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THE UNION VOLUNTEER.
BY II. LANGFOUt).
CHAPTER II.
THE CAMEO.V FAMILY.
Austin Cameon was a native of Cuba.
His father removed to the United States
in 1846, when Austin was but four years
old. Gonsalvo Cameon was bv fcirih -si
j Spaniard, having embarked for Cuba on
special commission from the Spanish
Court to represent the government of the
Colony, and to take cognizance of the
trade between the United States and the
island. For several years he fulfilled the
duties encumbent on his position, and
faithfully represented the colonial gov
ernment with all his ability; till fortu
nately his too fond desire for riches led
him at length into a course of life derog
atory to his honor; and soon despatches
arrived which prostrated his miserly am
bition almost in its beginning. He was
divested of all authority and summoned
to appear on trial at Madrid for defraud
ing the government and appropriating the
revenue of certain districts to his own
private use. To these accusations and
the commands of the Court he remained
indifferent, till Admiral Brazos suddenly
appeared ia the offering with a small
squadron, and demanded the surrender
of Gonsalvo as a political prisoner.
The demand was responded to with con
tempt, and preparations for an active
bombardment were immediately commenc
ed; but they were too late. Iu a small
schooner, accompanied by his brother's
child, his wife and two children, Gon
salvo ventured forth by night, he knew,
or cared not whither, and after twelve
days' sail, entered the harbor of New Or
leans, lie was now free with all bis ill
gotten wealth, aod soon fixed his resi
dence in a leautiful summer retreat, &
few miles from the city. Having, by a
lust for gold, lost his reputation, he at
once set to work in order to realize the
great ambition cf his life to become
rich. He expended money on every side ;
one plantation after another was added to
his estate, till at the outbreak of the war
,he was considered one of the richest men
in the State of Louisiana. Four hundred
slaves worked on his plantations.
Austin was now fourteen, well educa
ted, and possessing all the accomplish
ments necessary Xo his high position in
life. He had traveled the eutire conti
nent, visited Europe and Asia, and stud
ied the modern languages. He was of
an even disposition of mind, naturally
sanguine in matters that concerned his
own happiness or the well-being of his
fellow-man; and the philanthorpic turn
of mind very often led him into trouble.
His father was iu no way similar, anger,
ambition and pride were the command
ing features of hi3 character, and these
acting upon the boy's noblesincerity of
heart led him to look upon his father with
indifference and antipathy. Added to
this, the youth wa3 affectionate and de
voted in his attachments, and loved to
mingle in the society of the humble and
the poor
His chief companion was his sister Ca
millia. To her he was ever affectionate,
and she reciprocated his love with all the
sincerity of her romantic heart. They
might be counted lovers by those know
ing nothing of their relationship. Their
long rambles through the beautiful or
chards surrounding their father's man
sion; the sail by moonlight in their small
canoe over the lovely lake of the " Lov
ers," and their separation when at home:
all these trauspired to strike the observ
er, and point oat a more intimate rela
tionship than that of brother and sister.
Their father knew nothing of their daily
occupation, or how they devoted their
tiina. His days were spent in the pur
suit cf wealth, leaving his children to act
as they thought necessary. Thus years
passed away; and now the war of inter
nal and civil rights darkened over the
land.
Bet there was a watcher taking cog
nizance of this programme of love. Their
cousin Costardo noted with jealousy the
intimate and endearing attachment which
bound them so close together; of their
siltaji t coldness when in the" presence of
their father and the mutual joy of their
hearts when alone, and indulging in their
secret and retired rambles. All these he
treasured till" the day of wrath, when they
should sound in Austin's ears like the
knell of departed joy. Costardo was
Austin's junior by three years. He had
never known a mother's embrace; both
his parents dying shortly after his birth.
It was reported they died suddenly,
leaving nothing for the support of their
child, so that he was a dependeut on his
uncle's generosity from his very infancy.
This, and it was this alone, which made
Costardo smother his supposed griefs, yet
all the while looking on with a jealous
and envious eye at the unclouded bliss of
Austin and his sister Camillia.
