Newspaper Page Text
I WRITTEN' EXPRESSLY POE THE ATLANTA HERALD.]
When Mr. Snifflelt, Belle called Matilda to
’ her.
‘Pack up our things,” she said. “Pack
i them as §oon as possible.”
I “Where we gwine jow, chile?” asked Ma-
) tilda. “ Is we gwine back home ? It’s mose
time for us to gic back to the old plantation.”
“Not yet, Mat.,” replied Belle. “Not for
many years. Not for ever.”
“Ain’t you tired of wanderin’ over the world?
i Ain’t we been to all the outlaudish country
enough! Where you gwine now?”
‘To Washington.”
‘ But Mars Gustave is there most o’ the
; time.”
“ That’s why I’m going there.”
“Is you gwine to see your chile: ’
[continued from our last Sunday’s faper.] “No, I shall never see it on eanh again.”
MARCEL'S PORTION
A NOVEL IN THREE PARTS.
Bf SASDY DtTAVARES.
Entered according to Act of Congress, by the Hf.bald |
Pcblishtso company, in ihe office of the Libra- !
rian at Washington.
to the conversation. It was twelve o’clock | had wore a certain air of gentleness while she j
in the night when the dinner party broke up. |
Ilomor had it that the gentlemen had remain
ed in the dining room the best part of the
evening discussing the politicM situation,
and that it had been decided to pass a law im
proving the President to use force aud compel
the Pious Frauds of Massachusetts to sur
render fugitive slaves to their owners upon
their being demanded.
This rumor gained credence on the follow
ing day, when Mr. Lauroussini asked leave of
Congress to introduce a bill authorizing the
United States Marshal in Massachusetts to
call upon the military and naval authorities
fur a force, to be taken from the fifteen men
who garrisoned the State, if it was needed, to
carry out the provisions of the law referred to,
, which Lad been nullified by the action of the
Pious Frauds.l
spoke to Tom, became hard and stern
“Don’t advise me*” she interrupted, patting UL -wears diamonds
the elbow of the chair with her hand. “If
you have guessed what my purpose is, say
nothing to me about it. You cannot persuade
me to forego it. You do not know what a
wronged woman is capable of. Send in that
note. Tell the bearer not to wait for an an-
The Shah of Persia.
I
ALL OVER HIM AND USES
HIS FINGERS FOR A FORK—BE ADDS TO
THE NUMBER OF HIS WIVES.
Berlin Correspondence of the Times.
The jewels of the bbah have quite surpassed
Literary Chit-Chat.
Mr. Richard Proct i oitpo»* o'
Worlds than Ours” an 1 oth( r popci ;r
title books, and Seerr •••:■ - nr the L
frononrica! Society, v ii. ectare in u
States from October t<» I V Lruaiy u
A new slorv by AntLonv Troii.u * ^
swer and let me know the moment it is placed j the reports of their size and value which pre- commenced in the London Graf
in Mr.—in the gentleman’s hand. If you ceded their owner's arrival. The Treasury
On the day succeeding the election,Tom Suck
er dressed himself in his best, clothes and hur
wish to serve me, do this. Go now.
She drew the veil over her lace and re
sumed her seat.
“D—n me,” soliloquised To , halting be
fore the door, “I scent a duel in this note.
Shall I send it in? Pshaw, they won’t hurt
each other. Splendid sensation for the Re
peater. Wortn ten thousand extra copies.
Will he on the ground mj'self. Exclusive re
entitled, “Phineas Kedux.”
*Iu Italy there are
CHAPTER XIV.
The introduction of this measure created 1 port. D-n me, I'll scud it in.’
intense excitement among the Pious Frauds
tied down to Judge Stern’s court. There he wherein the mudsills and the chivalry j i u the House. Mr. Preacher of Masaachu-
foond Mr. Sniff aDd Mr. Koppered, together
with Mr. Chambers. The last named gentle
man was congratulating himself upon the short
time he had taken to sue out the writ of,
habeas corpus, and have the case brought be
fore the court. He had himself gone to the that yearly happened in the Nation was, and
asylum, accompanied by two physicians who is to this day, the session of Congress. Then
had each separately examined Belle, and de- it was, but is not now’, that the Mudsills and
clared her perfectly sane.
Upon receiving the writ, the physician in daily they never met at all. ior the Chivalry
charge of the asylum took matters very coolly, looked upon the Mudsills as utterly beneath
During the twenty days allowed him to pro- their exalted notice, while the Mudsills re
duce the body of Belle, he saw Mr. Van Dusen garded the Chivalry with profound honor.
CNCIL, and one of the last setts declared that it the Jaw was passed, the
Marshal of Massachusetts would not dare to
I enforce it. He warned the majority against
any such measure os that. Massachusetts
knew her rights and would maintain them,
it was the obvious mission of Massachusetts
to protect the fugitive slave. No man should
stand on the shadow of Bunker Hill and seize
a fellow beiDg lor the purpose of dragging
him back into manacles, to the slave over-
MEET IN
CHALLENGES ONE OF THE FIRST TO MORTAL
COMBAT.
