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4 t t i % i P?WPyi I I ?L1I ll_ I . MPWBWm II I ? ' .MgJMltf.'.'.'.. fMP.UfcJIi I I ll'll|l^"WWi#??MM^>iBWMW THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. . ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY; JUNE 24, 1870. VOLUME XVIII?NO. 9. MY ANGEL NAME. t t I BY TEncr no PENCE. J e la the land where I am going, j When my en thly life is o'er When the tired lunula cense ihcir striving, ' And the tired heart aches no more? I In that land <f light and beauty, Where no sorrow ever ctimo ( To o'ereloud the perfect glory? What shall be my ung<>l yuuii I j m/>n 4in..n;.:i. ] Meet me at my entering in, ' With what-panic of love nnd music, : Will their welcoming begin! Not the one bo dimned with earth stains, Linked with thoughts of grief and pain: ' No I the name that mortal? gave me 1 W ill not be my angel name 1 t I liave heard it all too often Uttered by unloving lips; ( Eurthty. care, and sin and sorrow, ' i Dim it with their deep eclipse. 1 shall chango it like a garm.nt ' When 1 loava this mortal frame, I And at life's immortal bitptism < 1 shall have another nunio. ( For the angels will not call mo l$y the name I.bear on earth; They will speak a holier language t Where 1 havo my holier hi rib, j Sj'llablod in heavenly music, , Sweeter fur tlmn eaith may claim, Very gentl.-, pure and tender? Such will be my angel name. It lins thrilled my spirit often (. In the holiest of my drenm*; JJut its beauty lingers with me c Only like. the morning beams. I TV-eary of the jarring discord Which the lips of nioi luls frame, t When shall I, with joy and rupture, i Auswer to my augel nume t j ONLY A FACE. j I. 8 I was sauntering slowly homewards J1 one night about half past eleven, ^ -iuiui liuvnig uucuuca uie iuieipln 1' theatre, in common with my brethren 11 -of the press, the first representation " of a drama by a very popular author. " Cigar in mouth, and in deep cogita- ? lion as to the sort of critiqT.o that n the new piece deserved, I was startled 11 by a hand being laid gently on my u arm?-just touching me ever to light- ^ Jv, and no more. My eyes rested on the hand?glovelcss, but resembling ? a fairy snowllako; then 1113- gaze wan- v dercd father towards its owner's face, a and there it remained for & moment or ?o, ppcllbound. Big soft eyes with tbeir iris so deeply violet as the petals 0 of a heartease, and with their lids ^ fringed with long curling lashes, look- " ed depreeatingly into mine. Bright ? chestnut hair waved freely off a low ^ whito brow, surmounting a little ^ iJreek nose and and a rosebud mouth. 3" slightly open, showing a row of glis- ir tcning teeth. * u vniy a lace, nothing more; but the llJ faco ol'. a woman angel! "Who could *l the be? I wonder to myself, this Titanir, this embodiment of a poet's iU dream, this delicate, apparition, this lonely waif?wandering ill the evil London streets side by side with unblushing effrontery and hideous ilauntingvico? Not one of that sisterhood h 1 diviucd at a glancc, as she stood b shyly beside mo, and spoke iu hesitating accents. "O, sir, where is Charing-cross sta- r< tion? . I have lost my way, and it is very late!" l "Cbaring-cross! "Why, you must have passed it, 1 fancy." P ' Passed it ? But I was so frightencdl" and she shot a furtive, nervous t] glance over her shoulder. Noting the suggestive movement, I 0 too turned round, and saw that the ^ poor child had apparently fallen into ? tbc camp of the Philistines. 'r Close behind us, eying the girl, "r" Btood a short thick-set man, darkLrowed, and with the prominent fea tures that appertain to the tribe of Israel. Evidently nothing but a roar- w ing lion seeking whom lie may de- " vour," a vulture in pursuit of a dove, h My resolution was talfep at once. A Looking at my watch, I said?"Whore do you wish to go?" "To Spa-road." "Como along, then. We have just time enough, I think, to catch the last train."* And leaving the diseomfittcd "Mo- b bcs" plante, I walked quickly off with u an angel?but an angel in a stuff o dress and an unpretending straw bon- t( net?trudging along bj'my side. In v a few minutes wo were seated in a n first class carriage?its solitary^ occu- a pants. d The respectability of my exterior o had undoubtedly had its proper effect, s for the rosy lips no longer trembled, o and a reassured look roigned in the a pretty violet eyes. o "How came you to be out so late s all i alone?" X asked her, gently, p curbing as well as I was able any un- 1 due curiosity that was larking in my p hrAfint, ftnrl tlivrtniin/. --j - *? , .U.vnuig US JI1UUJ1 uuier- a ence. into my manner as thongh I ]i -was addressing the GraiiHe Duchesse o herself. I could see that it never e even entered her brain to question any legitimate right of mine in put- \ ting the query.. Lovater himself 1 * roust have neen a terrible impostor r indeed; if guile, or any arriere pentee, r could have existed with the Candid f brow, that countenance open as the s <lay. I 'My father has been very ill, and he -was worse to-day," sho replied at c once, and the repressed quiver of the s childlike mouth, and the pained ex- t prcssion that flitted across her face, i carried with them the conviction of her t truth; and I went to call ob a doctor 1 In Brook street that we were told wad ^ the very best one we could consult;, 1 but I found ha had gone out to a 'grand *1 party,' the servant* said?and after i 'waiting three hoars, I bad to come i away without seeing him." - < "What U your father's ailment? -i Pet-haps X may. know of some skilfal i physician," I said; and then curiosity i got ili? better of discretion^. and with i the witttoesrof the tempter of-Bye, I 1 Added?