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SOUTHERN BANNER: JANUARY 15, 1878.
Hoiimlin ' Ilayes.
Scheme*of the Ill'Wtly shirt Fart 1'iM Io Take Ills
Scalp—lil sixty IK.ys lie nil) lie a Radical
IViMiacriir an Kill(-" Maybe (Irani, Hay*
h« Conkling, Hayhr a Dark llnrac In
ISSH.”
friends in the Senate to prevent such wit*-’ Under instructions, the agent Then Bykor sat <lo.vu awhile and
action?” at Austin kept a close espionage on r fleeted, and grow more Litter at
■‘lie has no (rinds thereat all. the depot • Saturday .night he saw the hard times, and grumbled at the
Why. Stanley Matthews is only hike- j Henry break in, and tbefote that wor- slow pace which lie was compelled to
wann ; and ns tor Hoar and Dawes, thy had had sufficient time to secure keep m is march toward riches. By
they won’t he found with the minori-' his booty and[ escape, th* agen:, with and by: he givw sleepy, and he
ty—yon may depend on that.” j officers and posse, seized him in the thought he wou'ej go home;
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Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.]
There is reason to believe tiiat the
radical Republicans who oppose the
administration have perfected a plan
which will f. >rce Hayes out ol the , . ^
Republican party within sixtv days t t r OI -» ' v *‘° have affaliuted with a ; under hetitious names, they would re- toward his rcs dcn. c
nvenes A pr«»m-; mal1 l ^ u * !l beeause h“ di* j main uncalled for, to be eventually j As he tlrew m
‘ vided with
d go home; and went
“Have you auy hopes for 1880?*’j act o. robbery. The object appeared Fnr.his overcoat and shoes. Sbiiimyay,
‘‘Indeed, we have. Before that! to he to extract the most valuable ar- he didn’t seem to fecol cct anvthiiig
time \re will |flaee tb^yj)cina^uc j ti$Je3 from the boxes, nail them up- after that, until ho stepped ptF the
party in the light of a party for plan- j again, and. as they had “been ordered * street cars op toM'il' aml tv: Iked away
after Congress reconvenes. Apr
siient Radical, who was 1 one of the
most influential monikers Of the Re
publican party during tb- G:ynt
reuinic, is authority t«» r the above
statement. In conversation to-day,
he said:
“ Ms. Hayes Iras gone too lhr. If
veil will remember, when Mr. Grant
first become President he had some
such ideas as Mr. Hayes seems to
bay . He thought he could run the
party, but inside of six months we
convinced him that the parly was
more powerful than himself. When
Haves started oft’ on the same track
we said it would take about three
months t>> cure him of his tolly ; so we
pot up with his ingratitude,and have
given him every opportunity to prove
to his own satisfaction that he mast
obey the party if be is to have any
power But he has proved less trac
table than Grant. Ho is not a man
of any thing !ik • as strong will as
Grant had, lint he seems to be com
pletely infatuated, with his own in
fallibility, and that is the worst sort
of a man for liie j*».;y to deal will*. ;
Besides he is watched c instantly.
Evans and Sehur/. tel! him lie is all
rig!,-, and all the while are moulding
him like putty, and using him to ad
vance ilu ir own political ends.”
“ Well, General, what do your
people propose to do about it?”
queried your correspondent.
“ We propose to drive him out of
the parly.” “ How are you going to
work to do that ? ?: “ Well, I am not
at liberty to tell you thai.”
“ Are you quite sura you can do
I that ?” w •
“Yes, indeed ; we hlive no doubt
about it.” T
“ Has not Mr. Hayes too much
strength with the people?”
The General, laughingly’—“Well,
I suppose he lias a sort of sentimental
strength in the groat cities, but you
see politics are not managed by sen
timciit.”
“ But is not there a division amomr
your leaders ?”
“ Nothing to speak of.”
“ Will B nine and Conkling work
together?” “Yes, there is a perfect
understanding between them, and
they are working together to de
throne Haves.”
“ Is there any truth in the report
that a haiujhet is to be given them
after Congress reassembles?”
“ Where did you hear that ?’’
“ Never mind ; is it true ?”
“ Well, I don’L know ns I am at
liberty to say yes, but I will not say
no.”
‘ Then I an. right in my state
ment ?”
“ You are not far wrong.”
“ Tell me. General, how you are
going to work t<> read Ilayes out of
the party ?’’
“ As I said before I am not at lib
erty to give you details; but the task
is not so difficult as you imagine.”
“ I suppose you will light bis nomi
nations?’’
