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[From the Dubuque Times.
Tlie Young Husband’s Lament.
John bad just married nud brought home a
bride,
A graceful and buxom and beautiful miss;
And when at the alter be stood by her side,
ft seemed tlie last drop in ! is full cup of
bliss.
Indeed she was one of the fuirest of creatures,
Her lips were like rubles, her teeth white as
peat Is;
The rose might have borrowed its hues from
her features,
The Bunlight was mocked by her bright
golden curls.
With teasting and music the swift moments
flew,
Till mldulght approached, and the bride and
her groom,
After bidding ber fricuds and companions
adieu.
Retired—together, of course —to their room.
There her beautiful wreath and a,gossamer
veil,
On top of the bureau she carefully laid,
Then placing her dress, with Us long silken
trail,
O’er the back of a chair by the side of (he
bed.
And then, one by one—but I cau’t tell the
name
Os the various garmeuts embroidered and
white—
Nor (he feeling that over the young husband
came
AS be sat and observed ber disrobe for tbe
night.
Bat many a brilliant Illusion, I ween,
The possession of such a position dispels,
To a man who has heard but never yel seeu
That wonderful process—tlie peeling of bellet.
So John felt, on seeing those beautiful curls,
Those glorious masses of bright golden
hair;
And the teeth he admired—they were whiter
than pearls—
All laid !d a box that sbe placed on a chair.
Meantime, In that box something more caught
his eye,
To show how the artist. Dime Nature. can
mock,
A fall aud judiciously clioseu supply
Os cosmetics otl. lib., rouge, .enamel aud
e’.inlk.
From her cheeks ctme her plumpers—which,
lest she should lose ’em,
She p’aced in her toilet box, too, svilh the
rest;
Then swhi detached Ihe full, palpitatlbg bosom
Her lover so fondly—so blindly—had
pressed.
Theu sbe placed on the ehai ■ Ihe huge cushions
sbe wore,
When lUe husband wa9 still more than ever
nonplussed,
To see that he never had witnessed bafore—
A fair woman’s bustle abreast of ber brst*.
Then touching n spring that wa<i hidden some
where,
Her lower limbs parted precisely In halves,
And 6he laid on the alter—l mean on the
chair— ■
Her last sacrifice, a pair ol false calves.
Her dissection completed, she plunged under
cover,
Like a lath that might into a rivulet drop—
Then tenderlr ashed of her motionless lover,
«My darling, how long do yon Intend to sit
np ?”
« Mvdear, I’m quite undecided,” he said,
“What coarse In the casewoald be proper
and fair—
To follow the fraction that got Into bed,
Or etay with the part that is piled In the
chair?” _
Where are the Friends of My Youth ?
In moods sentimental we’re apt to ask ques
tions
That were best left unasked, If I mnst tell
the truth;
And some time ago, in a flash of emotion,
I scribbled a poem on “ Friends of my
Youth.”
“ Ob, where are the friends of my youth ?”
was the title
Os lines 1 thought tender, and touching, and
terse;
’Twas all very well, but I rather regret It—
That bursting into interrogative verse.
You’ll see what I mean, It you’ll listen a mo
ment—
A nice set Os creatures they turned out, for
sooth ;
The next time I gush ont in poetic raptnre,
I’ll not be so anxious concerning my youth.
The letters that reached me were simply as
tounding;
They seemed to poor In from the earth’s
distant ends,
Conveying the tidings I’d rashly requested—
The doings of early and intimate friends.
John Smith wrote to say he was Jnst then in
prison
(I couldn’t see him at that moment, ’twas
And Jones?who, in youth, had a turn for the
drama, _
Was gallery “checker” at old Drnry Lane;
A”d Brown,' who, in boyhood, was such a
wild fellow
(I often had trouble to keep him in bounds),
He droppedigue a line, with apologies many,
To know if I’d lend him a coqple of pounds.
Young Aaron, who had .•> beud in his probos-
looked him ut> when a trifle was
>ent), „ .
Down Whitechapel way, is a A iring pawn
broker,
And lends ont his money at sixty per cent.
A"d young Thomas Tompkins had turned ont
quite horsey
(I mind me he talked of the tor! nod its
ways);
And Green, who we thought would grow op
to he pious,
Was starring about on the “ flying trapeze.”