After an election, the most interesting event
he Chivalry met together iu council. So-
He watched till the u*lier placed the note
in Mr. Van Dusen’s hand, then he hurried
back to Bell and told her.
iot Persia, we all knew, was rich, to an iu- i Italy mere aro m>
credible richness, with aernmukted wealth journals and periodicals,
of the sort; hut no one was prepared to see pear in Italian, fon. ( , V
mnrtatibus oculis, a diamond nearly twice '■ English and two in <
the size of the Koh-i-noor, or “llouu- The recent sale of
tain of Light" (now in the possession of Hanworth Park, near 1
the Queen of England, once llnujeet Sing, large snm of £26,000 lot cd
the Lion of Lahore’s greatest glory), stuck sand volumes, or consiuu.il
in front ol a man's sword-belt, and live dia- j volume average. Then
monds, each larger than that jewel of jewels, l books of extreme rantv.
per
I here were half a dozen
The literary aud scientific life of the late
* ritten by Mr. Todlmn-
cab at the gate
seer’s whip, and to the tender mercies of the I thank you again and shake hands. ’
brutal bloodhounds. The cause of Human "" * ’ ’ ' 3
Freedom was the cause of Massachusetts, and
also the cause of the nigger. Massa- I the house and turned hi
1 Lauroussini’s sent.
en echelon up his coat from waist to shoulder.
These stones are scarcely cut, aud do not|n r \VWH NtnliP
show’ as they ought, hut they are of surpass- ter
“Thank you,” she answered rising from her ; ing purity. The Shah’s sword belt is a treas-
seat. “Show i»k-nut of this place. Is the ; ure house in itself. The sheath is studded The discoveries of Dr. Leitner m Central
IV" with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, which : Asia are P rov ibg still more important that at
ve orders for shame their setting of purest gold. The j first announced. Iu a list of Leitner’s forth-
| front of his coat is garnished with rows of ; coming publications eleven languages of a
and j*aw herj brilliants instead of lace. The collar and heretofore terra incognita are accounted lor,
sleeves are crusted with them, ami his orders au 'l maps and photograps of the countries
are of the most precious jewels. His spurs ftn T men whose histories and language Dr.
flash like sunbeams. All this on the person i Leitner has introduced to the world of letters
of a man who has nothing noble in mien or are given. The countries between Kashmir
t-red Tom; “I ga
earnag
He led he
nter.
“You won t accept money
tending her hand through the
she said, ex- ;
ldow, “so j
and the doctors who had declared her iosane. ! As the Mudsill was always a Pious Fraud andL, —
The first named gentleman announced that as ; as the Chivalry were always members of the j chusetts would espouse it. He called atten-
she could not be discharged until after the j slaveholding aristocracy, it will be seen how’ | tion ^ aS8 fu
election, it was not worth while opposing the impossible it was for them to dwell together ” il ~ T> - 1 «wv*
motion tor a discharge, particularly as he had | in unity. The name given to each was a
had Belle committed under an assumed name 1 synonym of contempt. Both hated each
and would not appear iu court. On the other, the Chivalry with a demoniac hatred,
morning in question, then, he was quite ready the Mudsills with a pious animosity arising
solely from their devotion to Human Freedom
They shook hands and separated. Tom re- i face, although he is above the
turned to his seat in the reporters’ gallery of i of the Indian Mussulman noblesse,
eyes toward Mr. !
to meet Judge SternL
About an hour after Tom arrived, Belle en- and to their support of Great Moral Ideas,
tered the court room, followed by the physi-r " I "
the day the Pilgrim Fathers—those men
who brought Liberty to America—lauded ou
Plymouth Rock till the moment of bis speak
ing Massachusetts had been prominent above
all other States for her devotion to Freedom,
and for the Great Moral Ideas she had en
forced upon her sons, w’hose heroism on a
cian in charge, a lawyer, and the matron. A j ized by electing the Hon. Thomas Strapp,
few minutes later the Judge entered and took ! Speaker,on the two hundred and tenth ballot.
Immediately after the new Congress organ- thousand battle fields was so well known that
“ ~ ' no force the Marshal could bring against them
would avail.
Mr. Graves, one of the Chivalry, remarked
his seat. The case was then called for exami-1 they prepared to adjourn and return home • —
ination. 1 but his Excellency the President issued a I that be had heard a great deal ot Massachu-
Counsel for the physician in charge of the ! proclamation convening them in extraordina- [ setts heroism, but had never witnessed any of
asylum here arose and said that before enter-1 ry session, to consider the action of Massa- j it—at least he had never witnetwed any ot it
ing upon the merits of the case, he desired to ' chusetts in declaring that she would not obey ! on the part ol Massachusetts Pious rrauds.
say a few words. At the time the woman was the law compelling the surrender of nigger j He w’ould guarantee to march through all the
taken to the asvlurn she was undoubtedly in- slaves who had lied from their masters and j Pious Frauds in the country with live thous-
—‘ taken refuge within her borders. It was not j and men of bisState. For bis own part, Id
AN ILL-MANNEltED POTENTATE.
Mr. Lauroussini did not c-peu the note lor
But in spite of his jewels and external
height an( l Badakshan are treated of in his last
publication, which gives ns a translation ot
the songs and legends of the races of Dar-
disian.
Europeau notions, a savage in many respect
proud, wilful, sensual,
j qaence of his utter indifference to engage-
i meats, be one of the most ill-mannered men
the world. He kept the parade at Pots
sane, as he could prove by competent wit
nesses. Thanks to the <*re which had been
bestowed upon her, and to the repose her
mind had received, she was now, he wa6 hap
py to say, recovered. He would not., therefore,
oppose a motion for her discharge. He then
took his seat.
Mr. Chambers whispered a few words to
Belle, and she shook her head in reply.
“Your—ah—honor,” he said, rising, “ my
client—ah—is so desirous of regaining her—
ah—ah—liberty, that she declines to take
any measures against the—ah—ah -person
who had her committed. I—ah—therefore
move that she—ah—ah—be discharged from
the—ah—ah—custody of Dr. Sharp. ”
His honor said that in granting the motion,
he felt
press
the lady.
