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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 .'! ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY NOTOfBEE 23 1886
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FIGHTING AROUND SUMTER.
ThcFIraf of* Serin or War ftke-tohrs#
for The Conaifturlon.
Next week we (ball print a moit intoreet-
log at or; of lira fighting around Fort Hom
ier, written especial!; for Tint Cosfrrmf-
Tins by a distinguished soldier. The "ink
ing of the torpedo boat*, with their cram,
and their draggles for life; the beating, load
ing nnd firing of red hot allot on Fort Sum
ter, and the dance of the people on tbo hat
ter;. The we nee in the fort and in the clt;
are all (old with a maatcrhnnd. This "ketch
will he followed h; other*, Mich a" "How
iJordon Cot III" Hears,” "John Brown's
Raid,” "Hoiv Booth Killed Lincoln,”
"Fighting with Joe Brown’" I’iken,” and
other pbaata of war. Theta aketeha" are
not written in hintorieal styis, hut nra foil
of Amandadrentnre, and will make a lino
feature ol Tint tioNwriTiiTiON Cor theeoinlng
J"k.
leaa Than !!9,HOO Meet toil.
I jut week we lacked 1(1,000 anbscritMM or
having onr 100,000. Tbit week we lack leaa
than 23,000. We have more than 75,000 al
ready. Now, if one ont of every throe of
thaw subscribe!* will eendna a new one dar
ing the coming week, we will have onr (nil
figures.
When we get the hundred thonaand we
are going to <|nit talking abont It; but some-
bow or other we cannot quit until wo do.
Wo have wt onr heart on retching the elx
figure*. We can onl; do thl* by appealing
to onr rahacriben to harry up and help us,
and the aeoner we will quit asking yon to do
It. Thera are cortainl; 23,000 anbecriben
on onr hook* who can and will give m a now
anhaertbor thl* week.
Wa advert iso two new feature* that alone
ought to bring ns the now anfaeeribenol
themselvc*. Th* atoryof "AUom'ironnATa
Exofr,” which will begin soon, la, wo guar
antee, worth a year ’a subscription to avery
reader, ll la a thrilling and atartllng atory
of a confederate aoldier’a adrantorc* In Bra-
*1L Beading it 1* like traveling throngh
that weird and atnngo country, with It*
dred citizens. Of thi* number aevanty favor
eommntalion and thirty are emphatically of
(ha opinion that the priaonar thoold hang.
Ft is a significant fact that the ladles, who
are generally (bond on the aide of mercy,
me in this instance almost aotldly arrayed
against Cloverins. They believe that it he
did not klD Lillian Madison, be blasted her
llfeand is responeilile for her death. So they
Want him hauged on general principles, aa it
were.
Those who favor commutation declare that
the evidence did not make out pla charge of
morder. They believe that Ctaverins waa
with Mlie Madison on Urn fatal night, and
thalr theory la that the girl quarreled with
bn companion, threatened suicide, end wet
Violently reetnlned by him, bat succeeded
in Invoking away and thrawlag kenelf into
the reaemrir. Then Clnverius fled, and hie
aea*e of guilty responsibility bu since kept
bUltpe sealed.
The appeal for men-/will be made in a
way that will teat Governor Leo's judgment
nnd firmniM to the utmost. Fortunately ho
1* not deficient In these qunlltlra.
railing in low.
The Interl ernsade of the crank" fi again"
tb* happy habit of felting in love. Hit
George Campbell, an Kagli»h eoonomlat
nnd author, boldly proclaim* that the human
race will peter ont if foolish yonng people
are cot mated by rdection rather than by
their own emotions.
He calls bia plan "man breeding.” Tuan*
bis own words, he reys:
We Intoenough physiological know ledge to effect
*va*l ha pro.) merit In th" ptCrlusof ludlrliiiiiU or
the Mart or "Hied race. If weooiild only apply that
knowledge to nuke flttlnt msrrteg", Irntcal of
giving way to fooHab Iduaa about love att.l the
tut** of young poople, whom wo can hardly truot
10 choree their own bonnet*. much lea. to oh io*e
In a graver matter lu which thoy are moat likely to
be Influenced by frivolous pn judlcoa.
This ideal* followed op by a writer in the
I'opnlar Bctence, who says the race is rapid
ly deterlornf Ing because w* eontlnuo to breed
to diseased poison*. "A man would bo
considered n fool,” he ssya, "who would
breed the ftmaie* of hi* (dockyard
male with nay delect, and tape-
dally a constitutional taint, .or any of hi*
anlnial* Into a dlecaradfamily. Aodyatha
will ace hi* daughter deliberately mate with
a man who tins the seeds of disease in Ms
frame, or who basinberltcd incurahln taints,
and make no protest Hence, while onr do
mestic animals an conitnnlly improving, no
ourselves are growing feebler and siokller.”
