clock there, found that was much
too eafiy, my watch being f0r'someH mex
plicabls, reason too fast; 50, full Q
troubled thoughts aud dark forebodinss
turned into the little post-officc which
was established in a,snall store just mex
to the station, intending to purchas'
there paper, or magazine wherewith tc
beguile the time, and, ifpossible, distra pc
m thoughts 1'selectsa sofhe per:odi
Gals, and while the boy was wrapping
them up, the. postmaster, who was als'
the proprietor of the store, came in, IN
fastened sh1l,tt%b94 fpm the window
unlocked y locked il epd Poured Poured its contents o.
the counter, preparatory to putting then
into the thAilbAsi fcr transmission i
New York. I watched him idly, with
i sort fvague CURIOSITY, and saw that a
he did SO, one OF the letters fell heavily
as though some some 'ha hard substance was Ell
: Closed in it, Il sasppsd lbhrme. q
glanced at it, dnd'lesSsnAea as'oncc th
slender running hand, fhe creamy paper
and the daihsy,,'txfssea, medieval mono
gram lin gold >anda as9scplorss 1t wa
written by any wife, and was dipcted Z
Gordon Arnold !.
L was about to seize it when the pest
master sHe N up all the letters, PM
with an ahgty glance At me thrust then
into thesbtaer-bag. ,bno1eJ "a +
"See here, mister" said he, "nonf o
that now. No tampe:ing with tho letter
- If ,c1u ,,lo1sr" ipg
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

f,Continaed from our last aSan'ber. j.,
The motion to reconsider prevailing
the bill was referred to the Committee ON
'?arocllial Affairs, upon motion of Mr.
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NOTICE.

Al communications must he addressed
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,.,,r, mast be accompanied, by the nSme OF the
~ .,., not necessarily for publication, but as IN
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N, cntributors. " i.h y .i.s. .>1s,'''
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.;rJop rnrsr1Sai executed with asai-
ress and dispatch. ~ .A mi -.i
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Notice.. /.

AS chairman OF . meeting OF citizens,
held in response to the circular of Gen.
Hampton and others, in relation to a
State fund, to be used in behalf of the
eminent counsel engaged to defend the
men prosecuted under the Enforcement
Aot of Congress, and to test the consti-
tutional questions involved, the under.
signed was authorized to appoint CON-
mittee. to consist of two persons for
each ward in tho city, and for each elec-
ton preciivt in the County
Tho following citizens are requested
to act as C. commitieo on subscriptions,
to report to the cbairmnn:
Ward No. l-R. d. Senn, ". Press.
Brown.
Ward No. 2--John Caldwell. j. T.
Sloan, Jr.
Ward No. 3-J. G. Seegers. W. G.
Fisher
Ward No. 4-Edward Hope, Roland
Keensn.
KiIlians-EIi Killian. John Lorick.
Cnmp Ground-J. II. KiusIer, ". P.
Bookter
Gadsden-Warren Adams, II. b. Wes-
ton.
Garner's Ferry-Samuel G.. Henry, j :.
j. Lucius. JOHN r. THOMAS,
Chairman.
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Mr. EDITOR: Your frequent references
to mo of late, in connection with what
you call the "bond Frauds" lead me to
say single word.
1 have been before the people OF this
State rs q public officer for nearly four
years. and during that period I believe I
have received and deserved the respect
Of the community generally. With op.
portunities as abundant as those OF
other putlic officers, to ipjure others, or
to enrich myself at the expense OF the
public. I have never. to my knowledge,
been suspected, either by my political
associates or opponents, OF using my
office. or my official knowledge and in
huence, for unworthy or dishonest pur-
poses.
Now. however. you and others, while
making no direct charges. nor furnish
ing any proof to sustain your allusions,
are seeking to convince the public that
l have been party to some great public
wrong. !, therefore, break silence sim ply
to say to all. whether friends or foes.
that have neither committed nor sanc.
toned, nor winked at any fraud whatso.
ever, either in connection with bonds OF
any other matter. For all that I have
done I am responsible. and I do no,
seek any immunity; but have neither
done nor consented to any act which was
not justified, in my honest judgment,
by the demands Of my official duty.
You must, therefore, pardon me if ]
say to you that your attacks give me nc
nneasiness; though it would not be true
if 1 were to say that I do not regret
them. After four years of honest en-.
deavor to 30 conduct myself as to give
no occasion to political intolerance, even
to charge me with official misconduct,
and after earning the enmity OF many oi
my own party, on account of my opposi
tion to what believed to be corrupt
men and measures, find you aud other.
ready to denounce me as dishonest
public officer, and calling upon me tc
clear myself from charges which ar.
wholly vague and of which the proof,
are only darkly described as ''forthcom
ing" No man knows better than yor
that your demand is wholly unreasonable,
aud unfair. and that 10 worthy purpose
can be subserved by such q course
Until, therefore, you can make distinc
charges, l prefer to let my character
now pretty we'll established in this com
munity, stand against all your attacks.
D H. CHAMBERLAIN
COLUMBIA. s. c.. Dec z, 1871.
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HoMroIpE. difficulty occurred ;

HoMroIDE.-A difficulty occurred in
the upper part Of this County. cne day
last week. between George Green and
Portman Howard, which resulted in the
death Of the former at the hands of the
latter. When first seen. Howard was
pursuing Green with pole, and called
out that he was cut. Green at length
stopped. and Howard struck him over
the head with the pole, fracturing his
skull and causing instant death. An in
quest wac Immediately held, and, after
Q me investigation. adjourned over until
Monday last. Howard at once surren.
dered himself. and 10 now in Jail at this
place. GreenniNe Mountaineer.
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Further sir,ing OF tina, Message.

