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NEWNAN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 18S6.
NUMBER *47.
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ft A SACRED TRUST.
The time has now come for me ta fnlfill
a trust which was committed to my keep-
lng many years ago, and which I have
ever held as sacred. The few still living
who knew the man whose behest I am
carrying out, on reading my narrative
will at once recutznize him ; and their faith
in the nobility inherent in human nature,
which, for a time at least, must have been
shaken, will be strengthened. To the gen
eral public the siory ought to prove
scarcely less interesting, as it reveals an
instance of boundless love and sacrifice.
Perrier was the most brilliant of my
“it is not such a cause as this*" I replied,
“which will enable us to triumph.”
“Scarcely had this visitor left me, when
« note was brought to me. Though hardly
legible, I recognized Ferrier’s handwrit
ing as I read tb »sc words: “Please come
to me at once; I arn dying.”
I hurried from the house without delay,
and entering a cab told the driver to take
Die as quickly as he could to the address
"liicn I gave him. On entering Ferrier’s
house I was met by a doctor.
“He Is very anxious to see you,” he said,
‘but will be unable to speak you. He has
n °t another hour to live,”
“His poor wife,” I inquired, “how is
she bearing up beneath the terrible
trill?”
“She was with him when he com
mitted the rash act. She has never
been consciou*. since, and it is feared that
she wiH lose her reason.”
I 'vasthen conducted to Ferrier’s bed
side Death was implanted on his face:
and there was a bandage beneath that,
mouth, from which I had so often heard
^ words of persuasive eloquence.
contemporaries at Oxford, and not only i ° ri seein & me he smiled, stretched out his
was he the most distinguished scholar of ! fcand toward mine, but tried in vain to
i speak. Then making a sigu for the writ-
,. . —tinguished scholar of
ms tune, but it may be doubted if ever be
fore there had been any member of the ' ,n * materlal ~> which had been placed in
univeisity wiiose academical success was readiness * a pencil and paper were given
greater. Though of course a steady t j * lim ' J Ie propped up and began to
worker, ho had achieved his great distinc- v, ’ rittf » uhictl he did with apparent diffi-
tion without any exceptional effort, and c,,It 7* Ai er writing for some time, he
ns he possessed all the qualities which s;ink ba, k exhausted. Then he
command success in the more ambitious n:nde a hi ® n hat 1 81101,1(1 tft ke the paper,
paths of life, his friends iiad formed the " llicil 1 did, and immediately afterward
highest expectations regarding his future 1,e expired.
career. To a man endowed with Ferrier’s Un fieell, S the drst words he had written,
great gifts ambition is a second nature, so 1 kne ' v he wished me to retain the paper,
instead of remaining as a residentrfel- 60 1 foiled it up, and on my return home
low of his college, and engaging in tui- rend ^ follows:
tion, he was called to the bar; and “'J’his is meant for your eyes atone, and,
with the determination to succeed in-his curing my wife’s lifetime, what I shall
profession was united the desire to earn teli y° u mu 't never be divulged. During
bo;h literary and politic il fame. In Lou- ! tl,e last vacation I went for rest to a quiet
don he became the center of i small and | P ;irt °* Wales, and there I formed the
exclusive band of young men, who, like : acquaintance of a gentleman of good
himself, had taken high houors at the uni- | | anill Y» but poor, who was lead-
versity, and were alreudy making thei • ln " a secluded ‘life. He had an only
mark in the several careers which the} ! (ldl, S hter . and between us a mutual at-
lmd adopted. The aim ot that talented tachu,ent quickly sprang up, but on ray
group was not less than that of influencing i proposing ‘.or her hand, her lather refused
the l bought of the age in which tbev lived: I lo P 61 *? 111 her marry me. When I
Ills ob-
A MAN IN THE HOUSE.
! I bought of the age in which they lived; to P crmit her 10 »«*rry me. \V
aoro tiian one of them—for good or I P resse(1 him to state the reasons of 1
thi« on.i Ferrier J ectlons » heat length told me that her
! mother had inherited a taint of insanity,
! which in her earlf years had nearly led to
j a fatal act. All symptoms of the disease,
| however, had passed away in her 25th
year. In view of his daughter marrying,
! Ue said he had consulted an eminent Paris
specialist, who for some time had had her
mother under his care. His daughter had
never at any time manifested the least
signs of mental derangement, and, owing
to her s ound health, the physician was of
the opinion that she would enjoy a most
perfect immunity from the maladay, and
would transmit no taint to her children.
