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Our Legislators are doing good work in spite of
the thermometer. Major McTl’horter. the “ old re
liable from Greene, declared in the House on
Tuesday that he bad never seen business better con
ducted than during this session. And the Major
speaks from an experience of a quarter of a cen
tury. *
Monday evening there was a pleasant little hop
at the Leyden Mansion—the delightful boarding
Evidence in a criminal law court is divided
into two classes—the direct and circumstantial.
These are very different. Direct evidence is
that of a person who says, “I am so-and-so,'
and it becomes valuable when a second person
corroborates the first exactly, or almost exactly.
Circumstantial evidence is where circum
stances prove the case against a man, while
there is no direct evidence.
_ _ _ For instance, in the event of death through
house on Peachtree St. on whose shady colonnade lienee, if three men give evidence they saw
w,-ci„*,v- i t. • • .1 i ! the prisoner commit the crime, that is direct
legislative lights are seen enjoying the cool and | evi( ^ nce Now< 9npp09e nobod ’ y 9aw the deed
criticising the belles as they pass on horseback, in ( perpetrated> but that while one observed the
phaetons or prisoner going toward the dectased man’s house
with a cocked gun, another marked him leave
“ Tripping lightly o'er the pave.” *
A base ball tournament at Oglethorpe Park is
contemplated by the Atlanta base ball clubs. The
Barracks club (McPherson’s), the Toni Forts of
Chattanooga and others have entered the list.
Mr. A. Gilmore—a 'smart fanner on the McDon
ough road two and a half miles from Atlanta,
brought to town some of the finest peaches ever
grown in this vicinity—splendid in shape and color
and melting deliciously on the tongue'
of the Alexander variety.
The tide of seekers after health and pleasure sets
most strongly towards Catoosa and New Holland
Springs. Lookout Mountain has also a good many
visitors.
Tuesday evening a young negro girl on McDaniel
St. set herself and the house in which she lived on
fire while fooling with the inevitable kerosene lamp.
hurriedly after the report of firearms : a third
swore he had beard the prisoner vow vengeance
against the dead man ; and a fourth (a doctor)
found hairs grasped in the dead man’s right
hand, corresponding with the prisoner’s beard,
whence a handful of hair had been recently
torn. Then all these statements would be cir
cumstantial evidence.
Judges (and juries under their direction) give
great credence to circumstantial evidence, in
They were contradistinction te direct evidence ; because
circumstances cannot lie, and men may. There
could be no disputing the existence of the hair
in the dead man's hand, but it is open to ques
tion whether a man is telling the truth or not.
And to such an extent do judges apply this
rule, that, in cases of direct evidence, they pre
fer that the witnesses shall v a ry in unimportant
points.
Judges look with considerable suspicion on
witnesses who swear alike to the very minutest
The house was burned to the ground and the girl so particulars, and are apt to put juries on their
badly injured that she died the next da}'.
Last week a young girl named Brown living near
the cemetery, put an end to her life with a dose of
morphine. Some gossip about her of a mortifying
nature had reached her ears and caused intense
nervous agitation- Under its influence she hurried
to town, bought a quantity of morphine and took it
without telling her family. In the night her moth
er was awakened by her struggles, and hastening to
her room found her dying. She expired without
utteriug a coherent word.
Dougherty's Approaching Grand Opening.—
Atlanta bids fair to'become a distributing centre
of merchandise for this state. He have wholesale
merchants here, who, with ready capital and large
experience in buying to advantage in northern mar
kets. are enabled to purchase goods at figures so
low that they can afford to sell at cheaper prices
than the same articles can be bought in smaller lots
in New York or Philadelphia. Such a mer
chant is Mi. David H. Dougherty of Peachtree St.
so long and favorably known to business men
throughout the state. Mr. Dougherty is now sell
ing his large stock of goods at greatly reduced
prices prior to his removal into the splendid new
store which he is now having built on Peachtree
street. This ample building will lie occupied by
Mr. Dougherty next month in time to receive the
immense supply of new goods of all descriptions,
which his buyers in various northern cities are al
ready engaged in purchasing for him. The grand
opening of merchandise which will then take place,
is looked forward to with interest by many. Mr.
guard against sucL testimonj
The following tale will be found to be a re
markable example of the sinuosities of circum
stantial ’evidence.
The cousins David and Josiah Thomas bad
been equally the nephews of old Farmer Thomas,
the unmarried brother of their fathers.
