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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1875)
LETTER FROM ATLANTA. The Cl arkt -Alston Affair—New Elec tion for State Printer—Atlanta Post Office—Other Matters, Rtc. ' (From our Regular Correspondent! Atlanta, July 2. The upshot of the Clarke-Alston affair was a real live duel that would have come off somewhere in Alabama had not one of the principals been arrested. Since the publication of Clarke’s card—of which I wrote you—the mat ter put on a linen coat and cooled off— so the public thought; but an under current of pistolly literature was flow ing between the two aggrieved, which overran its banks and took the shape of a duel. All parties repaired to West Point and there during the cus tomary squabble over preliminaries, Col. Alston was arrested. Gen. A. C. Garlington, editor of the Griffin Messenger, who was Col. Alston’s second, gives two columns of corres pondence and other stuff in the Herald of this morning, and concludes it by severing his connection with the affair on the opinion that Alston had done all that honor required of him. We have, therefore, to wait to hear from the other side. Now, if Col. Alston has done all that honor required of him, who gets the satisfaction ? This whole affair is doubly unfortu nate. The unthoughted publication of the sermon of that miserable old rep robate, Bishop Haven, has caused to be sprung up between two good men a rancor that time nor circumstance can heal. It has done much more damage, for ft has caused Col. Alston to forfeit the office of State Printer, an office he could have filled most admirably Un der the laws of the State, a public offi cer challenging or accepting a chal lenge to fight a duel, forfeits his office. This Col. Alston has done, according to the statement published by Gen. Gar lington. It is claimed by some that the challenge was withdrawn, and thus saves the office. This is a frail hope The words of the law are plaiu and admit of no elastic stretching. Hence a vacancy exists among the public officers which will probably be filled by the Legisla ture in January. Thus, from a trifling circumstance, a good office is lost to a good officer. The code duello —the Mecca of in jured honors and the bloody ground of unbridled Hotspurs—is the basest fraud and the most infamous settle ment of difficulties that man can re sort to. It is a martyr-pile for hot blood to reach its melting point and burn in a wicked flame of doubtful honor and complacent satisfaction. It is murder skulking behind the mask of respectability, ruining honors instead of mending them; building a thin crust of shallow chivalry upon our youth, and giving the most hideous phases of crime a gauzy appearance of decency. Bah! Raking Through Ashes. Colonel George W. Fish was mur dered a few years ago while on his way from the depot to his house one dark night, in Oglethorpe county. Being a prominent Republican, Governor Bul lock offered a reward of 86,000 for the arrest and conviction es the murderers. Two Atlanta detectives undertook the task. They went to Oglethorpe as itinerant picture makers, opened a tent, and while there took the counterfeit presentments of the Oglethorpians. They gathered clues, points and then wound up their business there by having arrested an old man named Loyd and a young man named Holsen bake. The detectives, Murphy and Rasp berry, hid themselves under the planks of the jail, and when the two prisoners thought they were alone convicted themselves by their conversation. Upon this testimony and a chain of circumstantial evidence, the two men were hung. Lloyd swore to his inno cence to the last moment, but Holsen bake confessed his crime. He further said that Colonel H. P. Farrow, the prosecuting attorney in the case, was a “degraded and disgraced mortal; that he had sacrificed his honor, and was a convicted perjurer,” &c. The hanging and its cruel memories passed away froqj our minds. The other evening, however, the Atlanta Commonwealth revived the tragedy, and stated that a gentleman of nerve and determination was pretty sure that it was a vile conspiracy to swear away a man’s life for the sake of the reward, and that a prominent United States offi cial (Farrow) received 82,000 for his share of the reward. The brave gentleman referred to was Chap Norris, a well known Republican and political flea. Col. Farrow comes out in one of those everlasting “cards,” and denies in toto the charge. The case is undergoing sifting, and “Chap” is busy getting up evidence, when he says he will come down on Farrow like a wolf on the fold, and mash him flatter’n a batter-cake. The case ex cites interest from the fact that it threatens to throw open to public gaze a window that has been closed for a long time, and disclose to view a pretty picture of infamy. The Atlanta Post Office. There isn’t a steam hammer power ful enough to keep Sam Bard down