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PACKARD & CO. TO BE KICKED
OUT.
The Louisiana Swindlers Barricading'
—Nicholls Virtually Recognized by
Grant Office. Seekers on the Move
Congressional Work—Tilden and
Hendricks Declared Lawfully Elect
ed by the House - A Fitting Protest
Against Fraud.
Washington, March 3.—Senator Al
corn is strongly urged to succeed
Chandler in the Interior Department.
The following telegram has just been
sent to Gov. Nicholls :
Washington, March 3, 1877.
To Gov. F. T. Mckolla, Ne tc Orleans :
The President says he sent a dis
patch to Packard Thursday notifying
him that troops could no longer be em
ployed to uphold either claimant, and
that he does not believe that Packard
would attempt any offensive opera
tions. The President sent the dispatch
so that he might have tirno to re
tire his pretensions if disposed.
Tho President says instructions
have been issued which cancel all or
ders for the preservation of the status
quo, and that neither you or Packard
are bound to observe it. That he
means the people of Louisiana are as
free in their affairs from Federal inter
ference as the people of Connecticut,
and that there will be no disposition to
interfere with them any more than
with the people of New York. The
President concurs with us, that you
immediately issue a proclamation urg
ing protection, amnesty and peace.
Being asked if a posse executing the
process of Nicholls’ court would be in
terfered with by the military, he re
plied : No more than in any other
State. Being asked if Nicholls’ officers
should take possession of the offices in
the State without mob violence would
there be military interference ? he re
plied : There would be none ; that the
military would only be used as it had
been once in New York, and would be
in any of the States, to overcome mobs
too formidable for the civil powers or
State authorities. We have submitted
the foregoing dispatch of yesterday to
the President, who has revised it with
his own hands, and authorizes us to
state that in its present form it is abso
lutely correct.
(Signed] E. A. Burke,
R. L. Gibson,
E. J. Ellis,
Wm. M. Levy.
The town is steadily filling up. The
cavalcade of a circus which happens
to be here and a handsome company
of cadets from some Ohio military
school are parading this morning.
In tho House, a resolution that the
investigation committees be discharged
from further consideration of matters
committed to them, and that persons
held for contempt be discharged, was
adopted.
It is discretionary with the Speaker
to certify the contumacious to the
courts.
The conference on the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill failed.
Tho Senate has up the Army Appro
priation bill.
The House bill extending the Board
of Claims Commission two years
passed.
The members of the Louisiana Re
turning Board have been released from
custody. The Speaker has discretion
about certifying them to tho Criminal
Court.
Nothing from New Orleans through
private channels.
The Treasury has called in ten mil
lion dollars of five-twenties, March 3d,
1865, dated November, 1865. In
terest will cease June 3d, 1877.
Justice Waite will qualify Hayes at
noon to-morrow.
Blaiue and Maxoy have been appoint
ed visitors to West Point.
Confirmation : A. W. Denney, Attor
ney for the Eastern District of New
York.
In the House Conference reports on
various appropriation bills were made
and agreed to.
In the Legislative bill, all points in
dispute were compromised, except as to
tbe President’s salary. The House vo
ted to insist on reduction to $25,000.
In the Post-Office Appropriation bill,
all points in dispute were settled, ex
cept as to railroad car facilities, and on
that point anew conference was or
dered. The bill revives the frankiDg
privilege as to all public documents
printed by order of Congress.
A resolution was reported by Knott,
of Kentucky, and adopted by a strict
party vote, 137 to 88, declaring that
Tilden had received 196 votes or duly
qualified electors, and was thereby
duly elected President, and that, in the
opinion of the House, Hendricks having
received the like number of electoral
votes was thereby duly elected Vice-
President.
Recess to nine o’clock for caucus.
In the Senate, the subsidy for New
Orleaus and Brazil mail steamers was
stricken from the Post Office bill.
Blaine called up the Army Appropria
tion bill, and moved that speeches be
restricted to five minutes. Blaine re
ported a substitute. Substitute agreed
to and adopted by yeas 32. nays 23.
It goes to conference. The bill making
appropriations for awards of Southern
Claims Commission passed and goes
to the President. Recess.
Sherman Will Accept the Treasury
Secretaryship—A Beggarly Parade
-Debate on the Army Bill.
Sherman’s friends says he has ac
cepted the Secretaryship of the Treas
ury.
Some Senators say the Army bill
will certainly fail unless the House con
sents to strike out political provisions.
Two companies of Pennsylvania citi
zen soldiery will participate in the pa
rade Monday. Two white and three
colored local companies will also march.
Tbe Federal array will contribute 12
companies of artillery, acting as in
fantry, and 8 companies of marines.
Masons and Odd Fellows do not pro
pose to participate. The company of
Ohio cadets act as body guard.
In the Senate, Mr. Blaine called up
Sl)c Qlunnsta Constitutionalist
the Army bill. He said the bill, as it
came from the House of Representa
tive, contained a great deal of new
legislation, and the Committee on Ap
propriations thought that the consid
eration of this bill would iuvite discus
sion which would result in the loss of
the bill. The committee had therefore
agreed to report a substitute which
was substantially the Army Appropria
tion bill of last session which had been
thoroughly discussed. The estimates
of the War Department amounted to
$30,946,000. The Army bill of last ses
sion appropriated $27,621,000, and the
pending bill proposed to appropriate
$21,992,000. He moved that debate
upon the bill be limited to five minutes
for each Senator desiring to speak on
the pending| amount. Agreed to.
Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania,
said it would be seen by the
substitute that the Senate occu
pied the field heretofore occupied by
the House of Representatives or, in
other words, it originated an Appropri
ation bill as the substitute was anew
bill. Tho bill just passed by the House
proposed many changes, some of which
were valuable. Yet the Senate Com
mittee, by repor iug this substitute, re
fused to consider them, and tho Repre
sentatives of the people, by this sub
stitute, wero refused a hearing in the
Senate. The House had thoroughly
considered the matter of using the
army in Louisiana, but the Senate Com
mittee. by its report, refused to allow
the matter to be considered in the Sen
ate. The proper course for the Senate
would be to examine each provision of
the House bill and adopt amendments
in cases where it might be thought
necessary to do so. The substitute
fixed the army at 25,000 enlisted men,
instead of 17,000, as proposed by the
House bill.
Mr. Davis, of West YMrgluia, moved
to reduce the number of men from
25,000 to 20,000, and said the adoptiou
of this amendment would result in an
anuual saving to the Government of
between three and four million dollars
annually. He believed an army of
20,000 men was large enough in times
of peace. The Indians were not so
troublesome now as they had been,
and no troops were wanted in Southern
States, where a good many were loca
ted.
Mr. Logan, of Illinois, opposed the
amendment, and said, at every session
or Congress there was some proposi
tion upon an appropriation bill cutting
at the army. It was not an economical
measure to be constantly striking ut
the private soldiers. Why not say
there should be only’ a certain number
of officers ? The soldier in the army
was the cheapest part of it. He did
not believe our army was largo enough.
It should consist of 30,000 men, which
would give about 25,000 effective men.
An army of 20,000 would leave an
effective force of not more than 17,000.
If it was desirable to reorganize the
array, let a commission be appointed
to consider the matter and report to
Congress.
Mr. Blaiue said the proposition of
the House was to reduce the army to
17,000 men. Thirty-five years ago,
when the Indians were nothing like so
bad as they are now, tbe army consist
ed of 12,000 men. The army was small
er now, considering the area of coun
try and the points to be guarded, than
it ever was before. lie thought it
would be very imprudent in the last
hours of the session to reduce the army
as proposed. Probably the army eoul l
be reduced with safety, but no Senator
now had any data upon which he could
say it could be so reduced.
Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, said it was j
not the cost of the army to which the j
people objected so much as they did j
to the employment of the army.' The ,
people of the country feared that the
army had been used for purposes dan
gerous to their liberties, hence object
ed to it. It now seemed to be general
ly understood that the outgoiug ad
ministration admitted that the use of
the army in the Southern States waa
not successful. He hoped the day
would come when the laws would bo
enforced by the military power, only
as a last resort, and then by the militia
of the State, instead of the Federal
army. Ten or twelve years ago there
were emergencies calling for a large
army, which, thank Heaven, no longer
existed. He therefore supported the
bill of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Blaine said he did not believe
there was a lawyer Oil either side of
the chamber who would say that tho
President of the United States was the
Constitutional Commander-in-Chief of
the Army. In some instances he should
command the* array, and in others
should not.
Mr. Bayard argued that Congress
had full power to regulate the use of
the army.
The amendment of Mr. Davis was
rejected. Yeas, 25 ; nays, 33.
Mr. Alcorn voting with the Demo
crats In the affirmative.
Mr. Keruau (N. Y.) opposed the sub
stitute, and concurred in tbe views ex
pressed by the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Bayard.) He argued that Con
gress had power to say that money ap
propriated should not bo used for a
certain purpose. It was competent for
Congress to disband the army entirely
If it thought proper to do so.
The substitute of the committee was
agreed to—yeas, 32; nays, 23—a strict
vote.
The bill was then read a third time
and prssed.
Bills to remove the political disabili
ties of Geo. Watson Carr, of West Yrir
ginia ; J. S. Kennard, of Georgia ; Juo.
M. Haden, of Texas, and G. H. Holmes,
of North Carolina, were taken up and
passed.
Mr. Morton Serenaded—He Explains
Hayes’ Southern Policy—Proceed
ings of the Democratic Caucus.
The President has recognized Luis
de Zea Bermudez, as Y T ice-Consul of
Spain at Charleston, S. O.
Senator Morton was serenaded to
night by his Ohio friends. He acknowl
edged the compliment by making a
speech, saying in conclusion : “I am
not authorized to speak for the Presi
dent-elect, but I venture to say that in
pursuing a just and conciliatory policy,
it must proceed upon the basis of an
enforcement of tbe 13tb, 14th and
15th Amendments to the Constitu
tion of the United States. It must
proceed upon the basis of granting
protection to the life and liberty
and the political rights or all
classes without regard to color or poli
tics. There can be no compromise, no
peace which is not based on the politi
cal and civil rights of all classes of
men. When there shall be such pro
tection to life and liberty, then there
shall be peace and tranquillity, but not
before. I have no doubt, from his ut
terances and from his lofty character,
that he will do the South full and
ample justice, and endeavor, as far as
possible, to obliterate the past and
blot out the hatreds engendered by the
war. and that every step in that dtreo-
lion will be for the peace, security and
protection of all.
Eugene Hale, of Maine, has declined
a Cabinet appointment.
Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, is men
tioned for Secretary of the Navy.
The Democratic caucus, held in the
hall of the House of Representatives
this evening, adopted an address to
the country, prepared by Represents
tive Hurd, of Ohio, for the signatures
of members of the party in the House
and the Senate.
This address will be in the nature of
a protest against the declaration that
Hayes and Wheeler were duly elected,
and will criticise the action of the Elec
toral Commission, and assert that the
lights of Congress have been invaded ;
that crime and fraud have received ju
dicial sanction, and that Republican
Institutions have been imperilled. The
caucus took no action on any other
subject. It was of short duration and
not very numerously attended.
Nominations in the Senate : Culver
C. Sniffln, of New York, and Joseph
W. Whann, of Illinois, to be paymas
ters, with the rank of Major ; Majors
Franklin E. Hunt and Henry Prince,
Paymasters, to be Lieutenaut-Colonel
and Deputy Paymaster-General.