This witter says the time will came when
the world will look with amazement on the
hospitals and aaylnms now built "to enable
onr cripplea and deformed and conntitntion-
ally diseased denes to ncrait and perpetuate
their wretched kind, Instead of letting them
die ont, as they would do If left to struggle
for themselves.”
All this Is monstrous. Men and women
mated by n committee of selection, inde
pendent of their own preferences, would pro
duce a sluggish and dnll race. Tbo heart is
always the best and ntraally the safe it guide
in allair* matrimonial, lieaaty enkindles
love, and beauty it tire resnltaut of health.
The rosy ebook, the sparkling eye, the las-
Irons hair, lbs vigorous, well knit figure that
•tired lovers, are tbo signs of health. Where
beauty la laoklag, ttislhamoreeertalnly the
abounding vitality of perfect health that
wins In its place. Loss often does, and
always should, survive th* lass of health;
but it Is rare that love Is caught by the dnll
rys and sallow check. Lore always seek*
ils complement. Blue eyas mate with black,
the bloads with the bmnotto, the large with
the nnall, the ardent with the cooler temper
ament, the poeitlve with the negative. Thus
vast rivers, its dense forests and its wondar- _
All animals. The story oasts ns more than 1 th* average la maintained and tli* standard
has been paid for any atory In an American ■
newspejieT for years. Betides this the series
of "WarHketUies,” which will begin neat
week, with a graphic recount of the fighting
aboflt Bander, will be immensely interest
ing and saleable. These sketches are writ
ten by fan old subtler, and every Una sparkles
with (bn, fighting or hollo.
There are bat two frslaiot of the great
paper we offer. All the ohl stand-bys will
be iHtb ns Ibr ntxl year. Bill Arp, Retry
Hamilton, Tnlmage, Barn Jones, Ur. Jones,
Uncle Iiunos, nnd all the reel, earnest and
anxious to plcaco and to preaant a paper (till
of new and'intervaling things for out read
er*. You cannot gel so big a paper, nor so
good n paper for so little money. Those of
you who have read tho paper for n yoar
know it to be true. Tell it to your Iriends,
andyonr neighbors, nt church, at court, at
the postofUce, on live rood, at the qnllting
bee, at the school, in tho (tore, anywhere
and avoiywbti*. Keep telling It. Tell
every man yon meet, and avery woman and
child, that TuKCoKsrmrrtoM "la tha big
gest and beet and ( heaped family piper In
the country.” Do this, nud our Christmas
gill will bo 1(10,000 subscribers, and your
Christmas gilt jgill be a paper oven bolter
than the one wt now give you, end onr
heartfelt thanks and gratitude. Let us hear
from you.
The laic President Arthur.
Tlte death of 1‘rsudcnt Arthur carries
with It a chock of surprise. Although an
Invalid during the last two ytamef Mettle,
th* reports of t~
f the Improvement In the pa
tint’s benHh daring tbo post tew months
led tho public to hope lbr Ms racorery.
It is difficult to tom n jest estimate of
«no whoso greets* strength wa* in his
marked conservative bis*. Mr. Arthur waa
never a party leader, if* commanded tha
respect of his party, bat never its sothn-
atetm.
During his term of offlre he seemed sin
gular:; devoid of ambition. Do never
posed as a statesman. Ha waa faithful to
tha great trust delegated to him, and
avoided extremes. Aa tha anccasaor oi tha
mentered Garfield hi*position was a trying
one, hot he acquitted himself in a manner
that drew word- of pntet- ftom both friend*
and opponents.
All through his life be wm loyal to hit
frteuda, a frank, bold enemy, and a patri
otic American. HU death will bo oiaserely
mourned by the nation at large, and poster
ity w«l honor bis
An Appeal IbrCInvnrtne.
In tee comae of a few days Governor Leo
will bo reqnreted to amuntao tbo rose of
CfuTerina. A strong appeal win bo made to
fate) to commute the death sentence to lm-
To Orel ten public polaothe Riehaund Die
patch has Interviewed at random one bun-
established
Mr. Grant Alton, in the Fortnightly lie-
view, in (ombatling the “breeding by (elec
tion" theory, saya the novel la more naefal
lo society than the scientific hook. Its sole
end repealed lesson Is: "Marry for love and
lbr lore only,” This is protection against
match making parents, or sordid fortune
hunters, if not against the more brutal but
not lets pernicious theory of Sir George
Campbell—Is a safeguard for sodsty. (n
reply to Uto assertion that by making tha
mating of plant* and animals a matter of
onr own aslsotkm, rather than of ehnnee or
preference, wo have vastly Improved their
condition, Mr. Alien says:
Tree, so Aria Mueetns a lew points prized »y
oumlveeforourown purposes. Bat la dotug this
wehavo so lowered u» general conaUInltonil
vigor of the plants or annuls that our Tinea fall
an euy pray to outturn and phvUoxen, onr pou-
loee to tbo potato disease and the Colorado beetle;
omteeey are stupid, our rebuts Idiotic, out do
inetilo breeds gencreUy threatened with dang tea
to We and Umb unknown lo their wiry auooalon
In tbe wild state. And wbeu one ooao* to deal
with the rail illicit more complex iadlrtdaalltyof
men, whet hope would than be of onr Improving
the breed by dellMretoutocUre? If wedevelopsd
the tatolleet aewould probably stunt the phyvi-ino
or tbe moral nature: if we aimed elagsncreleal*
tare of aU Acuities alike, we would poobabty
snd by e Chiaeso uniformity of mediocre deed
level.