when he wants to get up. You might knock him down with the broad blud geon of slander; might tie him down with the strong withes of public con demnation ; might throw him down with the battering-ram of removal from office, but hanged if he will stay down. His normal condition is erection—solid, unflinching erection—and all the earth quakes of South America or cyclones of our own land can move even a muscle to pliancy. All he wants is the thinnest and narrowest plank to stand on, and when he plants his Idaho feet on it you might as well attempt to move Stone: Mountain. Confronted with stern front of law and justice, he might possibly waver just a little, or stammer out an epigrammatic paragraph, but “the pld guard never surrenders.” You see, yesterday was the appoint ed day for Sammy to take down Grant’s picture and retire from the frescoed precincts of the Post Office, in order that Mr. Conley, of your city, might take hold of the reins of office and drive the old apple cart a little. But when the ex-Governor walked in, Sam my refused ; but Conley, with his son John walked in and took possession under protest. Sammy raises the southwest end of his pepper and salt moustache, throws the rose color into his sunniest smile, and says he never resigned the office, was never notified of his removal, and hence is Postmaster yet. Another evi dence of Atlanta’s promotion—two reg ular built Postmasters. Bard will ap peal to the Senate. He is Postmaster until removed for cause, and as Bard has made an exceptionally good offi cer, the cause will have to be pretty rigidly searched for. In the meantime, the uneasy public will while the hours away by reading the prospectus of Bard’s new paper, the Advance. Otter Matters. Printers are engaged in packing and storing away for Gen. Robt. Toombs, all the type and material of the late Atlanta News. This takes the veil from a pretty tale. Police Commissioner Morris, not sat isfied with being charged and tried for bribery, is now undergoing a trial for setting fire to his own store. Verily the way of the transgressor is hard. R. J. Magee, of Eastman’s Business College, has gone to New York. He left a few debts unpaid and took with him a few dollars that had been paid as tuition in advance by his students. The college has been levied on and closed. Magee “flourished” considera bly around here. It is hoped that such a proficient handler of the pen will not go to tiie pen-itentiary. Farrington, who was charged with arson, has been tried and acquitted, but—but—but—. The Governor pardoned three con victs, all white, Wednesday. It is pro bable that the Governor is setting his pegs. Work on the Custom House will be gin August Ist. Ten million negroes and one or two white men wanted im mediately. The railroad men have come and gone, but as your “head centre” was around, and will give you the proceed ings, I refrain. Roanoke. LETTER FROM AVARRESTON. Proceedings of the District Confer ence-Reports from C„nrches—Pro gress of Meth disni. (Special Correspondence Constitutionalist.] Friday morning, the Conference was opened at 8 o’clock, with prayer by Rev. E. P. Bonner. Bishop Wightman then took the chair, and stated in what manner he wished reports prepared. Reports from the different charges were then called for. The first reports were from the Augusta i hurches, St. John’s being the first called. The pas tor, Rev. C. A. Evans, represented the state of the church to be good. He said that the young men of the church work ed well, and were zealous in the cause of God; that the prayer and social meetings were interesting and profita ble ; that the Sabbath School number ed 170, with an average attendance of 140, and that there had been about 60 accessions to the church since he be came its pastor. All were delighted to hear so good a report from St. John’s, the Mother of Methodism in Augusta. -The communlqaats of.this church num ber about 300. 7f St. Luke’s Mission being called, Rev. C. W. Key, the pastor, reported that he was meeting with groat success. Not only have the Methodists assisted him in his work, but the Presbyterians and Baptists, and in some instances men of the world have given him material aid. The Mission numbers at present twen ty communicants. The Sabbath school connected with it, of which the Harris burg school formed the nucleus, num bers now seventy scholars. St. James’ Charge was next called for. The pastor, Rev. H. J. Adams, stated that the church was in a very prosperous condition. The property of this charge consists of two buildings— a brick church and a neat wooden chapel, in the lower part of the city. St. James Charge, which, in 1856, num bered only 100 members, now numbers above 660. The increase since last con ference year is 102. There are two Sabbath schools in connection with this charge—one at St. James, the other at Jones’ Chapel. St. James Sabbath school numbers 472 members and Jones’ Chapel 168. Amount