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J. H. ESTILL,
ad |lirjv Savannah, Ga.
BEYOND.
. li on all the hills is spread—
A \ tiu-h "t'* death an<l beauty born;
, up.«n a crimson bed,
A 'l d'-wu to slumber till the morn.
r> f.,ii> h of death is in the air,
“i f ...j •- fingers’ icy chill:
it v,-t a <mile, divinely fair,
v ■. i* v ■ M, d weep, forbids me still.
n t* doud' are gray, the winds are cold,
1 r . [.I leaves rustle at my feet;
Vi' i ! • brown, deserted wold
y. :: nil eddies whirl and meet.
Rut through this veil of wasting life
j . dawn of life I see—
niavs with pain were rife,
Tomorrow still is bright tome.
ini so the dving year shall seem,
'orge<ms portal of a fane,
Wh. re ' i lie heart hath dared to dream
shall hurst upon its sight again.
■ .jniicst clouds to splendor turn,
AI , j , , winds to tropic breath:
Tin t j„. nipt soul shall pant and burn
U T t he w aking touch of Death.
—Old Magazine.
Georgia Affairs.
The t’utlihcrt Appal says that its county
f j; the general theme of conversation,
*nd it predicts a display that will astonish
. , r . )a j it . r .. It also says: “We never saw
th nlaiitcrs more hopeful and buoyant over
prospect. Wheat and oats are the
finest ever i-cen in the county, while there is
fine stand of corn growing rapidly.”
The next generation of Georgians will be
likelv to learn from their disappointed
fathers who have tried Liie experiment, that
emigration from Georgia will not pay. We
ti C e that several parlies who left Newton
untv for Texas two years ago are anxious
»o return, hut have not the means to pay
their wav hack to Georgia.
Ip this connection it is also stated by the
Cuthbert A/>p"l that “in 1868 several fami
lies emigrated to Northeast Alabama. They
have all, with one exception, returned to
old Randolph determined to remain. The
other would return if he could buy back hie
old homestead. We are of the opinion that
hut few ever leave this section but would
gladly return.”
Little Willie Williams, a white boy about
thirteen years of age, met with a painful
accident by sawing off three of his fingers
at the seveuty-mile station on the Georgia
Railroad the other day.
The frt'ukiln County Register is anticipa
ting a good time. It says: “We don’t pro
pose to beg. but then our readers can re
member u> when watermelon time comes.”
The gallant military of Darien are said to
have "gone where the woodbine twineth.”
The new jail of Lowndes county, at Val
dosta, is said to be the most secure building
of its sort MMth of the Ohio or east of the
Mississippi.
The U-iH'x-rat wants a temperance society
in Bainbridge.
An old colored man named Frank Lock
vui committed to jail in Darien on Monday
for perjury. He went on some one’s bond,
and swore he was worth several hundred
dollars when he really wasn’t worth a cent.
The Elberton Air Line Railroad is going
on in spite of the efforts of its opponents to
stop the work. The Gazette says: “Nothing
but the interposition of Providence can
now stand in the way of this noble enter-
The town of MacYille is crowded with
strangers who are enjoying the many and
varied attractions of that locality.
On Saturday evening of last week as Mr.
Fred. S. Horton was returning to his home,
about a mile distant from Indian Springs,
Butts county, he was the object of an at
tempted assassination. While passing a
thick wood, someone fired upon him, and
ran hastily off. thinking probably the shot
was fatal. Luckily for Mr. Horton, the ball
missed his persou, but narrowly, for it passed
through the coat sleeve of his left arm. Mr.
Horton immediately whirled around and
tired two idiots at his retreating would-be
murderer, but he thinks without effect. He
lias his suspicions who was guilty of the
deed, but will not make them known. He
is a man who lias lived all his life in Butts
county, where he is highly respected.
The Washington Gazette urges those who
have fisheries high up the Savannah river
to stock them with shad, and says: “As the
l uited States Government seems to devote
*11 the funds appropriated for that purpose to
the culture of fish in Northern waters, we
of the neglected South will have to take the
natter in hand aud do the best we can for
ourselves.”
At this special season, on account of the
long drought with which the State has suf
fered, fires in the woods are almost certain
to be very serious matters. One such was
started in the mountains near Hamilton,
Harris county, last Friday, and we read in
the Hamilton Journal that it burned along
the side of the mountain until Sunday morn
ing, when it began to spread out for miles,
ana burn very rapidly. A Baptist minister,
Hev. Mr. Fulton, procured assistance with
which to tight the fire, and thereby saved a
large amount of property and the houses of
two families from being consumed.
Mr. Johnson Greer, of Butts county, was
accidentally killed while hauling logs near
Jackson. Saturday before last. The wagon
ran ov **r a stump and turned over upon him,
musing bis death,*
The Brunswick Fair will commence on the
f May instead of the 28th of April, as
a ‘ first proposed, and will continue several
dav«.
Hon. Julian Hartridge has written a letter
the Darien Timber Gazette on the subject
J" an appropriation for the Satilla river. He
, : 11,u remember I introduced a bill for
appropriation the first of the session, and
rou- you lately that I had been before the
<«nunitte,. on Commerce iu reference to that
ana Uu* improvement of the Altamaha river,
j enera l Gilmore, at my request, will be here
‘ a day or two and go before the committee
robTr| U . e to all our coast improvements,
ac Committee on Commerce, most of whom
jro from the interior, are trying to confine
t^f.H'propriation to only such works as are
Tm ' ^Hnates of the* Secretary’ of the
roasury; but I live in hopes we can make
an eyception of our Georgia coast—Darien
*Bd Brunswick.”
« “*. e Thomasville Tunes is an ardent en-
Qiisia.-t on the subject of it* coming fair.
\ * ants everybody to attend, especially
-orthcm tourists, and declares that “if
Jitorr- would see South Georgia in all of its
S njeous beauty aud transcendent loveli-
• l “ e >* should stay until the horticultural
“pnM exhibition in May. In fact, April
o-May are two of the most delightful
'»nth' it, tije South, and tourists miss much
• Dut staying through these months.”
The Muhlle Georgia Argus, of Indian
j^ ni ‘g. publishes an accrual of brutality
perpetrated there, which demands
condign punishment. It static
■p ‘John Heard, a qifle.t and orderly young
| t j| 0r p ma n, was assaulted and most bru-
fcam aV™ 011 Saturday night last by a man
“pjeu Tanner, who was under the influence
that uhi8k y- We are reliably informed
th* 1lere was n °t the least provocation for
^ assault. Tanner pretended to be a
rp"01man when he met Heard, and ordered
, £ e t on his knees at once. This done,
4j , jr Mte commenced pounding on his Vic-
1,., a,1< * fi houlders in a violent man-
m 1 lar £ e ®tick, bringing the blood at
0n J* 'Bow. The poor negro begged pite-
1,1- v - r V r Mercy, but the fiend only ceased
until his hellish cupidity was
lawSfz* The perpetrator of such barbarous
, cssness should be punished to the bitter
of the law.”
ESTABLISHED 1850.
