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lWRn ™ EX,>W ^ Y ror * THK A f^ KTA s0 desired, the Matron could not have left the “ D-n me,”
aid Tom. as he cn- | city on election day, because their natural
U" i X) / 1 T't'T T> AT)rTTrv\T - room without her visitors, who did not appear ' tered. “ J ^ _
If I \ \\\ P I i N I (111 I I 1 I \ in the least inclined to leave, Mbile thus ; horribly insane woman I ever saw. Shall we j strong that they could not possibly remain in
iiiillix. JJU K./ ±. \,r At I 1 \s • /»nnversin<7. Tom slinned out. walked nuirlrlv ! lont ; * *• • - -- - • • - -
4 NOVEL IN THREE TARTS.
IfV 5AVDT DtTAVARKS
conversing, Tom slipped out, walked quickly j take a look into the other wards?” i Goram idle, while their allies were debasing
down the corridor, and in a few seconds was j Mr. Koppered pulled out his watch and the ballot boxes. The insufferable wretches,
before the door of No. 12. Looking through : ascertained the hour. continued the Consol, were, therefore, going
the little window, he saw Belle seated upon j “No,” said he, “it is time to leave. Weg jj —
the stool affixed to the wall, tier body bent i cannot reach the city before eight .o'clock.”
downwards and swinging to and fro. The] Leaving the room they bade good bye to
sound of the footsteps halting before the j the doctor, after expressing their thanks for
door, attracted her attention, and as she J his courtesv, and re entering the vacht sailed
looked np to the window, Tom saw how , for the city. Happily for Mr. Sniff the wind
Entered a-vordma to Act of Consresa, i»y ibe Hkbald haggard her features were, and how sadly was light, so that gentleman did not become
rtaoK* ^w«bingto£. XV ' i0 ' h ' 0fli ‘ e ,h * L ' b '*' chaugod she was from the day he met her on « sea sick again, although the party failed to
arrive at Goram before ten o'clock at night.
CHAFfER XII.
mu a .is in* ou. the steps of the palace court. And, indeed,
confinement had made terrible ravages upon !
[continued from our east Sunday’s paper.] her face, which had grown sharp and pointed, 1
while her eyes seemed brighter and fiercer, j
But though suffering had thus left a mark I
It was past two o clock when the yacht upon her, there yet remained the old look of I
came in sight of the island, w ith its dense j pride and determination, which, from its very j
foliage, broken here and there l-y sombre sternness, was inexpressibly touching. She ;
brick buildings, which, as ilrey stood afar did not recognize Tom when her gaze met ! « On the afternoon following their visit to
rising grand, towered above the trees, and lliB . One week alter her confinement she had Hole, Mr. Koppered. accompanied by Mr.
looked gloomily out upon the waters. As ■ given up all hope of the stranger ever fulfill- ' '~
the yacht rounded the little peninsular that iDg bis promise, and besides, Tom’s clean
jutted out from the mainland, a broad avenue shaveu cheeks, well combed hair, and gen-
came in view, fianked by rows of large trees, j t ef q attire, had real y left him unrecognizable
and revealing at the further end on the hill oue w ho had never been in his society
a large house standing belnud nu elegaut gar- more than a few minutes on a single previous
den, tilled with ffower trees and vines that occasion.
trailed upon arbors erected lor the purpose .. Don't be alarmed, mad un,” said Tom, as
of receiving them. , . . Belle rose from her seat and looked at him in
“There’s the asylum, said Toni, pointing surprise. “ I’m a friend ot yours. You don’t
to this structure. “Now, let me. say a lew recollect me? D—n me ! I’d scarcely have re
words here. I must do all the talking, cognized yon myself, if I hadn’t known you
Whatever I say you mils nt contradict or—d W ere in this room. Yon remember the gen-
—n me, we may spoil the w hole thing. tleman at the police court. He promised to
The two gentlemen agreed to do whatever give your message to Mr. Sniff.”
he wanted. Presently the yacht drew near for an instant Belle gave way to a little im-
the wharf and signalled for a landing. Ropes pulse ol feeling. She ran to the window, seized
were thrown out and caught by men ashore, I bin hand, which was resting upon the sill, and
the sails were hauledjin and the craft was tied | pressed it to her lips.
securely io the wharf, upon which Tom in- “ j remember you now,” she said. “ Have
stantly jamped, and then assisted the other y 0n Reen him?* What did he say? I must
gentleman to land. One ol the keepers now get mlt 0 f this place before long, or I shall go
came np, to whom was shown the order of , ma d in truth. I have suffered frightfully lor
Judge Stern, permitting Thomas Suckers and fi ve weeks; I have been treated most brutally,
companions to visit and inspect the lunatic My shoulder is black and blue from blows
asylum, and ti see and converse . w ith such g jven me by the woman who has charge of (he
insane inmates as he and they might desire, patients.”
Affixed to the document was the 8ign»t n re me , it’s a d-n shame !” exclaimed j and were'sWLobnobling with each other
and seal of the Judge, before which the keeper Tom indignantly; then he added, "Don’t get over two small glasses filled with a colorless
respectfully gave way The course being eroded. Jlr. Sniff is here, with auolhet gen- l iqaid which sent forth strong odors,
clear, Tom directed the boatman to await; tleman and myself. When he visits your
their return, and then the three gentlemen room, pretend as if you don’t know him.
directed their footsteps towards the asylum, j Don’t speak until I’ve got the old w’oman
**yon soy that this lady had an assumed (bang her .') out of the way. Keep up your
name ? said Tom to Mr. Sniff, as they walked spirits. We’ll have you out of tbis place be-
along the grand path. “Do yon look over f ore lcng as sure as my name is Tom. Suek-
the register when I call for it, and see if it is grs. Adieu for the present.”
there. Tell me if it i-. Of course we won t As he hurried back a lunatic pushed her
say anything ot it to the Doctor, nor even head out of the window and threw’him a kiss,
ask him to let ns see her. No doubt we will which Tom returned with great gravity, just
meet up with her in some room or on the i u the nick of time, for at this moment Mrs.
grounds.” ' Jones appeared on the corridor, followed by
On arriving at the asylum they were ushered j tbe gentleman, and walked up to where be
into the office ot the physician in charge. ! stood.