of money raised in the Sabbath school for the year, 8565. Number of conversions among the Sabbath school scholars slice January Ist is 31. ILv. F. A. Kimball,of Asbury Church, said that the spiritual state of his church was good. He spoke of the consistent living of most of his mem bers, and mentioned, in a feeling man ner, the happy and triumphant deaths of old and young that he had witnessed during his pastorate. The membership of Asbury is 575. The Sabbath School is flourishing, and numbers 324. There have been twenty conversions among the scholars this year. At the conclusion of Mr. Kimball’s remarks, the Bishop arose and said that he hoped aH the pastors and su perintendents would lay particular stress upon the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed and the ten command ments, and see that the scholars re peated these frequently. The Bishop’s remarks were exceedingly appropriate and well-timed. Rev. Robert Bigham, Presiding Elder of the District, then rose and spoke of the expansion of Methodism in Augus ta. In 1854 there was but one Method ist church in the city (St. John’s). A member of that church began a little Sabbath school in the lower part of Greene street, and from this school arose St. James’ church. Since the war a son of the founder of St. James’ Sabbath school established a little school in Harrisburg, and this formed the nucleus of St. Luke’s Mission. In a similar manner another flourishing church (Asbury) was founded. When the Presiding Elder sat down the Bishop made some exceedingly in teresting remarks on the spread of Methodism in the United States. Meth odism had not yet reached its centenna ry in this country, but if all the Metho dist Churches in the Union were placed j in a line at distances of two miles j apart they would extend across the j continent from the Atlantic to the Pa cific and then northward to the Colum bia river. He mentioned, as the differ ent steps in the progress of Metho dism : Ist. The preaching of salvation through Jesus Christ. 2d. The build ing of churches. 3d. The founding of colleges; and, 4th, the establishment of Asylums for the poor and houses of refuge for those who were ready to perish. At half past ten o’clock we listened to an eloquent and impressive sermon from Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, the Sunday School Secretary of the South ern Methodist Church. Afternoon. Exercises were opened by Rev. Josi ah Lewis, after which the roll of the churches was proceeded with. Rev. B. F. Farris represented the Richmond Circuit as consisting of six churches and 502 members, 189 having joined within the past year. There are seven Sabbath schools and 160 scholars. Belair Mission—Rev. E. P. Bonner reported four churches and 200 mem bers ; four Sabbath schools and 100 members. Appling Circuit—Rev. F. P. Brown reported 5 churches and 255 members and 195 Sunday school scholars. One Sabbath school established at Linwood 19 years ago by Mrs. McCor mick has formed the nucleus of a flourishing church. Rev. W. T. Hamilton reported that in Thomson Circuit there were 4 ap pointments with houses of worship in good condition. The membership num bers 340, of which 30 have been re ceived since last District Conference. He represented their spiritual condi tion as good. Two years ago there were 3 Sunday schools, now there are 8. After a few remarks by Rev. Dr. Haygood and the Bishop, the Confer ence adjourned. At night there was an excellent dis course by Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Editor of the Southern Christian Advocate. D. A SISTER AVENGED. Killing of a New York Farmer by His Wife’s Brother —The Tragic End of a Wretched Union. A family quarrel of nearly six years standing in Steuben county, New York, came to a termination Sunday, by the killing of one of the parties to it by an other, under peculiarly distressing cir cumstances. Four miles from the vil lage of Troupsburg Centre, in Steuben county, a farmer, well-to-do and highly respected, has lived for many years. He has two children, a son and a daughter, Geo. E. Hendricks, aged 21, and Helen, aged 26. Six years ago, Helen, in opposition to the wishes of her family, married a man named Wm. H. Dildine. He was a young man of no little talent and education, but of a somewhat questionable character.