C T rawf °rdvi lle Democrat we read
that Mrs. James Edge and Miss Julia Tav-
lor, who were both sent to the State Lunatic
Asylum three or four months airo from this
county returned home on the 12th instant,
perfectly recovered. These ladies say they
met with the kindest treatment and tender-
est care from Dr. Greene and others of the
institution. The State Asylum is a great
blessing to those who are so unfortunate as
to become non compos, and our Legislature
should see to it that its usefulness is not
trammeled or limited for the lack of funds.
I he asylum is one object upon which, in
reason, appropriations cannot be made too
lavishly.”
The Monroe Advertiser asserts that gold
can be found in that county in paying quan
tities, though this is a fact either unknown
or unappreciated by the citizens. It says:
‘ In a conversation last week with one of our
most reliable citizens we learned that a year
or two previous to the late war he collected
from the land, now’ belonging to the Pruitt
estate, about eight hundred dollars within
one or two months’ time. This farm lies
near Cabaniss in the eastern portion of the
county. Traces of gold having been discov
ered, this gentleman carried his farm hands
to the place after his crop was laid by and
devoted the time from then until
‘fodder pulling time’ to the digging of
the precious metal. In all he sold about
eight hundred dollars worth of it. Since
the war the owners of the land have not
beeu pecuniarily able to develop these
sources of hidden wealth. The adjoining
tract of land is owned by Mr. John G. Willis
and traces of gold have been discovered
there. About the existence of gold in that
section, there is not the slightest doubt. Of
the fact that Mr. Willis made as much as
four dollars per day, to the hand, previous
to the war, there can be no question. What
needs investigation is the questioo as to
whether gold exists in sufficient quantities
to pay for the purchase of machinery and
ether necessary preparation for mining.
This can only be determined by scientific
examination, and this should be made by our
State Geologist.*’
We have received an appeal in behalf of
the St. Joseph’s Male Orphauage, under
the charge of Rev. James M. O’Brien, at
Washington, Wilkes county. The follow
ing extract from the same will serve to show
the condition of that institution, and the ur
gency of the demand for assistance : “There
are at present in the asylum sixty-six boys,
and the moneys received fall far short of the
sum required to support them. I am in
weekly receipt of letters from parties ap
pealing earnestly for places in the asylum
for very poor orphan boys. But notwith
standing the fact that these little homeless
ones are exposed to all the miseries of pov
erty, and in constant danger of being lost to
the faith, I am compelled by stern necessity
to refuse admittance to them. The stern
necessity is: want of room for them, aud
want of money to support them. God
knows how earnestly I desire to do all I can
to save to the faith and to society every or
phan in the diocese. But 1 must not do evil
that good may come of it, consequently I
must Dot contract debts that I cannot pay,
even to feed the orphans.”
The Pensacola Echo says: “The attention
of our Representatives in Congress should
be called to the fact that we have no weather
station here; that by right we should have a
mail line to Havana’ or South America; ves,
and there is plenty of work to do on the bar.
All of these things are of vital importance
to the people of this community. Senator
Jones is one of the ablest meu in the Senate
of the United States; would it not be well
enough to press upon him the needs of this
city, nis home, and urge him and our other
Representatives, to secure the passage of
such measures that will give to us what we
believe to be our just due.*’
The Key of the Gulf says that “turnips and
beets raised on the mainland are in abun
dance, but the trouble is. South Florida is
too prolific—you put down a little seed, no
larger than an atom, aud up springs a fifteen
pounder.”
Live Oak Expositor: “There is no ques
tion but that the growing of early vegetables,
if properly managed, is the most profitable
cropping in this section of the State, espec
ially on the lines of railroads. The Rev.
Mr. Moor, who lives iu this place, is culti
vating six acres in early vegetables—peas,
beans, cabbages, potatoes, turnips, onions,
and, iu fact, all kinds of vegetables—some
for shipment ami some to supply the home
demand. Mr. M. has had a great deal of
work done on his truck patch. The ground
was low and boggy, but by throwing up and
ditching, he has it thoroughly drained, and
is in good producing condition. His crop in
this reclaimed land this first year will pay all
expenses and a handsome profit. His vege
tables arc looking well and promise a fine
yield. Mr. Moore understands his business.”
The Pensacola Advance agitates the sub
ject of a State Insane Asylum. It says:
“Florida is sadly in want of an insane asy
lum, not that Floridians, as a rule, are more
liable to mental disorders than other people,
but because on account of the absence of
any State institution for the accommodation
of' the insane, those unfortunates whose
friends have been unable to provide for their
support, have for years past been sent to
Chattahoochee, where, within one of the
penitentiary inclosures, they have received
such attention as the penitentiary officials
were able to bestow upon them.”
OUR JACKSONVILLE LETTER.
Captain liaiN at Work-Hi* Opinion
Favorable—An I'nuMual Beligioutt
Kepa*t— New Cliurelien— Commo
dore A«lor-Tlie Political Pot Boil
ing— Piiriiu Ball-Hon. John Mor-
riaaey—Fruit Crop Pair at t^aiueM-
ville—Nlri*. kooduyn'o Heading*.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25.—Since
his arrival last Thursday, Captain Eads
lias made two visits to the bar at the
mouth of the St. John’s, and has care
fully examined the inlets, currents and
other features of that vicinity. He has
had the assistance of Colonel Andrews
Florida Affairs.
The citizens of Jacksonville have placed
a Union ticket for the coming municipal
election there in the field. It is headed by
J. H. Abbott for Mayor. The election comes
off on Monday.
Bunko in Jacksonville is played cut.
The confidence man, J. Connil Lynch,
recently forced to leave the city of Jackson
ville within twenty-four hours, is thus
described: He is about thirty-five years of
age, five feet six inches high, dark hair, side
whiskers of same color, fine complexion,
aquiline nose, dresses genteely, preposses
sing in his appearance, polite but reticent,
and claims to be of foreign extraction. He
left Jacksonville for Femandina or Savan
nah on the steamer City Point, deeply in
debt to every person in the city that he
ever became identified with. Citizens of
other places had better keep a sharp look
out for him.
An entertainment under the auspices of
the University of St. Augustine was an
nounced to be given on Monday. The pro
gramme embraced musical selections, Mrs.
Jarley’s wax works and the pantomime of
Cinderella.
The St. John’s is a remarkable river. It
is about four hundred miles in length, and
carries a larger volume of water than the Rio
Grande. This great river, with its nan ga
ble inlets, gives one thousand miles of water
transportation.
Palatka has been blessed with a two days
rain.
Commodore Root, formerly of Cohoes, N.
Y., but now of Palatka, had a fearful fight
at Rice creek lately with two large alligators.
In the conflict his boat was capsized. But
with the assistance of some fishermen at
Bellows Point he was rescued, receiving no
other injury than that of a shock, which, un
der the circumstances, was enough to para
lyze the senses of the most daring. It may be
well enough to remind visitors that alligator
hunting at this season may be attended with
serious consequences, especially on the
Ocklawaha river, where they are fearfully
large and ferocious.
Two pickets from the main body of the
bunko men now infesting Florida lately
made their appearance at Femandina, but
they speedily left there on the New York
steamer. They called themselves Wykoff
and Smith.
Key West must be a paradise for a poor
man. A fine dinner consisting of a ten-pound
king fish and a large head of cabbage can be
had for eight cents. Fish and cabbage may
not be relished by every one, but there is
certainly no danger of starvation where they
can be so cheaply and readily obtained.