Falling lu love is deatly tho bate way. If
wa could clear the way for tha heart by
sweeping aside th* wretched calculations of
lot tune or position that obstruct aod compli
cate it* course, wo tbo old hive bettor society
and a brighter and stronger posterity. It is
Item th* union of “two eonla with hat a
etagl* thought" that the divine epariu are
Struck, and bout the coming together of two
lovers drawn by that electric affinity, not lota
physical than spiritual, which w* call lore,
Umt slMDtioaa sues and daughters are
Democratic I’msprcts in tho Nntte
1 or twenty-six year* (excepting an integ
ral of two year*) the senate of tho United
Metre has been controlled by th* republi
cans. In tb* prevent senate there an forty-
two republicans aad thirty-bar dsmssrets.
This enumeration desire Riddleberger ant
Mahons among tbo republicans. Mabone's
term, however, aspire* in 1887, and ho will
bo succeeded by John W. Daniel, u demo
crat.
In twenty states th* legislature* wtll elect
reoatots this winter. Tha republicans hare
majorities oa joint ballot in tea of there
stales, and in reran tho democrats have aa-
qxraticncd control. Now Jeraey, Indiana
and Calilbrni* are classed by tb* rwpnblicxBi
awdenbtfW, and there la a tremendous cos-
tret going on In each ol them. The demo
crata, however, will probably hold th* legte-
laluree of ihcw three state*, but by very
slender majorities. In th* lodUna legteta-
toie th* demons'a hare a majority ot two;
in New Jersey tb* democrat'c utjvrity will
fisprud on a labor lumber ad te* soesmWy,
who la not committed, but wh* was iadareed
by the domosreis.
If the** three states, woo doubtful, send
drmcatte te tbs senate, that body will ateed
thirty eight republicans and thlrty-*i<ht
democrat*; but thodiaafiection of Biddlebcr-
ger, who hue been badly treated by the re
publicans, snd tbe Independence of Van
Wyck, may pomibly give the democrats
practical control of th* senate after Urn Ith
of March, 1887.
Xbw Constitution PlotorM.
Nothing mrafiaes aad beautlflev a Home u
good picture*. Tit* OoifeTrrtmuv is deter,
mined to fill the home* of th* gouth with pic
tures. W* do this at noeharg* to onr readers
All w# ask is a little work oo thalr part. Here
Is ear plan: For thn# bow sahsoribon at 81.00
each, or for tare now eobeulbers seat with.yoor
swn renewal, we trill send yon free, postpaid
either one of the following superb pictures,
these are th* masterplans* of tha world—a*
fine pistons a* can be found la any parlor la
this co an try or in Ktrope.
Yon can gat thorn for nothing. For ovary
three subscribers ot 81.00 each you send ns,
*o will send you one of there picture* free.
Yon can bars no hotter Christmas preaant
than ono of those beautiful pictures. A half
hour’s work will get yo* two or three of thorn.
Here Is the list :
No. I. Tli rifrf soar Bav. By Sir FA win
LansdslL
No. 2. Tnr Finer Uessoiv.
No. 3. Frit Paacrrca.
No. 4. CrnoBsnttA.
No. fi. Fan ritoiw Hour..
No «. ALontxrr. By Edwin Douglas.
No. 7. Baax. By Edwin Douglas.
No. k. Tull. Paid H"*r,
No. it. Tnr. JfowaacH or nrr. Gt.mv. By
Lanidell.
No. 10. 8<m-aai>Eisc
No. it. Tub Hpue Fata.
No. 12. Wr.DDXO.
No. 13. Tkoubiekoxx Twins.
Hi aides tho above wo a.Ill offer the plotnre
of "Cleveland and hi* wife,” which has proved
so popalsr and of which w* hare sent oot
thousands of copies. Get up ciabi nt once and
tend in for these beantifol pictures.
Cuffing’" Colony.
It is Lardy passible that Editor Catting
lias been misrepresented in the reports going
the rounds of the newspaper prase. II*
rlslma that ho hi not organizing an army fo
the tension of Mexico. He te revolving no
scheme ol conquest te his active brain. His
objects at* pacific, and te hte eyes laudable.