'Costardo, though dependent, was of
that sanguine temperament which char
acterizes a lofty aud judicous mind. He
bad been educated with Austin, both on
the contiucnt of Europe and in the fash
ionable academies of this country, and ex
hibited an understanding capable of at-
tailing eminence in the most abstract
sciences. He had a decided turn for
tactics, practical surveying and engineer
ing in its most extensive operations: thus
he was a general soldier, a brave and res
olute opponent, and a fiery and impatient
friend to those who slighted his company,
or disregarded his merits.
His attachment to Austin was variable
inasmuch as they both disagreed as to
the political excitement of the times. His
heart was ever ready to declaim against
the grievances of the South by Northern
misrepresentation and encroachment on
civil rights; while Austin attributed all
the ruin of its affairs to the one social
evil. It will be seen from this difference
that their destinies were cast in opposite
directions, and their career collectively
mingled in doubt, error aud suffering. It
was essential that their opinions were
known to each other; for both were soon
called upon to act in the causes they had
espoused Costardo hurried to the wars,
enrolled himself as a volunteer Ta the ar
my of Beauregard, and gave himself en
tirely up to the destiny of the South.
CHAPTER III.
T II X ENCOUNTER.
"It is not so, dearest, your words can
adduce nothing to erase from my heart
I the deepest insult of my life. To be
called a traitor, coward and dissembler is
more than I can bear; you, out of your
divine love for me as your brother, can
not believe such accusations to be true;
but then the world, these of our connec
tion, our friends, what will they say?"
and Austin, iu humiliation, looked in Ca
milla's face for a reply.
" It is," she rejoined. " They cannot
force you into engagements to which
you are not reconciled, or will not. Cos
tardo is no example for you to follow, as
his chief success in life depends wholly
on the issue of the war. Take caution,
and be not easily led into this excitement.
To draw a sword in defence of the Union
would be indeed glorious, and happy will
I feel when I hear that you have espous
ed and acted in the right course. For
myself I care not, although father will
fulfill his threats this evening. Your
sense of right shall console me under his
most dreadful frown, and that you are
safe and far away from his designing
hand, I can rest in hope till victory
crowns your return. Go, Austin, go, and
defend your country's rights in the hour
of her Deed, and 'I will pray for the suc
cess cf your arm !"
And the heroic girl blushed deeper as
she, with earnest voice, directed his wan
dering thoughts. His bosom swelled
with admiration at her stern and decis
ive manner, and, after a short pause, said
in low and emphatic tones:
" I will go then, Camillia, but I know
that my life shall be the penalty. I
shall be accounted a traitor to my coun
try, but I will act for the best. By your
persuasion I will espouse the cause of the
Union and labor at the risk of my life for
its triumph. You shall be my talisman
when at the canon's mouth, and your
prayers the security that shall ensure my
return. Good-by, dearest one on earth,
till I shall again clasp you in my arms
and thank you with a pure and devoted
love till I shall hear the story of your
sufferings, which I know will be affect
ing and atone for them by a fond and
never-dying sympathy."
" Ha, ha, eh renegade, a love affair I
see," uttered a sharp, piercing voice al
most in their very cars: " so you will go,
will you? Be a general I suppose, a
Yankee freebooter, with something of the
romance of the Knight. You and your
lady-love are quite characters, what a
lady Grace!" then assumed a serious
and angry tone; " mark me, little dissem
bler, 1 have cautioned you against such
meetings and you, my would-be son,
remember that before you should brand
the name of Cameon with the stigma of
traitor, I 'would here, upon this spot
where you stand, open your veins till
your blood should expiate the wrong you
intended. Beware, and while time serves
deliberate; root -out that false idea of
honor which disgraces tbe name you
bear. Remember that Cameon signifies
Soldier, Citizen, Roman, and remember,
also, how you trifle with it!"
44 Gonsalvo finished his excited appeal
almost choked with rage. Camillia sank
breathless into Austin's bosom, while the
latter remained cool and self-possessed.