This functionary advanced to greet his visi- “Case of love at first sight,” said Tom to
tors with a bland smile, but ou perceiving her with a smile. “Do you hear her? I) n
grave and dig- me , if s be doesn’t offer me a kiss! Queer
. people mad women are ma’am. They are
worth studying. I suppose you make them
onr constant study?”
The party now entered room after room,
to the city of Saptoun to debauch the great
palladium of liberty, and the Pious Frauds
there were warned to look out for them with
tbe eyes of lynxes.
It must not be supppsed that the private
characters of the two candidates escaped
thorough expositions pending the canvass.
Seldom before, and never since, have the pri
vate records of men been more thoroughly
exposed to the public gaze than those of the
two distinguished aspirants for Congres
sional honors. Although pledged to Belle
not to use her name in connexion with that
of Mr. Van Du sen, Mr. Tom Suckers did not
hesitate, while strictly complying with his
promise, to give little by little, a full history
of the case, suppressing only the fact of
Belle’s confinement in the lunatic asylum.
As Tom kuew but very little of the affair, he
was compel lea to draw upon his imagination
for a considerable share of his narratives,
and we need not say that he W’as graphic in
detail. All the articles being impersonal.
Mr. Van Duren had no legal redress, al
though every reader of the Repealer under
stood who they were meant for. Story was
multiplied upon story in an incredibly short
{ space of time, until tbe impression gained
Sniff, called upon Mr. Chambers and gave
him the necessary information. With the
usual number of “ahs” the lawyer promised
to apply for the writ of habeas corpus as
soon as possible. Mr. Sniff asked if it was
likely that Belie could be taken out of the
asylum before the election was held, and was
quite disappointed when Mr. Chambers in
formed him that if she was released at all it
would not be before ten months at least
“I have—ah—just to apply ior the writ,” 1 ground that, some too confiding women
said the learned practitioner. “ That will— j daily made a victim to the wiles of Mr. Van
ah—that will take me some three or four | Dusen. Tom painted fc the remorse and des-
weeks alone. Then the —ah —ah—the court ; pair of these uubappv creatures in glowing
must allow the physician in charge sufficient colors. He depicted them kneeling before
time to produce the lady. After that it will— their destroyer appealing to him for redress,
ah—take some—ah—days to have the—ah— ! and he, the beard-hearted seducer, standing
ah—the matter investigated and the —ah—j standing coldly by, with a sardonic smile
order for her discharge—ah—issued. Won’t upon his countenance, heedless of their
you walk down the—ah—street and -ah— prayers. It was useless that Tom’s acquaint-
take a glass of hot whiskey
Mr. Sniff" declined and presently returned
to his business ; but on this occasion Mr.
Koppered consented to join Mr. Chambers
in a glass of that delightful beverage, known
as “hot Scotch.” The two, therefore, walked
down the street, entered .a basement saloon,
Tom, bis features assumed _
nified appearance. He was happy to receive
the gentlemen, and would be most pleased to
show them over the asylum. Was there any j
particular patient they wished to see r Tbe
wylnni was a place lor most instructive con- nu tii they came to No. 12, th ; door of which
templation. He trusted they would find it tbe matron unlocked and threw open. As
worthy the benevolence ot a great State— j they walked in Tom whispered caution to his
such as thi:
a tour of obsi
account of
were accompanied
liquid which sent forth strong
A few days later the Repeater’s Congress
ional Convention held their meeting and
amid much swearing, accompanied by three
or four pleasant interchanges of blows, nomi
nated Alderman Rooney for Congress, bj a
small majority, alter -thirty-five ballots were
bad. Mr. O’Snubnose, remembering that it
was through the nominee's action that gas was
introduced into ihe city, to the utter destruc
tion of his lucrative oil contract, at once gave
notice that he would never support Mr. Roo
ney. On the same evening he issued a call
for the members of the O’Snubnose Club to
meet at their headquarters over his Rum I every hazard.
Hole and consider the subject. Toey met, “The fact is,” said Tom confidently to Mr.
Considered and unanimously resolved that Koppered that day, “Rooney bas paid me two
under existing circumstances,* the O'Snubnose hundred to keep banging away at Van Dusen.
Club could not consistently participate in the D—n me. sir, I have taken and spent his
approaching election. Eucouraged by this money already, uud must keep to my promise,
action the opponents of Alderman Rooney Tom obtained the particulars of Mr. Van
immediately organized a Bolt and nominated Duseu’s matrimonial career, and the next day
Mr. Fritzpntrick as their candidate. At first i it was published in the Repeater, making
they tried to induce Mr. Fradden, editor of ! three columns of solid nonpariel type. It
the* Goran Daily Repeater, to accept a nomi- I proved a regular sensation. The late Mrs.
’ 4 —*’ 1 * r — T '*' ~ as described as a most angelic
e purity compelled her husband
auces remonstrated with him at his incon
sistency in abusing Mr. Van Dusen through
the press and iu conversation, (the Bohemian
shades nightly resounded with Tom's elo
quent denunciations of Mr. Van Dusen.)
after working with great energy to bring
about his nomination.