And Simpkins—poor dolt—who was no end of
stupid,
As clown In a circus was passing hi* life ;
And big Billy Bowles, whom we need to call
" Cupid,”
Had bolted last Summer with somebody’s
wife 1
Bnt why 4 o on further? 'Tie bat an efflic
• lion;
Each name as It turned np presented a blot.
I think, on the whole, yon’!! |ola in the convlo
lion
The “Friends ol my Youth ’’ wets « rather
bed lot.
Two hundred colored men and women
from different places In North Carolina
sailed lately for Liberia, where they go to
make their homes
A Scorned Woman’s Fury.
A LAWYER SHOT DEAD IN THE MIDST OF
HIS FAMILY—JUDGE CRITTENDEN AND
MRS. FAIR—THE MEETING ON THE FERRY
BOAT THE FATAL BULLET “PAPA,
SPEAK TO ME ; OH, SPEAK TO ME ONCE
MORE—YOU WILL NOT DIE, WILL YOU,
PAPA ?”
San Francisco, November 4.—Judge A.
P. Crittenden, one of tlie ablest lawyers of
this city, was shot aud killed last evening
by Mrs. Laura Fair. Judge Crittenden
had crossed over to Oakland to meet his
wife and daughters, who had been East for
several months, and was returning with
them aud his two sons to this city in the
ferry boat El Capitan when the tragedy oc
curred. Mr. Crittenden was seated out
side of the saloon on the upper deck, with
his back against the wheel house, his wife
nestled closely by his side. Close to them
was their little son, and a few feet farther
back was seated Miss Crittenden, a young
lady of about eighteen. The elder brother,
Parker Crittenden, was on the lower deck
looking after his mother’s baggage. To
the left, with her back to the saloon and
facing Miss Crittenden, sat a woman alone
by herself, dressed in a loose suit of black,
with a long cape hung from her shoulders,
under which she carefully concealed her
hands. There was, besides, a thick veil
oyer her face, a large muffler which com
pletely concealed her month and chin. She
set there almost unnoticed and unobserved
by any one, although two or three remark
ed that she must be an invalid from the
way she was bundled up, and thought it
strange she should be sitting outside in the
cold raw air of a November evenlug. Tlie
boat had scarcely reached deep water when
TOR SIT .VHP CRACK OF A PISTOL
was heard, which brought evcrylwdy so
their feet. The cry instantly rang through
the boat i hat someone was murdered, «nd
men an:l women with blanched checks
i uslied in eyciy direction, some from fright
and many in pursuit of the murderer, it
was a frightful scene. There on the floor,
unconscious of all that surrounded him,
lay George Crittenden. His wife had faint
ed away, and his daughter was on her
knees wiih clasped hands, crying out bit
terly, “Papa, speak so me! ‘oh, speak to
me once more! You will not die, will yon,
papa?” But lie did not answer; only a
low, gargling sound was heard, as If‘the
wounded man was gasping for breath.
Dr. Powers, of New York cliy, who was
just rclcr.iing from a visit so t/hc
Valley, fortunately was on board the boat,
and hastening to Mr. Crittenden’s side,
gave directions as to his treat men I;. On
reaching the shore, a mattress was pro
cured, on which the wounded man was
carefully laid, and carried to an express
wagon, lu which ho was conveyed to
residence, 301 Ellis street. He lingered lu
ail Dncoiiwflous statp miJ.ll tills iiior-d'ig,
when lie died.
•i HR MUr.DFRF.SB,
Mrs. Pal , is a tall, slight woman, ami
there are traces In her face which liulltate
that she was once beautiful. She advanced
upon Mr. Crittenden with a nerve and cool
ness worthy of a Wilkes Booth, placed the
pistol within two feet of his breast, flred,
dropped the pistol upon the deck, and ran,
getting into the crowd of passengers.
The ball entered Mr. Crittenden’s right
breist, under the nipple. He sat for a few
seconds as if nothing had happened to him,
and then rose and fell senseless to the floor.
Itwr* done so suddenly that neither bis
wife, nor son, nor daughter, who were near
him, could realize what had occurred till
they saw him prostrate and bleeding be
fore them.
