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PEE DEE TIMES,
ISSUED   EVERY   WEDNESDAY   MORNING
Georsctoivn^ S. C, BY J. VV. TARBOX it CO.
Feel hiuhiy inleresieii in ynu, dear— must find you some more profitable em., ployinenl. Can't you come iiere at eleven—store closes then. I'll t-ake you to my sister's—generous womm— loves to befriend preliy j;ii-ls—ha ! ha'— Dress yon like a queen—introduce ynu into jiooil society—shoul'In't mind vis- itincT vou occiisionaliy   myself.    There,
we blush   lo own   it,   there are sons ofj by one  fell   swoop, ol an idolizing fath-1 ber, but simply told that she   had seen
,    PUlil.ISIlRKS   .\NM)   rROl'HllvI'OKS. ^.      SUI3SCRlPT10>f.—Two  Dollars   iu advance. Saving adopted strictly the cisH system no paper *'-Ui hare.ificr bemailed piilesspaid iu advance.
.ADVEllTISING.-Advei-tisemeutswiBbe  in-[wiselv. love ;  d.m't    foi-get. icriedas follows:    Oiiesipiareof thirteen  lines or eis, iirst insertion 75 cents ; eaeh subsequeut inser¬ tiou 50 cts.
here comes  a   customer!
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even pre-
And Brother   Lonofnce,   as   he was called hv  the sisters   of church.
and the balance at thc end of six months.
The uumber ofinserlions mustbe distinctly writ- ter l)y the iidverliserou every advertiseineut, or it will beinserted uutil ordered out, aud charged ac¬ cordingly.
Po.sTACF. ON TIIF. PeE DeK. TniES.
To all .subscribers w-ilhin this District F'ree. To all subscribers out of the Diitrict 6i cents per quarter or 23 cents per annum.
From  Ihe Neiv York   Sun J.t y   Dispalch.
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All transient advcrtisementsnuistbe accompanied ; laid Neliie'.i bundle    on    the    shelf,   and -rith the cvsn, aud .all contracts one-Iudf iu advance 1 ,„rne(l tmvard the   front of ihe store.
Poor Nellie! an indirrnnnt flush had spread over her face during ihp '"ore mnn's insolent remarks,but ihe thoughts of her despairing husband and starvins children restrained the antrry worrls that rose to her lips. Mr. LonrTfiace valued public opinion too highlv to at¬ tempt violence, and she did not fear hitn; j beside>. she could obtain work nowhere 'else. C'lmpresslng the quivering lips, ami nerving the Irembling voice, she ventured to speak:
'Mr. Tiongface, lama wife and moth¬ er—let this save me from further insult. I nm in need of monev—can ynu pay nie fur Ihis garment I hnve made.' . 'Madam ?'—his voice vi-as cold and haiightv—'it is againsl the rules to pay out money after six—to morrow you can come and  jjet it.'
Sad and dispirited did the young wife seek the ricketty abode, that vvas digni¬ fied bv the name of'home ?'    Ah,  little
BV   LI^.VA   WESTBROOK.
'1 cm st.'ind  this no   linger, onr ehihlreti  inusl    h ive    bread, wli.it will,'and   the   spe. ker,  vv!
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me lad bv-en riipid'y stridino up and ibivvn llie gillie ri.iitn, stopped sQ'Idetilv before a i^inle, liiill vvoiiiiiii, <vl;ose wondrous 3;e;nilv had defied in a measure the rav¬ ages of die  demon poverty.
'Courage, Arihur. all will yel be vvell. -3 have nearly finished this garment, and l\Ir. Wilkit s litis prtitinsed to supply me "iih n.s 111 uiy its I cuit mike at llle usu¬ al price.'
•And whii is ihe tisnnl pi ice—scarce r"n"ii.'li 1) p ly f"r lbe fne! that must be JMil Io kei ]) yi-ur fing-rs from sliffcn- ine.'