From all lie could leai
Jnever been insane at all. She would act per- with a French cast of countenance which
fectly right if she prosecuted the man or men, j fairly indicated his descent. A distinguished
to him unknown, who had subjected her to so j scion of the Fir»t Families of Louisiana, di-
much suffering. It was luckyfor her that she rectly descended from the jduc de Malapro-
lived in a free Republic, where the law guar- , pos and the happy owner of six hundred
anteed to every white man, womau and child j niggers, together with thirty-five thousand
• (Judge Stern was a Repeater), their perfect | acres of magnificent land and five entire
liberty, except when convicted for crime. He squares in ihe most fashionable streets of New
referred to the fact that under this free gov-j Orleans, it was not surprising that Mr.
eminent she had wrongfully remained in a lu- i Lauroussina was looked upon as one of the
natic asylum only four months. In other j first men in the republic.■
countries where the aristocracy ruled, she ! He lived in
might have remained there four year-, before ! dence in Louisiana
the law coold have reached her. He wound his: residence in Washington was the talk oi
up by congratulating her upon her release.
Preserving her composure to the last, Belle
received the congratulations of the four men
who were her champions, and when these
were over acsompanied them out of the court.
Tom’s foresight had provided a carriage, into
the first time that Massachusetts had been j expected to live to see the day when the roll
fractious. Indeed that State, true to her ol his slaves would bo called upon Bunker
ancient renown, ever reserved to herscif the Hill. One thing in conclusion he would say.
right of opposing everything that did not I If the Pious Frauds did not leave tLe nigger
please her aud tbe right of compelling all | question alone, the Chivalry would split up
■ | —j * _ ”—* ’ ]the Union into ten thousand fragments.
Mr. Tallow, the keeper of a grocery store at
a cross-roads in Ohio, and a representative
from that State, declared that if ever the bill
passed it would be inoperative. As for split
ting up the Union, it couldn’t be done. Let
them try it. Tbe Union wasn't worth a
anyhow, without some throat cutting. He
promised that if the splitting process was
tried, he would urge his fellow-citizens to the
iield to prevent it. The honorable gentleman
said nothing about going himself.
“Mr. Speaker and gentlemen,” said Mr.
Lanroussini, “ I reckon we have had enough
discussion on this subject. The right for me
to recover my fugitive slaves from Massachu
setts is clearly constitutional. If lie is my
property in Louisiana, he is my property in
Maine. I am quite tired of the agitation of
this question. It must either end in our rights
being protected, or it must end in our leaving
the Union.”
Mr. Van Dusen here rose from his seat, and
being a new member, when the Speaker de-
^ HB cided that he had the floor every eye was
lagnificent style. His resi- j turned upon him. He did not know Mr. Lau-
a was a model ot elegance; j roussini personally, and as that gentleman’s
name had not been called, lie was unaware
who he was replying to. Besides, Mr. Van
Duseu saw in this debate an opportunity to
distinguish Limsj'f.
other States to do as she pleased. But then,
as her sons declared, all the virtue and intel
ligence of the republic dwelt within her limits
It was, therefore, to say the least of it, pre
sumptions in the Slaveholding Aristocracy to
endeavor to force the descendants of the
Pilgrim fathers to obey laws which were ob
noxious to them.
Among those who were exasperated with tli
conduct of Massachusetts was the Hon. Gus-
w lave Lauroussini, member of Congress from
impelled by a sense of his duty to ex- j Louisiana and the acknowledged leader of
bis indignation at the confinement of i the Chivalry iu Washington. The honora-
~ ** ” she had j ble gentlemen was a tall, handsome man,
took it out of his mouth and threw it down
not on the ground, but on the Queen s (Em
press’) dress.
His suite all spoke French, and the Shali-
before him. When he did lead it, its con- |
tents so snprised him that he half started
from his sent, with an rxelamarion that |
caused the members around him to enquire
what the matter was.
“Nothing,” he answered. “Nothing of
consequence.”
Belle had written:
“Wednesday Morning, March 12, lb— .
“I address for the first and last time. The
man with whom I lett my home never mar
ried me. I have implored him many times
to do this, and he has always ret used. We
do not live together now. You must take up
my cause, or I will have the facts and the
names published, so that the world may
judge a brother who refuses to defend the
honor of his name. The man who seduced
me is a member of Congress and is in the
House now. His name is Henry Van
Dusen. Arabella Lauroussini.”
For a little while Mr. Lauroussini remained
in his seat, thinking over the contents ot the
noie. Then he rose and crossed over to
where Mr. Graves sat.
“I want to see yon lor a few minute:
said in a whisper.
“Outside?” asked the other.
“In one of the committee rooms,” Mr.
Lauroussini replied.
Both gentlemen left the hall, aud as they
entered the adjoining room, over
which was marked “Committee
Means,” Mr. Lauroussini turned lo his
panion and addressed him.
“ You remember my sister,” he began.
The other nodded in the affirmative.
“ You also know that she ran off' with some
person unknown to me. He never married
her. Read this note.”
“Are you sure this note is genuine?” he
asked, returning it.
•• res,"replied the other. “It is written by j His'fkce”!; “seldom animated] “and* there
her. I believe she
Mr. Tike’s forthcoming “History cf Crime
in England” will show that theft, forgery.
and arbitrary, It poisoning and violence have steadily damn-
punctuality be “the politeness of princes,” ! . ea W1 *k ihe progress ot civilization. This
as it is said to be, the Shah would, iu conse-; , jirectly contrary to a widely disseminated
belief.