“ That will depeud. Those we do
not like we will either reject or hang
up in committee, if vie are not sure
of votes enough to reject them; but
we will do something more effective
than merely to antagonize his nomi
nations.”
“ What else can yon do?”
near his
i them. \Y e solidity the j returned to the original shippers, and, ; Bolter was surprised to
New York State. The as there would be a deficifrin the con- riage : t his door ami
.examination, the loss j collected aroni
aliv fall upon the express were carrying a
party
money question will lie nut of the way
in Ohio, and we will carry both States,
and Indiana.’’
“ Whom will you run ?”
“ Maybe Grant, may lie Conkling,
maybe a dark horse. Blaine doesu’t
want the nomination in 1*80 ”
“ You are hojieful, certainly.”
Inside of sixty days you will say
we have cause to be Mark my
words.’’
A Bold Plan.
Robbery of I In- Sunthern Express Company Frns-
trat.d—The Uebbrr Arrested, bat Attain at
l-arKe.
tents upon
would uaiuial
company.
Henry, the escaped thief, is repre-
home,
?e a ear-
tnd a crowd
»uji«L T.wq_jnen
lurden of some kind
up the s eps, and glancing at the
doorway, he saw l.is wife and daugli
sen ted to be one of the sharpest men j ter Florence writ ging their hands,
ever seen about here. Not long ago and gazing at the moving figures,
he came to this city, represented him
self to be a Mason uiuluin destitute
circumstances ; that he^uot only re
ceived substantial aid and letters of: news to him.
Bolter darted forward, and in a
.Foment was met by -ome of his
neig ibors, who broke the painful
[M cinphis Ledger, SStli.l
Several merchants of this city were
surprised and delighted, a few days
before Christmas, by receiving large
orders for valuable and costly goods,
to be sent C. O. D. to stations near
Little Rock. Ttie goods were shipped
by Byrd & Co, Loyd A Fritz, B.
Lowerstine & Bros., Kremer, Herzog
& Co. and ethers as ordered. It was
stated in the letters that the goods
were intended as bridal presents at a
big wedding to come of! in the neigh
borhood. One ot the houses was to
ship to Austin, another to Jackson-
port, and another to Bebee^amlfeca-
tioos near each other on the Cairo and
and Fulton road. The Little Rock
Gazette of yesterday tells the story of
the attempt to steal these goods, the
arrest of one of the robbers and his
escape as follows:
In the last issue of the Gazette we
noted the arrest of a man at Austin,
who was captured in the depot in ilie
act of robbing 9 package ot jewelry,
shipped by J. V. Zimmerman, Esq.,'
of this city. The robber proved to be
one A. W. Henry, of whom but little
is known, he having been in that place
only a short time. The theif was
brought to this city Christmas day by
order of Mr Agee, of the express
company. Thinking Henry had ac
complices, it was deemed advisable to
hold him over here one day, in order
to extract iuformatim front him prior
to his transfer to the Lonoke jail.
Christmas night he was placed in room
No. 28 of the Capital Hotel, in com
pany with Mr. Connell, detective of
the express company; Mr. Salah Ap
ple, of Beebe, and another gentleman,
who were to act as guards to the pris
oner. To make matters more biuding.
Mr. Agee secured a pair of handcuffs,
and, as Mr. Apple and the prisoner
were to sleep in the same bed, the
right wrist of one and the left wrist of
the other were fastened together by
bands of iron, the cuffs being safely
locked, and the party retired to bed.
Mr. Connell and the other guard oc
cupied another bed in the same room.
It appears that the guards, having
been up the whole of the night pre
vious, slept souudly, and during their
sleep Ilenry slipped his hand front the
bracelet, arose, dressed himself, pulled
a table to the doos, placed a chair upon
the table, thus reaching the transom,
through which he made his exit, walk
ing out of the hotel like a gentleman
of elegant leisure and unlimit'd liber
ty, the same which be enjoys at the
present moment.
The manner in which the thief was
caught is as follows: The agents of
I the express company noted shipments
recommendation from prominent citt- i His only son, Paul, his pride, his
zens, but was passed to Austin, the I hope, oil whose life centered his am-
scene of his attempted - robbery, gra ! bition, had been thrown from a m»v-
tuitously. Henry is ajisraail tuan, i ing train, and fearfully mangled. Life
probably thirty five years of age, sal- • was not extinct, but the breath came
low complexion, hazel eyes, dark mas- slow and painful, and the end was
tache and chin whiskers; talks slowly,
and, being well educated, uses good
language. He is well educated, wore
dark clothes, a Masonic badge, aud
had a ring with an onyx set, upon
which WH3 cut a cross.^He claims at
one time to have been traveling agent
for Win. Giles & Co , Maynard A Co.
and Wornier & Co., St. Louis firms.
nigh.