Many new settlers are permanently locat
ing in Sumter county:
A large excursion party from Pittsburg is
expected to make a tour of Florida and
Alabama. They propose to give the iron,
coal and farming lands of North Alabama
particular attention. A\.J. VanKirk, Esq.,
of Pensacola, will meet flje train at Bir
mingham, and accompany the excursionists
to Florida. Reduced rates for single and
ips are offered.
. Augustine Press thus gives a most
>—dole* far nicide—description of the
>f its locality during the months of
id May: “The large number of
5 who visit Florida to escape the
i winters lose the most delight ful por-
lr climate by their early return to the
The month of April and May in St.
le can only be appreciated by remain-
during those two months. At this
f the year the climate of St. Augus-
imes that clear, balmy and delicious
lat has caused 60 many writers to
and extol it. After April sets in
rallv have bad a cleaning up of the
ial'blow, and the most delightful
follows. There are days and weeks
the wcatUr i* all alike—unclouded
. A constant balmv breeze from
:heast commences at abuul U or 10
diich is so delightful that many in-
expressed themselves as having
desire, for occupation or pleasure,
simplv sit quietly and breathe,
short of actual experience can give
of this weather. The nights are
pleasant and people seem to live in
half 4reauiy state—the very per-
if an idler’s paradise.”
•alatka Herald thus deicribes the
i visitors to that city this season,
inty intelligence, elegance and mag-
■ of dress, the Northern ladies so-
■in Palatka, this season, rivals all
reeson the St. John’s river. The
en look well enough, but some of
• awful ugly. However, asi an off-
is, intellect supplies the deficiency,
after all, an intellectual man cannot
tU'acusa.” _
idina Hjjrr<s., ggd ; “ It Mr.
n and family were at dinitur on last
, three meu entered his store during
[ternary absence of the clerk, and
owards the staircase leading to the
is, evidently intending to conceal
res until night. Fortunately they
?t by tbe servant, and when asked
icir business there, very' innocently
they were looking for the post
\ \ct\ wygi^lc excuse for intrud-
te privacy of a pn*at£ bouse. Me
dvise our police to use the utmost
Iness, as this very much resembles
a performed by the ’Knights of the
who w«ro so successful in Jackson-
shington paper thus compllrncuts
Jones, of Florida: “In deep re-
n profound argument, and in con-
illustrations. Jones, of Florida, has
(equaled. Though he is one of the
t men in the Senate, he is regarded
of the profoundest, and in all
subjects his great legal mind dis-
clX in his constitutional views.”
in his investigations, aud the opinion of
these two noted gentlemen is highly fa
vorable to the feasibility of the project.
They see no insurmountable obstacles,
with the employment of the jfdty system,
of obtaining a channel with twenty or
more feet of water. These views, of
course, are not final, and may be modi
fied by future explorations, but it is
known that the enterprise is regarded as
practicable, and that the estimate of the
probable cost will not reach alarming
figures. Captain Eads’ report, which
will be given to the public in a few days,
will settle all doubts upon these subjects.
The importance of the plan, should it be
successfully executed, upon the pros
perity of this city and the entire region
bordering on our noble river cannot be
estimated.
Your correspondent enjoyed the pleas
ure, last Friday, of accompanying the
great engineer to the bar, and was most
favorably impressed with the affability
and simple courtesy of his manners.
Fifty-seven winters have shed their snows
upon his hair aud beard, but otherwise
have left but few traces upon his face and
figure.
A reception is to be given to-night to
Capt. Eads and party by the Florida
Yacht Club, which promises to be a de
lightful affair.
Church-going people enjoyed the un
usual opportunity yesterday of hear
ing three Bishops, of as many
different denominations. Bishop
Y^oung, of the Protestant Epis
copal, Bishop Moore, of the Homan
Catholic, and Bishop Hallowes, of the
Reformed Episcopal Churches. The last
named divine is from Chicago, and pos
sesses decided mental ability and ora
torical talent. A movement is in pro
gress to organize a palish in this city
under the charge of Rev. Mr. Fitzpatrick,
lately of the Methodist Church, which
bids fair to meet with considerable favor.
The construction of a German Luthe
ran Church has been commenced on the
corner of Laura aud Ashley streets,
while the Israelites have iu baud a hand
some sum for the erection of a syna
gogue.
Mr. William Astor left last week for
New York. He will leave that port about
the 15th of May, for Europe, as Commo
dore of a squa’dron of eight yachts, in
cluding his own magnificent vessel, the
Ambassadress. These splendid speci
mens of American naval architecture will
compete in the international regatta to
occur during the Paris Exposition, and
will attract general admiration.
Local politics are in a seething condi
tion of ebullition. Knots of colored
statesmen occupy the street corners, and
discuss the situation and the merits of
the respective candidates with character
istic vigor and vehemence. At least two
hundred expect a minor office, which will
give them a little brief authority and
keep them from hard labor.
Four tickets are already presented for
the consideration of voters—the Conser
vative, Citizens, Greenback and Radical.
As the election occurs on the first day of
April, there will be a number of dupes
when the result is declared.
The annual Purim ball was a decided
success. Many of the characters were
admirably sustained, aud the entire affair
was most creditably conducted.
Among the recent departures was that
of Hon. John Morrissey. His condition
is critical in the extreme, and his final
exit from the stage of life at any moment
would not bp a matter of surprise.
The promise of an abundant fruit crop
throughout the State is most excellent,
and the orange, peach and plum trees
indicate an unusually heavy yield.
Alachua county is alive to her inter
ests, and will open a fair in Gainesville
on the 30th of April. I have had an op
portunity of examining the premium list,
which is liberal and comprehensive.
Much attention is given in that county
to the cultivation of fruits and vegeta
hies, and the display of these articles
will doubtless be full and creditable.
3Irs. Goodwyn’s recitations were a
treat to the appreciative audience pres
ent. The lady possesses most graceful
manners, a highly attractive appearance,
aud a sweet, riex’ible voice, which, cou
pled with a most natural rendition of the
selection.; presented, will make he r a fa
vorite in literary circles. W. H. B.
It is not a question of much public im
portance as to who pays General Grant's
expenses. If any number of gentlemen
wish to engage in that unsatisfactory
expenditure there is nothing in the moral
law or the constitution as aimnded to
prohibit them. However, when Mr.
Seligman rushes into print with a denial,
he ought to have restricted himself to
such denial. When he goes a step
further and says, “When General Grant
went away he deposited with our firm,
and that of Prexel, Morgan «fc Co., a
certain amount qt securities and received
letters of credit, ’ he confirms our state
ment. Bince when and under Wbai cir
cumstances did Seligman & Co. become
his bankers? One of this political syndi
cate leaked out the fact, and they go to
show that of the money deposited with
Se’i“man, very little of it was General
Grant's.
The ex-Presidenrs oanfcers, since the
suspension of Jay Cooke A Co., have
been Drexel, Morgan A Co.
However, this is no new thing to the
people of Washington, who well know
that Miss Nellie Grant ami Fred. Grant
had thfcir expenses paid in Europe by Jay
Cooke A Co.
Grant will take anything but the
pledge.— Washington, Capital.
A HYPOCRITE UNMASKED.
How Patterson Got the Cash to Save
Scott from Impeachment.
