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THE ROSE IN HT NEIGHBOR'S 17 HD.
BY MARY E. BRYAN.
Sweet, fresh rain, light-fingered rain,
That rapped last night at my window pane;
You are my friend; you have loosed apart
The green swathes binding my rose's heart
Mi/ rose! yes, mine by a poet’s right.
As the stars are mine on the crest of night.
It blossoms across my neighbor’s fence,
He may sell it to-day for so many cents;
Tear it away from its swaying throne;
But the rose is mine—my very own.
Mine in its crown of splendid bloom.
It’s diamond rain, it’s sweet perfume. ^
“One kiss, my beauty,” I say, “and part,”
As I pass on my way to the dusty mart,
But I carry off, embalmed in my heart
All this color and fragrance and grace
To brighten and sweeten my thoughts apace.
So you are mine, you marvelous thing.
To me is the musical message you bring
From the rain and the sun and the sweet, kind
Earth,
First moth' r who brooded over my birth,
As over yours: last mother too,
Who shall take me unto her bosom true
When my eyes are shut to the upper bine:
And the rain, and the rose and the lilly bell
Xo more sweet secrets to me may tell.
So rose, you my own fair kindred are,
And you that are made of the essence rare
That the sun and the dew and the rain have
given,
And I with what wealth the earth and heaven
Have dowered my brain and limb, may meet
And mix our dust some day, my sweet .
Wiil a dream revisit that long repose,
And stir the dust of woman and rose
With a memory of the upper days.
Of the lips, or the breeze, that whispered praise,
•Of the thought, or the dew, whose sweetness fell
On the;heart—or the leaf—with such tender spell?
Will the dream go back to the years afar,
And bring the gleam of a face—or a star—
That was worshipped well—but it shone afar!
Unreached by woman, unreached by roee.
But so dear it may thrill the deep repose
Of our mingled dust when welieatrest
At last, my rose, on our mothers breast.
T'oes the grave thought dim your radiant crest?
Xuy, we shall have lived in this wonderful world,
Have seen the sunsets’jbanners unfurled.
Have felt the sunshine and drank the rain.
And have given, what we could, to the world
airniu
a little incense of breath or of brain,
So we have not lived, my rose, in vain .
And this is not a repining sigh
That I leave in your cup as I say good-bye.
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
ENGRAVINGS AND BIOGRAPHIES OE
I distinguishedmenand women
MADAME PATTERSON' BONAPARTE.
all eyes.
The ancient adage that ‘the course of true love
never runs smoothly,’ was soon exemplified,
however, and young Jerome’s spirit grew troub
led when iast ad of receiving the great brother^
congratulations fas he probably expeoted), fce
learned that Europe contained no more indig
nant mortal in high or low degree then Napo
leon Bonaparte, whose exasperation over the
matter of this misalliance scarcely kDew any
bounds.
Jerome was requested, in language more em-
phatio than polite, to return Lome by the first
frigate sailing thither from America, and, on no
account to bring ‘the young lady to whom he
bad attached himself to Franc-, as she would
not be permitted to set foot on French territory.
This information, both from its nature and the
rtyle in which it was conveyed, caused Jerome’s
heart to quake with fear.
It was not until March, 1805, nearly one year
and a quarter after his marriage that Mr. Bona
parte had the courage to heed in a measure his
brother's wish. He then embarked at Baltimore
for Europe, with several attendants, ami accom
panied by his wife, whose native force of char
acter and scorn of double-dealing in every shape,
prompted her to ignore the elder Napoleon’s
behest entirely, and brave the thunderbolts ot
his fury. But she knew little of the iron will
of ‘The Corsican Prodigy,’ whose glance in rage
could terrify living armies, and before whose
hate the grey hairs of the Roman Pontiff him
self were doomed very soon to rest upon a pri
son pillow.
According to all accounts, both the husband
and the wife entertained some hopes of conci'-
iating the Dictator, and a'laying his undue ex
citement, cherishing, it may be the same notion
which youDg men and women who wed with
out ‘the old man’ knowledge now-a-days do,
oi getting his benediction and hearty ‘God
dined to receive. In ,i ct> when the certitude
of Jerome's base condt»mobervaded her soul, she
scouted all further cod P al ’ition with him, prefer
ring. as a choice, to rfin df ; ® S20 000 cash, with a
regular annuity of $12l dei), from Napoleon, than
to accept treble the sa2 rnl bmount from her un
faithful husband. Anc^®! may be added, to the
credit of the French fimbpeior, that, until his
ov rthrow, he never fating 1 or neglected to for
ward t< her this yearly .‘Blowance.