— Helen Hendricks, being an only daugh ter had been given superior educational advantages, and at the time of her marriage had been but a short time from college, where she graduated with high honors. Dildine was a man of splendid physique, and well calculated to win the affection of any lady. The marriage of his daughter was a terrible blow to the old farmer, but he con quered his resentment to her husband and endeavored to make the best of the situation, . Shortly'after their marrtage tKe J)il dines removed to Wellsville, Alleghany county, where they lived together until last week. Two children, a boy and girl, were born to them. Not long after taking up their abode in Wellsville ru mors that Dildine was neglecting and abusing his wife reached the Hendricks homestead. These reports finally be came so frequent that old Mr. Hen dricks went to Wellsville and remon strated with his son-in-law about his conduct. This led to a bitter quarrel between them ; and Hendricks taking his daughter and her two children, the one an infant in arms, back home with him. This was in 1873. Mrs. Dildine remained home a few days, when her husband went to her father’s and forced her to return to Wellsville with him. A Family Quarrel. They continued to live a miserable life together until Saturday last. In the morning of this day a quarrel arose between Dildine and his wife at the breakfast table. He threw a plate at her, striking her on the head and in flicting a bad wound. Not satisfied with that, he knocked her down, and, seizing her by the hair, pounded her face against the floor until she was al most unconscious. He then left the house. After she had recovered suffi ciently she arose from the floor, and writing the following note, also went away, taking her children with her: Will—l will make one more effort to make your home happy. I think this one will be successful. May you be as happy as you deserve to be. Helen. Mrs. Dildine went to her father’s, reaching there with her children on Saturday evening. At intervals for the past two years Mr. Hendricks has suffered considera ble loss by fires, which have been very plainly of incendiary origin. The first one of these fires destroyed a barn and its contents a few days after Dildine had taken his wife away from her father in 1873. The last occurred a few weeks ago, and since then George E. Hendricks, the son, procured a navy revolver, and has kept a watch on the premises. Revelations made by Mrs. Dildine on Saturday night, after reach ing home, confirmed the suspicions *of Mr. Hendricks as to the origin of the fire. Mrs. Dildine said that on the way to Wellsville with her husband in 1873 he was very bitter in his threats against the life and property of her father and brother, and said that he had been arranging with a man to burn her father’s barn, and added, with an oath, that “if he didn’t do it he knew damn well who would, and he only wished the whole Hendricks family could bo in the building and burn to a crisp.” She never informed her relatives of this for fear her hus band would kill her. The Tragedy. Last Saturday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o’clock, Dildine drove up to Hendricks’ house with a horse and buggy. He entered the house, where his wife, her father, mother and brothers were assembled. Failing in his purpose to get his child away he commenced talking about the children, and said that he . _ was going to take his boy with him “in spite of helL” The child was playing in the yard when its father drove up, but upon see ing him, ran into the house and sprang into his mother’s lap, where it lay hold ing to her dress. Dildine seized the child, and, tearing it screaming away from its mother, started rapidly to wards his wagon. The mother ran after him, shrieking for”hcr child. George Hendricks, who had main tained silence from the moment his brother-in-law entered the house, sprang from his chair as Dildine left the house, and drawing his revolver, cried out to him to stop. Dildine paid no attention to young Hendricks, and the latter fired. Dildine kept on to ward the wagon, closely followed by his wife. Hendricks fired again, but Dildine neither stopped nor said a word. A third shot was fired. Then Dildine turned about, facing his wife, who had overtaken him at that point. He was deadly pale, and after trying to take a step forward fell heavily to the ground. Mrs. Dildine stooped down and took the child from her hus band*B'~arms. He looked up and said: “Helen, do you see your dying hus band ? Your brother has killed me.” To a question as to whether she could do anything for him, he made no re ply, and she ran into the house with her child. A Religious Young Man. Young Hendricks is a leading church member of Troupsburg, and a remark ably devout and pious young man.— After seeing that he had fatally wounded his brother-in-law, he took his hand, as he lay on the ground, and asked him: “ Have you any hope in Christ, Wifi ?” Dildine opened his eyes and said, ve hemently as he was able: “ No—none.” Nothing further passed between the dying man and any of the family. Young Hendricks walked coolly to and fro by Dildine with his watch in liis hand, to get, as he said, the exact time of the man’s death. He died in eigh teen minutes after he fell. Every shot fired by Hendricks had taken effect. One entered the back be low the left shoulder blade, passed through the left lung and the heart, lodging in the right lung. Another en tered the left hip, and the third lodged in the right leg below the knee. He says that he believes God will hold him guiltless in doing what he did, as it was done in defence of his sister and her children. SOUTH CAROLINA. HARDY SOLOMON’S SMASH. A Lot of Radical Officials Heavy Losers —The State a Depositor of $200,000- Causes of the Failure—The Last Feather—Expected Action of the At torney General. . (Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.j Colombia, S. C.. July 2.