But till she was 35. the age when hr .
mother had recovered, he would not con
sider she was beyond the reach of danger.
On learning this I corresponded with the
physician and was told by him substan
tially what I had already heard. Nothing
that I had learned seemed to offer any bar
uut iui a a* x *r‘ °" r marria £ e > and > yielding to my so-
J -v-hum-i’. ,A,v him* I licit,ltions . ller father at Just gave his con-
** , I'"** , “** -—•*.» » | sent. He was in a weak state of health,
’ l,el0lu:ea a nnlwrsit >' cluh ' and l and the knowledge that his daughter
ill—has since attained this end.
was their acknowledged leader; but I
trust he was not responsible for some of
the opinions which 1 was grieved to learn
prevailed among them. I, too, had comi,
to town; but, though 1 knew most of ita
members, I was never invited nor did [
care to become one of the coterie. Ther**
were severul reasons which kept us apart.
Though 1 had done as well as most of
them at the university, I seemed recently
to have dropped behind them, and could
scarcely now be considered as tlieir intel
lectual equal. Our religious and political
views were opposed; and lastly, they weie
all eager for social and material succea,
and I was working hard in a potr
curacy. Like most of Ids Oxford
contemporaries, 1 was much inter
ested in Ferrier’s career, and by-and-by
heard without surprise that he was rap
idly making his way at the chancery bur,
and \v;:£ already looking out for a sc*;
on all occasions when wo met he showed
| might
towards me an uudiiniuished friendship.
We had been members ot the flame coT“
lege, and, though never one of his most
intimate companions, 1 had at one time j ( . phvsic
enjoyed a considerable share of his so- ! 4 * y
ciety.
I can remember the surprise with which
1 heard from a common friend that Fer
rier was about to be married. 1 had not
thought he was a man who was likely to
take^ a wife on the threshold of j entirely neglected his advice. How could I
career, but that he would j -pprehend danger from her who loved me,
oon be left without a pro-
j!c him more disposed to grant
my prayers. When o» our honeymoon we
passed tnrough Paris, and I then called on
and told him I had married
young iady regarding whom I had
been in correspondence with him.
“She ought not to have married so early,
he said, and itaen he cautioned me at some
length, adding that her mother’s malady
had been of a most dangerous nature.
more probably wait till his position
was secure. I wus told it was a love
match. That too caused me to wonder,as
I know that he was one who was very
m.ilikely to perm it sentiment to interfere
with his ambition. And that he would be
hampered by his marriago was clear, as I
was informed that the lady had no money,
and I knew that Ferrier had not much of
his own; and could not yet be making a
large professional income. Soon after
wards 1 learnt the tidings from his own
lips, and our intimacy had never se**mcd
to me so close us when he made me his
coutidant ou this occasion. He asked me
to come to his rooms, and we had a loni
talk together. He had been staying
country, he said, during the long
when each night my darling laidlher head
on my breast, and twined her loving arms
around my neck? Last night in my sleep
I felt my wife’s hand upon my neck. At
first it seemed warm, but gradually be
came coal, so cold t^iat at last it awoke
me, and as I became Vonscious 1 felt, the
sharp edge of steel pressed into my throat.
1 started up covered \vf|h blood, and saw
for an instant her vacabt eyes, and then
her pierciug screams brought the serv
ants to. the room. 1 heard them say that
I had indicted the wounti upon my
self, and that the sight had
deprived my wife of he** reason.
That is what 1 wish every one|to believe,
the i gj ie . w ju soon recover from hjr malady,
! and it will never again afflict lfer. 1 wish
“Back on the midnight train if I can
make it. One chance in a thousand. I ll
try it, though. And don’t you young
f .lks oversleep yourselves to-morrow or
you’ll lose a day’s fishing—bound to rain
Thursday. By-by!”
The colonel was half way across the
1 -wn as he shouted the warning to the
kttle knot gathered on tne veranda and in
the hallway. The whistle of the
locomotive coming round the bend at
I’otter’s point woke the echoes. If Dan,
t he colonel’s reliable servant, reached the
station in time the down train would stop
for the solitary passenger, otherwise he
would come back to us grumbling. As
the mainspring of half our pleasure
seemed to be leaving us with every bound
the colonel made, “cutting across lots,” as
Dick Mayberry termed it, we wished for
once that Dan, like a princes promise,
would fail the coloneL But the train
slowed up as soon as it came in sight,
almost stopped, then started again with
a suddenness and fury as if to make up
for lost time, and the little group looked
blankly at each other.