It was fu'ly five minutes before ihe mur
deress was discovered, aud then she was
found standing in a cool and collected man
ner, among the crowd usually on the even
ing boat. On being charged with the deed,
she admitted it immediately, saylog: “I
did it, certainly. Yes, I did it. I was look
ing for the clerk of the boat to give myself
up. He has ruined me and my child, and
I MEANT TO KILL HIM.”
Parker Crittenden, the son, who was on
the lower deck at the time of the deadly
attack, on being Informed of it, he said,
Immediately, “I know who did it: I knew
it would come to this.” He was terribly
excited, and when he came face to face with
Mrs. Fair, it was with difficulty he could
be prevented from wreaking his revengeful
wrath upon her. Mrs. Fair was arrested
by Capt. Rtntzell of the Harbor Police, who
happened to be In the boat, and was con
veyed to the City Prison. Here she became
so violent that it was necessary to send for
a medical man to devise Borne means of
quieting her. He administered sttmnlan s,
but they rather increased than lessened her
ravings. At one time a glass of waler was
given her, when she took the glrssbetwci n
her teeth and crushed it to pieces. A1 irge
piece got into her mouth, and had the phy
sician not been very quick, she would have
swallowed it; but he caught her by the
throat and forced the glass from her mouth.
An opiate was given her, and at 10 o’clock
she was very quiet.
THE MURDERED MiN.
Mr. Crittenden is a nephew of the late
Hon. J. J- Crittenden, and was one of the
most prominent citizens of this city. Asa
lawyer he had few equals, and no superiois
among those practicing in San Francisco.
His opinions upon any question are gen
erally considered to be the law, and no
legal firm has enjoyed a larger or more
valuable rnn of business. He is popular
among the members of the bar, and Gov. j
Haight showed his appreciation of ins
ability by appointing him reporter of the
Supreme Court, which commission was
handed him yesterday morning. His loss
will be keenly felt in the profession of
whl:h be is so great an orn ment.
WHO IS MRS. FAIR?
The woman whose desperate deed has
startled thecommauity is one whose char
acter is well known to Californians. Her
maiden name Is said to have been Lane,
and the first known of her In this State was
when she became the wife of Col. Win. B.
Fair, at one time sheriff of Sacramento
count?, a gentleman of acknowledged ac
complishments and of considerable wealth.
Bo Inflatnatcd was he with her that every
caprice and whim of hers was gratified, and
In a few years she had squandered his
splendid fortune. Dot when he became a
bankrupt she cast biro off and took np with
another man. Fair waa a mao of tender
sensibilities, end so deeply did bit disgrace
wear on him that ont o'gnt In l«W bt eu-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1870.
tered the office of Dr. Morphy, an intimate
friend, and, after remaining a few minutes,
took out a pistol and shot himself dead
After this Mrs. Fair married again, was
divorced, married again, and left the State.
She was not heard of for some time, until a
series of articles In Eastern papers brought
her before the public again, and detailed her
marvellous adventures and escapades in
Mexico, whither she had gone to play
THE ROLE OF AN ADVENTURESS,
and in it she Is reported to have succeeded
admirably. She emigrated to Virginia
City In 1861, and opened the Tahoe House,
where she first met Crittenden. He became
so taken up with her that he for a.time ior
got all things else.
When the late rebellion first broke out
she was a strong Southern sympathizer;
and when the whole Pacific coast was In a
state of doubt as to the side It would de
clare in favor of, she made her appearance
in the streets of Virginia with the “stars
aud bars ” In one hand and a cocked re
volver in the other, and dared any person
to raise the stars and' stripes in her pres
ence. It is stated that one patriot was
bold enough to face her, and he raised the
old flag. She shot at and missed him. She
also raised the Confederate flag over her
bouse, and dared any one to pull it down.
Great excitement and 111-feeling was caused
by this display on her pai t, but the flag
was fiaally lowered, some persons entering
the house daring the night and cutting the
halliards. When the heat of political ex
citement had passed away, she was arrest
ed and tried. Crittenden defended, aud
procured her acquittal. Shortly afterward
she came to this city and
TOOK TO THEATRICALS.
