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FROM WASHINGTON.
Denial of Reported Failure—“ Bou
ncing” Employes of the House —Cotton
Claims—Democratic Senatorial Cau
cus—Discharge of Navy Yard Men.
Texas Pacific Railroad Bill.
Washington, December B.—The Bos
ton agent of the Associated Press re
quests the following amende: “By some
local interpretation oT my dispatch,
sent November JOth, the Southern
press made me say that W. K. Lewis &
(Jo. will pay fifty cents on the dollar.
W. K. Lewis & Bro. is the name of one
of our leading houses in the pickle
business, and the firm is perfectly sol
vent. W. K. Lewis, of the firm, en
dorsed for Gildoroskv, as stated in my
dispatch; but the firm is by no means
affected by it. Their credit in the South
is bepig injured by the dispatch sent
|nni Washington, and it is but fair that
tliey 'Shoukl be set right.” J
Mr. Adams has reappofnted the old
clerks temporarily, so as to avoid con
fusion in the clerical routine of the
Honse. ’ Col. Fltzhugh is rapidly dis
placing the c-ld employees, and Mr.
Stuart, the Postmaster, has “.bounced”
(as he calls it) the entire old crowd.
The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, under caption of claims for
proceeds of cotton, says all claims have
been rejected which did not appear,
from siftisfnotory evidence, to come
within the plain letter of the statute,
and shows the number of claims filed
as 1,336 ; allowed, 39 ; rejected, 1,181;
dismissed for waut of jurisdiction, 96 ;
under examination, 20; amount paid
ou claims allowed, $180,358, and the
following summary proceeds of cap
tured and abaudoued property: Cov
ered into the Treasury, $20,910,656.44 ;
awarded to claimants by Court of
Claims, under the act of March 12th,
1863, $11,348,247.73 ; paid to claimants
by Secretary or the Treasury, under
the act of May, 1872, $180,358.43 ; paid
ou judgments against Treasury agents,
under the act of July 27,1868, $39,-
188.17 ; paid under various relief acts
of Congress, $228,250.81; disbursed for
expenses under joint resolution of
March 30. 1868, $75,000 ; total, $11,871,-
045.14; which, deducted from total
amount received as above, leaves a
balance of $9,039,611.30.
Mr. Wadleigh is Business Chairman
of Committee ou Patents vice Ferry,
died. - - >
Rear Admiral Alrny reports arrival
Mazutiau on November 20th; perfectly
qiiiet. The usual salutes triad courte
sies passed. He intended to leave in a
few days for Acapulco.
There was a full Democratic Senato
rial caucus. Great dissatisfaction was
expressed that the majority had left
them only two places on the Finance
Committee instead of three, as in all
other committees composed of nine.
Messrs. Bayard and Kernan was placed
on the Finance Committee. • Va
cancies caused by the death of
Mr. Johnsou will be filled by Mr.
Eaton on Foreign Relations and Mr.
Key is on Post Offices. The minority
have four instead of three out of eleven
composing the Committee ou Rail
roads. Mr. Eaton is placed on that
committee, who, with Messrs. Ransom,
Kelly and Carpenter, compose the mi
nority of Railroad Committees. Sena
tor Sumner’s bill for the paymeot of
the French spoliation claims is still
pending in the Senate.
One hundred and eight men were
discharged from Washington Navy
Yard.
The bill introduced by Senator West to
aid the construction of the Texas-Pa
cific Railroad, is mainly a copy of a bill
reported by the Senate committee on
railroads, February last, and recom
mitted on the same day.- It authori
zes the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
(Jo. to construct a railroad from Venita
southwestwardly to a junction with the
line of the Texas-Pacific Railroad from
Fort Worth; the junction to be on or
South of the 33d parallel, and between
the 100th and 103 meridians. The
Texas-Pacific €O. is to construct a road
from this poiut through Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona and California, to San
Diego hay, and for these pur
poses, the two companies shall en
joy all rights heretofore gran
ted them, except that grants of land
shall not be duplicated, and shall not
exceed twenty alternate sections per
mile in the Territorits, and ten sections
I er mile in the States, on each side of
tlie lines of the road; and the rights of
the Atlantic and Pacific Company shall
be confined to a connecting link be
tween Venita and the Junction. The
bill also provides for the construction
of a connecting link by its New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad
Company, between Shreveport and
New Orleans, and authorizes the Texas-
Pacific Company to extend its line east
ward from Shreveport to Vicksburg.
%|t is further provided that the United
States Government shall guarantee the
payment of seventy-five per cent, inter
est on the bonds of the Texas Pacific
Company to the extent of $35,000 per
mile. Elaborate provision is made for
securing the Government against loss
by means of a first mortgage, and the
retention of all proceeds of sale of
lauds and of the cost of Government
transportation, together with portions
>f the earnings of the roads, to estab
lish a sinking fund, etc.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Suicide —Falling- of Scaffolds—Mills
Burnt.
Chattanooga, December B,—On No
vember 24th, a preposessing elderly
gentleman registered himself at the
Read House as L. C. Tuft, New Jersey,
and passed most of his time since read
ing without saying a word to any one.
This morning he left the hotel about 6:30
and prqceeding to a back street shot
himself in the left breast, surviving
only two hours. The hotel clerks say
he received four letters yesterday. He
leaves a tine wordrobe, but no papers
or anything giving any clue to where
tie is from. - *>**<±6 ■ >■'' •
Philadelphia, December B.—Three
working men on a scaffolding fell
ninety feet; two were killed, and one
other died a short Lime after. Half an
hour after another scaffold fell with
two painters, but they saved themsel
ves by catching on beams where they
hung until rescued.
Patterson, N. J., December B.—Mos
quito netting factories, and two other
large buildings with a quantity of
looms, &c., built for the Centennial,
was burned. Loss, $60,000. Two hun
dred working men are thus thrown out
of employment.
Phi ladelphia, December B.—The Rev,
Dr. Eeci.eston of this city has written a
letter to the Episcopal Dioceaon au
thorities, declining the Bishopric of
lowa.