They laid the bruised form on the
snowy bed, an 1 Bolter threw himself
on lus knees beside it in liclpluss
agony.
The physicians came and looked
and turned away. There were whis
pers in the parlor, in the corridor,
sadness everywhere, for there was no
Henry, in making hiseescape, car- j hope,
ried with him the warrant upon which
he was arrested, and also the mittimus
for his committal to jail, and it is very
likely that he will try^to make his
way through the country, personating
an officer in search of"a criminal or
fugitive.
Mr. Bolter’s Thanksgiving.
“ I’ll be blamed if I have anything
to be thankful for,” said Mr. Bolter.
“ You can all go borne aud chaw
away at your gobblejK'Tjdsinghymns
ifycjn want to* tlferj&elp nothing to
do in the store any4&y. Every
body’ll have to stuff themselves to
day, and of course business must stop.
I wish the man that invented Thanks
giving day had a turkey gobbler
tied round his neck, and had to sleep
aud eat with it.”
And then Mr. Benjamin Bolter,
merchant, kicked over a stool, and
yelled at Peter, the office man, to
look to the fires and close up for the
day.
The six men employed about the
establishment silently left, except
Peter, and while the latter silently
carried out his employer’s instructions,
Bolter sat down and thought it over.
“ Such an idiotic custom,” said he
to himself. “ It don’t matter a cent’s
worth what the times have been,
we’ve got to ha\ • ti ank giving reg’li r,
and go on pretending we’ve been
blessed, no matter how we have been
persecuted. The whole country might
be on the verge of starvation, and,
d—11 it, they’d appoint one day in
which the provisions should be all
eaten up.’’
“This year has been the hardest
one I’ve known. Everything’s shrunk.
I’ve worked day and night, and if I
get through and make both ends
meet at the < nd of tlio 1 year. I’ll be
lucky. Yet, they talk about thanks
giving !”
And then Mr. Bolter got up and
paced about for a moment, and saw
“Save him!” cried Bolt-r,
my son, and take all I have—every
thing, everything!” But tho doctors
only told him to bear it man nlly, and
shook their heads.
“ Dead!”
Bolter never realized how much
t at word signified until he stood
there and gazed into the face of his
earthly idol.
All night he sat half dazed; nor
could be be induced to leave the
room.
Morning cy ne, and be walked be
wildored :»U.m the house, noticing
here and there the preparations for
the fen oral.
He opened a closet and and saw
before him a coat worn by the boy,
and then he broke down again and
wept until the tears would no longer
come.
The next day eatne, aud the funeral
service was read.
Old Peter was there, bis sober,
solemn face framed between others
front the store, but looking out
always pitifully at bis grief-stricken j but at
master.
At last came the lowering of the
coffin, the fall of the clods, and the
old, old words,
“ Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.”
Bolter stood till the last clod fell,
and then followed the others away,
back to the silent borne, back to com
munion with his bruised heart, back
to the weary round of existence.
Ilis wife and daughter were left
him, the former a patient, noble
woman; the latter a sweet, modest
girl, but the idol of bis heart was
gone, and lie seemed to have little to
live for now.
“ I do not care to get rich,’’ he
sa d to himself time and again, “now
that he is gone. Business may take
care of itself. No misfortune that
can befall will affect me now.”
But Bolter was mistaken. There
came sudden reverses. At first lie
almost smiled at them, but then came
Wc can dictate almost every act j of goods “ C. O. D.” to parties at
of his administration. If lie declines
to accept our dictation, we can de*
feat every measure that he proposes,
unless the Democrats come solidly to
his support; and whatever they carry
through for him wc can, of course,
denounce as a party, on the ground
that it is no Republican doctrine.”
“That would seem to imply de
nunciation of the author of the doc
trine ?’’
“ Of course.’’
“ Has not the President too many
Austin from Byrd & Co, Memphis, to
the amount of about three thousand
dollars, and from Mr. Zimmerman, of
this city, to the amount of three hun
dred dollars. Knowing this to be an
unsual order for a country town, more
than an ordinary look-out was kept
upon the goods, which were composed
of quantities of silver ware, gold
watches and other jewelry, but ordered
in such bulk as to make the boxes or
Peter standing by the stove.
“ What are you standing there others, and he grew anxious,
for?” said Bolter.
“ I’ve closed up,” responded Peter.
“Well!*’ exclaimed Bolter.