After playing minor parts in this city end
Sacramento, she realized that she was not
i ill ended for an actress, and made her exit
from tlie field of mimic life to take part in
a drama more thrilling, as It was truer
than any produced by the brain of the
dramatist. After her retirement from the
stage, she made herself quite conspicuous
at balls and theatres. Latterly she became
acquainted with a man of means In tills
city named Schneider, and culminated the
intimacy in marriage. After
SIX WEEKS OF WEDDED BLISS,
an i, after finding out that her liege lord
kept a tight s ring on his money bag, she
concocted a little plot Hint rid her of this
la«t man. A divorce suit followed, which
she won, and t lie decree was only signed
on Tuesday last. Then again she was for
gotten until ycsleiday, when she brought
herself into more tcfiible notoriety tiian
ever.
At midnight, 1 he prisoner was under the
influence of a strong narcotic, aud was
resting quietly. Daring her ravings she
'?i lTr^jVY'cfa f l mfn
her friends. The pliyaloWin in attendance
gives it ns his opinion that she Is Insane.
I FVo»n kT*sbvill > Panrtc , llth.
Hathaway.
TRAGIC FATE OF THE PERPETRATOR OF
TWBK iT FIVE MURDERS.
Captain Wm. Hathaway was shot and
killed at Liberty, DeKalb county, by Con
stable James Overall, last Tuesday. Hath
away had Imbibed i.oely and got very
drnnk over the election, and had become
so boisterous that serious complaint waa
made by the cblzeus of his conduct. All
regarded him as a desperate and exceeding
ly dangerous character, and were earful
that he might commit some bloody deed
o i the least provocation. Constable Over
all was, therefore, much condemned by the
people for not arresting him, and, discov
ering the prevalency of this sentiment,
went to Hathaway and commenced to ex
postulate with him, telling him if he did
not desist from such disorderly conduct he
would be necessarily compelled to arrest
him. It appears that Overall had scarcely
flniHhed what he desired to say, when
Hathaway commenced drawiug his pistol.
Overall, ooseeying this, got his weapon out
first and shot Hathway three times, killing
him almost instantly.
The death of such a desperado created a
general sensation, aud we suppose there
were few among the people who experi
enced feelings of regret, for this man hnl
exercised greal terrorism in DcKalk coun
ty for many years past. Not a breath of
sympaiby escaped the lb sos those who
stoojl around the cad man.
He la supposed to have been the murderer
of twenty-five men. At the lime of hi*
death he had three bidictmeuts against him
for heinons offenses. He murdered a man
named He- ry Frazier only a year ago, very
badly beat up a Dr. Campbell not long
since, and shot at John White six times,
sometime during the past mouth.
Hathaway figured extensively as a Lieu
tenant In Stokes’ cavalry, and is said to
have committed many bloody deeds during
the war. When Brownlow organized his
militia, he was given a captaincy and a
company. He was one of ttie instruments
used in ousting ex-Mayor W. Matt Brown
'rom office, three years ago, to give place
to Aldeit and his associates.
Hathaway was a prominent delegate to
Ihe memorable Radical Split Convention,
which assembled in the hall of the House
of Representatives, Mi v 21,1860, ont of the
chaotic disruption of which came the re
lief of the people from the shackles of dis
franchisement. He was one of the princi
pal actors lu the shifting *cenes with which
that convention was characterized. At
one time, while Cate, Peirne and Botler
hung over the Speaker’s desk, disputing the
right to the chair, aud arndsta tempes
tuous upioar, Captain Hathaway, hall in
toxicated, with his form half bent, hair
dishevel.d and his hand raised toward the
blue empyreau in an attitude of entreaty,
made use of the following characteristic ex
pressions :
«If yoo go into discussion you will never
fit out of it. Don’t go into It, now don't.
appeal to you as lovers of the Republican
party. Here’s talent that outweighs the
world. I Laughter and tremendous cries of
oidcr.j If you wa it to elect a rebel go Id
and do It [Continued cries of order ] I
have fought the thing. In and out, ou the
line, and hate to see such a d—d d’vision.
We have had enough of this O—d d—d
?ou to understand, gentlemen,''
. ontlnued the militiaman, “ that I’ve got a
melt in my body big enough to wrap
twice round my spine and tie in n knot
with the ends lapping the calves ofmy
legs and G-d d-m If 1 can be howled
down by any living eet of men."
i In addition to and in corroboration of
, these statements, detailed to us by persons
from that neighborhood, we have received
tbe following:
Liberty, November 9.