^What name shall 1 ask for, if I succeed in finding one to aceoin- < pan me to yonr house 7" < "O how good yoa are I" aha cried, i gmtefhBjr. . "Uster-ifthe name. My i lather is all artist?an excellent jut- < i istand her facc brightened up in- i o perfect radiance us slie diluted on i lis genius. "Many of his paintings | lavo been in tlio Exhibition; but ( linco he fell ill ho has not been able t >o devote himself to his url at all, and .vo have no money?that is," she in- < ,crruptod herself hastily, whilst a ] leep Hush swept over her cheek, "we lire not quilo ho well off as wo were, ind wo do not know many people ; Tor my mother's timo is so much taken up with attending on my poor lather, that she is unable to go out md sec friends." O how my heart bled for tho child, is all unconsciously and artlessly she i revealed in her innocent words the ] Lerriblo poverty and anxiety that i Hied hoi1 ltomo life! " , l}y this time we had reached our \ Icstiuation, a small but clean-looking ] louse in "Spa-road. A f'aeo looked ( jurriedly Tout'of f'a window as we ( :ang the bell, and a woman's voice ex- ( laimed,?'It is !Nellio at last, thank , Jod!" ] I clasped her hand a moment as 1 ] >aid good-bye. and slipped into it my | anl with "Mr. Mark Fleming, 4 < \rundel street, Strand,"; neatly en- | jraved upon it; and then 1 had to ; rharter a vehicle, for there were no t nore trains that night, to take me 1 ionic and to bed, where I might ( Iream of "only a face." t Three days slowly lagged on their t tourse, crawling snail-like enough, as t ! vainly attempted to devolo my* at- i ention to my usual avocations. Dur- t ng the whole of the time I was per- <. actually haunted by that face?5?el- j ie'sface; for already, after the fa>h- 'l on of lovers, I had begun to call lier sellie to myself.. . ] It did not in the least signify what _ ubjc( t> I wrote on, or what interesting 1 latter 1 studied : a vision stood ever j csidefmo with ^violet eyes looking ? leadingly out of their great depths ;1 itomine. Soextraordinaiya change (] ad feverish fancy wrought in mv t sually prosaic and somewhat matter- i, f-fact temperament, that my imagi- ] a-jion becume aft'cetod; and in mo- y uents of "temporary insanity," to 0 sc an exaggerated term, I caught v lyself actually listening, with apaili- j til tension of the nerves of my organ n f hearing, for a ilutter of starry c ,-ings which might bear away my ;l ngel from me. r ' Mark Fleming," I paid to myself, c can it be possible that any amount t f sense you flatter yourself 3-ou pos- s ess has been dispersed to tho lour n rinds at your mature age of thirty- a ve by only a face? Nothing more! ], 'he face too of a girl over whose riirlit. liPfl/1 nnl mnrn (li<in tmlf I'min o--- a ears havo rolled! Cui bono??this t] iwano infatuation, this following of a ill-o'-the-wisp. Marriage, that usual 0 Itimatum and desideratum of feelings . w ieh as you are indulging in, would r) 3 simply a ridiculous mistake. May ad December wedded together make p it a sorry pair. Shako yourself up, n [ark, and don't he such an egregious ej iol! Descend from the regions of mdowv' vioions, return to earnest, ft palthy life, and forget?what? 'On- ;l ' a face,' after all." p Not so easy* The spirit was wil- L] ng, amenable to the mandates of ft . 1..1 il - Xl-. l 1 - *11 ' jiiaun j uub-Luu iicbii was nornoiy, jj jrribly wcalc. Like the anecdote of M be old .woman and the gin-palace, for f, bree days I had manfully resisted jj utting myself in the way of temp- ,(j ition ; on the fourth, 1 was forced 10 S( rcat resolution. u I remembered the address of nn p Id chum of mine, whom I .knew to e on the top ladder in his profession ; ^ nd at half-past three wo were.ster.m- p ig away toward Elysium, aluis Spa- u aad. - c. Spa-road was my oasis in the desert, u lie nest that contained my bird of Ir 'arndise, the tiny speck on earth in 'hich blo;-omcd the lovelicst^flowei^ ]j exotic of celestial birth that should T avo only blosomed in celebtial air." Jready I but knew . js o: "Twoseparate worlds; the one^ that small jc Beloved and consecrutirt] ppot "Where Nellie was ; the other, all " The dull wide waste where she was not." If P Many a sensational romance it liad a ecn my province to criticise and cut b p, but nono of them bad approached 3 ne-millionth portion ol' a hairbreadth el 5. the romance of my own brain had b romcH in absurdity and want of common sense;.for although not a fop by d ny manner of means, the imperious n emands of civilization had entailed l! n me, in common with others of my ex, the necessity of looking occasi- e nollv J T ^ ?N fj Hiiv u mil I Ui | U1JU X wuu iuuy ware that though I was not a dwarf si r humpbacked, or marked' with the tl malkpok, or even outrageously un- li feasant to tho hnman eye; that, h )amo Natnro had not been especially s irolitie in her gifts as to my. personal a ppcarance; that, in fact, I was a f< c>ng way off from being an Adonis, g r, on account of my attractions, an c n/ote gate of tho feminine box. h Thirty-five, and not haAlsome: j rhat right had I, then, to think of Nellie even, unless in a purely pater- 1 lal fashion? And just as I had ar-. v ived at this cheerful conclusion, my riend the doctor and I found our- r elves on the top of tho stairs of Kel- s ie's house. I Reclining on a sofa thqt was drawn c lose up beside the window, witlv the I ummer light falling upon each feaure, was Mr. Lister. Death, was r mprinted on his thin face. Consump- < ion in its deadliest form' had singled g )im for its victim. One glartce re- ] realed that the case wap utterly hope- t ess?that a few more months at far;hest would find him calmly sleeping i -ho long, long sleep from which there ] S UO awaken in <r. Hia atm were clna- * id, .and-his hand lay cfasped iri his t wife's, who eat close beside him?a 1 fragile, careworn woman, with the < remains of a loveliness that in yonth. i most haxc surpassed the beaaty that i ber daughter now possessed. i The angel herself, in the toeatest i 5f cotton dresses, stood awaiting oar i entrance in the shy and graceful atti- 1 tade of a gtxelle. Xsat there for half . 