San Francisco, DectJ/nber B.—Two
Mexicans engaged in a recent murder
and robbery at Campos were tftktfu from
custody and hung by a mob. •
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, December 8. — Senate—
Memorials were presented by Mr.
Robertson, from the Chamber of Om
meree of Charleston S. C., on behalf of
the merchants and business men of
that city, for bar and harbor improve
ments.
By Mr. Patterson, from the South Car
olina Legislature, asking for the pas
sage of a law preventing internal reve
nue license for retailing liquor.
By Mr. Johnson—For the removal of
the political disabilities of Wm. Sharp,
of Virginia.
By Mr. Withers—Praying for com
pensation for property used by the
Federal army after 1865.
Bills introduced and laid on the table
for future reference :
By Mr. Morton—Regulating the
eouuting of votes for President and
Vice-President.
By Mr. Clayton—Repealing section
two thousand three hundred and three
of the revised statues making restric
tions In the disposition of public lands
in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Florida.
By Mr. Robertson—To secure the
depositors of the Freedman’s Bank
from ultimate loss; also, to remove tbe
legal and political disabilities of all
citizens of the United States.
By Mr. Spencer—Grantiug Cornell,
Jewett and associates, a charter for an
dfcean cable between the Pacific coast
and Asia.
By Mr. MoMillen—To extend the
time for the construction and comple
tion of the Northern Pacific Boad. It
allows the company ten years more
time to complete the road.
By Mr. West —Amendatory of and
supplemental to the act of March 3d,
1871, to incorporate the Texas Pacific
lload, and the act supplementary there
to, approved May 2d, 1872, and the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad act of July
27 th, 1866.
Mr. Morton submitted a joint resolu
tion to elect the President and Vice-
President by a direct vote of the peo
ple.
Adjourned.
Consecration.
Chicago, December B.—The conse
cration of the Rev. Wm. Edward Mc-
Laren, S. T. D., as Bishop of the
Northern Diocese of Illinois, took place
at the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul.
The building was filled at any early
hour, and hundreds were unable to
gain admission. ' At eleven o’clock the
Bishop-elect arrived. The clergy took.
seats in the three front rows, and the
lay guests occupied seats immediately
behind them. The organ then played
“The Priest’s March in Athalie,” and
the procession entered, headed by
white-clad boy choristers, followed by
the men singers and the berger of the
cathedral, bearing his staff of office.
On the altar stood a magnificent, flower
cross several feet high. The following
reverend gentlemen were present; Rt.
Rev. R. 11. Clarkson, D. D. LL. D.;
Rt. Rev. H. B. Whipple, D. D.; Rt. Rev.
Edward R. Wells, S. T. D.; Rt. Rev.
Gregory T. Bidell, D. D ; Rt. Rev. Jos.
O. Talbot, D. D., L. L. D ; Rt. Rev. John
F. Spalding, D. D.; Rt. Rev. George D.
Gillespie, D. D.; Rev. Samuel Chase,
D. D.; Rev. Clinton Lack, D. D.; Rev.
George Cushman, D. D.; Rev. James
DeKoven, D. I>.; Rev. George Worth
ington and Rev. James A. Bolles, D. D.,
tbe latter two gentlemen acting as at
tending presbyters. Tbe Rev. Canon
Knowles was director of ceremonies.
Bishop McLaren was seated at the up
per end of the chaucel, near the altar.
Directly over the head of the Bishop,
on each side of the floral cross, were
memorial tablets in black, silver and
gold, to the memory of his predeces
sors,-Chase and Whitehouse. The choir
then sang song of praise, “The Angels
Sing,” in which the congregation joined.
Then followed the Te Deum and the
benediction. This closed the morning
prayers.
The consecration then proceeded,
Right Rev. Sami. A. McCloskey presid
ing, Right Rev. R. H. Clarkson and
Right Rev. H. B. Whipple acting as
presenters. Bishop-elect McLaren
knelt and received the testimonials,
certificates and other papers and insig
nia, bestowing on him the dignity of
the office. Right Rev. Edward R.
Wells, S. T. D. Bishop of the diocese
of Wisconsin then preached the ser
mon, at the conclusion of which the
procession left the cathedral. Delega
tions were present from Cleveland,
representing Trinity Church, of which
Dr. McLaren was rector, also from
various parts of Illinois and other
States.
Statement of a Survivor.
London, December 8. —Among the
saveti from the Deutschland was Franz
Hamm and family of Texas.
London, December B.— Twelve corpses
including those of four nurses have
been brought ashore at Harwick. It Is
theught that few if any bodies remain
on the wreck. The following additional
particulars of the disaster are gleaned
from the statement of a survivor. The
lead was cast every half hour, we found
twenty-four fathoms of water, then
seventeen,and immediately after struck;
the engines were turned at full speed
astern, when we instantly lost our
propeller. We were then driven
further up the bank. Two boats were
launched, one containing eight per
sons was swamped the other with
August Hud two others drifted
off. The remaing boats were net
launched because of the high sea, but
were held ready, all however were
alone during Monday. The cargo in
the forehold was thrown overboard to
ease and get the steamer off, but In
vain. The pumps were worked all day
and rockets were fired. The passen
gers remained in the deck houses un
til they were driven into the rigging by
the sea.
FROM BOSTON.
Dedication of a Catholic Church —
Failure,
Boston, December B.—The Cathedral
of the Holy Cross, one of the largest
Catholic churches iu this country, was
dedicated here to-day with the usual
imposing ceremonies. Among the hosts
of clergy were Bishops Lynch, of
Charleston; Hendrickson, of Provi
dence ; O'Reilly, of Springfield; De
Goesbriaud, of Vermont, and Healy, of
Portland.
Notes of the Boynton Packing Com
pauy went to protest ou Tuesday. Tlie
paper was endorsed by two heavy pro
vision firms of this city.
M— Itiuw
The Evening Ghbe is informed that
six frigates now at East Indies will
leave for the Mediterranean via Suez
Canal.