“D—n me,” replied Tom. “That was a
matter of business, now it is a matter of prin
ciple. Do you suppose, sir, I wish to see any
more Pious Frauds elected to Congress V Be
sides everything is fair iu politics, you know.
Van Dusen, sir, is a rascally character. I
have some more facts about him, and, d--n
me, sir, they will be printed to-morrow.”
It was iu vain that a friend of Mr. Van
Dusen, despatced for the purpose, visited the
reporter and offered him a round sum of
money if he would cease writing the articles.
Tom declared that if Mr. Van Dusen sup
posed he could be bribed into suppressing the
truth he was mistaken. His Political Honor
was concerned, and should be maintained at
>t , > i • _ “* r v vnuuuu iu me uoran uaii> lvepeaier, iu utccpi u uuim- < iuuuu u icguiu
s was. lie supposed tkey were on companions. He then folded bis arms across nation at their hands, bat that gentleman res-! Van Dusen ra
bservation, and would publish an bis chest and (razed thoughtfully upon Belle, peclfullv declined the honor and urged unity , creature, whose _
their Visit, as we perceived tney with a comiteuance that denoted utter ig- j u ihe ranks of the party. No compromise, to marry her—something he never would have
• TV npimed by a newspaper reporter, norance ol her -previous existence. Mr. Sniff however, was possible.' The rival factions done could he have helped himself. No
“Wrong, l ector, saul lorn, ••Ibis is not was rather nervous, and Mr Koppered ready i were determined not to budge an inch ; sooner Lad his passion cooled than Ihe
1 professional visit. D—a me, sir, i hope to explode with indignation, for the quiet f rom the positions they had assumed. Mr. ; markable man neglected her. Away in the
you don t judge members ot tbe press by manner in which the unfortunate woman re- O’Snubnose swore by the Hooly Siuth Path- country with none but servants as compan-
nhrtifiimc Thpfjp rrpnflpm*n wit » tr»*» ni-o j au j i- c 1 •. uuuuuuoov j . .. - - ‘
physicians. These gentlemen with me arc ceived them, assured him of her sanity. i rick that he wouldn't support’Mr. Rooney,
distinguished philanthropists he went ou, "Is she ever violent, madam," asked Tom and his partisans backed his resolution with
pointing Jo Mr. Sniff and Mr. Koppered. in a load voice. ; great unanimity. Mr. Rooney emphatically
replied Mis. Jones, J declared that as be was the regular nominee
•‘Mr. Soiff. sir, a well known moralist nod “Melancliollv like,'
member of the same political parly to which “but ortul obstinate.”
yon belong. Doctor. Here sir, is Mr. Kop- “Bad. bad,” said Tom, shaking his head, I noils'closed '
pered, one of the most benevolent meu in “the saddest kind of insanity. It is sad to i
he intended to remain a candidate until the
ions, she was left to pass the remainder of
her daj s. Tom showed her sitting alone at
home, cast off aud forgotten, weeping her life
away for the unworthy creature upon whom
she bad lavished her affections. He broadly
insinuated that as she died suddenly (she
died in childbith,) there was some ground for
suspicion of foul play, and hinted that even
late date it might serve the cause ot
> have her remains exhumed and sub-
. w *. . t m a a w— o-- o —I aially accepted his nomination in a two I mitted to a chemical analyzation.
But you neglect to read subjects ot interest dor. “Lets see what it is.” column letter, as it appeared in the Consol, Furthermore, Tom declared that the only
to your profession. >ly friend, Mr. Koppered, Before Mrs. Jones could make him any ex- ! j n which he thanked them lor the honor iiving fruit of tbe unhappy marriage was a
is visiting all the lunatic asylums throughout plan at ion he ran out and a few seconds after 1 they had done him, and promised to serve ! boy then residing iu the country on his fath-
the country for the purpose of comparing was hailing for her from the end of the coni- the country faithfully and energetically in ! er’s property—a little child of eight years of
thetr methods ot treatment w ith that pursued dor. Somewhat unwillingly she left the two the event ot* his election. The National Plat-! age, utterly ignorant of a father’s love, reared
in his State. Hey from Ohio, Air. Sum^ is gentlemen in the room with Belle, aud ans- ; form of the Pious Frauds he heartily sub-i up among menials, uncared for by his un-
from Massachusetts, yonr native State, I be- wered Lis call. Tom insisted upon her show- j scribed to. He knew that the position was natural parent, who never visited his coun-
,!eve - ... iug him into the apartment from whence the an important ore, requiring great ability to ! try home mord* than once a year, and even
After this speech, which Messrs. Sniff aud sound of laughter came. He particularly de- ! perform its duties satisfactorily, but he would i then never sow the child. Indeed, it was re-
Koppered listened to in silent astonishment, ; sired to see a raving mad person. ; accept it without fear of the result. The t ported that the nurse was absolutely forbid-
the Doctor assured the party that he would “Look here, ’ said he, “there’s no use wait cause of Human Liberty, in which they were ■ den to bring him into the presence of his
b« happy to nfford them every opportunity jnR j or t h e 0 [ ber genUemen. for th^ne^r tngagofi, was a glorious one, and should re- father.
them^er the buifd'rne where the m-.!?lifna" wiU 8° > n there. They are both nervous. , eeive the energetic support of every Pioas (TO be contikukh is sexi sf.vD.vv s heiui.d.)
ties”were confined tie wing occnpild b“- 1 '~ n “«• «• not afraid that mel- Fraud. Individual preferences should not:
V would ' be show S n 2 b the j T°“' lU V 1 '™ off - lire } ***** Iodize .lie public weal. _ Lor bis part, he
matron—an arrangement that just suited the reputation that she w
e. a. , ... VI. ,1.„ ;. 1 «*«h to see yon alone. \c
partv. At the request of Mr. Suiff the regis- 1 i . * , “ 10,1 m
ter of patients was produced aud examined, courteously and should be rewarded. 1
the Doctor occasionally referring to the pe- »ot suppose >on receive a very large salary
-r ——as the name herc - No ofi ense. you know.
out. By the wav. had no ambition for office; he would not, in
have treated us fact, accept the nomination did he not hold |
that ho citizen bas a right to decline to serve
A Beau Transfixed.
culiarilies of certain
the maniacs were called.