For a moment the deranged parent re
garded them, and continued:
44 Boy I will allow you one hour to
consider, and with it more information
which may help to curb your stubborn
and ill-natured heart. If you are my son,
I will call you traitor, liar and rogue.
Whether you are my son or not, you are
these; they are your inheritance, the
legacies of mean ancestry endowed upon
you. Again, you are none of mine; but
I possess a power over you which shall
make you regret the day you insulted the
name of Cameon. One hour remem
ber!" " One year and it's too late," indig
nantly ejaculated Austin, " too late," he
repeated with firmness, " and if my name
is to dictate to my conscience the career of
evil, I hold it with scorn, and bequeath
its heritage to the meanest slave. No,
father, 1 will choose between the right
and the wrong iudepeudently of my own
name, and consult my own judgment in
things that concern my peace iu prefer
ence to yours. You may divine the most
proper course for me to adopt, but I thank
you, I have understanding myself."
"Beware! Beware!" And Gonsalvo
trembled.
44 I fear nothing, I will choose the right,
the Union, the " Aud Austiu's blade
flaj-hed bright from his scabbard, to parry
the blow directed by his father.
The old mau was disarmed.
44 Murder! Murder!" and the wicrd cry
rose shrill and piercing upon the tight air.
44 Murder!" again was repeated.
And Austin struggled to extricate him
self from the deathlike grasp of his fa
ther. Thrice he pointed his blade to
Gohsalvo's bosom, and as often withdrew
it. Camillia was silent, she lay at a little
distance insensible. The outrage was .too
much, even for her brave spirit, and she
swooned away. Father and son tight
ened their grasps, and a fresh stugglc en
sued. Still the cry of " Murder" echoed
with an agonizing faintness over the
night; then all was still. Again it rose,'
accompanied by a heavy fall, a husky im
precation, and the hasty tramp of flying
footsteps. Men rushed forward with
lights as Austin bounded over the gar
den pailing, and swam with sturdy strokes
over the moonlit waters. On, over the
legendary wave the ripple disturbed
not the sleep of the "Lovers," whose
tomb lay craddled in the rocky sands be
neath. On, and over and now bullets
glistened the surface with spray, and the
keen avenging cry of Gonsalvo added
terror to his position. But he heeded
them not, nor the story of the youth and
maiden who, it is said, paddled their ca
noe all night long upon the lake, and
sung of their troth-plight. unbroken ; but
on, slow, steady and advancing, till the
joy of Leander he imagined himself free,
unshacked, and a conqueror on the oppo
site shore.
The pursuers were at bay, the menials
of Gonsalvo who, in their hearts, regret
ted their timely aid, and lamented the
loss of their best frieud. It was with
rage unbounded that their master vocifc-j
rated threats of the lash and the dun
geon, but they were too much alive to
gratitude to execute his tyrannical com
mands. They shrank from his presence,
and soon the outraged parent found him
self alone in the darkness.
He stood alone. None save the dark
spirit within were conscious of his thoughts.
And none but the two communed upon
the great enterprise of executing a two
fold vengeance, lie advanced a few pa
ces and seized in his wiry arms the un
conscious Camillia, bent back her head
and strove to discern the expression upon
her face. Then turned over-in the di
rectiou of the lake, and laid her upon the
bank. A fresh wiud moaned over the
dark waters, and for a time Gonsalvo
thought. An evil desigu struggled with
his human nature a momeut of trial
agony and trembling passed; the dire ob
scurity of his features wore away, and he
now looked like a man, or bore the im
press of a creature upon his knitted brows,
lie spoke :
" rso, no, no! a quiet way and no blood;
my hands are nearly clean now soon
will. But not his, no, not his she is
braver than he she is mine, my own
child and he, he I deny it, I protest
he is "
."Father."
Faint, mournful and suffering tone.
Almost seemed to be uttered from the
drk caves below, down under the still
waters 44 Father." Now agony, terror
and despair, and came distinctly from the
pale lips of Camillia.
