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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1874.
Savannah's Captive Released
JUDGE WOODS’ CRUEL
SENTENCE DOUBLY
ENDURED !
SAVANNAH'S ENDORSEMENT OF
FEDERAL OPPRESSION, AND
HER INIQUITOUS
INGRATITUDE.
••DeDnrinff! DeDnrlnjrl art forgiven, for ;
thou Flint mflereu double fur all tliino in
tqaHfc*.”
It will bo remembered probnbly by onr
leaders that, copying from tho Huyannnh
papers aotne two months sines, we pub
lished an article in reference to tbo un
righteous imprisonment of Mr. DoDnring,
(a policeman in the city of Huvnunah), un
der ths sontenoo of Radical Judge Woods.
Tbo fact* we then published, as we now
remember them, '..'ere about ** follows:
A negro nsmed Oraut, n Custom House
watchman, who had been assigned to tbo
duty of watchman on a foreign fruit
▼easel to prevent tho removal of tho fruit
nntil the duties were collected. Whether
the negro discharged or failed to discharge
his dnty was a matter wholly immaterial
to the city authorities. Whether tho fruit
was ail there or all gone, did not concern
the city authorities—ho was amenable to
the United States authorities for his dere
lictions. But, be it rememlieml that it
was not fur bis failure to discharge his
dnty that he was arrested by Mr. DeDur
ing. Not for staying on or leaving the
vessel was he arrested. Not because lie
was on duty or off of duty was lie im
prisoned, but lieeuuse lie was a violator of
a city ordinance; and Mr. DeDuring, a
police officer, whose duty it was to enforce
(in his ministerial capacity) a strict ob
servance of the ordinance, and bring each
and every offender to judgment, did ar
rest him, and assigned him quarters in the
city Barracks until the following morning.
Now was there, and is there, an ordi
nance of the city to prevent sleeping and
lounging on tho wharf ? If so, isn’t it
the duty of the officer on that beat to
arrest the offender. The facts arc, the
negro was assigned to duty on tho vessel,
and deserted liis post. This the police
man had nothing to do with, but while a
deserter he violated an ordinance of the
city; then Die policeman's dnty began,
and like a faithful watchman nnd sentinel
be discharged it, and for his faithful per
formance of duty he was indicted in the
Fodeml Court, charged with interfering
with a Custom House officer while in the
discharge of his dnty, and was unjustly
fined and cruelly incarcerated.
This iniquitous Federal oppression the
city bnd no strong arm to prevent. But,
after tbo cruel sentence of imprisonment
had beam endured by their faithful sen
tinel, would it not have been an net of
magnanimity, of which tho city might
hove boosted, to como to his rescue and
relieve, him from further humiliation, pri
vatum and suffering, by paying tbo fine.
But, Oil ! shameless Savannah! your
pusillanimity ought to, and will, beoome
proverbial for permitting your own faith*
fttl sentinel to ondure doubly an iniqui
tous sentence for his promptness in dnty
and his obedience to your own behests, and
doubtless yon would huviUpcmiittod him
to pine nnd eke out a miserable existence
in n loathsome cell, nnd become a martyr
in the cause of duty without one tear of
sympathy or one pang of remorse.
Would that this article could reach and
lacerate the remorseless spirits of those
that slept, conscious of safety, conscious
of security, from the pestilence that walks
in darkness, while tho vigibmt officer, in
ths wee sma' hours of tho night, trod hack |
and forth upon his lonely beat; and then
witness his privations and sufferings for
a protracted period in a loathsome prison,
for guarding their person hud property
while they slept, nnd otherwise discharg
ing the duties required of him.
But, when he had endured the pcdalty
fixed by law, proud, boastful, magnate
moiis, patriotic, benevolent and chivalrous
Savannah endorsed tho action of the
Federal Court by permitting liim to
liuger on in prison rather than pay the
fine and release him. The fine, when
projierly considered, was Savannah's own
debt, but her cruel neglect and base in
gratitude had to be displayed, and her
inhumanity to man made poor DcDariug
mourn in his loneliness.
Wlist is more, enud tlmn to create a
dnty and require its observance, and for
sake and abandon the one who faithfully
performs it. With this precedent, what
encouragement has the police officers of
Savannah to discharge tlieir duties, for,
when their duties conflict with the views
of Federal usurpers, they are abandoned
by those whose interests they have so
faithfully guarded, to suffer tho humili
ating penalty in person nnd without sym
pathy.
With this precedent, n negro Custom
House official placed upon dnty may desert
his jiost and rob icpry house in Savannah
with impunity, for poKoomeu dare not ’in
terfere lest JudgoWoods’ fearful penalties
lie visited upon them, and tlie uusympa
thising city abandons them iu their hour
of trouble anil humiliati a them by an en
dorsement of the sentence. This they
did in DeDtiriiig’s case. Will the shame
ful and heartless precedent be observed or
abandoned, time alone can tell.
Wliilc we speak thus of Savannah ns a
municipality, we are happy iu the belief
that her citizens, individually, are as hon
orable as any city can boast of; and while
tlfls prolonged imprisonment of Mr. De-
Dnring was 'ully known to the authorities,
tho probabilities are that the citizens were
uot cognizant of the fact. Oa account of
Mr. DeDuring'* inability and tbo city’s
refusal to pay the fine, his imprisonment
was continued, and would, no doubt, so
far us tbo present administration of city
affairs arc concerned, have boon perpetu
ated to the end of liis life. But, fortu
nately for this badly treated man, Messrs.