The brig Neponset, Urlmn, for Glas
gow arrived at Fayal leaking badly.
She will proceed without repairing.
AUGUSTA. GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1875.
WASHINGTON.
A REPUBLICAN VIEW OF THE
GREAT CHANGE.
Gathering of the Clans—The South
Captures tbe Federal Capital
Strange and Unfamiliar Scenes—The
Caucus—How Blaine & Cos. Retired
from Their Seats of Power.
[Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.]
Washington, Dec. 4.
The Democracy gathered to the
Capital yesterday morning looking like
soldiers after prolonged battle fol
lowed by a night’s march, tbe lobbies
of the hotels were crowded until the
small hours of the morning, and the
rooms where delegations met till nearly
day. Tbe managers were languid,
pale and nervous, and showed plainly
that sleep had not come to them for
many hours. The crowds at the hotels
were such as Washington has not seen
for fifteen years. They were not largely
composed of members, to the credit of
the latter be it said, but of the strikrs
of the various candidates for Speaker,
and the much greater army of can
didates for the minor offices.
These, in the midst of thick tobacco
fume, and odors of whiskey, and floor
and walls bespattered with tobacco,
talked, and argued, persuaded, begged
and threatened, hour after hour. There
were legless aud armless men iu con
siderable numbers scattered, about, who
no doubt fought bravely, but not for
the Union.
THE “SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, SIR,”
was to be seen and heard on all sides.
He evidently felt that ho had at last
achieved a victory and taken Washing
ton. Said a Confederate Major, a mem
ber-elect, “All Virginia appears to have
invaded the Capital. There are 5,000
from the first families here. It is the
first time an organized Confederate
force ever entered Washington.” The
talk was all of the offices, and for each
there were candidates without end aud
the gravity with which they talked of
the importance to the Democratic
party that there should be due regard
to the sections in the distribution of
the four offices, Speakership, Clerk,
Sergeant-at-Arms, and Door-keeper was
vastly entertaining to all disinterested
hearers. If this motley crow 1 had
been dividing and distributing king
doms, the lofty language and the grave
words could not have been of weightier
eliaracter. There wore plenty of per
sistent candidates, who declared flatly
and boldly that the great Democratic
party could not afford to ignore their
claims—“could not afford it, sir.” Aud
there were dozens who looked as if
they would each take two offices rather
than have any go unfllled.
A SOUTHERN FOUR-IN-HAND.
After a hard-fought night the rank
and file began to tind their way t.o the
Capitol. There were not wanting in the
rauks those who were literally on the
winding way. While walking ou with
the stream, and with it upproaehiug
the Capitol gate, there drove slowly
along the avenue toward the Capitol a I
fitting emblem of the old times which j
seemed returning. A great two-wheeled I
cart, with high sides of warped poplar j
lumber, was making its way along.
Four animals were drawing it. A male
and a horse had the lead, and un
matched oxen were attached to the
tongue. There were rope lines aud
corh-husk collars, and a queer mixture
of rope and thongs and straps for
harness, and on the driver’s board sat
a man with a Joseph’s coat —the whole
thing the exact counterpart of what,
our Northern “boys” saw so much of in
the South. |No one could look at it,
and notice it bearing down on the Cap
itol, without thinking of how much of
the old times were really gathering
back to those halls.
THE CROWD IN THE HALL OP REPRESENT
ATIVES
was very great by noon. The new
members could be detected at a glance
as they entered. There was the same
important manner which they have
maintained at the hotels throughout
the contest there. At home they were
the men of mark. It had not yet
dawned upon many of them that they
could not bo so here. The idea that
they might be somewhat overshadow
ed and partly swallowed up seeme to
creep over them rapidly us they step
ped into the hall, and found them
selves iu a crowd where few seemed to
know each other, and where there were
so many in whose faces no traces of
reverence for a*tnan because he was a
member could be seen. It may have
been fancy, but there seemed to be a
general feeling as if all
FELT THEMSELVES SETTLING DOWN
toward tbe level which most new mem- j
bers will reach.
THE HALL ITSELF
has changed only in its carpet, and this
has already been christened “ McPher
son’s revenge,” which, being interpret
ed, is equivalent to charging the re
tiring clerk with setecting as ugly a
floor covering for the Democratic
House as possible. It is a glaring
blue ground, covered with small square
bars of gray. It might appropriately
be called
“ THE BLUE AND THE GRAY,”
and the relative proportion of the
colors is about that of the mixture of
Union and Confederate among the
members. In this view it is peculiarly
appropriate. But it lias one serious
drawback—for a Southern Democratic
House— it will show tobacco juice to a
great advantage,
TAKING A BACK SEAT.
Posted on the Clerk’s desk was a no
tice which has been uukuown there
since ’59. It set forth that the Repub
lican caucus would be held at night in
the hall, “if it was not occupied,” and
if it was, in the Judiciary Committee
Room. So has Republican glory de
parted.
For many years the small band of
Democrats has obtaiued permission to
use a committee room for a caucus, and
twenty or thirty of the faithful have
annually gathered to agree upon can
didates for complimentary votes, aud
to talk gravely of a policy for the ses
sion, Yesterday these long aqd patient
waiters
WENT If HIGHER,
and the Republicans announced their
withdrawal to the quiet and cosy, yet
ample committee room.
THERE WAS LITTLE CANVASSING
on the floor for Speaker. That ground
was regarded as well fought over dur
ing the night, and nothing was wanted
to complete it but the record of the
ballot. But candidates for all the
other oftichfl were out with their friends
in force. The well kuown candidates
for Clerk required no indorsements or
certificates, but some of tbe unknown
contestants for Door-keeper aud Ser
geant-at-Aims deemed it best to dis
tribute printed recommendations.—
These were scattered on the desks, aud
were all suggestive of the great change
which has come. 1 4 ■;
FOSSILS OF THE DEAD PAST.