Editor Catling’s enterprise is simply a big
cMonltteg job. He te now organizing n
party of several thousand southerners, and
In tho early spring thoy will cross (he Rio
Grand* to engage, Editor Cutting soys, in
agricnltare and mining. Th* eolonlsU will
go well armed in order to protect themselves.
If they meet with opposition they will
fight. The colonists will favor tbe abolition
of the peon tytttem, free religion, free odnev
thro, the reiteration to the Csthollo church
of all the property taken from It, and va-
rions other measures, all supposed to It*
nioic or lew popular.
It te believed that the United Staler gov
ernment will not Interfere with the depart
ure o! the colonists, bnt it te posible that
onr ofllchils will consider the, colonization
ccheme ot n delation snd a snaro employed
to cover a filibustering expedition. Tho
enterprise te well calculated to excite suspi
cion. Many believe that the colonists when
they get aerasi the border will lose no time
in seizing tbo northern states oi Mexico nnd
otgtnlxteg them Into a separate repnblir.
Cutting’s remark that (he Diaz government
te a babble which will collapse when pricked
by a bayonet,may throw some light npon tho
ultimate designs of the colon lets. ‘ ,
Onn Outcome of Hoclaliam.
Hr. nnd Mrs. Aveling, tbe distinguished
English socialists now visiting this country,
have been well received and patiently heard.
In Chicago, however, the Arellngs were
called npon to answer some very searching
questions, and their answers constitute ns
strong on arraignment of socialism ns could
be detired by the opponents of that doc
trine.
When asked what effect socialism would
have npon tbe home, the Avolinga admitted
that polygamy might be one of th* remit*.
Mrs. AVellng, who te the daughter of Ktrl
Marx, frankly said that there wonld be no
bond, no obligation holding a man and wo*
man together; that a man conld have one
wife or a dozen, and leave them whon he
pleased; that n woman wonld have equal
freedom In selecting husbands by the doz
en, and leaving them; in abort, ab* aald
that the dectrineof elective affinities wonld
prevail.
It will be seen from these declarations of
the recognized apostle* of socialism tbit the
nsw it in doos not strike nt property alone.
Itatilkosat the home by striking at the pu
rity ot woman.
Perhaps It is fortunate that the Aveliog*
have unmasked thsir hesttal system. Tho
statement of such abhorrent conditions 1s
enough tn any Christian land to array the
people solidly sgninat them. If Americans
are £loyal to any thing it la to th* American
homo, and they will fight to the bitter end
the public enemies who wonld deotroy it.
There is little danger of the progress of the
ideal promulgated by tbe Avdllngv, bat tha
fact that such ideas are publicly dteenwad
decs not speak well for the moral tons or tbe
ago In which we live.
The Slate and th* Convict*.
Th* showing made by Dr. Westmoreland,
principal physician of th* poaitentlary, te
not u rrsditebie on*. A deoth rate or more
tbun 3 par cent In a penitentiary of over
2,000 convicts te math too la(g*. ItteatriO*
less in peroenteg* than lost year, but te
greater in proportion to the amount ot sick
ness.
Fortunately Dr. Westmoreland does not
present this report without suggesting*
remedy lbr the targe death rate. Hit reme
dy te a simple one, and b* declare* that it*
adoption will ratine* th* percentage of deaths
fully oos-third, or psthspe one-half. Ho
proposes that the local physicians at the
amps shall become state official* instead of
empisye* of tha loiooeo; that they ahalt b*
employed and paid by th* stats; bound by
tbe date's authority, and responsible to the
state, aad to no one stem
Thischangtshook! beveled byUwtegts
I slur* at once. As matters cow stand, the
state has not only leased its criminal* for
menry, but for twenty nine days out of
thirty it withdraw* its mipoiviaioa from
them. Once a month th* gvnrnl physi-itn
or kurprr visit* each .wrap. II* roiniios
there perhaps a dry. When he Isavos th*
ramp the convict* are ahjoiutely reoliu.1
lrrtn the stats. Every man who contrvl*
them Is th* employ* of th* lew*. Th*
stats’* authority, tho state’* mercy, the
■tatate power te absent, altboogb the sratrte
pledged by tarred obligation* te be prewnt
Ml tho Urn* with the unfortunate*.
Th* tenant *f ttis that th* teniae area are
net present. Th* contra! azd manfeta.aS-
of the convicts, which the state has practic
ally surrendered to the lessees, 1s in turn
delegated by tbe lessee* to their employes.
Aa a rule, therefore, th* convict has not even
th* protection he would get If the leneo
were present, Hedepsndsabsolntoly onthe
local bosses or employes. If these are In
efficient or rapridous or enrol or careless,
tbe convict snfltre, and neither tho strong
arm of th* state or the responsible arm of
the lessee te there to Intervene in hte behalf.
In even the brat camp* this te often needed.
