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i r . ' .. . - - Oi 4 m am It , 111 y IV Ul 111 IB :t 7 V I;',' ,.! ;-") ,i -Jul !'! -1.1 , JNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND T II LAWS T HE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Vol. XXXVI. " HILLSBOROUGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1857. No. 1890. . i r I .. : . . ' Y V I - . . "CVV n l 1MB lH twm 11 ItaTaa 1 IISI II ! M IBB 1 tarn M 'ifti-TTi' 0V Msffl ..;-r, UrM LEONARD'S SOUTH APTERICAn Fever and Ague Remedy I U A CHEAP, SAFE AND PERMANENT CURE, ' AND 18 ALMt A Prevntlr of (ha various tortus of Bilious and Intermittent Fevers. Price One tiitllnr per Bottle, f P.Ili Preparation contain no ArneialC ar Mer Ctl ry, n J will mui, like nun; romiiound now eoeoia nended for UIMOlili or other FKVEK3. leave She eyatera fa a cnniiiliun mora Ik ba ilinileH lhn lh Aw-, hut in ri mrrii ). n i( OI'KATIVE. PREVE.VriVK iod BiiSruHATIVE tfopii. ...J if i ltjilril in all AE rui ronji'iurn of ihf r.trm. ' Nrirly til lha arliclu which antrr inln iit cnmpntU lion are of tlirmflv, inclv. rrmrilial aynla fur lha ra af Bll.lObd and IM tKMt l"l Kh r FKVEHM. Aa a Knii, ihia M.lkina ah mid ba uprd by raa'-ilracaitti, Tiavrlara, Emijnnln, ami mhara, during lha Runner m.I Fl month., when maUhoua diwatca r m4 'lnH. A T.uby O. A. LEONARD. NrwVork, on th mitk Trdimoniala and Urt&airaaf aurm fn'n-ird, can ba abtiinrd, graluilaual. at all lha plaeaa wbara II U aolJ. Tha fllain alilament of lha Re. L. M. Paxaa. Sapariiilradaal of lha Fi Puinta llouaa f Indaorv, at girea beljar. ia - Uial paka vuluata la lha tala able Hopenia of Ihia laaietlt . Mr. G. A. Leonard ir: I lake a pleasure intra na ini'ling 1 1 you lha Mlnwiug facta ia relation la a cur pe-fecle-l if lha uaof jnurriiHiib AnMticaa Fewr and Afue Birne.ly, upon nut of lha inmate of tha Hoaae of Ind'iMry. J.thn Vmingi. who bad bean auilcring it j n rhilU and lever darinf tha pl Sa monihe, taa in .Vmnhei laat alUfk'd. and tha parnifame rer aa wore a any I ever knetri alnmt inlanl relief aa etMH-ocel on gifing th (rat alnarsnnlha aipaelrd 1 u if mtn'n. it d nim.iared, and it bad lha happy T tf interAipii.ig lha paroiyema. Minea llien ery au l tha diaeaea healer him, and he hat recovered la former wanted appearance and health. Truly year, Ac, L. M. PEASE. Ifear Yk. Jau.ry U. I8S, G. A. Leonard. E. Dear Sir: lining aafleted fr..n etra atiarka of Ferar and Ague, f had nea.ly daapaiied of Hn lin any relief, oiber than a temporary a. But while laboring anlr a eeaara attark, it area avjeoatad ta try yaar ra'oaJy, and, anlika other reme diaa I haeeaeed, it baap otad a prompt and permanerl ira. at I hare nearer before gone aa lang without ha, ing a return of tha rompleinl, and eaa reroaxaiend Ihe mtb America Few and Aloe Remeily aa a alo abl one for the eSactual ear of the dim. RllBKItr F. PHILPIT, Corner nf Wall and Water atrecta. New York. Dee. 1. 1 Mr.F. A. Kterling.al thin ritr, haa ennaented ta tha ttblrt-attoa of Ihe Mluwing (aria, o er hit ianalure, conearamg a cut perfected by lha a of Ihia remedy, which facta are lanotmated by lha Re. I M. I'eaar, ha waa aruainled with all Iheeirrum-lamews Mr. U. A. Leonard Dear lir! toma ten daja ainre, I beard el a poor bul deaeraing UeraHtn. Hi M alberry at real, who waa .ulL iinf from a i ailaik nf chilla and fatet. conliarted in lb lw groonda near Neart'k, X. i. I g hiia oia hot i la of y.nir M.ith American Feaer and Agoa Rcmeily, and H afford me plaaaarf ta aay, that t ie diaeeee baa bara broken up by iia aaa, and a permanaal cure alTrrled. Tiuly youra. - A. F. STERLING. New York, November 4. 1154. I rm acquainted wild the facta aet forth in lha al o certifl -ale, al caa wilneee to lha truth of the elaia aaentt therein contained. L M. l'EAt"E. Buperinleajdenl Five Point Houae al Induatry. Tha following IVrtifkatea o( Tred k l llenla an.1 Henry vleier, are ammig the peruliar rm-rm in which s permanent cure caa ba effc'ied. nutithiandmg their eotilmoid aipoeura lo prediaioing cauaea. Al the lia th eurea ware perfected they were engaged in the ClM.air j Worka of Charlra I'liiev ak Cas, of thaa rily . Al'ar having been trouhled with Fever and Ague tor early a whole rax oil h, and awalheaed Im of (jutmrie, aa anjcHiit.' roof mine