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WEDNESDAY.
OCR SWEETEST MEMORIES.
| Written for the Chronicle and Sentinel. )
The sweetest memories of the put
Are often thoee most full of tears—
Tbey are the oneß most apt to lut
Throughout the coming coarse of years.
The lut sad words from those we lore,
When bidding ns a long good bye:
The last faint smile from dying lips
Which in the grave now quiet lie.
Our eyes will shed some tender tears,
Our trembling lips may mourn and sigh—
Yet. who would give thoee memories up
For all the gifts that gold can buy ?
August 15th, 1875. Mart E. H .
KISSING.
“Kiss me, dear maid, to seal the vow
Of love that thou has made;"
“I have no right to kiss thee now,"
The modest maiden said.
“If thou canst find it in thine heart
My first wish to refuse,
Perhaps ’tis best that we should part,
Ere we our freedom lose.”
“Although to kiss you I demur,
Yet please to recollect,
'I hat if you choose to kiss me, sir,
Of course 1 can't object.
THAT NEW WORLD.
How gracious we are to grant to the dead
Those wide, vague lauds in the foreign sky.
Reserving the world for ourselves instead ;
For wo must live, though others must die!
And what is the world that we keep, I pray ?
True, it has glimpses of dews and flowers ;
Then youth and love are here and away,
Like mated birds—but nothing is ours.
Ah. nothing, indeed, but we cling to it all.
It is nothing to hear one's own heart beat,
It is nothing to see one's own tears fall;
Yet surely the breath of our life is sweet.
Yes, the breath of our life is so sweet, I fear
Wo were loath to give it for all we know
Of that charmed country we hold so dear,
Far into whose beauty the breathless go.
Yet certain we are. when we see them fade
Out of the pleasant light of the sun,
Of the hands of gold in the palm-leaf’s shade,
And the strange, high jewels all these have
won.
You dare not doubt it, O soul of mine!
And yet, if these vacant eyes could see
One. only one, from that voyage divine.
With something, anything, sure for me 1
Ah. blow me the Hoent of one lily to tell
That it grew outside of the world, at most;
Ah. show me a plume to touch, or a shell
That whispers of some unearthly coast!
\Mn. S. M. R. Piatt in October Atlantic.
STONEWALL JACKSON’S WAY.
Come, stack arms, men ! Tile on the rails,
8t ir up the camp fire bright!
No matter if our canteen fails—
We 11 make a roaring night.
Here Shenandoah brawls along.
There barley Blue liidge echoes strong,
To swell the brigade’s rousing song
Of Stonewall Jackson’s way.
We see him now ; the queer, slonched hat,
Cocked o’er his eye askew ;
The shrewd dry smile; the speeoh so pat,
So calm, so blunt, so true!
The ’oute old Elder knows them well;
Hays he. “That’s Banks—he’s fond of shell;
Lord nave his soul ! We’ll give him”—well
That’s Stonewall Jackson’s way.
Silence! Ground arms ! Kneel all! Caps off!
Old Blue-lights going to pray ;
Htranglo tlte fool that dares to scoff ;
Atteniion ! It’s his way.
Appealing from his native sod
J n forma pauper in, to God—
“ Lay bare thine arm, stretch forth thy rod—
Amen !” That’s Stonewall Jackson’s way.
He’s in the saddle now : Fall in !
Steady ! the whole brigade.
Hill sat the ford—out off. We’ll win
His way out, hall and blade.
What matter if our shoes are worn ?
What matter if our feet are torn ?
(Jnick step! We’re with him before the morn!
That's Stonewall Jackson’s way.
The sun’s bright glancos rout the mists
Of morning ; and by George !
Here's Longstreet struggling in the lists,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge !
Pope and his Y’ankeos ! —whipped before—
“Bay'net and grape !" hoar Stonewall roar,
Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s store,
In Stonewall Jackson's way.
Ah, maiden ! wait, and watch, and yearn,
For news of Stonewall Jackson’s band ;
Ah, widow ! read with eyes that bum ;
That ring upon thy hand ;
Ah, wife ! sew on, pray on, hope on,
Thy life shall not be all forlorn.
The foe had better ne’er been born.
That gets In Stonewall Jackson’s way.
THE SCIENTISTS
SI H. I- FLASH.
A noble band in search of truth 1
And yet in vain they preach,
That man must disbelieve in all
But what his senses teach.
For all the truths that Science shows, ’
If viewed without pretense,
But tend to prove, beyond a doubt,
The impotence of sens.e
Ten thousand years men saw the bud,
With reverential awe.
llise up anil cross the firmament—
Nor doubted what they saw,
Till Science, by her light revealed
The course the planets run,
And showed the wheeling Earth revolved
Around the steadfast Sun.
it may be, stars we see this night,
Deep in the heaven's glow.
