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PROPRIETOR. j
VOL. XIX.
TWO JKAMOI S IH i:iA AT
TIIH COI SST OF SIVUX.
It was during Mr. Piereec's aduiin
istration, (hat the subject of the annex'
ation of Cuba to the I’uitcd States
was the all-engrossing topic of the Jay;
and Mr. Soule, who had warmiy sup
ported the idea in Congress, was ap
pointed by Mr. Pierce as Minister to
This. appointment was so di"
tasteful to Prance that Mr Soule, on
entering that kingdom, en route to
Spain, was subjected to much annoy
ance, and slighted by the government
fif Napoleon 111. It was not long after
the .minister's arrival in Madrid, that
it was made known to him, in various
.ways, by the minions oJf Louis Napo
leon, that his presence as ambassador
was distasteful. This culminated in au
affront offered to Madame Soule, by the
French Minister, Monsieur de Turgot,
at a ball, given at his own palace, to
which, of course, the American Min
ister and family were invited. \\ hen
the Soules arrived, the marquis, with
the D.uke of Alva, and others, were
standing at the entrance-door of the
ball-room. The Soules paid their
.compliments of salutation to the host,
and passed on. One gentleman remark
ed, Loth upon the beauty of Madame
.Soule, and her rich attire. D> you
thiuk so?'’ replied the marquis, “'.veil I
do net share in your admiration of this
woman, for she strongly reminds me of
Margaret of Burgundy.” So shocked
were the Soules’ friends st such an
insulting remark by the In t himself, of
,so estimable a lady, that M r Soule was
promptly informed of it. Walking
deliberately toward the marquis, he
hunched him in the side with his elbow,
and, giving him a significant look, from
his splendid, but now fiery eyes,
.quietly remarked: “I have heat’d, sir,
of your indecent remark ; you shall also
hear from me to-morrow and, rejoin
ing his family, the Soule immediately
retired. In the meantime, it began to
be whispered abo.ut that the remark
had originated with the Duke of Alva
lie,being a younger man, Mr. Soule's
son, Nelville Soule, promptly sent him
a challenge nejtt day.
This the duke at first declined, on
the plea that he was not the author
.of the insulting remarks a
,telegram soon came from Fiance
announcing to him tht, unless he
accepted the challenge, he was no
more to call himself the brother in
law of the emperor—the Duchesse
of Alva and Eugenie, the empress,
being sisters. This settled the
matter at once. The challenge was
accepted, and the duke being the
challenged party, exercised the
privilege of the choice of weapons.
Being one of tbo best swordsman
in Spain, ho chose broanlswords as
the weapons for the combat. . his
was awkwaid for young Soule, who
had never handled a sword in fits
life. Nevertheless, the choice was
accepted and an instructor procur
ed. Only one lesson, however, was
the professor allowed to give, for
he was a Frenchman, and was
promptly warned of his likelihood
of being sent to Caen, if he persis
ted IFith this one lesson did the
young champion of America enter
the list, and as lustily did his sin
ewy arms swy the falchion, that
the duke shortly became detnoraliz
ed, and, after receiving a wound in
the neck, from which sangre azol
poured very freely, the light was
arrested by their mutual seconds,
and satisfaction declared given and
received.
This being ended, Mr. Soule then
challenged the French Minister, M.
de Turgot, to combat also. The chal
lenge was promptly accepted, and pis
lots chuseu. The hostile parties met
outside the city, in an open field, bound
ed en one side by a high wall, adown
which, was afterward remarked, de
scended a line in front of which Mr.
Soule was unwittingly posted. Upon
shots being exchanged, the marquis
fell prostrate to the ground—Mr. Soule
unhurt remained immovable as a " s tone
wall '-and it was found that Mr. Soule’s
ball had inflicted a very painful, if not
dangerous wound in the marquis hip.
The fight was declared ended, and
once more the “star spangled banner
waved over the free and the brave,”.at
the Amerisan embassy, where it con
tinued to float, unmolested or insulted
again by any power until Mr. Soule’s
return to Ameriaa. So far from these
duels gausing the Soules to become un
popular with the Madrilenos, they be
came the cvnosure of all eyes, and re
ceived the most marked attention from
the whole royal family, The writer of
this, having remained in .Madrid the
whole winter, was thus enabled, per
sonally. to see not only what populari
ty the Soules had gained by their
courage, but, also, that Los Etados
Uoidos were more respected than ever.
Ex.
—♦ 4Rmn.
W ASH SKil'O.V IjETTEK*
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Both branches of Congress have
shown decided evidences of life this
week. The Senate has had under
consideration bills reported from vari
ous committee?, a.nd the 7/ouse has
vigorously attacked and den tht
whole Pacific pooling combinaL' de
claring in favor of the immediate fur
feituro of unearned land grants with
only eighteen opposing votes. In a
meeting of the JI• use committee on
public lands, some inside facts con
cern ing the giant monopolies were dis
cussed It was explained how the
Atlantic and Pacific railroads is con
trolled Lv the Central Pacific west of
tbo Colorado, and by Mr. Gould east
of it. How the Central Pacific and
the Union Pacifio with Mr. Gould’s
connections east of Omaha control the
middle route. By subsidizing the Pa
cific mail, the Central Pacific keeps
the water route under control The
Northern Pacific is not only in a “’pool’’
with the Central, but there is an agree
ment between them whereby they have
divided the territory of the great north
west in regard to transportation, as
though ownership of the country follow
ed the building of railroads into it
,1/r Holman of Indiana introduced a
set ot sweeping resolutionsaga nst these
corporations, which were adopted, and
in the debate following, Mr. Retford
of Colorado said he did not propose
ihat four or five cattle kings should
own the west as four or five railroad
monarchs owned the east
The House abolished the ‘-iroD
clad” oath of office, and passed among
other bills one for the relief of the
Greelay arctic expedition. Friday and
Saturday it debated the F l,z John
Porter bill and hopes to get a vote on
the latter to-d iy at tour o'clock.