recommended rw lotry a bolil f wbatkt called Ihaetnath Aaxin-afl Fever and Ague Remedy, and euro enough at acted like rbarm. I lank it only mt da v. ami that wa Ihe lal I aaw of tha lever. It ta with great plraauie that I till Ihi fad IW the lienelilof all wb'ra it may concern, and wieh every, baity lha aame auccea ta maweiing Ihi diatreoting aliaeaae, wbrrb ia likalf emwfb if Ihev will fblhit? aiy itm,He. , FkEUEIIICK L.'HEHri.K. AuuM. UJJ. 41 Whipple etreel, ilrooklva. I haa had lha Fever and Ague for eeiel week, which kept roe at borne, unable lo woik. I tried a num ber of preaeiiiiliona. aii bout finding ant rrlwl. until my factory boa aent me bottloof thai eirnrlh American Fever and Ague Kemedj, which I beva axed, and aftet ainne d iy f und mywll entirely rated. I have had aa attack wi.ee that lime, now Imiieen amtith. and (el great eon( tence ia Ihia valuable mnl'cine. lo hn h I wa my recovery. 1IE.KY MEIEK, 99 Mrrvihlao atreet w iiiiainanutgn. Deptemlan 30. I8'4. Tha cciliicalf nf Mr. J. O. L'njarhill. Druggiat.of Jamaica. N. V.. ami lh-e received through him, will ba read with row h liiieiaat. not anly frum th very r apectal'la character of Hie pertiee, bal that Ilia amiH'ina wa al ander vary anforMa rirconmancea, and jpnly allien iHher ramnlie had brea urd without tocret. Mr, . . Uonard, N. Y.-Dear Hir i 1-icloa.d you lll fin tome ea-rtiflcate of lha garni elCrcta of your Airdiciqe la Mil plica. It g ivea aatiafartroa fa rvfry ana that baa aaed it, aad lha a la wiH Inereeee aa It ha. eomea known. I take lha rtMponathility ta warrant it. Mr. Mtephea HaiMlerann.af Ihia plvra.aanl a bottle ta fiiwi(r'a i4er, with Ilka goad teeull If when Uaed by bimaelf and wife, Mr. Henileran) ia aa aid man, I cry reie table fitiaea af thm alaco.and ia wellkwowa. Tiulyy.Mira. Ac, J A!. U. UMKEKHILL, Jam ik-a. .tw York, Mepiemhar i, I8i. We, thl anileraUaed.hive aaed tha Baulk American R'inmly fier Fi-ver and Agtia and iMrrmittenl Feveit, an I it b ia m ,da I perfect rare of ouraelvea and familiea, and with miiHt pleasure recommend It la tha public ta fare and chain medicine. Ki.iieKr uii.xki.iv. WM.jnnNiwjf, , , CHANLE J.OU.E. WM. BENKGT. Jatmicl. N. Ym rVptambar 87, mi. Mr. i. O. irndeihill, Drageial, Ace-Dear fin I hi and lha Mouth American Remedy, fl kiglilf re. commended by voa, both t aiyaelf arid wife, and we htva keen riraj. I .lia M I the boat atailiHaa (of lha chilla and (aver oaf, I abatild am kavf aaed il if eaa did ail warrant (art, but aaw I ia aititied thai il la lit yau raenmincnittd H to k. Tour, eeapaatfully. S.ttEKDrReO.f, iijki, x. aptcfjbaf tr, Uiko. iamaiea, K. Y .'May IS, l8!r6V , Mr.O. A. Leontrd Dear flirt My mother, anal lnly.wif afflicted with chilla aad (aram fery bad laat aummer, and having- heard your miuliriua highly rt cominciicled. the waa iuduead to try il; after taking ana ami a hall bottler, aha waa perfectly cured, and ( cheer, fully recommend H aa a aafa and tare tura. . Ke-pectfully youra, O. N.CODWI8E. Mora carliacalet might ba added to twell lha Hat, but a delicacy an Iht part of many not lo ha their nemet pprar in print, prevent a puMictlion cd them. The abnve, however, ire eutficieiit avidenrra lo ealablith tha fact, that thii remedy it without in ecjutl for lha per. manent eura of tha Feret and Ague. ' QA tupplyof tha ahova Medicine on hand, aad Cor tale by J, 'p, I'AlN, llillahriiugh, U. B. SAUNDEIiS. Chnj.el Hill, and Merchanltgtneratly in Ihia taction. January t. J ly 23 IV1T.K'KS; WtJ, THK rORGER CONVICTED. JOHN 8. DYE IS THE AUTHOR. Who baa bad tea jearaeiperienreeeallaukei and Puliliaher. an.l Author of ; A Stria of LnJuret vt Ike Hroadwny Tuljernatle, ' whin, for ten eureeeaive iiiglil. over j y - ... r 50.0000 Peopl-w . Greeted bim with Koundi of Applaote, while ha eiliihited lha mm neriu which Counterfeit etecuie their Fraud", and the 8urett and Phorieat Meana of Detecting them! 77i Bank Kuft Engrattrt nil toy th'l kt it Iht grtalul Jmlgt of Puptr Afoy living. GRKATE8T DISCOVERY OF THE PRE. BENTCEMXKY FOR m Detect Ins t'CHntcrrt'it naak Molen, Deaeribiiig Every Uenuin Bill in Eiiatence, and aibtbiling al a glance every Counter. . frit ia Ciiculatioa !l , . Ananged t) admirably that rvfrrenca if caay and Detection Inelauleneoua. Ka iivlel lo eianv loe! No page to hunt up! I Bui ao aimphtied ami arrai.rwl. that the Met chant, Banker and Bueineaa Man can aea mil ml a Glantt. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN. TIibi tack ouj rnd Ibe ume li kit wi Xilire Imw. Host Perfect Sink Note List Published, alao a ht of . All Ibe Private Ittinkera la America. A Complelf aommary of lha Finance of Europe and Ameticawill he puhli.hcd in each edition, to gether with lil tha important newaof the day j ala af serien vf Talet front ia old manuscript SiunJ in the Eaat. ft fur- aiahee tha Moot Complttl Hiatery of ORIENTAL LIFE, and beerrihing tba moat parpleting pnationa in which tha Laitie and Gentlemen of that country have beca eo often found. Theae Ktoiiea will coo linue tbraughenit tba whole jear, and wiH prove lha meal entertaining aver ofli red lo ihe public. If Furniahed Weekly lo Sul.e-rilvre aril, at fll year. All letter mnai he add reaped lo JtH. S. I)YK.. Broker, PitMieher and Proprietor," " ?e Wall Street, New York. April tt. TBUSTEFS SECOND SALE. BY virtue of a deed of IruM eiecuted by McLean k llanmr. lor purpoae llieiein named, I aha. I pro. reed ta aeil, ia lha Iowa ot Urnbem, ea 1 I telAY the arcotid day af Juim nett, (being TurWay of Juno Court neat.) Ihe follow ing real tHale i I helarg aad well coualrurled Blora Ilouat, e co pied by bttl.a tt llanncr.on lha emit b -eaat corner, neat ibe court bouac. w lib a half an acre lot i l ha Houae and Lot amupted by Wm. K adding, half an acre lot c Tha Hot. and Lot rcupted by J. D. Noel, one acre lot The Hoaac and Lot occupied by Tboraaa C. Mclean. one a re and mie-ibml) And aeveral other L"niiiiirued Lota, well artuateJ far family raatilrme. For a more pellicular dtaeriptioa nf the ntoperty, P).ly to lha I'ruvtee, wka will take alreeara ia giving auy tiiformalinn. ' Too abi.e property will be tokl aa a retaonabl Cied.l. Teima made bnownoa Iht day ol aale. All peraont imlcbted lo Mclta A H.nuer, at Gra ham, or I.. W. dutnejiera'a, enher by nma or account, arc rcqueMed in aotilo tba eama before lb let of Juno nett. or they will find them In lb hand af aa officer forc.rfiee.io.. D. C. HARDEN, Troate. April IS. tt 1m TO COITON PLANTERS. The Cotton Planter's Manual ; Il KING I romptlaiimi of facta fiora th beat authori tic on th culture nf Cotton, it natural hiatmy, chemical ta.ln.ia. Irad and conumitin ; and tm brarlng a hiatory of Citl.tn and Ihe t'otloei Gin. By J. A. Turner, I'iic l. Beat fit af paetag re eriil t price. GARDENING FOK THE SOUTH. By W. N. Whita, of Athena, Georgia. A moat complete manual for eveiy department ef llmltctjllar, embracing Ihe Vegetable l.anlea, Ilia Frail Garden, tb Flower Garden, and th Pb aauia (atoutxla, adaated pailirulerlt ta tlio Monthera Klate. Price f I t. l o he obtained of all Hookerllera.ar acnl by aa pre paid la any pail of the Union na receipt of pur. C M.MXTO.N&t-U., , A(ri-ullaral llonk Publiabera, 140 Fultoa Street, Naw York. March 4. la TO THE I'UBLIO. WE. lb nerrkanta af Chapel Hill. iWlirf tba ne ceaalty of a change in lha manner af doing hi aea in Ihtt idaca. htva reaolved la btv all debta ataiw for goo.lt told, due lb let of eacb July, ind lb let af ach January. without tegartl t ilate af pnrrhaae. Wa are decidedly af tb opinion that it will b belter fot th cuatemer a well the merchant. C. dt J. "CO IT CO, W. A. TlMMPfON. J. T. IH0?l at Ct1 l.flNO McCAI LEY. J. . lirTCHINC ek CO, LOADER V WATbON, ' F. A. DAVIE. R. B. HI NDERS, JO.VtH WATHOX. ' ' 8T0NH A UTROWP, CkriHiii,rk.ie,itr.' , March II. T4-. j&a uijioadoai?. . :- l ' " May your rich aoil, ' Ciuberant, ntturet't better bleatingt poor ' O'er every land." . From tha Plough, Loom and Anvil. FERT1MZEK8 CHOICE OF PRESERVATION Ve hive seldom found the necessity of manures, and the choice to be made from among; them, expressed so much to our minds as in the lolloping, from the pen of Prof. Campbell, of North Carolina, in the Soil of the South. Prof. Campbell savs ' " Soils that have been long under cultiva tion, must necessarily become deficient in manj of the elements of fertility, unless the exhausted supply be restored Irom time to time by proper applications. Without this restoration, farming would soon become a profitless business. Labor can not bring from a soil what is not there. Wher'jrou wish jour horse