“John Whistle,” said he. “is a most eccen
tric cose. He fancies he is a bird, and every
but not ve
_ The following rare hit, by Alax Adder, is
the Republic. In this really touching aud , from the Saturday Evening Rost :
patriotic letter, Air. Van Dusen incidentally We shall never forget that evening we
large.” ’ ' alluded to the charges which had been made spent at AT.igruder's years ago. We admired
“Little enough—that's so,” she answered. ; against his character. He was too well I Miss Magruder, and we went around to see
“Exactly,” Tom returned. “And vet the i known iu Goram, he declared, to need a de-! her. It was summer time and moonlight,
.limi *. * doctor made us promise him not to give you 1 fence. The charges had all been confined to ' and she sat upon the piazza. The carpenter
time he t» an opportunity, climbs up a tiee presents before we left. Contrary to rules he i a late employe of his, discharged from his had been there that day glueing up the rustic
and tries to fly oft. He has several times in- ru,es * n< i,: a K^travinS .-nntidpnee nUui™ ™ tho ,»nrel. KO we took a seat on the
said.” ’ ! services because of his betraying confidence j chairs on the porch, so we took a seat ou the
, t-. “How, he said that hev?” remarked the ma- reposed in him. ; step in trout of Miss Alagruder, where
SA rnke Ihe-ir homes in her ' The election being near at hand, both par-; we could jaze into tereyesaud ^ drink
body, aud have bred
full of them. Jane A
order of things is reverse.
ihi”r e he f rds D1 We b“ veVlra^itmos^dfmefftv »“»«" aoUnVbilHn her hand. | era“" Mr"^Graen^ounr'was'TndTfaU^'bie"ru I couple of hours, and drinking several of her
keeDin” heron her legs Jemima Spawn is A ns ' ,or liUma11 lr * iilt . v ' The mercenary his exertions to achieve success. This was smiles. «e tried to rise, for the purpose of
the most singular case of madness we have f nn , ctlo “*7 1 uot oal >; "ccepted the money, the only district in the city in which the
seen. Her hallucination consists in imng- but ,I18t « n * 1 7 0 P* ne, i tbe d ° or of the apart- ' Pious Frauds had even a ghost ol a chance, as
ining herself a boa constricter. She will not 1 "f, 1 * 1 to ,", llU ' h lom . d “ lred , K a,a eutrance, j the Suckers expressed it to elect their candi-
eat her meals without first spitting on the { oll “ wed hlm lu il “ d -bowed him a wretched date. The Consol was daily idled with pithy
jured himself severely. Eliza Smith. Tbis
Virginia.
LETTER FROM STANTON—EX-GOVERNOR
LETTER—ITS GOOD EFFECT IN THE
VALLEY—A CONSERVATIVE VIC
TORY ASSURED - LOCAL
%
MISCELLANY.
hTanton, June i), ltt73.
Governor Wise's remarkable letter has :
been universally read and discussed, and the
general opinion is that it will do good in
stirring tbe Conservatives up to a proper
appreciation of the desperate efforts the :
Radicals will mako to carry the fall ’
elections. I have conversed with lead-1
ing men, farmers, railroad hands, and j
people ot all classes, from different portions
of the great Valley, and have heard of but one !
opinion, and that is one of pity for the gal- j
lant old gentleman, and regret that he has
placed himself in opposition to every former 1
friend and his own expressed sentiments. The
fear of his going over to tbe Radicals, or of |
their taking him up, has nothing to do with
tbis feeling, for I am positive a gallant Irish
man expressed the general seutiment when
he told me, “I went with two hundred of my
countrymen from Rockfish Tunnel to help
the ‘old man’ whip tbe Know Nothings, and
all that is left of the two hundred will walk a
hundred miles farther to beat him if lie joins
the Radical nagers.”
THE VALLEY RADICALS
rejoice over the letter—oue of them clapping |
his hands as he shouted to me, “We’ve got
you now. Wise will run independent, and
we’ll make no nomination.” They will work
bard, I think, to carry out Wise’s programme
and may force their party into it under tbe
illusive idea of carrying off white votes in
the Valley and mountains; but they have no
votes compared with Hughes’ friends in the
East aud Southwest, and may lose the game.
Anyway, “forewarned we are forearmed, ’ and
it such is their game we will give them the
hottest fight and the biggest thrashing ever
seen in the glorious old Valley since nolle
Stonewall Jackson took Banks along
to the Potomac at a 2:40 pace. The writer
of this was confirmed in his political faith
when a mere youth by H. A. Wise’s great
speech here against “Sam,” and has always
admired and looked up to him as one of the
greatest men in the State. If he had had a
vote he would probably not ’have voted for
Greeley (but never for Grant,) and thought
bis nomination a mistake, but for all that lie
would rather work and vote against H. A.
