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CHAPTER LII.
FACE TO FACE.

On the same exening Potts left the bank
at about five o'clock, and went up to the
Hall with John. lie was morose, gloomy,
and abstracted. The great question now
before him. was how 10 deal with Smith
era & Co, Should he write to them, or
On and zee them or what? How could he
Satisfy their claims, which he would now
he presented? Involved in thoughts like
these. he entered the Hall, and, followed
bv John, went into the dining room, where
father and son sat down to refresh them
selves over a bottle of brandy.
They had not been seated half an hour
before the noise of carriage wheels was
heard {; and on looking out they saw a
dog cart drawn by two magnificent horses,
which drove swiftly up to the portico. "A
gentleman dismounted, and throwing the
reins to his servant, came up the steps. .,
The. stranger was Of medium size, with
an aristocratic air, remarkably regular
feature, of pure Grecian outline, and deep
black. lustrous eyes. His brow was dark
and stern, and clouded over by gloomy
frown.
"Who the devil is l,e?" cried Potts.
"D-n that porter! told him to let no
one in to-day"
81 believe the porter's playing fast and
loose with us. But, by Jove! DO you see
that fellows eyes? Do you know who else
has such eyes?"
"No."
sold Smithers"
"Smithersg'
eyes" =,
"Then this is young smithersT..
"Yes or else the DEVIL" aaid John
harshly. "I begin to have an idea, me con-
tinued. "pve been thinking about this
for some time."
"What is it?"
/ "Old Smithers had these eyes. Tee last
chap that drew forty thousand out OF you
had his eyes covered. Here comes this
fellow with the same eyes. I begin to trace
a connection between them. .u, 3D..
-, ,, [To Be CONTINUED. ''"'' y
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Despard flung himself on his knees be-
side Lapghetti. He saw his hands torn
and bleeding, and blood covering his face
and breast. A low groaa was all that es-
capped the sufferer. v |
'Leave me-" he gasped. "Save Bice."
In his grief for Langhetti thus laying
before him in such agony, Despard forgot
all else. He seized his handkerchief and
tried to stanch the blood.
"Leave mel" gasped Langhetti again.
"Bice will be lost" His head, which
Despard had supported for moment. sank
back, and life seemed to leave him.
Despard started up Now for the first
time he recollected the stranger; and in an
instant understood who he was, and why
this had been done. Suddenly, as he
started up, he felt his pistol snatched from
his hand by a strong grasp. He turned.
1t was the horsemaa- nit was Clark-who
had stealthily dismounted, and, in his des.
darate purpose, had tried to make sure Of
Despard. r...
But Despard, quick as thought, leaped
upon him, ana caught his hand. In the
struggle the pistol fell to the ground. Des-
pard caught Clark in his arms, and then
tie struggle begun.
Clark was of medium sized, thick set,
muscular, robust, and desperate. Despard
was tall, but his frame was we'll knit, his
muscles and sinews were like iron, and he
was inspired by higher spirit and deep
er passion. ..'.
In the first shock of that fierce embrace
not word was spoken. For some time
the struggle was maintained. without result
q ark had caught Despard at disadvan
| tage, and this for a time prevented the lat
ter from putting forth his strength effec-
tually.
At last he wound one arm arount
Clark's neck in a strangling grasp, ant
forced his other arm under that Of Clark
Then with one tremendous, one resistles
impulse, he put forth all his strength. Hi
antagonist gave way before it. He reeled
Despard disengaged one arm and deal
him a tremendous blow on the temple. A
the same instant he twined his legs abou
those of the other. At the stroke, Clark
vino had already staggered, gave Way ut
terly and fell heavily backward, witt
Despard upon him.
The next instant Despard had seized hi
throat and held him down so that he coul
not move.
The wretch :gasped and groaned. H
struggled to escape from that iron hold
vain. The hand which had seized hir
was not to he shaken of. Despard ha
fixed his grasp there, and there in tn
throat Of that fainting suffocatieg wretc
he held it,
The struggles grew fainter, the arms n
laxed, the face blackened, the limbs sitter
ed At last all efforts ceased.
Despard then arose, and turning Clar
over on his face, took the bride OF one
the horses, bu i'd his hands behind him, an
fastened his feet securely. In the fert
struggle Clark's coat and waistcoat ha
been torn away, and slipped down to SON
extent. His shirt collar had burst ar
slipped down with them. As Despair
) turned him over and proceeded ty tie hin
some thing struck his eye. 1t was brigl
red scar.
: He pulled down the shirt. A mark az
!, peared, the full meaning of which he kne
not, but could we'll conjecture. The
were three brands-6ery red--and the'
were the marks:
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OHEAP SHOE STORE.