—The follow lowing notice was sent to the newspa per offices to-night: Sooth Carolina Bank and Trust Cos., ) Columbia, S. C., July 2 1875. j To the Public: It is with pain and rjritaMhftt the suspension of this bank IsaOTKHance'd. Every’ effort tint it woo possible for the officers to make, to avert the catastrophe, has been made in vain. The continual withdrawal of depositors and a constant run on the baDk, occasioned by a vague alarm which has existed for several weeks, together with the impossibility of col lecting the loans due the bank, has rendered this suspension unavoidable. To struggle further was impossible, and could only work injustice to the cred itors, to whom a full statement will be made as soon as possible. Respectfully, Hardy Solomon, President. The State deposits in the suspended bank amount to about two hundred thousand dollars. The private depos its have been drawn down during t ie past week. The Greenville and Co lumbia Railroad Company drew a check for twelve thousand dollars to day, which was the immediate cause of the suspension. It is understood that the bank has been for a long time dealing in old State claims and advancing to various State institutions. The Attorney Gen eral will apply to-morrow to Judge Carpenter for a receiver to take charge of the assets and protect the interest of the State. It is said that the private fortune of the principal stockholders is ample to cover all the liabilities of the bank. Gov. R. K. Scott, Comptroller General Dunn, and other Radical officials, are said to be large losers. Railroad Tickets at the Popular and General Railroad Ticket Office of Atlanta. The public can procure tickets by the Great Kennesaw and twenty-five other routes to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, the Virginia Springs and New York. Remember that this is the only office in the Kimball House that h is on sale tickets to Louisville, Cin cinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, and all other points to the Northwest . Office hours from sa.m. to 9:30 p. m. Bag gage orders received,promptly attended to and checked at residences. Reliable information a specialty. No trouble to answer questions or letters. Thomas McGill, General Agent, jy 4-1 w No. 2 Kimball House. Always in Demand. —Few industries have felt the late dull times so little as the Fairbanks Scale Works at St. Johnsbury, Vt. During the past six months they have manufactured nearly 28,000 scales, showing an increase in production of 20 per cent, over the cor responding time last year, and the foreign demand for their scales has never been so large as at the present time. We understand that Messrs. Fairbanks & Cos. have recently gotten ! up a cotton beam, with frame, hooks, 1 etc., complete, made in the best man ner, which they are offering at a low ! figure. Merchants would do well to inform themselves regarding them be fore purchasing: THE WAY OF THE WORLD. ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG , WOMAN. A Clever Society Sketch. I Don Piatt in the Washington Capital.] We rode over from Washington with the heroine. She is a lovely, fascinat ing woman, with a quiet force in her that is covered by a charming modesty, like an iron hand hid under a silk vel vet glove. m She is nothing but a clerk under the Government, and scarcely worth read ing about. After all, her story is interesting, for it illustrates the social life of our na tional capital. The aristocracy of Washington is mainly official. It grades up from a messenger to the President. The President is ex-officio the first gentle man, the messenger is ex-officio the last gentleman. Knock off the position and you could not tell one from the other. That is a little hard on the messenger, but we wish to illustrate. He must pardon us. If, however, one has large wealth, some culture and a carriage, one can drive into good society and be tolerated by even members of the Cabinet. It is a great thing in a social way to be tol erated by the Cabinet. Some of the Cabinet were resurrected out of old family vaults, others were dug from corn fields; but in Washington social pippiDS and potatoes float all alike. To this came iu carriage a wealthy gentleman, accompanied by his family. We call him Bullion because his name was not Bullion, but something else. He had retired frem business on an im mense fortune, all safely invested in North Pacific, Erie and other first-class securities. After doing Europe for three years he came to Washington, that is his