Wise as au “independent candidate,” sup
ported by the Radical party, than any man in
the State, and he finds the hundreds of
both Whigs and Democrats iu old Augusta
who staid at home and let Grant carry Vir
ginia feeling the same way. Rely upon it,
the people}here are going to support
THE CONSERVATIVE TIC KET,
aud elect it, no matter who runs for the Rad
icals. They sec the end of their long night
of gloom, poverty, and almost despair, giv
ing away to a new day ot prosperity and
happiness under Conservative rule, and they
contrast their comparatively light taxes, free
dom from negro rule and social equality,
with that of stricken Louisiana, South Caro
lina, Georgia and Arkansas, with feelings of
gratitude to the party that has saved them,
aud they will show it next fall in a way that
will teach those who have gone over to their
enemies a lesson not soon to be lorgotten.
Immigration and capital is flowiug in. Every
day the cars from the East and West and
the stages from tbe Valley bring the hardy
Conservative sous of the West and North
among us to settle and invest. They tell us
thousands more will come when it is forever
settled that Virginia is not to be put under
the same rule as Louisiana aud other States
South, and then not only the great Valley but
every portion of the State will be thickly set
tled up by white labor of the best kind.
There is too much at stake to lose the next
! election, and every white man, but those who
I are over and can’t gut back, knows it and will
| act accordingly* Let the old “Whig,” then,
: continue to ring forth its brave words of cheer
i to the people everywhere, and tell our brothers
East, that as we leftfour Valley exposed dur-
I ing the war, to stand by them and the capital,
; so will the “Valley men” rally at the call of
1 the great Conservative party, to a man, to
! save them from a far worse fate, that of being
placed under
RADICAL AND NEGRO RULE.
Make the canvass hot—red hot, and let the
-issue between white men and negro equality
be so plainly put that the wayfaring man,
though he be blind, may see it. The sum
and substance of tbis life and death struggle
■ is: Shall the white, tax-paying, law-abiding
j Conservative people of this State coutroi its
future ior good, or shall designing “carpet
baggers” and “scalawags” combine with
1 tbe ignorant, prejudiced, non-tax-paying ne-
j gro to rule and ruin it forever ?
A father in Massachusetts, who gtew im
patient, the other evening, nt the prolonged
stay of an ardent admirer of his daughter, en
tered the room and invited the young man to
remain to breakfast. The young man declined
the invitation.
The Bedford, (Penn.) Inquirer refuses to ad
vertise circuses at any price whatever.
The New Oregon Senator.
11IS DlVOEl EI» WIFE, ASH HOW HK OBTAINED A
DIVORCE.
rhe Pittsburgh Leader contains r.n accoutit
1 v iv reporter sent to Franklin, Butler county.
1 Fa., to see Mrs. Hippie, tlie divorced wife ot
tbe Hon. .John Hippie Mitchell, recently
elected t n:ted States Senator from Oregon,
j Mrs. Hippie bas lately been earning her iiving
in L ranklin as a servant in a restaurant, where
sbe has resided since her divorce, and nt pres
ent is unable to work on account of tlieumr.-
tism. She has resumed her maiden name of
Sadie Horn, The reporter describe-s her as
follows :
tike is a woman of not much over thirty years
of age, but toil makes her look much older.
Her face is not a very intelligent one, but
certainly not a bad one. It was indicative of
temper, but not much more than could be
expected from one w ho has borne as much as
she has in the shape of a toilsome life. Her
month is small, and displayed as yet a well-
preserved set ot teeth. Her no.e is aquiline,
her forehead rather high. Her hair was jetty-
black and rather coarse. It was allowed to
lloat behind her shoulders, beingonly secured
by n green ribbon. In form she is large, and
looks like one well inured to a life of toil.
Her dress at the time of the interview- was
poor but neat. Probably if she wile Mrs.
Mitchell instead of Mrs. Hippie, she would
be able to dress better. Her voice is n pleas
ant one, tolerably well flavored w ith the rural
pathos. Her English is not always of the
best, but, throughout tbe iuterview her man
ner in alluding to the delicate parts of her
eventful story was modest aud unassuming,
1 giving me a much better opinion of her ti.au
1 had gained previously.
She says that she was a young girl of fifteen
when she married Hippie, and that he was
twenty*.six. He was a schoolmaster. The
following is a part of the conversation be
tween her and the reporter;
j Reporter —I understood from Col Thomp
son that yonr husband had contributed regu
larly to you as well as to tbe children’s st-.p-
| port during his absence, at least to yours un-
| til the divotoe was procured i
Mrs. H.—From the time John Hippie Kit
me he has never contributed one cent tu my
j support. The- night he went away he brought
me a silk dress, and bought many things for
i himself.
Reporter - Col. Thompson said Mr. II;p ; !e
had contributed regularly to their sup[ ort.-’
Mrs. H.—Until seme tLree years ago be
never tent them a cent.
, Reporter—About the divorce. Who pro-
cured it—Mr. Hippl - or you?
Mrs. II.—I applied first
; Reporter—You say you never received any
aid from Mr. Hippie. There is a person in
this city w ho says he identified you on a draft
from Colonel Thompson. How- is this -
Mis. H. (reservedly).—Ob, I see I mustteil
you the whole stoiv.' In 1KG7 I was ia But
ler. This was at tl.e time of .Toh-u's first
j visit. I was out at work then. Cel.
Thompson sent word for ine to come- to
; his office, as John wanted to see me.