The colonel’s wife, meantime, glanced
over the telegraphic message that had
t rn the colonel away from us just when
we were beginning to enjoy oursclve®.
Her unruffled countenance reassured us.
Nothing serious threatened.
“A matter of business—to serve a
friend,” said Mrs. Potter smiling, as she
rejoined us. “It i9 annoying, but •can t
be helped, so we will just manage to do
without him.”
Then all the gentlemen voted her a par
agon, and the ladies said there never were
two people so well matched.
We were a merry party. Just ten be
fore the colonel was called away. The
Colonel and Mrs. Pot:er, and four couples
there by express invitation. We hail • x-
plored the mysteries of Luker’s cave,
“done” the mountain ridge, ten miles dis
tant, on horseback, and on the morrow
would go fishing. Two days of unalloyed
pleasure followed by evenings so enjoya
ble that we were wholly oblivious to the
world outside of Potter’s point.
How she managed I never could sur
mise; but there never was a woman with
the tact the colonel’s wife displayed.
her to lead a happy life,
| impossible, if it were ev
! seif or others that she c
. am content ■”
Here the writing stopped.
?, whidh wc
ver k^own
:aused!my d
would be
to her-
ny death. I
tion, and had fallen in love. Tiieu he re
lated to me some incidents in his court
ship which I am M.re.he would never have
reluted to his more intellectual
and cynical companions. Soon afterwards | Here the writing stopped. Ferrier
I read his nnu.Kige iu the papers and i prediction regarding his wife proved cor-
wondered wiiat manner of woman she rec t % f 0 r she was restored to reason, which
non Id le with whom the brilliant Ferrier lievC r again deserted her. On her recovery
had linked his fate. When he returned to ■ ^ impressions of the last year had grown
iown after the honeymoon he invited me j f a j n t, a-nd two years later she married a.
to his house. ‘You are the first of my Ox- i man 0 f high rank. Her life wasexcep-
ford friends who has dined with us,’ he 1 t j ona iiy favored. She became the mother
said,.gaily, as he received me. On seeing i G f n f am iiy G f talented sons and daugli-
no longer surprised at ; t ers< and no suspicion of the frenzied deed
Ferrier’s wife 1
his love match. There was something ex-
tmordinaril} fascinating about her. She
\ as beautiful, but to her comeliness and
uiv.ee ti.erc was added a charm that was
far more attractive than handsome looks.
She was not tall, but both her form and
features were exquisite, and in. her eyes
there was a depth and tenderness which
1 have never seen equalled in any other
lace. The world has since indorsed t he
opinion 1 then formed of her. as it after
wards acknowledged her to be one of the
most lovely women of her time. They
were evidently greatly attached to each
other. It was easy to see that Ferrier
cherished his wife with fondn - -lid pride:
and she sometimes looked at him with
of her youth ever rose to mar her happi
ness. 1 understood the sentence which
had remained unfinished when the pen
had fallen from Ferrier’s rigid fingers.
For the safce of the woman he loved, his
proud heart was content that he should
1 ecome an object of pity to his friends,
and of scorn to his enemies, and that he
should lie, till now, in a dishonored grave.
—J. Crawford Scott in Belgravia.
The Scene at Xarrapinsctt Pier.
The visitors confessed when they landed
that the pier was a contrast to Newport.
The shore below the landing is a line of
broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had
been dumped there' fora riprap wall.
; nat expression of trustful afiecuon \\ hich j Fronting lhis unkempt shore is a line of
u.ves beauty to even the p.aine>t features, . barrack _ like hotels, with a few cottages of
and makes a face that is alread} lovely , ^ cheap sort At the en j 0 f this row of
appear almost divine. hotels is a tine granite casino, spacious,
1 was much impressed with the happi- ' PO iid, with wide verandas, and a tennis
re-s of this newly-married pair, and tor : COU rt— such a building as even Newport
• everal days afterward my thoughts co 11 ' might envy. Then come more hotels, a
tantly recurred to them. How full of j c j us t er 0 f cheap shops and a long line of
the four marriages ensuing in less than a
year—marriages which made life partners
of the four couples that danced, sung and
made love under CoL Porter’s roof in
June.