to do long and faithful ser vice, you feed him well j if you do not, his strength soon fails, and whip and spur are insufficient to revive his drooping energies. So, plough and hoe are equally inefficient in reviving the energies of a tlarcing Jitld. Economy in sustaining or restoring the strength of soils, is no less important than economy in feeding horses and cattle. But as an abundance ol such nutritious food as may arise from the products of home culture is most economical in feeding stock, so the free application of home made manure, urV colltcttd and wtll krpt, it the most economical of all fertilizer. The farmer who goes abroad to boy guano, while he leaves at home masses of manure, from which wind and rain are rapidly carrying on some of the very same elements that give to guano its value, is nut acting more wisely than he who leaves his hay to be drenched with rain and bleached by the s'un, while he goes out to buy oats or barley to take the place of hsy in his next winter's feeding. Let what you have be made as available as possible then, if jiiore is needed, it will be time to look abroad for it. After all proper means have been resorted to for collecting yonr barn yard, stable and hog-pen manure, aahes, soapsuds, &-c, you can better afford an occa sional tun of euano for the sake of an extra crop of 4 heat, and a succeeding fair aet1 of clover. Reader, the above is worth reading onet, if you agree with it, for it will confirm you in the right, but more than mice, if you do not agree with it, for in that case it may set you right. It most assuredly will, if you weigh it thoroughly. You may better pur chase guano, superphosphate, poudrette, any thine that will.anav.tr the purpose, thin cultttate land destitute of the ingredients fori a crop, uut what mimi pleases ns m me above is, that " Yau can better afl'ord an occasional ton of guano" after prudently preserving and applying the home manures. On the preaervatiun and application of these, your succcm greatly depends. In speaking of the importance of prevent ing loitt in manures, tluring the interval , elapsing before they can be applied. Prof.; Campbell s'.ates the following experiment! "A barrel was filled with tread scrapings' from the stalls of horses. Over the manure,! .1 : I : . . t - i ..l... ., aa iiiruviH iii, m intie giuunti piaster via sprinkled from time to .time. After the barrel had been compactly filled, it was al lowed to stand some weeks, until it had gone through the heating process found always to take place when newly collected manure is thrown into heap. But during this heating or fermentation, it may with propriety be called,) there was none of that vapor of strong odor which ordinarily ariaes from I fermenting manure heap. When the matt j k..i i. ....( ,i. ; n...d 1 through it and collected at the bottom of the barrel. This water was found to contain one of the elements of ptaater, and one of tha volatile substance (carbonate of ammo nia) above alluded to. On emptying the barrel, a white powder, looking very much like plaster, was found mingled with its contents. But when tested, this powder was found to contain only one of the ele ment of plaater while it contained alo one element of the viola tile carbonate of ammo nia iuttt mentioned." This experiment, without some explana tion, might seem of little value to practical men. Prof. Campbell explains as follow : ' In order that those who are not familiar with the principles of chemistry may under stand the foregoing experiment and fulty appreciate its results, little explanation is neceary. "The volatile matter which escapee to rapidly from heaps of manure, and the pre sence of which ia perceived by its odor about alablet where hornet are fed, it called by chemical writer ' carbonate of ammonia,' conaiating of carbofric acid and ammonia, combined. " Plaster fgvpanm) !, according te chem ical nomenclature, sulphate of lime L ., sulphuric acid and lime combined. I.ieb r sat, 1 carbonate of ammonia and sulphate of lime (gypcum) can not be brought to gether at common temperatures without mutual decomposition. The ammonia enter into combination with the sulphuric arid and the carbonic acid w ith the lime.formini compound which are not volatile and, consequently, destitute