I relused to go. Colonel Thompson then
! came to see me. He asked me if I did not
want a divorce. Mr. Hippie wanted a di-
I vorce, but had no grounds to get one on. I
hail. Colonel Thompson said if I would only
1 apply for a divorce", and release all claim's
upon Mr. Hippie, he would pay me $300. I
, agreed to this. Mr. Scott, mv lawyer, of
) Butler, was afterward present, and witnessed
the agreement drawn up between ns. Colonel
i Thompson always preteuted the money came
out of his own pocket, bat. of course, that is
1 not highly probable. That explains the draft.
That was the only money I ever received after
the separation.
Throughout the interview Mrs. Hippies
i showed great pain lroiu her lheumatie at-
j tacks, and spoke slowly aud with difficulty,
j She displayed no particular animosity against
Mr. Hippie, but thought it was hard that he
should be so successful in life while she was
sick and dependent upon the charity of friends
for care. She told a most straightforward
story, and referred with greatest freedom for
substantiation of her statement to respectable
living witnesses. Her story adds auo’ther in
teresting chapter to Senator Hippie's alias
Mitchell’s, store.
food until it is completely covered with saliva. loo . tln , g .<’"«‘nre dressed in thick osnaberg i editorial articles, advocating the claims of Mr.
I hen she holts it down and afterwards rolls „p aud cbamed to tbe walL sb ‘
i was frightfully Van Dusen. It boasted of the unity which ex-
q 13 1C uvnii .lull OJICJ ttilfUA IDJI.S HU •_ 1 • .1 , , , . _ . -
herself into a little heap and goes to sleep »“ d m the intervals of peals of laugh- isted in the ranks of the Pious Frauds, and
She sleeps nearly all the time. This is one ot - bu L U “I a,1 _ m ?, e9brt8 „ to i called.
dash her
While
going home, but lound that we were inimov
ably fixed to the step. Then Miss Magruder
said : “Don't be iu a hurry,” aud we told her
we wouldu’t. The conversation had a sadder
tone alter that, aud we sat there thiukiug
whether it would be better to ask Miss Ma
gruder to withdraw while we disrobed aud
went home in Highland costume, or whether
F — .-vim .v : umeu attention to the fact that the Repeater ,, r . .. .
brains out against the padded walls, j candidate was so notoriously unfit for the po- we should urge her to warm up the poker,
Tom and the matron, now ou the sitioa that even Repeaters of doubtful chaiac- or whether we should gi\e oue terrific
About midnight Miss Magruder
onr latest cases.” He continued, “Sbe is .... . ... . .. . ,
melancholy mad, and is the most passively an * d he niatroD ;. “ow on the Uition that even Repeaters
obstinate patient we have here. Her insanity | ’ vTu d,SCUSSI “g ! ter were compelled to opp
is caused from dUaDDointmcnt in love ! pbl ^l°*°P b y of madnesa, Belle was narrating Mr. \ an Dusen himselt was not idle. He ; ^ aid * . ,. , , . ..
von decipher the name? It is Arabella Mar- tlie two oll,er her experiences in paid over to the District Committee not less I yawned, and saul she believed she would go
»» * th® asylum. She had been most inhumanly ihau ten thousand dollars to defray the ex- j . .. . . .
‘•Goodness gracious” exclaimed Mr Sniff 1 t f oated - The matron had made her perform penses of the canvass. He advertised tor five j Then we suddenly asked her it she thought
starting b£ before be could “nvthinL' tUe most menlal ot work ’ beati,, « aud hundred 1*1,ore.s several days before the elec- ^her would have uy objection to lend-
m^re Tom gave him a pinch ' *' >^ j he * u *T water, when she , tion was held, taking good care in employing |
i gave
“Anything siognl,
doctor suspiciously.
i pinch
alout her
v* 7 .j,. 1 refused. She bad scrubbed floors until the them (which he did by meuns of his agents,) ! r ^ em . ^ 0,ne } OT . a pattern.
skin had peeled from off of her delicate hands, that they all lived in his district and were all I tmnk*Miss Magruder must I:a\e eutcr-
“ J ia • t a—tx — for she rushed
reamed. Magru-
„„ , ... the'Northern ' d ®r came .loan with a double-barreled gun.
with ! part Of tbe State. In addition. Mr. Van I>u-, Iben we explained the situation inn whisper,
a cowhide. She implored Mr. Sniff to get i sen enlisted all the religious element in his ; h® procured a saw and cut off the piece
her out at the earliest opportunity. If money | behalf by presenting the Auti Slavery Society ! °‘ stc P t0 which w
"No ” stammered Mr. Sniff “Bnt the fact I J eaTiug ’ed and sore from the ill-usage, cousisteuti Repeaters. These ho engaged taiued doubts of our sauity,
t i - i-.i. 1 -n- vi—... - in addition to the blows received from Ihe 1 for oue week aud seut them out of the city to lu > called her father and serer
matron, twice had the keeper, John, been work on a railroad building
made to lash her across the shoulders
is, I once knew*A lady tame Arabella Mauler,
and this reminded me of her.”