1 id hour, lUted out of earth into hear- ? ] 5*, receiving in a beatific dream the thanks of tho parents for my kindness. I mechanically put pn iny liat und gloves, ami went through tho ceremony of eaj'ing good-bye; but still in a drem, with my qvck necing uothingbut a "face," with iS'ellio herself filling tho wholo. of my poor heart. It was all up with me, I was mad in love ! II "What was tho good of struggling with myself? My lovo for jS'ellio was absurd, but gigantic ; hopeless, yet a painful joy to myself. Tho unco or twico a weelc that I went to Spa.road were white days in Llie calendar of my life. I was no longpr bluir in speech, honest in purpose. Lovo had cnticod me into a itatc of deceitfulncss of which I was thoroughly ashamed; and many an liour was- passed in- finding pretexts,, 51* concocting purely imaginary reasons for. calling on the Listers. The July salves 1 had to my reproachful conscience was the sight of the invaid fa I hers genuine enjoyment of the liothouso grapes and other comestibles that 1 invariably carried with mc .o insure my presence being acceptable; for iu spile of the ciifnest cordi11 i13- with which I was ever welcomm1, passion's timidity disporscd all tho ittTo self-reliance I had and made me loubly distrustful of my own cavitations. Ono afternoon, on entering .lie little sitting-room, 1 was surprised to find a visitor whom I had never net before?a tall young man -whose proportions were more strapping than degant in my eyes; but the dawn of ealousy probably made mo survey lim through a sort of yellow glass. "Mr. Fleming, Mr. Urling," in Mrs. Lister's gentle tones and I and my rival ?for an instinctive feeling told me ic was Nellie's lover?were formally ntroduecd to each other; and then I at down with an "all-overishness" ibonf me to analyso his defects. I lid not like the young giant's looks: , here Avas a decided boldness about lis countenai.co which " was positive- j v rcpulsivo to inc. rhysically he ras a lino animal, but with no thorughbrcd jjoints about him. There ? ras a rcpcllant familiarity in his adrcss too that irritated me and made ic pugnaciouely inclined towards the ano Awith a shfiwy knob which he i ggrayatingly "twiddled" round and I ound in his broad red hand. I was i ither dclrop or elso I had the misfor- I une to be a wet blanket; for convcr- l ation lagged terribly, and after a few I liuutcs the' irentlenian nimln ' dieux, accompanied to tlic door by 1 osfess i I remained solo monarch of I 11 I surveyed for a while, hoping lint Xellio would* put in an appear- < nee; but not.a bit of it?"hope" bad i nly "told *a flattering tale," and < ben the door ro-opened it was to ad- i lit 31 r. Lister. ( ".Nellie is out, Mr. Fleming. Very I rovoking, for she knew Mr. Urling ( light call, as it's Saturday', and the i ity olfiecs close early. What do you ? link of him?" And the good lady 1 ilded her hands quietly in her lap, I ncl looked me full in the face, as she lacidly asked tho question. And f tiere 1 was, conscious that I was, at i ve-and-tbirty year of age, blushing ^ icc a great awicward schoolboy, who If ;as being catechised before a room- e il of people. So Nellie had some- i liing in common with 'this handsome ' oliath, or else her presence or ah- 1 jnec on that particular afternoon ? ould scarcely have been a subject of t lcasure or regret to her mother. I 1 :lt that I hated the fellow with a i eathenibh hatred. But I had to re* ? rcss the feelings- that kept bubbing p worse than any eruption of a vol- r unic mountain, and to say calmly? 1 I think he is a very fine young man, la'am." "Yes," she answered mildly, and a c ttle disconnectedly, "a very fine t oung man?so good-looking, and in e >ve wity Nellie for two years. He" ( i a eon of Urlintr and Co.?at lnnst. t f l>riing himself?tho great jewel>rs in Oxford-stret, you know; rcred, of course. And a largo fortune, cop their own carriage in a nice lace at Staines. Alfred is tho eldest nd is in an "oil" business, likely 'to ecorne a partner in a few years. But rellie, though I am her mother, and Wouldn't say it, is a very good girl, pt bo strongheaded." Strong-headed! What on earth id that mean ? Had Nellio dctcrlined for or against the match with he oily young man ? "If Miss Lister likes him, and ho is ligible, why doesn't alio marry him ?" ' That's it?if she likes him; but he doesn't 6Ccm to know moro than lie babo unborn her own feelings. rou soo, Mr. Fleming, my husband's ealth is not very good, and I am not trong. It would bo a comfort and I m not strong. It would bo a cornart to us both to know Nellio had a ;ood kind husband, who had taken are of her if wero taken away. She ias a great respect and likincr for OU." i O, bow I winccd at tlioso words! 