“The evening has not been so dreary
after all,” said the colonel’s wife, archly,
turning to Fred Blythe.
Fred, who was pretending to turn the
music for Miss Haldane, looked at his
watch and exclaimed:
“Half past one, by Jovel”
There was a loud protest, but when five
or six watches were covertly glanced at,
many tongues averred the thing was in
credible. Time had sped so swiftly. And
as all affected horror, and expressed con
dition, the colonei’s wife scarcely needed
to remind us of the necessity of an early
start on the morrow. There was a scur-
iving to bed that attested a disposition to
make amends for the dissipation in
dulged.
Did you ever remark how soundly one
sleeps after a day and evening of rare en
joyment? The entire household was en
joying the bounty of “nature’s sweet re
storer-balmy sleep,” when a hand was
laid on mine, and a voice I knew well
electrified me with the whisper:
“There’s a man in the house, Alick.”
I sat bolt upright iu bed. The door of
the room was closed. Between the door
and my bed Fred Blythe stood in his night
clothes. There was just enough light to
discern him.
“You are sure?”
“Positive. Mayberry is sleeping with
me. He heard him. Whoever ic was,
Dick says he was in our room. He is
dressing himself. Come to our room
quietly.”
I think I did not consume more than one
minute getting into my trousers and vest.
When I entered the adjoining room, May-
lierry and Blythe were similarly attired.
Dick bad lit a wax taper. I had the pres
ence of mind to assure myself that Dici$
ras satisfied he had heard some one iu or
rfbout the house. I also prided myself
then and afterward upon the forethought
I displayed in reminding my companions
of the necessity of assuring ourselves that
the person who made the noise was not
the colonel. Then, taking the leadership
into my own hands with the decision that
marks all leaders of men, I pointed to my
companions’ feet. Instantly both re
moved their slippers.
“Will we waken Stowbridge?” whispered
Mayberry.
“No!” 1 answered promptly. “Arthnr is
a heavy sleeper, and would be sure to
make a mess of it.”
I led the way in tne upper hall, in the
dark. I had put out a hand—my left—to
feel for the stair rail 1 thought should be
near, when a doer opposite to me, on the
right, opened. I held my breath, and
reaching back, grasped Mayberry’s arm
with my right hand. Dick grasped my
hand and pressed it in return, just as a
low voice, in a tone I shall never forget,
said, without a tremor, indeed, with per
fect composure:
“Whoever you are. I warn you to leave
instantly, or I will alarm the house.”
It was Alice Trevino, whose voice al
ways thrilled me, and whose indifference
made life miserable until we were cast to
gether at Potter's point. Very few words
.sufficed to explain the situation. A
whispered consultation was held at the
entrance to her apartment. She, too, had
heard some one, and she speedily con
vinced us that it would be unwise to meet
a burglar unless we were prepared to hold
our own. She was resolved to arouse her
companions, that they might understand
the true position of affairs, and, first of all,
rould ’wake our hostess.
What proof could be more convincing,
what demonstration more powerful, than •quietly. The wax taper 1 held disclosed
.aac cyiuuci oy ms regiment, ms state ana
two or three orders iu* was active in. The
Potter plate alone would have proved a
load for a horse.
My hand was placed on Dick May her
n’s mouth in the nick of . time. A mo
ment later and he would have revealed
our i resen & I caught Tom Blythe’s
wrist, and held my companions at the
foot of the stairs, listening intently.
About twelve feet from where we stood, a
door in the hall opened upon a strip of
lawn between the main building and the
conservatory, and underneath the stair
way used by the servants, the safe was
built which contained the Potter plate
and other valuables. We could see light
glimmering under the door intervening.
It was safe to assume that the door open
ing upon the short hall leading into the
dining-room was open. The light we saw
would otherwise have been concealed.
While we were whispering to each other
in the hall, a figure glided down the stair
way silently, and Mrs. Potter’s hand was
laid on my arm lightly as she listened to
the sounds which were now loud enough
to be heard in any part of the house. The
audacity of the burglar or burglars
amused us.
“I think there must be more than one,”
said Mayberry.
“There may be three or four,” I replied.
“I will go out of the hall doorou the right,
to the kitchen or dining-room. They got
in from the rear; so much is plain. You
and Blythe will enter this door when you
hear me whistle—”
Here I was interrupted by Mrs. Potter,
who in the meantime, had been joiued by
the dear girls, who, terrified beyond meas
ure, could not remain longer in suspense
in the upper halL
I fear something may happen, Mr.