In dying, he had bequeathed his hundred or
so acres of land equally to his nephews, with the
proviso that while they remained unmarried
they were towork the land for their own mutu
al benefit ; while, if one or both married, the
eldest (David, by about a month) was to take
the old farm-house and one half the land de
signated ; and the younger (Josiah) was to have
a house built for him on his designated acres,
and which was to cost £300, this sum to come
equally out of the profits of all the laud.
The cousins had received the land when they
were twenty-two years of age, and had farmed it
in all peace and prosperity for six years, when
the following events occurred.
They were looked upon as equally good, hon
est, straightforward men, as honorable neigh
bors, and pleasant companions.
One clause of the uncle’s will should, however,
be borne well in mind. In the event of the
death of either, unmatried, the land was to go to
the survivor. This condition was by no means
inconvenient, for they had positively no rela
tions in the world, aud, therefore, eaoh was na
turally the successor of the other.
Tney lived in perfect peace ; and the servants
men and women, tound them perfectly just and
contented.
Things were in this position when it beeame
known in the village that David Thomas was
engaged to the only daughter of Francis Hart
ley, at Silvertown.
People said it was a very good match ; declar-
Dougherty’s store is resorted to not only by fash
ionable shoppers, who are sure to find there the j ed it was time David—and Josiah, too, for that
and ’rf.ljc-t -tvles in fabrics and colors, 1 * t ! matter—was settled ini life j and the people of
1 out to themthe way to a‘“* U h j 8 move-1 g^uTtruTamdat de wuck in -
Had he k®°*“ matched by *tbe sympathizing f ar d e ole nigger, i But I g’
ents were being wrtone^y , Wort , iff- ' of TO^.if-t
on a side-bed in the garden in front of the farm,
where David had gone on the previous day in
order to pick up a young blackbird, which had
fluttered under the laurels on bis first flight
from some neighboring nest
When the police-constable told all these things
to the farmer, neither knew Buth was listening.
Poor child ! She had recognized the button in
a moment. It was one of the set she had herself
given David.
But she never for a moment believed him
guilty. There was some mystery, and beyond
that she would not go!
She neither fainted nor lost her presence of
mind. She knew it was no time for sentiment
Her conscience told her she must be up and do
ing.
“Let us go to him," she heard her father say.
“Perhaps he has done it for a joke. We will
suppose he did it in fun ; and, if he gives us the
notes back, no harm will be done. Let us go to
him.
Summers nodded ; and after putting the waist
coat and the boots into oupboard, the two men
started for the cousirn s farm.
There was no time to be lost—that Buth
knew. She went to the cupboard, took out the
accusing articles of clothing, and pondered.
Now this is certain—that in habits of watch
fulness of small ‘kings women are far more acute
than me.
In a moment Buth Hartley thought, as she
examined the waistcoat, “if the button was torn
off when the thief was climbing in at the win
dow, how did it happen that it came trom al
most under the collar of the waistcoat?”
She examined the thread that had fastened
the button to the cloth, and she found that it
had not loosened, but that the different stitches
had all been broken through, so that great force
must have been used. It had not dropped off,
it had been torn away, and yet the waistcoat
showed no signs of having been injured.
Then she went out and compared the foot
prints in the front and back garden.
She saw that the distance between the foot-
tops in the front garden was greater than that
between the marks in the ground at the back of
the house, while the prints farthest apart were
deepest
So she reached this conclusion : ‘ ‘There is
no doubt that the same boots made the mark in
both the front and back garden, but they must
have been worn by different persons. He who
made the marks in the back ground” (those ef
fected by the burglar,) “being the lighter man,
show the less depression of the ground, and the
shorter man. Hence the shorter distance bet
ween the footsteps in the back ground.”
In s momtitf khe knew; she had a clue—his
de hei' tou liaVa-. stia.a Ujjk ‘ >r j2.z:»isrfct f
punishment.
This tale has been told as affording an exam
ple of the fact that circumstantial evidence is not
always to be relied cn. Many and many a man
has been condemned upon less strong circum
stantial evidence than that which appeared to
condemn David Thomas.
However, as the years move on, greater wis
dom and wilder toleration are shown by the law ;
and it is to be honed in our days—at all events,
in those of the generation who will immediately
succeed us—that circumstantial evidence will be
reduced to rules as certain as those of mathe
matics. We do wisely to look towards the fu
ture , to (eel that, taken for all in all, to-day is
wiser than yesterday, and to leave the gloomy
past to look after itself.
OLD BLACK JOE.