He stooped low, seized her hands in
his, and showod her the-silent waves.
44 There," he ejaculated, 44 see, he is
there; but I did not do it."
44 Do what? Austin! Austin f
" He is drowned!"
She was silent again, and her father
knelt still over her. - Ho feared to go far
ther, although his arm encircled her
body, and she leaned over the dim water;
then he rose, secured her in his grasp
and retired from the lake.
lie took the gravely path through the
garden and soon arrived at the back en
trance of his house. Then he descended
a marble staircase and passed along a
narrow passage with apartmeuts situated
ou either side. He pushed open the
door of one, and entered. It was dark as
a dungeon, large and well furnished. He
placc'd her dowu on the carpet. 4 There
fade," he said, hoarsely, 44 rest, you are
spared."
Slam went the door, and the noise rev
erberated along the entire vault. He
then listened, but no sound disturbed
the wierd stillness of the subterraneous
depths. No step overhead betrayed the
near approach of any one. The secret
was with himself none daring at any
time to address him in matters of any im
portance. Gonsalvo managed his own
business, issued his orders, and heard no
replies. No mortal ever Ehared his in
tentions; what he conceived was acted
upon and accomplished, he was his own
manager, lord and tyrant.
His young wife uow slept her long,
dreamless sleep. Lollotha's silent life
passed away with her beauty; and. none
were found to weep over her suddeu de
parture. None knew her; her days were
not spent in society, or the friendship of
her sex she arrived at her new home
a fugative and a stranger, and as such she
was buried. The ends of human life go
on in a variety of shapes, aud no matter
how we die, as long as we are couscious
that we lived iu righteousucss.
Gonsalvo's hand still rested upon the
inserted key with which he had already
locked the door. . Insult, or even a reply
ever gave him indescribable pain. This
evening commenced a new era in his life
which was destined to continue till it had
subsided in his death. His long career
of evil now poiutcd downward to the dark
Rubicon through which he was to pass;
but defiant as ever, he heeded nothing
but his own suffering!' He was kuown
to say more than once that he should be
the last of his race, and even when Aus
tin was grown up, he concealed not the
fame idea, but hinted playfully one even
ing to Camillia that he would not die
till Austin should accompany him. This
she often communicated to her brother,
who, with his usual warmth, intimated his
fear of dying alone characters of proph
ecy strange, insinuating and eventful!
It was some time before he again re
traced his steps to the garden, arranging
his dress so as to efface all evidence of a
severe scuffle. -Night was his peculiar
breathing time, and most of his import
ant business was transacted then. He
looked over the cool surface of the lake,
in the direction ho concluded Austin U
have taken, aud onco more relapsed into
soliloquy:
44 Gone, aod may death follow close be
hind him. If he were a Jew. I could
not with more avidity glut to see him
smitten gone night and tears be
with him, for he was none of mine. But
I will seek, aye, pursue him even to bat
tic, noon and midnight; my gold shall
snare his little feet, and then who shall
say or speak him in his behalf. And
she what pet birds to couple, aye, aud
multiply; who would have thought it?
Brother and sister how innocent, aye,
holy."
lie wandered up and down. Round
the entire lake, and he, too, thought of
the phantom lovers. The tradition he
had heard a thousand times with atten
tion and interest, yet now the legend
only served to embitter his heart. He
couceived a likeness of the drama in the
case of Austin and Camillia, and conjec
tured that there would be a similarity in
their circumstance. But he opened not
his mouth in anticipation of the tragedy:
for that was fixed, stern and immutable.
He treasured the dark conclusion as ap
proximate to his own unconditional end,
and calculated the issue severally. Both
were consumate in purpose, certain, of
executation, and premeditated with scru
pulous congruity. T he accomplishment
lay with him.
All night did he wander, and all night
did he groan under insulted pride. The
faint grey of morning appeared in the far
east, and Gonsalvo struggled with his
conscience still. Would he secure the
first blow, and decide the fate of Austin
in the death of Camillia? Or rest till
his power should enable him to execute a
two fold revenge by inducing one to"be
come the witness of the other's tears?