Gen. Johnston Spoken of as Secretary
of War.
Both Houses will continue in session
until noon to-morrow.
Nothing definite about the Army bill
as yet.
It is possible that Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston may become Secretary of
War.
The Army bill is still in conference.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
THE ENGLISH PRESS ON HIS
FRAUDULENCY.
The Times Talks Out in Meeting—
Russia Being Let Down Easy—The
Turkish Goose Hangs Altitudilum.
London, March 3.—The London
Times this morning praises the Demo
cratic leaders for their moderation,
and thinks their conduct will secure
the entire sympathy of the law-abiding
American people who are well able to
appreciate moderation and respect for
constitutional restraints. Among pub
lic men, Mr. Hayes’ election cannot ex
cite genuine enthusiasm, except iu
those who regard politics as a gamb
ling, tricky game. It may be viewed
with moderate satisfaction as an escape
from the worse evils of prolongation of
excitement or conflict of titles. But
Mr. Hayes has not, unfortunately, the
moral weight necessary to ballast a
Republican administration, situated as
this must be. With the best intentions
he will probably be unable to carry In
to effect many of the pledges of his
letter to the Cincinnati Convention.
We trust our anticipations are wrong,
and that Mr. Hayes may show unex
pected force of character and conquer
the sympathies of the nation by an
hone't, teartawt iworiayoKcy .*
London, March 3. — A dispatch from
Berlin to the Fall Mall Gazette says the
replies of the Powers to the Russian
circular will be presented next week.
The Powers have agreed to acknow
ledge the meritorious zeal of Russia on
behalf of the Christians in Turkey.
The replies will be carefully worded, to
make Russia’s retreat from her threat
ening position easy.
It is understood the Powers will also
propose that the Porte be granted a
time for execution of reforms. It is
believed here that Russia will accept
the suggestions of the Powers, though
probably endeavoring to fasteu on them
some responsibility for the future, and
will speedily demobilize her army.
Constantinople, March 3.— Tho Tur ks
have ordered the evacuation of Servia
within twelve days. The Grand Vizier
received a telegram from Prince Milan
ratifying the conditions of peace. Di
plomatic relations between Servia and
the Porte are thus restored. The Mon
tenegrin delegates have visited the
Grand Vizier and the Foreign Minister.
A BLASPHEMOUS JOKE.
HAYES REPUDIATED IN OHIO.
The Radical Legislators Run Off to
Washington aud the Democrats De
nounce the Usurper.
Columbus, Ohiq, March 3.—Owing to
the absence of the Republicans to at
tend the inauguration, the Democrats
had a majority in the Ohio House yes
terday, aud a resol at ion was aJopted
declaring that Hayes had received 185
votes by fraud, perjury, etc., and we
are sorry for it, because, it destroys
our faith in the mercy, justice and be
niUcent goodness of Almighty God,
whom we have been taught to believe
was the defender and protector of
right, in this, that he has allowed vil
la ia y and morul perjury to triumph
over truth, honesty and virtue,
NEW ORLEANS.
Weldon Bailed—Packard Barricading
—Nicholls Proclaims—Tho Army
Wants More Light.
New Orleans, March 3. —Weldon has
been bailed in $5,000.
Barricades of the State House have
been strengthened and fifteen days’
taken in.
Nicholls issues a congratulatory pro?
clamation and urges the continuance of
good behavior. He says : “In the fu
ture history of our State Jet us recog
: uize and respect tiie fact that all class
j and race distinction before the law are
and shall remain abolished. J>t us
honestly accord such eitiz ns, without
any distinction, the full measure of
their rights aud equal ben* lit and pro
tection of tbe law to the end that ad,
under the blessing of G and, may contri
bute to biing about an era of good
feeling, peace and prosperity.”
The city remains quiet, it is under
stood that the military authorities here
have asked for further instructions, to
make their duties dear under the re
cent order covered by the telegram
from the President to Packard.
Minor Telegrams.
Cincinnati, March 3.—Boake & Hunt,
bankers at Lebanon, Ohio, made an
assignment yesterday. Liabilities,
$30,000.
Wilmington, March 3.— The Jour
nal, which suspended last October and
was revived in Janusry, baa again sus
pended in consequence of financial
embarrassments.
Schenectady, March 3.— At tho Semi-
Centennial Convention, last night, the
Sigma Phi Society met. Among those
present was Charles T. Cromwell, of
New York, the only surviving founder
of the fraternity. The Convention was
largely attended, all the Chapters from
this and different States being repre
sented.
AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1877.
PATTI’S UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
MAURICE STRAKOSCH TELLS
THE STORY OF THE COURT
SHIP.
The First Meeting with the Marquis
de Caux—Diamonds from Napoleon
111. and Eugenie—Patti’s Prepara
tions for a Divorce Suit.
[From an Interview with a Herald Re
porter.]
“Where did Adelina first become ac
quainted with the Marquis de Caux?”
Mr. Strakosch—lt was at the grand
concert given by the Emperor Napo
leon in the palace of the Tuileries, Jan
uary, 1865.
There was the Emperor beaming in
health and at the very zenith of his
popularity and power—then the arbi
ter of Europe; the Empress in all her
beauty and literally covered with dia
monds, and the young Prince, of whom
they were so proud; all the marshals
and dignitaries of the Empire hanging
on the will of their imperial master as
if ho were something more than hu
man. It was in the Salle de Mare
ebaux. Those concerts went off
generally, iu consequence of the
great ceremony observed, in a
rather cold way; but on this
occasion, to the surprise of every
body, the Emperor was quite en
thusiastic, and himself and tbe Em
press were so very liberal iu their ap
plause that they carried the whole
audience with them in a great storm of
delight. After the concert the Empe
ror and Empress, with the Prince Im
perial, came to Adelina and compli
mented her iu the kindest manner.