Were sunk in darkness and destroyed,
A thousand years ago—
Yet still they shine—and Science tells
Of rays that pierce the sky.
But why they dart or why they shine,
Elicits no reply.
They know the laws that govern life—
Keep order in the skies—
But yet tho Power that made the law
They fail to recognize.
They but delude themselves—confound
Achievement with Desire—
And dream they prove the vital spark
Springs from maternal fire.
’ Besides the facts, we too mnst know
To read the facts aright,
Nor deem because our eyes are woak,
Beyond our reach is night.
Y’et by that intellect which springs
From out the dust, they say.
They know how far the dog-star shines,
How much the planets weigh.
But even they profess to find,
Within their chosen range,
A thing to build their faith upon—
A cause which cannot change.
What is this faith—this Great Unknown—
They delve from oat the sod ?
A Molecule serves them for a creed,
An atom from a God!
In vain thoy toil. The Infinite
Baffles the mind and sense:
And man’s short plummet cannot sound
The depths of Providence.
O, bright the triumphs and the gains
Of Science and of Art;
But brighter far shine Faith and Hope
To cheer the human heart.
BOWEN’S MISTRESS.
A Washington City Aspasia.
I IFasAinj/kw CorrenpotMienos Chicago Times.]
One of the most remarkable women
that over trod the sinfnl paths of Wash
ington life was the mistress of ex-Con
gressman Bowen, of South Carolina.—
She was one of the loveliest women that
ever had a mission to lure. Her mother
was a Greek, her father a Scotchman.—
She inherited her mother's classic face
and voluptuous swell of figure. Her
hair was a glossy shimmering bine
black, her eyes two stars. Her com
plexion and teeth were of a dazzling
whiteness. Her mind was of a rare or
der, and, as she always studied, she
possessed more than ordinary culture. I
have tnany interesting particulars con
cer>K her from the physician who at
tended her ouce when she had an attack
of typhoid fever. She was very stately
iu her manners, ami as sweet-tempered
as a noonday sun. She lived with
Bowen several years as his mistress, anil
was as true to him as a wife could be.
At the expiration of some time Bowen
married for money and position, and
dropped “Sallie,” as he called her.
There was never any woman less to
blame for becoming a social outcast.
Her father died early, and left her to
the tender care of a stepmother. This
stepmother sold Sallie in Baltimore,
when only sixteen, to a very rich man.
Under the diver of a supposed marriage,
she lived with him several years, when
he deserted her. Bowen then came to
her rescue. After Bowen she rented a
house here, and gathered about her a
few women of her class. She would
have none that were by any possibility
within the pale of being reclaimed.
She kept this house but a short time.
Strange as it may seem, she always had
prayers at her house morning and eve
iug, and she was a most diligent Bible
reader. “lam iu this life,” she wonld
say,” through no fault of my own. The
way out does not exist. Let us make
the best of it.” Later on she gave np
her honse. She said it was enough to
carry her own ain without having the
thought of the responsibility of others.
She went to Chicago with the brother
of a former high official here. He went
into business in Chicago, and at last
accounts “ Sallie” was serving him as a
most faithful mistress.
Medical Association.
Baltimore, November 10.—Over forty
new members were elected to the Medi
cal Ass>>ciation. Dr. J. S. Billings, U.
S. A., presented the report of the com
mittee appointed to prepare a schedule
of questions for the sauitarv survey of
the United States. Prof. W. C. Kerr,
State Geologist of North Carolina, made
a report on the sanitary relations of
drainage and water supply in North
Carolina ami the Sonth Atlantic States
as affected by topographical and geo
logical conditions.
A PRETTI WIFE MURDERED.
UNPARALLELED BRUTALITY OF
AN ITALIAN HUSBAND.
Exciting Scene in a Roman Court—The
Victim’s Mother Demanding the Pris
oner’s Head— Cowardice of the Mur
derer.
[Roman Corrmpendenoc of the London Timm]
The Roman Coart of Assizes has pass
ed sentence of death upon a murderer,
the verdict for once having been unac
companied by the recommendation of ex
ten oating circumstances. In this case,
however, public opinion had been fully
aroused to the heinons nature of the
crime. On the morning of the trial, and
notwithstanding that nearly five months
have passed since the crime was com
mitted, a crowd assembled betimes at
the door of the prison. As the murder
er was bronght ont the mob sainted him
with a storm of hisses, groans, and im
precations, and, accompanying the van,
kept np the aame chorus along the entire
route from the prison to the Court. As
they rushed into the Court House, when
—after the prisoner had been placed in
the dock and the Court had entered—
the doors were opened, they hurled an
other storm of detestation upon him ;
when he attempted to excuse the deed
by seeking to cast an impntation on his
young wife’s character, the women in the
crowd shrieked ont, "Amorte! Amorte!”
and when his victim’s mother had given
her evidence, she strode along the es
trade on which the witnesses sit to be
examined, and raising her hand aloft
before the President, cried ont, “Voglio
la sna testa; avete capito ? Voglio la sua
testa.” (“I want his head; do yoft un
derstand me ? I want his head.”)