These were acts to be unconditionally
fulfilled, and none but his own hand
should operate in their fulfillment. He
passed his fingers over his perspiring
brow and awaited the decision. It came
at last an explicit and fervent settle
ment, fraught with suspense and indica
tive of doubt but it came, aud with it
the farewell of peace, love aud regret.
He left the garden with hurried and
nervous step down the deep staircase
and passed along the gallery. The key
was inserted in the lock, and the next
moment Camillia encountered the stern
and forboding gaze of her father.
(To be continued in our next.')
Shells in the Enemy's Camp.
Pine Hall, Poughkeepsie, was filled
not long since to listen to the Hon. Ga
luha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, who de
livered a characteristic speech of rare
power and eloquence, that met Avith hear
ty applause, lie said :
Fellow-Cit izens : In May, lS5f, the
Democratic party repealed the Missouri
Compromise and enacted the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill. The devotee of slavery
thought ho had secured by that act the
pcrpctuality of human bondage, and he
went forth with fire and sword to plant it
in the territories of the Union. Thirteen
years have passed away ; and the suu in
its course from ocean to ocean no longer
rises on a master or sets on a slave. Ap
plause Thirteen eventful years, in which
changes have bceu wrought in habits of
thought and in the organization of society
which iu tbe ordinary course of events
would havo required perhaps centuries
to have accomplished. We stand to-day
on the line that divides the old from the
new the dispensation of oppression and
wrong from that of liberty aud right.
New duties and responsibilities are upon
American citizens. Four years of war
have wasted $3,000,000,000 of treasure
aud halt a million of martyrs, and rover
cd the land with mourning and filled it
with tears, in a struggle to determiue
whether the will of the majority should
be the law of the land. The Democrats,
imitating the example of Mexico aud the
South American Republics, appealed from
the ballot box to tho cartridge-box. The
ouly mcu who voluntarily took up arms
to dostroy tho Republic themselves Dem
ocrats. Their cry during the war was
'immediate cessation of hostilities" now
the same cry in another form, "Immediate
restoration of Rebels to power." Alter
referring to the general course of the
Democratic party during tho war, the in
citement of riots, discouragerueut of dra fts,
opposition to emancipation and its ratifieu
tion by Constitutional Aineudmeut, aud
their co-peration with the Presideut to
thwart tho plas of Cong ress, he said :
Andrew Johusou will yet learu that of all
the poor investments made by 'ambition
in tho aflaiis of men infidelity to liberty
is the poorest and the worst
"For dearer tho grave or the prison
Illumed by one patriot name,
Than the trophies of all who have risen
Oa Liberty's ruin to fame."
He will go to comiug time covered with
'all the infamy that blackens the Iscariot
! names of history. Applause. After
; discussing the reconstruction measures
: passed by Congress, the speaker said : You
required no punishment, no confiscation,
! no disqualification at the ballot-box, no
; indemnity for the past, but you demand
;as a toad of security for the future that
, every person born qu American seil or na
turalized thereon is au American citizen,
entitled to the rights and immunities of
; citizenship. It is but a few years gone
; by since the Supreme Court of the Uuited
States declared as the spirit of your in
stitutions that every seventh mn, wo
'uian, and child boru on your soil was not
'a oitizen, and could not sue or be sued
' in your courts. You slammed the door
! of Justice in the face of men because they'
!ere poor, despised, and friendless. Two-
huudred thousaud of rhis proscribed rac-
wore the uniform and kept step to tho
: music oi tne Union, 'ihirty thousand of
! them pleep in soldiers' grave. They
jcame to fight the battles of a couutry froni
j which they never received aught but
stripes and bouds. When the rebel at
I Port-Hudson shouted over its ramparts
j"No quarter to -the nigger," he hurled
back the cold defiance, "No quarter it is,"
'and. butting his musket, laid low every
rebel withiu his reach. ' Loud applause.