A few weeks after thejf c j)pth of her son, she re
turned to Baltimore, a lestrrivr and wiser, woman,
persuaded that her wfProcgbr was a very unfor
tunate one ; and thencd°i,, warm, impul
sive nature, gradually-;$ / -rwent a chang',
The remembrance of h/ e .*nd treatment, be
came, as it were, ga'*?. worm-wood to her
soul, and the once gid?* D ( ^ tiden was transform
ed into the cold, eaten; ng matron : inter t
solely npon remedying' 11 i she considered her
wrongs, and accnmulaF'Jfj^ the riches of earth.
In 1816. the fierce restl'jjfsness of her spirit in
duce i her to revisit EoK-pe, accompanied by
th<- young Jerome, wh ia h she p’aced at school
in Switzerland. This v®Js immediately subse
quent to Napoleon’s detd ronement. In his 10th
year, the son rejoined tl » motler at Florence,
Italy, where also ocourr. ^-the only meeting with
hei husbind which ever^'terwards took place.
Tbev met by accident onj day at the Pitti palace
in Florence, but no worrijs were spoken by the
injured wife; thongh t»rj recreant husband, it
is said, blushed rather dstapiy when he saw her,
and remarked to his seccYid spouse, who was al
so present, “Why, that lady is my first wife!”
[Te then hastily decamped from Florence, ago-
niz d no donbt at the proximity of two wives to
on i- husband.
Early :n 1823, the mother and the son came
back :o this city ; and trom that year until the
period of her death, Madame Bonaparte resided
in Baltimore, living, the greater portion ot these
On Mondav, April 7, the grave closed over the
ashes of the most noted women that ever liked
in this country. Her name had become a ‘house
hold word’ in Baltimore, where almost every
body knew the mournful story of her love in
the loDg ago, and tl® .ad consequences that
flowed from her hasty wedding. The few fleet
ing months of marital bliss which she expe
rienced were far outbalanced by his subse
quent years of trial, which in God’s providence,
exceeded three-fourths of a century, during which
not on’v the prime actors in the tale of her mis
fortunes, but likewise all ot her early contem
poraries, disappeared from time to eternity.
F To scan the life-record of such a woman as
Madam Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, is in
truth an interesting study.
The daughter of William Patterson an im
mensely wealthy merchant of Baltimore one
hundred years ago, she was born here on Feb-
roa ry 6, i7S3. Until her eighteenth year noth
ing occurred to mar the placid happiness of
nerlife. Idolized by her parents, as well as
admired and esteemed by her acquaintances,
she advmced into maiden-bo td ‘lovely in per
son, sprightly in wit, fascinating in manners,
and brilliant in accomplishments.’
But in 1803, a distinguished foreigner—the
youngest brother of the first great Napoleon, of
Fr ince—came hither on a visit to his friends,
and whilst tarrying in Baltimore, secured an in-
tioduction to Miss Lizzie Patterson, in whose
bosom, it seems, love and ambition held sway
coi jointly. He became, or professed to become
enamored of her; and as she reciprocated his
•affection,’ and altogether relished a matrimon
ial alliance with so eminent a young man, she
yielded no reluctant ‘yes’ to his desire, but un
hesitatingly gave him her heart and hand.
Although her kindred, and especially her
father (who was a man of judgment), protested
against the marriage, and used every reasona
ble means to prevent it, yet she disregarded all
advice to the contrary; and being of rather‘a
head-strong disposition,’ resolved that nothing
whatever should interfere with the consumma
tion of her hopes. The vision of a throne in
France, a crown upon her brow, and being ulti
mately surrounded by all the accessories of regal
grandeur, no doubt rose before her inexperienc
ed eyes, and even if love had been wholly want
ing, ambition might have induced her to bow a
willing votary of its giddy shrine.
She was married to Jerome Napoleon Bona
parte on Christmas Eve, 1803, as the following
record from the archives of the Cathedral here
plainly shows .