of all smell. Thus, we get two neve ompoindsS namrlr, cir , annate oi time in verr nne powgcT, attn (tttphife of ammonia, which i not volatile, ami of Mnre hot liable t he loat in (he ume war at' the carbonate of ammonia Thin sulphate, however, it readily dissolved in water. Hence, in the experiment above detailed, it was .carried out in tolution by uie water and manure.'' . , i, An important inference from the above experiment, as made and at explained by Prof. Campbell, is, that the manures accu mulatingabout the barn, during the summer, Jhould be preserved in a similar manner, .et them be thrown toeetJier, under a thed if that it convenient, or in a pile outside if not ; it the latter, the pile should be to high that rains may be retained in it and evapo rated instead of running through, and let ground plaster be mixed, tar half a peck to each load of the manure.- We would say a bushel to load, were we looking only at the preservation of the manure; but we have to look beyond that to the application. If twenty loads were applied to the acre, it would imply as many bushels of plaster, which would be entirely too much. We would therefore mix but four quarts of piaster to me loan, a mis wouiu give a lair allowance for the land on which this manure might be placed, implying as much sulphuric acid as would be likely to benefit the laud. And then we would mix with the manure other substance swamp muck, if it could be had, or, if not, leaf mold, scrapings from hedges, or loam, if nothing better were at hand ; this to act aa a retainer of the virtues of the manure. So little plaster at we have recommended might not be sufficient alone to retain the ammonia, and hence the advantage of tome thing more ; and we venture to say that by adding well-cured twamp muck, the quantity of manure may be doubled, without deteri orating but very little, if at all, the quality. Water ahould be applied if the mast it likely to become entirely dry. Moitt alwayt, but nrvtr leached, it -the rule for home ma nures. Can we make the reason of this plain to the non-chemical reader ? we will try s water ia itsulf a pretty good retainer of ammonia. If the turface of a manure heap could be alwayt kept moist by the constant sprinkling of a little water enough to penetrate eight or ten inchet, but not enough to leach the manure it it doubtful whether any other retainer would be needed. The water would keep the ammonia in the heap about at safely at a high fence will keep cattle in a yard, even if no other re tainer were employed; whereat, if the heap is suffered to become entirely dry, it it doubtful whether anything would keep the ammonia from escaping. Perfectly dry plaster, in manure that it entirely dry, hat very little effect. Moisture it necessary to tha retult explained by Prof. Campbell, that of changing carbonate of ammonia into sulphate, as all chemists tgree that platter has this power in but a very limited degree till partially dissolved in water. If we have made ourselvet understood, it will be seen why all manure-heaps containing ammonia should be kept in a moist state. Ia case of dairies, where a large number of cowt are yarded nights, it would be too much labor to preserve the manure, at we have recommended ; and our recommenda; tion would be defective, because it makes no provision for the liquid excrements, which are really of more value than the solid. The vt ay to make the manure of the greatest possible value is, to carry into the yard, after it ia cleared in the spring, large quantities of absorbent matter, as swamp muck, leaf mold, turf, or rich loam, to rover the whole turface with thit, and then to add t..i- .1 1.1 -! more everr few days, till the mast becomet so thic k that a smart rain w ill no more than sat mate it, and a lung drouth will not en tirely drv it. In this way, if the yard it a little hig'ierat the circumference than in the centre, the soluble salt will not be washed away, and the ammonia will be preserved. Considerable -labor is implied, but then the manure from twenty-five cowt will be worth a hundred dollar, hen if left to ittelf to become alternately at dry at tinder and sufficiently liquid to run into the nearest brook, it would hardly be worth twenty. If the riincrence woum pay lor the labor