The Emperor said it would afford him
great happiness to learn that she had
made Paris her home, never to leave it
again. She had already been five sea
sons in Paris at this time. As the im
perial party were leaving an ecuyer
who stood behind them, after adding
his compliments in a very enthusiastic
manner, offered to escort Adelina to
her carriage. This gentleman was the
Marquis de Caux, a descendant of one
of the few old noble French families
who had become reconciled to the
Empire.
“So, then, this was the first meet
ing ?”
Mr. Strakosch —Yes, and it was fol
lowed by a second meeting sooner than
I expected. It was the next afternoon
at 2 o’clock. The Marquis came with
a splendid pair of diamond earings—a
present for Adelina from the Emperor
-and a superb bracelet, the gift of the
Empress, neither ©f whom, the Mar
quis said, could suffer a day to pass
before sending Adeliua some token of
their appreciation of her beautiful sing
ing.
“Did tho Marquis thon make any
professions of regard on his own ac
count?”
Mr. Strakosch—He behaved "ftien,
and for some months thereafter, with
exquisite politeness; but he diditT;'
show to Außiftra," to her rattler, or t(T
myself that this was prompted by any
other feeling than the most disinter
ested admiration for her. Curious as
it may seem, thus early in their ac
quaintance, in spite of the kindest at
tentions, the flowers and gallantries ho
showered upon her, she conceived for
him an antipathy almost invincible,
and it was with difficulty that her
father or myself could persuade her to
receive him when he called. The Mar
quis—although most other men might
have been discouraged—helped by the !
representations of a lady companion j
of Adelina, Who was always by her side, |
persisted in his attentions, and laid his |
siege so well that after many strug- !
gles he succeeded in removing her re
pugnance to him. With tho ice once
broken, the Marquis contrived in one
way or another to be forever by her
side. If she drove on the Bois de
Boulogne and stopped her carriage to
take a little promenade, he would be
sure to be on the same promenade, and
would find a way to approach her.
Wht-n she was invited to a ball or a
dinner party or went to the Theatre
Francais, somehow ho managed to be
there too, as if by chance.
De Caux is a very eloquent convert
sationalist, an excellent horseman, and
an incomparable dancor. Adelina’s
companion, tho friend of de Caux, was
always ready to point out these good
qualities and dwell upon them in terms
of the highest praise. After a while
these constant attentions of tho Mar
quis to Adelina came to be spoken of
a good deal by the fashionable society
of the gay capital, and every one said
that it meant that something was
going to happen—every one but those
who should first kuow of such an
event, myself and her father. Finally
there appealed a paragraph in a Paris
paper to the effect that Adelina and
the Marquis were engaged.
Now I could not express to you the
outcry and indignation this paragraph
elicited. Adelina had then a great
many admirers in Paris, and had three
different offers in marriage, and all
brilliant offers too. All of them she
declined in succession, intimating that
sho desired to live only for art, Some
how everybody desired that she should
coutinue single. When asked about the
rumored engagement to de Caux, Ade
lina contradicted the report in the most
indignant manner. We then left Paris
for London, where one line day the
Marquis arrived “on a visit for a few
days,” as he said, in explanation of his
presence, Then we left for J3aden-
Baden, and here again the Marquis
came “for a few days” more. From
this poiDt we returned to Paris, where
the Marquis was of course at home.
“When do you think she determined
on marriage?”
Mr. Strakosch-J think it must have
been some time in the month of Janu
ary, 1866. Then Adelina again sang at
the court concert in Paris, and the Em
press approached her and spoke to her
in Spanish. She addressed her as
Quer'ida Adelina, and asked : “Are you
not tired of being siDgle? why don’t
you marry ?” and then and there told
her she ought to marry the Marquis
de Caux. This, J thiuk, was the turn
ing point in his favor. From that mo
ment, I believe, Adelina entertained
| some idea of a marriage. All her
friends endeavored to dissuade her
from such a step, however; but the
eloquence of the Marquis prevailed,
aided by his faithful lady friend, who
was the companion of Adelina. Soon
after he had a formal engagement, of
whioh Adelina informed her father and
myself—but only after the engagement
had been made. Now began all the
terrible stories about De Caux which
have circulated ail over Europe, and
which have been far from flattering,
“How did these stories affect her
then?”
Mr. Strakosch—You can easily ira
| agine how the father of Mile. Patti and
myself were affected by them. Of
course, we did everything possible to
persuade Adelina to break off the en
gagement.
“And did you then succeed?”
Mr. Strakosch—Yes, it was broken,
' for Adelina had become frightened al
most to death by what the people had
said about De Caux. She was just then
occupied studying anew opera, and ail
absorbed with it, and seemed to be only
too happy to be off with the engage
ment.
T “But it waa resumed again?”
Mr. Strakosch—Yes, and it would be
too long to tell you how. The Marquis
was too persevering and eloquent, and
he finally persuaded Adelina, her
| father, myself and the rest of the world
■ that he was tbe personification of per
i secuted innocence. Finally, we all
1 gave our consent, and the marriage
took place at the French Embassy iu
i London in the summer of 1868.
j “At this time Adelina must have had
considerable fortune of her own?”
Mr. Strakosch—At that time Adelina
;i had abont $120,000 In money, and, I
. should say, about $30,000 in diamonds,
! which her father, advised by me, had
| settled on her, and in such a way that
: neither De Caux nor she could ever
1 touch it; but she personally would re
| ceive the interest of it during her life
time, and, of course, it would go to her
children or other heirs at her death.
“Why clid you advise such an arrange
ment ?”