•D < not exa2?ernte, .Arthur, tbough t!ie cliiiids I'lOtn rki! kly over us, ihe sun stiil .-bines. There is /ine a'bnve vvho riotetli the spari-iuvs even ns ihey lull.— lI-_* cvrn commniul lbe clouds lo roll jivvay, that the .suit may again illumine <jijr pilh.'
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ily f'lr llic wnnt of nourishment, and yiiijr3-.'lf, loo; thiiik vou I am blind and cannot see Ihe foe that would snatch y,)u from my bi-Sum ? Oh, Nellie, Goi only knows wilh wliat agony 1 have w-iiched your paling ch;'ek and dini- miiig eve and yet you whisper coui ane. Speak ol' it no more, it vvill drive me mad.' And he gro.msJ aio,id in bitler¬ ness of spirit.
Tear after tear rolled down the palo wife's cheek, but the fingers only flew ihe faster, and ai Itisi, us the great hands of Ihe city clock marked Ihe hour of nini^ the .'.liirt was c-'inpleied. Siflly risiiirr, so as not to disturb liie sleeping children, she ailvances to n closet. Tak¬ ing iherefi-om a bonnet and faded sliawl, she prepared to go out. Hi-r husband, who bad buried bis lace in his hands, hearing her light movement divined her intention, and volunteered to carry home the finished garment. Forcing a grate¬ ful smile lo her lips, she bade him walch the sleeping ones, as she desired to take the air. Wearily she vvended her way through the dimly lighted streets, start¬ ing like a timid fawn at every approach¬ ing f<ioistep. With a sigh of relief, she entered the brilliantly lighted store, and advanced to where the foreman stood. With a sickening leer in his eyes and a halt smile on his sensual lips, he addres¬ sed her :
•Weil,  pretty one, what's wanted?'
Appearing not lo notice his insulting manner, she drew the bundle fi-um un¬ der her si;avvl, and laid it on the coun. ter.
'Oh! you've brought the work, sweet! Hope it's well done. Those dainty fin¬ gers ol vours were never made lo work.
America vvho breathe in eager earg words the hearl has nevei sanctioned. Few Ihey are we hepe, scarce worthy the noiice of our pen, and oniy on the falsely placid lake, do we mention ihem. The sirikii'g ofthe French ciock before her arbsed Lena from her reverie.— Gathering the diamonds from her lap, where she had abstractedly placed them, as she removed them from her neck, fin¬ gers aild arms, she advanced to her bu¬ reau and laid them in their case; then kneeling by the bed, she breathed the prayer her mother had taught her, years ngo. As she rose she fancied the face t'lat looked so kindly from its gilded frume, smiled upon her. 'Oh, my moth¬ er!' she murmured, 'I vvould not call vou from your heavenly home, and yet ,1 iong to lay my head upon your bosom, as I did vvhen a httle child, and whksper in pour ear the sweet hopes that cluster round the fulure of your pet, as you so often called me.' Removing the cash¬ mere robe the wailing maid had thrown
er ai.d expectant fortune. How, afier their marriage, they had enjoyed three years of uninterrupted bliss; then he was proslratedon a bed of sickness till all but tbe aciual necessities oflife had 10 be parted vvith to defray the necessa¬ ry expenses. Hnw on recovering, he had vainly endeavored to obtain work, till, driven lo desperalion, be had secret¬ ed himself wiihin her room lo rob her ofthe diamonds that, turned to money, would procure the food they so much needed. And now, he concluded, 'will you yield the inidnight robber up lo the hands of justice?'
A pearly te^r glistened in ihe silken lashes as she rose and lif'.ai/ a locket fromihe mantle With a look of min¬ gled astonish.ment and surprise, Arthur waiched her press the spring. As the lii<l flew open she held it before him, and whispered :
'My mother's brother!'