This explanation, made in the most ingeni
ous manner imaginable, satisfied the doctor,
who then proposed that the party accompany
him over the male wards. All, or nearly all*
of the patients weie visited. Tom keeping np
an animated dialouge w ith the unfortunate be
ings, much to
and amusement
the passa^
was reached, and the learned physic-iau in don’t have that fellow Van Dusen punished
charge transferred his visitors to the cure of a for this ontiuge it will be my fault. I’ll pr.b-
middie-aged, bony woman, whom he iutro- lish him in every paper in the country
were attached. Then
_ _ _ «.« I ucutlll U> Dicocuuufj IUC null uimtij ►n’vivij i *. . ■ . . , , -
was needed ho knew that she had all that was , lD d the .Southern Aristocracy Exterminators j wcn ^ “® ul ® wearing the patch, and before
needed. ! with checks for handsome sums of money, I J'j' 0 o clock crushed out our «ove for Miss
lialou»e with the unfortunate be- i “Confound it madam "* aid Mr Knnn#»r*l ; which weie sent with letters breathing forth ! ^bignuler. Me never called aRRm. and she
o the aunoyauce ..f tbe doctor "I’ll advance or cive all’the money required! j | ba Huma^eedra'i 1?'i'o Ihjtl’lorlons I There is a melancholy°s“UMactioS 0 'iVrccalb
nt ol 3Ir. Koppered. At length lour oas? is m good hands. We ll sue out a ! ... •* . tl i*; ( C ns Frauds and to (heat I * u 8 memories of youth, and reflection
ay leading to the female ward* writ of habeas corpus iu a few days. If I * 1 upon the influence of glue upon the emotions
Moral Ideas.
On the other hand it must be confessed
that the Repeaters were waging a bitter war*
The people ot Spriugficld, Ma
aud i
dneed as Mrs. Jones, the matron. | "You are very kind," returned Belle. “God fare among themselves. It was evident, how-, ci it wi ,j make un excursion to Central
D—n me, Madam "said lom gallantly, j knows I thank vou. But not a tiling must i ever, that Mr. Rooney would receive the great ' k J on Weduesdav eomimr kv steamer f
this place must be delightful to live in. If I ' be done to Mr. Van Dureu. unless 1 do it. i hulk of bis party vote, so that alter a brief v ew Haven at $3 ot! each the round trip
was to judge from your appearance I should | He must he left to me. Besides, he did not period of hesitation, Jlr. Fradden came out ‘ *’
s»y the climate was well calculated to preserve have me committed iu his own name. No. ! in favor of him. He editorially denounced
trip
Boston will have no fire-works and uo bul-
lovelincss. No offense madam, I assure yon. I AH I ask is. that you get me out of this place, ! the bolt as most unnecessary aud uncalled i '” ou nscension on the 1- onrth ol July . " hut
Tom Linekers always spoke Ids mind out and then, she added hitterlv between her for. It was insinuated that Mr. O’Snubnoae * 80 '?* 1 ,. ave ’ 8ave *“ e inevitable ad-
clenched teeth, “I will get'even with him. j had been paid five thousand dollar to bring | d ^f 1 b f fore ,lle city authorities, is not yet
God !” she continued, trembling for excite- j about the split, and as that gentleman hud
ment, “I will follow that man t> the death, j announced that his club intended to pay a
Vou seem surprised, sir. I am uot mad, but visit to an adjacent town on election day,
every earthly happiness of mine that man has | there seemed some ground for the charge,
sacrificed. Get me out of here. I have saf- I Mr. O’Snubnose himself indignantly denied
fered enough, I have itceived blows enough ' the charge, and insisted upon an ample apolo-
•d a sigh and
J tairly. 1 feel certain that the inmates in yon
have a warm Iriend.”
She looked at him and h
then replied.
“They are a heap of trouble sometimes.”
“Of course, of course,” said Tom, “Tries
your patience no doubt. Am not surprised
to hear that. Hope we do not put you to
any trouble ? Look here, Sniff, *.ie added in
a whisper, “here now is No. 1*2. I must steal
off end prepare her for your coming. That
woman is pretty sharp. D— n me, if I don*
see it in her eyes.
Hither ungraciously the Matron introduced
the party to the various patients. Ou their
entering the fourth room, Mr. Koppered, who
Lad been informed of the desired purpose,
aided by Mr. Sniff, engaged Mrs. Jones in an
animated conversation about the patient they
were visiting. Luckily, the poor ei*ature
was one of the worst cases, and even had she
already
3lr. Sniff, with many moral interjections,
explained to her w hat had been done townrds
effecting her release. Both gentlemen urged
her to bear with fortitude the short time lon
ger she would be contioed, aud told her not
to be surprised if she received no more visits
from them. The voice of Tom near by ad
monished them to say nothing more. Belle
resumed her sent, au indifferent attitude,
while Mr. Sniff and Mr. Kopperel remained
standing, silently gazing upon the wasted
form that cowered down upon the stool be
fore them.
Igy, under a threat of smashing Mr. Fruddeifl
head and figuratively chewing up that gentle
man if he refused. To avoid ho serious
a fate as that ot being chewed up, the editor
gracefully backed down, declaring that he- had
uot the slightest intention of casting reflec
tions upon tho character of a man so well
known and po highly esteemed as his distin
guished fellow citizen was. But the Consol,
while denying that Mr. Van Dusen depended
upon any thing else than the justice of his
cause, which was that of God and humanity,
for success, did not hesitate to assert that the
O’Snubnose Club intended going to another
decided.
A soldiers’ monument will be dedicated at
Camden, New Jersey, this afternoon, the
second brigade of the New Jersey militia and
several civil societies taking part in the.cx*
A Portsmouth man contiucted to build a
barn for a specified sum and all the cider he
could drink. It took him five months tn
build the barn, and he drank four barrels of
cider.
The Boston Transcript says that persons
who send poetry to the newspapers should al
ways retain copies. If most of them would
retain the originals perhaps it would be just
us well.
* An Iowa town held a “grave-yard bee” last
week to raise money to put its Cemetery in
order.
General Notes.
’ The New York Herald says that the Bow-
! cry actor who takes the title lde in “O’Kel-
j ley’s Mission” treats their commissioner worse
! than the Spaniards.
1 The expe nses of the Departmeufcof Agricul
i ture for the current year were $17ff,339
i Three thousand copies of the report are to be
j published. The copies will cost, therefore,
i about $»’*<) apiece.