NHEAP SHOE STORE. -....
Having fitted up my shoe store, No. Gil
East Sixth street. ana laid in larger
stock than ever before, am ready to sup
ply the people of the eastern section OF the
city with all kinds Of boots and shoes FOR
ladies, gentlemen and children, at prices
far below those heretofore charged. Ele.
CANT work made to order and mending
promptly attended to.
marl4-ly JAMES KANE.
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of tho Society. In word, the
bond of union would bo perfected
which is necessary to stimulate and
advance tho objects in view for the
elevation of agriculture and tho
mechanic art--the chief occupation
of our people. Without such Co
operation and unity, tho existence
of tho Society itself must remain
ephomeral and uncertain.
The officers of the Society are an
ticipating a large attendance at the
coming State Fair, which promises
to excel in exhibits and MI other
respects any similar occasion since
the war, and, rs II grand reunion
of the commonwealth, now happily
relieved from the prostrato condi-
tion of degradation and insecurity
in political sense, it is an event to
be viewed with pride and pleasure.
A cordial welcome awaits all who
may come, and the best facilities at
command will be given to insure q
pleasant and profitable occasion.
THos. TAYLOR,
President State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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PROSPECTUS.
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HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

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tory at different periods; the history of
the State under tho Proprietary Govern
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through the Revolutionary period, or to
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The movements Of the several Whip
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the several battles fought during the
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The whole will mako book of more
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A PoTTsvILLE woman, thinking
she heard an unusual noise in her
parlor, stepped into the room and
there discovered her COW, con-
tentedly chewing her cud and COM
placently looking at herself in the
mirror. She "shooed' that COW
out.
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Captain Semmes' Deathbed.

When Captain Semmcs was told
by his physicians that his disease
would prove fatal in q few hours,
or at most days, he calmly thanked
them and requested that a father
Of tho Society of Jesus, his con-
fessor, q bosom friend, be sent for
to come at once. In the meantime
he arranged his worldly affairs
quietly and satisfactorily. When
the father came the Admiral re-
ceived tho last sacrament. He
then addressed q few words of
consolation and advice to his
family. Soon after he became
delirious, looked up, and ordered
every window closed that the rain
might not be blown in. Then,
after a few moments of silence, he
said "You will see the Judge
about it. The case has not been
decided properly. I ask for moth
ing but Justice; should I not have
it? Promise me to attend to the
matter, since 1 cannot do it my
self. Then he imagined that he
stood upon the deck of his ship,
preparing for battle; he conversed
with his officers on tho appearance
OF the enemy, preparing for
decisive conflict. This speedily
passed away, and a. short period of
return to consciousness followed,
during which, thoroughly conscious
that this indeed was his last battle,
he calmly babe farewell to each
member of his family. Death did
not close his eyes or stop his breath,
however, ere he pronounced his
confidence in God and his hope and
belief in salvation.
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hcYolver and Cartridges for So.

c ~ inc nickel plated, seven shot, pocket re-
o"nur II lllSt-claSS article. Sent G. o. D., or
OF oG rrcr'pl or price G. w. WILLIS, p. O. Box
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-23

IT IS SAID that $4,000 of tho,
100000 given by William FL.
Vanderbilt to the mon of the New
York Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company has not yet been
distributed, the number of work,
mon entitled to gifts being less;
than was estimated at first.
A CAT in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
sprang upon young man as be-
entered room and attempted to-
scratch his eyes out His brother,
came to his assistance, and she Bit
off the end Of his finger.
A lazy fellow, falling distance, of
fifty feet, and escaping with only a
few scratches, by.stander rer
marked that che was too Glow to fall
asst enough to hurt himself" #
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THE STATE FAIR.
Il NENORA GATHERING Ar
COLENBII

Address Of Col. Thomas Taylor to the
People OF the Statc--An Appeal to tho
People.
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The SUNDAY school at Tilton, KY,
passed q resolution last spring that
any scholar attending the circus
should pay five cents to the treasury,
any teacher twenty-five, and the
superintendent five dollars. A nice
crisp ' was put in the box last
Sunday and tho superintendent still
wears his summer hat.
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ESTABLISHED 1874.
GEO. B. EDWARDS,