1 fhey made rao feel so much as if I i pas her god-father. "And if you would advise her to i aarry Mr. Ufling, she might think ' eriously over it. Now, stay and ; lavo a cup Of tea; and when she 1 tomes in I'll leave you to do your >est." "Not to-day Mrs. Lister. I have in unavoidable engagement, which :an't be put off. I will call again toon," I managed to stammer .out, as [ shuffled rather than walked out of ,he room. ... . What a tnmult raged -in my breast is I wended my way back to town! t, who worshipped the very earth .hat my darling trod on?I, to whom the was everything in the "Wide, wide fvorld?wa* to use toy influence to Srive her ontirely oat of my life into mother's arms! I could hay? jelled iloud at the preposterous .notion of roch a self-sacrinw. True, I dared uot dream that the could ever be mine; bat why, in the name of all the Don Quixote#, should I against my own interest, heir a&d coax her to become another toon's wife ? - The very thought of each on etsnt / rouRod up a thousand demons ham mering and knocking witliiti my soul and plunged mc in unutterable miseiy "JJut after dark llio light will conic,' as Boureieault tcllsJJnsj and the rccol icction, that, if "pcrmiaMon" was nec essiiry to l>j*iupr on the match, it war positive that there was no love in hoi heart for the suitor, pulled me up again from the slough of despond. After a fortnight .1. went again tc tlio houso. 1 was ushered into at empty room; but presently NclIU came in- He cheeks were flushed am her eyes wcro heavy, and tho lid.' swollen from recently shed tears. Af tcr shaking hands with mc, instead ol ojir customary chat, she turned away a little brusquely, I fancied, and stood gazing out of tho window. Kow Spa-road, though a charming spot in my enamoured farvcv, had certainly ?n ;nl,in? <1.? ...? IV |mt uivuiui ?*cll HV. isilsilo 111 LUU ^ il ) of scenery or fashions; bo that J .could only surmise that she wanted tc avoid our inevitable tcte-a-tcle. My wounded feelings prompted mc to a malicious cour.se of conversation; of which, however, I was soon made to be ashamed, coining oil* a crestl alien wretch, instead of a victor with flying colors. ".Miss Lister," 1 said, going up to her, and putting on a high jocular tone, and mustering up an extremely facetious expression on my pbysiogwhilst my heart was thumping and bumping up and down beneath my waistcoat with leviatlinn force, "3*our mother asked mc to use .my persuasive powers to induce 3*011 to reward Mr. Urling's attachment with 3*0111' hand." I look the little white palm in mine with a Grandisonian grace that ought to have been completely overpowering, but it evidently missed its mark for she snatched it away from mo with a strange vehemence in her manner, and with an angr3* flashing light in her violet orbs that gave quite a new phase to her beaut}'. Ah an angel bho was perfect; but the glimpse of deviltry that sparkled momentarily in her 03-0 rendered her, it possible dangerous to my poor peace of mind. "So you advise me to marry Mr. Urling, whom I not only dislike, but have a contempt for! You think it 110 sin, then, to go to the all# with a lie upon your lips, and to promise fo cding to a man whom you would prefer novcr to look upon at all! I thought better of you Mr. Fleming? Ijetter of 3'our judgment, better of your heart; for I (lid fancy that you liad some little feeling for mc, a little 'riendship at any ruto." Aud she l>urst out crying. "What .was to become of mc? A lozen tongues scomcd struggling within mc for spocch; a million tongnus . ould never havo uttered all my lovo; ill my adoration of her. But somching kept mc' silent. Afterwards I cnew what that "something" was? .lie horrible foar of certainty was mtagonistic to my ljappinets. And ;o I stood stock-still, appearing p rouble in her eyes as interesting as a jlock of ice or a senseless log of wood. Regaining her composure by an cfbrt, she resumed: "Wei!, Mr. I'lcmng, I cannot blame you for doing ,vhat mamma asked yon. I will try ind like Mr. Urling; and perhaps I shall succeed?who knows?" she said .villi a bitter little smile upon her lip. 'And the next time you cull you may iave to congratulate mc. But I must jo now, and will send mamma to hank you better than I can do. Good-* )yc, Mr. Fleming." And just touchng tho tips of my cold fingers, she jlidod out of the room. I followed hordown the stairs, then loisejcssiy let myself out of the iousc. Ill For some weeks I persisted in xuy liurnal work; but my brain kept .hrobbing, and there was a a strange linging in my ears; and lassitude :rcpt over me, and i>ppetito wont i way. Then one morning, as 1 sat listlessy in my arm-chair,'my buxom landady came, dropping her curtsey, and lesiring her matutinal chat. "Lord, sir!"?she had been staring lard ot my visage for a few minutes vith more curiosity than politeness? 'why, I do believe as how you are ;oing to bo very ill I I never saw inybody look so unearthly liko in all ny born.days. And you never eat mything now. Mr. Fleming?not if [ do your bacou mj^s'elf, and tend it up nice and brown to a turn. So hero it is, sir, and untouched 1" iho exclaimed in a plaintive tone, whoso pathos, little inclined as I was *or.mirth; tickled my risible faculties. "Never mind about my appetito, Mrs. Ilobson ; I am all right enough. [ want you to put these flowers and fruit into a basket, and dispatch them it once to Mrs. Lister, Mary ville Cottage, Spa-road." "Of course I will sir, diroclly. And now do go and liodown quietly. You look as white as your own ghost, and are no more fit to-bo worriting over those newspaper articles than the shoeblack at the corner." I took the good woman's advice and went to bed feeling that it was useless to attempt work. My head was aching as if'tbe "Anvil Chorus" of the Trovatore was being performed upon it, and my limbs felt as though 1 had been stretched upon the rack in the chamber of the Inquisition for ninety-nine days. That night I became insensible? for several long days, they told me afterwards; and then 1 began to toss about in delirium, raving madly and insanely. . jg It was one evening (shaU.Jt ever forget it), about seven o'clock. The summer had not yet gone by, and the last lingering beams of the sun fell through my window upon my room, The pain in my head*was gone, leaving a dull numbness behind; and my strength was no greater than a littu ehild's. The weight was still on my heart, thongh I could barely realize its cause, so utterly prostrate I felt. Silence refgned around; and weari ly Tecloefcjg the lids I had sca?celj opened, I tamed oa my pillow. Thet a soft coot hand was passed gentjj . over iny hot fofrehcnd, and n fragrant f breath swept over me, Who could r*ho ho? I wondered. ' Xot a hireling surely, with bo ltiud . ami li/iht ft touch. 