The Atlinmeum says
Memoirs Pour Servir"
that the French
imply ostensibly
dam, ordered by the Kaiser, waiting a couple j “Memoirs at the service of historians,” but
of hours, lie kept the Queen for half an j f^ at it not unfrequently means “ Memoirs to
hour at the railway station waiting for him. j serve the interests of the writers.” They are.
He would not go to breakfast, when he it was * in either case the most entertaining books in
announced, at the time of invitation, but * th© world.
walked about in the garden, and then, seeing j The Domestic Growler.—Look at him ’
an arbor which pleased him, desired to have . he is a curiosity. He was pleasant enough
his breakfast brought there. When he sat at an hour ago, as he sat in his office talking to
dinner yesterday he put his fingers in his I Jenks. With his chair tilted back, the toes
plate and ate with them, and if he came on a i of his boots resting against the mantle-piece,
piece of some dish which he did not like, he I his mouth extended in a loud guffaw iu replv
- j to one of Jenks’ yarns, you would
- 1 he was one of the jolliest fell<
j world.
But he does not look so now. H
have said
llows in the
has
in-Shah knows it much better than he would I lowered his hat over his eyes, and got his
be thought to do from his mode of speaking j family face on. He considers it bad domestic
it, as when he is quite at his ease he cau talk policy to come Lome looking smiling and
it pretty fluently. But he is not much at his j cheerful; it would not only lower his
j ease with Europenau barbarians, and it is i dignity
j ludicrous to see him standing alone in a crowd j it would
with a clear space round him and no one to children U
talk to, for lie balances first on one leg and j favors,
then ou another, “like a hen on a hot grid- ! know:
ti ' lo f does not know what to do with j as he believes, to keep up a proper
f t W\v° r l i tbem or his hands. When he turns his back ! household authority, and reduce
I t his < aU ,Va( * tbe s P cc,ator calm b’ surveys his exterior, expenditure to its certain limits, is
master of tbe house, but
encourage his wile aud
to the asking of nil sorts ot
and the running into goodness
what extravagances. The only way.
system of
household
to always
find fault, and nev< r relax for a moment the
the town. A train of thirt\’ servants attended
him wherever he went. It was said that he
spent five thousand dollars per week while at
the capital. His wife was the best dressed
- . .. tt • i *• . i There is a great deal of insolence in the
; threats which slaveholders are in the habit of
to be worth not less than three hundred thou-
which she entered, as did also Mr. Sniff*. Tom i sand dollars,
prepared to follow him. Whether true or not, a report was current
“Are you—ah—all going with her ?” asked j that in spite of all the Louisianian’s gre^t
Mr. Chambers. “Won’t you—ah—walk down ! display oi wealth, his property was heavily
the street and—ah—take a glass of hot whis- 1 mortgaged. A devotee to the highly scientific
ky ?”
“I’ll go with you Cnambers
Koppered. “Wait a minute.”
He leaned in the door of the <
extended bis hand to Belle, who took and
shook it warmly
game of poker, he bad been known to risk
said Mr. j forty thousand dollars on a single hand, which
he lost without a mu*cle ol his face moving,
and ; When he arose thaf night, he laughed as gaily
if he had been a winner, instead of a loser
to tbe extent of eighty-five thousand dollars,
“Confound it, ma-am,” .-aid he, “my name ] which he promptly paid by giving the winne
is William Koppered. Sniff, here, is my book
keeper. It I can serve yon in any way, let When presented, the check
me know. Can I do anyth: ng for yon ? Are I cashed
you in need of funds, or—'
check upon the bank lor that amount.
promptly
On the second day of the extra session, Mr.
No,” returned Belle interrupting him. “I • Van Dusen piesented his credentials and was
need nothing,” and she added, “I thank you 1 sworn in. Mr. Lauroussini arose aud sent to
from my heart for all you have done for me. j the Speaker’s desk a notice that Mr. Rooney
Your kindness will ever bo remembered. God ; would contest the seat of the gentleman. He
bless yon, sir. We may never meet again, j then returned to his home, having promised
but I shall ever pray for your happiness.
to take his wife to a private dinner given by
“Don’t speak of it,” said Mr. Koppered, i tbe Secretary of State,
becoming rather weak in the eyes. “Good Mrs. Lauroussini was a pretty little woman,
bye, ma’am,” and be walked off with Mr. w ith light hair and blue eyes, petite in figure.
ith small white hands, taper fingers, aud a
pair of feet that wore No 1 shoes, which she
was very fond of allowing to peep out from
beneath the skirts of her dress. They had | ughers h , mded Mr. Van Dusen a note. He
been married about six years. About five
Chambers.
Tom entered the carriage, which drove off
and soon landed them at Belle’s residence,
the door of which was opened by Matilda.
“Oh, Miss Belle. The Lord bress you.
The Lord be praised !” exclaimed the faithful
negro, throwing her arms around the neck of
her mistress. “I’ve got you back now. I
been near dead for yon. Lets leab dis year
place. It ain’t no place for decent folks.
Ablishunist and sick like wend. ’* She here
gave Mr. Sniff a contemptuous glance and
then resumed her demonstrations of joy.