Frightening the Faeile Governor and
then Bleeding Him, or Bather the
State, to the Time of $50,000—Pat
terson, Elliott, Jloneu and Other**
Divide the Plunder-Stripping the
Veil from tbe Naked Ha**cality of
Scott.
Charleston Netrs and Courier.
The following is the closing report of
the Committee on Frauds. Il relates to
the attempt to impeach Governor Scott,
and exposes the modfcs in which impeach
ment was staved off by the aid of Moses,
Elliott and Patterson:
THE REPORT.
The second noteworthy achievement
of John .J. Patterson, following that con
nected with the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company, was in quite a dif
ferent field of action. The investigation
made into the management of the issuing,
sale and hypothecation of State bonds,
made it plain that the financial board,
composed of Governor Scott, Treasurer
Parker aud Attorney General Clmmber-
lain, hati* fraudulently and il.egally
issued several millions of State bonds,
and it was determined to bring
these parties to trial by impeach
ment. C. C. Bowen, then a member
from Charleston, on the 18th Deceml>er,
1871, introduced the resolution to im
peach R. K. Scott of high crimes and
misdemeanors. This was Patterson’s
opportunity. With the assistance of
Worthington, he gave encouragement by
day*to the friends of the measure, and by
night worked upon the credulity and
fears of Scott—running with the hare
and holding with the hounds. When
the scheme was ripe, and Scott became
thoroughly alarmed, he engaged the ser
vices of these worthies to buy up a ma
jority of the members of the House, and
issued to them for this purpose three
armed force warrants in blank as to
amounts and names of persons to whom
payable, leaving these important matters
to be attended to by Patterson.
In 1869 a joint resolution was passed
authorizing the Governor to employ an
armed force “for the preservation of the
peace,” the expenses, of which were to
lie “paid out of any funds in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.” It was
from this convenient fund then ready to
baud that the warrants were drawn out,
filled up with the name of John Mooney,
for $25,545; another in the name of
John Leggett for $10 : 600, and the third
in the name of David II. Wilson for
$13,500. All of these names are fictiti
ous, but were nevertheless endorsed on
the warrants. The two first were col
lected by F. S. Jacobs, who was cashier
of Hardy Solomon's Bank and Patter
son’s confidential friend. The third
order was collected by Hardy Solomon,
President of the bank. The financial
arrangement thus concluded, Patterson
and Worthington did their w’ork faith
fully, and w ith the money of the State
bought for Scott and Parker immunity
for their crimes.
In the progress of this doubly dyed
villainy it became evident that if an ad
journment over to the holidays could be
effected, and the members then per
mitted to return to their homes, wrhere
the sentiment of the people w’as unani
mous against the thieves, it would re
quire more money to purchase the recu
sant members than the State Treasury
could afford.
Another source of annoyance to the
financial ring w’as the report of the Joint
Investigating Committee, which w r as
already printed and ready for delivep’.
and which fully established their guilt.
Wliipper had the floor, and intended to
speak until the hour for adjournment
should arrive; and unless he could be
seated, the vote could not be had before
adjournment.
In this emergency, the services of the
Speaker, F. J. Moses, Jr., were secured
by the payment of a large sum of money
out of the militia fund, whereupon
Samuel J. Lee, a ready tool of the ring,
rose to a question of privilege, upon
which Moses ruled promptly, and thus
removed Whipper from the floor. Mean
time Governor Scott had issued a pro
clamation convening the General As
sembly. on the day following the day
fixed for adjournment, on the dignified
ground that it w’as “neither decent nor
proper, and is injurious to the Shite, for
the General Assembly to adjourn from
the 22d of December, 1871, to the 5th of
January, 1872, w hilst the Governor and
Treasurer arc charged with “high
crimes and misdemeanors.” The high
and chivalric tone of these two worthies,
who could steal the money of
the people by the million, and yet could
not brook the indignity of remaining un
der threat of impeachment for a week,
even for the sake of the joyous festivity
of Christmas, ought to have redeemed a
multitude of sins! Under such threats,
persuasions aud parliamentary trickery,
further debate was cut off, and the reso
lution of impeachment was defeated by
an overwhelming vote of 63 to 27.
In this controversy R. B. Elliott bore
a prominent part in behalf of the perse
cuted officials, and received w r arrants on
the “Armed Force Fund” to the amount
of ten thousand five hundred dollars,
which were fully paid to him out of the
treasury in January and February, 1871.
So soon as this “good deliverance” was
effected, the following proclamation of
His Excellency was issued:
State of Soith Carolina, j
Executive Department,
Columblv, December 22, 1871. \
(lentlemen of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives :
Whereas, the action of the House of Repre
sentatives on this day has rendered unnecessary
the proclamation from this department conven
ing the (ibiiera! Assembly on the 23d instant, I
have deemed it proper to revoke ar.d rescind
that proclamation, audit is hereby accordingly
rescinded and revoked. Very respectfully,
Robert K. Scott, Governor.
The books of Solomon’s Bank bear
complete traces of the bulk of the money
going to the credit of John J. Patterson,
;i mere crumb fulling to his man Friday,
the immaculate Worthiugton. The mem
bers who stood firmly by the State and
who voted for impeachment found no
money in the treasury to pay their honest
certificates, and went to their homes for
the holidays penniless, whll t those who
opposed impeachment were v. ell provided
for. and returned to their homes with
their pay as members, aqd the money
paid them by Patterson as bribes. The
facts of record, and the testimony here
with submitted, constitute a chain of
evidence so complete as to leave no link
wanting. The avowed purpose of im
peachment, the sufficiency of the ground
on which impeachment was pro
posed ; the large vote by which
preliminary action was taken; the
assurances of both Governor Scott
aud Treasurer ParkfT in the beginning
that the measure would fail; the' efforts
of Patterson to persuade them the}’ were
in danger; the subsequent fear of Gov
ernor Scott that the measure w’ould suc
ceed, his signing these warrants in blank
for Patterson to fill up at his pleasure,
without even knowing what amount he
would want; the secret meeting at Gov
ernor Scott’s the flight before the vote was
taken; the violation of pariiameiitary
rules in the House on the following Mon
day, by which the floor was taken from a
friend of impeachment and given to an
opponent of it; the overwhelming vote by
which, contrary to the previous senti
ment of the House, impeachment was
immediately voted down; the order of
Treasurer Parker to Tappan, his chief
clerk, op the same day, to take all the
money in ihc Treasury to Patterson.with-
out vouchers; Patterson s acceptance of
the money and refusal to give a receipt for
it “in this kind of bushiess;*’ the pre
sentation and payment of these fraudu
lent warrants at the treasury when, even
if they were valid, there were no funds
applicable to their payment; the frank
confession of Parker that he paid them
because be thought the impeachment of
Scott would be a much greater calamity
than the expenditure of the money could
be, and the equally frank confession of
members ot the House that they were
paid for their vdteS against impeach
ment, all prove beyond the possibility of
doubt that $48,645 was drawn from the
treasury on these fraudulent vouchers,
through a combination and conspiracy
on the part of Governor Scott, Treas
urer Parker and Patterson, for the pur
pose of bribing members of the House
of Representatives to vote against
the impeachment of the Governor and
Treasurer for high crimes and misde
meanors against the State. Add to this
the confession of Speaker Moses that he