Cotton and General Commission Merchant
CHARLESTON, S. G.
pROMPT attention given to the sale
l. Cotton, Peas, Corn, Rice and Pro-
duce Of all kinds.
Merchandise bought free Of commits
zion. Being on the spot, and thoroughly
posted on prices, can guarantee large
saving to buyers Of merchandiso.
Agent at Charleston for State Line
Ocean Steamships betwe n New York,
Glasgow, Liverpool, London and all parts
of Europe.
References iBank Of Charleston JAS.
Adger d Co., Ch aYles ton, s. G.
sept 22-xt9m
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-23

A BALTIMoRE lawyer sued his
minister for fee of $50 for legal
services, and the jury found that
he was worthy of his hire. The
Clergyman testified that he con-
suited him as q friend and Mons
Der of his congregation, and that
he did not expect to be charged for
-
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V@get&ne.
Nothing Eu;lal to it.

South SALEM, MASS, Nov. II, 1876
MIR. III. II . STEVENS:
Der Sir-I have been troubled with scrofu,o,
calikrr, ana liver complaint for Three years.
NolhinE ever did me good until I commenced
using tho Ncgctinr. am now getting aiory
ana still uSing the Vcgciinc con-
slr"r thcrc Is nothing equal to It FOR such com
p'ntS. Can heartily recommend IL to every
Douy. Yours Truly,
MKs LIZZIE AI PACKARD,
no. lG, Lagrange ST., South Salem, Mass
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-23

NEVADA people are proud of
meteor seen on Saturday night,
September Is. The apparent,
diameter was about ten inches, and
when overhead it broke into two
pieces. About minute and half
later heavy report was heard,
which echoed among the mountains.
for two or three minutes.
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Y t. * E Ell l. / IN E
Rev. j. Z. Ludlow Writes:

ITS BALTIC STREET, BUooKLYN, n. Y,
November ID, 1874.
MIR. ii. II. STEvEN.;:
Dear Sir-From personal benefit received by
It's use, aSwcll rs from personal knowledge or
those whose cures thereby have seemed al
most miraculous, can most heartily and SIN
colcly recommend the NEGETIN;: for tho com
plants which 1t Is claimed to cure.
JAMES u. LUDLOW, bate Pastor
Calvary Baptist church, Sacihmcnto, Cal.
Wege &is2eu
She TESTS Well.
SouTn POLAND, Me, Oct. II, 1876
Mr.. il. r.. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-l have been sick two years with the
liver complaint, and during that time have
taken great many different medicines but
none OF them did nc any good. l was restless
at night, and had no appetite. Since taking
The VEGErSE rest we'll and relish my rood
Can recommend the Ncgctinc for what IL IS has
done for Inc. Yours respectfully,
Mrs. ALBERT RICKER
Witness of the above, Mr. George M.
Vaughan. Mcdtord, Mass.
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Crater of Vesuyius.

: Most of the travellers who have de-
scribed this crater, agree in saying that it
is from fifteen hundred to two thousand
feet deep; and many of them speak OF
the possibility of approaching to the boz
tom. All this, to visitor of the mount
ain in its present form, would seem utterly
at variance with the truth. You 60 down
perhaps for half mile, pretty rapid de-
scent, over cliffs and yawning chasms,
and through smoke and heated gas. Here
you arrive at the inner crater; at the hole,
for such 1t seems, which has been made
through the bottom of the gigantic vase.
and into which is inserted the cylindrical
tube, that seems to extend quite down to
the lambent flames and fiery pool of Tar
tarus. OF the depth of this you have a
very imperfect means of judging; and
whenever, by q favorable action of the
wind or temporary suspension of the
smoke, you approach little nearer, and
attempt more satisfactory examination,
q heated puff Of sulphurous gas and
smoke drives you back all but sufocated
70 get Q breath ofspure air. -tsas -iiNi
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CARPETS.