Belle kissed the negro and assured her how
pleased she was to be with her again. For j marked, as they were driven aloDg the .streets j
about an honr the party conversed. ' “ **
making here,” he said, speaking in his usual
cool and indifferent manner. “Whether it is
right to surrender the slaves or not. makes
but little difference to me. Massachusetts
has declared that they shall not be surren
dered. If, then, the gentleman who last spoke,
and who I have not the honor to know, de
sires his negroes surrendered, let him go after
them himself, if not, let him take his State
out ot the Union as he threatens. I am of
the opinion that when it comes to tbe acting
he will be found lacking iu courage to do
either.”
Mr. Lauroussini rose up twirling his mous
tache and looking very excited.
“I tell the gentleman,” he retorted, “I tell
him that he can readily find out whether I
have any courage or not. The gentleman,
though, is doubtless like all of his party. He
is very quick to insult another, but has no
idea of abiding the consequences. I have
long since decided that it would be a waste of
time to break a cane upon the shoulders of
such men as the gentleman.”
Loud cries of “order” interrupted the
speaker, who resumed his seat amid great ex
citement, which was only allayed when the
previous question was called.
While the vote was being taken, dne of the
. freed from the distracting influences of hi:
diamonds, the Shah does not present an im- system of domestic snubbing,
posing appearance. I admit that the backs “ Of course, the coming home of the Growler
of most people fail to impress one, but his j is not looked for with joy. All pleasant m-
Majesty’s tailor has rendered his refers quite ; flueuces take wing. The very atmosphere be-
! abnormally ridiculous by making his frock j comes charged with depressing or explosive
j coat with a multitude of fine plaits, like thosd material. The cook spoils the gravy, and
of a Highlander’s kilt or of a lady ot Queen ; blackens the toast for the pigeons; the wife is
Bess’s time, over the hips, and so all round. ; afraid the soup will not be all right, or the
io WrtHhinotan Mv ’ His fiice ™ seldom animated, and there is pudding done to the precise turn; the chil-
. ,, _ . . \ i * i something incongruous in the position of his | dreu huddle in a corner, and talk in whisners
wife told me yesterday that she thought she I Thi«r. L„.i . t
Belle leaving a store iu tbe morning,
just as she was entering it.”
“You must call him out, then,” remarked
Mr. Graves.
“I must do more. I must kill him,” said
Mr. Lauroussini, sternly. “By G—” he con
tinued, stamping on the ground excitedly.
respectable gold spectacles, a la Thiers, ou 1 and j
! his aquiline nose, under a Persian cap, and,
over all these, diamonds.
the shah takes another wife.
| The followers of the Shah made some ap
peals to the enormous old Colonel of Police,
who is famous for the rigidity of his manners
feels that they can breathe a free*
breath uutil “pa” is gone. Who would be a
growler ?—Ledger.
‘The idea of one ot my family being seduced I and t J ie Re '* er ^^ A ,^ e regards the
by n Yankee and he reusing to marry her! | “ orals _ ot , tlie clt - v >_!° r . e,a f. hls co ‘l e , lu % lr '
Will you act as my friend in this matter ?
We must meet without delay.”
“Certainly, my dear fellow,” Mr. Graves !
returned.
“Take him this note and show it to him.
Let him understand that there is no way
of escaping a meeting. Tell him that if he;
refuses to tight I will shoot him down on the
streets as I would a dog. There can be no
compromise. I leave the arrangement
tirely into your hands.”
“I’ll call upon him iu a few minutes,’’ said
Mr. Graves, and he added.
| the house. You are excited.
I get calm."
Mr. Lauroussini took this adv
favor, and were not at all successful. • The
Squelching a Newspaper.
THE NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNES LIBEL SUIT.
[New Orleans Picayune.
During the whole time the jury have been
j Shah has, however, some reason for thinking impnnnelled tbev have been beset bv Custozn-
tliat the high tone of the Police Director is I house emnlovees and ftT
not maintained uniformly, for he has. as I
! house employees and followers of Jacob Hawk-
Not only was all evidence of the truth of
think I told you already, .added to the num- i the charges against Jacob rigidly excluded
ber of bis wives here, if report be true, aud ; but all sorts of influences were brought to
espoused a girl of fifteen whom he t
accident, and immediately “ proposed ’ to by
a representative to her mother, which that.
^ ; good lady accepted, as there was a
! made for her daughter’s future
There has been some trouble iu teaching the [ noraL .
•Don’t return to i aud I 1 * 8 followers that women are to be ' drivers on Peter Kaiser’s Magazine street rail-
Go home and t ^ ea ^ ed 1 * 1 respect, even though they go j road, one of whom was the foreman, selected
about with their laces uncovered, and < *’ ~
* by ; bear to compel the jury to yield to this wicked
l "' \ demand in order to silence an honest and free
press. Two or three of ^the jurors were at
revision j first unwilling to be made the instruments of
1 rers ! a - | this extortion and robbery. Six of them, ig-
colored men, and two white men,
; bv Lv
. - , , • , , .. | gazed at tbe address for au nuum, meu
months previous to the da, ot which I write, b ]t Jt from Belle nnd wa8 worded
found time, amid a senes of balls, ex- ; J f ft ii ftU . K .
instant, tfieu
she had
cursions, and trips, to present her husband!
with a child, which, to his great disappoint
ment and regret, was a girl.
as follows;
Wednesday Morning, March 12, 18
I give you your last chance. Either marry
Ou arriving at his residence aDd entering i within the next three hours or my brother
the parlor. Mr. Lauroussini found his wife
j dressed and ready to leave.