received $15,000 of the “State’s
money from Governor Scott “for carry
ing out his purpose,” by a violation of
parliamentary rules on the floor of the
House, and the story is complete. It
will be observed that although the testi
mony herewith submitted is entirely con
sistent in all essential particulars, yet
there is a wide discrepancy in the matter
of the issuing of these warrants. Ex-
Governor Scott testifies that he never
issued them; that it was his habit to
leave a small number^of blank warrants
with his private secretaiy to be used dur
ing his absence, aud that he can only ac
count for the warrants in ques
tion on the supposition that they were
taken clandestinely from his office:
whereas ex-Treasurer Parker testifies that
Scott, although he signed these warrants
in blank, gave them to Patterson to fill
up, and insisted on Parker’s paying them
when presented—not knowing what
amount Patterson would want, “but
supposing the scoundrel would make it
as large as he could,” and the testimony
of some of the other witnesses is con
firmatory of Parker’s in this regard. The
committee are unable to accept Governor
Scott’s version of the matter. Assuming
that it was his habit, as he testifies that
it was, to have left a small number of
blank warrants with his private secretary
to be used during his absence, he also tes
tifies that he never left any blank warrants
with his private secretaiy’ or clerk while
he was present in Columbia: and as he
also testifies that he was not absent
during the pending of the impeachment
proceedings, which he «^says ended
December 22, 1871, it is evident that he
did not leave these warrants with his
private secretary or clerk during that
period. The fact is, the impeachment
proceedings did not actually end until
January 24, 1872, and the journals of
both Houses l>ear evidence that he was
not absent during the session of the
General Assembly which finally ad
journed March 13,1872—long after these
warrants had been not only issued, but
paid; so that it is evident that he did not
leave these warrants with his private
secretary or clerk either during the pen
dency of the impeachment proceedings
or at any time afterwards. Nor does it
seem at all probable that he left these
warrants with his private secretaiy’ at
any time before, for he also testifies that
such of the blank warrants he left
with his private secretary as had
not been used during his absence
were delivered back to him on
his return. If these warrants were left
with his private secretaiy’ and were not
delivered back to him, as was the prac
tice, but had been taken clandestinely
from his office, w’hy did he not make an
effort to prevent their payment by the
treasurer, in case they should be present
ed for payment with the blanks filled up,
as well as to secure the* arrest of the par
ties presenting them for payment, as he
would have done if he had left blank
checks with his private secretary, aud they
h:ul been taken clandestinely from his of
fice? He testifies that it was nearly a
year afterwards that he heard of these
large payments, or rather saw them pub
lished. Assuming that he never thought
of his duties in the matter until then,
why did he not hike such action as would
right this great wrong? The transac
tion was as readily traceable in the Treas
ury then as it is now—the parties who re
ceived the money, and the parties to
whose benefit it was applied. If these
warrants had been stolen from his office,
aud filled up iu fraud and endorsed in
forger}’, why did he not take such action
as would bring the perpetrators to justice,
if not bring back the money to the Treas
ury? If he had a theory, as he substan
tially testifies he had, that Patterson was
the man who had taken these warrants
and filled them up, and gotten the money
as a means of getting elected United States
Senator, why did he not take such ac
tion as would bring the guilt home to
Patterson and defeat his election, and thus
prevent a thief and forger from repre
senting the State of South Carolina in
the Senate of the United States, and kill
off a political rival and personal enemy
at the same time? Patterson’s threat to
prove him a party to the fraud was a
most cogent reason why he should at
once prove himself clear of it. His
leaving the office soon afterwards neither
released him from his duty to redress the
wrong which had been done to the State,
nor relieved him from the necessity of
removing the stain which had been put
upon his reputation. That he did noth
ing to determine or correct or expose such
a fraud, would be regarded under any
circumstances as an evidence of criminal
indifference, and must be regarded under
all the circumstances of the case as a
proof of complicity.
Poison in Sugar Plums.
The readers of “Scribner,” and other
people beside, owe Professor Sumner
thanks for his timely inquiry (March
number) into “ What our boys are read
ing,” in the flash stories of the lower
type of periodicals. These profess to
deal, some of them, with school life, but
what is called such has nothing but the
name, being made up of highly seasoned
and impossible adventures, rude jokes
upon professors and teachers, slang son«rs
and anecdotes. Runaway boys and pi
ratical boys relate their adventures to
admiring circles, and school discipline
comes in just sufficiently to be success
fully defied. Some parents who an*
quite watchful that their children
shall not see the sensational
drama or jow pGrioimanee* at va
riety shows are quite content to
pass the printed matter without exami
nation. But the criticism should reach'
further than the “story papers.” There
is a very large amount of trash bound
up in books, as stories for boys, wherein
a very little travel, local geography or
history is spread out thiuly over the re
cital of daring pranks, revolts against
authority and swaggering boy heroes of
a type which fortunately are seldom met
in real life. But the young reader’s taste
is formed by these, and his ideal of
what a man should be suffi
ciently colored by them. He is
spoiled for sol>cr biographies, such as that
of Franklin, that are a fine stimulus to
any boy, and his imaginatien is not fired
by genuine conquests to lie won over self
and circumstances, but by college pranks
and precocious sentiments of an un
healthy sort. A New England manufac
turer was convicted the other day of put
ting poisonous ingredients, for cheap
ness, into sugar-plums aud candy, but
his tricks in their results come quicker to
the surface, ami can be inure summarily
exposed and punished than the other and
slower poisoning that goes on,oftentimes
under the thoughtless eyes of parents,
who are content so that a lioy is reading,
not to look into what he reads.
Salaries of Beaconsfield’s “Hired
Men.”—As qo coflcealifleflt is made or
attempted as to the pay of British Em-
b:issadors, we can give some of the
amounts. In Paris, Lord Lyons receives
$50,006 per annum: in CV*!*antinople,
Sir Layard receives $40,000 a year; Lord
Augustus Loft us, at St Petersburg, re
ceives $39,000: at Vienna, Sir Henry
Eliot lias $40,000: at Berlin, Lord Odo
Russell has $35,000; in Brussels, Mr.
Lumley has $19,400; at Rio de Janeiro,
Mr. Buckley Mathews receives $20,000;
in Peking, hir Thomas Wade has $30,
000; in Copenhagen, Sir Charles Wyke
has $18,000; in Rome, Sir A. B. Paget
has $:J5,000; in Japan, Sir Harry Parkes
has $20,000; in Holland, Mr. W. Stuart
$18,000; in Persia, Mr. W. T. Thompson
has $25,000; in Portugal, Mr. Morier has
$20,000; in Washington, Sir Edward
Thornton has $30,000. In each instance
the above are annual payments, and
where the embassy has not a mansion of
its own in the capital where it is located,
a liberal allowance is made for rent.—
Philadelphia Pros.
DOUBLE METALLIC STANDARD.
How lo Perfect the Standard Value—
Tile Bill Beported Friday.
On Friday in the House Mr. Stephens,
from thq Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures, reported the following
bill:
“To amend the laws of the United
States upon the subject of coinage, to
perfect the double metallic standard of
value, to provide for issuing gold and
silver bullion certificates on specified
conditions, to retire certain silver coins
now in use, and for other purposes.”