The first tears he had ever shed filled
his eyes, as he looked on the boyish face, around her, berore she left her to the j his ovvn likene.ss, given to his sister on communion of her  o ah pure heart, she j her fourteenth birthda-,-.    Lena   silently
do vou, children of lbe powerful mon¬ arch vvealih, linovv, as you warble in happv iL'nornnce. Flome, svveet home, while smiling lover, fond parents, or dot- inu husband, li>tenp, of the thrilling an- giiish. the name of bo-ne awakens, in die breast of the suffering p"»>r. Nel¬ lie Milden, like you. could remember, in the long ago, a sumptuous home, smil¬ ing lover, and fond parent; like you ) she had warbled to those dear ones, Home, sweet home, theie is no place like home.' but a desolate place is that sbe now calls home. Tired and heart¬ sick, she again enlers lbe battered door, 'Wo.ilil you could iitibtie me, sweel \ her husband is lyinff on ihe bed appa wii-e, Willi your own suiL'uine spiril, bul j renlly asleep, she mjv relieve her over ilin.i would be impo>Mble. L-ok at j p|,„",.2^,d mind without his knowledge. those innocent cliiidren—sweet buds of Loh after sob shakes the wasied frame, Jove as yoi,   ouce   called   'hem—f.iding | ,ho,|„h the vit>tence of her emotions are
i restrained, for fear of awaking bim— suddenly he moves, starts up. Sbe dashes rhe tears from her face, and averts her head.
'Nellie, ynu are weeping, wtiat is the matter, has any one spoken hwrsh to yu,' and his brow lowered, vvhile his hand oluirhed ^ercelv. The truth rose to Nel-ie's lips, bul feeling 'twere best to tell onlv a pan, she imerely said she could not receive the sum due lill ihe morrow. The fixed purpose of despair sei'led on his fice, as he listened to the griel that couli no linger be restrain¬ ed. Starting u|) he snatche.'l liis cap from the naii on wbich it bung.
'They will not give me work,' he multered, 'ihey shall give me money. Yes, the tid- of fate shall engulph ine, if mv heart's idols can by ihat means bs  saved.'
His fierce looks and   strange   words frightened   Nellie, and   she would have sought to   detain him. but he was gone With a shudder and   half-shriek, she fell senseless on the bed.
Lena Marcy sat in a cosy arm chair, gazing abstiacteilly into the blazing grate firs*.. A soft light beamed in ihe half closed eyes, a sweet smile rested ;jn ihe lit^s. She was drinking the first intoxv cation draught oi love that night, when, gliding ihrough the quadrille, Walter had pressed har hand, and whispered, so softly, that the ears of love could hear, 'My Lena,'—simple words, yet hovv full | of meaning to her trusting, loving heart. Young and inexperienced, she knew nol that lbe same words bad been brea¬ lhed over and over again, to a dozen Lena's, by lips vvhose flatteries arose from vaniiy and selfIjjve.    'Yes, though I
advanced to the golden bracket, on which a single lilly daintily rested, and turned the little knob, till the brighi light was subdued to a soft mellow tint; then seeking 'ler couch she soon slept the fear¬ less sleep of innocence. When the low breathing fell regularly, like soft music, on the midnight air, a dark form ciept sleallbily Irom its hiding place behind the heavy curtains. Cautiously it ap- pro^hed the glittering trinkets. The casket vvas already in his hand, when the sleeper moved; crouching down, he anxiously watched the fair girl; again she breathes regularly, he rises, the soft light aiscloses the unconscious form a luxuriant mass of ringlets have escaped from confinement, and fall like an ebony 3etting around the sweel young face ; long silken lashes veil the eyes, and rest on the rosy cheeks, while the saiall hands ate clasped above the genily Iieaving looks, as she lay there, uncon- j scious of the gaze bent so eargerly upon her. He remembered a face the very counterpart of that. Il had belonged to his only sisier.    There now was that
watched bis emotions iiil they had spent their strengih, then, handi.ig him a pearl portmonnaie, bade him remain silent, for the uneasy stirrings of her maid in the adjoining apariment awoke her fears for his safety. Wrapping the robe around her, she softly open the door, and led him dow'n to the basement hall,, for she knew the main door could not be opened without a considerable noise 'I will see you to-niorrovv and tell you all,' she whispered, as he passed out into tlie silent street.