‘Baltimore, Dec. 24th, 1803.
‘I this day, joined in the bonds of matrimony,
Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, and Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, of France, according to
the rites of the Holy Catholic Church.
John
‘Bishop ot Baltimore.’
Like many unhappy weddings of other days,
this was what is known by Catholics as ‘a mixed
mairiage— that is, a marriage in which one of
the contracting parties belongs to the Protestant
religion As a rnle, such have been prolific, at
all times, of considerable mischief; and it is
well known by intelligent people how violent
ly the Catholic Church deprecates and even de
nounces such alliances, which seldom fail to
remit in misery to both husband and wife. # In-
deed the Catholic ecclesiastical authorities
barelv tolerate these crooked weddings—a fact
which anybody who glances at the Pastoral Let
ters of the Bishops present at the successive
Councils of Baltimore, from 1829 to 1869. will
verv clearly perceive, without going further
back in history. The Churcn sanctions them
odIv on certain condictons; the most specific
being, that the children resu ting from such
marriages shall be trained as Catholics, and tha.
the Protestant party shall not, in any wise, in
terfere or intermeddle with the religious actions
of the other.
On conditions like these, Miss Elizabeth Pat
terson, a Presbyterian, became the bride of
Jerome Bonaparte, a Catholic. For a while, joy
seemed to crown their nuptials: and it is cer
tainly doubtful whether any ‘honeymoon spent
in America by bride and groom, equalled i in
perfect bliss that of the Bonapartes who visited
various sections of the then United States dur
ing the subsequent year, eliciting widespread
attention wherever they went The bride s mar
velous beantv and the groom’s ‘distinction, as
woUaa comeliness, made them the oynoaure of
MADAME PATTERSON BONAPARTE.
speed you !’ after an act of contrition. Though
such hopes nearly always prove futile, yet it
happens once in awhile that an aged father's (or
a big brothel’s) ire softens under the tears of the
bride. ... .
But if Jerome Bonaparte and spouse did cher
ish such a fancy, it was quickly dispelled after
their arrival in Eurooe; for, upon reaching the
port of Lisbon, April 2. they saw with amaze
ment a French guard placed around the vessel,
not for the purpose of escorting th*-m to the
principal hotel, but to carry out Napoleon’s
strict injunction, and prevent the bride from
landing.
This state of affairs really alarmed Jerome,
he appreciated the gravity of the situation at
once : and, leaving his wife at Lisbon, in her
brother's care, he hurried to Paris to seek an
interview with his own brother, and pacify, if
possible, that most stubborn mortal. Mean
while, however, tbe lady, with her attendants,
was compelled to quit Lisbon, and sail for Dj ver,
England, where she arrived May 21st, 1805.
It is not definitely known, nor wili it ever be,
what arguments Jerome used to appease the
wrath of his powerful relation, but certain it is
that his efforts to conyince Napoleon that the
marriage was a wise arrangement only fanned
the violence of the latter‘8 nge; and his subse
quent discreditable action iu venting his spleen
upon the reigning Pontiff. Pius the Seventh,
bt cause that dignitary refused to nullify the con
tract and divorce the oouple, is a marked his
torical fact.
Only one course now remained Failing to
‘bulldoze 4 the Pope, he concluded to exercise
his authority and act as personal arbitrator in
the matter; thus imitating (in a measure at
least) the pattern of a certain exemplary Eng
lish King of by-gone ages, who, it is related,
having likewise been snubbed by a Pope on the
same subject, not only married himself to and
divorced himself from half a dozen pious ladies
in succession, but also killed the majority of
them as a reward for their taciturnity. Napo
leon, while far superior to this lamented sover
eign, both in virtue and bravery, nevertheless
had the temerity to lift his arm against the an
notated of God, and to drive an almost decrepit
Pontiff into captivity, because, fulfilling his sa
cred obligations, Pius VII, boldly declared that
a divorce was impossible, quoting very aptly
the Saviour's oracle, "What God hath joined to
gether let no man pnt assunder. ‘ History shows
whether Pius the Seventh or Napoleon the
First was ultimately the victor.