Be it enacted by the Nenate arul House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress ..assembled. That
hereafter the coinage of gold and silver
bullion at all the mints ot the United
States shall be upon an equal footing and
upon the same terms and conditions;
that is to say, the owner or owners of
either gold or silver bullion 9hall pay the
actual cost of coinage of each, which
cost shall be determined be the Director
of the Mint
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, author
ized and required to receive on deposit
silver bullion, in whatever quantities it
may be offered, at such places and under
such regulations as he may prescribe,
and have the same assayed and put in
suitable bars, properly stamped, and
cause to be issued certificates therefor,
in the same denominations and under
the same regulations and provisions of
law as certificates are now issued for
gold bullion and gold and silver coin;
and such certificates shall indicate and
represent the value of the bullion de
posited, in standard silver dollars, at four
hundred and twelve aud one-half grains
trov of standard silver to the dollar; and
said certificates shall have the same
force aud effect, and be alike receivable
in payment of all public dues as any
other coin certificates. And the said bul
lion so deposited and stamped, and so re
presented by the certificates aforesaid,
shall be retained in the Treasury for
the payment of the same on de
mand: Provided, the owner of any gold
or silver bullion who shall hereafter de
posit the same for the purpose of obtain
ing certificates therefor shall pay into
the Treasury of the United States a sum
sufficient to defray the cost and expense
of assaying and stamping the bullion, as
well as the cost and expense of the
coinage of such bullion, which amounts
shall be fixed from time to time by the
Director of the Mint, and no certificates
shall lx* issued until such payment is
made: And provided further, that the
Secretary of the Treasury may convert
any of such silver bullion so deposited
into standard silver dollars of the
United States, and may take up such
bullion certificates iu coin or in the bul
lion at his option, but when the bullion
deposited is returned, the price paid for
its coinage shall also lx; returned.
Sec. 3. That the 20 cent, 5 cent, and 3
cent silver pieces shall not hereafter be
coined; but all heretofore coined of these
denominations shall be taken up, and
fractional or subsidiary silver coins shall
be given in exchange for them when pre
sented. at the several coinage mints of the
United States, in sums of $5 or over, and,
when taken up, shall not again be reis
sued, but shall be coined in pieces of oth
er denominations of like currency; aud
the difference between the nominal and
bullion value shall be defrayed from the
silver profit fund.
Sec. 4 That the present fractional or
sulwidiary silver coins shall hereafter be
a legal tender in all sums not exceeding
$20 iu full payment, and shall be taken
up and legal tender money given in ex
change for them when presented at the
Treasury of the United States in sums of
$100 or over.
Sec. 5. That the trade dollar shall
hereafter be coined exclusively for for
eign trade, and limited to the amount of
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
per month, and. when coined, shall not
be permitted to be taken from the mints,
except upon the receipt given for ex
portation, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall pre
scribe.
Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the
Treasury is also authorized to make and
prescribe general regulations for carrying
all the other provisions of tills act into
effect.
Sec. 7 That all laws and parts of laws
inconsistent or conflicting with this act
are hereby repealed.
The Education of Manners.
Saturday Review.
Taking all into account, while freely
admitting the superiority of modern teach
ing from books, we yet regard them as
only partial educators. Now and then,
even, the sight of children brought up in
the old system, which put behavior first,
not because it is a system, but that the
tastes of the mother lean that way—
awakens a tender, though blind, regret
for the old relation of lessons to the ilay’s
work. For still there are children who
accept their lessons as tasks to be learnt 4
without much considering tfie future use
they are to be put to; whose keener in
terests are for what they see and hear;
whose minds are present to the scene
around them, who respond with dutiful
alacrity to the training of manners: who
are obedient to rule, courteous, friend
ly, hospitable to strangers iu their
small innocent way; who greet with
a smile welcome company, and brighten
under it; who watch their mother’s eye
and obey her behests, and so doing catch
her grace of air and movement. These
are children, whatever their literary at
tainments, who will grow into gentle,
refining influences; who will perpetuate
good traditions, and maintain the charms
as well as the virtues of family life. And,
moreover, whatever their store of exact
knowledge, thev will have a diction and
facility of expression which perhaps will
more than stand comparison with others
deeper read, but less practiced in social
intercourse. It all comes to this: On
the one hand, children cannot learn man
ners without being trained to them. On
the other, it is equally certain that want
of thoroughness in early teaching is a
defect scarcely to be got over in afterlife,
and often bitterly resented as well as re
gretted by the sufferer.
Colonel Dahlgren’s Leg.
Chicago T imes.
When Admiral Dahlgren was in com
mand in the Washington Navy Yard,
things, owing to the war, were on a brisk
canter. The old Admiral was an original
genius, as will be seen by the inscription
on a metal plate inserted in the corner
stone of a red brick shop in the yard,
built while Dahlgren was in charge:
Within this wall
is deposited the leg of
Col. Ulnc Dahlgren. U. S. V.,
wounded July 6. I960,
while skirmishing in tl*u
streets cf Hagerstown with the rebels
after the battle of
Gettysburg.
The smile that comes while contem
plating the resting place of this limb of
the navy, in other words the leg of the son
who was not in ihe navy, but whose father
was, is broadened when we learn that the
sacred leg was walled up here amoug the
munitions of war for yeat« before the
death of thu young man, who, during
his life, was often seen when the crowd
was thickest, mournfully contemplating
the tomb of his dear departed, while
weeping friends stood around. Other
volunteers stumped by maimed, but
cheer}’, but they were not sons of admi
rals, and their legs were buried in piles in
ditches, instead of lieing put in corner
stones to prop up the navy of the United
States
Senator and Mrs. Mitchell were awak
ened a few nigbfs since in Washington
by a burly negro, who was looking after
watches. “\Vho are you ?” asked the
Senator. “Don’t stop to ask questions,”
Interrupted Mrs. Mitchell, “but use your
revolver.” The burglar left in haste,
though there was no revolver in the
house. The Senator now gazes at his wife
and murmurs “What a head.”
The Massachusetts Legislature is dis
cussing a bill which taxes dogs five dol
lars each.
Am to the Custom House.
New Orleans Times.
Now that the prosecution of theie-
turning board is practically at anend.and
Mr. Haves Is released from all sentimen
tal obligation to sustain Messrs. Ander
son. Wells & Co., either directly or indi
rectly, it seems proper to expect that
some deference will be shown to the le
gitimate interests of the section and to
the wishes of ninety nine hundredths of
the people. If any sense of obligation,
mote or less commendable, prompted the
President to stand by Anderson and
Wells during their period of danger and
distress, certainly there can be no
room for such a feeling now.
They are protected against fur
ther annoyance, virtually se
cure against punishment, and
the President can consistently wash his
hands of them and cleanse his adminis
tration of the disrepute which they have
brought upon it. The history of the
custom house appointments in this State
is not a very creditable one. The fact
that the most important branch of the
Federal Government in the Southwest is
to-day without a head, is still less calcu
lated* to shed renown upon the execu
tive. Whether it was righteous
or otherwise that General Anderson, the
nominal chief of the custom house,
should be imprisoned on a criminal
charge, it was none the less disgraceful
that the official papers of that department
ot the government had to be taken to a
jail for signature. The President may
put whatever estimate he sees fit upon
the character and animus of the charges
on which Anderson wjis prosecuted, but
he cannot ignore the fact itself, and he
carries with him no popular sympathy in
ignoring the judgment of the regular
courts of the State in a matter affecting
the repute and efficiency of the
civil service. He knows very well that
public sentiment here, as well
as in the confirming power of Congress,
demands the termination of the indecent
and disreputable squabble over the offi
cial spoils of the custom house, and the
organization of the great commercial en
gine upon a permanent and proper basis.