Tbe Richmond State Journal ventures the
assertion that the farmers of Virginia never
worked cheaper or more reliable labor, when
j promptly paid, than they do now: $8 and S10
; per month—in orders on country stores in
I most cases—being the tilling price.
! A couple who were married in Rutland,
j Verrnou', the other day, gave the official who
i performed the ceremony filly cents. This
j was pretty cheap, but it Wii» afterwards found
* that uuder the State laws the official had
uo authority to marry them, they think he
ought to refund or send ;.long a competent
• substitute.
! The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, State Jour
nal intimates that, in its opinion, the $30,000
stables to bo built at the Brooklyn navy yard
must be intended exclusively lor the accom-
| modution of the horse marines. The State
Journal seems unable to appreciate the
1 difference, say, between a chestnut horse aud
a horse chestnut.
Gea. Meacham thinks ('apt. Jack the best
of the Modocs alter all. Ho says he was the
liist aud most persistent advocate of peace.
■ bnt whenever he talked in its favor some of the
: tribe would throw a shawl over his shoulders
or put a woman’s bonnet on his head, signify
ing that he was a coward: and to their taunts
and jeers he at last yielded.
Some one of the James Tow n Police put a
man in the lock-up, Thursday, and left him
there for ueailv thirty-six hours, without food
or drink. He might have starved, itad not
his cries attracted the attention of some ladies
i lesiding near by. A sort ot an investigation
was held, and the Justice decided that it was
impossible to toll who locked him up.
For two years a young Penusylvanian has
been pursuing the seducer of his sister. Two
j weeks ago he caught him in Lincoln, Neb.,
I and last week he brought Lim back to answer
| tor his sin.
A California paper insists that $000, gold,
is a liberal allowance for the expenses of a
trip from the East to California, aud says
that it “includes the cost of transportation to
and stu) at every one of our great scenic at
tractions.”
Sentiment vs. Sense.—The following ex
tract from oceof Dr. Rcdfield’s letters from
Louisiana to the Cincinnati Commercial con
tains some truths which it might be well for
Sambo's northern friends to keep in mind—at
least as well as Sambo does himself i
! “ It is not worth while to try to put both
races upon the same level in the*South. The
blacks and the whites are two races and one
; or the other has to give in’-a little. It is
better that tbe blacks yield that which is
unimportant to secure that which is impor
tant. Whenever the negroes of the South at
tempt to resist aggression bv the whites as the
whites resist aggression by the negroe- there
will be trouble, and the end of all such
trouble is that the blacks invariably get the
worst of it. if the blacks should take Sen
ator Carpenter’s advise and resist ‘insults’
| from the w hites, or the w hites resist -insults’
I from the blacks, the whole South would be
(blown into a condition of civil war in a
week. In the nature ot thincs (Le blacks
must bear more from the whites than tbe
w hites do from the blacks. I am not talking
about the right or wrong of it. but the tacts.
If a negro call* a southern white man a liar,
he pays the penalty with his life, unless he is
active enough to dodge bullets : but it is a
very ordinary occurrence for h white man to
call a negro a liar, a thief, a black rascal, and
so on, and they do not resent the ‘iuenlt.’
It they did, from one to a hundred negroes
would he killed every day. Invariably in
fracases between whites and blacks, no mat
ter out of what growing, the blacks get tbe
worst of it. Never so long as the skin of tbe
Ethiopian is thick, can he l e placed upon
perfect equality with the whites. The preju
dice and teachings ot two hundred years can
not be uprooted and overcome by 'joint reso-
1 lution ol Congress or candid advice from a
northern man like Senator Carpenter, who
was never on >onthem soil ten da\s iu his
life.”
Dr Facto and Dcfiinrto.
From th* Natchez Democrat.
When Geu. Ames was first appointed l’ro-
visional Governor ot Mississipi, Gov. Ben.
Humphreys, who had been recently elected
aud installed in office, was exercising the ex
ecutive functions. Gov. Charles Clark, how
ever, who had been taken from the capital a
prisoner to Fort Pulaski, while trying to ex
ercise the functions of the office iu a way
which time and experience have since proven
to l>e tho best way to speedy and succeaaiul
reconstruction, claimed to be the Governor <h
I jure, oud used to tell his w arm per
sonal friend Humphreys as much, when the
latter would reply to Clark in a friendly
way, “ Well. 1'Urk, you may be Governor
de jure, but I’m Governor uY After
awhile came the appointment ot Anus, and
iu due time the litter, with the bayonets at
his back, ousted Humphreys from the Gov
ernor’s ui a union, and hitnaelf became Gover
nor forts.j. Mome days alter Humphrey s was
pushed out. Clark and Humphreys n.rt. when
the following conversation ensuvU .
Humphreys—Well, Clark, how about it
now, old fellow? Some time ago you claimed
J to he Governor sic cot, and 1 was Governor
sle facto. Now Ames is Governor d- a : *, and
it you are Governor tic jure, then what am 1:
Chirk Well,Beu, you’re Governor deluncto!
i <S» *»
A $10,000 Cow.—It has often been raid
that cows, especially milch cows, never sell
for ns much ns they are really worth, but A.
J. Alexander, Esq., ot Woooburu, Woodford
county, sold on Thursday, the 20th of May,
a two-year old heifer, known as the “Dutch-
i t'ss of Aldiie XV,” to go to England, for
! $10,000, which may be regardtd as a sum uot
| far below her real value. She is said to be “a
J beautiful specimen of a bemtiful nice.”
, Fra pi*fort (Ay-) ) evmou