Gratified at ‘the divorced husband's submis
sion to his decree, Napoleon soon afterward
saw him snugly seated on a throne as King of
Westphalia, sharing the glory of royalty with a
more desirable Queen—the fair Princess Cathe
rine, of Wurtemburg, to whom Jerome was
‘united* with due solemnity, August 22, 1807.
But the splendor of hia court ere long perished,
and Napoleon‘s sun went down forever at
Waterloo.
While the valiant Jerome was enjoying the re
ward of fealty to his brother, the discarded wife
was suffering intense pain and anguish over the
circumstance cf her desertion. She bad remain-
el in England nntil this time, hoping that her
rights as a member of Napoleon’s family would
be recognized, and it was daring her stay at a
town near London (Chamberwell) that she gave
birth to her only child, July 1, A
child was the late Jerome Napol
of Baltimore, after whose ni
father—transmitted to '
plementir.g this actionWfTYearSTUHBPPi^ug
his seoona marriage) with the offePof a Prin
cipality and $40,000 per annum, which she de-
of Baltimore. It was written Sept. 2, 1871, by
Thomas Donnelson, since deceased, and is wit
nessed by him, Wm. McKim, an 1 Louis McKim.’
All the real estate of tbe testator is divided be
tween her two grandsons, Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. She
gives to Charles Joseph the portraits of King
Jerome, his grandfather, and of herself, the lat
ter being three heads on one canvass, by Steu-
art; also a cabinet portrait of herself, painted at
Geneva by Massot, and a portrait of her by Lin-
son. She also bequeathed to Cnarles Joseph all
her antobiographies, diaries, “Dialogues of the
Dead,” correspondence, and all other manu
scripts, also furniture, silver plate, books, linen,
jewelry, eto. The residue of the estate, includ
ing securities and other personal property, she
at first devised one-third to Jerome and two-
thirds to Charks Joseph, but in a codioil, No
vember 8, 1877, drawn by I. Nevitt Steele, wit
nessed by himself, Wm. MoKim and Dr. James
S. Mackenzie, she revokes this disposition of
her personality and divides it share and share
alike between her grandsons. The personal
estate is estimated at 8600,000, and the reality,
including ground, rents at as much more, link
ing the whole at least $1,200,000, if not $1,500,-
000. The grandsons are named as executors,
but as Jerome has renounced the executorship
on his part, Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, of Balti
more, will be the sole executor.
Mr. Charles Joseph Bonaparte gave bond in
the Orphans’ Court, conditioned in the sum of
$1,000,000.—Baltimorean.
decades in strict seclusion ; seeing nobody, ex
cept her business agents or attendants, and
steadfastly RhuDning society. Towards the clos
ing years of her life, she became noted as “an
eccentric old lady,” whose aversion to carpets
and gas jets, was only equalled by her general
dislike for the modern fashion-platep. Her
apartments at Miss E. M. Gwinn’s residence,
Calhtdral end Richmond streets, where she
spent many years, were singularly devoid of
ostentation, though furnished, of coarse, with
even thing conductive to the occupant’s com-'
fori.” Yet, despite of her eccentricities, she had
few superiors as an astute financier. The
shrewdness and ability which she invariably
displayed in making remunerative investments,
were r ally surprising.
Her son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, finish
ed his classical studies at Harvard College, in
1827 ; and two years later married a Presbyterian
young lady in Baltimore—Miss Susan M. Wil
liams—who still survives. Like his parents’
wedding in 1793, this was also registered at the
Cathedral ot Baltimore, as • a mixed marriage”
the groom being a Catholic and tbe bride a
Protestant. Two children resulted trom this
union ; the present Jerome Napoleon, born in
Baltimore, November, 5, 1830, and Charles
Joseph Bonaparte, born in tnis city, February
14, 1852. The former has a proud record as a
soldier, having actively participated in wars
both iu the United States and Europe, the past
quarter of a century. He was educated at Har
vard and West Point, and possesses numerous
bauges and medals from diff.-rent monarebs, in
taken ot bis valor. He was married to Mrs.
Newbold Edgar, of Rhode Island, in 1871.
Charles is a well-known member of the Balti
more Bar.