Mr. Strakosch—ln spite of all De
Caux’s persuasive powers, I felt it my
duty to guard Adeiina’s future, aud to
make her position safe, whatever should
happen.
“Was it then understood she should
have permission to remain on the
stage?”
Mr. Strakosch—Yes.
“What arrangement was made re
specting the sums she should earn in
the future ?”
Mr. Strakosch—One-third of her fu
ture earnings was to go to her person
ally and two-thirds were to go to their
joint account after having paid their
expenses.
“Was the Marquis a man of fortune
when he married her ?”
Mr. Strakosch—l don’t thing so ; but
1 think he had some expectations from
bis step-father and from his mother.
. “Did you see the Marquis frequently
after the marriage?”
Mr. Strakosch—l have seldom been
in the cities where Adelina sang; but
•whenever I found myself in the same
ldace I visited them frequently, and I
,nust say I never felt that, there was
uny very serious difficulty between
ihem. Until this very morning I
thought and hoped that the storm this
ime would blow over as it bad done in
he past, but now I have information
:>f such a delicate naturo that I could
lot possibly disclose it to you, which
t,eems to piace a future reconciliation
beyond the bounds of probability.
t r ou can imagine how much lam af
fected by this intelligence when I tell
,’ou that for seventeen years—from the
ime she was eight until she was twen
ty-five years old—she was almost con
tinually at my side. Indeed, she was
uke a daughter to me and my wife,
Itvoo, as you know, is her sister.
'** act a very yuag
man, I believe?”
Mr. Strakosch—No, he is about fifty.
“They have no children ?”
Mr. Strakosch—No, they never had
any.
THE STATUESQUE STYLE IN
DRESS.
Tightening the Tieback —Scant Dra
pery—The Female From Divine.
A New York fashion letter says: If
there ever was a time in the annals of
femaio attire when modesty was entire
ly disregarded, that time is when a
belle of the period dresses for an even
ing entortainment or an aetress for a
“swell” part, The waist is out square
iu the neck, back and front, and very
low, especially behind the opening of
the dress, almost extending down to
the waist. There are no sleeves, only a
shoulder strap, which makes a woman
look ail arms, neck and bust, a terrible
expense of bare flesh, which is soften
ed by a necklace, or a black velvet
ribbon with a locket attached, The
waist is out basque shape, but plain
and tight to the figure, and comes
down to the hip bone; there the skirt
begins; but there is not a fold, nor
should there be even a wrinkle in front,
nor at the side—at the back breadth
one or two immense box pleats are set
in to give the requisite puffing, and the
sweep of the train, the looping or puff,
owing to the extreme length of the
body, for it terminates at the end of
the backbone, must of necessity be
very low down.
Most of the dresses are without
overskirts, sash, flounce of trimming
of any kind. Some of the skirts have
a full flounce about a foot deep at the
bottom of the dress, inside of which is
tacked a fine white muslin flounce,
trimmed with lace to represent a petti
coat, and this is said to be positively
all the underclothing that an actress
or a dame de societe wears in full dress.
Such a dress as this, of handsome
cream colored silk, is worn by Miss
Katharine Rogers as the Princess in
The Danicheffs. It certainly looks
statuesque when she is standing up,
but it is laughable to see her sit down.
Her tieback and scantiness of material
restrain free movement, and so she
eases down gingerly; she cannot sit
down quickly and freely, but insinuates
herself into a seat, always with her
face to the audience.
Fortunately she plays a part, the
chief characteristic of whioh is dignity,
which is supposed to consist in slow
ness of action and holding the head
well up. One trembles ito think what
would happen if some of the strings
should snap, or someone should step
on the'skirt, tearing it away from the
body. In such an event, if report be
true, Eve herself would be rivalled in
simplicity and paucity of apparel, be
cause under-clothing for an ultra
fashionable lady is obsolote. All the
actresses dress the same. It reveals,
alas! in many cases, less beauty of
form than the sex is goneraliy credited
with. It shows the bad effects of tight
laejug, which is not so observable in
ample drapery, which effect is prin
cipally a very small waist at the
of a good deal of corporation.
It also exposes queer limbs; in some
Jneanoes, big knees that stick out, or
knock ip, and fearful feet that iind no
concealing folds, and hips—dear,dear!
what a strange assortment of these—
too broad—some too narrow—some
too high and some non est. In short
the statuesque style requires the form
of a young Venus—all others it tries
sadly. No bustles aie worn—they
have goqe out entirely, and if any
overskirt or drapery is worn it must
be draped low down, only a little above
the hem of the dress. Even for street
wear tne statuesque is affected, the
waists are cut into several seams,
which is becoming to a stout form, and
there are fat ladies in existence, the
present lath-1 ke fashion to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Daitw Constitutionalist, $6 per year.
| COMMUNICATED.]
TRUE REFORM.
Mr. Robbe and His Cement Works-
Some Suggestions—A Chance for
Capitalists—A Fashionable Trick of
Some Corporations—Down With Cor
ruption.
Mr. Editor— While reading the Con
stitutionalist, a few days ago, we
were pleased to observe au article on
the "Augusta Cement Works,” which
have recently been established by your
enterpri.-iug and energetic fellow-citi
zen, Mr. Robbe, and are onlj ? surprised
that these important works escaped
the attention of your newspaper re
porters until this late day. Better late
than never. But perhaps duo allow
ance should be made for auy neglect
these perilous times, when men’s minds!
are occupied with other matters of
seemingly more importance than water
pipes, unless it could be made appa
rent that Mr. Robbe could construct a
sewer from the Mississippi that would
reach Washington, drown all the Radi
cal rats and wash out every par
ticle of corruption and filth (into
the Potomac) that has been ac
cumulating in and around the
capital for the past fifteen years. If
Mr. Robbe could by any means accom
plish this glorious feat of purification
by fire or water, (through a Returning
Board or otherwise) his name would
forever after be handed down to pos
terity as a public benefactor of his race,
and the "Augusta Cement Works”
would grow in favor throughout the
civilized world. With “Donn Piatt” as
a partner no additional capital would
be required to make the work a perfect
success for all time to come.
