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Instead of giving 'a direct an
swer, the muddled victim continued to
beat the door, and call out, Mr. B——
oh ! Mr. B I"
Thinking now, that some serious
accident might have happened, B ,
hurried down, opened the door, and to
his amazement, confronted Lieutenant
W • supporting himself by the
door post.
Anxiously he inquired the cause of
this untimely visit ? whereupon the
Lieutenant ip an elevated, and wolully
aggrieved tone of voice, replied, “Mr.
B——, I say Mr. B , cabbage aint
no count, Mr. B <&c.” Here, with
out a word more, he staggered to his
Sleigh, and was driven home!’’
Among the most descriminating,
and elegant Publishers in this country,
are the Messrs. llcud and Houghton,
of New York. During the last six
or eight years, they have issued not a
few works by native, and foreign
authors, which no Library claiming to
be complete, could well afford to dis
pense with!
The most interesting and able of
their recent is«nes is entitled “Mary
Queen of Scotts, and other latest
English Historians; being a narrative
of the principal events, in the life of
Mary Stuart; wiih some remarks on
Mr. Froude’s History of England, by
Janies F. Meline, Ac.
This book is an amplification of
certain essays originally published in
the “Catholic World," and as a critic
in that profound, and thoughtful
magazine truly observes j—“no more
thorough scarification of a literary of
fender has been made wjfhin our re
collection 1”
We shall follow this Crictics’ se
lection, and lucid arrangement of a
few specimens of Mr. Froude’s sins ;
so that our readers may judge—as he
himself expresses it—how little claim
Froude’s History has to au honorable
place in Literature.
Ist. Mr. Froude begins early to pre
pare our minds lor Mary's imputed
profligacy. “She was brought up," he
says, (and by the way, this assertion
was made long before, by Charles
Kinzley, and others) “amidst the politi
cal iniquities of the “Court of Catha
rine de Medicis."
The truth is, that Mary never teas
at the Court of Catharine 1 Catharine
had no position in history, until after
Mary had left France. Moreover,
Catharine and Mary detested them
selves -
2nd. Froude relates that Knox had
labored to save Murray from the dan
gerous fascinations of his sister Mary ;
while the rcords prove that in this
special inslauce, the “influence" was
all on the other side!
3rd. Mr. Froude pretends to quote
from a dispatch of Randolph's to Cecil
a description of Mary's luxurious habits.
“ Without illness, she would lounge
for days in bed, rising at night only
for dancing, and music! And in this
oondition, it was asserted that Ran
dolph found her. It will hardly be
credited, that there is no such descrip
tion in the despatch!
On the contrary, Randolph represents
Mary as active, energetic and capable.
4th. Mr. Froude strongly travesties
the account of Bothwell's return—
(ls6s) “Suddenly, the Earl of Both
well re-appeared at Mary's Court She
disclaimed all share in his return
but there he stood, (though attainted)
with no man to lift his hand against
him ! And he adds, that Murray sum
moned Both well rto answer at Edin
boro’ a charge of high treason!
What Randolph literally said was this :
K J*The Queen mislikcth Bothwell’s com
BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’ JOURNAL.
ing home, and has summoned him to un
dergo the law, or be proclaimed a
Rebel!”
Therefore, wc see, it was the Queen
not Murray who “summoned him to
answer."
sth. Mr. Froude speaks of Lennox
as having gathered around him “a
knot of desperate youths—Cassalis,
Eglinton, Montgomery, and Bothwell.”
Now, these persons were not the
friends of Lennox, but the • strongest
dependence of Murray and Argyle
ayainst Lennox!
6th. Mr. Froude makes a blunder
which has already excited discussion,
in the statement; (oa the alledged
authority of Randolph) that Mary,
“deaf to advice as, to menace,” affirm
ed, she would have no peace until she
had Murray’s, or Chatelherault’s
head 1"
There is absolutely no such letter !
On the contrary, it is proved that
Mary, though undecided, was inclined !
to clement measures.
7th. In the 'midst of more serious
charges against Mr. Froude, or account
of his carelessness, or prejudice, or
malignity, it amuses one to observe his
propensity to leap at conclusions ; to
“go off as it were at half cock 1” Here is
a noteworthy example :
Ho describes Mary on a furious
night ride of “20 miles in two hours,"
at the end of which she wrote with
her own hand a letter to Elizabeth
“tierce, dauntless, and haughty," the
strokes “thick from excitement 1"
A picturesque story! which it is a
pity to spoile; but the very letter ad
duced by Mr. Froude, contains the
Queen's apology for not writing it with
her own hand, because “she was so
tired, and ill at ease!”
Moreover, the 20 miles ride occupied
five hours, not two //
9th. In the account of Darnley’s
death, Mr. Froude accepts notoriously
untrustworthy authority,' distorts evi
dence, suppresses facts, and shows
himself as unscrupulous as he is (his
torically) fanatical!