1 opened my oyes . wido and looked up, and flaw only ft ? face! blithers?Nellie's! What could it all mean? Was 1 dead, and liad my i angel eomo to bear me to heaven ? 1 "Arc you going to bo married?" I > exclaimed feverishly, with tlio blood ! flaming up in my face, and my pulso > galloping. I "2sTo, Mark, no?unless it is to you!" i and she put her two arms round my - neck and softly kissed my check. And [ then ehe added, shyly : "Mrs. liobson ) came and told- us how ill you wore, I and that your poor weak voico was r itiwiiys caiing xseiliC! JNCII1C! fto , mammsv and 1 came to nurse you by r turn's. You have paid often enough in your ravings how much you love mo clear! Say it again, now that , you have regained your senses, and I shall ho tlio happiest girl on earth!" . O, could it be true? Yes, 1 felt it : was, as with the little strength that . was left me 1 drew her pas.siouately to my breast. ****** As I am "writing this manuscript, i my wile is peeping over my shoulder. . 1 look up and see?"only a face," but the face of u woman angel 1. * 4^^ STEPHENS ON TEE WAR. "The Matcliless Duplicity and Dishonesty of Seward"?Til? Hampton Roads Conference?Lee's Invasion, Etc. The advance sheets of the second volume of Alexander Jl. Stephens' " important work have been read by the editor of the Augusta Constitu uonanst. xiio lolloping extracts from that paper show the scope of this remark ablo contribution to the history of tho war: Tlio initial colloquy is talcen up with rt distinction us to our form of government. Tho federative principle is held to be a discovery in political science. We are a confederated nation?a nation of nations, in which the power of sovereignty is divisible, but not the sovereignty itself. The narrative then proceeds to tho causes of conflict arising from misinterpretation of tho governmental principle enunciated. The papsago of personal liberty bills by several of the Northern States, preventative of the rendition of fugitives from service, is shown to have been violato of the Federal compact, since, without ample pledges on the part of the North, thcro never would have been any Union. . The agitation arising from this breach of contract, bad as it was became intensified by the declaration of Salmon P. Chase, that tho Nortlrcrn States would never repeal - their acta. IIcj^co, tlio secession of the I South was principally brought about by the perfidy of the North, and hor j declared determination to continue in perfidy. Mr. Stephens completely exonerates the South from inangura- j tion of tho war. The first 'gun at Sumter was not the overt act, since tho agressor in war is not the first who renders force necessary. It is j clearly shown, too, that tho South exhausted every known means of preventing strife, but was met at every turn by the matchless duplicity-and dishonesty of William II. Seward. The history of the formation of the Confu'dei'ato government is elaborately drawn. Jefferson Davis was looked upon by all as an eminently conservative man. Toombs was to have been choscn President, but failed through a singular misapprehension on tho part of representatives of other .States, who had understood that ho refused to have his name put forward. There was somo misunderstanding like wiso concerning Howell Cobb being tho choice of Georgia. By accidental complications Mississippi had the first choice, and choso Jefferson Davis, leaving Georgia tho so cond, which resulted in the Vice-Prcs idency of Mr. Stephens. Tho Montgomery constitutiou is a monument of tho wisdom, forecast, and statesmanship of its framcrs and an overlasting refutation of the charge's brought aguinst tho South of. disloyalty to tho fedorativo principle. Coercion -was unconstitutional and. only defended on the plea of necessity?tho plea of tlin t.vrimt. in nil nrrna nP tlin ipnrlil A convention of tho State callcd by Congress would have prevented ?war and restored the Union; or, in case the South refused to go into such jr convention, tho North would have had a better cause for battle. It is a misnomer to call the war a "rebellion" or a "civit war." It was a "war between tho States," One of tho most remarkablo and vigorous portions of Mr. Stephens'-book is his statement of the treatment of prisoners of war by both belligerents. Tho cruelty and torture charged upon the South is fixed upon Stanton and tho Washington authorities, and upon them and their policy will forever rest the blood and tho suffering of tho bravo on either side. The responsibility for the failuro tp advance qfter the battle of Manassas is referrod to President Davis. Mr. Stephons affirms that there never was any .personal feud between him and Mr. Davis, though they diffoi'ed widely on many questions of public policy. Mr. Da. vis is alluded to throughont in the i kindest manner, and warmly defendi ed against the aspersions of his cne; mies at