(See Story on 3rd Page.)
the case until next day, he refusing to admit the
accused to bail, but at the same time declining
to send eim to prison.
It was understood that the constable was not
to leave him, and that the investigation was to
be resumed on the following morning.
Next morning, the post-mistres6 found a thick
letter for Farmer Hartley, which had been drop
ped in the box during the night.
The lawyer engaged for the farmer’s ward
the ward himself, and Buth (still silent, but de
termined to speak before the justice,) were pre
sent whan the servant brought in the unstamp
ed packet.
The farmer opened it, and found it contained
the packet of notes, still sealed as he had left it
The New Monument at Winchester,
A Grand Occasion—Interesting Incidents.
This interesting letter, as will be seen from its
date at the bottom, has been in band lor sometime,
but was mislaid. We publish it now because it is
an interesting account of an exceedingly interest
ing occasion .-
The grand parade at Winchester upon the occa
sion of unveiling the monument, to the unknown
dead, and the shaft, in memory of the Virginians
buried in tlie Stonewall Cemetery, took place yes
terday, aud I send a few items gathered as a specta
tor for the readers of the sunny South, many of
whom are interested by having dear ones, known
or unknown, lying theie. For days the crowd had
been gathering, but on the morning of the tith cul
minated in the collection of thousands. From the
earliest hour possible, in the morning, every road
accessible by wagon, carriage or other vehiele, on
horseback or on foot, poured crowds into the town,
while every few minutes the shrill scream of the
engine announced another arriv .I by rail! Trains,
come in heavily laden, from New York, Philadel
phia. Baltimore, Frederick City, and all minor
towns aud stations near the railroad, until noon,
when the crowd was variously estimate,! at from
twelve to twenty-five thousand persons. The main
streets, those leading from the depot, those leading
to the cemetery, Market street and all the street-
corners on that side of the town, were literal Iv pack
ed and jammed, it being a matter of the greatest
difficulty for one to make his way from one point
to another, while thousands were waiting in the
cemetery to see the military enter. Theprocesssiou
was headed by Gen. Jos. K..Johusou, finely mount
ed, who looked the veteran he was : his white hair
g ,! ug in the sun as he rode with uncovered
hear i do homage to tiie ilead. in the procession
were iai»r other officers and marshals who lead
been brave and gallant soldiers in the days of the
Confe..e- v, conspicuous among whom was Col.
O'Fer: '-. f Harrisburg, Col. L. T. Moore, of Win-
chaste . ior.S J. C. Moore and Fielding faience,
o- i 'lari 'Am. James H. Williams, of Chum's cele
brated oattery, Gen. Morgan, of Alabama, and Col.
Morgan, of West Virginia.
Immediately following a brand new cavalry com
pany in ail their brave and smart attire, with tin
sel and trappings, rode a remnant of the old Clarke
Cavalry, some twenty two in number. They wore
their plain farmer or business suits and some were
riding their o:d war horses, still well kept and cher
ished for the sakeof days gone by. These were vet
erans tried aud true, and it caused a pathetic thrill
to think how they, too, once a goodly company
rode out in bright array with glittering sabres and
jingling spurs aud with them many a one who re
turned no more. An entirely new feature of this
Sower strewing was the large amount of colored
persons present, and the presence of a colored band
in tlie procession. Heretofore that element of the
population studiously avoided honoring the Con
federate dead even by their presence as spectators,
save now and then some old family servant who
i would come and singling out the grave of their dear
Vi
ments
•white jeuuus'J:' *
•white jeiua..-; - ^ mnr „ ouftuou. i .j
agine te would h . „
1-rv niuht I-Sr^M^^ertv’s tie ^ nro b
' •j'oe MJlUrV l
'r>Ith Hartley
SniMopoj \\ no find at Dougherty
best wearing shoes and the most reliable b™nds of
domestics, prints, jeans, kersevs, etc.
lighter articles that make up the poetry of
goods-the delicate laces, ribbons, embroideries,
trimmings, fancy shawls and other P***yueck
wear, Dougherty has them in styles and qualities
to suit every taste.