Felomena Ricci—or, as she was called
by those who knew her, “La bella gran
arola”— was a Trasteverina of great
beauty, that type so well known through
the portraits of Raphael’s “Fomarina."
But Felomena was not only a handsome,
spirited girl, she is described as having
been as good as she was beautiful, and
a great favorite even with those among
her companions whose mothers held her
np in the odions light of an example.
But she had the misfortune of marrying
a vagabond, who possessed the idea that
it was his wife’s duty to labor that he
might live in idleness. The poor girl
did her best, but the harder she work
ed the greater became the requirements
of his pleasures; then he began to beat
her, and finally endeavored to insist that
she should give herself np to a life of
infamy to supply him with money. This
bronght about a separation. Felomena
fled for protection to her mother’s honse
and, after a short while, Vincenzo pro
fessed regret. He would lead another
life, he had not really intended what she
he only thought to try her,
he would do all he oonld to make her
happy. The girl was only too glad to
believe his protestations, and, putting
her arm in his, they went off to cele
brate their reconciliation by a country
ramble and a merenda at one of the way
side osterias outside the gates. Radiant
with returned happiness—a popolana
told a friend of mine that she had “such
hair and such eyes as wonld enamor the
angels”—she was clinging lovingly to
his side, when, having reached a seclud
ed part of the road, the brute stopped,
faced round upon her, and told her to
say her prayers on the spot, for there he
intended to kill her. For that purpose
he had brought her out. Bat, fortunate
ly—though it proved to be only a tem
porary respite—before he could accom
plish his purpose, some people came up
and the girl escaped. “You’ve got the
portrait of some protecting saint upon
you,” he exclaimed, “but it will be for
another time.” Again she took refuge
with her mother, and obtained work in
a granary near the Forum, where a num
ber of other girls were employed in sift
ing corn. ,
On the morning of the 28th of May
she was busy among her fellows, when
Vincenzo, all amiability and smiles,
makes his appearance among them. He
sits down beside his wife, takes her
hand, begins to use words of love and
affection, and Felomena’s companions,
from a feeling of respect, moved to the
other side of the room to leave them the
more in private. Fearing no danger
there among her.friends, her eyes began
to brighten with hope, but as they talk
ed she stooped to pick up something,
and then Vincenzo, with a sudden move
ment, taking her unaware, filing her full
length upon the ground, put his
knee upon her, and before the others,
paralyzed with fright, oonld prevent him
plunged a long knife six times into her
body, killing her on the spot. His ob
ject accomplished, he brandished the
bloody knife in the faces of the girls,
threatened them with death if they at
tempted to follow him, and then dashed
out of the plaoe. Some of the more
courageous, however, sprang after him,
raised a hue and cry, and as he fled
across the Forum he came full in the
face of two agents of public seonrity,
who caught him red-handed.
The murderer, during the trial showed
great cowardice. When he was bronght
iu he drew out two white handkerohiefs,
and, burying his face iu one, began to
sited tears or made a pretense of doing
so. He tried to excuse his crime by
casting imputations on his wife’s virtue,
an attempt the people who knew all the
circumstances of tho case soon drowned
in execrations. Then he wept again,
and began to call his victim "La mia
povera Felomena, 1 ’ whom he had al
ways loved. When he saw there was no
longer any hope, he began to cry out
thaPlie repented of his crime, and im
plored mercy, aud, finally, when sen
tence! of death was pronounced upon
him, he threw himself down on the
ground, screaming in an agony of con
vulsive despair— simulated agony one
must suppose, however, for he is report
ed to have eaten a very hearty meal
shortly after being removed from the
court. In the mean time the murderer
has appealed, and it remains to be seen
how much of the sentence the philan
thropic sentiments of the Judges of the
Court of Cassation will lead them to
aunul.
SI” H BOEDER'S A A RIAL SHIP.
A Description of the Working Appa
ratus—What the Inventor Says He
Can Do—How the North Pole is to
be Dsloovered.