Dr. Westmoreland ftirnlshra an example in
the Dade coal mine. TMs has long been no-
counted the model camp of the state. Its
death rate wa* tbs lowest, its equipment tbe
brat; Governor Brawn spared nothing to
make tt perfect. Lost year by naglactor
violation of hte orders, the convicts sickeaed
and scurvy, a terrible and loathcsome dis
rate, made it* appearance. Governor Brawn
wa* shocked when information of this reach
ed him, and th* trouble was quickly stamped
ont; but not until the deaths had jnmped
from 2 the year before to 28 for the year In
which the dariplln* or regime ol the camps
was loosened. Dr. Westmoreland asserts
that tho presence of a stats physic Ion hacked
by tbe state's authority, wonld hive saved
more than half those wretched men from
death.
The lessee who mean to do their doty
should not, it sesnu to ns, object to this
changr. It relieves them of the Solaris* they
now pay the physicians. It relievos them of
much responsibility to have an official repre
sentative of the state always In the camp.
The stale sorely should not object to It. The
pitUal expense of 81,000 * year should not
weigh one moment against so door and press
ing an obligation. Bnt U leasees do object,
and if tho legislator* stands by ties* objec
tions by failing to post the necessary bill, Dr,
Westmoreland boa done his doty and cannot
be reproached for what folio tvs. Us has told
the legislature clearly and forcibly whore the
trouble lies, and has shown it the way to a
clear and simple remedy. The reaponsl
Wlity of reftudng this remedy will not lie
with him.
Another Angcan Stable.
At a recent police Investigation in Wash
ington, U was discovered that polloeuen,
whose heats were in certain quarters of the
town, were Instructed to keep their eye* on
the comings snd goings of tho statesmen who
represent the country in congress. The re
sults of this system of espionage were to b«
rued, it seems, to further a blackmailing
scheme. Tbe exposure, or rather, tbe con
fession of a policeman who wsa used ns* wit
ness, will probably put an and to the scheme
for the time being; bnt the whole proceeding
shows that there is a deep laid scheme in
Washington to beard the average American
statesman, not in his own den, but in some
body elre’sdcn.
Under these circumstances It becomes the
duty of congress, which hss complete con'
trol of the municipal machinery of tho dis
trict of Colombia, te Inaugurate civil service
reform In tho police deportment. From the
chief down to tha humblest private, each
and every one, should be required to pledge
himself not to pnnue a congressional states
man oiler dark. There nra some rights re
served to statesmen, as well as state*, and
one of these te the pnrsutt of lifo, liberty
and happinsM in Washington city after night
ha* pnt on her beaver overcoat.
If a statesman te arotmd town at night
trying to borrow an nmbrella, or hunting for
come one to gtv* him a pass to th* ten oent
circus, th* police have no bnsincosto parens
him. If hois to bo panned, let it be for tho
purpose of reform, and uot ter tbo purpose of
blackmail.
Altogether, we are of tbe opinion that
congress should promptly clean out th* An-
K an stable, so to speak, in which tbo Wavh-
gton police te quartered.
A Suggest Ion from Abroad.
The disenfsion of th* drink problem has
reached Belgium, bnt the reformer* in that
country have no patience with Onr wild
methods. One of their leaders, M. Sobrius,
has a wondcrlnl scheme for (he complete
suppression of drunkenness.
In the lint place, M. Bobrins would fig th*
license* at a very high figure, and thug
greatly reduce tbe number of saloons. Hte
next proposition will be better understood
when stated In hte own word*. "Cardinal
Blchelten,” he says, "proposed at one time
to decapitate duelist*. Well, in our day, I
propose to decapitate every drunkard, after
he te thrice convicted of the berottlng crime!”
M. Bobrina 1a In dead earnest. He era ires
ns that the adoption of hte plan cannot fitil
to make intemperance a thing of the post,
and nrgra Belgium to gtv* It a trial,
In this country when the temperanoe re
formers pay no attention to tho drunkard,
bnt wage a relentless war against the saloon
keeper, the suggestion of M. Bobrins will be
received witMMoniohmsnL And jot, from
hte standpoint, the Belgian reformer makes
ont a strong rase. He argues that as th*
drunkard is a nuisance he should be abol
ished. When he 1a outof the way, and when
men through fear of death keep sober, th*
saloon-keeper will bother nobody. Sobrius
tees nothing wrong in selling liquor. In
his eye* thoerim* It committed by tbe man
who get* drank.
It 1a not likely that snob extreme view*
will meet with lavor anywhere, bat they
are Interesting as * part or (he literature of
the temperance reform movement.
Wedded Hot Not Won.
Onr dispatch*! thi* morning state that a
London court fans declared th* marriage of
Min Arthur Rcabright to he nail and void.
TMsteas remarkable a case In its way as
the frunons Wilson-Moon Untt which tenow
etii ring thl* eoaatry te the ranter.
In the Bra bright css*, aa in the other, the
main elements are bald villainy and an
almost incredible degree of timidity.