For example; Mr. Froude finds it
suspicious that Mary should have
“preferred to believe" that she herself
was the object of the Lord's conspiracy,
though a dispatch from Paris had con
veyed a message that her husband's
life was in danger!"
This message, from the Spanish
Ambassador says: “take heed your
self, some notable enterprise is in hand
against you /"
But here we must pause. Enough
has been brought forward to show
Mr. Froude's lamentable short comings
as an historian.
It is greatly to be regretted that a
man so learned, able, and full of in
tellectual resources ; with an imagina
tion so brilliant, and descriptive
powers of such compass, and force,
should make use of his abilities to be
cloud facts, and misrepresent the great
personages of the past, instead of en
deavoring at least, to aim at that
central truth, which should be the ob
ject of every geuiliue Annalist!
Written for the Banner of the South and Planters*
Journal.
The Orderly Sergeant’s Dog.
When we left Georgia for the war we
went to Richmond, and encamped on
the outskirts of that City, at a place
known ns the Fair Grounds—after
wards, to thousands of soldiers as
“Camp Lee," —where our our regiment
was organized. Our discipline was
very rigid. It was difficult for any oue
below a commission to get beyond the
lines of the regimental guard. All
sorts of ways were resorted to by the
men to evade the restriction. Some
times they would succeed ; other times
not. After a week or two our Colonel
relented, and gave daily a limited num
ber of passes to visit the City. Among
other things brought into camp were
a number of dogs. The dogs, not
being soldiers paid no attention to mili
tary rule. They would wander about
the camps for a while, and, seemingly,
not caring to be mustered into service,
they did what their would-be masters
could not do—went home. No one
could keep a dog. Perchance if one
was disposed to remain, the men of an
other company or regiment would tie
an old canteen or something else to his
tail, and then shout; the poor brute
would go with the wind, never to re
turn. Our orderly sergeant had pro
cured a sma'l purp, fat and sleek, which
he christened “Jeff.” He was too
young to wander far, not old enough to
be pranked. Our orderly, poor Evans,
sickened and died. Our company now
looked upon “Jeff as an orphan; they
seemed to love him for his dead mas
ter’s sake. “Jeff"’ grew rapidly and
soon became a favorite with the whole
command. He was taught to play all
sorts of antics. He was friendly with
all, and like a good neighbor would
visit about, but he never forgot his
company. He was punctual to roll
call, and seemed to recognize a member
of his company anywhere and at any
time, among thousands of Holdiers.
When we left Richmond for Yorktown
“Jeff" kept his place alongside the
company with the promptitude of a ser
geant While on the Peninsula, under
Magruder, in the many “tramps,” for
which the General was celebrated,
“Jeff"’ always considered himself “fit
for duty.” lie was never out of place.
I shall mention only one of the dog’s
traits. Like a good soldier he was not
afraid of fire—qne H]>ecies of it at least.
He would extinguish au ordinary camp
fire in a few minutes. He would seize
a billet of wood, partly aflame, with
his mouth, drag it lrom the pile, and
with his feet scratch‘earth upon it. He
would seize another and another, until
he reduced the heap, and then scratch
earth upon such as he could not re
move. To perform this feat the tire
had to be small and the dot*constantly
encouraged.
When the Spring campaign of '62
opened we were ordered to Goldsboro’
by way of James' River. We embark
ed on board a transport in company
with a Louisiana regiment. “We took
“Jeff" on board. About midway to
City Point we found that the dog was
missing. We never knew what became
of him. We thought he was thrown
overboard by some of the Louisianians
to satisfy a brutal desire for fun.
Whether he sank beneath the red
waves of the broad river and found a
watery grave, or swam ashore and found
a home at some friendly farm-house,
we never knew. We know, however,
his fate was that of thousands of Con
federate soldiers—“unknown." Os this,
we are sure, poor “Jeff” never deserted, j
B. A. M.
[From the Atlanta Constitution, 7th.]
Seizure of Georgia National Bunk.
Yesterday Dr. C, T .. Redwine made an
affidavit, under the provisions of the act
1 passed by the present Legislature, De- !
eember 15th, 1871 (Senator Hillver’s i
bill), well known as the Recover bill, I
that lie had reason to believe that the j
j Georgia National Bank had in its pos- 1
! session the sum of $122,953 59, which i
was unlawfully withheld by that corpora- j
| tion. An attachment was made, and the ’
I bank’and assets seized and placed in the 1
! custody of Captain G. Whit Anderson. !
The facts, as far as we were able to
i gather them, are as follows :
Governor R. B. Bullock kept two ac
counts in this hank—one individually,
and the other a special account as Gov
ernor—the last being State funds. H.