To ihe Editor of the Banner :
Dear Sir: On last evening, W. L. Hath
away (the murderer of Henry Frazier,
Esq.,) came to this place aud committed
some violation of the corporation laws.—
Tlie town coustable, James H. Overall, took
with him one man, good and true, M. C.
Vick, and attempted 'to arrest him or did
arrest him, and attempted to take his arms
from him, whereon Hathaway violently
tore loose from them aud made an attempt
to draw his plslols to shoot them (which he
had threatened to do If they attempted to
arrest Min), whereupon they shot aud In
stantly killed him.
We clip tM following additional particu
lars of his death from the Lebanon Herald,
of yesterday:
Liberty, November 8.
To the Editor of the Herald: %
W. L. Hathaway was drunk and very
disorderly here to-day. M. C. Vick and J.
H. Overall, town constables, attempted to
arrest him. He resisted and tried to draw
a pistol, when they both fired on him, kill
ing him Instantly. Yon will remember
Hathaway as a very reckless man, who
figured extensively about Lebanon once.
He was a lieutenant in Blackbnrn’s com
mand during the war. The men who kill
ed him are peaceable and worthy men, and
were fully justified in what they did. Hath
away was shot five times.
[From the Memphis Avalanche, Nov. 10.
The Brantley Assassinations—A Ven
detta of Thirteen Years.
Tb? following special dispatch appeared
in tbe Avalanche of this day week:
“Jackson, Miss., November 2.— Gen. W.
F*Brantley was assassinated this morning
at 9 o’clock about half a mile outside the
town of Wiuona, Carroll conuty. Twenty
five buckshot struck him. Several persous
saw the smoke of the gan, but the perpe
trator of tlie awful deed was not discover
ed, tbougii tracked some distance into a
cauebrake. It will be remembered that his
brother, the Mayor of Winona, was assassi
nated some time ago while sitting with
fcomc ladies at a coucet:. Afterward, Capt.
Connor, a member of the Legislature, a
relation of the Brantleys, was kilted at
Winona In a difficulty growing outoftlie
affair. Gen. Brantley makes the liiird vic
tim.”
Such a statement as the above would
naturally create some curiosity as to i'no
cause of the terrible affair. An Aval'imhs
reporter has been enabled to obtain informa
tion in regard to an old feud in which the
later transactions. <
Ju the year 1857, in ’he town of Gonzales,
the county scat of a county of the same
name In Texas,,there resided Dr. Bantley.
brother of the gentleman recently killed
near Winoua, who was engaged lu mer
chandising. The Munroe brothers—John,
Barney, and William—lived lu the same
town, aud were also eugaged iu “ keeping
score.” The parties named were all in good
circumstances. It appears that the Mon
roe brothers employed as clerks two young
men David and William Balzell. One of
the Balzells, on account of alleged impu
dence, Whipped Buford, a slave of Dr.
Brantley. Buford was known familiarly
as “ Bose,” and was considered in those
days a “ smart nigger,” although a “ grand
rascal.” The day after the whipping Dr.
Brantley attacked the Balzells, aud was
killed by David, who was afterwards arrest
ed and bailed ont of custody by his employ
ers. the Monroes.
A short time after Dr. Brantley’s death,
Neal McCoy, a noted desperado from Mis
sissippi, who had been sent by the frien s
of Brantlev, appeared upon the scene. The
Doctor was a native of that State, an I bad
emigrated to Texas bnt a few years before
his death. McCoy had been residing in
Gonzales but a few days when a difficulty
occurred between him and the Balzell
brothers in the dining room of the Gayoso
House, in which Dave was killed and Wil
liam knocked senseless with a slung shot.
He afterwards recovered, however, and
may now be living for aught we know. So
far there had been bnt two lives lost.
McCoy was arre ted and gave bad. Now
the scad got warmer. The Monroe brothers
espoused the cause of the Balzells, aud in
consequence were opposed to the friends of
the Brantleys. There was hardly a man In
'he county of Gonzales who had not at one
time or another aken sides. Some were
killed and others wounded.
Among those who were desperately
wounded on ’he Brantley side, our inform
ant remembers the name of but one, a Mr.