home and abroad. Mr. Stephens believed that diplomacy could > honorably atop the war in 1863. Ho i proposed a mission to Washington for i that purpose, when tho military status i was most favorable toboth parties. , Mr. Davis did'not concur until too late, until, in fact, the military status ' had rendered such a course lmpossi> ble. Lee's invasion of'the North was r * great blunder politically and in a > military sense, but chargeable in the main, to the Richmond cabinet.. Get. tyburg and Vicksburg tarped the tide r in fovor of the RctfE. But the vital i blow struck at Southern suocets was r in the mistaken policy of finanfce and t* . t " conscription? tho latter, cspeeiall}-. b Tho people's spirits were broken by 11 it, nn<J. it was as unconstitutional as u unnecessary. Tho pcoplo were will- t ing to light fer liberty, but were not j< willing to be compelled to do so. If t compulsion had been necessary, tho o war ought to havo been abandoned; c for iio people aro worthy of liberty, o or capable of preserving.it, who have ti to be d?ivcu into battle. Even in the early part of 18G5 Stephens had w hopes, iu case tho policy, of the ad- a ministration changed. It did not n change, and so conscription, impress- tl ment, the suspension o 1 habeas cor- 1*3 pus, and prodigal waste of lives and property were tho causes ?of South- st j crn despair and defeat. Much light u: I is thrown upon tho Ilamptou Hoads w I Conference. There seems to bo little d< doubt that a echcmo was concocted si to terminate t,ho wur !>v n dirorsimi h: of Iho question to another channel tl ^ind a joint movement of liotli armies sc against the French in Mexico. To tl liiivo been successful the preliminaries w to a military convention demanded tlio utmost secrecy. Mr. Stephens s: proposed that Mr. Davis should meet in Mr. Lincoln. lie refused, and siig- ti gested three commissioners. Mr. R Stephens advised that three able men h should bo appointed whoso absence would not ho detected or observed, hc Mr. Davis, however, insisted upon ap ai pointing just tlio very trio whoso ab- a; senco from Kichmond would have hi been remarked at once. In conse- ft queue?, the matter became a common tl ! public rumor, and the wholo business tl | was thus defeated from tlio start. 01 Nobody was more disappointed at- rj this rcs.nlt than Mr. Davis, who sub- ai sequently seemed to lose his good o; judgment, but never his ardent devo- w lion to liberty. Mr. Stephens descants upon Iho future destiny of the tl United States. IIo holds that the g South is powerless at this iitnc to h shape or control events. Tlio judicia- al ry department, though sadly brow ci beaten, may slill be a bulwark of lib- b: erty. So far, however, Iho cause lost ft at Appoipattox was not tlio Federal cs principle, but tho maintenance of oi that principlo by arms. Tho point m reached by the Centralists is an at- m tempt by duress to induco certain m States, as sovereign States, to con- b< form to their action under tho sent- al bianco of voluntary conscnt. The b( battlo is still to be fought in tho lb- w rum of reason, on the validity or in- lil validity of their acts. To the last m Mr. Stephens lingers wistfully over oi his beloved South and her cause, a lie declares that wo arc not a "con- su qucrcd people," at all events, that as- w sumption lias never been avowed at ol Washington. He conjures his coun- ?oi trymcn to avoid accepting responsibility fox* tho acts of tyrants. It n< should never he said that the Soutli hi is the author of her own degradation to Some day or other tho uprising ut Northern masses may rally to the Hi cry that the "Cause of tho South is 01 the cause of us all." But if there bo "r. no reaction and no rallying tho condi- "< tion of the South will soon be that of gi the North. Tho loss of Southern lib- st erty will only antedate by a few tl years tho destruction of Northern zi freedom. The judgment of posterity tl will not in any event brand us as "re- ti i bels and traitors," but rather as self- tl sacrificing patriots, and our heroes tl and martyrs will talc? their places in b; hist'oryby tho side of Washington, Hampden and Sydney. Centralism ai and empire may came, but the South M will be acquitted of erimo. For even n< centralism and empire will bo her al justification in tho last Btrugglo for su constitutional liberty. ol ^ si TOBACCO. tl tl An interesting historical article by ri Dr. William Bacon Stevens, publish- al cd, in tho Magnolia Magazine, in lS'44, gives an account of the first introduction of tobacco into England. . It an account of tho "First English voj*ago to Virginia," made in tho year 1584 by Captains Amndus and liarlow, at the charge and under tho aus- ec pices of Sir Walter Raleigh. . rc Anderson in, his "History of Com- It rnmerce," says they took home with ro them some tobacco, tho first that was ever seen in England. But this is er- ?I roneous, as in Stow's Chronicle it is er stated that Sir John Hawkins carried 8e it thithor in tho yoar 1565, but it was to liiuu uonsiucrea as a mero arug, ana ^ tho Chronicle tells us "all men wonder- di ed what it meant." This account of di Stow is confirmed by Hakinyt, who, ta in his narrative of tho voyago of Sir G John Hawkins, in 15G5, thus speaks of the article as observed by that navigator among tho Florida Indians : tli "The Floridians, when they travel, it have a kind of herb dried, which, w with a cane, and an earthen cup on to tho end; with firo, and tho dried herbs put together, and suck through the i" cano tho smoke thoroof, which smoke satisfioth their hunger." Hawkins probably carried a specimen of it to England as a curiosity. b< Camden