The dim light of sconcience vvas strug¬ gling through the portals of Nellie's mind, as hsr husband entered and pl'<«c- ed a basket on the table. The dalicious flavor of its contents sent a grateful odor round ihe wretched rooni.
'Where did you obtain them ?' she asked, as one article after another was laid temptingly   hefor;.^.
'They are the gift of a friend, Nellie. Call NelJ, our blue-eyed pel, up, and lit¬ tle Lena, too.    Tiiis oure, creamy milk
will be a treat to onr cherubj.    Haste, sisier;  driven forlh by a father's auger,   wife, the sun has just risen, and I long perhaiis she had   perished by starvation,   lo see our children eat. as were   his own   little ones,  or, birt it       Fora moment the astonished vvoman could not he—she could meet dealh but   stood irrdsolute, then laying her hand on
not dishonor. A slight stirring of the lace curl'ninfi, that gathered to ihe ceil¬ ing by a golden ring, floaied .tTraoe''uliy around the bed, caused him to rrise his eyes. The caskelt dropjied from his iieverless grasp, and, gazing wildly at the piciure, he murmured:
'Lena—sisier Lena !'
•Whe calls ?' spoke Lena Ivlarcy. as she languidly opened her cyCi; thin, seeii:g the the dark Jorm beside iiir, sl:2 fled lo ih'i door, but a stroog artn £t;iy- ed her, vvhile a hand v,-as firmly placed over her mouth.
'Hush,   as he drew  her   lo   lbe easy
her   husband's   arm, she faltered, vvhil her cheek gievv livid wilh apprehension :
' ^ou—did   not see—take   vvhat was another's?'
•No,   Nellie,   your husband  has com- mitte.l no robbery.'
•Tliarik   God !' she tervently   uttered Then   \v?!-u.j  ll.e M'tirnberin^ children.
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soon sr.i down ;o the f-rst mea lip.-t i'er i-.vo day:. /.;;a;a ili'i c'..y i"a-.-;ds r-Dnoted to the h'lrryiiig, bustling \.crid tifr hour ^of nine, but litis lir.'.e lite siniionarv,. face w?.3 no'i if.ade visiisle vvit,i gns, hnl lit by tire l-iiij- of day, as vviiirlin;^ ^last ii) chair, and knelt beside ber,' '1 came not his'o'arrinj; charioi .-.3 ati vanced 'o his here to harm you; my wife and children mid day liiro.ie. A sf'e.idid ?T.rria,ge is are  starving,   and I determined   to give { dra-.-.n ut befo:-e ti.e   o'oor, an-ti   Nellie
sees a vision o.** loveliness lifted bv a benevolent lookliig genlismitn to the ground. Li.^hlly s!,3 trios up the broken slairs, and vviih llie old ,r;entlema.a en¬ ters the room.—'Undo Arthur,' che says, 'my father.' and Arthur—what can il mean—turr.s and inti-oduces her to the lovely creaiuie as Aunl Nellie; then the oid man and her husband shake hands, and Lena, who is cmwing in ber arms, is smothered with kisses, because she is cousin to Lena's namesake ; while little Nell is dragged from behind mam¬ ma, to see the pietty piciui-e on cousin's ring. Has the light of reason departed, or is sbe dreaming' Who is broiher Marcy, and niece Lena ? Her husband had bul one sister, and she they believ¬ ed dead. Such were the thoughts that rapidly passed through her mind, as she handed seats toher visitors; but the mysleiy is soon explained. Lena had not iold her father of the midnighl rob-
ihem fiioii ' His look of hopeless an¬ guish reassured the frightened girl, and fofgeilitig in her sympathy the impio- piieiy ofber situation, she bade him lell his story. .Briefly lie spoke of his past life, hovv his mother had died, leaving him and a baby sisier lo tbe tender mer¬ cies ofa man who though a faiher, loved only to dreg the wine cup wiih ooon conpanions. How, Vvhen Lena reached her sevenieeth year, she waacomman ded to marry^one of those bojin com¬ panions, a man fwo years her faiher's senior; how, on refusing, she was driv¬ en forever from beneath the parent roof; hov/, sickened al his father's cruelly, he; loo, had lorever left the spot of his birth, and among strangers had found a prize of untold value, a gentle, loving vvife whose misfortunes awoke, first his pily, ihsn his love. For six monibs after their acquaintance, and three before their  marriage, she  had been deprived