Davis, from Choctaw county, Miss. He re
ceived the contents of a gun loaded with
buckshot through bis left side, but, strange
to say, recovered. The surviving Balzell
was momentarily expecting an attack. In
these days Western Texas was a rather
wild country, the law was but imperfectly
enforced, and consequently, every one eon
s'dercd “self-preservation the first law of
nature.” A Brantley man and a Munroe
man were deadly enemies. They met but
to engage iu a bloody affray. Thus stood
affairs at the breaking ont of the war iu
1861. The adherent* of the respective par
ties went Into the Southern army. In the
year 1863 a voung planter named Green
was killed at the Boarman House, iu Jack
son, Mississippi, by Arnold Brantley, a
brother of Dr. Brantley, and the same man
who was Mayor of Winona at the time of
his death a few weeks ago. The affair, it
was supposed, grew out Os a gambling
scrape, but it may have possibly been con
nected with the feud which originated in
Texas. Thus it will be seen that the late
affair In the neighborhood of Winona can
in a measure be accounted for. At last
accounts, two years ago, Wm. Balzell was
liviog. He was a member of the 10th Ms
sissippi cavalry regiment, and passed safely
through the war. He proved blmself a gal
lant soldier, and it is not thought that, if
alfve, he would be goilty of an assaslna
tion. His life, It Is said, after the death of
Dr. Brantley, waa a dissipated one. He ap
parently cared bnt little for an existence,
and resorted to drink. He wasa native of
Virginia.
The Tennessee presa is becoming alarmed
at the migratory disposition manifested by
large numbers of people from various por
tlons of that Bute. Ilonfinds of families
are going to Tqg»»-
[From tbe Baltimore Bulletin, October.
A Pious Love Letter.
EXCITEMENT IN A BALTIMORE SABBATH
SCHOOL.
Quite an excitement has tnrned up in a
Sabbath school attached to an up-town
church, from the discovery of a letter writ
ten by one of the teachers in the school to
a member of the church—a married man.
Tbe writer of the letter in questlou is a
pastor’s wife and one of the Sabbath School
teachers. It reads as follows i
“Dear, KrND Precious Friend: I feel
much disappointed not seeing or hearing
from you during the week. Has anything
transpired to prevent your being at clinrch ?
“ Have you received any more communi
cations or heard anything? Yon can’t
Imagine the great pleasure it gave me in
seeing yon Sabbath.
“If perfectly convenient, aud With safe
ty, could you not write me a long letter,
and leave'it with me as you return from
the store this evening ?
“My H. fnbbyl is going to Mr. S.’ [t-v-ns-n]
to tea, and I will attend the .door, so I can
receive It myself (if you donft feel at liber
ty to come In). The way is always clear
for you to come. If you are permitted so to
do by your family. You know how happy
I always am to see you. * * * When I
cannot see yon I feel so aid and sorrowful.
How I long for tlie time when I shall see
you end enjoy your society. You are con
stantly in my thoughts, and sometimes I
almost become despondeut.
" I write to yon the deep feelings of my
heart. I must, however, look away to
Jesus, the only Comforter.
“ Through the earnest appeal of teachers
and scholars, I have consented to keep my
class; I sha’l, therefore', have the pleasure
of seeing you at that time. May our
Heavenly Father be our refuge and strength
In every time of need is the prayer of your
loving, devoted friend ”
The gentleman who received this letter
accidentally dropped it; his wife found It,
and in this way It came to light.
The teachers In the Sabbath school took
great exceptions to this letter, desiring an
investigation and expulsion of the writer;
quite a stormy debate ensued, and much ex
citement among the teachers and m the
school. The pastor came into the school,
and he and his wife w's ed to hush np the
matter. The result Is, the assistant super
intendent of the school and a number of
the teachers have withdrawn l’roin the
school and church.