J. T. Abrams nnd It. J. Wade, from indi
vidual contributions, raised the money, or
the principal part of it, the deficit being
supplied by Col. H. N. Papot, of the
Pulaski Honsc, and paid tho fine, un
locked the detestable prison, nnd released
Savannah's officer (without Savannah's
aid) fiom further imprisonment and suf
fering for having faithfully discharged his
duty to Havannah.
It would have been an act of mngnani
mity—ono the citizens would have ap
proved, and one that her papers (now in
their mortification, treats so delicately,)
might, in their pride, justly have boosted
of, for tho city authorities, at the expira
tion of tho term of imprisonment, to come
to his rescue, pay the unjust fine, and
also pay to their injnred officer his regu
lar monthly wnges; and this endorsement
of official promptness would have been
such nil encouragement to officers that
citizens might rest at ease, conscious of
! tlieir vigilance nnd protection. This tho
j city ought now to do, and as far os pos
: sildo wash out this foul blot from her once
I proud escutcheon, and if they will uot do
j this let them bo regarded (and truthfully
j regarded) ns a municipality of cormorants
! and vipers.
Mr. DeDuring suffered double tlio sen
tence of imprisonment, mid us Havannah
abandoned him in bis trial it may bo that
Judge Woods bos humanity or divinity
enough in liis soul to forgive liim for dis
charging bis duty to tho city.
Savannah may truthfully boost of the
! best police organization in tho South,
: composed of the most courteous gentle
i men, and yet vigilant officers, but we
j have no doubt that the policy adopted by
the city in DeDuring's case will boa great
drawback to their future efficiency,
WHAT DID HE COME FOR 1
Harm I Ball Kira Bull arrived in At
j lantu on the night of the 6th inst. The
| object of Mr. Kimball’s return to Georgia
jis ono of considerable speculation. Ho
! comes with his old friend Judge Locb
j rnne, who knew him in liis fast days, and
| who was beloved of Bullock and Blodgett,
tho co-workers with Kimball in the at
tempted bond swindle. If Judge Loch
rano is an honest man, Kimball is innocent,
for the Judge is perfectly familiar with
ail his acts. There is no man outside of
the ring more familiar with its operations
than the Judge. Wo think if Hannibal is
innocent, Bullock, nnd Blodgett is too,
and if the people have full confidence in
the Judge’s honesty and integrity (for be
was the legal adviser of all three of the
aforesaid individuals, and knew all they
did and intended to do), the Legislature
ought to pass a resolution noquitting Bul
lock, Kimhull and Blodgett of all blame,
and declare all the bonds legid and not
fraudulent, and order their payment, and
by a special resolution declare all the
members of the former Legislature de
mented and fit subjects for tho lunatic
asylum, and then make an appropriation
of two millions of dollars for their support
hind maintuinance during their lives.
There tvro but few men in Atlanta that
know liow honest these men are, anil how
cruelly they have been persecuted, and
that few gave him (Kimball) a warm re
coption,
Tho Herald declares that Kimball shall
have a fair trial before ho is condemned.
We don’t think anyone desires to treat
him unfairly, nor do we suppose there
will ever be a judicial investigation of liis
conduct. His plea would bo that he didn’t
swindle tho State of Georgia, for the bonds
he sold wore not tho bonds of tho State,
and the fact has been so declared by the
Legislature, and if lie committed a crime
at all it was in Now York, and against the
statutes of that Htate, by selling forged or
fraudulent bonds purporting to bo the
bonds of tho State of Georgia. If they
were fraudulent bonds he committed no
crime against tlie State of Georgia by
selling them in New York. If they were
legally issued, and not forged ntid fraudu
lent, then the Legislature is guilty of ati
“iniquitous mid unpardonable fraud in
refusing to pay them. ’’
The Herald need entertain no fears that
Mr. K. will ever be troubled. His swindle
(if swindle at all) was sufficiently gigiuitio
to render it respectable.
Wonders Workino.—President Grant
will no longer shield O. O. Howard. He
is going to appoint a court of inquiry,
he says, that cannot be objected to, to
investigate tfia charges agaiust him.
If so, it will bo composed exclu
sively of Democrats. Now, if
the President intends to appoint
men unobjectionable to the people, lie
cause of their honesty, he will, of course,
have to select them from the Democratic
ranks. If unobjectionable to the accused,
the selection will be from tho Radical
party.
Wn think Grant is a Tf’.tlo riled at the
old villain, and, more to gratify his am
bition than to have justice done, ho is
going to give him a trial by lionest men.
If so—gone lip old Howard !
The Sad Fate of an Author —Foley
Hall, the author of “Ever of Thee I’m
Fondly Dreaming,” was a gentleman of
wealth and great intellectual endowment.
Admired and petted, lie led a wild reck
less life, in which iiis wealth melted away;
until lie had not wherewithal to buy bis
daily bread. The woman he had loved
discarded him. In the deepest distress
lie compost'd this charming song. A Lon
don publisher gave him one hundred dol
lars for it—a mere pittance for sncli a
spendthrift. He wrote other successful
songs,biit in a moment of weakness, tle
prosed with poverty, ho forged the name
of liis publisher; and, notwithstanding
most strenuous efforts in liis beliulf were
made by bis friends, in which tlio pub
lisher joined, Foley Hall was thrown into
Newgate prison, where he died broken
hearted, before his trial came oil
GEORGIA NEWS.