‘I went shopping this morning,” she re- ! * n o f° r ft r ©Pb*
informed of our past connexion. Answer
this at once. I am iu the lady’s room wait-
... I n „a m ! most useful lessons they will carry back | ffamar
* ' . 1 frrmi Tv Iirnna ic tlinf wltinli will f vidli lltom fn ^.t
from Europe is that
consider their
hicli will teach them to
their equals, and not j j
were at the outset in favor of heavy
by cue, the others yielded.
! through threats and temptation and fear oi
' mprisonraent. These special friends
sing through another door, left the capitol
Mr. Graves re-entered the House of Represen
tatives arid walked directly up to Mr. VauDu-
sen’s desk.
“My name is Graves,” he said, “Graves, of
South Carolina.”
As the name was borne by one of the most
prominent members of the House Mr. Van
Dusen at onco recognized that the speaker j
was one of the Chivalry.
“Can I serve you in any way,” he inquired.
“Yes, sir,” returned Mr. Graves, “I have a
message for you. A message, sir. from the
Hou. Gostave Lanroussini.” , . . . , - o » * — —
“From who, did you say ?” Aud Mr Van s , eut t0 Hud * ro at ever - sta ” e » reporting how , told him they could not agree with the major-
u«m started from his seat. ! ‘ he y were lil1 the y **re **fely back at Astrak - | ity.
nan.
their slay* s—it they learn it. There is a j Hawkins’ on the jury at first held out lor §7u,-
j great “ it, lor they do not at all approve ot ; 000, but on the resistance of those opposed
all they see here. to such an infamy, they gradually fell.
Ihe wives who were sent back for high rea-j Three of them still held out until after 4
sous of State from Russia to Teheran bore i o’clock Saturday afternoon, June 21. when,
i their ill-fate tor what womau is not anxious j after all the representatives of the Picavune
j atul what wife, even though she be one of j left the court building, Judge Lvneh sent for
. three, likes to see her husband let loose on j the jury aud told them he would keep them
i the wide, wide world.-' without the least re- j locked up until they aureed—and then sent
signatiou. They were simply furiously clam-
locked up until they agreed—and then sent
them back, remarking that he would meet
orous and turbulent. Their grief touched the them at vS o’clock r. to see if thev had vet
imperial heart, and he had special telegrams I agreed, notwithstanding two of the jurymen
B. L.
Dusen started from his seat.
.“From the Hon. Gustav^Lauroussini,” re
peated the other. “The gentleman with
whom you had a debate a short while ago.”
Mr. Van Dusen had now resumed his
calmness. His face was a trifle pale, but he
did not manifest the slightest symptom of
fear.
“Won’t yon step into the lobby ?” he said.
“This is no place for conversation. "
AVERSE TO PROGRAMMES.
When the successor of Cyrus first came to
Berlin, it was supposed it would prove easy
to provide amusement for him during his stay,
but it soon became apparent that there was
great management to be observed. He hates
a programme of any kind, because it looks
like dictation. He caunot bear to see a writ-
Dusen read ihe note through and ! handed Hr. Van Dusan the note,
i — j ia ii 1— “Read that, sir,” he said.
„„ r j in an elegant carriage, with the honorable , .
“Excuse me for an instant,” said Belle, at' gentleman’s coat of arms (an eagle pouncing quietly replaced it in the envelope. ^ ,
length rising and leaving the room. When , down upon a vulture) upon the doors and ‘‘* 8 tlie w “° sent outside.-' he j
she returned she had two sealed envelopes in drawn by four horses, clad in gold mounted as ^ ed -
*— * harness. j * ,w *
Mr. Lanrousini received this information as :
if it was nothing new. ,
As I entered Gimp &, Fringe’s establisli-
When they were in the lobby, Mr. Graves ; ten or printed paper, for it looks as if his
~ j freedom of action were controlled. When he
: was in Russia he thought he was ill treated
asked Mr. Van ! by the immense parades that were ordered
Well, what of this
Duseu, after he had read it.
I for his honor. They seem intended to hu-
ment,” she added, “A lady dressed in blue ■ correspondent from Go rani,
silk passed me, going ont. Although she was i *‘Ah. Well just give him t
closely vieled, and I could not see her face, J * have no answer to send.
her figure seemed very familiar,
think I fancied it was ?“
Who do you
her band.
She first called Mr. Sniff aside and spoke
to him in whispers for several minutes, at the
end of which he took np his hat and left.
Tom was about to follow when Belle stopped
him.
“If it had not been for you,” she said, “ I
should have been in tbe Asylum still, and
been mad by this time. Nothing kept me
sane but tbe knowledge that friends were at
work in this city briDging about my release.
I cannot find words to say how I thank you.
Accept this as a small return for your good
ness.”
She handed him one of the envelopes (the
only one now in her hand.) Tom pushed her
hand gently back, and became very red in the
face.
“There’s money in that, I suppose,” he
said. “ D—n,” but he stopped himself and
went on, “No, I won’t take it. I’ve already
had fifty dollars of your money that I feel
ashamed of having taken. I came np here
with you for the purpose of returning it Tom
Suckers knows how to serve a lady without
pay. Your thanks are enough.”
He palled from his pocket a small roll of
bills, which he placed on the table before her,
and t hen continued:
“There’s the fifty dollars,” he said. “If
Tom Suckers can serve yon in the future, re
member to call upon him. He is—d—a—a—
he is a rather wild fellow. Very venal, very
mercenary, madam, but any lady can com
mand his services at all times. I’m a mem
ber of the press—Jiepeater office. Here’s my
card. Good day,” and he walked out without j a ay more.”
giving Belle a chance to speak, looking as if I A f ilence of a few moments ensued, which j
he felt he bad done the most sheepish thing ' he broke.