I. Kimball & Cos. also kept an account
] there. After the flight of Gov. Bullock
' and H. I. Kimball, on the 31st of Octo
ber, 1871, E. L. Jones, cashier of the
j bank, informs Gov. Bullock, by letter,
; that he, Bullock, had overdrawn his pri
! vate account $50,000, and H. I. Kimball
& Cos. theirs to the amount of $35,000,
and that, by direction of the Board of
Directors, he had placed $50,000 of the
$122,000 to his private credit, and
$35,000 to the credit of Kimball & Cos.,
and had also charged to the State $2,500
paid on his individual note to Shawb &
Lawton, the board considering the three
accounts, viz : R. B. Bullock individ
ually, R. B. Bullock’s special account as
1 Governor, and H. L Kimball & Cos., as >
one and the same.
Governor Bullock replied to this nn-j
der date of November 11th, 1871, deny- j
ing that the three accounts were one j
and the same, and asserting that the |
Directors knew different. He denounced
their action and said that what he had
overdrawn on his private account he
was responsible for, and that the $122,-
953 59 were State funds and deposited
as such.
Subsequently, he enclosed Acting
Governor Conley a copy of his letter to
E. L. Jones, and denonneed in un
measured terms the action of the Di
rectors, and expressed intense indigna
tion. fie said that the sum of $122,-
953 56 was justly due the State by the
bank.
Acting Governor Conley drew a draft
on the bank for the full amount. The
bank refused to honor it on the ground
that they had no funds on hanft subject
to the draft.
The bank claims tliat Bullock and
Kimball had drawn, out all but about
835,000, and that it is Bullock's private
funds ; to substantiate which Jones, the
Cashier, publisher a letter, affirming that
the bank considered the account—which
| at the outset was apparently State funds
| —to have been made up of Kimball and
! Bullock’s money. He says the whole
| history of the accounts proves that lat
, terly Bullock and Kimball were jointly
j interested, and that at least $194,000 of
; the special account was Kimball’s own
money, raised on'sale or hypothecation
| of his bonds, and that the State has not
any claim whatever on that as against
; the bank. If the bank owes the State in
; stead of Butloek, it iB ready and willing
to pay when the claim shall be legally
established. But it cannot pay checks
drawn by others and charge to Rufus B.
Bullock’s account.
He further says that the bank is able,
if not unlawfully deprived of its assets,
to pay every liability.
The Arlington Estate. —The Cinein
■ nati Gazette (Radical] has this manly ar
| tide ;
It is incredible that a great nation
as this is well keep Mrs. Lee’s Arling
ton estate upon such a title as it now
holds by, without compensation. We
do not object to the principle laid down
by Andrew Johnson in that fortnight’s
j bellowing after he came into the Presi
i dential chair, which persuaded many
weak minded good people that Provi’-
; deuce had removed the meek Moses in
order to bring in the stern Joshua for a
! reign of vengeance. We mean that we
Ido not object to the principle that
I ‘" treason must be made odious, and
traitors impoverished.” We have noth
ing to say against a systematic confisca
tion ; but to pick out the property of
: this woman alone, aud lay the strong
i hand on it, does not become a great na
! tion. Instead of making treason odious,
j it will make this nation contemptible.
True, there is a pretense of sale for
taxes ; but, in the first place, this will
not save the transaction from contempt;
and, in the second place, the title is
worthless for illegality, for several rea
sons. If it were legal to sell this estate
, for this tux, und if it were legal for the
| United States to buy it in at such sale,
; still the law will not allow a great and
| valuable estate of 1,100 acres to be sold
j for a tax of $92.07, when two or three
! acres oft' one corner would have brought
the money. The fact that the tract was
bid in by the United States at $26,800,
which sum the Government still holds
in its hands, shows the nature of the
sale as to this feature. Persons may
make savage declarations against the
rebels to stave oft’ reflections in this af
fair, but au honest nation cannot main
tain the position which ours holds to
this estate. Sooner or later compensa
tion will be made. The sooner it. is
done the sooner will the Government
relieve itself from a position which will
nbt bear examination.
Grant’s Pets.
Not Marshal Brown’s pups, but such
worthies as Leet & Cos. There are start
ling revelations about the gigantic rob
beries perpetrated .upon the New York
merchants. The TVibune says :
New revelations have come to light
with respect to the workings of the Gen
eral Order business and the operations
of the Custom House officials. Many
merchants who have felt aggrieved at
the exorbitant charge of Leet & Cos.,
have, on many occasions, complained to
Collector Murphy and to his deputy
collector, and endeavored to obtain a re
duction of the amounts charged, but
they have been told to call again—have
been put off from time to time, until,
weary with postponements, they have
been compelled to endure the exactions 1
of Leet & Cos. These exactions have in
creased to such an extent that some im
porters have been compelled to import
their merchandize through other ports.