Atlanta Industries.—The Box and a
Factories.—Among the industries of Atlanta, are
the box factory and the paper bagandflour^
f actorv The box factory, owned by Hancock a-
to °.m, i. on AM .0.0 ..r.ot. It employ, .loot
seeeoty-tve girl. «nd boy., .od torn,«•
Perfumed and ornamented with gilt and satin pa
£ ”or mating there, the g W .formerly edited
fifty cent, per bundl ed: non they are paid thirty
five cents a day. These fancy boxes are put to
gether with glue, and the workers in ghie consuler
their employment and themselves a grade ffigher
than their sisters who wield the paste bi *
manufacturing their plainer boxes. The Bag
toiy, owned by May. Elsas & Co., turns out of its
upper rooms those myriads of paper pocket:s ofa.
e j Z es which grocery merchants, cand}, fru.t an
-t venders find handy and t-uble-savmg, ^nd
on the Sunday evening. The thief had actually I 7 oun .f muster and nursling of former days, deposit
pi f , . ,, J her flowers with sobs aud tears and all the pathos
returned them without eveu opening the wrap- | characteristic of iter race. When the remains of
per in which they were enclosed.
“Oh !” said the lawyer, “there is something
more in this than is at first sight apparent.
There has been no theft here for the sake of
theft; and either David Thomas has an accom
plice, or he is a victim. If the former, how is
it this accomplice did not make away yesterday
with the sum ?”
“I’m main sorry I gave the lad into custody ;
and let me tell you, lawyer, Hike him all the
tiie gallant Coi. Ashby were interred in the Stone
wall Cemetery his old nurse stood by the grave con
vulsed with grief. The artillery wheeled into posi
tion and fired a salute, the infantry filed into posi
tion around tiie monument and while a bund pliV
ed Schubert serenade, Governor Holliday renur
the veil, revealingthe Confederate soldier, cl ns
to the life, keeping his solemn watch forevei
his comrades below, then the cannon pourec
a salute, shots in rapid succession awaken?, i,
echoes in the silent city of the dead, awe’ 4 s ' C- _
echoes, but falling unheeded above tho-jt-' y 3 tes'
'"rantr forth at th- sound, “scenting,, inestima-
'j ' '.» v -• >| *-'tj ;iiv'i i.,^-pyc used it.
‘og-
“‘Set Hartley was the guardian of the. sou
farmer the sum of three hundred pounds
the Saturday, Hartley being in the next
hW- k—* •» -Jib"*';
up, and fastened them with wax.
which he
rr d ££ s 5t^r£kS"»y»Tit
i£w“fook better to band tbe tawyor the botes
the w..d retoMotog
cusumers fii d so convenient to carry
wender what they ever did without them. T
oarer fre m which these bags are manufactured is
now of superior quality and capable of bearing a
great deal of strain. On the second floor are made
the sacks that bold the various brands of flour
ground by the excellent mills of the City. Here
are more women at work with sewing machines,
stitching up bagsfwitb wonderful rapidity whilean
another part of the building are the presses that
stamp the bags. The cutting of both boxes and
bags is all done by machinery and performed with
quickness and precision.
putting a Young Lady's Finger oef.-A
v. i fire vounE grocery merchant of Peachtree
Street hajpened to a singular misfortune last Tues-
,iav He cut off the first jointlof a young lad} s 9on9 only, it
day ' she was leaning upon the coun- ■ • >.,«if.iiolii
ains leit ftDoui icu, ***« . .. -
neighbori^g^own.^whereThe ha<?jtmt completed
^NeTdav^wbAe farmer went to the oak
cheat** it* was unfastened ; the packet of notes
^ TheTawyer, who had arrived to negotiate the
zxsrsss: sr. ?.”«.< su <*• *•
10 The local constable, a keen-witted old police
men, who tad once been in the Metropolitan
force, was consulted,
““ *“”*•
“ Bat'.'KSiafti. motire ? & >“j£
dentlj attached to b« tetatw “, d of , leac betr,
tcrMis:o»—»°« id
’“aTtlli
respected with the other C0U8 ^’ oroofs were
against the elder the condemnatory prools we
t0 His ^motive what could be his motive ?
SS5?S5K!S»S»
rthr^Twi 1 jsSjJiAa—
sweet scented flowers, with a layer of yello
“I know who stole the money, father
posed Buth.
Sha U pointed to Josiah Thomas, now wildly
comingtowards the house, and looking the pio-
•“SiSiSFhe said, “you won’t say a word
against Dave, will yon ? I’ll pay you double the
8 |m and here’s the money ! Dave couldn t do
a robbery ; and if harm comes to him, it will
be b A d e f got hi my ft,l w d a“d’s ! "money back,” said the
farmer ; "and 1 shall not go up to thojBall, ex
cept to say my brother is innocent, as I believe
b ^He is!” said Josiah Thomas, earnestly.