Th* story te wrath telling, lire Bsabright
is th* daughter of Lady Scott sh* is noted
for bra beauty, and the tact that sbo has a
private lortaas of a cool million invert" her
with additional interest. A boat a year ago
the be.-tme acquainted with Avthnr Be*-
blight, a young roau who belong* to tbo mod
f»httir*b!«- club* and moved io the brat cir
cles ot London mcisty. Senbright made
love loth* jnung lady, but wav rejected.
They (ontisard on turn of fri*ndly 'inti
macy,tnd Bealirigbt induced her tb writ* her
same ou varions “bit* of piper.” Event
ually tb* girl learned that the bod signal
DOttn and bill* amounting to ■ very large
dm. legal process wm served on list sod
vbe-wasalarort frtntwd with mortification
at d terror. While sh* wm in this state of
mind Brahrtght toU bra that ah* oonM ■***
hi mil frer; rela by marrying Un. A grin
she refused. Then the rascally lover asked
her to meet him at a certain place. Bhe
kept tbe appointment, and found that she
was at the registry office. A friend of Sea-
lirigbt locked the door,nnd Brabright threat
ened to shoot her if site dared te chow in
say way that she wm not acting of her own
free will in tbemarriage which be wasabqut
to have performed between them. He forced
a ring on her finger, bnt rite threw it on the
door. The registrar read tbe form of mar
riage, and the lady signed tbe registry with
ont saying a word. When the bride left
the offloe die sought refnge with Lady Scott,
and rafnsed tolire with her husband or to
see him alone lor even a moment.
All these Cuts were developed in tho testi
mony. Boahgight waa unable to rebut the
evidence lbr the plaintiff. Under the cir
cumstances the conrt doubtless did right in
declaring the marriage void, bnt the affair
te th* sensation oi the hour. "Oka such
thtnfebef” is the qnesrion on every lip.
A Step tn the Right Direction.
The joint resolution introduced in tho
house last week by tb* Hon. Mr. Calvin, of
Kicbmond, and published in another col
umn, concerns a matter of vital importance
to onr people.
Mr. Calvin’s resolution requests onr sens
tors and representatives in congress to be
csmeles* in thsir efforts nnd in the exercise
of their influence, to secure the repeal of the
set of congrem imposing a tax of ten per
cent on the circulation of all banka chartered
under slate laws.
A similar resolution was adopted nt the
lmtecsrion of the South Carolina legisla
ture, and Georgia should plant herself firmly
and sqnarely on the same line.
Feihap* there is no one act of congres
sional legislation that wonld do as mnch to
meet tb* business necessities ot the country,
and of the south particularly, as the repeal
of this unjust tax on state hanks. The act
as it stands to the moat odious and oppres
sive form of protection. It fosters nnd pro
tects the monopoly enjoyed by tbe national
banks, and deprives onr people of the right
to tu* their own credit in their own way.
Until we get rid of thlsorjnat war measure
there will he no such thing as cheap money
in tbe south, and th* arils nnd inconven
iences of an unequal circulation will be
mainly felt in this section.
Mr. Cslrin’s resolution, or one to the same
effect, should he passed by the legislature of
every state that is not trader th* control of
those who now monopolize the capital of the
conntry.
A liar Maid’s Bonanza.
Wa must throw our novel* overboard and
look to the daily newspapers for romance.
Fiction 1s tame and commonplace by tbe tide
of the melodramas of real life.
Yeaterday a brief mention was madoin
these colamns ol the peculiar will of Don
Jnan l’ietro Ten;. It turns out that the
widow te more interesting than tha will. In
feet she te n piquant package of sensations.
Twelve yean ago thte woman was a
honoring bar maid in Liverpool. Sh* dis
pensed gin fizzes and killing glances with a
fascinating abandon that knocked her ad
mirers silly, if we may be allowed to drop
into the expreastve dang of the period.
Among tbe patrons of gin fix at that time
wMoaeCbarle* Bullard, alias Charles Welle,
the notorious hank robber. Bollard found
th* British blonde tw; much to hte taste and
married bar. The honeymoon was rode!;
shattered by Bnllard’i conviction In thecas*
of the Boylston, Mass, bank robbery. He
wts tucked away in prison tor a term ot seven
yean, and hte bride was left with ths world
before her.
Mis. Bollard hod learned from her lius
band that when she wanted anything the
way to do wh to take it So whenehamet
tho wealthy Cohan, Don Jnan, who wm six
times a millionaire, she hurst Into an efflo
rescence of dsxxle aad then ecooped her be
wildered victim. Th* two traveled all over
th* world. They, had n salon In rails, a
villa at Florence and reridenoM scattered
throughout the civilized world.
At teat death claimed the don, and bo left
Ms millions to hte widow and hi* unborn
child. The don’s ntettves will make ths
point that ss she neglected to secure a di
vorce tram tbe bonk burglar, she war not
Terry’s wlf*. . Here is s chance for a tremeu-
dons legal battle.