One paper was iu regard to Door
keeper. Most of the letters spoke of
his good character when the writers
were in Congress, and the signature,
from Virginia, showed that this was in
the good old days. Judge Niblack, of
Indiana, knew one eighteen years ago
asacleik in one of the offices about
the House, and another member had
met him here over twenty years ago.
These letters are specimens of soores
upon scores, which show how the fos
sils of that dead past are struggling to
rise again. Every candidate hail in
dorsements, no matter how humble the
office he was seeking. These are easy
to obtain in Washington ; it is so much
easier to affix a signature to a paper
than say no.
THE WEIGHT OF INFLUENCE.
A good example of the weight of in
fluence whioh can be secured for a mi
nor position was found in the applica
tion of a liquour-seiler of this city for
the position of “ keeper of the restau
rant of the House of Representatives.”
His paper speaks of his qualifications,
and the signers say : “We cheerfully
recommend his appointment, believing
that, from his long experience as a ca
terer, he would discharge the duties
with great satisfaction.” And the names
appended as signers are those of Sena
tor Thurman, Montgomery Blair, Mr.
Corcoran, Biggs, the banker, and a
dozen others equally well kuown lipre.
[Special to the New York Times.]
Motive of the Nomination of Mr. Kerr
—The Democrats Act Wisely by Com
pulsion—Discontent of the Ex-Con
federate Generals with the Selection
of Clerk.
Washington, December s.—lt was
not a spasm of virtue, but rather of
wholesome fear and a kind of wise
shrewdness, that actuated the caucus
in preferiug Mr. Ken to Mr. Randall.
Very few of the Democrats are found
to object to Mr. Randall’s record
from auy . personal dislike for
it. Tne Democratic members of this
House do not regard him the less
for being a salary grabber, but mem
bers are frequently heard to say: “ We
cannot afford to encounter the constant
newspaper cry about this salary busi
ness. We cannot afford to be contin
ually on the defensive because of the
Speaker we elect.” This was undoubt
edly the feeling that defeated Mr. Ran
dall. If that single act of his in
mist which introduced into his poclet
the amount of back pay which Mr. Kferr
refused to take had not been donel if
he had not been a salary grabber, (lie
would have been Speaker, It was tjhe
reiteration of this charge that consoli
dated against Randall in the last ttvo
days of the canvass the leading men
among the Democrats, including sev
eral Senators. In ali the other fea
tures of the canvass Randall had the
advantage. Personally, he is a man of
considerable maguetic power over men.
Mr. Kerr has almost ao friends beyond
tbe circle of those who know him well.
Randall is active, alert and sharp, and a
fair parliamentarian. Kerr is a much
slower man, and has to reason about
many things which Randall perceives
instantly. For the House Randall
would have made the better Speaker,
but the Democrats chose Kerr for the
whole country and not. because of his
fitness to exercise the duties of the
Chair. Randall was injured by the
support of the Texas Pacific influence,
not because the Democracy opposes
the subsidy, but because it fears that
the country will oppose it. The sup
port of the gamblers hurt him, but it
was because that element of his sup
port became a subject of comment by
the press. The favor with which he
was regarded by Republicans who have
offices tbey do not wan t to lose, or who
do not want to be investigated too
severely, had its influence, but iu
spite of al! this he would have succeed
ed if he had had Mr. Kerr’s record on
the Salary bill. The caucus was by great
effort put upon its good behavior, and
the same men who exercised so much
influence yesterday will endeavor to
hold the majority liruily in hand
through the winter. The ex-Confede
rate Generals are not pleased with the
toue of tlie caucus, nor with its results.
They do not like Lamar’s speech nor
his influence. They were willing to ac
cept Kerr, but they wanted the Clerk
ship. Their man Banks was badly
beaten by Adams, a Union man aud an
officer iu the Union Army. Tlie ex
treme men quite bitterly of
the pains taken to exclude Confede
rates. They are not likely to tolerate
the restraint which the caution of pru
dent Southerners counsels. How gene
ral may be tlie disappointment over the
defeat of Banks is not apparent, but
so far as it exists is quite violent aud
may grow demonstrative. On the
other hand, the best men of the party
arc highly pleased with the result. They
are gratified that the first action of the
party in its exercise of power is not
foolish and indefensible, as its enemies
predicted and they themselves feared.
Lamar contributed more than any
other man to' this result. He was
pledged to Randall, so tile friends of
the latter claim, but his influence was
given for Kerr, and he is pleased at
Kerr’s • election. Whether his labors
here have aided his election to the
Senate is a subject that is discussed,
and it may be regarded as doubtful.
The next important action bearing
upon the future of the party is the
composition of the committees.
New York, December B.—A meeting
of merchants was held this afternoon
at the Chamber of Commerce, to con
sider the discrimination made by rail
road companies against this city ou
freight to the West. B ; G. Arnold, the
Chairman, said the business of New
York merchants was being ruined by
the discrimination maJi by trunk liucs
in favor of other cities, particularly
Boston. A committee was appointed
to wait on tbe managers of the chief
lines, and see what can be done to lid
the city of the’evils complained of.
The Business of Suini| Newspapers.—
This business of suing ‘newspapers for
libel by every scalawag is getting to be
so common since that furious verdict
against the Pioneer Frees, that the
ue*t thing the public is likely to learn
is that a lineal descendant of Cain, the
first murderer, will institute suit against
the first publisher who issues a copy of
the Bible. If the law is wrong, and we
believe it is, the quicker newspaper
men get to work and change it the bet
ter. As the thing looks now, if a news
paper dares to show up the rascalities
of some mean creature whom God
created in His infinite wisdom for some
wise purpose of Hie own. why the fel
low who, very likely, never earned an
honest dollar, and never owned a
character to lose, except a bad one,
‘ runs to a pettifogging lawyer aud ex
pects to get a few thousand out of the
newspaper for libel. The press of the
State should see to this matter next
Legislature.— [Bantings Union (Fern.)
A FANTASTIC NOBLEMAN.
THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND
HIS DIAMONDS.