eldest, Maud—we say Maud, for that is a beautiful name and re minds us of one who came into the garden as our heroine—came to Wash ington. Mr. Bullion had other children, but he wished his eldest to see our na tional capital, that she might compare it to those of Europe. We felt sorry for the capitals of Europe when we heard that. Taking a handsome, su perbly-furnished house, he and his ex cellent lady entertained in a way to win the hearts—wo should say stomachs, but it means the same thing—of Wash ington. Maud was a belle. Washington, every winter, has fiftv belles. Each coi respondent has one, and very liberal correspondents have each two. But Maud had all the correspond ents, for her father possessed millions, according to report, and fed bountiful ly on canvas-backs and terrapins, with large supplies of champagne. i A lovely girl, with such an author of her being, reigned a queen, and had bouquets and offers of marriage every night. She rejected Senator Jones— fact, madam 1 Senator Booth had him self made a national Lycurgus that he might marry Maud Bullion ; but he did nor. Our Clarkson N. Pottah bought an extra bottle of the Balm of Gilead hair oil to propose in, and came to grief. Our space will not permit even a bare list of her conquests. Sklte* had too much political Influence, wltfStf she exerted in a small way. She had only to say one little word to a member of the Cabinet or a Senator to have her wishes immediately complied with. Iu this way she had- her poor old teacher of geography quartered on the coast survey, and her poor cousin put in the Treasury, and an old servant made a mi ssengcr. Among the crowd of suitors one found favor. Ho was rather a hand some gentleman, and considered a rising man. The end of the season found the two engaged. One fine summer day Jay Cooke & Cos. failed. The game of failure that year was like a game little boys play with bricks. They set the bricks on end in a row, and, knocking over the first, the bricks go tumbling. It is a pleasing entertainment, and if the boys are industrious and bricks numerous, it is amazing to see how the law of gravitation will pitch down the last brick, however remote. Old Bullion was not very remote, and one morning he waked up to find himself knocked over. Then came the old, old struggle, with the old result, of land going to waste, and, in this case, aggravated by the sudden death of the victim. Mr. Bul lion succumbed to the crash of ’73 and the apoplexy. Maud found herself with a helpless mother, four helpless younger sisters and brothers, with nothing but a life insurance policy set tled on her mother amounting to just five thousand dollars. She collected this money, put it in bank to her mo ther’s account, wrote her future hus band a sad letter releasing him from his engagement, and then took the train for Washington to secure a place under the Government. Washington looked at through the bay window of an elegant mansion is not the same city looked at from the dingy panes of a cheap boarding house. Poor Maud found the atmosphere of our city strangely chilled. The mem bers of the Cabinet and the Senators, once her admirers, anxious to oblige, were difficult of access, and when seen were too sympathetic and polite. Since she secured places so easily for her de pendents, she found they had become ■strangely crowded. Her trials, her heart-breaking and disappointments would fill a volume. We have not the space to tell how her little sum of money disappeared until she dare not even ride in the cars. But her high courage, her indomitable will, kept her up and at work. One hope disappeared in disappointment only to give place to another. From time to time she received loving letters from her proposed and accepted husband. One morning she called, according to appointment, on Senator Bogan—he will be recognized by all under that I name—and was shown into the parlor, j Being told that the Senator w ould be j down soon, Miss Maud settled herself j in a chair. Next to waiting in the ante-chamber of a Cabinet magnate, where a crowd of stranded humanity sit in gloomy si lence, with eyes fixed on the door that covers official greatness, the dreariest business is to wait in the overdone par lor of a wealthy Senator. Maud gave twenty ininutes to an inventory of the furniture; then she studied for ten minutes her slender form, white face and faded dress, in the huge mirror that seemed to duplicate the room. Then she went through the Senator’s" picture gallery, which consisted of a photograph album. After, she read the costly books scattered over the table. Senator Bogan being a Christian states man, the literature was of a pious sort and very depressing. An» hour went and no Senator ap peared, and at last Maud softly opened the door that led into the conservatory, that she might breathe the scent of rare flowers with their taste of Para dise. Whilst standing thus, drawing in great breaths, she