Hiram Woodruff, an employe of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, was
crushed to death between car couplings
in Atlanta last Friday.
Mr. W. C. Carson, of Boston, Thomas
comity, is nnnouueed as the now Postmas
ter for Tbomosville, vacated by J, W.
Seward, elected Ordinary,
Mr. George F. Lee, a lawyer by pro
fession, belonging to Buffalo, N. Y., com
mitted suicide by shooting himself 'on
Tuesday morning last, iu the Pulaski
House, Havannah.
When tho improvements to the Augusta
Factory are completed there will be in
operation nine hundred and sixty looms,
twenty seven thousand spindles, and nine
hundred operatives engaged.
Thu Columbus Enquirer says that n far
mer in Houth western Georgia who made
last season one thousand ono hundred
bales of cotton and plenty of corn, lost six
thousand dollars.
Tho Finance Committee of tho Honsc
of Representatives of the Georgia Legis
lature will recommend the appropriation
of #I,OOO to assist in defraying the ex
penses of tho purchase, and erection of the
Confederate monument in Bovnnnnah.
Tho Columbus Enquirer says every day
it becomes moro apparent that onr mer
chants will have to "carry” the farmers of
onr trading area through tho coming
spring and summer, if for no other reason
tlmn to secure the amounts duo for previ
ous years.
A most diabolical murder oocured in
Liberty county a few days ago. A little
negro hoy fourteen years jild shot a negro
man named George Moody in the buck
with a shot gun. It is supposed ho killed
him for his money ns no other cause can
be assigned. The little boy failed to get
the money after committing tho oriine of
murder.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Consti
tution, writes from Washington city that
the records of the War Office show that
there are 4,100 ex-Federal soldiers resi
dent in Georgia; also, that tho “slate”
now is for Prince to keep his place as P.
M. at Augusta, Conley to take Dunning’s
place at Atlanta, and Marshal Smythe to
remain in statu quo.
A correspondent of the Athens Watch
man, giving that paper the news from
Franklin county, mokes a reisirt of the
progress of cotton culture there, which
wo believe to be a fair sample of its
growth in the most of the counties of
northern Georgia. Ho states that before
the war the cotton crop of tho county did
not exceed twelve hundred bales, and that
now it reaches from four to six times that
amount; tlmt some ten or twelve thousand
acres of cotton wero planted last year, and
observing farmers say that the yield av
eraged a bale to every two acres.
The Savannah He ire of Monday last,
(Oth inst.) says: “Thirteen years ago the
Southern Confederacy was formally or
ganized. The convention which assembled
at Montgomery did not lose much time in
giving shape to the project for the estab
lishment of an independent confederacy.
On February 9 tlie election for President
and Vice President was proceeded with,
mid resulted in tlie choice of Jefferson
Davis, of Mississippi, ami Alexander H.
Stephens, of Georgin. Various formali
ties were then entered iuto, anil the nnme
“Confederate States of North America”
given the new Union.”
Tlie Columbus Enquirer sayn that since
August 31, the Columbus factories bave
taken 3,902 bales of cotton, against 2,610
last season during the same time; Rhov fng
nn increase of 1,256. If these 3,902 bales
had been sold in tiiis market at present
prices, they would have brought #7O per
bale, or a total of $273,140. They, how
ever, were passed through our factories,
converted Into yarns mid cloths, anil tlieir
vrdtie trebled, making them worth $819,-
420, leaving a net gain to Columbus of
#546,280. All this money is retained in
that section. The manufactories consume
yearly a little over 7,000 bales.
Calhoun Times: Olio evening during
last, week several little shavers were sport
ing near the new residence being erected
for Mr. Ferguson, when one of them
throw at a hog that stood near a window a
small stone which did not hit the hog but
broke a window-light. What did tlie
little fellow do V Did be, like George
Washington, go and tell the workmen “it
was I broke the glass ?” Not much. He
ealmy walked up to one of them and said,
liis face the very picture of innocence:
“Lor, Mr. Eason, did yen see that hog
kick out that window-gloss.” Mr. Eason
oouldu’t see it without tho aid of eye
glasses.
FLORIDA NEWS*
It is estimated there are oho hnndrcd
thousand sweet orange trees in Florida.
Marion county claims the blue ribbon
on a turnip weighing thirteen and a half
pounds. —Savannah Heirs.
Florida Congressmen are asking for an
appropriation for a custom house at Jack
sonville. The government now pays #4,
2tX) annually for rents.
Live Oak Times: A bill has been intro
duces in tlie House of Representatives by
Mr, Ball, of Leon county, to confer the
right upon the Atlantic ami Gulf Railroad
Company to build the road west from
Chattahoochee to Pensacola and thence
from Live Oak to Gainesville by way of
tbo Suwannee at New Troy.
Tho Live Oak Times says that since the
last attempt upon the life of Mr. George
R. Dixon lie has been odvised bv liis
friends to put himself where be would be
in less danger of being killed. Accordingly
lie has gone to Savannah, where he in
tends remaining until the next term of the
Circuit Court for Bradford county, when
lie will return, and perhaps make it inter
esting for several persons living in that
delightful locality known as Starke.