and something: more, it should be done. The whole yard by such a courae becomes t manure heap ; "but owing to the great thick ness of the matt, it duet not become toft by rains to the extent of being impassible or at nearly to, at when the vard is left to itself ; and in dry weather the mats it not often to dried through at to allow the ammonia to escape. V e will only add that we nave often teen thit in practice, and have teen the good reaulu both in the greatly increas ing quantity of the manure, and Jn favor able effects on crops. X. WORMY APPLES. Having been troubled with wormy applet for the last fifteen years, I thought! would try an experiment on one tree this season to tee if I could not stop these marauders in their w ild career. 1 took half a dozen quart bottles, and filled each with sweetened wa ter. I then suspended them from the branches of the tree in the following man ner I 1 tied leather ttrapa three-fourths of an inrh wide around the branches, to pre vent them from being girdled) to these leather straps I tied hemp strings, to which 1 attached the bottles, leaving them open to allow the miller to enter. 1 let the bottles remain in thit way for five or tix weeka, and on taking them down and emptying them, I found the miller had entered in treat num bers and were drowned in the liquid. In one bottle I counted fifteenin another forty. 1 had twelve bushels of sound, worm tett'applet, while the fruit on the other treea not experimented epon wa wormy. Country Gt4hmt. Twomttlr were recently tnlaVia Stockton, fatifrrrni, fr 11,300, w'liish weighed to gather i.Roti pounds. From the New York Ledger. LINES. At diatant land beyond tha aca, ' ' 1 When frienda go thence, draw nigh, 8o Heaven, when frienda have thither gone, ' ' Drawe nearer Irom the sky. And aa tboae hrnla the dearer grow, Whao friend are long away,' . , i. So Heaven iteclf, through loved onet dead, Grow dearer day by day. i Heaven ia not far from thoae who aea . With tha pur aptrit'a eight, But near, and ia the very haute Of Ihoae who tee aright. January, I $57. c. 0. STCilT. THE ISLAND PRINCESS. A ROMANCE OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD. BT MM 4 D. I. X. SOL'TH WORTH, Author of "TheLoat Helreea," "The Deaerted Wife," "The M taring Bride," "Retribution," 4c CHAPTER I. SN IKla.ilRt'rTCD WEDDINO. It was the first of Mar, the marriage day of the Viscount Montressor of Montressor Castle, Dorsetshire, and Estelle.only tluugh terand heiress of Sir Parke Morvlle, Hyde Hall, Devonshire. A glonout morning! the cloudiest, blue tky smiled down upon the green hills ami dewy dalet and deep woods of Devon ; and the park around the Hall was ail alive ami musical, with the joyous tongs of bird, and the merry laughter of the young men and maidens Catherine to celebrate theii Mn-tlav festival, and to do honor to the marriage of their landlord a daughter. The elm shaded, winding avenue that led from the highway to the house, wa arched at each terminut by a mam moth wreath of flowers, and many were the carriages that passed under them, on their way to asistat the wedding; and these contained only the bridesmaids, and the nearest friend and relatives of the family, whose relationship or position gave them the right to attend the bride to church ; for a still more numerous party had been invited to meet her at the altar. The villager and tenants, grouped about under the shade of the great old tree's, or wandering over the greensward on either tide Ihe avenue, watched these equipages as they rolled on, commenting is usual on tuch occtsiont. " Oh dear me ! the weddingers won't pass till nearly twelve! and here we are to wait two mortal hours I said a young girl to the game keeper. " Hash : my darhng, look, here comet his LordebipV Uiliaic, ataa-lf. jool aa Bar at you're the prettiest las in the country." It teat unra Montretsor a carriage. Early that moraine; a note fom hi affian ced bride had been put in his hamla tumtnnn- ing him to a private conference with her at the Hall, before they ahould proceed t the church. Surprised ami filled with vague uneasiness, hit lordhip!ol no time in obey- tne the behest. Within the most secluded of her suite of richly furniahed apartments at the old Hall, half-buried in the depth of a cushioned