PiIOGKESS OF THE HIOU CIIURCII IN
America. —Aii Episcopal monastery is
among the signs of progress in the direc
tion of what is known as the High Church
In this country. It is comparativelv a
WWOKfaEVTie Mt\>x%Yrr!!-
formiets, It Is regarded at the «nme
a work of progression and a return to tfie
customs of ante-reformation times. There
Is already a monastery of the kind at Ox
ford, from which the present movement in
this country emanates. Indeed, the rev
erend gentleman, Mr. Benson, who, with a
number of his brethren, has come to this
country for the purpose of Introducing the
monastic system among Protestants, Is the
founder at the iustitatlon at Oxford. As
sociated with him are several American
Episcopal clergymen, of Maryland, Connec
ticut and elsewhere. They distinguish
themselves, like the Jesuits, by a name
which is designed to mark the unity of
their order. They are called the Society of
Bt. John tlie Evangelist. They take upon
themselves, after the manner of Jesuit and
Roman Catholic monuchiam, vows of pov
erty, chastity and celibacy. They have for
some time contemplated the establishment
of their order in America, and have In
view, It Is said, two principal monasteries
iu New York and Boston, and an exten
sion of the system in due time to other
parts of the country; and they are sup
posed to have ample foods for’au efficient
beginning of the undertaking. Beside the
priests, the design contemplates the co
per atiou of lay brethren, and even sisters,
who all take the same vows. Father Ben
son is the Su|>erior, and the “ mouks” who
are already enlisted as his coadjutors are
described as being eloquent, able, zealous
and energetic men; and their chief mis
sion, it is presumed, will be. where It Is
most needed, among the poor. It will be
carious if the monastic system, after being
suppressed by law in France and Sp?ln,
and generally iu Europe, should be revived
in this country.— World.
The Coming Man.— Geu. Anrelles de
Paladines, the victor of Orleans, Is now 53
years of age. He honorably served for
many years in the armies of his country,
and his services in Algeria 25 years ago,
when he was quite a young man, were en
thusiastically complimented by that trne
gentle nan and preux cawtUer, Gen. Cavlg
nac. When the agents of Bonaparte, pre
vious to the coup d'etat of December 2,1851,
left no stone unturned to secure the assist
ance of as many talented young colonels
and generals of the army as possible, Au
rclles de Paladines lent a deaf par to their
fatal Inslnuat’ons, and, a* a consequence,
he has ever since remained a subject of dis
trust to the Bonapartist Court. While
such nidi ary nincompoops as Canrobert,
Valtlant, Magnan and Riudon were pro
moted to Marshalships, Aurellcsde Patla
dines could not rise above the rank of a
simple brigadier. That was his position
in the army when the Empire collapsed.
After all the humiliating defeats of the
French armies, he found himself under the
command of one of the meanest and most
corrupt tools of the Second Empire, the so
called Genera) De la Mo.terouge, who
allowed himself to be beaten by an enemy
whose strength was less than half of his
own. The Provisional Government at
Tours saw finally that if it would gain vic
tories it must look for generals who hon
estly loved their country, and united to
their patriotism the ability to handle large
bodies of troops. And so they entrusted
t» Gen. Aurelless de Paladines pn impor
tant command, and to him Is doe the honor
of having been the first to tarn the tide of
general French disaster.
[Oinxinuati Commtreial.
Greek Church—The New York Sun
chronicles the arrival them of Bishop
Paul us, of the Oriental Church, for the
purpose of establishing a Greek chapel In
that city. There ere many Greek end Ras
stair merchants In New York, It It tald,
who will be served by this church. 1
VOL. 29. NO. 48
General Items.
There are 1,700 newsboys la London.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams is about to
build himself a (100,060 residence in Bos
ton. wMfcfes W* r.
Six tous of the first of the year tobacco
were recently sold for $4,500 by a grower
of Hampshire county, Mass.
The Louitiana Sugar Bowl Is the name of
a weekly recently started* at New Iberia,
in that State,
O. C. Brown, of Cardlngton, O, Tus pur
chased, for $20,000, the right to exhibit the
double-headed child.
A female school teacher In Louisville has
sued a millionaire of that city for assault
and battery. Damages, $50,000.
A dame of Dayton and a maiden of New
Orleans are announced as converts to Ju
daism in Cincinnati.
T. D. Clark, of Xenia, 0., has Invented a
dish-washing machine. He’ll get all the
votes for President when female suffrage
prevails.
Beef froaLTexas, in refrigerated casks, Is
sold so the New Orleans markets. It is
sweet, abd will keep so several days after
unpacking. . 3
The question of the day Is, whether it is
more difficult for the girl of ihe period to
get hec clothes In her trunk or her trank
in her clothes.
Among the crew of the 111-fated steamer
Varuna, which was recently foundered on
the Florida coast, were several newly mar
ried couples.