“And who is the thief?” asked Buth.
“Who?” he answered, awkwardly. ..
She took him by the left hand, pointed to the
• taXfinaer draeeed the half-fainting man
T'the window, took up the plate, and showed
him the mark of the hand, less the third finger,
““IdidU,” he said, falling to the ground ;
When they had restored the poor
:.,efr positions on ‘ami the KeV. J. W.
up by the Rc\. A.' rt () f lhe executive com-
Jones was reading tiie lc Py™ ~ for some
mittee when the which h^l^ and Ult . ra iu
time threatening, broKeov i Thousands
for a short time came aownm torreu of Ulfc
rn’enough ,ookin ? ODjeci, y Drote cUon
soon
forlor
escort with my
email umbrella very little protection
faring a driiTng. pouring““ly.no
ed the sympathy Redman who ran up aud
the ' va> ’
aat n e e toasmaH yard in'front of another
saw me safely in. T ^5. d i^umber' e some two hun-
tween showers to a small in • town< for it
dred, of S e A h 5Jin a a t intervals for tiie remainder of
fh? dav I was told that Gen . Morgan's address
house
ere delivered be-
some two liuu-
wretch,
He* directly instituted a minute examination
° f He e fo r und boot-marks in the flower-beds be-
f iDd %\tioT VHchlit^heCcmwberrn the
KdJSSSa,»d Cl . fancy waistcoat button,
'Ti‘Kta“.k..»a>b.tta"«J tattoo “ooor-
,k..l..t.ttatb..t oiilj (
“we had
no
Roth,™itblko"ooe*tio8 lo.ti.ct of . « I
said, “You love him, andyou have always loved resentea^^ Juue s> 1S79 .
Miss Duer no Plagiarist.
ID r Ten^hY^dricTe^urtiorting 2 ^ 1 love
Peared a lengthy aitici pm p AnnaE> Duer
stoinr written for that paper Q D} o£ the great
of Pocomoke • ' . _ aforesaid young
him ; why seek to run him
“Oh.” replied the unfortunate man, we i
been so happy at the farm that 1 wanted
rMk.„a^i 8 k.k Tk ooo. i>r o
never Jonfd have been, and I am ready to receive
ur with her har.d. as it chai.ced, lying parti} un
der the elevated knife that is used m cutting tobac
to and other haid substances in the store, while he
leaning across the counter on the other side, was
talking to her earnestly on a very Resting sub
ject no doubt. Wishing to give emphasis to some
declaration he had made, he brought down bts
hand with a vim upon the sharp knife which de
scended upon the young lady s finger,
neatlv as Rcdolphe s ax ever decapitated a victim.
Down to the floor fell the little taper tip with it s
pink nail and the young lady[and the young man
looked blankly at each other. Both, however,
havedbeautifnlly. She neither sereemed nor famt.
ed and he picked up the portion of finger, stuck it
on’as firmly as he could and hurriedly brought a
surgeon. Her only reproach was to say laughing
in the midst of her paleness: “It’s my wring Jn-
ger, you see, and how am I to do my sewing, sir.
Tha/s a sweet tempered girl for you ! It is the
first time we ever beard of a gentleman being:*>
absorbed as to cut a lady’s finger off, though Sir
Isaac Newton, it will be remembered, burnt his
ladv-love’s finger into blisters by using it to cram
been aware of the existence of the notes
SsjSSSpSE
i receive
upon the yielding layer ofpowdered^urf ^ft
hand, and of which the third of
There were the dwtmet indented imp e r ^
the thumb, index, and long sec “ nd and
then there was a space between that nng
tb She tt knew 6 io8iah Thomas had lost the^ thud
finger in question down to the second jo^ Ljwid
that, therefore, tbe mark of the hand
much circumstantial as direct tvi ® • gur _ .
had printed the proofs of his t “ in the na mhe lawyer soratched his wise, square old head
lace of the box of mignonette grow g u ^ The la yer ^ hg iegolved what to do.
very window-sill where he had thro f ..| arm er you must say you have found the
ton down. ha had rested „- faa ftBd that there has been no buiglary ; tnat
tata ta Bot .ta pcctatataf. -11
engaged in forcing the window.
But his motive—his motive r
What should she do? . , v, er
She was still apparently inactive, and y t h
my punishment.” ^ ^ forgive one who in- j
her imigination for a part, butc-opv-
land for five years,
iy-
You must save him ! ’ she said, with determi-
5.^55 thehouse.
er of stealing the money he was about w
on the following d no thing might
fore, SBB P! C10 “ inon “e two cousina.