chair. reclined the bride expectant, in bi ni.il array. She wat alone, her attendants having, by her own detire. withdrawn. Estelle Morelle or "la belle Estelle,"; "Beautiful Stella," "the Midnight Star" j at, for her resplendent dark beauty, he was; poetically named was at Ihi time twenty- five years cf age, and more lovely than a 1 poet s or an artist's ideal. Her I'ni'in was of: medium height, and very slender, though well-rounded, with a sri 'crful head, over which fell rich mase of jet-black silken; ringlett, thadmg a face of pure, pile olive comnletion with lutee mournful dark eyes, habitually veiled by the long, drooping lashes, and delicate, though full, curved lip, ever patiently closed a in silent resignation. The prevailing expressing of her dark, brilliant countenance was a profound melancholy. The announcement of Mist Morelle' ap proaching marriage with the Viscount Mnn tretsor had created a profound tenaation in the faahionable and aristocratic circle. A peerles beauty, the only child and lie i rest of the oldest, wealthiest and haughtiest baro net in the West of England, her heart had been as much the object of aspiration tt the youthful and ardent, as her hand and fortune had been the end of desire to the mercenary tnd ambition. At the early ge of seven year, Kritclle had been placed at one of the first t las fe- i male institution or learning at Paris, then a ! now, considered among the very best of their I kind in the world, and there had been left to i . , i . ..I.-.- .i. remain iniu nrr nimmii jcar, v.nc todden and calamitous breaking up ol the in ttitulion, and her ow n severe illns, Imd oc casioned Iter removal. 77if iiVitt ha I been attended with marked thtm-jt m the com: it u . .r. tlOH mna Itntpnamull nj lie young gin. i Hieiaitconi y g.ri mat aou nan pmcu aim Estellf, previously the most rairles,! lined only as a shadow tlui'eil lor a row light-hearted and rapriciou of children, left , meiit across lite suiialiiue ul your pai'.t, and her chamber' nf convaleacence a subdued,! then passed ay forever! and a lorget thoughtful, melancholy wtmati The laut-1 her !" ing lipt of fit Ihomlcloied in patient tatLitssji "Stella! I hated pledged tny limine never the sparkling eye sheathed their beam un to renew this suit, ui.lr yon reeie in sir tier long, ehadnw y lashe, now seldom lifted . favor Ihe teutence you htve pnnn'onred up the silvery, elastic voice, sank into deep and on it but, intired by the dn p and death thrilling tone; the free, glad muttons were ? I bear you, at.d 'Imping e'niit measured and controlled. ' hope I feel impelled to implore in-line ei Mte never entered another tthoni, but completed her education under the bet mas ter, at home. To dissipate what was roll tillered a transient melancholy, her parent (raveled with Iter over Eutope, pausing at each capital and chief town, to hw her all that was intending and instructive. Bui though Ihcir daughter repaid their attention with the sweetest rratitude, and obeyed them with Ihe lenilest docility, the showed no in terest in the passing acenet. . And though ffCjwi.c'' her extreme laut an I sweet I ness rifdiapntition, nut less than her fortune ami position, drew around Iter many friend 'and admirers, Estell remained alone in her I isolnted thoughts anil feelings. Every most ! distinguished physician in Kurnpe lutl been ! consulted upon her rase, and the result, of j their wisdom was a'tlensimi that thit nielan runty was not me cneci tag in neaiin, still lest of secret sorrow, but that it was a constitu tional phase that would probably pits away with injuring years. They returned to England, presented their daughter at court, ami introduced her into all the gaieties of fashionable lifo. But with no happy effect upon the spirits of Eatelle, who remained profoundly unmoved amid the eclat that greeted her debut. Her pictu resque beauty was the theme of all tongues her mournful glance was fascinating her deep tonet thrilling her touch magnetic; all felt her power, yet she who could move all others, remained unitnpresfed. Sho who sought no conquests, for that very reason, perhaps, made many, A peer ami two com moners, in succesion, laid their fortunes at her feet, and were in turn kindly and firmly rejected. So passed her first season