and other authorities, how- M ever, assort that tobacco was first tak- m en to England by .Ralph Lano, Gov- is ernor of tho Virginia adventurers, in at 15SC. That the-colonists at that time D learned the use of this narcotio is evi- in dent from what Harlot "a man of sei- sv once and observation," who accom- a< panied Mr: Lano says: "The Indi- fo nns usea to uiko ino iumo or smoKe ci thereof, by smoking in pipes made of V clay. We, ourselves, during the time ti we were there, used to suck it after e^ thgir fashion, as also since oar re- P turn." The interest and example of di Sir Walter Kaleigh, "a man of gaiety < and fosbion,". soon brought it into such vogue at court, says Smith, that many great ladies, .as weft "as noblemeh, made no -scruple to take ft pipe. I We are not informed whether the j, Queen herself made nso of it, but it q is certain that she g&Ve great counts- j? nance and encouragement to it, as a j( vegetable of singular strength and . power,.which might, therefore, prove of benefit to mftnkind and advantage ? to the nation. 8b bar, m Hr. Oldys b trell Ikia *riBe Princess I from the refined taste of her sacce* x or, who hold tobacco in such abomiintion, tluit ho not only rofusod to sq it Iiimsolf, but unduavorcd to des- q i'oy and suppress it among hiH sub v ,j BOts, and would thereby havo robbed t lie crown of what has Kinco proved ' no of its noblest jewels nnd most JS onsidorablo revonuo, and tho nation fem f a very advantageous branch of na. rado. nor Sir Walter Raloigh's tobacco box, ty. ith somo of his pipes, whoro extant ad laid up among tho rarities of tho luscum of that curious antiquarian, 10 late Ivulph TUomasly, of Leeds, s^' nglarid. ?'|c There aro somo humorous stories Prc ill rcmenloorcd concerning the first rj so of tobacco, particularly Ualeigh's Hjn) agcr with tho Queen, that ho would |1||> nvnr?flxr llm of flin ? ? -rr ""?j ?: ?n"." ? ~? ion nolco that Tvcnt ofr in a pipo of to- {lln( icco. This he did by first weighing ic tobacco, and then carcfully pre- 1 srving and weighing the ashes, and of ie Queen readily granted that what ed as wanting in prime weight must be grc: raporated in smoke," and when sho tho lid pleasantly that kIic had heard of mal lany laborers in the lire who had frncd .their gold into smoke, hnt aloigh was the first who had turned Sail is smoke into gold. i"g Jt was also related that a connlry ^ca' srvant of his, bringing him a tank- rioi I'd of ale and nnlniog into his study, ty* ho was intently engaged at his ^ ook, smoking a pipe of tobacco, the Mow was so frightened at seecing ie smoke come out of his inoqth, j I at. he thl'fiw llit? nlr> info liiu I'm ni* in rtlcr to extinguished the fire, and auj \n down slain*, alarming the family ud crying out that his master was -y 11 fire, and before they could get up qui. ould be burned to ashes. ]>CI) "Certainly," says Camden, "from j,av lat time forward it began to grow in sj011 reat request, and to bo sold at a ?^la, igh rate." It is l'emarkablo that, in 11 our early accounts of tho Aineriin aborigines, we find the use-of to- J4 ncco specified1. Carter, in 15:>5, r0a< mnd it in Canada, and thus describ- Dut >it: "There grows a certain kind fr0r f herb whereof in summer they ma ako great provisions for all the year, Alu jilciug great account of it, and onlj' ].]Vj en uso it. At first they causo it to $i2i 3 dried in the sun, then wear it 000 jout their necks, wrapped in a little ei?-l last's skin, mado like a little bag, ? illi a-hollow pieces of stono or wood L co a pipe, when tlicy pleaso they of s ako powder of it, and putting it in suffi ic end of said corrct or pipe, laying nopi coal of fire upon it, at the otjier end vari ick so long that they fill their bodies 1301 ith smoke, till that it cometh out ing ' their mouth and nostrils, even as tian it pf tho funnel of a chimney." Brereton, in his Journal of Cfos- A ild's Voyages in 1602, and Rosier in ^ov s account'of "Weymouth's voj'ages old > England in 1005, both speak of its cler: 10 among tho Indians in those parts, stqj* ut in this case, it was not smoking, him chewing, or snuffing, but drinking, try Llioy gave us also," says Brcrcton, reli^ 3f their tobacco which they drink L'ccn, but dried with powder, very -f rong and pleasant." "Wo drank of uni jcir excellent tobacco," writes Ro- sara er, "as much as wo would with Cor icm, but we saw not any great quan- give ty to truck for, ana it seemed that y0u ley had not much left of the old, for icy spent a great quantity yearly cj*v f their continued drinking!" x ^ Lane found it among tho Floridi- , . is, and tho Spaniards among the r*0 Mexicans, "where tho natives took it *en >t only in smoke at tho mouth, but "ie so in snuff at tho nose; and it was P&rl ich a luxury with them that Lords !" Mexico composed themselves to T eep with it.". "Its namo," says An- ia is jrson, "was probably given it by out 10 Spaniards, before this timo, from bct\ 10 Isle of Tobago, one of tho Car- u/id bbces, where it was produced in trac jundance." thoj Gov 000 The first suit under tho social equal- finei V law of Louisiana. bft)uf*ht arminsfc hm le proprietor of an icc-crcam estab- the' ilimcDt who refused to recoivc color- eho I applicants for refreshments, has heai suited in adisagrccmcntof the jury. mor is said that a variety of races wcro voss presontcd among the jurymen, and Cun iat a colored jnror was prominent in >posing the intentions of tho fram- E s of tho law, alleging that lie him- way If did not want whito men as visl- veU( rs at colored pcoplo's balls, "to er ( >mo there and take my colored la- pQ0] es away." After long and heated scussion, the other