Mr. Bonaparte, Sr., was a strikingly hand
some man, whose presence on our thoroughfare
always attracted notice ; and, until 18<0, tew
finer equipages than his own appeared in the
str^eis o. Baltimore. He died in the summer
of 1870, after an illness of bronchitis, during
which he received the spiritual succor of the
late Vicar-General of Baltimore, Rev. Henry
Benedict Coskery. His ashes now lie beneath
the shade of a granite column at London Park,
while the remains of Dr. Coskery, his friend,
rest at Bonnie Brae in the same vicinity.
Since December, 1878 when she was attacked
with acute bronchitis, Madame Bonaparte had
sucoumbed by degrees to the infirmities of age,
and on Marcii 28ih of the present year, wben
her left side became paralyzed, it was plain to
her friends and attendants that death would
supervene. Anxious to see her grandson
Jerome once again—whu resided in France of
late years—she summon, j. him to her dying
coucli, and before the ditreeess of a long slumb
er obscured her vision he - • fond desire was gra
tified—she saw and conversed again with the
living Jerome. Her dying moments were sooth
ed t»y the ministrations of Rev. Dr. John Ley-
barn and Rev. Dr. J. T. Leftwich, of the Pres
byterian church ; and at 1:15 o’clock p. ji. Fri
day, April 4th, she peacefully expired.
The obsequies of the deceased, on Monday,
April 7th, were marked by great simplicity. In
a lot at Greenmount, Baltimore, purchased by
herself seven years ago, and containing no other
remains, the old lady was quietly laid to rest in
the shelter of the grave. Hardly more than two
dozen persons, immediate friends of the family
witnessed the final scene in her stirring history,
DISPOSITION OF HER VAST FORTUNE.
The following is in brief her last will and tes
tament :
The will of Elizabeth Patterson (B maparte)
was admitted to probate in the Orphan’s Coart
Movements in Southern Society,
Joseph Simper and Fanny Stadler, when
school children together in Vienna, Austria,
made a love match and vowed to be eternally
true. Having reached man’s estate, Joseph,
who was a watchmaker, found matters at a de
sperate pass in the old world, and with many
tears bid Fanny good-bye for the new world.
He spent a year or so in New York, and a few
yts s ago moved on to Texas, where he opened
a jewelry store in the town of Weatherford.
Meanwhile Fanny kept her troth, and let her
love for Joseph grow with tLe years. Joseph’s
love also grew as well as his business, and on
the 5th inst, the two were married in Dallas, the
bride having crossed an ocean and a continent
in her abiding, and, as it proves, happy trust.
Married in Macon, at the residence of Mrs.
Edw. Thomas, by Rev. C. C. Williams, Capt.
Robert Falligant, of Savannah and Mrs. Sarah
Hall. Capt. Falligant has hosts of friends
throughout Georgia, who admire his splendid
talents and highly esteem him for eminent soci
al qualities. He i3 one of the most eloquent,
and one of the ablest advocates of the Chatham
bar, and upon this occasion receives the congra
tulations of the community.
There have been four hundred guests register
ed at one time at Catoosa Springs this season.
A correspondent reports two hundred and fifty
there at present, among them, Gov. Bullock,
(once socially banished and disgraced, now once
more at the top of the social wave, owing to the
magic of money.) Miss Fannie Andrews the
authoress, Mrs. Edgeworth Eve and Miss Lou
Casey, of Augusta, Col. and Mrs. Stovall and
Miss Maude Stovall from the same city.
A correspondent from lndt..n Springs, Ga,
writes. We are having gloriou.i weather and a
splendid time generally. To-night, Miss Thomp
son will give a fancy dress ball into whieu will
be introduced a coronation scene with all kinds
of pretty accessories. Miss Fannie Lamar, of
Macon has been chosen Queen and Mr. George
Stewart of Griffin will personate the King.
The other characters will be tilled by young la
dies and gentlemen now at the Springs.
The forth coming grand military ball is the
topic talked about at Catoosa. It will take place
on the second Monday in September. A great
rush of guests is looked for and it is expected
that between three and four hundred tents will
be erected on the broad lawn.
The Opera of Belshazzar which was so success
fully produced by the musicial amateurs of
Macen, will probably be repeated at the State
Fair in October.
Mr. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Cou
rier-Journal, has joined his family at the Ocean
View House, Block island.