?i re t herr^ain the qaestion arose, what could
ta.k"S.” a... ■k;tar-':.? , I‘.° e ,
been robbed many years before always aept
lM B d ut d K^^ ^-rks.and th.^
busy brain was^Tng f^only’action had
been to cover the mark of the hand with a plate,
as sh. had seen tbe^oliceman^o in connection , ^
rushed into
euesswhfUthe packet contained, and therefore
fhe neighbors would Ulk and one or other cou
sin would lose his character.
Sir Robert, after you are beyond the reacn
lUilbOUlOU «v . ,
with the marks in the grounds, when Josiah
Thomas, filled with consternation,
‘I
of gift
lill aive up my part of the land by <?2ed
Smy couain «d I will never return to
a^matt^r ^B^e^ce in P^nnum^ip, rhetoric^
tbe -»rvSS her father's house one eve-
his intention so publish the same. p
monstrance be.took itavjay^ in .
how* thejpublishers of ^he Times obtained posses
sion of it.
veritable terror- p ^mise for David,” said Buth, “that the
. x— . v - . a „b«ii sent vou vearlj.
^KtaookVS&gofiUko...”
8aid Itac*ose 8 ”aoi"» criming!" moaned tta ofl-
bft “Andat\aw, by my faith!” said the lawyer
Andat aU criLnL, for we are aiding and
m^ba^irtdly^oidinK ber hand and revolving a
problem in philosophy, having forgotten all about
the courting his friends had sent him to do.
the bowl of his pipe, as he sat
ton, and upon these the old constable baaed his
investigation. {urn, he return-
missing, - d w ith those onftbe waist-
JSf th? bSote, they fitted the topree-
coet. dround near the window to
JS2rttaiShfta^*k1*ta>»ta"«k»-«k.
<« *•*>-, ,..;. p o7“r, tad a.^
loo” roa totaled pooodo from *ko loaf 0 ®'koao! I
h! would not do it-he is too good a fellow ! I
shall go mad if they put David ‘uprison-
She neither knew what todo ortesUy. ^
Ac^e here,“^dLkMW’all until they went
^l&BfsrSSrS; kta .ko..| SJSJS zzasjzsr-sna ~
asjk.a-.geasssas-......4...
than you know P reupOB t fi e farmer, in his I read iiy understood that the P“f. lon ^” 3
f B be 8 t°im into custody, and he has been Jo9iah . a i otive e were only made public when
SLn Ip before Sir Robert.” _ ^ | ^^SSSSSi to England, and, in all
probabiUty. be never wriL ^
afraid to «ew®r him ^en «d toete.
she was much oonfused by his ^
“Let ns go up to the Hall, ebesato. ,
Dnring their walk be ne J”^ # ^ ar .^Ty, h!
in praiae of hie oouain, wh » PP - ^
had ruined remoraelewly by meana el an
aw^y'the greyer part of the considerable income
he receives from nie ooosin to the poor of th
Pl H^ 1 gr^.t dre^ ls^hat he ahonld ever beseen
, his cousin or either of David's ehildren. D»ud
_ 1 by bis cousin o. —-— ; ,
famous and monstrous act . I and bis wifs have many times entreated to ws
SrS's--- » d >“^
A ROMANTIC WEDDING IN FEEJEE.
The marriageof Rate^ J 9^* h Q e f about °it
ex-King Cakotam.hasa u^e i niarriages .
which does not often i j chief we re
The parents aud fneuds^n h the B daug hter of
desirous that he s ^. 0 " ld " J ly distinguished descent
Tui Suva a damsel of equgl}^ a i
and parentage with m sen. which to endo w her
dowry °f broad lan Trho , we understand, was
spouse. The y°nn| to tfi e match, had been long
bv no means averse literally thrown at Joe s
resident at Ba H> ieean R om eo 'remained firm to
head; but our matters being pushed to ex-
his refusal an^k o accom panied by the fair
tremes, went P rI .' comparatively humble birth,
object of his cno, uesiden^missionary. and was
to the house of the^ ^ indignatiou a t Bau when
married. Great • became Known. That
the clandestine man^ without the usual
such a magnate !! to ^ to i er ated, but eventu-
solevu or feast _ vor j te< was i>ardoned by the
ally Joe. ^Substantial feast, provided by the
old man ^J^thawrath of the numerous friends
latter, appeased toe wra datermined to leave
- tappy a th,,