jurors agreed to , ke t^e opinion of a gravo and silent " erman. lie decided that, as it had (en evident* that the lawj'ers in tho l}8"1 iso'wero at varianco upon tho'law,< dan ie justico and tho cvidcnco adduced, by." could not bo oxpected. that a jury atta hinh lrnmv fn.r loss nhnnt. annh mnt. rs should agree. And this saga- A ous opinion was adopted as the find- ^ev goftbojury. ford littl Oregon has elected the first mem- a 5r of the Forty-second Congresp. f? r. J. F. Slater, the now Congressan, i?) a Democrat, and his election and a good omen for the political char- you ster of the next Congress. The ^is emocratic victory in Oregon, follow- ? T g as closely "as it has aftor the 80 * veeping victory in thfs State, and go < shieved as it was in spite of the of- 8tpc rts of one of the strongest politi- ans on the Pacific coast?Senator Ia Hlliams?is another proof of the tj irning of the political - tide Whatrer may be the result of the next residential election, it is already eyjs eat that the next House of Kewb*; * 1 mfcativo is to be Deuiocrati^^W ^ Chicago has a new cifttitoh?the ga^ 'irst CongreffptionaV-fwWch fca* ist been finished,at a cjftst of 3180,- ?. 00. A peculiarity^^ihia. cnurcn 'iV.i alls I IUUI VUV 1CUU1UWMBK wr puiuit ***** ? provided witbjj^p^er speaking Tai rampet, ^vhicbgw ioniiected witb ^ leveu pewa, m vrkh robber .aM aid caJFsttMlwa, #> awrf ?? nay enjoy jlfiuiwrwftlt Mthow iot so uafatfftnate. Yo SCRAPS. "ho Port Royal Railroad, it it iovod will bo somplotod to Augusby tho 1st Novombor. li.ss Amy M. Bradley is tlio first nlo office holder in North Caroli?Sho has boon appointed oxamiof schools in Now Ilanover Couuhc Gorman translators of Dickons sst novel arc in doapair. Tlioy as i? mat nouo of his previous works red tho Bamo difficulties as tho scut one. 'hero is at present at South Kenjton, London, an international exition of fans, in which Queen Vica and tho Empress Eugenia "aro jng the contributors. 'ho derangement of tho cablo lines telegraph, which has lately causlmicli inconveniencc, has, to a at cxtont, boon remedied. Tho aurities promiso all diligenco to io tho restoration complotc. o plentiful arc the grasshoppers in t, Lalco City, that tho stench arisfrom tho accumulation of their J carcasses is terrible, and is setsly affecting tho health of tho citiss Louisa Stratton,of Cass Coun? Indiana, challenges any man in State to a ploughing mutch with , ftiio pi* poses a, two-horse team, li compclitor to drive tlio horses hold the plough. "ictor C. TJurringcr, Esq., of North olina, Judge James, of Ohio, and ijamin Y. Abbott, of New York, 0 been appointed a new comniis1 to codify tho laws Of tlio United Los, the salary to be $"5000 a year, U a stationery, See. icgal practico pajrs when ono dies c the upper story." David llej' Field received $300,000 free11 tho Erie Tiailroad. Jeremiah S. ck got $235,000 from Iho New laden rryno oaso. William iris has a professional income of 5,000, and recently charged 65,for ono speech which occupicd lty minutes argo sums of money, irrespective ect, have been subscribed for tho jrers the late firo at ConstantiIc. Tho number of lives lost is ously estimated at from 800 to 3. Tho Turks wcro freely throwopen their houses to tho Chris s wno wero ourueu out. clergyman in a recent sormon, in v York, quoted an anecdoto of au merchant who instructed his ks : ' When a man comes into a 0 and talks of his honesty, watch ; if ho talks of his wealth, don't to sell to him; if ho talks of'his jion, don't trust him ujdollar." . 1 Fenian "general" in green form and waving plume of tho ie, Intel}' called on the British isuI in New York, and impres>ly remarked: "I have.to inform , sir, as the immediate representee of British interests iu this , that for every one of my capid countrymen's lives that shall aken in Canada, the lives of British subjects shall ans.wer in United States," and boldly de;ed. V ho now Cunai'd 6tcamcr Abyssini ono of the four new ships fitting in tho Clyde to carry the mails veen this country and England, cr Messrs Burns & Mclver's conit, which, it will be remombored. 7 obtained from her Majesty's ernment for eight years, at ?70, a year. Tho vessel is ono of tho 3t specimens of naval architectTho Abyssinia is unlike any of Cunard steamers now afloat, as is a four-docker, and with' horvy iron masts and plum stem look* 0 like a line-of-battle ship than a el destined for the service of tty? ai'd Company. luvious people should notf.al trust to first impressions. A erable Danbury lady, of a rathcredulous turn of mind and, a p stretch of vision, saw a . p^jbr ^rayB dasli by her window ono last week, and," in agony Of cri> Blie shook her fist .at the estabtnent and cried out: "Ride, 1 rft it rril 1 V\n m*t 411 rn n?rl ? J ^ J AV ?? * ? WW bull! Wjr-?uu" ' The handsome grays wery ched to a hearse. . Boston man proposed to. visit 7 York recently, via the Harti & Erie Railroad. As he was a e early for the train, ho bought iwspaper, and, alter looking at stock sales, picked up tils valise started up street, "t "thouglit wore going to Nes^TTork by rovte? said a.friend. "Well, ! was, but rill*'"hanged if Til >ver a road .when a sharoof its kia worth less than a single trr1l now pretty certain that ick" Pomerov will succeed the a. John Morrissey as a member the House of Representatives 11 the Fifth District of New rk. "John's constituents ate die-, sfied with him, not only becausehasbeen so seldom in his seat* i session, bat on account of thatj ance with Greely and the antJntnany won tye fight, and none ; $ammany disciples can hope to aa to the next Congress from . i Democratic districts bf New dt, v