Among the many lady visitors to Atlanta this
summer, is Miss Corinne Janes, of Bristol,
Tenn., a young lady well known for her intel
lectual attainments, her musical ability and
her social attractions. She is chief instructress
of music in the Bristol Female College.
Miss Mattie Seward—daughter of Senator
Seward, of Thomtsville, Georgia, has returned
with her father frem the Arkansas Hot Springs,
and is now stopping in A ianla at Mrs. Bying-
ton’s boarding house, (The Leydeu Mansion)
on Peachtree St. She ret orts the Hot Springs
to have been well patronized this season, though,
after the yellow fever alarm, there was a scatter
ing of the guests, who feared to be caught and
detained by quarantine. Miss Mattie Seward is
a young lady of unusual talent and culture, a
musician and a graceful writer. She read the
literary tssay at the commencement of Prof.
McNulty's Academy in Cuthbert this summer.
Joe Jefferson has a lovely home on the Teche,
in Louisana, and he is often associated with the
South and is so much liked and admired here,
that it ia in order to give among Southern So
ciety Movements, an recount of the unique
“barn party” given by Miss Josie (Jefferson’s
daughter,) at her elegant home in Hoboken N.
J. Tue occasion was oi Me more joyous by the
prese nce ot Rip Van Winkle himself, (who is
spending the present mo ..ft among the hills of
New Jersey,) and his son Thomas, a rising young
actor, who is soon to wed Miss Paul the aotnss.
The barn was transforms l into a temple of beau
ty. Unlike most bui.dings of its kind, it has
all the comforts of a dwelling, and its floois are
smooth. Its walls and ceiling were hidden in
flowers and evergreens, witt here and there the
stats and stripes and parti-colored lanterns.
Choiud exiotics in pots filled niches, and the
flor.st’s handiwork was visible at every turn.
At the entrance tbe word “Weloome” saluted
yon in flowers. Carpets were laid from tbe
barn to the bouse, Tbe mnsio was from a grand
piano, the performer said to be a German no
bleman. The feature ot this brilliant fete was
the first appearance of Mr. Joseph Jefferson in a
social quadrille, He honored Miss Effie Orr in
the dance, and seemed to enjoy his new role.
The fair hostess, with the aid of her parents and
brother, made the occasion one that will long
be remembered. The sapper was superb.
PERSONAL.
WHAT PEOPEE ARE A YD SAYIVtJ
AEE OVER THE WORED.
We are sorry to learn that our friend, Mrs. Wm.
H. Peck, still remains seriously ill and has been en
during much suffering for the last two weeks. Dr.
Dugas and wife who were telegraphed for last Sat
urday remain by her side.
The Rev. Dr. Talmage is paid $ioo a letter by a
New York story paper for which he writes.
That Mr. Corbin dislikes the Jews leads the P hil-
adelphia Times to say: “So did Pharoah
whose remains when last heard from were at the
bottom of the Red Sea. ”
Mr. Dennis Kearney, who himself enjoys a most
beautiful command of language, will doubtless ap
preciate the following gentle comment upon him in
Massachusetts paper, which was his “organ” last
ear : “No lie is too barefaced for utterance by
the cowardly sand lot whiffet. ”
King Cetywayo has generously returned the
sword worn by the Prince Imperial at the time he
was killed, with the message that perhaps his fanii'
ly might wish to keep it as a remembrance of the 0
young Prince.
Maj. Stanton is getting up a book, giving a com
plete account of the killing, iu Kentucky, of Elliott
t Tr Buford.
Daniel Lawrence, a rich distiller, who died a
Bedford, Mass., recently left seven thousand dol
lars to the town of Tyngsboro, Mass., for a poor
fund.
Dr. W. P. Nicolson, of Richmond, Va„ has been
elected Professor of Anatomy in the Atlanta (Ga.
Medical College,
Major Henry Bryan, of Savannah, Ga., died a few
days since of consumption, at the age of forty-
three. During the war he was adjutant to Gen
J. B. Magruder, and served with that gallant officer
from Hampton to'the close of the war.
Mrs. btruro, wife of Adolph Struro, the projector
of the Nevada Tunnel, created a turmoil in a hotel
at \ irginia City by pounding Mrs. Allen, a beauti
ful widow, with a champagne bottle. This was
one of a series of facts that have led to a divorce
suit by Mrs. Struro.