Adair, if you go arouud to the kitchen. A
shot aimed at a robber may hit one of our
defenders.”
I had not thought of that. I did think
of the ladies however, and remonstrated.
Dick and Tom a.so remonstrated forcibly
against their presence in the hall. We
did not want the man iu the house to shoot
them, whatever befell us. The ladies re
tired into the library, lit the lamp, and
tremblingly awaited the result. All but
Mrs. Potter. The colonel’s wife persisted
in accompanying us into the dining-room.
My companions stood beside me as I
placed my hand on the knob of the door.
The door opened noiselessly. We entered
Dope and happiness did their life appear j bath houses facing a lovdy eurrlnpbeach. | ' wife displayed the imoer-
t o me: he so strong and talented, she so Hat hmg is the ftshiou at the pier and e;- tnrab i e suirit one expects to find in the
L.utitul and loving! It was scarcely , t . ryhvHly goes to the beach at noon. The ™ n “
pistols in our hands, and then we three,
Mayberry, Blythe and myself, silently de
scended the stairs in the dark. What my
companions felt or thought as we made
our way cautiously to the lower .tall, I do
not know. There were five lovely women
overhead, listening with beating hearts
for the sounds of what might prove a des
perate, possibly a fatal, struggle. The
inome
step, t
,K-.,utitul and lovmg! it was scarce^ , rv . K >dy goes io im? i of a soldieT who has Participated in
p.. -ible to imagine a lighter future than ,..orators occupy chairs on the platform | d r8 of ufe on the ptains . ^ ae pnt
th-: which seemed m store for them. But, j j n front of the bath houses or sit under ® - -
‘.'7 for the uncertainty of human expec- . tents erected on the smooth sand.
! Aioii'! For only a few weeks later 1 lis- j At hij ^ b noon the scene is very lively.
* nod to tidings that taught me, more for^ , aQd even picturesque, for the ladies here
.. Uv than all the sermons I ever listened i dn?ss for bathing with an intention of
yo ihe futility of man’s hopes and.the m- j pleasin g. it is gem aUy supposed that
-lability of his happiness. ' the angels in heawa are not edified by
t xva <;'seated one morning st breakfast, t bj 3 promiscuous bathing, and bytliespec-
, a friend of Ferrier’s. a barrister ta( ; le of a crowd of women tossing about
himself entered, my room. Though in the gur f. but an impartial angel would
*? rhtlv known to me. he had never called adm i t that many of the costumes here are
me before, and as he was pale and visi- , b^or'ing. and that the effect of the red
» v-MiritAted I saw that something senous and yellow caps, making a color line m
L wrong ’ He sat down without speak- ; lhe flashing rollers, is chaining. A,ter
• ~ Rt.d 1 not iced that his hand was trem- the bathing it is the fashion to meet again
;*!=’* presently he spoke the word “Fer- at the casino and take lunc» v-soraetimes
• ”S‘but was unable or unwilling to pro- . through a straw—and after Jnner every-
nt ‘ i with what he was about to say. I goes for a stroll on .he cliffs.-
a short time and then asked: j Charles Dudley Warner in Har;>er s.
“Ls anvthing the matter with Ferrier.’-” j
-Have*you not heard?” I The Two Hnndred Thonwiid.
v | **At one of my new schools this spring the
“He is dea l, or dying. He has com- very fir^ s* -don'gladdened me through and
itted suicide.” '■ through: four men in middle life expressed ^ _
T n -ered an exclamation of horror, but t h c ir determination to lead Christian lives sometimes he was compelled to keep it
too astounded to sav more. and to help one another to serve their Mew j tb ree or four days before he could conven-
. t4ir rible.” he said: “but he has in- master. How many such points there ray i i^ntly deposit it in the city.