Wasn’t a lady give it to me, Sir,” replied
the usher.
“Who was it then?*’
l ’Twas a gentleman, Sir. He’s a newpaper
You do not deny the statement made in miliate him; and so Dne morning he refused
* ’ i— ’ ■* | to attend an inspection especially ordered for
him, and kept the Czar waiting till it was an-
just give him this back and tell
The waiter took the nota and returning to
the door handed it, with the message to a
' but he is learning to return the salutations of
people m the street, instead of answering
them by a stare through his sprctacles.
-1 really La.en’t the sti K bte.( idea,” he re- i young man outside, who was no other than
. . ■ - ® ' f'. TV, Cn/.I.AM r r A S.f.1 □ a* IV' .1 .. Il 1 .. I A A .
plied, speaking with the laiutest French ac
cent, and stroking his imperial.
“Belle,” she went on, “I could have sworn
it was her.”
Mr.|Lauroussini’s face woreHi stern aspect os
he replied.
“Havel not requested you not to utter
that woman’s name in my presence ?”
“But —,” his wife began.
“I do not wish to hear of her,” he inter
rupted.” She disgraced the name of the
oldest family in the Sonth. I have washed
my hands of her. If she is even here I do
not wish to see her. If I could find the
man that dishonored my name, I’d kill him.
But she is henceforth a stranger to me. If
she was in abject poverty, I would not help
her. She is well off though. I turned over
to the agent she appointed every dollar of
her property, and it brings in twelve thou
sand » year.”
“I wonder if she is married ?” remarked
tbe lady.
“I reckon not,” he returned, and be added
hastily, “If she was, we would have heard of |
it. Now don’t let us speak of that woman j
he ever performed in his life.
Another of the Pions Fraud members
Tom Suckers. Tom was at Washington cor
responding for the Ooi-am Daily Repeater.
“D—n me,” muttered Tom as he turned
away. “This is outrageous. I’d like to
smash his head. Infernal scoundrel!”
He entered the lady’s room, where Belle,
dressed in the same blue silk which her sister-
in-law had seen her wearing on the day previ
ous, was seated. She was closely veiled and
not easily recognizable.
“He is a blackguard,” said Tom to her.
“ D-a-a ! He has returned your note.”
“ I expected a« much,” she returned calmly.
“ Now, I must get you to do me another ta-
vor. Send in this note to the person to whom
it is addressed. ”
She handed him another note, which she
took from a small Russian leather bag. Tom
looked at the back of it and uttered a cry of
surprise.
“ Why, the two have just had a sharp tilt,”
he said. “Excuse me, but is be unything to
you ? Beg your pardon, you know, but can’t
help being curious,” aud he muttered “D—n
m«, this is looking serious,” in an undertone.
She raised the veil and looked him lull iu
the face.
“ I may a* well tell you,” she said. “ Y’ou
know n great deal about me already.
I it? Am I to understand that.’
“Just as you please. ’
I “Then, sir, you will be kind enough to nounced he would not come at all. He detests
give me the address of some friend of yours, ' Chamberlains, has no notion of engagements
with whom I can make arrangements lor a j obligations ot rendezvous and the like,
meeting.”
“Oh, then, that is it,”said Mr. Van Duseu.
laughing. “And what will be the couse-
quence if I refuse V”
“ By !” said Mr. Graves, iu a towering
passion. “This is nothing to laugh about.
If you refuse to fight, you will be shot down
like a dog in the streets of this city, and I’ll
be one ot the men to shoot you.”
“Your threat does not affect me in the
least,” replied Mr. Van Dusen. “If the gen
tleman desires to fight, I am willing t3 ac
commodate him. You will be kind enough
to call upon my friend, Captain Robert Spurr,
of the army, at ten o’clock to-morrbw morn
ing. His address is 1800 Vermont avenue. ’
The two then separated.
[to be continued.]
As they went down stairs, the crier and
deputy sheriff of Lynch's court, appointed by
him a few days before the Picayune case was
tried, and a near relative ot his, handed to one
of these jurymen a ijote unsigned, saying,
“Your friend on Chartres street has five hun
dred dollars for you if you will go with the ma
jority.” Under the threats by Lynch of per
petual imprisonment unless they* brought iu a
verdict, and the hope oi reward, they yielded
and brought in a verdict for $18,000 against
the Picayune, and exonerating the managers
and directors. When the jury was polled two
of them wished to explain, or make a state
ment, but Lynch refused to let them say any
thing. After the court adjourned one or two
of the jurors were telling the influence that
bad been brought to bear on them, to yield to
this verdict, when Judge Lynch sharply or
dered the lights to be put out.
Counsel can prove, aud will do so, that
more than one of the jurymen were bribed.
This is the way this immaculate false swearer,
this usurper, vindicates bis character—with
the help of Lynch, who, by his (Hawkin s)
perfidy was counted into the office of Judge
of the Fourth District Court.
Fellow-citizens, these are the men in w hose
foal hands are placed tbe administration of
justice and yonr lives and property.