The Pensacola Republican, of tho 31st
nit., says: On Thursday night, as tlie
train stopped at Bluff Springs the postal
oar was fired into and a gentleman who
was at the ear door posting a letter at the
time, as wo are informed, was wounded
in the shoulder. Postal agent Virgil
Thomas, colored, received several brick*
shot wounds in the foot and other parts
of his person. We have been unable to
learn the names of the jierpetrators of the
fiendish outrage, but sincerely trust they
may bo brought to punishment.
Mr. Avery said he liad a case in court
the other day iu Memphis. A little fellow
was introduced as a witness. The counsel
on the other side desired that tlie witness
should be interrogated touching liis
knowledge of the responsibility of am *th.
Tho Judge (Radical) propounded tho usual
questions:
“My little man, what aro yon abont to
do ?”
“Be sworn as a witness in the case.”
“Are you acquainted with tlie uatnre,
obligations anil responsibilities of an
oath ?”
“Yes, sir, I think I am.”
“Well, then, what do you think would
be done with you if yon were to swear to a
lie ?”
“I don’t know, sir, without the Radicals
would nominate mo for Congress. ”
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS.
Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, introduced a
bill in the Heuate on the 10th just, grant
ing aid to the Atlantic and Great Western
Canal nnd Transportation Company.
Martin Higgins, a New York hnckmnn,
convicted of outrage on Mary O’Brien, an
Irish girl from Philadelphia, was sentenced
by Recorder Hackett, to twenty years in
the State prison.
Tlio President of the New York Pro
duce Exchange has been requested by
many members to convene that body to
consider what steps can bo,taken fdr the
relief of the poor.
Be.noni Howard, the millionaire watch
maker, convicted of counterfeiting reve
nue stamps was sentenced in New York on
the 7th iust to the penitentiary for five
years.
Jacob Wieland wife were found suffo
cated by cool gas on the 9tli inst., in a
dwelling over a lager beer saloon in West
Philadelphia. He was resuscitated, but
his wife died soon after.
The Kansas House of Representatives
on the 10th inst., by a vote of thirty-seven
to twenty-six, passed a resolution request
ing the County Attorney to take steps for
bringing ex-Senator Pomeroy to trial.
In tlio Superior Court of Cleveland,
Ohio, on tho 11th inst. in the case of Ed
win Lyle against Curabogo Lodge, I. O.
O. F., for libel, the jury returned a ver
dict for the plaintiff for #IO,OOO. Lyle, it
was claimed, failed to deliver the money
entrusted to liim for the widow of a de
ceased member of tlio Lodge, ami the
Lodge issued a circular denouncing his
dishonesty, Ac., whereupon Lylo entered
suit for damages.
In the Massachusetts Honsc of Repre
sentatives on the 7th inst., John Quincy
Adams made a speech against the Phila
delphia Centennial Exhibition. A resolu
tion instructing the Congressional Repre
sentatives to give it their aid was tabled
by a vote of 70 to 34.
A Springfield, HI., dispatch says suit
has been brought against the Chicago sml
Alton Railroad by the Attorney General of
the Htate for violation of the Railroad law,
The Attorney General recites several cases
in which more than fair and reasonable
compensation has been charged by the
company for passengers a* well as freight,
and demands legal damages. This is the
first prosecution of the kind, and the re
sult is looked for with great interest,
A special dispatch from Cincinnati, on
11th inst., giving some details of the wo
man's movement against the liquor dealers
in that Htate, says that at Waynesville an
order Ims been issued by its Mayor, T. T.
Dobson, to the Marshal, requesting him
to disperse all bunds of women found con
gregating in the streets or on sidewalks.
He declares his intention to have no side
walk or saloon prayer meetings in his vil
lage, nnd the ladies, backed by the money
of many wealthy temperance people, are
no less determined to evince tlieir inten
tion to hold just as many meetings and
offer just as many prayers as they think
proper.
A dispatch from Lomlon on the 11th
inst. says, two hundred and fifty-four
Conservatives and one hundred and eighty
Liberals have been returned to the House
from England, fifteen Conservatives and
thirty six Liberals from Hcotlanil, and
twenty-one Conservatives and forty-four
Liberals and Home Rulers from Ireland.
There was much rioting at. Chesterfield
and Barnsley yesterday, and many police
men Were Injured. Conservatives have
been elected to Parliament from Whyton
lnirglis, defeating the Li be rid candidate,
Right lion. George Young, Lord Advo
cate for Scotland, who hold his seat iu tlie
late Parliament,
A dispatch from Washington on the 9th
inst. says: Senator Gordon's bill, amen
datory of the revenue laws, will give relief
to tho people if it passes. 1 It provides for
the repeal of all penalties imposed for
failure to affix revenue stumps to deeds,
mortgages and papers of record iu the
South prior to organization of tile Revenue
Districts in that section, and embraces the
whole Southern States. It also extends
tiie time for stamping nil papers bearing
date since the organization of these Rev.
enue Districts, anil allows stamps to be ;
attached in the presence of a Judge of a i
Superior Court, or a Court of Ordinary, !
or a Justice of till; Pence, so ns to perfect j
ami quiet titles. Prominent Republicans it !
is said, will support the bill, and the Com !
misMOUer of Internal Revenue agrees to!
recommend its passage,
A dispatch from Charleston, S. C., on
the Bth inst., says: The trial of James j
and B. T. Duff ns for tlio murder of Hur |
ry West in July last, was closed late last
night, with a verdict of murder in the
case of tho former, and of manslaughter
in the ease of the latter. All the parties
wore young white men and respectably
connected. The accused wero defended
by three leading lawyers anil prosecuted
by tlie Attorney General of the State. A
peculiar feature of the triid was the selec
tion by the prisoners’ counsel of a jury
composed entirely of black men of the
most ignorant and uneducated class. The
reason assigned being that these would be
free from the prejudices caused by the
newspaper reports of the atrocious circum
stances of the murder at the time it was
committed. The jury were out three [
hours. Tho ilofouse have moved for a [
now trial.