Administer carpets derive their name
from the town at which they were form
erly made. Brussels carpets may consist
of six thicknesses of worsted; they are
also made of five, four, three, and even
two thlcknesses, but more particularly of
three, four and five. A carpet which
consists of six thicknesses is termed a
''six- frame carpet;' and. in like manner,
one formed of five thicknesses IS Give
France" and one of four thicknesses,
"four-frame." and so On. The greater
the thickness the better the carpet. What
are now termed Wilton carpets may be
described as Brussels carpets with velvet
(instead of loopcd) pile. They are made
in exactly the same manner as Brussels
carpets, only the wire over which the
warp threads pass is larger, and its end
is fattened into a blade resembling that
of pocket knife. The increased size of
the wire makes bigger loops, aud the
knife blade cuts the loops as the wire is
drawn from the carpet, making velvet.
like surface. "Tapestry" carpets have q
lO0ped surface like Brussels, but the loops
are often cut, when ''velvet-plle' car
pet is formed-the velvet pile bearing the
same relation 10 tapestry that Wilton does
to Brussels.
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u.ieut. Catesby Jones. i.

Harral, the slayer of Lieut.. Oatesby
Iones has been admitted to bail in the
magnificent sum OF $4,000, and the
friends Of the murdered man are very in
diguant. He has engaged two OF the
best lawyers in Selma, Ala, and Gets up
the customary plea Of seIf-defcnse. Their
children had quarreled and had . pitched
hattie in the streets, and young Jones,
who was in the wrong, had been sent to
his playmste's house with basket OF
fruit and an apology, but his over
lures were received with such bad grace
that another boys fight was precipitated.
Then Lieutenant Jones went over to his
neiphbor's house to demonstrate against
spch yindictive behavior, and was shot
down at the door. Harral says that the
Lieutenant carried with him huge stick
and attempted to use it. Lieut. Jones
...crted in his ante mortem statement
that he had not the least thought of stir
rine M strife. 1t was certainly strange
e..e STE that the gallant sailor who command
ID the Merrimac in he, second days fight
should s IS ahot down IKE 9 doE for pay.
ing The part Of pcacenakef 10 . child .
qUa11ea' ~ ret L RI .gZt4f3z0I
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Selfishness of @ Crowd.

Mr.. H"sdley, in his letters from Italy,
some years ago, told of q singular Incl
dent which illustrates the selfishness fos-
tered by a luxurious indulgence in art.
He wa. present at one of the theatres,
where famous prima donna was to sing
in new opera. Just as she began singing
a man in the PIT was seized with convul-
sions. The prlma donna, seeing his
liyid, death. stamped face, suddenly stop
ped with look of horror and start that
was for once natu. 81. But the audience,
not to lose their enjoyment,
shouted to her to go on, and person sit
ting directly behind the dying man. who
ha6 now risen bolt upright. forced him
into his seat, and held him there by press
ing on his shoulder. The singer Well
on. while foam, streaked with blood
oozed from the mouth of the sufferer. As
she finished in one of her fine strains, the
house rang with applause. and the ruf1an'
lifting his hands from the shoulder OF the
diving man, clapped them with en'husl
oso AZ he shouted "Bravo." Then the
gems d'armes entered. carried away the
corpse, and the opera went on as II
nothing had happened to disturb the
harmony.
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The Secrets of Masonry.

The story is told of Mason s wife,
Who plagued him almost out of his HE
TO learn the secret whatever it be-
The mystic word Of Masonry.
Said he, Now, Mary, if should tell
The awful words, know very we'll,
When you get mad, my darling dear.
You'll rip them out. that all may hear"
Said she, ''Oh, Edward! never! never
They'll rest IN my hearts re cess forever
Toll me, Edward, and never more
Shall l scold, or fret, or slam the door;
And I'll try to be quiet WITH all my might
No matter what hour you come at night.
No man, unlcss he were made of wood,
Could resist an offer 50 fair ana good;
So he said, Now, Mary, my woe OF
DEPENDS on the words I'm about to re-
veal"
"Oh. Ned" she answered, "you may de-
pend
I'll keep the secret till life shall end.''
Said he, g The secret that Masonry
The awful words are-Pork and Beans!'
Scarcely week had passed away,
When Mary got mad, AID what did she
say?
She shouted out, that all might hear,
"Pork and Beans! I've got you there J"
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Bail.