••ltis no t. on himself alone, but be in Nebraska, I know not, where they I'-e Then there was the Potter plate. Some
^ ct fr.a.n «re associated with him, What ju«;t waiting for the starting erf our schc: served three generations. It was
0X1 .Ik* -orid sav of our teachiug, now, . mid. the invitations to be given, before the . .wn over the length and breadth of the
w 1* t “ r ‘ 'J, - ' r bas taken tnis means of will give themselves to the LostFs service p-.nd. It had been honored by the notice
when ou oroblem of life? We shall The 200,v'X> boys and girls in our state yet three presidents and no end of senators
solving y ^ipmented con- outside of the Sunday schooll How can they governors, to say nothing of superb
the conservatory empty and silent, and
Dick, with rare presence of mind, lit an
other match, and held his maten-box open
in the hand that carried the taper; his
other haud grasped one of the colonel’s
Colt revolvers. Contrary to our conjec
ture, the door opening upon the hall in
front of the safe was closed. However,
the strong light we perceived under the
door accounted for the glimmer we ob
served on the other side of the room. Cer
tainly the burglar was a cool one. We
could hear the grating sound our ears are
accustomed to in daily life. The fellow,
or fellows, were cutting the door of the
safe open.
Once more I signalled to my compan
ions, grasped the pistol in my right hand,
and seeing both prepared for the onset,
suddenly opened the door between us amt
the burglar.
“Well?”
A face I knew well—we had seen the
man a score of times in the vicinity of
Potter’s Point—the fape of a man upward
of sixty, was turned up to us. His torn
straw hat was pushed back from his fore
head. His straggling gray locks fell upon
his open wrinkled shirt collar. The strong
leather suspenders supporting his faded
blue overalls were polished by long wear.
He held in his right hand a carpenter’s
chisel, while his left grasped a window
sash, from which three panes had been
removed. As he looked at us (he was on
his knees) a merry twinkle lit up his eyes.
He moved his lower jaw rapidly, squirted
a streem of tobacco juice into a spittoon
beside him, and again exclaimed:
“Well?”
The colonel’s wife immediately rushed
into the breach. *
“Jerry, these gentlemen did not know
you were here. They are rehearsing a
little play.”
God bless the colonel’s wife. I will al
ways believe the other boys and I am in
debted to her tact for taking the ridiculous
edge off the affair.
“No? Well, I don't reckon you knew.
But the colonel ’lowed these liguts ort to
be put in ’fore the next rain,’n bein’ as how
I've got to go to town fer a day or two, he
gin me the key to gi. in the back way fas’
thing this raornin’, so’s not to disturb
you. J’m nigh throo.”
-Another stream of tobacco juice punct
uated his peculiar speech, and we re
treated in good order. Thanks to the col
onel’s extraordinar : forethought and the
“man in the house,” we were all, includ
ing Stowbridge, who to this day persists
in looking at the whimsical side of the
picture, up early and prepard for the fish
ing excursion when the colonel returned
on the eany morning train.
The colouel craves, fairly yearns, for
another war. He says he knows just
where to put his hand on three brave
men.—David Lowry iu Pittsburg Bul
letin.
A Kev XarlgitDle River In Africa.
The report published by Iieut. Von
Nimptsch, of the German army, son-in-
law of Gen. Von Loe, aide-de-camp to
the emperor, gives some very interesting
details of the journey which he made
with Herr Wolff, a traveler in the serv
ice of the Congo Free State, and which
has resulted in the discovery of a river
likely to be of material value to traders
with the Congo.
The Congo in its # course from the
southeast, makes a very wide bend to
the north, and then descends again to
Atlantic, a very large tract of country be
ing embraced in this curve. Within this
curve is the river Kassai, which Lieut.
Von Nimptsch regards as being “of even
greater importance to commerce than
the Congo itself.” Describing their
journey, he saj® that as far as Luebu,
the Kassai flows through wide plains
well adapted for cultivation, pasturage,
and forests of palm trees and gutta
percha trees. There are many villages
on the banks, and the travelers met with
great civility in all of them save ore,
the inhabitants of which fled at their
approach. One tribe, adds Lieut. Von
Nimptsch, “was remarkable for
iced my foot on the upper | joviality. The natives accom-
crous side of the picture we i panied the steamer in their ca-
ruck me so forcibly that I; noes> and when we landed, organ-
e was the man in the house I -
There is a great deal of ivory all
ineex, i
tempt- You
food reason to triunu>h-
orthodox fellows will have , he reached!”
pre>
?mi:c
that i
had ail jested about only a few horn’s, , Al _ , .