Fokkuinkrs in Congress.—There are ’
fifteen foreigners in Congress. In the;
Heuate Carl SehUrz, of Missouri, is a nn- i
tive of Cologne, Germany, and is the j
only one of the fifteen who lias any trace ]
of foreign accent. It is paradoxical to
hear this man apostrophizing America as
liis country, in words where the th sound
thickens to ad, and the ris almost lost.
Bnt the Senator’s language is excellent.
Whether his speech is prepared or ex
tempore, ho speaks very fluently, and with
an appreciation of the delicate idiomatic
distinctions of onr tongue that refute
Hammertoli’s maxim of its being impos
sible for a person to know tw o languages
perfectly. German is Mr. Hehurz’s do
mestic tongue, and English liis public.
So he must be excepted from that dis
couraging rule. The othex foreigner in
the Senate is Jones, a Welshman by birth,
and he is worth 87,000,090 —he very ap
propriately hails from Gold Hill, Nevada.
In the House, the United Kingdom is well
represented, there being five Irishmen,
four Scotchmen, two Englishmen (one of
whom is Elder Cannon, of Utah), a Can
adian, and a Mexican, who, instead of
being a sonorous Don sometliing or an
other, signs himself “Buckner,” like
Murk Twain’s landlady, -who “was an
Italian, by tlio name of Murphy.”
Taxation in South Cabolina.—The
Charleston Heirs says there is a tract of
land in Charleston county containing
about sixty acres, ofwhieh about twenty
are cleared, the rest* being swamp land.
Nearly all the bnildiugs on the tract have
been destroyed. The State nnd County
tax on this track, 1867, was $-4 50; in 1868,
in wasss 25; in 1860, it was $26 32, in
1870, it was #39 48; in 1872, it was
#641 92; aud this year it is 8114 30. The
owner of tlie property would gladly sell it
for #6OO. and upon this amount, the true
value ot the land, he is required to pay a
tax of nineteen per cent.
The Game of Poker.
The St. Louis Globe says: About two
years ago a Missouri river steamboat left
Fort Benton with a party of tough and
well-to-do miners on board. There were
also among tlio passengers three or four
“brace men," and before they had reached
Sioux City they had generally cleaned
out tho jiockets of the miners. The boat
stopped at Sioux City to “wood up,” and
found among others waiting to get on
board a ministerial looking personage
with the longest and most solemn coun
tenance on him you could well imagine.
He was dressed in black, and wore a
white stove-pipe hat and “choker” collar,
ornamented with a black neck handker
chief.
“Well, he got aboard, and the boat
started down stream. For two days be
was unnoticed by the other passengers,
but one of the sports at last thought he
saw a chance to make something out of
the sad and melancholy individual. Tho
latter would once or twice a day step up
to the bar, and with a voice ns mild and
gentle as a maiden’s, ask for "s gloss of
soda,‘if yon please,” and then he would
take out a roll of bills from his pocket and
take a quarter from tlieir interior layer.
Then he would say to the bar-keeper, os
if under a thousand obligations, “thank
yon, sir," and walk oft again as if about to
commit suicide.
This thing hod gone far enough, and
the gambler I have spoken of at lost ap
proached him.
“Would you like a little game of seven
up, sir 7”
“Seven-np ? What is that ? Please tell
me, my good friend.”
“Wiiy, agame of cards, yon know, jnst
to pass away the time; let us play a
game.”
“My good friend, I know nothing about
cards; I cannot play them.”
"Well, come along, ami we will show
you liov to doit." And the mild gen
tleman in black, after some furthur pro
tests, at length consented.
They showed him how it was done, and
they played several games. The gentle
man in black was delighted. Gamblers
wanted to know if he would play poker,
five cents ante, just for the fun of the
thing. Gentleman in black said that lie
couldn’t play the game, but they explained
again, nnd the poker began. Tlie gen
tleman in black lost every time. There
were six men in the game; each one dealt
liefore gentleman in black, and tbo ante
raised to a dollar. Gent in black dealt
awkwardly, and looked at bis hand.
Next man to dealer bet five—goes round,
nnd bets are raised to one hundred dollars.
Gent in block “saw” it and made a hun
dred better. Gamblers looked surprised,
\ but would not lie bluffed. The bet had
reacliedfive hundred dollars—-a thousand,
j Gent in block made it two thousand. All
drew out except a I’ike’s Peak miner, who
saw and called him.
“What have yon ?”
“Weal,” answered the gent in black,
“I have—let me see, let me see—l have
found four ones.”
The gamblers, who bad suspected
something before, now looked wild, and
light began to dawn in the miner's mind.