The Free-Trade scheme.
The free- trade jonrnala nnd the organs of
the whisky ring in ths wsst arc just now en
gaged In making a terrible to-do over tbe
surplus revenue that te flowing Into tho
United States treasury. They any thte sur
plus represent* unnecrasory taxes wrong
from the people, and they propose to remedy
thte evil, not by abolishing a form of taxa
tion that is ewentlally a war measure and
peculiarly un-American, to-wit, tbo interaal
revenue ay stem, but by revising the tariff.
Thte revtoira of tho tarifl'they call raTenne
reform, and (hay propose to inaugurate thte
reform, and thn* do away with th* surplas,
by reducing impart duties.
Tbto Is th* proposition, bat it i* a little
•Ingnter that th* partisan* who are to fondly
in fhror of continuing the internal revenue
eyitem, which te tbe embodiment of a good
deal ot maannets and spltefulnesi in ont
way and another, ipve never paused to reflect
that a simple reduction of customs duties,
instead of decreasing th* surplus wonld have
the direct elect of largely Increasing it. To
reduce the import tax on the products ol
foreign labor to a point where these articles
conld com pate with onr homo products
wonld bo to largely increase importation,
and th* laureled Importation would swell
the enrplos.
This te the meaning of Sir. Morrison’s
slogan, "A tariff for revenue only,” or ate*
the slogan 1s meaningless. If “a tariff for
revenue only” mean a tariff for revenue, it
also means that, with th* internal revenue
system still in operutioo, the surplus in th*
trearauy would grow to larger proportions.
In other words, s high tariffu not * revenue
tariff.
No; th* programme of tbe reformm eon-
trolled hy tho whisky ring te free trade pure
and simple. They propose to keep la opera-
tica the unjust end na-American excise
system, with all It* instrument* ot oppres
sion, red take the duty wholly off of arti
cles list ate now protected against foreign
competition. Uuleee they do thtotho wit
oi their *rh*r>e will he the increase of lb*
already targe surplus that I* flowing into
th* treasury.
Every genuine fr—WMff In Vhtr country
te, re ought to be, opposed to th* U»*rnti
•y«Uss, bet foe the bmufit
whisky riag B te to ha kspt uptetoJ. .a. •
and an attempt is to be made to cripple out
home indoitrie* by makings free-trade bole
In tbe tariff!
A Doubtful Remedy.
Th* fact kai incidentally coma to light
that in Chicago, aome week* ago, a boy
who exhibited hydrophobic symptoms wm
•mothered with • pillow. Quite recently;
io the asm* neighborhood, preparations
were made to extinguish n tick girl In the
rente summary way, when death suddenly
came to her rdlef.
In the heart of China or In Africa such
barbarism te to be expected, bnt the exis
tence of such a practice in Chicago almost
tnrpareea belief. Hydrophobia te consider,
ed a dreadful disease, aad It te believed by,
many to ha beyond the reach of human rem
edies, but this doc3 not jcstL.'y tho murder
of those who have bean bitten by mad dogs,*
Hereafter tbe stranger who And* himself
rtretebed upon n sick bed In Chicago will
pAferto dtepenae with pillow* and bolster).
A*a measure of precaution ho will be jnatl-
fled in demanding that Ms vtolton b*
searched in order to be snre that they cany
no smothering apparatus with them.
Mormons Posing ns Martyr".
The polygamous Mormons still feel the
terrors of tho law.
Several prominent elder* who have served
one term lor polygamy have here again eon.
Tided nnd sent to prison.
Bishop Bereett’a case te rattier peculiar,’
Hte flnt wifi* baa taken an native hand in
the proaccutlon. She doe* not like the idea
of a seraglio frill of wives, and ahe will make
It lively for the old man before she gets
throngh with him.
Soros of tho wives endeavored to shield
their husbands by testifying that they did
not know of their polygamous relations.
John' Q. Cannon, one of the famous family;
Is held in heavy ball. He married two
pretty sisters, Annie and Lonise Wells,
Louise kept opt of the way of the deputy
marshals (or soma time. Sh* wm rambling
over Utah with a Mikado compasiy. Finals
ly her picture appeared as one of the little
maids from school. With thte picture the
officers succeeded in running her down.'
On the examination of Cannon, Annie, hte
flnt wife, testified:
i don't think ny husband ever Intimated lo mo
that he Intended to marry my sister. I spoke to
him about U toversl times, bnt he always denied
that h* was In lore with Louie. I was not AtH
trossed In the least shout in In fret, I friend tha
marriage. I believed that It waa ritbl, and 1 land
ay litter mors titan anyone elte, and thought that
be needed another wlte. I preferred her to any-:
Mtiaa.’’
"He knew that it was your dealt* that lie should
many yeor sister, and yet he norer Indited you to
witness the ceremony?"