But, seriously, there are only a few
reasons why manufacturing and every
other Southern enterprise should not
succeed if we would only be true to one
another, stand by our friouds, patron
ize home industry, comply strictly with
our contracts, keep our credit good
and pay all honest debts or obligations
to the utmost of our ability. This we
could all do if we would, and this is all
that could be expected from us.
Do we follow this precept? Do we
half try to do as wo would wish to be
done by as individuals and corpora
tions ? Many, very many, cau answer
in the effiiinative, but how many more (
are there who have no regard whatever j
for their obligations, if there is auy i
possible way to sneak out of them.
Were it otherwise, you would soon see
a very different state of affairs in the
money market. Foreign capital would
flow here like a rushing river to seek
investments at half the rates now cur
rent, whereas the stream is now the
other way, as prudent capitalists on
both sides of the Atlantic would much
prefer three per cent, sure than three
times that amount doubtful. There can
be no question as to what you say,
that “a large amount of capital now
lies idle in Europe for want of good
chances of investment. Could we not
draw some of this money to our city
and State. Thxeo pel cent, gold is Con- I
siderod a good return for money in- ;
vested, because it is always a certain !
return.” This is the whole truth in a
nutshell—plenty of idle capital in Eu
rope which would come here freely, if
wo could only be trusted. That’s the 1
rub—however uupalatable it may be
to our Republican feeliogs. Would
you believe it, there is not
a little idle capital nearer home
if we could point out an invest',
ment where there is no danger of future
litigation or repudiation; but while we
are daily taught by bitter experience
that what is considered first-class 1
security to day may be threatened with |
repudiation to-morrow, is it any won
der that we are shunned on every side,
and that foreigu capitalistssnould have
a perfect horror of being gobbled up
by rings of every conceivable material ?
Hace John Bull in the situation of
Branch & Herring aud imagine his ex-1
alted opinion of the integrity of an
“ Empire State,” whose motto Is, "Wis
dom, Justice and Moderation” —wis-
dom like the serpent to charm and
strike, justice like the handle of a jug,
iu the shape of wiiful deception, mod
eration in the not of requiring no more
than we can lay our hands upon. It
matters not whether it be a proud
and prosperous State, or a
wealthy corporation, or individual,
which endeavors, directly or in
directly, to evade its solemn obliga
tions, you may rest assured capital will
give a cold shoulder until they learn
to mend their manners, and the sooner
we learn to understand that fact the
better for all concerned. It has be
come quite too common of late for cor
porations who are perfectly able to pay,
to commence whining about inability
the moment after they have got all the
money wanted from the public to com
plete their projects, whether it be in
the shape of constructing railroads,
grading and paving streets, establish
ing water works or enlarging a canal.
If they cannot see their way clear be
fore commencing, it is absolute dis
honosty to proceed, deceiving uusus- 1
pecting citizens, and the penitentiary is
the proper place for all such public- j
spirited gentry, where they might be ;
profitably employed as cobblers..
If the canker-worm of corruption is
still gnawjug at the Capitol in Wash- j
iugton, let us try, by all means, to keep
it out of our State Capitol, and if it
bores iuto our municipal or railroad !
corporations, let the honest people of i
the country rise in their might and
throttle the vile monster before he be
comes too formidable to devour our
entire substance. Countryman.
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Marine Mishaps.
New York, March 3L— The schooner
Maggie aud Rucv went ashore last
night near life saving station No. 13,
north-side at Rarnegat Inlet, and went
|to pieces. AU hands were lost. The
above is supposed to be the schooner
Margaret and Rucy, hence for Charles
ton, 8. C.
| The Gainesville Southron chronicles
another fire in that city. It says: "It
is with profound regret we record the
burning, on Thursday night, of the
dwelling house, kitchen and furniture,
and some of the household goods of
our neighbor, Wm. Robin, This is a
severe blow upon Mr, Rollin, who has
worked faithfully for several years to
build up a snug little home. We hope
our people will properly sympathize
with him, and help him and his large
family bear this calamity, which to
them is very severe in these depressed
times.”
Paxton, Mass., recently had a wed
ding at which the bride was 7fl, and the
bridegroom 72.
I ou may sometimes put a sauce into
a cup, but you should always put a cup
iuto a saucer.
-
Cincinnati, March 3.— The Southern
Railway yesterday awarded a contract
for the construction of the Tennessee
river bridge to a Philadelphia party.
TRADING! TALENT FOR TITLE.
Artists Who Have Married Into the
Nobility, and the Price They Paid
I for It.
[Philadelphia Timea.l
The marital infelicities of Adelina
Patti, which have been lately spread
before the public of Europe aud Amer
ica have awakened attention afresh to
| the unfortunate frequency of like oc
currences amoug lyric and dramatic
artists. The plaudits of multitudes,
the brilliancy of diamonds and the per
fume of floral offerings at the theatre
j and the opera house are not in all
eases types of homes in which love
builds an altar and peace and content
ment, unbroken faith and perfect trust
have a constant abiding place.—
In some cases ambition leads
: young, struggling artists to mis
| take a title for the one thing need
ful. They barter their hands for a
coronet, and find that all that glitters
is not gold; that such alliances have
but one end—disappointment. On the
other hand, men who have titles and
want gold to support their extrava
gances; who are proud and dissolute,
bid for the prize of a popular prima
donna, and make the altar a mere place
where a mercantile transaction is re
corded in a proper, legal manner.