Uncle Arthur and he was in vvant.— ^ This was enough for tbe kind hearted old man. He who had calle.l the wife ihat peacefully slept in the tomb, sister, was dear lo him. Then came Lena's story; Lena the elder, vve mean, ihough it was repeated by the coral lips of Lena the daughter. 'A..fier being driven from hei- father's home, her mother had oh- tained the situation of a governess in Mr. Marcy's h.ime. Orvil, my father, was then absent. When he returned, my moiher's benuty and gentleness won his heart, and receiving the hearty ap¬ proval ol my grandfather, he woed and won the h?arl and hand of my mother. One year after tile marriage a bltle in¬ fant daughter, mysell, was given lo iheir keeping. Well did my parenis fulfill the charge, instructing me ihemselves. My mother soughl to free my mind from every obnoxious Ihoughl. but she was called away before the task wa.=! com¬ pleted.' Here the tears and sobs chok. ed Lena's utterance. Her father was compelled to finish the slory, by saving she had often longed to see her brother Arthur, an 1 they !iad searched, vainly searched, for him, and that her last vvish was to meet him with her loved ones in the mansions   above.
One year has passed, and we are again in Lena Marcy's home. 'Tis winier, as before, and a eheerful fire burns brightly in the grate. A piano is open, and a matronly though youthful figure, is seated on lbe stool. Lightly she glides her fing3rs over the keys; then, after a short prelude, sirikes up a familiar air. From a heart loaded vvith happiness came those touching, soul in- spiiing words, 'Hi^me, sweet home?' A deep, manly voice joined her as she coinmenced the last stanza, 'There is no place like home ?' Then, as she concluded, an arm was ^|^aced around her waist, while a voice whispered, -Aunt Nellie, ihe children want to dance the new waltz ] taught them fir fniher.' Rising with a smilo, the moiher resign¬ ed her seal, and Lena commenced a spirited waltz. Gaily "he little ones locked arms, vvhile grandpa, as he de¬ sired them lo call him, on account of his age, laughs heat lily at their giddy whirls, vainly endeavoring to catch them as they brushed [mst him. V/hen they had thoroughly tired lhems:eives, Lena stoppei{ playing ; and tur-r.ing to Uncle Arthur, who sat beside her, asked why he vvas so   tboughtlul.
'I am thinking, Lena, of the mid- ninht robber, who wasj^po robber after all.' he whispered, as sh • ro-e to meet a gentleman who had just been announc¬ ed.
Do not think it strange, reader, if we say ti:3 new comer pressed his arm aro-.ind her waist, and was allowed to pross a kiss on hfr ruby lips. 'Tw-as all rigiU ! In one week Lena was lo he ;.'d to th^ ailar, a happy brid^ Her fath?r wiij not ba let"! ah-ne, however— Anh-jr, his wife and little ones are ti> rernain, and gladden his home. Though, do :ioi think for a rnoment, reader,-mme, they are recipienis of his bounty. T'he sill! broke through the restraining clouds, nnd Arthur, bv his faihei's dealh, is made the possessor of a valuable estate in New Orlean."!. The secret of that dark hour has been faiihi'ully kept, and his wife, aiid brother knovv not how near he once stood to the seething pool of ruin, and vvas saved by their household light from becoming a 'Midnight Rob¬ ber !¦
BEN EBER S VIRION.
BY     GEORGIANA    irEEBERT.