in London, at the close of which her parents took her down to their seat in Devonshire. Here, in her thoughtful, quiet, unostentatious manner, she engaged in works nf benevolence among the villagers and the tenantry. And her father, hoping much from thit employment, gave hear fall liberty of action, and smiled to see that she seemed less pensive than be fore. At the beginning of the parliamentary tetm, the family went up to London. And it was here in her tccond season in tu'vn thatKstelle funned the acquaintance of Lord Mnntretsor, a young nobleman but late ly acceded to his titles and estates, but al ready known as a man of the most high-toned moral and intellectual excellence, as a righ teous, as well as a rising ttatesman, and as one, who in the event of a change of minis try would be likely to fill a high official posi tion in Hi Majesty's cabinet. Aside from the glare of rank and wealth and power, Charles Montressor was a glorious specimen of the Creator's workmanship. Above the aver sgo atantUrd of height among hit country men, broad-shouldered and deep chested, with a noble head, and a face full of wisdom and goodness, his appearance truly indicated the warm benevolence, clear intelligence, and pure spirit of the man. Hit presence toon inspired Estelle with a faith that the had not been able to feel in any other that approach ed her. He drew nearer to her than any other had been permitted to come ; he cross, ed the magte circle of lifer isolation, and con verted with her as no other had been allow ed to d . The world looked and said that the beautiful Stella had at last met her mat ter and wat conquered. At this stage of affairs, the parliamentary term being over. Sir Parke Moral U and hit family left London for Hyde Hall Lord Montressor asked and received per mission to follow them, and in less than a month availed himself of the privilege to da o. Thus it wat in the home of her ances tors, after having obtained the cordial sane tiou of her parents, and believing himself sure of the affections of their daughter, Lord Montressor offered his heart and hand to the lovely Gatclle, and wat tn hit profound touishment instantly and firmly rejected! lit thus rejecting hit suit she wept lung and bitterly, praying his forgiveness, that the happiness she had experienced and exhibited in hit society tlnuld have betrayed hitn into making thit declaration, and beseeching hiia never to renew hit suit; but to leave and for get her. There wat totneilting in the tone uf her refusal which com firmed and deepen ed hit previous conviction that even in re jecting him slie loved him ! But with his high-toned sentiments he would not in the lett degree presume upun that knowledge. Taking her haudwiihdulereuiialtetiderneea, he laid "Stella! a man nj.er but once, in bit whole existence, loves a woman at 1 lave you ! I will not inquire the cause of the rejection, which you have cerlaiuly a right to make without assigning any reason fur Ihe act. Ami after having received litis repulse, I may ut in honor distress you by a renewal of my suit. But this, in parting, I must ta to you that, though I g hence, l shall nut I go out of the re tch of your Iriendt; 1 shall j never adtlres another woman ; so if ever in the coutse r,f future week, or months, or year, however long, you may think proper to review the decision of thit evening, Stella, I implore you to let me know! Write but one word, 'Come,' and I will returu to lay an unchanged heart at your feet !' Estelle wa werping too bitterly to reply. " StclU ! will you promise to do this?" "Lord Montrer,lat and dearest friend 2 do not trek to bind youraell to one who ear. ' give nothing in return I 'fry to think of the I" . .. i. .,.. ... i . ..:.:..! ... i ing voo, that, io the event of a favorable change of aetitiiiieitt or purpose lnnjnl me, you will not hesitbte (ogive me leaie to te turn. Stella, wilt you prooita me so much a thai?" ; " .Nobleat fiieml that I have in the world ( how gladly would I nrotniee, but I must but, Monti ir. Were I to do so, you, would feel bound to wail the change of my in tod, and to, for a most undeserving love, might mitt, in tome nobler woman' tfetiuiit, the ?iajiin-.-es ia '.ore fur jrou '" k i
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