Bonnat is painting the portrait of the President
of the French Republic, M. Grevy. As usual, no
one, not even the sitter himself, is allowed to see
the work in its unfinished state. A room in the
palace has been fitted up as a studio, and when the
artist goes away he takes the key with him
The Houston (Texas) Teleyraph says: “There is
not the slightest shadow of a doubt but General
Hancock is the choice of the Texas Democracy for
the nomination for President, and the Tilden men
may put that in their pipes and smoke it. Texas
can never forget the General's manly action at the
at the close of the war.when he gave the State civi
instead of military government.
It is stated at Bismarck, D. T., that a brother of
Sitting Bull was killed at the fight of July 17, and
that Sitting Bull himself was present and was the
first to run.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is being talked of in Geor
gia for Governor.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Standard confirms
the report received at Stockholm that Prof. Nor-
denskjold, having got clear of ice, has passed Beh
ring Strait, thus accomplishing the northeast pas
sage.
The Hamilton Journal mentions the fact that
Miss Martha A. Head, the bride at a wedding in
IFayne county, recently, was only ten years old.
Her parents were at the ceremony and gave it their
full approval.
The son of the late Gen. Gideon J. Pillow is writ
ing his father’s biography,
It is stated that B. H. Hill wiil represent the
prosecution in the State vs. S. C. Grasty in the next
term of the circuit court at Opelika.
A negro, an Indian and a white man had a fight
at Muskogee, I. T. The negro came out victorious,
the other two being killed.
Madame Gerster, the soprano, receives only $200
a night for her singing.
The Empress Eugenie has written to the Queen,
begging that uo penalty be inflicted upon Lieuten
ant Carey.
Mr. Dion Boucicault has sold his steam yacht
Shaugraun, which cost $65,000, to Mr. Henry Say,
a French gentleman, who is now up the Hudson
river on his smaller yacht.
Mr. J, H. Alexander lately bought 400 watermel
ons for the seed. He has a great feast on such oc
casions, only requiring his guests to save the seed.
The ritualists are about founding an “ Order of
Widows,” and invitation is given by the Rev. G. C.
White, of Newland, Grand Malvern, to “any widow
who is free to give herself for Christ’s sake to work
for his poor and little ones, to j oin the order. ”
Mr. Paul H. Hayne, accompanied by his wife, has
left for the White Mountains and other Northern
resorts. It is stated that, while the health of the
distinguished poet is somewhat improved, it is a
matter of regret that he cannot boast of that ro
bust physique of former years. He will remain
some time in the North.
Neuralgine.—This unfailing remedy for Neu
ralgia and Headache has won great favor among
the afflicted. Neuralgine is not claimed to be good
for anything but Neuralgia and the Headache.—
For these troubles it is a specific.
Hutchinson &Bros., Proprietors,
14 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Indolent l" leer of the I. eg. of Fourteen Years
Stuutliug. « 11 red.
Dr. Gurley, *
t li” Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
:: I am so much pleased with your treat-
r family that I desire to add my testimo-
aiready long list of sufi’ering humanity
y by your skill.
Aiy wue has been a martyr to pain for the last
fourteen years, caused by varicose veins and ulcers,
which were so severe as to prevent her from attend
ing to the dxmectie duties of home. I do think I
have paid over five hundred dollars to physicians,
and for medicine, which only give temporary relief.
Most medicine used gave sach agony that my wife
was compelled to take her bed for days, the limb be
ing so painful as to require opiates in order to obtain
sleep, hhe had given up ever being cured, and when
you stated that you believed you could cure her, we
doubted ; but having seen persons that had been
cured of various troubles by you, and knowing you
to be a reliable gentleman, we decided to have you
take the case. After the first application of your
remedy, my wife felt confident she had at last met
the right Doctor. The condition of the limb began
to improve, her health grew better, and has con
tinued so up to this time. The ulcers are all healed,
and the limb sound, only requiring the short time
of four mouths to cure a trouble that has been run
ning for fourteen years. We have every confidei ce
in you as a Physician and Surgeon, and hope that
your treatment will be equally successful in all other
cases. Very truly yours.
R. N. Lowrance,
_ , . . _ „ ,, Prop. Wheeler House.
Columbia, S. C., March 21, ’79. 2t