1t is maxim of the common Jaw tina,
al accused person is to be held innocent
until he is proven to be guilty. Such a
maxim. carried out to its fullest extent.
supposes that no punishment, not even
personal restraint, is to be inflicted before
trial. But, as society is constituted, We
cannot suppose state in which all ac-
cused persons would voluntarily appear
when called upon to abide the result Of q
judicial investigation; for such a periec-
ton of honest simplicity is inconsistent
with the existence of crime. Our anccs-
tors, however, endeavorcd to reconcile the
maxim of the law with its practice !;
h ence the origin of "bail." The word.
like bailiff, which has the same origin
,comes from the French, and expresses the
idea of q keeper, superintendent,
charge taker; a sheriff is, in legal phrase
ology, the kings bai'iff, and his county is
his balliwick. One of the titles OF the
chief magistrate of London, before that
of mayor was finally adopted. was bailltf.
no matter what crime person
might be accused of, he enjoyed the priv
iege of bail. He was delivered into the
charge of his sureties. who were pledged
to produce him at the proper time. But
mauv alterations were made by the sta
tutes in the conditions of the privilege.
Murder was excepted, then treason. and
other felonics, until it became the practice
to take bail only for the more venial Of
fences, the Court of Queens Bench alone
having the power to admit to bail for
serious crimes. An act of Parliament in
the time of George w. returned some
what to the ancient practice, Ivy enlarglng
the positive and discretionary power OF
magistrates in the matter of admitting to
bail. - s-i sS@zrf '9"''-'
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What we ker,, ,..,,, l,a,.

IN inc following paragraph from al
ai'ic!e IN Chambers Journal, on .'Mem
lo.y' the reader will find some verv sen
|siDie hints as to the use of an essent;a
faculty:
Every one has memory, but every on,
mas not the same natural aflinities. and
'nel efore every one does not retain will
cquai facility the same sort Of thing. One
man, from taking glance at an object
VIII sketch it correctly; another could no,
give correct representation We're lie to
labor for month. The mind of anu, he,
is more for living objects, and, like Cuy,e,
OF hnox' he carries in his memory the
names and forms of hundreds of plants
ana animals. A third has propensity for
the faces OF his fellow creatures. and like
Ihemistocles, he can name each of the
twenty thousand of his felow.citlzens: or
like Cyrus, he could remember the name
OF every soldier in his army; the Ike be-
ing related Of L. Scipio and the Romans
The day following the arrival u Cinaes,
ambassador Of King Pyr-l,us, in Rome.
he saluted by name all the senate and the
gentlemen OF the citv. Our own George
LII. had an extraordinary power of recol,
lccllDs faces. The taste of fourth is for
languages, and like NJ zzofanti or Alex
andcr Murray, every ward he hears or
reads In foreign tongue becomes lifelong
heritage. Another retains mathematics,
the symbols Of which require a peculiar
least Of memory.
Such a mind is generally destitute of
love of color, music, &C.; it wrestlys with
the artificial symbols that express the
most extensively important truths of the
world. The natural history memory has
to do with the artificial syubols, but with
these it mikes the consideration of actual
to the senses. The taste of
another is for choice, emphatic, and sub
lime diction; like Wakefield, he can re
peat the whole Of Virgil and Horace,
Homer and Pindar.
The faculty of rccollccting places is
very large in some of the inf,rior animals;
pigeons and some sorts of dogs have it
very prominently. The falcon of Iceland
returns TO it's native spot from a distance
of several thousands of miles. And it
seems likely that this has at least some>
thing to do with reference to those birds
which migrate from one country to an
other. 1t seems Indispensable to suc>
cessful traveller. Columbus, Cook, Park,
and Livings one must have been largely
endowed with this faculty. These divers
ltics have not been sufficiently kept IN
view in the important business Of educa-
ton, and the principle Of examining the
same things into every sort of memory
still 90 *. .ensiyely prevails.
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Chatham Island,

Chatham Island, lying off the coast ol
New Zealand, III the South Pacific Ocean,
is peculiarly situated, as it is one of the
few inhabitable points of the globe where
the day OF the week changes. 1t is jus,
on the line of demarcation between dates.
Their high twelve on Sunday or Sunday
noon ceases, and instantly Monday meri>
dian begins. Sunday comes into man 5
house on the east side, and becomes Mon
day by the time 1t passes out the western
door. A man sits down to his MONDAY
dinner on Sunday, and it is Monday noon
before he finishes it. There Saturday is
Sunday, and Sunday'is Monday. and Mon
day becomes suddenly transferred into
Tuesday.