He leaned across the table and said iu
the moat sarcastic tones be could com
mand :
“Oh, yer heave, heave ycr ? Yer gol
domed sanctimonious son of a gun.”
TJie gent got up from the table and
banded one of the gamblers liis card. It
read. “Bill Walker, New Orleans”-—one
of the roost successful sharpers iu the
country.
Tho Rothschilds.
A cable dispatch from Isindon announces
the death of Baron Mayer Anselm do
Rothschild, a member of the famous bank
ing firm of that name. Tlie deceased bore
tbo name of the bouse, who was born at
Frank fert-on-the-Main in 1743. and died
there in September, 1812. The history of
the great house, which is now carried on
in five of tlie leading European cities by
members of the family of the third and
fourth generation, is almost romantic in
ita inter* st. The original Mayer was edu
cated for a rabbi, became a small trades
man, and eventually got a situation in a
Hanoverian banking house. Huliseqnentiy
he established a bauking house in Frank
fort, and bad the good fortune to become
the banker of tlie rich landgrave of Hesse.
He borrowed money for the government
from the landgrave, to be paid as a random
to save the city ofFrnnkfort from being
sacked by the French and subsequently,
when Napoleon decreed the forfeiture of
tiie estates of tlie sovereigns of Hesse Cos
sol and Bmnswick, the elector socreted
with Rothschilds $3,000,000 in silver,
which the banker and his five sons, whom
lie had associated with him in business,
bad the use of for eight years. When
Napoleon was banished to Elba tlio elec
tor gave notice that lie would withdraw it;
but when Napoleon escaped and returned
to France he urged the Rothschilds to
keep it at two per cent, interest, which j
they did until 1823 when they returned it j
to hiR sou and suceesssor. After the death j
of their father the five sons carried on the ;
business under five branches. Nathan j
Rothschilds, the first head of the London
house, is snid to have known the result of j
the battle of Waterloo eight hours before!
the government, nud made #1,00,000 by
tho skillful use of that knowledge. Three |
of the sons died in 1835, and one, in 1835, I
and one in 1836, their son taking their j
places. Boron Nathan Lionel do Roth-1
scbilds, of London, son of Nathan, In -
came the head of the London bouse on |
tbo death of liis father. In 1847 lie was |
elected to the House of Commons, but re- 1
fused to taki* the oath prescribed “on the |
true faith of a Christian.” He was regu- ;
lnrlv re-elected, but did not take liis salt i
until 1858, when bis disabilities were re- .
moved. He was the first adherent of the
Jewish religion who ever took his j
seat in tlie House of Commons. Tlie
house has loaned hundreds of millions to all
the lending and most of the lesser govern
ment of Europe. Tho members of the
family have generate intermarried, and
their immense wealth will consequently
remain in their family for many years.
Marry Hkk First. - -Many years ago in
wlmt is now a flourishing city, lived a
stalwart blacksmith, fond of bis blooming
daughter, whose many graces and charms
had ensnared tlie affections of a suscepti
ble young printer. Tlie couple, after a
season of billing and cooing engaged them
selves, nnd nothing but tlie consent of the
young lady’s parent, prevented their
union.
To obtain this, an interview was ar
ranged, and the typo prepared a little
speech to admonish and convince the old
gentleman,w! osnt enjoying a favorite pipe
in content. Typo dilated upon the fact
of their long friendship, their mntuul at
tachment, their hopes for the future, and
like topics, and taking the daughter by
the hand, said: “I now sir, ask your per
mission to transplant this lovely flower
fronts piorent \iod” —but his “phelinx”
overcome him, forgot the remainder of his
oration, pushed, blushed, stammered, and
finally wound up with—“from its parent
bed, into my own.”
The father keenly relished the discom
fiture of the suitor, and removing his pipe
. blowing a cloud of smoke, replied: “Well
■ voting man, I don’t know ns I’ve any ob
jection, provided you marry her first.
The Discovery of Mysterious Hand-
Grenades in New York.
For a mouth or two past more or less
I apprehension has been felt by the people
: of New York, caused by the threatening
' demonstrations of unemployed working
; men, and by tlio rumors of secret com
munist organl/utidhs iu the city. These
apprehensions have been not a little in
creased by the recent discovery of con
cealed arms and deadly missiles. The
Journal of Commerce of Saturday last
says:
The discovery of hand-grenades in va
rions portions of the city, as reported by
tho police during the last two weeks, slid
the efforts of certain persons to create the
impression that the grenades found were
made for shipment, has led to further in
vestigations. Heveral of tlie murderons
shells have been examined by experts, nnd
the opinion is given that they are of for
eign manufacture. The outer shell of
iron is cost in two hemispheres, which
screw together and form a ball about the
size of a six pound shot. The thread of
the screw is fine, and mnch longer than
would be considered necessary by Ameri
can workmen.
Within the globe is another shell alsrat
the size of a grape shot, intended to con
tain fulminating powder. This smallslieU
is studded with perenssion-oap tubes, and
e -eh tube or nipple is made to fit the thin
French gun-cups. When the shell is
chnrged there is considerable play between
the gun-caps and the exterior shell. ,
WhcrAlie shell strikes at least three of the
| caps are brought in contact with the inner
surface of the outside shell, and the fulmi
| tinting powder explodes.