In a police court at Boston, a woman
wearlug $7,000 worth of jewelry and cloth
ing, was arraigned for drunkenaess on
Monday and fined.
Waste paper dealers will be interested to
know that tlie “Patent Office Report” Is
now going through the press at Washing
ton. •
An obedient daughter always, makes a
fetthful wife. Let no man wlio values his
own happiness marry a woman of an un
fliial nature.
A muiiqneto taper Is a Pittsburg inven
tion. It creates such a smell when burn
ing that the musquetocs ask'to be excused.
It drives humßn beings out doors, also,
which Is its only defect’
The strongest German ward In New
York—the Seventeenth—which last year
Mr. Nelson a Democratic majority of
1,088, tills year gives Gov. Hoffinaii a Dem
ocratic tnalorlty of 5,000.
A morir-strnck youth 6f Harrison coun
ty, Indiana, voted half a Bheet of note
paper, with a lock of vinegar colored hair
curled within, iuslead of tlie regular ticket,
at the last election.
ia°n,2 n «k z^S are , l , he lalgst invention
in tue confectionery line. Thev are in
tended fort be use of lovers, aud ladles who
long calls.
It seems to be rather difficult to And a
purchaser for the Jeff Davis mansion In
Richmond: Tbe house has been in the
market for some time, bat the highest offer
made for It thus far Is SB,OOO.
At a late revival meeting, an impulsive
young convert prayed that God would bless
the two young ladles between whom he had
been sitting, “especially the one on the
right.” r—- y- jMmrjjf "
An Alabama darkey, in a recent speech
says: De Radical party does berry well for
a poor ignerent darky wat don’t know any
better, but darn a white man that would
belong to it. »• •
A writer in the Albany Argue says that?
the cabbage worm which has lately made
its appearance, and has been reputed pois
onous, is " as harmless In eating as rice.”
It is suggested In Paris to photograph
letters, on a very reduced scale, and thus
be able to send several thousand communi
cations by one pigeon.
In many places in Maine the railroad
managers build their railroad stations
with halls lu the second story, for concerts,
dances and lecture purposes.
Chunder Ben., the famous Hindoo,came
from Indi-t to see Christian Europe, and
could not do so by reason of the ravages of
war among Christian people.
In the vestibules of Illinois churches the
following notice is generally posted:
“Young ladles wtll please not eat chest
nuts during service.”
Ten applicants for clerkships In the Pa
tent Office have Just gone through a com
petitive examination, and bnt one answer
ed the question. “ How many times Is 1-5
contained In .s£?’’
A reporter of the Boston Commercial
‘ Bulletin has been playing journeyman
baker, In order to learn the secrets of the
business. He reports the dough mixed by
treading it with dirty feet.
Apples are so plenty in the neighborhood
of Boston that barrels cannot be found to
pack them ; yet the grocers manage to keep
up Lhe prices uuflluchiugly.
The New Orleans Timet suggests the
propriety of applying to the principal lot
tery manager of the State a title of nobili
ty—the Lord High Chance-seller of Louis
iana. ,
There is a general complaint In Maine
that apples are rotting. Greenings and
russets, which usua'ly keep all Winter, are
zoing Into rapid dissolution. This is ow
ing to the early ripe .lug of the fruit.
It is now said that the Mount Cents tun
nel will be completed In 1872. The Hoosac
tuDtiel wll require three years more for
Us completion. Both are great bores.
Seven hundred children were confirmed
by Archbishop McCloakcy, at the Church
of the Transfiguration, in Mott street, New
York, lately. ,
Poor Schenck’s misfortnes accumulate.
The naughty Democrats prevent him from
going to England, ami sew be lies sick at
the Bt. Nicholas, with “a mammoth car
buncle on his left chesk, that quite obscures
the sight oi one eye.” It Is Radicalism
gone to seed.
A young woman in SacnwoMto, Califor
nia, Is threatening to get a divorce oa the
novel ground of “protracted festivities.”
She says her husband celebrated his mar
riage by getting drank, and has kept np
the feetfvaf ever sioce.
Hon. J. Cessna (Rap.,) has officially in
formed Mr. Moyers, (Dim.,) lately elected
to Congress from Psusyivaaia, that he will
contest bis seat. Contesting a mao's scat
In Congress for a fsw years pact has boon a
paying business.