A Curiously Guarded Treasure House
—Fondness for Confectionery and
Fear of Poison—Tlie Eccentricities
of an Aged Dandy.
There are hut few persons who have
resided in Paris for any length of time
who do not remember the late Duke of
Brunswick, that painted, bewigged Lo
thario, whose follies, eccentricities and
diamonds made him the talk of all Eu
rope. A small volume, recently pub
lished iu Paris, gives some strange and
new details about this royal oddity,
who, the reverse of Jupiter, passed
away from this earth, quitting his be
loved Geneva in a shower of diamonds.
The Duke was born in 1804, He was
the first child boru to his parents, the
Prince Frederick William, son and heir
to the reigning Duke of Brunswick,
and the Princess Marie Wilhelmina,
of Baden, sister of the then Empress of
Russia and to the Queen of Sweden.
The Duke’s youth was a stormy and an
adventurous one. His grandfather was
killed at the battle of lena, being
blinded by a ball which put out both of
his eyes, and he was borne from the
field only to die a few days later of his
wounds; and the ducal family were
driven from their dominations. His
father fell at the battle of Waterloo,
and the young and throneless Duke
was consigned to the guardianship of
his uncle by marriage, George IV. The
negotiations of Prince Metteruich re
stored out hero to the throne of his
father’s when he was nineteen years
old. Two years later he contracted,
while in England, a morganatic union
with a young English lady of great
beauty, Lady Charlotte Colville. The
only child of this union, the Countess
de Ciuy, was that daughter with whom
he afterward had such a long and scan
dalous lawsuit. On the 7th of Septem
ber, 1830, the revolution broke out,
which drove the adventurous prince
from his throne, and thereafter began
the wandering, eccentric life which
ended at Geneva a few years ago.
According to his French biographer,
the Duke had a great influence in con
ferring upon France the doubtful
blessing of the lato empire. One day,
while Prince Louis Napoleon was a
prisoner at Ham, there came to him a
messenger, bringing with him a paper
which he presented to the Prince for
his signature. The Prince signed it
and the man departed, leaving behind
him as the price of that signature a
pack containing eight hundred thous
and francs—the golden key which was
to unlock for the captive his prison
doors. This man was M. Smith, Chief
Treasurer to the Duke of Brunswick,
and the paper was a treaty by which
the two crownless exiles pledged them
selves, the one to re-establish the Duke
upon hi s throne, and to form, if possi
ble, a united Germany, and the other
to aid Prince Louis to gain his uncle’s
crown.
After the coup d'etat the Duke in
stalled himself permanently in Paris.
He purchased, on the Rue Beaujon,
near the Arc de Triomphe, the hotel
which had formerly belonged to Lola
Montez. There .e caused to be erected
the huge and curious structure which,
with its rose-colored walls and profuse
gilding,"seemed the very realization of
a place in a fairy tale. Into this mar
velous building but few persons were
allowed to penetrate. To effect a sur
reptitious entrance was almost an im
possibility. The walls surrounding the
house were of immense height, and
were covered with gilded spikes, with
all of which au electric apparatus was
so connected that if one of them were
touched a chime of elec ric bells was
instantly set in motion. To gain en
trance, the would-be visitor must come
provided with a password, a letter of
introduction, or some potent or unmis
takable reason for being admitted.
Once within the walls he was intro
duced into an elevator lined with blue
satin, which bore him gently to the
ante-chamber of the Duke’s apart
ments. The bedroom of this eccentric
gentleman was made entirely of iron—
walls, ceiling and floor, alike. It was,
in fact, an immense iron cage, wherein
the ex sovereign, thanks to a dozen
complicated pieces of machinery, could
bid defiance to the thieves and assas
sins, the fear of which poisoned his
existence. At one side of this apart
ment, and only to be opened with its
secret key, was a closet containing the
gigantic strong box, wherein was de
posited his marvelous collection of dia
monds. The strong-box, in itself a
marvel of mechanism, was suspended
by four chains in the cavity which it
occupied, beneath which was a well
dug deep beneath the foundations of
the hotel, so that the Duke had but to
press a spring to cause his treasure
chest to disappear from view. Besides
which, the closet was so constructed
that, had auy oue unacquainted with
the secret of the lock essayed to open
it, he would have received the dis
charge of a number of concealed gun
barrels arranged like a mitrailleuse. In
this coffer the Duke kept not only his
diamonds but his bank notes, his pa
pers and his Ingots of gold, many of
which, to escape from prying eyes and
Angers, he had caused to be disguised
as cakes of chocolate. In that iron
box was inclosed all that life held for
him of interest or of love.
He was as much afraid of assassins
as he was of thieves, and surrounded
his life with as many precautions as he
did his wealth. He never employed a
cook, never partaking at homo of any
food, except a cup of chocolate, which
he prepared himself by the aid of a
spirit lamp. The milk for bis choco
late was brought to him direct from
the country, in a locked silver can, one
key of which never left him, and the
other was deposited with the farmer
who supplied him, precautions which
did not hinder him from insisting that
his valet should always taste the first
spoonful of the beverage when pre
pared. He always took his dinner at
one of the great restaurants of the
Boulevard, preferring usually the
Maison d’Or.
Once, when he was detained In the
house by some slight indisposition, the
Marquis de Planty, who was then his
physician, scolded him for eating no
thing but sweets when at home. But
ho could not persuade the Duke to
have a steak or a chop prepared for
himself in his own house; he was
forced to go out, to have the meal
cooked himself, and to bring it to his
royal patient, who exacted from him a
solemn oath that he had never lost
sight of the eatables for a moment.