Many new and important measures
were introduced in the House under
the cal! of States. Among them, was
one to prevent lobbying, by Mr An
derson of Kansas. It requires cv*ery
ex-member of Congress, before being
entitl and to the privileges of the floor,
to obtain an order from the Speaker,
which shall bo only issued by the ex
member declaring, upon his honor, that
he is not interested, directly or indi
iectly. in any corporation, or person
having a pecuniary interest in the de
feat or passage of a measure before
Congress, or the committees and pledg
ing that while, the House is in session.
he will not communicate with v
member respecting any
may effect the welfare of any
corporation, or person ha. T ; .a in
terest in legislation. In case of the
violation of this pledge, tho committee
on rules shall declare the ex-member
forever deprived of the privileges of
the floor.
The recent annual discussion in the
Seuate over the proper limitations of
the liquor traffic in the Capitol build
ing drew fivtn Seuator Blair the decla
ration that the only way t > exclude
intoxicating liquors from the Senate
and the Ziouse restaurants, was to
prohibit manufacture or sale in
the District of Columbia. A bili has
recently been introduced in tho Senate
to effect this purpose. It is probable
the great temperance sentiment of the
country will concentrate its strength
to secure the adoption of a stringent
prohibitory law where alone in the
whole country the national authority
to act on the subject is unquestioned.
Advocates of prohibition have long
sought to get the question into nati >q
Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of Ihe People.
GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1884.
a I politics and in the petition of the
Woman's National Temperance Union
to lie presented to presidential nomina
ting convention next fall, prohibition
in the District will be n prominent
feature of their demands
The tariff question continues to agi
tate political circles and if it is not the
only “living issue” it seems to have
more life than any other. A quiet ef
fort still continues also, on each side to
set the other en the wrong side, in an
ticipation of the coming presidential
contest. The republicans hail the is
sue gladly. Nothing would delight
them more than a square fight this
year on the tariff. The democrats
however uo not admit of tariff differ
ences in their party that will uot read)
ly yield to harmonizing influences.
Last Sunday I attended the dedica
tory services of the Gaifield Memorial
church on Vermont avenue. Long
before the opening hour the edifice be
gan to fill up, and by eleven o’clock
every part of the auditorium was
crowded. Among thost present were
President Arthur, Secretary of
State Freiinghusin, many Senators,
i Representatives and other public
men. The church was tastefully ae.-
corated with potted plants, and on. the
left of the pulpit was the late Presi
dent Garfield’s pew that had been
brought from the little church ha at
tended. It was draped in black, cov
ered with white flowers and, boro a
silver plate engraved with the dates of
the birtn and death of Garfield.
I lie LiiTi of ILoitt Property J
What ought the fiuder of a lost
uttide to do? Most people will
give a ready answer. He should
do his best to discover the owner
and restore the lost property te
him. But this standard of moral
duty being imperfectly recognized
by the law, it will be interesting to
review-the decisions on this sub
ject.
1. The finder need not take
chargejof the lost property. There
is no legal duty en him to do it;
but if he <joe3 take it into his pos
session, he then become? a deposi**
tory. and is bound to keep it lor
the owner and rcsU.re it to him
when known. How long he must
keep it, or what efforts he should
make to find the owner, have not
been laid down.
2. If tho finder does not restore
the property upon discovering the
owner, does he commit theft ? This
depenis on whotber lie knew, cr
had reasonable means of knowing
who the owner was at the time of
fi (ling, It has been held that the
finder of a pocketbook, having the
owner’s name legibly written on it,
is a thief if he coi ceils and appro
priates the. money ; but if there is
nothing to indicate the owner, he
does not. become a thief in law by
so doing.
3. The owner m y at any nine
reclaim his property, and if the
finder refuses to give it up, can
recover it or the value of it iron
him. But as against any one but
tho woer the tinder’s title is good.
4 When is a thing to be con
sidered aa lost ? It has been said
in sever?, cases that money er oth
er property laid down and forgot
ten is not lost in the legal sense of
the word. The proprietor of the
shop or bank, or place wbe.ro it is
loft is the proper person to take
charge of it, and these who pick
up the property have no right to
keep it On the other hand, it has
been held that where a conductor
found money in a railway car
whose owner could net be asoer
tained, he had a good title to the
money.
5 Is the finder entitled to be
paid for his trouble and expense ?
He need not take charge of it, and
it seems that if he does so he must
look only to the gratitude end
good feeling of the owner for re
ward.
fi. What if a reward be offered 1
There is no doubt tb it any one
who. seeing the otje r, sets to work
to find the property, will, if he
sdccool, be entitled to tho reward,
anff may even retain the property
till it bp paid. But if be alrei y
has the missing articlo in his pr •
session when the reward is offered
or ba9 withheld the property in the
expectation that a reward would >e
offered, the rule is the opposite.*—
Ex. Jt
The New South says: Col. Janies
Edward Calhoun who lives ju9t across the
Savannah river fron Elbert, is a brother-'
in-law of John C.Calhoun, fie is ninety
years old, perfectly erect,, rides horseback
twenty or thirty miles, speaks a dorm
languages fluently, andj'has never used
spectacles.
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