The well known house of Phelps, Dodge
& Cos. have, for some time past, en
tered their goods at the ports of Phila
delphia, Boston, and even at Baltimore,
finding it to be cheaper to do so,
and transport them hither by rail,
than to bring them in ’at this point di-
T3ct, and pay the Custom House charges,
expenses and cartages. As certain car
men have had the exclusive privilege of
carting goods to the General Order store.
I merchants have been obliged to pay from
115 to 30 per cent, of the amounts which
| they charged to Leet & Cos., in order to
j retain this privilege, and where goods
. have been taken to bonded warehouses
I it has been customary for the inspectors
!to hurry them away bv the Custom
House carmen before the merchants’
carts arrived, or else to tell the mer
chants’ carmen to call again, and then
to send the merchandise to the ware
houses by the Custom House carmen ;
for this service many of the inspectors
have received large percentages, aud be
: fore the present investigations began,
j they did not hesitate to make the avowal
I openly ; this can be proved by bonded
warehouse keepers, to whom the carmen
and inspectors have frequently spoken
on the subject. * .
[Here follow detailed statements from
I the books of a number of merchants,
' showing an average increase of charges
| by the White House ring, over the ordi-
I nary warehouse charges, in many cases
j of 250 per cent. ]
(From the Milwaukee Wisconsin, Jan. 26.]
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A Pretty Waitress ot the Newhall Mar
i ries s4o,ooo—Speed, Safety and Com
fort.
I The Newhall House was the scene yes-
I terday of a matrimonial* occurrence,
i which, for neatness and dispatch in exe
j cution, challenges comparison. On the
, noon train, yesterday, there came to this
I city two gentlemen from Kenosha, the
: Right Rev. Father Dougherty and a
; young man bearing the aristocratic name
jof Desmond. They immediately betook
themselves to the Newhall House, and,
as soon as they hail registered their
! names, the Reverend gentleman asked
to see Miss Fanny Cary, one of the
waitressess of the hotel. * Although she
was at the time engaged in waiting on
the table, his business appeared to
be so urgent that she was summoned
from the dining room and met Rev.
Dougherty in the hall. After exchanging
the usual compliments of the season,
the clergyman, who, it seems, had long
been acquainted with Miss Cary, told
her, without further explanations, that
a young gentleman friend of liis, who
accompanied him, was about to settle
down in lif% had made his fortune, and
having determined to take a partner for
better or for worse, had consulted him
as to an eligible person. That he had
immediately suggested that Fanny Cary
was just the person for the place, and
that Desmond, on the strength of his
recommendation, had decided to offer
himself to her, aud bring about, if pos
sible, an immediate consummation of
the matter.
After stating the above facts, the Rev
-1 erend Father made a formal proposal to
the young girl in behalf of Desmond,
i The proposal was accepted, Desmond
summond, the conple, who had never
! seen each other before, introduced, and
it was decided that as soon as possible
they should be made “two souls with
I but a single thought, two hearts that
j beat as one.” Accordingly, by four
o’clock the ceremonies were performed
! by Rev. Dougherty, and without wait
j ing for congratulations, the newly
| married couple set out for Fox Lake,
the residence of Desmond.
Desmond is said to be a man of con
siderable means, owning property about
Fox Lake to the amount of $40.000. —
“ May they live long and prosper.”
The Fastest Time Ever Made on a
| Southern Railroad. —The Mobile licg
-1 ister, of the Ist instant, says :
! The fastest time recorded on any
I Southern railroad was made yesterday
I by the special train on the New Orleans,
Mobile and Texas Road, which brought
to our city Colonel Thomas A. Scott,
the railroad king, and his party, men
tion of which is made elsewhere.—
Throgh the courtesy of Mr. W. J.
Phelps, the efficient and valuable As
sistant and acting General Superintend
ent of the road, a special train was
placed at the disposal of the party.—
With a view of showing the distinguish
ed railroad gentleman what a Southern
road could do, Mr. Phelps placed a
train in charge of Mr. W. J. Colby, one
of the oldest, most careful and experi
enced conductors in the company’s ser
vice, and selecting the best engine, No.
12, and the best engineer, Mr. P. Quig
ley, directed them to travel with a speed
consistent with safety. Assisted by Mr.
R. W. Gillespie, General Passenger
Agent, who volunteered for the occasion,
Mr. Colby started with his train from
New Orleans at eight a. m., and, the
track being in splendid order, the en
gine was driven at lightning speed. So
smooth and easy was the locomotion,
free from jolts and jars that the passen
gers were unaware of the high rate of
speed they were traveling until the train
dashed into Mobile, making the unpre
cedented run, for a Southern train, of
140 1-5 miles in three hours thirty-seven
minutes. The fastest run was made
from Summit Station, a distance of
twenty miles from Mobile, in the alarm
ing time of a mile a minute.