since, upon rememberinz that the colone, i the Kassai, and large pieces of
was not at home. “A man In the house” 1 the finest quality were readily given m
was the warning that caused three fright- exchange for empty boxes and tins,
ened rirls to huddle together tremblingly. They discovered several affluents of the
while Alice Trevino and Mrs. Potter en- TCassa.1, and they calculated that they
deavored to allay their apprehensions J were navigable for a distamra of 250
And there was abundant cause. The m , :!e& - But m0Bt important afflu-
cvnonei was Known to nave very large eut,” the report goes on to say, “is that
sums of money in his house at times— ; which Herr Wolfi explored in the
steamer Vorwarts during the months of
February and March. He ascended this
stream to a distance of 430 leagues from
its mouth, and one of ita northern afflu
ents brought him to within a week’s
march of Nyangoue. He might have
gone stiE further had ha steamer not
met with an accident, for than an no
this river. ***&_
gold and silver services presented to
SR. ('AMP'S ADDRESS.
At the Reunion of Cj. A. 17th Ga.
Fe'low Soldiers, Ladies ar.d
< ientlemen:
Twe.it.y-one long years have j
-ed away since the soldier of ihe
•S iuth folded his tent, laid down
his arms and left the field of batile
ar.d the scenes of war. We returned
;o our homes, not as conquerors,
not rejoicing in victory; but e.Itor
four years of the severest hardships
.vere defeated and returned to once
i rosperous homes to find our for
tune.-: blasted and our property
wasted.
While we were sad over defeat
a:id gloomy over wasted fortunes,
yet we were happy to know that we
lid done our duty to our country
tide fighting on the field. And
u hile twenty-one yeajs have
brought many changes to our hearts
ar.d homes, many gray hairs to our
heads and many wrinkles to our
brows, yet it is one of the sweetest
(ensolations of our lives that in the
greatest test of our manhood we
were true to our country and not
recreant to our duty. Many of us
have now begun to descend the hill
1 life and it will console our declin
ing years to know that our children
.n looking back over the lives ot
(heir fathers, will rejoice to find
that they were as true to the cause
i liberty and good government os
At re our sires who fought in the
revolution of 177C. Already such a
change has come over the miDds
ad hearts of our countrymen that
even in the North it is no disgrace
to confess that you were a Confeder
ate soldier. Our honor and our in
tegrity are restored and the princi
ples for which we fought are the
prevailing principles of our Govern
ment to-day. Taking it all in all
then, we have nothing to regret,
except that we were overpowered
on the field and that so many of our
noble comrades went down to sol
diers’ graves.
But, fellow soldiers, (ve owe our
country more than to fight her bat
tles iu time of war. We should
guard as well her interest in
times of peace. He is the best citi
zen who did his duty on the field
and who since then has guarded his
country’s interests and done most
for his fellowman. These are the
battles we should fight in times oi
peace.
Let us strive as hard to do our
duty to our fellow men, to our sur
viving comrades, to our neighbors
a id friends,, as we ‘did during the
war, and our hearts will be happier,
our homes brighter and our lives
sweeter. Let us strive in every
way to improve the moral and re
ligious condition of our country.
Let us do our best- to raise our chil
•iren to he good men and true wom
en. Let each of us strive to he a bet
ter soldier of the Cross then we
were of our country. Should we do
these things, how happy, how grand
wil’bethe great reunion we shall
have on the camping grounds of
our eternal home.
Restoring Property.
The United States Treasury de
purtment is prepared to carry oul
the provisions ol the recent act of
Congress authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to deliver to right
ful owners certain articles of jewel
ry, etc., captured by the Unhid
nates army during the civil war
and deposited iu the Treasury de
partment. 1'ne examination ot
articles on deposit has been con
cluded. They are contained in two
boxes and consist of silverware,
jewelry, portraits, watches, < tc. One
of the boxes coutained Hearty five
hundred watches—gold, silver and
brass—snd a number of knives, let
ters, purses,etc. These were mainly
t iken from prisoners of war
w ho died around Washington, Cap*
Lookout and Elmira, and were de
posited in the Treasury by General
Ketcham. Some of them, however,
belonged to the Union soldiers who
died during the war near the plact
it-sizn.it d. The • ner t> .x ,
oil a lot of articles captured fav G -
oral Sherman’- troop- in Camden,
C, in the eariy pari of ISSo i
consist of family | Tale, j.--. ,iy,
which h ..i is ei. depi.si.ed i:.y ha
in Camden by Mr.Me oth
weaiiny residents ot that veil .