These shells exhibit marks of hand ln
j Ivor, where the rough edges at the joints
! have been filed away. Their description
| agrees with that of the famous Orsini
: grenades used against the life of Napoleon.
! In that affair several innocent people were
killed by the explosision. It is believed
that tlie slnlls have been sent here from
I France by the Communists, and tjnperiu
j tendent Matzell is searching for the ro
j mainder of the supposed invoice.
A Lesson Learned in Berrien County,
Mich.
Home time ago. a Mrs. Bneklebv, who
| lives over in Berrien county, directed her
; son Samuel, a lad of 14 years, to take a
I turn at the churn. Now, as Samuel bad
set his heart on going a fishing at that
; very time, he ‘‘got liis back up" and flatly
I refused to agitate the cream. The etirva
: tnre was promptly taken out of his spine
! by a slipper, and with “tears in bis eyes,”
ibe went on duty with the dasher. In
; about half an hour, and during the brief
! absence of his mother, his eyes fell npou
| n plate of fly*poison, and a bright, smart
thought struck him. Just liefore Mrs. B.
j came in, Samuel lifted the fatal platter to
; his face, and as she entered he put the
j “pinin' 1 from liis lips with the dramatic
! exclamation: “There, mother, I guess yon
wou’t lick me no more 1” Now what did
I this Spartan dame do ? Did she shriek
i for a doctor nnd fall into hysterics ? Not
milch. She simply took Hum eel by tlie
; nap of the neck, lifted him deftly into the
< pantry, beat tiie white of six'cggs together
and told him to engulf the same instanter;
| lie, refusing, she called the hired gill, and
! in a twinkling Snni found himself outside
! the albumen. Then Mrs. B. began pre
j paring a mustard emetic. Hoeing this,
! Sam's pluck dissolved, and lie commenced
begging, crying, “I was only tryin’ to
skecrye. ” But the stem mother was not
‘ to be softened, and Samuel bad to swallow
t the mustard. He was then forced to take
a dose of pain-killer, and had bis back
rubbed with the “Vigor ofcLife,” and bts
stomach with the "Oil of Gladness."
Then lie vomited up everything but his
; boots and socks. This being over, he
took seven Ayer's pills, two spoonfuls of
I castor oil, a teaspoonful of salts nnd a bine
pill. And now, if you want to behold the
| maddest boy in Michigan, just say “fly
-1 poison" to Hum Buckleby.
A comparatively small matter sometimes
onuses a great excitement iu a village,
j Isist Monday morning, about half-past
i one o’clock, the citizens of New Castle
; wen* aroused by a succession of shouts,
followed by firing of pistols and the j
springing of a watchman’s rattle. In n I
few moments the entire population was,
iti the street and everybody hurried to the 1
place from whence the noises came. When ;
they reached Pitman’s house they saw ;
Pitumn leaning out of the window turn-1
ing a rattle furiously nnd holloing at the I
top of liis voice, while every now and j
then lie would brandish his revolver ami
fire it half a dozen times. The policemen ,
felt certain that, bnrglarswereinthehon.se, !
and while they were bursting open the !
1 iaek window to capture the thieves a m-1
mor spread that the house was afire. In
two minutes the engine was on thegronnd,
a ladder was raised and they liad a stream
playing through the third story window,
and meanwhile a telegram was sent asking
for assistance from the Wilmington fire
department. As the policemen entered j
the back window the firemen kicked down l
the front door and rushed in, followed by
the crowd. Pitman met them on the
stairs, and the mayor of the town said.
“Pitman, what on earth is the matter ?”
Pitman danced around for a minute, and
then he shouted, “Come in, boys; come
right in and see it.” “See wliat?” de
manded the crowd. “Why our baby.
It’s just got its first tooth. Come right
up and let’s have a leerin'old time.” As
the conviction grew stronger that Pitman |
was intoxicated the crowd gradually dis- '
pursed auil went home. Good judges es- ;
timate that that tooth will cost Pitman I
about four hundred dollars for damages;
and Mrs. Pitman intimates that subse
quent dental appearances in the child’s:
month will be concealed from Mr. Pitman
until he gets sober.— Max Adder.
Mozart.—His sweetest song was the
last he sung, “The Rcqniem. ” He had
been employed upon this exquisite piece
for several weeks, his soul filled with in
spirations of richest melody, and already
claiming kindred with immortality. After
giving it its last touch, and breathing
into it that undying spirit of song which
was to consecrate it through all time as
liis “eygnean strain,” lio fell into a gentle
and quiet'slumber. At length, the light
footsteps of his daughter Ernilie awoke
! him. “Come hither,” said he, “my
Emilie—my task is done—the Requiem—
my Requiem—is finished.” “Say not so,
dear father,” said the gentle girl, inter
rupting him, as tears stood iu her eyes,
“you must be better —yon look better, for
even now your cheek has a glow upon it.
I am sure we will make you well again—
let me bring you sometliing refreshing.”
“Do not deceive yourself, my love,” said
the dying father, “this wasted form can
never lie restored by human aid. From
Heaven’s mercy alone do I look for aid, in
this, my dying hour. You speak of re
freshment ! Mv Emilie—take these, my
i last notes—sit down by my piano, here—
sing them with the liymn of thy sainted
mother—let me once more hear those
tones which have been so long my solace
and delight.” Emilie obeyed, and with a
j voice enriched by tenderest emotion sung
the following stanzas:
“Spirit thy labor is o'er!