"I did not witneae the ceremony. I understood
tho ceremony wsa to be performed that day, bat I
cannot tell who told me. I waa In the yard, and
did not go In to witness It. When my tistor canto
to the houto that nlabt I received her.”
It will be recollected tliat Cannon, o short
time ago, stood up in the tabernacle and con*
ftseed that he bod been gnilty of adnltoqrj
On the strength of this confoaslon Annie **i
cured a Utah divorce, and Gannon sought td
this m n bar to Ms prosecution for poly^
amy, bnt tbe eonrt Would not entertain tt,
(Twenty year* ago David W. Leaker, of tbff
eleventh ward, married Ann Fellow*, bnt *8
aha bon him no children, he took Elizabeth
Denney ms wife. The children which Elia*
abeth bore were raised by Ann, aad noto
call Ann thsir mother. . The two wives lira
In houses whloh ore conn acted by o covered
porch, and since the passage of the Ed"
mtrads taw, David rajs he hM lived with
Elizabeth exctafcirely. The Jury took a
different view of th* matter, and he ffiira np
for six month*.
The cose of O. F. Arnold has attracted
mnch attention. He wm arraetod soma
time ago for unlawful cohabitation, bnt on
promising to obey the law he wm eet at lib
erty. It appear* from the evidence j oat pro-
dared on his second trio 1 that he has been
tn tbo habit of visiting tbu iomiUesof both
Cl bit polygamous wives, who live tome dis
tance apart, and according to th* judge's
ruling* he has not kept bis promise th it ha
would do nothing in tbe sight of the World
to lead people to belteve that h* wm cohab
iting with more than one wife. In hte de
fence it waa urged that he bad visited bis
children when they wen desperately ill,
and only at such other time* as the prompt
ing* of a father's heart might reasonably lead
him to do. After reciting ths Acts in ths
ease, and dwelling npon the verdict oi gnil
ty which had bean rendered, th* judge said:
.“Something over etatiUau months ago you
pleaded guilty to a chargo ot unlawful oohablta-
Ion with th* gam* woman with whom Uiajnry,
have convicted yon on thl* trial. It now become*
the doty of iha oourt to pros aentonoooo ttiivefr
Clot. Have you ahjthtag tony why jodgnest
should uot be passed!”
"Nothing, only I supposed I wa* ehejinz Ibd
law. That Is all."
"Bow it it now! Do you Intend to obey the 1st*
at It is Interpreted by tha court!?"
"Well, yea; as I did at teat Ua*."
-Yon nndaretand aofi that yon malt not visit
rear children under olramiteneea that indicate
o Ure world aad there that enwrveyoorcoudnet,
that their mothra 1* your wire, aad not avoctoW
IvUIt her M inch*’ 1
T* this thn* waa no reply, Arnold’! head Alina
on hi* breast. The lodge wilted* minute, and
than laid:
"Now, the question U whether you intend to obey
the law, not aa yon nndaretand it. hat MilUtai
tcnictcdby UncouW.*'
"What I promiao to do I will do loth* Drat of my
ability.'’
"You do not tetrad, than, to makeany pronti
fret?"
“I may hat* mada lam* erroa to rey jadsaraV
but 1 hare not Intaded to mika tny."
“Wall, in my Judgment, after retail let to Off
evidence, they an inch enemas yon ifemM not
bar* mode, and it becomes aw doty to punl* yonl
The Object of this prrnlihreent lx, ot oouaa, net la
tn Hint any punlxhment or mffciiii* on yew family;
Th* main pnrpots is lo protoet soclsty andkespK
pare- You an sralwud to condncreem fa thn
penitentiary for fifteen t " "
Fothortagtiam tn Court.
St. Louis, November 10 —D. & FothtrlagJ
WurobhOfMhrce woa^uMUOoMnonej aMysloat
o5rtn*r<-csin f ihl» mornisgehMgBd vWi xroaft
• a coxrwtJKKvrnwutB."
A B*
1 of Travel. Ad.sotxra
Ths iVxvriTrnow sanoances ont of the mreff
na>ub*ble norM ever printed, under the shorn
till*.
It lx fhe-tory of* confederate soldier who MS
tb* Mu'.h t.’ the rtore of th* wxr, ted drifted Into
Bra ill, where he " ** sold into ihtvpy ureter W
peculiar tew of th*t>onntry. Hfs Kory ft* rraphto
and thrilling areanwtafadreatamlnthagitrangfl
load with lu -trxng* people and to strango meat
item We hare hooght tat meey et no ITT vxporen
aad Hun* who mbs tt will mtora* of the has
•tram ever printed.
R will begin dmtncDcetmbet snd will ran tot
moral weeks. Tfeteitcrytioc* wtfrho worth*
e vrefrMifptten. Do-Mt AU to amcritokf
to brat with tt* drat chapter, Ycowfil XM
fret tt It yon do.