When at the hour of midnight he scaled:
jthe earthworks of Wagner, leaving his
Colonel dead iu the ditch, he stood thero
amid its iron hail, side by ide with his
white companion inarms till ordered L
retreat. Renewed and great appbuse !
When Payne, at the battla of Chapin's
Farm, on the James, ordered his black
brigade to carry the enemy's works with
out firing a gun, they marched over the
field plowed with shot and ehell, carried
the works; the day was ours, bat tbefLeldi
strewn with black heroes. Such are ths-
jmcn against whom the Republic closed its
jdoors of justice, and whom it outlawed as
j American citizens. A nation that allows
its defenders in the hour of peril, ever af
ter to wear the chain, or bruised - and
imaimeu in us aeiense. ever alter to sub
mit to outrage and wrong without redress
in its courts of Justice, deserves to die;
will assure as therejs justice in Heaven
or retribution on earth. Applause, and
cries of "Good." Justice to yourselves,
gratitude to the nation's defenders, rc-
quires that you make th'u provision so-
plain that noju dical blindness henceforth,
shall fail to real and understand it. Great
applause. Your offers of reconciliation,,
so magnanimous in their terms, were
spurned by the rebels. Then Congress
passed the bill allowing the black man to
vote. Now if it be an evil to allow tha
black man to vote, who is responsible for
it but Jcfhnson and his Democratic allies
in advising the rebels to reject your prof
fers? The fruits of the policy of Con
gress are seen in the restoration of Ten
nessee; the fruits of Andrew Johnson's
policy are the massacres of Memphis aud
New Orleans, and the blood of Union
men all over the South. In reference to
finances, and National debt : He said that
the faith of the uation was pledged to
payment of its debt, dollar for dollar ; but
any discussion whether it was to be paid
in gold or paper seemed to him of littlo
cousequence at the present time. Before
paying any of the funded debt, the coun
try must of course res line spzeia payment.
That would settle how it is to be paid.
The scheme to pay our debts by taking
up our bond and giving our notes he
thought was only changing the name with
out changing the substance. The Re
publican party is the only party that has
vigilantly investigated the conduct of its.
owu officials, and openly repudiated them-
u uuworthy of trust. Ihe Republican
party was not re-possible for Andrew
Johnson's appointments, most of whom
were Democrats, aad they could not ex
pect fidelity in men who sold their prin
ciples for 4bread aud butter." Laugh-,
ter aud cheers
Interesting to onr Country Friends.
Farmers, probobly, more than any oth
er class, will relize tho value of our in
formation given below. No well con
ducted farm is perfectly equippied unless
there is a full set of measures belonius
to it. The following rule, by which
every oue who cau saw aod nail board.,,
can make his own measures, aro wortkj
cutting out and preserving :
A barrel contains 10,752 cubic inches.
A box 21 inches long by 1G iuches wido
and 23 inches deep that is on the in
side will hold just a barrel.
A half barrel Make a box for tVis
iuch. by 1G, and 11 inches deep. This,
will contain 5,376, cubic inc&s, or just
half a barrel.
A bushel This hns 2,150.4-10 cubio
inches. A bushel box will bo 1G 3-10
inches square, and 8 inches deep,
A half bushel A box 12 iuches long
by 11 2 10 inches wide, and 8 inches
deep, will hold half a bushel.
A peck Box S inches by. 8 110 in
ches square, and 8 inches deep, is a feck.
A half peck Is 8 by 8 iuches square,
and 4 2-10 iuches deep, or 2GS 5-10 cu
bio inches.
. A half gallon This contains 131 4-10
cubic inches. A box 7 by 4 iuches au i
4 8-10 inches deep, has just that quanti
ty. A quart 4 by 4 inohes squaro, aud 4
2-10 deep.
An old German of ludianapolis declin
ed to sell any sourkrout to a merchant
of tfiat city because cabbages were scarce,
and he had only put up two barrels to uj
J i.u caie of sickuess.
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