These are the fountains from whence
proceed the bitter streams that make
barren and arid the lives of too many
of the pets of the public, both as sing
ers and actresses. Men and women
alike are caught in these matrimonial
maelstroms and wrecked in hopes, in
prospects and ambitions.
The list cf unhappy marriages, of
separations and divorces among lyric
and dramatic artists in the old and
new world is far too long for Dleasant
contemplation. Mile. Garcia, the cele
brated singer, married an old man in
New York, supposed to be rich, named
Malibran, In a short time she left him
and returned to Europe, aud, after ob
taining a divoroe, married De Beriot,
the eminent violinist. Grisi, another
lyric star, who, for a time, had few, if
any, competitors upon the lvric boards,
married M. de Meloy, a French gentle- |
man. It was a mistake, and the ties
were dissolved in a short time. When j
in this country in 1854, her name was j
intimately associated with that of the!
tenor Mario. Mile. Alboni, the best of!
Italian contraltos, married the Count 1
Peppoii, to be a Countess. Her fate
was a judicial separation after having
supported her titled pensioner for a
half a score of years. Sontag, !
pleasantly remembered iu this couu- •
try, was united to Count Rossi. He j
was a spendthrift and a gamester, and,
although no formal separation was
ever registered between the parties,
still the union was in spirit dissolved, !
and the Count lived upon the earnings
of the artist rather than the wife. The
death of Sontag and the tenor Pozzo
lini, in Mexico, was surrounded with
such suspicious circumstances as to
cause considerable excitement at the
time. Susannah Paton, afterwards
known as Mrs. Wood, in the early part
of her career as a singer was wooed
and won by Rord William Lennox, of
England. He soon tired of the poor
singiDg girl, neglected and ill-treated
her, and the consequence was a di
vorce. She afterwards married Joseph
Wood, a popular English siDger, and
in 1833 was a general favorite in this
country. Rucoa, who a few seasons
ago was so popular in the United
States as Marguerite in "Faust,” and
other parts, trod the path pursued by
so many of her gifted sisters. She was
divorced from one man—Baron Yon
Rhaden—aud lately married Captain |
Wallhofer.
Patti is in the same stream and float
ing in the same direction. She mar
ried the Marquis de Caux during the
Bonaparte dynasty, and It is said un- |
der pressure from the Court, atd is i
now en i'oute to Paris to apply for a
divorce In the proper tribunal of that
city. De Caux is an expensive luxury.
His name costs too much, and Patti Is I
about to get rid of it. She tasted the j
riil which lured so many young and
ambitious artists in the wrong path,
aud the result is the same—a divorce.
De Murska, the lyric artist, was the
wife of Count Richard Nugent, iu the
Austrian army for a short time, during
her career, and the legal knot was out
by the judicial sword. Miss Nellson i
married Philip Re?, the son of a minis
ter of the Church of England. Her
married life was brief and by no means
cloudless, and within the past fortnight
she was divorced in the courts of New
York. Mr. Ree accompanied her on
her first visit to the United States. On
the second he remained in England.
In this country some notable in
stances of the unfortunate marriages
of artists have taken place. In 1832
Frances Anne Kemble accompanied her
father, Charles Kemble, to this coun
try. Her appearance at the old Chest
nut Street Theatre as "Juliet,” sup
ported by her father as "Mercutio” j
and James E. Murdoch as “R-uneo,” is
one of the memorable thoatrioal events
of this city. Iu 1834 she married Pierce
Butler. From incompatibility of tem
per they separated and a divorce was
finally granted in 1848. Anna Cora
Mowatt, the author of the comedy of
“Fashion,” and an actress of cunaider
, able merit, was not happy in her mar
ried relations with Mr. Mowatt, a
wealthy lawyer of New York. A di
i vorce tool: place, and she was after
wards the wife of William F. Ritchie.
! She retired from the stage ia 1854.
Edwin Forrest, the great American
actor, married Miss Sinclair, the
daughter of John Sinclair, au English
opera singer, while on a professional
visit to England in 183 G. He returned
to this country in 1838, and after some
years applied for a divorce from his
wife in New York. After a protracted
trial his application was denied, but on
the contrary, under the laws of New
York, Mrs. Forrest was divorced from
him. This was a bitter b-ow to Mr.
Forrest, and colored his >.kole after
life. He lived a lonely man, and at
his death bequeathed tho major part
of his fortune to found a home for aid
actors. He was childless.
George Jordan married agile Annie
Wolters, at one time connected with
the company at the Walnut Street
Theatre. About three years in this
case put out the torch of Hymen, and
a divorce was decreed in New York.
Ho subsequently married Emily
Thorne, aud in this case also some
"crookedness” took place,
Effie Germon, at one time immense
ly popular with the impressible young
men of this city, was united to 'Carlo
Patti, a brother of Adelina Patti, 1859. ,
The old story, a divorce, is to be told
in this case. Raura Joyce, an English
actress, came to this country to act in !
"Leo and Roftus,” a spectacle pro-;
duced in Nibla’n Garden. New York, i
She was fair in face, graceful in figure ;
and a sweet singer, These attraoted |
the attention of James Yalentine Tay
lor, a wealthy gentleman of Boston,
who courted and married Miaa Joyce.
One child is born, and theft comes a
suit for divorce from the wife, who is
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
now traveling with the Evangeline
Comic Opera Company. Each have
their own stories to tell, but the end is
same—a desire for separation.
This record might be lengthened, but
enough ewses have been cited to "point
a moral and adorn a tale,” to show
that Patti and Neilson are not peculiar
in tho endings of their matrimonial
engagements, aud that the curtniD has
been rung down upon a like denoue
ment iu many noted instances in the
pas!.