The interests of the government and of
the community alike require it, and,
whilst neither* of these considerations,
especially the latter, seems to have had
much weight so far, it would seem the
knowledge that his own record is involved
ought to avail something, now that the
objects of his peculiar solicitude have
re:iched a place of safety..
The fact is that the appointment and
confirmation of a suitable Collector for this
port is urgently demanded from every
point of view. The unsettled condition
of that large aud important office has
been an element of constant dist urbance
for more than a year past, and the evil
effects are steadily increasing. It has
become a nuisance aud an obstacle, a
constant object of anxiety and a fruitful
source of scandal. The decision of the
Supreme Court, over which there has
been so much “rejoicing” in Washington,
contains no warrant for the President’s
support of Wells and Anderson. It
frees them from criminal prosecution
and punishment on a technicality of the
law, but it nowhere authorizes the con
clusion that they are innocent and worthy
citizens or that they are fit to be en
trusted with responsible places under
the government. If Mr. Hayes attaches
so much importance and entertains such
profound respect for the practical effect
of the ruling, he ought to exhibit an
equal regard for its moral significance.
The people here want the custom house
controversy brought to a prompt conclu
sion and they want to be relieved of the
offensive spectacle of Anderson and
Wells in high Federal places which they
can henceforth retain by no title except
the President’s gratitude to them for the
fraud whereby he was landed in the
chair.
Odd Fellows* Relief.
A case of vital interest to the members
of Odd Fellows’ Mutual Relief Associa
tions has been catered before the law
term of the Supreme Court of Rocking
bain county, New Hampshire. The suit
involves the question as between the
family of a deceased man and his estate,
in the matter of this benefit association.
The relief provided in this case was to
lx; given to the family in the following
order, “unless otherwise ordered in writ
ing by the deceased member:’’ Wife
first, then children, then father, then
mother, and so on. In the will of the
deceased he gives “all the rest and resi
due of his property and estate, including
the whole of whatever sum or
amount may be due him or his executor
from the Odd Fellows’ Mutual Relief
Association,” etc., to his mother.
question presents itself: “Is this tund
assets in the hand of the executor, which
can be used to pay the debts of the de
ceased?” It is contended that it is a re
lief, not an asset, going to the vvlfe
wholly, unless the deceased member in
his lifetime ordered its payment to’ his
father, or other beneficiaries; that said
member bad no power tQ direct that the
fund should he paid to an executor, and
that he had no testamentary power at all
over the sum. His case is creating much
interest among the memliers of these as
sociations, who are numbered by thou
sands. Eminent legal talent has been
engaged by both sides, and the result is
eagerly aw aited.
A Terrible Cloi dburst.—A corre
spondent writing from Potter Valley,
Mendocino county, Cal., gives the fol
lowing graphic account of the rainstorm
aud of a terrible cloudburst in that sec
tion of the country. Up to date of
writing there had lx;en in Potter Valley
43.50 inches of rainfall, with prospects
of a continuance of wet weather. The
roads were all washed out, and the mails
had failed to put in au appearance for
over a week. On the 12th of February
the w’ind blew almost a gale on the east
side of the valley, tearing up trees by
the roots and snapping ifiem
in twain like straws, levelling
all things before it in its furious
career. On the 17th the storm took the
form of a cloudburst, w’hich gave vent to
its furious torrents on the mountains
immediately east of the valley, carrying
devastation in its course. The cloud
first appeared like a gigantic ball of dark
muddy fluid rolling down the canon,
where, confined within the narrow limits
of the rocky walls on both sides its fury
lx.*came condensed, and the deluging tor
rents fell with redoubled force; and from
the point where it burst, for a mile and
a half along the vallev, it literally ground
to dust all objects within its track; not a
tree or shrub is to be found where it
passed. Trees, rocks, immense boulders,
gravel and sand were washed from their
foundations, carried bv the currents of
the flood and deposited upon the farms
below in the valley.—San Francisco
Chronicle
An Irish Munchausen has turned up at
a Boston restaurant in the humble ca
pacity of a waiter. A guest who has
been served with a small lobster: “Do
you call that a lobster, Mike?” “Faix, I
believe tWfey do be callin’ thim lobsters
here, sur. We call ’em crabs at home.”
“Oh!” said the diner, “you have lobsters
in Ireland?” “Is it lobsters? Begorra,
the creek is full of ’em. Many a time
I’ve seen 'em when I lepped over the
sthrames. ” ‘ ‘How long do lobsters grow
in Ireland?” “Well,” said Mike, thought
fully, “to sphake widin bounds, sur, Td
say a matter of five or six feet.” “What!
Five or six feet? How do they get
around in those creeks?” “Bedad, sur,
the creeks in Ireland are fifty or sixty
feet wide,” said the imperturbable Mike.
“But,” asked the guest, “y«u said you
had segn them when you were leaping
over the streams, and lobsters here live
in the sea.” “Sure, I did, sur: we're
powerful leppers in Ireland. As for the
say, sur, I’ve seen it red with ’em.” “But,
look here, my fine fellow.” said the guest,
thinking he "had cornered Mike at last,
“lobsters are not red until they are
boiled.” “Doan’t I know that?” s^id
Mike: “but there are bilin’ springs in the
ould counthiy. aud tney shwim tl^ugh
’em. and come out all ready fur ye to
crack open and ate ’em.”
Senator T anytr expresses himself as
gratified that Audersoahas been released.
THE YOUNG (JI EEN OF SPAIN AT
SCHOOL.
A Pen Picture by one of her School
mate*.
Prom a School-girl's Letters in Scribner's
Monthly.
Tuesday, October 21.—The Princess
actually arrived this morning and is now
well installed here. The Duke and
Duchess of MontDensier came out with
her to call on the Superioress and see the
school. It was just at the noon recrea
tion and we w’ere all out in the park, j-o
they walked around and visited the play
grounds of the different classes and
stayed some time watching our games.
We had been told we were to stand still
and courtesy as they passed, but the
Duke and Duchess begged particularly
that our game of prisoner’s base should
not be interrupted, as they wanted to see
how well we could play. Y'ou can
imagine that on hearing this we chased
each other with great zeal.
Poor Alexandrine has dropped from
the clouds. She doesn’t think much of
the French royal family now\ Of course
we were all looking out eagerly for our
new schoolmate, and she soon appeared
walking with the governess a little way
behind her parents and the Superioress.
All we could see was that she was a girl
of about thirteen or so, still in short
dresses, with a pleasant, dark face, aJ
most hidden under a broad-brimmed
straw hat. She had a very simple little
suit of some purple and white striped
stuff, and wore white cotton gloves and
boots without heels. Fancy the feelings
of Alexandrine. They were somewhat
assuaged, however, by the appearance of
the Duchess.