heard a voice in earnest conversation, and was about closing the door and her ears, when she caught the sound of her own name. It was very improper for Miss Maud to listen, but nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand would be guilty of a like impropriety under like cir cumstances. Said a sweet voice, that Maud i ecog nized as that of Miss Bogan : “ You never loved till now ? ” “Never,” responded a bass that made poor Maud start, for it was the voice of her intended.” “ And that affair of yours with Maud Bullion ?” “ Nothing, I assure you, but a “flir tation,” continued the bass. “Oh, Einma! don’t triflle with the earnest affection my heart feels.” And then came a succession of explosive sounds so indicative of close quarters. Maud threw wide the door and strode into the conservatory. There was an ugly look in her large brown eyes, and some confusion on the part of two people so suddenly called upon to ex tricate themselves. “I beg your pardon,” cried Maud in a low, measured tone, as if she were reading somebody’s death sentence, “but I gathered from what I heard that you were about engaging your selves. I like it. I never saw two people so fitted for each other. You need an engagement ring. Let me give you one,” and she drew fr m her slender finger a diamond. “Fi,:e kept me from pawning this for breii ’ that it might serve so grave a pui. se. It will bind admirably a very shallow heart to a very selfish one. Good morning.” And she was gone from the astounded gaze of the disturbed lovers. They were brave words she uttered, but they did not keep her from crying like a child on reaching her miserable apartment, where it seemed as if the world, once so fair and bright, had deserted her. But the world had not. The next morn ing the Christian statesman, Senator Bogan himself, called in his carriage and carried Maud to the—well, we will say the State Department, for it was not the State Department—where she was duly installed as a translator and clerk at twelve hundred a year, where she yet is. To this the venerable Bo gan was moved solely by an Ismaelitish Bohemian of the press, who, taking a sudden interest in Maud, said : “Look here, Bogan, it’s got to be done,” and it was. This little romance, that created some stif at the time, and is here so hastily told, Would Serve a good purpoea in the hands of some playwright or tale writer anxious to portray the real life at our national capital. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. The Celestials—French Politics—Eng lish Politics—Detaat of Carlists. Berlin, July 3.—The German com missioners to the Philadelphia Centen nial Exhibition are preparing to get con sent to affix prices to goods sent there. London, July 3.—Dispatches from China say several foreigners have been assaulted in Pekin. Native soldiers, who insulted the American Consul and wife and made hostile demonstrations against the British consulate at Chin Kiang, have been punished and the af fair is now settled. Paris, July 3.—An important meet ing of three groups of the Left was held last night. Three hundred and thirty Deputies were present. Resolu tions were unanimously passed agree ing to abstain from unnecessary dis cussion so that all necessary bills may be passed by the middle of August. Provision was made for a committee to negotiate with the Minister, Duke D’ Audiffret-Pasquier, and the leaders of other Parliamentary groups, with the object of fixing a day for the dissolu tion of the Assembly. London, July 3.—The House of Lords passed the Canada Copywright bill. The Peruvia, for Quebec, takes out 560 Mennonite emigrants. Dispatches from Madrid confirm the report of Gen. Jovellar’s victory over the united Carlist bands of Dorregara.y, Cucula and Villalain. General Marrinez Campos, with the Army of Catalonia, effected a junction with Jovellar yes terday, and the combined forces are now making preparations to attack Cantavieja. A Times special dispatch from Madrid says: “Gen. Jovellar reports the de feat of the united bands of Dorregaray, Cucula and Villalain, between Vista velle and Viela Franca. The Carlists suffered heavy losses, and fled in disor der toward Yglesuela. The chief Villa lain was killed. Gen. Campos reports a success in Catalonia. Gen. Loma has defeated the Carlists who attacked Ga cadello and Bexberana. The Madrid Government is showing great vigor to wards Carlist sympathizers, several of whom have been banished. More Heavy Failures. London, July 3.—Heavy failures in several parts of the country were caus ed by the suspension of Alexander Col lie & Cos. The Texas-Mexican War. New York, July 3.—A dispatch from New Orleans says a private dispatch from Brownsville reports Gen. Christo has the ability and intention to protect American citizens. The military forces at Brownsville have received orders to cross and support Christo in preserving peace, in case such a measure becomes necessary.