When the Union army apon a he
tiie town, an efTort was made .
transfer articles to a place of safi-t.
outdid not succeed, as th- r.im
came upon the scene wi.ile
transfer w r as being made. Main
the principal articles helm gi ^ i
McRae were restored him i.j a . [
cial act of Congress in 1882. An >n
ventory has been made and it i
thought the "articles can be easilv
identified by the owners. They wi*
ne restored upon application, ....
compauied by satisfactory evident i
or ownership. The two boxes re
ferred to contain all the property ol
the character described now in the
United States Treasury, except p-»s
sibly presentation swords belongipj.
n. General Twiggs and captured by
General Butler in New Orleans. It
is an unsettled question as yel
whether those swords can be re
stored ander the provisions of the
act referred to above. All the othei
articles mentioned, which have no'
been restored by April next, will l>
tdvertised,and such a3shall still re
mam in the Treasury for one yeai
,rnm that time will be sold at pnblic
anction. _ .
GENERAL NEW’-
M. Manasvein, an emiii-m jihy-
cian of St. Petersburg, avers that
caine is an uut quailed p.reventivi
r seasickness, and cl-ims ‘o havi
rovi <1 il most successfully in i
i iiuber of case*. He ai J o finds il
very effective in the treatment ot
c lolera morbus,and thinks it will
prove a great remedy for Asiatic
cholera.
From a gentleman of undoubted
veracity we learn that there is in
the Lower 19th district a goat cl
most peculiar habits. The owner of
this goat lias a flee and a hound,
with which the goat often hunts
rabbits. While the dogs are trail
ing. the goat keeps with them, put
ting his nose to the ground as if he
could smell a rabbit’s track; but
when the hare is jumped the goat
dashes for it with head up and tail
erect altogether regardless of the
dogs.—Hamilton Journal.
The American Consul, Brigham,
at Paso del Norte, will undoubtedly
be called upon to resign oy Secre
tary Bayard immediately after
Special Envoy Sedgwick hus com
pleted his mission and made his re
port to the*State Department, Some
one has got to be sacrificed, and as
the State Department is daily grow
ing stronger in the belief that the
facts of the case were not fairly
and impartially given by Mr. Brig
ham it is necessary to ask his resig
nation.
The provisional government
created by the revolutionists ol
Bulgaria has been overthrown. M
Clement, M. Groueff and M Zankoff,
three of its members, have been ar-
r sted and thrown into prison, and
the old ministry reinstated. The
deception practiced on them by the
circulation of the report that Prince
Alexander voluntarily abdicated
has exasperated the troops and
civilians alike, and the revulsion of
popular feeling in favor oi the de
posed ruler is as general as it is in
tense. A deputation has started out
to find the Prince and to assure
him of loyalty of the Bulgarian peo
ple and the army, and to endeavor
to persuade him to return.
The news of Prince Alexander’s
deposition provoked great, indigna
tion at Phillipopolis among the
citizens and soldiers. A mass meet
ing was at once held, iu which both
Citizens and soldiers participated.
The meeting adopted resolutions
affirming the loyalty of Eastern
Roumelia to Prince Alexander.
During the entire night processions
marched through the streets shout
ing: il Long live Priuce Alexander.”
Colonel Moulkeroff, commander
of the Eastern Roumelian troops,
has issued a proclamation summon
ing the patriots to defend the honor
of Prince Alexander and Bulgaria.
The soldiers everywhere through
out If "imelia are declaring for
Alexander, but, so far, there has
been no disorder.
There is no longer any reasonable
doubt hot that the Government has
fully decided to permanently re
move from the territory of Arizona
those n embers ot the Chireahu s
and >iie Warm Spring hatide
of Apaches nmv on the San C rlos
reservation. The oniy important
qnesti'/li now is, where shall they
tie placed. Thisqu -ti u, .vli:i ti i?
Z.irdi d as v-iy import -n*. hi
r ci ived earnest and to •u.'nfui i- n-
i I-Wnlion, allit t .ere o IW see II- o>
ne a probability that they wdl be
placed on the Ft. Marion mihtary
reservation at St. Augustine, Fla.,
ivhereChichuahm and his band
are now quartered The small
ness of this reservation is by some
h iwever regarded as a serious fault,
and some other less objection
able may yet he selected.
The L ml. n D i‘v News =av°: T*
is obvious that Prince Alexander
was deprived of the thn ne by the
direct orders of the Czar. The offi-
ial version of the revolution is so
fi'tjrrintlr. „ nf | transparently di«h. > -
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