Reassured on this point, the Pul*e
mad© short work of his dinner, which
he declared to have been the best he
bad ever eaten. He was, however, no
thing of a gourmand , eating little, and
never drinking wine, which had been
(ophidden to him in his youth by bis
physician, his usual beverage being
ordinary beer. He was extravagantly
fond, however, of fruits, ices, preserves
and bonbons, of which he partook on
all occasions, without much regard to
ceremony. Sometimes his magnificent
carriage, with its four splendid horses,
would be seen drawn up before the
door of a fruiterer’s shop, while the
proprietor of the equipage, seated
therein, was engaged iu devouring piles
of peaches or of grapes, which were,
brought to him from the shop. At
other times, when taking ices at Tor
toni’s, be would pay largely for the
privilege of going down into the kitchen
and eating the ice cream direct from
the freezer. His great delight was to
enter a confectioner’s shop and to eat
as long and as much as he liked from
the various piles of bonbons and crys
talized fruits, leaving behind him t.vo
or three gold pieces to pay for his de
predations.
He passed nearly his whole time in
the house. He remained in bed, where
he read, wrote and received his inti
mate friends, till about four o’clock iu
the afternoon, after which his toilet
always took up an immense time, so
that during a great part of the year be
never saw the sun. The excessive care
which he took of his person, and the
artificial character of his make-up, are
matters of public notoriety. He paint
ed his face, or caused it to be painted,
with all the minuteness and artistic
finish that might be bestosved upon a
water-color drawing. His beard, on
the culturo of which he bestowed much
time, was combed, perfumed and dyed
daily.
As to his wigs, ho possessed them by
dozens; and in respect to tbeso wigs
and his manner of using them an
amusing story is told. A celebrated
dame of the demi-monde, being pre
sented to the Duke at the opera one
evening, expressed to him au ardent
desire to inspect the wonders of the
fairy place of which she had heard so
much. The Duke gallan.ly promised
that she should have that pleasure
that very evening after the opera.
Accordingly, when the performance
was over he escorted her to his hotel,
took her up stairs by means of the
satin-lined elevator, and introduced
her into a dimly-lighted room, where
ho left her under the pretext of order
ing more lamps. The lady waited some
minutes for his return, aDd finally, be
coming impatient, she began to look
about her, to discover where she was.
To her amazement, she saw in one
corner of the room a head which
stated at her with motionless and
glassy eyes. She rushed in terror to
the door, but found that it was fast
ened on the outside. A second glance
around the dimly-lighted apartment
revealed the fact that she was sur
rounded by heads—not five, or ten, or
twenty, but thirty, all of which bore
a ghastly likeness to the Duke himself.
Her persistent shrieks at last brought ;
to her assistance a lackey, who opened j
the door and rele;ised her. Tills mys- |
terious apartment was sknply the room ;
where the Duke kept his wigs, and the |
heads were wax models of his owu !
countenance, each differing slightiy
in coloring or in the arrangement of !
the hair. Each day the Duke made
choice of the particular wig and style
of visage wbieh he- wished to assume,
and his valet was charged with the
task of reproducing the colors of the
wax model upon his features.
His dress was always extremely ele- j
gant, though sometimes very eccentric.
He delighted in embroidered dressing
gowns and iu magnifleedt uniforms.—
Among his servants was numbered for
years a magnificent negro, black as jet,
and of colossal stature, who, attired in
a Mameluke costume of the very richest
materials, covered with embroideries
and blazing with diamonds, was always
on guard iu the aute-chamber of the
Duke’s palace, or else waited for him
in the vestibule of auy house in which
he weut as a guest. Some ohe once
asked this magnificent attendant con
cerning the duties of his post.
“I’m for looks and not for use,” he
made answer, showing his snowy teeth.
One night at a ball given by Prince
Jerome Bonaparte, the Duke’s carriage
was delayed for a few moments. The
negro came forward to announce its
arrival, and immediately ho was sur
rounded by a number of the guests,
who wore curious to see this splendid
specimen of servitude, whereupon the
Duke, in his impatience, cried out: “Se
lim, clear the way there! Draw your
sabre, and cut me down some half a
dozen of these impertinent creatures!”
Imagine the effect of this outburst in
the midst of a crowd composed of the
most elegant ladies and highest digni
taries of the new empire!
If there was anything on earth that
the Duke loved bettor than diamonds
it was a lawsuit. He would go to law
about the merest trifle or the most in
significant sum. Once he sued a wash
er-woman about a bill of seven francs.
A single watch, which he sent to a jew
eler to be repaired, and of which the
back was formed of a single ruby, was
in itself the subject of twelve lawsuits, j
The erection of his hotel on the Rue
Beaujon furnished occasion for ten j
more ! He said himself, just before he j
died, that he had squandered millions j
iu that way, and that justice was a j
lottery.
As to his diamonds, he consecrated
fabulous sums to the formation of his
collection, which speedily became cele
brated throughout Europe. Among
tho most remarkable of the trinkets j
which he possessed was a pair of
epaulets, formed not of gold thread,
but of magnificent yellow diamonds
from Brazil. They were valued at two
hundred thousand dollars each, and
were exhibited at the Taris Exhibition
in 1855, watched day and night by four
policemen, who took turns iu mounting
guard over the crystal case which con
tained this treasure.
He nevfir forgot nor forgave the
broken promise of Navoleon 111 to re
instate him on his paternal throne,
One day, being present at some scien
tific experiments shown before that sov
ereign, on reducing diamonds to vapor,
the emperor offered, laughing, to sacri
fice all his diamonds to tho cause of
science if the Duke would do as much.