“ If you haint got no more for me
to do,’’ said Peter, “ I’d like to get
off.”
Oh, you would!’’ replied Bolter.
“ I ’spose you’ve got a turkey to eat,
too, and thanks to give ?”
“ Not turkey, ’zactly,” said Peter,
scratching his head, “ but we has a
pigeon or two, sir.’’
“ Humph!” growled Boiler. “ Well,
go on; but mind you, you be back
bright and early in the morning,
and ready for hard work.”
“ Yes, sir,” said Peter, and slipped
packages too large to admit of the lightly out the back door, and went
local express agent locking them in his 1 on his way cheerily.
Finally affairs became desperate,
and he thoroughly roused niinself.
But it was idle. His goods were
seized and sold ; his very home was
levied upon and soon passed from his
possession. He gathered the little
remnants of property he had saved,
and moved his family into modest
quarters. Soon ho was forced to
leave these for humbler rooms, and
necessity at last drove him to the
filth floor of a tenement house, and
started him out on the streets in
search of work enough to save him
self and family from starvation.
Oh, how he looked back then to
the bright days when he had abun
dance, a cheerful home, a happy
family, aud how he wondered
that lie c uhl liave reputed at such a
lot. ,
So the days went by ; and another j
Thanksgiving day cs£|e around. Sit-
t ng by the dying tynbers in his bleak
quarters looking upon the pinched
faces and shivering forms of his wife
anil daughter; seeing no hope for
the morrow, the strong man broke
down completely, and drew himself
on his coarse bed In utter despair.
Laying there, convulsed with the
great sobs which shook his frame, lie
heard footsteps on the stairs, and
then there came a knock at his
door.
His wife open'd it. and there stood
old Peter, with a basket «>i v .-getaides
on his arm, and in his hand a brace
of very fat fowls.
Peter took off his hat in the old
fashion, and stammeringly said : “It
huin’t turkey, ’zactly, yon see, Missus,
but it’s a pigeon or two for Thanks
giving.”
Almost his wry words of a year
before, and Bolter hushed his breath
ing as he listened.
“ You see,” continued Peter, “ I
got a little work to do tills week, and
bein’ as to-morrow was Thanksgivin,’
I thought I’d bring ’em around ”
“ Bless bis noble soul,’’ thought
Bolter.
“ Could I speak to the boss a min
ute?” said Peter, glancing toward
the lied. i
“ He’s asleep, poor man, returned j
Mrs. Bo!tor. 1
*' Well, then you can teP him i
when he wakes up,” said Peter, “that
save there’s a good place open for him
now in Carson’s warerooms, and
they told me I might call around
and say he could begin right away.”
Mrs. Uniter caught Peter’s hands
in hers, Florence began to cry, and
Bolter lay perfectly still a minnte,
almost airaid to breathe, but thinking
that to-morrow would be, after all,
the happiest Thanksgiving he had
ever seen. Then he sat up on the
bed, and, with the tears streaming
down his face, held out Ids hands to
Peter, and said, “God bless you, my
faithful *riend,"€rod bk$p ydu !*’
And Peter grasped the profferfcd
hand, but in a moment more began
shaking him most vigorously, and
crying out: “ Rouse up, sir; rouse t
up! What can be the matter with
you ?”
Then his wile and Florence came,
and tliei e was more shaking, and at
last Mr. Bolter stood up and gazed,
in a tlupified way, around, not at
shabby tenement rooms, not at dying
embers, not at Peter’s two pigeon’s,
three astonished, though
lattghing,faces, and at the well-fur
nished office of his own store.
“Why will you never wake up?” I
said Mrs. Bolter. “ Here Peter has J
been for five minutes trying to rou>c j
you, and tho dinner will be cold, j
We came alter you, fearing you
would be late, and Paul is waiting in
the carriage for us.”
“ Paul!’’ exclaimed Mr. Bolter,
“ Paul!”
“ Yes, Pau’ ; but we should never
have found you if old Peter hadn’t
been going past with his pigeons and
let us in. Come 1”
Aud was this indeed alia dream?
Was Paul spared to him as well as
his home aud his business ?
Mr. Bolter sat down in bis chair
once more, and buried bis face in his
hands.
“ I thank God,” he said, “ that all
these blessi gs, so undeserved and
hitherto so unrecognized, have been
spared to me. This shall be a day of
thanksgiving, indeed, for me.”
This is not a true story, but it
ought to be, it may be yet to some
who read it, and it will not be amiss
to repeat the pray or of Bolter, and
say:
“ Thank God that all these bless
ings, so undeserved and hitherto un
recognized, have been spared to me.”
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