Thy term of probation is ran
i Thy stops are uow bound for tho untrodden
shore,
And the racc.cf immortals begun.”
j A Mother and Babe in a Snow Bank.
I At about half post seven o’clock last
I evening, says tlie New York Sun of the
! 'Jd, wheh tho storm was at its height, it
young wdtoaU, apparently twenty-five
years of age. was found in a snow bank
near the railroad track, about four hunt
dred feet above the railroad station at
j White Plains. Ih her arins whs ah ibfaht
| scarcely a yeafold. Both were hearly fro
; zeti insensible and famishing with hunger.
Stimulants revived the mother, and she
said that she started from Monnt Risen ob
foot early in the morning for New York,
where she expected to obtain a sitnation
as seamstress in a private family. She
bail hoped to reach the city before night,
but bad not anticipated the storm. Her
feet were so swollen that she was unable
to walk fnrther. In a neighboring restaur*
ant nourishing food was supplied. The
mother took the 8:17 p. m. train for New
York, trad was directed to the Free Dor*
rnitory for Women at 54 Amity street, an
institution that provides free of cost a tpm*
porary shelter to those who may, through
a variety of circumstances like this, find
themselves homeless in the city. The
young woman refuses to give her name,
but said that slio was the daughter of a
well-to-do merchant who is a member of one
1 the most fashionable chnrehes of the city;
I that she had married the family coachman
j against the wishes of her jiarents, which
caused them to refuse her admittance nn*
j der tlieir roof. The husband died six months
‘ ago, anil left her penniless. She had a
I valuable diamond ring, the gift of her
father, which was sold to pay for her hns*
band’s funeral expenses. Since liis death
she had earned n little money by giving
piano lessons, bnt for two months past she
\ lias not earned a cent.
Dkinkixo Warm Brood. —Mention was
made recently of a gentleman in a very
feeble state of health, who had been for
j some time at the Batcher’s Abattoir, iu
Brighton, for medical treatment, simply
drinking a half tumblerful of warm blood
’ twice a day. This course the gentleman,
! Mr. C. If. Stiekney, who is willing that
I his name shall appear, has followed nntil
a week ago, haring been there ten weeks,
1 nnd during that time gained ten pounds
jin weight, and, to nse his own words,
1 “My appetite is good; I sleep well am!
‘ feel like anew man, and I am soon Ur
commence business again in Boston.” Ho
also says that there are ten or twelve'
others there, drinking the blood, all of
whom are gaining under this treatment.
One gentleman from Boston, a consnmp*
i t.ive, so feeble that it was with difficulty
: ho could get to this abattoir, is now able
to handle an nxe skillfully to “knock
j down a bullock.” A lady from the city
who has been sick six years, stricken with
paralysis, is improving wonderfully by
'this “blood cure.” A gratifying feature
! of this enre is that it is “without money
and without price,” nnd Mr. Stiekney
speaks in praise of the gentlemen in charge
of this establishment, and says strangers
visiting the place will find courteous
treatment. —fiaeton Journal.
j Kimball ami the Bonds.—The Augusta
: Chronicle, commenting on the proposition
{ of the Atlanta Constitution to reopen the
bond question, to convoke the Bond Com
i mitteo of the last Legislature, and to give
H. I. Kimball, tlie “developer,” a hesr-
I ing in vindication of the bogus bond
transactions of himself and Bullock,
;say s :
i “We have always understood that the
cause of this important omission was tho
bashfnlnessof Mr. Kimball and the aversion
| of that gentleman to making the acquaint -
j trace of the committee. The committee,
we believe, was extremely anxious for an
interview with the great financier, but
j the great uncertainty as to his whereabouts
j which then existed prevented a gratifica
tion of this desire. As to calling the olil
j committee together, we do not exactly see
! how that can Ik- done. The committee
i was composed of memliers of the liist
| General Assembly, and when its repeal
’ was received anil acted upon it became
j functus officio. The fraudulent bonds have
j bud their day in court; they have been
j killed by legislative enactment, and there
|is no reason why an attempt shonid be
I made, directly or indirectly, to put life
, into their foul remains.”
*.*
Vanderbilt About to Retire.— A New
■ York letter says:
j “There is a great deal of street gossip
j to-day about Commodore Vanderbilt and
| his railway enterprise. The sub-trace of
jit is that lie is about to retire to private
, life, and to give up his vast business en
! terprises to the management of younger
> men. For the presidency of tile Lake
: Shore Company the name of Emerson
Stone is spoken of as the commodore’s
choice. Mr. Stone is a Western man,
and bnt little known in Wall or Broad
street; bnt there is nothing in that fact
which he should be ashamed of. He has
made a fortune in the manufacture of rail
i way cars at the West, and if he obtains
control of Lake Shore, the presnmption is
he will find anew and very profitable mar
ket for his wares. The commodore’s eurlv
relinquishment of Central and Hudson xs
included among the coming events that
are casting their shadows before.”
A South Carolina writer says that there
is a determination fixed and unalterable
1 in the hearts and minds of the people to
| overcome negro predominance by the in-
I troduetion of immigration. A number of
1 foreigners have already found homes and
| friends there, and orders for large num
j bers, additional, accompanied with eash to
pay transportation, have been sent to
New York.
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