Ben Eber slept, and in his sleep he" had a vision ofthe pit; and of ihe lake offire.
Amonjc the ones who suffered iherei ho savv a man wh.i—more than all oth¬ ers^—moved his pity. This miserable being '.vas bound by mighiy cords to a monster made of canker worms and fire; and frotn the flames daried a myriad poisoned fangs, which were constantly being thrust into the man's flesh. These! fangs were hocked; and as they were withdrawn they brought with them all .the interior fibres of their victim.—¦ Bleeding and quivering heartstrings, bare' nerves and cords, hung shrinkingly down upon the outside of tliai agonized body' and were scorched anil vvilhered (but never destroyed) by Ihal horrid flame ; whiio al! the litne ihe can;;er v.-orms kept gnawing—gnav/injj—at litem, and at the hearl ol him, from whom ihey had been drawn. His .ibrieks, and groans, and curses, his writhings and struggles were most appalling; and ever and an¬ on the awful said, in low tones, that made the flesh of Ben Eber creed wt h loathing:
'Keep thyself calm; be happy, give not way to such foolish exciiemenls— they injure ihee.'
Shaking with mortal terror, dying from intensity of compassion, Ben Eber cried out:
'Ob! miserable man! What could he do to merit such a doom ? It were too hard even for a murderer.'
'Yes,' said Ben Ebe.-'s guide, 'We nev¬ er deliver a murderer to the povver of that demon,—yet he haih many victims. He muliiplielh himself into innumerable demons, and he ileulelh fiendishly vvith all wbo are given f ir his poition.'
'Who are thev Iha' are his portion ?' aske 1 the Irenibling Etier, rapidly glan¬ cing   back along tiie   hne   of his   own
sins.
'They are those vvho, like yonder wretch, while on earth took into their hands a hutnan heart, and after breath¬ ing softly upon it and carressing it until it expanded in their clasp, did then, vvith calm, unpitying eye, and cool, steads, practised hand, dravv out, and leave quiv¬ ering upon the surftc'e, every nerve and fibre of that delicate and sensitive thinp;? ihen, smiling at the rude forces of the world, armed by their cruel skill with le'i-fold power, irod rough-shod over it ;- who listened, then, unmoved and smiling, to the groans; the cries and pleailings of the helpless, bleeding victims of tlu-ir infernal dreds, saying, soft!}', vvith rare refinement of mockery:
'Keep thyself calni, oh, Heart!—he happy—give nol way to such foolish excitements—they injure ihee.'
'Here tbey receive their just dne.s—i liiey are what ihou seest. Return to the earth; and bevvare thai thou merit not such torture.
And Ben Eber awoke from hisdream, which vvas n.t all a dream.'
Strange, Moore and Wright, the no¬ torious wags, were, on a certain occa¬ sion, dining togeiher, when Moore ob- serveii :
"There's one knave among us, and lliai's Sirange."
"Ah, no," said Wright, "there's one .Moore."
"Ah," said Strange, "ihat's Wright."
The Salisburv Ileralil has been lorc¬ ed lo discoulimie,
"What does Satan pav you f>r swear- in<r ?" siiJ a gentleman to one wh' tu hs heard using profane  language.
''He don't pay me anything," was tlie repl.y.
"Well, you work cheap ; to lay aside the character of a trentleiTian, to inflict so much pain on your fiends and civil people, and lo risk losinir your ovvn soul (gradually rising in eoipliasis.) and all for noihing! You cenainly do vvork- cheip—very cln-ap indeed."
The editor ofihe Nashua Teletjraph has a Hawkes pi'inting..prost, and work'? on il himself, nnd he says the fly wheel casts, by gas-light, a revolving shallow, vthich is palpably wearing out the floor ?
The following is on n lombslor,.; '"n Ireland :
'-Ilei-e Hes tho body of John ilound, Lost at sea and never was found.''
Ir A E'jLEii beat ken lo lies, all bis .sei'v vanls are wickedv
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