Couldn’t Remember Where She Put
$5,000.—The story of the robbery ot money
aud bonds from the house of Mrs. Elizabeth
Esty on Jay street on Saturday, ends in the
fact that no theft was committed. Mrs. Esty
is a lady considerably advanced in life, and
having money and securities iu her house rep
resenting between $5,000 aud $6,000, which
she had ior some time kept between the mat
tresses of her bed for safety. A few days
since, with the idea of putting it in a more
secure place, she removed the deposit aud hid
it under a piece of furniture iu her chamber,
and forgot all about where she had placed itl
A Southern Shad Bake.—Build a roaring
fire, says a correspondent writing from Au
gusta, Georgia, in a roomy fire-place that may
be cut down in the clayey soil of any hill
side. Shad of the morning’s catch had al
ready been prepared in the nicest manner,
cleaned inside and oat, and fine salt rubbed
on them. Then take seasoned oak planks,
three inches through, fourteen inches wide,
and as long os the hunger of tbe party de
mands. When the wood has burned to coals,
and the bank of the fire-place has been
• w rought up to the roasting pitch, these planks
are placed against tbe fire and heated to the
j point of burning. Ou the smooth hot plank
the shad are spread and nailed. They are
then stood up around the coals and the hot
bank, and baked—baked just to the nicety,
the outside aad inside brown and crisp, with
out being smoked or burnt. The fish are
served at the river side piping hot, and
washed down with the juice ot the native
scuppernong. The clam-bakes of New Eng
land pale their ineffectual fires before a plank r .
Adi wkli One writer, who bus just been I offered cooling M '•
initiated, bolds that it will be a great conso- j a hinml heat n ^geneTut**. b ho t « t, t
lation on the death-bed hi say: “I die, but I
have had a shad-bake.”
Spring Tonics.—People often complain of
a weak and weary feeling during the spring
months. Tonics and bitters are resorted to
as a remedy; w *rin ’-rityof cases,
a little hygienic st-nei . v medirm
would bring th< ivt
dition. An abi - :ve of *r«*xb „ . ^nd rxer
cise is of thou -a.v«t iinowrtain c. And tliei
iu spring we us Ml;eat the wror , kind c
food, and too n
and rich, heatii
to fortify the sj
should be laid >. de. or :.t least
seiied in quanbty, a- tbe wa.
pioaches. The dim niched ap*.- ..
cause of alarm: a light, c !>ar - * «
vegetables, trui s, an. rtn lea « mlv
y h*
weary spring feehug \ucr- \u* 1 ■
I scarcely escape.J.
and
One week later Belle sent lor Mr. Sniff*. He j sworn in to-day. His seat is contested.
found ber dressed and bonneted.
“I have rested now,” sbe remarked,
am ready to work. I have sent for you to pay
a visit with me. I am going to see Mr. Van
Doaen.” f
Mr. Sniff stood before her looking very sur
prised.
“ Il you don’t wish to go, soy so,” *he said.
“It is not that,” he interrupted, “but Mr.
Van Dusen sailed for Europe yesterday, and
will not be back until Congress meets next
March.”
name is Van Dusen, and he is a rather decent
'aud ! looking man. I have seen him before, but 1
cannot think where.”
“Perhnps in Europe,” suggested his wife.
“Perhaps so,” be answered. “H* does not
look like a Pious Fraud at all. He is quite
gentlemanly in his appearance. Them is
none of that sanctimonious air about him
that distinguishes the other members of his
party. He's from Goram ”
The carriage now stopped before tlm door **t
the Secretary of 8tate, thus putting an cu 4
was : Lauroussini is iny brother. Do you know j On Saturday morning she looked in the usual land, is said to be a man of forty-flv
Hit him ? ’ 1 hiding place in her bed, and it was not there. ; good looking tor an Oriental; au
ry well, indeed,” In replied. “ Made
many a—abeiu. D—u—”
•• Never let him know, then, that yon have
heard my uumo. 8end iu that note to him.
I tr-el I can trust you to keep this secret. You
tmveserved mein the most disinterested muu-
ner I repeat, 1 trust you.”
•‘5 • > u can,” said lour. “Never betrayed
.1 lady >e». l’.un Hackers ain’t the man. But,”
headd*<i looking serious, “about this note;
Hudu t y hi
H-r lac , w ich b»i sMteu-d down, uni
Tbe Shah of Persia, now ou a visit to Eug-
rather
excellent
She immediately became excited, and gave in- , horseman; courteous iu manner; something
formation to the police. She could not tell j ol a Huroun nl Rasehid iu doing acts of chan-
the number of the bonds or give much satis- ty, and of a King Cophetua in having married
faction beyond the statement that they had ' a peasant girl iu a romantic freak -possibly
disappeared. Tbe Boston police was notified, thinking he could afford it, she being his
and preparations were in progress to discover, | eighth, and the others boastiug of the purest
if possible, the thief. On Saturday afternoon ! blood. With true Eastern calmness, be ex-
she was visited by several officers with the ob- J presses no surprise at the novel world through
ject of gathering more information, w hen tin* which hia travels lead hhn, aud, if a cannon
old lady suddenly rememberea she had I were lo go off accidentally within a few inches
changed the hiding place, and the property j ot his royal person, he would lake it as a part
was found intact — Boston Herald, June 16. of the ceremouies of the West.
A SrookMTicN Don't destroy your
newspapers, 01 allow paper cover I book,
grow mouldy ou your shelve*. Seed thee
some charitable ius’itutio*i, or to tbe bom*
any poverty-strickt a invalid whom yoachi.a
to know, where they will Iwnefit thosj 111.01
tunaies who an ton poor to pay f* ? wb>.«
of reading mat'
the expenditure
stamp, aud a n
hearted people
give nothing, 1
bestow; but tt
char Hies that 1
vtt confer real
*r Hie raaiilt. will be wc
•i a little Iron'. *, a jkMh
»»ap**r wrappv r Oenerc
ten complain that they
*• oih«? they have no p.oue;
. i« w»* of the may t
yune v.*rv little money, ;
vppinete.