“Ah, sire,” made answer the Duke,
with a meaning glance, “I am only a
poor exile, and am forced to be eco
nomical. Were I to have the hap
piness of mounting a throne as your
Majesty has done, I would promise to
be more generous—and I keep my
promises,”
His daughter’s conversation to Cath
olicism seemed to arouse in his breast
a terrible enmity against her. Up to
that time he had treated her as beeamo
his acknowledged child, but afterward,
whatever heart he possessed seemed
olosed against her, When she mar
ried the Count de Cirrey, though ho
gave his oonsent to the allianoe, he was
only represented at the ceremony by
one of bis ohamberlalns. Prayers, en
treaties, and finally long years of liti
gation were exhausted in the offort to
make him provide for her and for her
ohlldren, but in vain. An adverse de
cision of the French tribunal in this
question drove him from his fairy palace
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 107
on the Rue Beaujon to Geneva. No par
ticle of his immense wealth was be
queathed to the Countess. He at first
intended to leave his whole fortune to
the Prince Imperial, and a will to that
effect was actually drawn up. When the
war with Prussia was declared the Duke,
then ouce more installed in Paris, hast
ened to remind Louis Napoleon of the
old compact between them, and claim
ed from him in advance, as the con
queror of Germany, the fulfillment of
his ancient promise. But a few weeks
later the Duke was forced to fly with
his diamonds from before the advanc
ing legions of the Prussians. He took
refuge anew in Geneva, and there, in
March, 1871, he drew up the new will,
which constituted the City of Geneva
his sole heir. On the 18th of August,
1873, he was engaged in a game of
chess quite late iu the afternoon; sud
denly he arose, and saying to his ad
versary, ‘-Do not cheat me,” he passed
into the next room. These were his
last w r ords. When his attendants, sur
prised that he did not return, went to
seek him, they found him iu the agonies
of death, and in a few moments he ex
pired. Tims ended that strange, heart
less, eccentric, useless life, whose com
mencement had been surrounded with
such a halo of romance and chivalry.
It was this sudden death that pre
served to the city of Geneva the in
heritance of the eccentric old volup
tuary, who had scandalized its Calvin
istic walls by his manners and his mis
tresses for three years past. Having
cart lessly thrown some water from a
tumbler out of a window, it had
drenched a passer-by, who forthwith
threatened the Duke with legal pro
ceedings. Furious at tho threat, he
resolved to tear up his will, to return
to Paris and to turn his back on un
grateful Geneva forever. He would
restore his rosy Parisian palace which
had been sadly damaged durmg the
commune; he would go back to the
delights of his Parisian life, His law
yer and his steward had been sent for
and preparations for his departure had
already been begun. But, before he
could make ready, he was summoned
to depart on a long journey, and one
which knows no return. His nnde
stroyed will bequeathed his treasures
to the city wherein he breathed his last
and Charles, Duke of Brunswick, de
generate descendant of the heroes of
Jena and of Waterloo, took his plaoe
amid the faded figures of a forgotten
past.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
A fair will be held at Irwin’s Hall, in
Columbia, on the 13th, 14th and 15th,
for the benefit of the Neagle Guards.
The object is to raise a fund among the
friends of the company sufficient to
defray the expenses of a trip to Phila
delphia during the Centennial.
Under the omnibus charter act of the
last General Assembly, applications for
charters of incorporations have been
filed by two new companies, the Fire
Insurance Company, and tbe Ship Car
penters’ andCaukers’ Protective Union,
both of Charleston.
The following gentlemen were elect
ed, on the fltfi'thstam, prestdent and
directors of the Charleston Exchange
for the ensuing yeai: Thodore D. Jer
vey, Esq, President. Directors—
Messrs. Wm, Ravenel, Geo. W. Wil
liams, F. J. Pelzer, B. G. Pinckney, Jos.
L. Tobias, Henry Card, J. H. Parker,
James S. Murdoch, E. C. Williams, W.
K. Ryan, W. J. Middleton and S. L.
Howard.
At tbe aunual communication of
Strict Observance Lodge No. 73, A. F.
M. of Charleston held recently, the fol
lowing officers Were elected and in
stalled to serve for the ensuing year:
D. B. Gilliland, W. M.; W. St. Julien
Jervey, S. W.; J. L. Stocker, J. W.; F.
J. Dawson, Treasurer; J. D. Easterlin,
P. M. Secretary; O. Tiedemau, Jr., S. D.;
Jos. S. Legare, J. D.; M. S. Harris,
Richard Drwson, stewards; L. F. Meyer,
tiler; T. P. O’Neale, organist.
In answer to the call of Dr. Miller,
President of the County Union, a meet
ing of the citizens of Barnwell was held
on the 6th instant. Judge Aldrich was
called to the chair, who explained the
object. After several interesting
speeches by Dr. Lartigue, Messrs. A.
Aldrich, Miller, Simons and Williams, it
was, on the motion of Dr. Miller, re
solved, that the delegation to be ap
pointed shall sustain the Governor in
the recommendations of his veto mes
sage, and that the tax payers be ad
vised not to pay a tax levying a higher
rate.
Columbia Union-Herald : It has been
known for two days that the Governor
was unwilling to see the tax bills come
tp him in their present shape. He has
given the subject the most anxious
thought, and realizes the difficulty of
meeting the expenses and debts of the
State, and, at the same time, acceding
to the demands of the suffering busi
ness interests for the lowest rate of
taxation possible. A knowledge of the
Governor’s feelings was seen in the
postponement of the special orders on
all the tax bills in the House yesterday.
It is pleasant to note this willingness
to pause for further consultation. The
result, we trust, will be that the bills
now under consideration wili be so
modified as to bring the levy within
eleven mills. To exceed that amount
will place it out of the power of the
Governor to approve the measures,
and postpone still later the collection
of the taxes.
The Last of Dejazet,— l have just
returned from the funeral of Dejazet,
“ The Muse of the Vaudeville,” at the
Church of the Trinity. All that is dis
tinguished in Paris paid respect to the
grand old lady. Although the church
will contain four thousand five hun
dred people, tickets were issued with
out limit, aud thousands of ticket hold
ers were excluded from the church.—
She was eighty when she died, and
there were men in the throng who
upoke of her only as a maiden; though,
for that matter, there was very little
girlishness about the swallow, whimsi
cal masquerader. To be sure she was
lively, but only with tho liveliness of
caprice and deviltry. Even lago is
brilliant sometimes, and Lucoa is char
mi ig when she drives everybody mad ;
so Dejazet was prettily wicked, She
succeeded because she was not apirit
uelle, but spirited, But, then, she was
almost historical. She was great in
her way, and Paris adored her, — [Paris
Cable Special {Dec. 4) to the New York
Herald.
Miss Cavendish, the English actress,
is coming, and some one remarks that
she is fine-cut. Then the critics can
puff her if they chews .—Nwristown
Herald.