She is the sister of Queen Isabella, and
is a tall distinguished looking woman,
was very richly dressed, full of anima
tion, and seem*ed very much interested
in everything she saw’. The Princess was
not formally introduced to us till after
we had gone into class, w hen the Su
perioress brought her in to show her her
seat. She had taken her hat off and
looked very shy and pretty as she came
in. She seemed to be a good deal em
barnissed at facing so many girls, and
hung her head a little, and answered in a
very low voice when she was spoken to.
but her eyes looked up bright and full of
intelligence. There is something very
attractive about her; she is perfectly
simple and unassuming. She took her
seat at her desk and Anne de G
showed her about her lessons and the
books she would need.
I hail a good chance to examine the
lMncess as she sat directly in front of
me. She is large and well formed for
her age and sits up very straight, though
she drops her head a little. Her com
flexion is very fine and clear, writh a
icalthy tinge, and her features are pleas
ing, especially the eyes, which are of a
soft gray or hazel, with dark lashes, deep
set and very bright, and full of expres
sion. Her hair is jet black and splen
didly thick and glossy. She wears it
brushed tight to her head and braided in
two braids, which are fastened low across
the back of her head.
Then she has a very white throat and
pretty shaped ears, and altogether piom
ises to develop into quite a handsome
woman. We had been told beforehand
by the nuns that we must call her “Mad
ame.” It seemed a funny idea to call
such a litle girl Madame, especially here,
where we all call each other by our first
names, whatever the difference in age or
rank, but the nuns didn’t think It right
that we should be quite so familiar with
a future Queen. I noticed, however,
that they themselves called her by her
name, Mercedes.
At first some of us undertook to instruct
Madame in prisoner’s base, but we soon
found she knew it as well as any of us.
She is a fast runner, aud will make a
capital player. Some of the girls were
a little shy with her, and wouldn’t chase
her very hard at first, but she saw
through it, and seemed quite hurt
by it, and would purposely put her
self in their way so that they couldn’t
avoid catching her, aud we soon felt at
ease all round. 1 think she is going to
be a trump.
Without losing the gentleness and sim
plicity of her manners she is fast getting
over her shyness, and there is nothing
rough about her, yet she is bright and
gay, with plenty of spirit, and ready for
all sorts of adventurei * * * She is
not very ;uuubtrlous; she works well a
little while and then waits for the teacher
to come and correct her drawing, and
meanwhile employs herself scribbling
her name and initials, “M. O.,” “Merce
des d Orleans,” “M. O.” in every corner
of the paper. * * *
A Treacherous anil Cold-Blooded
Murder.
The sensation of the hour at the North
is the arrest of two men for a mysteri
ous murder committed at Camden, N.
J., several weeks ago, and which seems
to have been a crime of exceptional
atrocity. On a cold night in the latter
part of January John M. Armstrong, a
music publisher, was found lying mor
tally wounded in Camden, opposite
Philadelphia. Near him was found a
hammer, on the handle of which was
cut the initials “F. W. D.” The wound
ed man never recovered consciousness
and died,having $urui*hod no clue to the
crime. Suspicion at first fell upon two
different men whose initials corresponded
to those on the hammer, one of whom
owed Armstrong money. A careful ex
amination of the letters under the micro
scope, however, repealed the fact
that the ictters were freshly cut and
artificially discolored and soiled to
imitate age. The ingenious method
devised by the criminal for throw
ing suspicion upon an innocent man
thus gave the first ciue to the real mur
derer It showed that the implement
had been deliberately prepared, and
therefore the murder had been carefully
planned. After the death of Armstrong
it was found that his life was heavily in
sured in favor of his friend and pariner,
Benjamin Hunter. It was remembered
then that Hunter Lad been very particu
lar, at the time of taking out the policies,
to specify that there should be no im
pediments thrown in the way of a speedy
collection of the moneys* in case of
death. Suspicion at once fell upon Hun
ter. lie was ready, of course, to prove
an alibi; but on the preliminary examina
tion failod to accomplish this. He was
accordingly lodged in ia.il. The instincts
of the detectives led them, however,
to doubt that it was the hand of Hunter
which dealt the fatal blow. Froiu num
bers of little indicat’;cum they came to
the concloq^M that he had hired some-
Ixx^y else to do the bloody work. They
suspected a young man named James
Graham who hail been in Hunter’s em
ploy, and who was known to be a des
perate fellow when under the influence
of drink. They “shadowed” him, seek
ing for evidence connecting him with
the murder. Finally through an
anonymous note received by the prosecu
tor, it was discovered tlrnt Graham had
confessed his connection with the crime
to an intimate friend, and nothing then
remained but to apprehend him. The
detectives accordingly watched their op
portunity and took him \aio custody.
For some time boYe up under a
searching examination, but at last he
broke down, and made a full con
fession of his connection with the crime.
His statement shows that Hunter
was working on him for some four weeks
to induce him. to. do the deed, that he
furcisbud Graham with the hammer and
brought the victim to the spot where the
murder was perpetrated, and gave the
signal to strike the blow, and then him
self finLhed with a hR'.chet the bloody
work w’hicli his accomplice had begun
with the hammer. This statement is cor
roborated in some curious ways by other
facts. One of the most revolting inci
dents of the crime was that Hunter visit
ed Armstrong’s house while he lay dying
from his wounds, and fearing that he
w’ould regain consciousness and tell who
assaulted him, pulled the bandages from
Armstrongs head in the hope that he
w ould bleed to death. The full history
of this crime w’hen it comes to be reveal
ed at the trial will entitle it to a place on
the list of “celebrated cases.”
THE WIDOW OF A MILLION AIRF
STARVES.
Sad End ol an Old LadT-«..„.
New York Star.
For some time past an eccentric old
woman named limb Aim Koss, residing
alone in a house which she owned in Iv?
street, East Jew York, has iieen acting
ma manner that led suspicion, that
she was in destitute cir. umstances 'he
was very reticent in reirard to her affairs
but those few with whom she had con'
versed from time to time gathered the
information that she w u the wife of the
late Judge Ross, of Staten Island that
lie was at one time a millionaire' that
l,er two sons were killed during the’ war
and tlrnt her only relative was a'daughtcr!
resident of Philadelphia, but that she
had no affection for her.
During the past fortnight she had be-
come very feeble, and the neighbors had
notified the ^ Commissioners of Charities
in the belief that she was destitute
When they went to her house on Friday
they found her lying dead on the floor of
one of the rooms, and an examination
proved that she had starved. The home
was sparely furnished, most of (he arti
cles remaining apparently in the packages
in which they had been moved into the
place, the carpets, for instance, not In-in"-
unrolled. Among the pro]M n v found nS
the premises were a number of oil paint
ings, valued at $2,000. There was noth
ing to eat in the house, and only a few
cents were found iu her pocket, she was
a great lover of plants and flowers, her
admiration for them amounting to a ma
nia, and in her possession was found a
paper containing an account of her arrest
for having stolen flowers from craves in
a Staten Island cemetery. The Public
Administrator has taken possesion of her
property.
The St. Louis OWn-lkm,.<■<■,a thinks
I’lysses is the coming man. It remarks
that “Grant, after Hayes, will lie very
much like a square meal after Lent. ’
People of the (j. 1>. kind did fare better
under Grant—witli the exception of some
little annoyance about the whisky busi
ness.—Setr Orfain# Tim*».
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