"Now il the winter Of uur tyour) discomfort. >
Richard iIi-Act /.
But "Do Just ant; fear not; let all the emf.
thou aimst st be thy Gods, thy country's apc
truths"
In that portion under the Ku KIuz
head. contained in the message, he make.
hobby horse of the raid made on th.
Unionville Jail by band of disguised
persons. (Which every Law. abiding citi.
Zen disapproved off, and took therefrom,
las reported ut the time,) nine colored
people, out Of eleven, who were 1mpIl.
Gated in the murder of one-armed man,
named Stevens, Scutt says: "CoIored
men, ch rged with offences and impri.
soned on probable cause. we're taken
from the Jail and inhumAnly butchered,
to evade the effect of writ of habeas
corpus, which had been issued in their
BEHALF
Now, he Was on the picket line at that
time. in this way: It was said at that
time, that two colored men wore left in
Jail, who, it was supposed, we're not equal
~ implicated with those who were taken
by the raiders. las they were called;) but
those two were afterwards tried by Jury
OF the country-six colored aud six
whito men-convicted and sentenced to
be hung, and were hung; and if they
were innocent, and only put in JUL upon
probable cause. why did he (Scott) with
hold his clemercy? Now, one OF three
things is certain-that he stopped short
of publishing the whole affair in his
document. for political reasons; or he
did not think that the case deserved his
clemency; or, thirdly and lastly, he al-
lowed these innocent colored people to
be hanged by the neck for charge of
murder on probabilities.
His organ down below, it is 10 be
hoped. will now stop riding TINT poor
horse 80 much. 1t is referred to by that
paper every once in awhile: but it only
uses 80 much Of the whole affair as he
thinks will suit the ears of his renders,
and try to make them believe that no
murder was committed on Stevens and
Smith, (the latter being a deputy, who
assisted the sheriff in arresting the par
ties for the murder of Stevens Smith
WAS fired on by one of the party through
the crack Of house. (which was re-
ported in the papers at the time.) where
they had gone to defy the arrest of the
officers of the lay. Smith fingered for
two or three days from the effects of his
wound, and died. "Oh! shame, where
is thy blush!" I think that in this
document, caNetl a message. instead of as
IN the case Of q spider. that spins his
web for the purpose Of catching flies,
tLat the spider has been caught in his
own web SUMTER.
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We have received the following CON-
munication. with request to publish.
We respectfully ask the authorities 10
examine into the matter:
COLUMBIA JAIL, December 7, 1871.
Mr. EDITOR: I. on behalf Of the pri :.
soners from York Oonnty now contu.d
IN this Jail, beg the use of the columns
OF your most excellent paper, to inform
the authorities and the public how we
are treated. We are very reluctant 10
complain, but we do think that forbear-
ance sometimes ceases to be O virtue.
The furnaces and ventilators are very
poorly heated, and wc are only ALLOW
IN average OF one pair OF blankets to
every two men; while the witnesses out
side get from two to three pairs apiece,
and also have the privilege of fire out
side; and only this evening, n stove was
pnt up for their especial benefit. In re-
gard to our fare, we get enough bread,
but we do not get but about a half
pound of very poor beef, about half
cooked We get hnlf pint of coffee
per day. while the Witnesses get their
will OF both. A PRISONER.
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vember, 1914 little more than one,
year-he assists the Treasurer, as we
learn. to make up that statement putting
the State debt at $15. .767, ,9Os. 9sl rand
you. mr.. Attorney General, member OF
the Finanoial Board and lawyer from
Massaohusettsi is it. unfair or unrea-
sonsble for the public to decide that you
have much to explain?
8. We charge you, lastly. as having
signally failed to do your duty as tho
Attorney. General of South Oarolina-as
the law officer and the prosecutor OF the
State.
In utter disregard Of your obligations
as laid down in the Act defining your
duties. and in defiance of the duties in
herently belonging to your Office. you
have not protected the interests of South
Carolina. You have failed to bring be-
fore the bar of Justice notorious orimi-
nails holding high places in the Govern
ment. You have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting. Even now.
whist grave duties devolve upon you, in
connection with the monstrus corrup-
tions of the State officials, you have
abandoned your trust, and are engaged
in prosecuting the citizens OF the State
who have been lead into a false position
by circumstances for which you yourself
are in part responsible.
We can have no pleasure in pursuing
you or any other official charged with
misdemeanors. Heaven knows that we
would prefer this day to place q wreath
around your brow, rather than to lay
these charges at your door. But we can
no other. Our outraged State pleads
for vindication and relief, and in COM
mon with our associates in feeling and
resolve, we are marching on in the path
of duty. We desire no success, save
what shall come from truth and justice.
We shall use no weapons save those that
are legitimate. But so far as the public
interests shall require it, we shall not
shrink from any duty that our position
demands. Desperate ailments require
stern remedies. These we must apply.