Charivari tells of a negro named
Domingo, in one of the French colo-.
nies, who, speaking of the advantages
of the Christian religion, Bi\id< "There
was a time when J knew nothing of
God or the devfl, but now I know and
love them both.”
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GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Burglars have visited Athens. “No
cards.”
The Republicans of Atlanta are or
ganizing.
T. W. Alexander has been elected
Mayor of Rome.
Columbus is enjoying fine large
strawberries grown in open air.
The South Georgia Conference meets
at Amerieus in a day or two. Bishop
John C. Keener will preside.
Who’s hit 1 The Southron of Gaines
ville announces for its platform
“ability, honesty, economy, dignity
and sobriety.”
Frank Habersham, a newspaper man
of Atlanta, caught two young negro
burglars on Monday night.
Dr. T. E. Skinner, of Athens, who
has been called to the First Baptist
Church at Macon, preaches his fare
well sermon on Sunday.
A Columbus paper says ; “Congre
gations were very full Sunday notwith
standing the rain.” Are there any
Good Templars in that region ?
A seven year old colored child was
accidentally burned on F. P. Reynolds’
plantation, near Covington, a few days
since.
Forsyth is threatened with a burgla
rous fever. Fhe Advertiser suggests,
‘‘the best plan is to have the stores so
securely fastened that an entrance
would be exceedingly difficult.”
Iu Upson county, the cholera is kill
ing off the hogs in that county. The
disease is prevailing in tho upper por
tion of this county, in tho Uuionvilie
neighborhood. Many hogs there have
died from the disease.
A dead negro was found on the rail
road track near Forsyth, at first it was
supposed he was killed while lying
asleep on the road, but an investiga
tion suggests the idea of murder.
The Radicals in Savannah have an
agent employed to drum up negroes,
escort them to the Court House and
pay their poll taxes. One of them was
seen with some hundred or moro cer
tificates in his bands. You understand
this ?
The young book-keeper who recently
left Savannah somewhat in arrears iu
his accounts with his employers, lias
been apprehended iu a distant city aud
an officer was dispatched to bring him
on.
Rev. James Mcßrvde ha3 accepted a
call to the pastorate of the Baptist
Church of Valdosta, consequently has
retired from Students’ Hall at Mercer
University, of which he has had charge
for a long time.
The Georgia State Grange met yes
terday morning in the ball room of the
Markham House, which was gener
ously tendered them for the purpose
by 001. Owens. The Grangers are all
stopping at the Markham House.
The Atlanta grocers held a meeting,
at which resolutions were adopted con*
demniug tbe idea of a tariff on coffee,
which some parties at the North are
suggesting. It is urged that the tax is
in the interest of speculators only, and
a burden on consumers; and the Asso
ciation called on our Representatives in
Congress to resist it.
The officers of the Exchange Bank,
of Macoa, have made application for an
injunction restraining the officers of
the Planters’ Bank from doing any
thing with the concern. The Exchango
Bank claims to be the largest creditor
of the Planters’, holding its paper
amounting to $47,500.
The failure of West, Edwards & Cos.,
of Atlanta, is the heaviest one that has
occurred in this part of the South.
They have about $200,000 in accounts
due them. Their assets altogether, in
cluding the accounts at face value,
will approach $250,000, whereas their
liabilities amount to about $640,000.
At a meeting held at the Christian
Church, Hunter street, in Atlanta, on
Sunday last, for the purpose of elect
ing a pastor for the ensuing year, tho
votes being taken without a nomina
tion, Elder T. M. Harris, State Evan
gelist, was unanimously elected.
The well known pointer dqg “Mingo,”
belonging to Mr. Horace Spear, of
Columbus, died recently. He had a
large tumor in his body, and while un
dergoing a surgical operation, he was
placed under theiinfluence of chloro
form. Too much was inhaled and ho
died under the knife. Asa bird and
duck dog he did not have his equal in
the State.
Newnan Star: Asa general thiog,
we dislike to hear au editor say local
items are soarce, for it is often the re
sult of laziness, but in this instance it
is true. Our little city is as scarce of
local news as Columbus is of violators
of its local laws.” We are sorry Col.
Fitch has given up reading his ex
changes from Columbus. However, we
will willingly “pass” the locals, if the
witty editor of the Star will write a few
more sketches.
A novel rifle range is to bo made at
Columbus. A deer has been made of
boiler irou, hung upon pivots and
mounted upon wheels to run upon a
track 76 feet long, which is to be
placed upon an inclined plane. Tho
deer being started from one end of the.
track, will travel rapidly, with a lo
ping motion, which will be sustained
by a simple arrangement of springs.
The marksman, standing at a dis
tance, will fire at the deer while it is
in motion aud passing behind trees
and blinds arranged to make tho
hitting of it more difficult.
The Hebrews of Savannah are about
to build a temple. The building will be
one hundred and forty feet long by
forty-eight feet wide, with tower one
hundred and twenty-five feet high, and
slate roof. The style is gothic, of the
fourteenth century order; the windows
of a peculiar and unique appearance.
The aisles will be of an uncommon order
of excellence, beautifully grained and
moulded. The nave will be half grain
ed and arched, with a height of about
forty feet. This nave roof will be tha
second of its kind in the United States,
the Catholio Church in. Huntsville, Ala
bama, having one similar; they were
both, however, designed by the archi -
tect; of the proposed temple.
The Pendleton-Little wing of the
Okefenokee expedition are thus report
ed by the Valdosta Times: “After an
absence of twelve days they crossed,
the swamp, then went fifteen miles ia
boats in a southwesterly direction, from
Barber's Cow House to Black Jack Is
land, and then twelve mil'- ri north from
its western end back to Billy’s Island
making a circuit forty-fivo miles iu
the swamp in, twelve days, two-thirds
of the distauoe never traveled by man
before,”
Basket plaids are very fashionable
this year. A visitor at Bing Sing says
that all the men there except the guards
were dressed in the popular fashion, —■<
Detroit Free Frets-,