TERRORS OF THE TURKISH BATH,
A Oold Hill Man and a San Francisco
Fiend.
[From the Silver City (Nev.) Reporier. |
He entered the Hamman bath houso
as a Nevada invalid, but he didn’t be
gin to know the torture of a genuine
Turkish bath. The Hamman bath
house is in San Franciseo, and every
time a San Franciscan gets a fair
chance at a Comstocker he seeks the
most cruel method of making it tropi
cal for his sage bush victim. It was so
in this case, and it was with a forebod
ing of no good that our fat friend en
tered the lair of the enemy and asked
for a genuine Turkish bath. The sus
piciously affable gentleman who runs
the infernal machine pompously dilated
upou the efficacy of water heated after
the Turkish fashion, and with a majes
tic wave of his merciless hand ushered
invalid Nevada into the torrid tanks,
simply assuriug his patient 20 minutes
was the usual time, but as an especial
favor he could stay iu a week, and,
locking the door, ostensibly to prevent
intrusion upon the now denuded
Adonis, but really to make more com
plete his fiendish work of steam assas
sination, departed. But five minutes
had elapsed by the clock, yet it was a
year of apprehensive patience to tho
sweating, fuming Nevadian. He knew
that the door was locked against es
cape, and his palpitating heart knocked
two ribs out of place as he almost
wildly rapped at the door and called
the villainous superintendent of Turk
ish suds. That individual lazily came,
aud with a hopocritieai suavity of man
ner coolly inquired what ho wanted.
Dives once asked old man Lazarus for
a drink of ice wate, and it was in the
same spirit of agony that our belcag
ured Nevada hero pleaded with his
persecutor.
“I am suffocating, my genial friend.
Something is certaily wrong with the
bath; it’s hot, red hot! Please let me
out a moment to breathe.”
"Pshaw! you’re frightened for noth
ing; take your bath, everything is
right!—you’re lrom Nevada, oren’t
you?” and the scoundrel left. Five
minutes—five years to the gradually
parboiling victim-tediously rolling
around. Now and then a hair dropped
out of the sufferer’s head and went
crispily to the floor, while a river of
sweat poured down his fat legs—he
was surely but slowly growing bald;
he knew it; there ww ,'l- v u A _ l fcL' > con _
-’Uni—r-frprri l Mrif -'"' ll! i.iw>nyii... *
and he staggered to the door and yell
ed lustily for the police. The superin
tendent once more came, and there was
a diabolical gleam in his sinister eyes
as he whispered through the key-hole:
"What the devil do you want now!”
“I want to get out of this, you ruf
fian ! lam scalded to death—my hair
is falling out! My legs are melting
down like a candle, let me out, I say !”
“My dear, good fellow,” quoth the
Turkish fiend, “you act like a child.
Bea mau, sir! take your full time—
only t-e-n minutes more l—finest bath
house in the city—built by Hon. John
Paul Jones, of Nevada, sir, of Ne-vaw
da ! blame it, take your time!”
He was gone again, and the Bweat
went ou. A mau will suffer for the
fame of his name sometimes, and that
victim’s name was Jones. One—two
three—four live minutes more, and
then there came a quiet, orderly rap
from the inside.
"Well, well, sir ! what’s the trouble
now ?—want to get out again, I s’pose,”
said the superintendent, turning ou his
heel to go again.
"No, oh, no ! But did you say this
infernal oven was built by J. P. Jones,
of Nevada?” J
“Yes, sir ; yes, sir—but what in thun
der do you want now?” growled out
the Turkish monster.
“My good, kind, obliging fellow, I am
Ed. Jones, brother of J. P., and I simply
want a folk.”
"A f-o-r-k!—what for a f-o-r-k?”
"Yes, my friend, a fork; I want to
try my bones, and if they are done I’m
done clear through 1”
Revenge is foiled again.
EDOAR POE.
His Prediction of our Political Trou
ble.
|Nashville American.)
Edgar A. Poe, in a brilliant prose
article published in 1848, give? a
sagacious prediction of our present
political situation. Surely the mantle
of prophesy, "a diviner* gift tiiac:-
thougt,” eoveloped the soul of that
ecceutric genius. The paper purports
to be a letter written "a thousand
years hence.” The poet exercises his
poweiful imagination in describing tho
wonderful progress that he supposes
| the human raoe will have made by
that time. Among other changed,
republican forms of government will
I long since have passed out of use, the
I inhabitants of that enlightened period
scuffing at the idea of them as a mon
i strous absurdity. Speaking of us
I ‘-ancient Americans,” the author says:
| “It is related, however, that the first
circumstance which disturbed, very
particularly, the seif-oomplaceney of
the philosopher who constructed this
I ‘republic, 1 was the startling discovery
that universal suffrage gave opportuni
ty for fraudulent schemes, by means of
which any desired number of votes
might at any time be polled, without
the possibility of prevention or even
detection, by any party which should
be merely villainous enough not to bo
ashamed of the fraud. A little re
flection upon this discovery sufficed to
render evident the consequence, which
were that rascality must predominate—
in a word, that a republican govern
ment oouid never be anything but a
rascally one.
Now, if the statement made in this
extract be true, the then logical de
duction at its close is unanswerable.
And it must be admitted that the de
cision of the Electoral Commission
that a gigantic election fraud must
pass uncorrected, even uninvestigated,
goes far to verify Poe’s prophesy.
W. E. V.
Dr. J. H. McLean has great confi
dence in his new principle, Dr. J. H.
McLean’s Cough and Lung Healing
Globules, for Coughs, Colds and Con
sumption, when he sends by mail trial
boxes for 25 cents, to prove their won
derful virtues Boxes for $1 contain
six times the amount. Dr. J. EL
Lean, 314 Chestnut street, St. Louis,