1 Prom the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Work has been commenced on the
ship, and is confidently expecting that
she will be ready for liar trial trip in
about twit weeks. The skeleton of the
ship is made of double O wire, braced
lengthwise by eingle O wire. The ship
itself is eighty-five feet long, nine feet
high, and eight feet widg, and in shape
resembles a long steamship bnll, with
the exception that the fore and aft pro
jections extend about seven feet from
the body of the ship. The iron shaft
runs lengthwise, the pushing propellor
being attached to one end, and the pull
ing propeller to the other, in order that
they can be worked to the best advan
tage, and to allow the ship to tarn
around on its own pivot in the air. Un
derneath are two rudders, one fore and
one aft, for steering purposes. On mak
ing the ascent, the pulling propellor
will be put in motion, assisted by the
pushing propellor and the rudders, aud
thus the inventor confidently expects to
be able to go whithersoever he will.
The ship is attached to the balloon by
1,496 ropes situated at equal distances
apart, iu order to preserve aa exact a
balance as possible. The capacity of
the ballooon is 265,919 cubic feet. Hy
drogen gas will be used, and this sub
stance is so light that it is calculated
that oue cubic foot will have a lifting
power of one and three-quarter ounces,
thus making the lifting power of the
balloon about 29,000 pounds, or nearly
fifteen tons. It is not probable that the
balloon will be inflated to its full ca
pacity, inasmuch aa the extreme rare
faction of the air at great altitudes teuds
to withdraw the outside pressure from
the hallowi, and the hydrogen inside,
thus relieved of outward pressure, will
expaud the more readily, and perhaps
burst the balloon. Bnt estimating the
capacity at an amount less than that
given, the balloon will easily have a lift
ing power of ten tons, while the weight
of the apparatus, the gas, balloon, net
ting, ship and machinery, is bnt 4,800
pounds, or two and two-flftha tons.
The balloon is fastened to a ship in
such a manner that it cannot sway to
and fro, so thst it is impossible for the
balloon to get ont of a perpendicular
position. The ship has two masts, fore
and aft, which reach np to the eqnator
of the balloon. On the top of each
mast a large wire cap is fastened to the
netting perpendicularly, and the balloon
itself is fastened to the netting all
around its eqnator. In case of an ex
plosion the lower part of the balloon
ascends, falls into the netting, and half
of the balloon form a large pararchute.
The balloon descends for a short dis
tance with great rapidity, when the air
presses np underneath, the parachute
spreads ont, and the descent is made
more gradually. The steering appara
tus and propeller are set in motion, the
rotary movement commences, and the
balloon goes down in a circle like an
eagle spreading his wings. The balloon
is made of cambrio muslin, of which
18,000 yards have been used in its man
ufacture, and the length of the rope
used is nearly twenty-one miles.
The palling and poshing propellers
are worked by cranks, four men at each
crank, and work in the lower currents
about three hundred and fifty revolutions
a minute, increasing the number of revo
lutions with the increase in height.
Aided by the palling and poshing power,
the inventor maims that he will be capa
ble of making the ship stand still in the
air over any given point. Practical nse
will be made of this advantage by taking
a photographer along for the purpose of
securing photographic views of certain
sections of the country. From a certain
height in the air he says he ean see the
bottom of any body of water, no matter
how deep. The photographic views
which he proposes to have taken will’be
chiefly useful to the topographical
corps. Mr. Schroeder says that his ex
perience has proven to him that in the
higher atmospheres approaching the
North Pole, where the lower currents in
crease in cold the npper currents in
crease in warmth, and he is, therefore,
confident that he is capable of sailing
over this region, and finding that for
which millions have been spent and
many valuable lives lost—a passage to
the open Polar Sea. The first ascent
will be made in abont two weeks.
• UNDER SUSPICION.
Brother Orville and Two Brothers-ln-
Law—Babcock, and a Few Other
Notables In the Hands of a Crooked
Whisky Jury.
[St. Lome Times.]
Since the lightning struck six months
ago, there has been no day like yester
day in “startling developments” respect
ing the whisky frauds. When the
United States grand jury organized
three days ago a list of names were made
ont and presented to the body. There
were eleven names on the list, and an in
vestigation was desired as to the connec
tion of each one of the eleven with the
whisky ring. The two names which led
the "spotted” list were Wm. McKee
and Constantine Maguire, in whose
cases indictments were returned Wed
nesday night. With the other names
and the evidence the grand jury wres
tled all day yesterday, and when night
came it had only reached partial conclu
sions. It is said that although the bills
were not formally drawn up and voted
upon, there had been picked ont five of
the nine to be indicted.
These Nine Parties
Are said to be Orville Grant, the Presi
dent’s brother; Col. Dent, the Presi
dent’s brother-in-law; Sam Casey,
another brother-in-law, and at the head
of the New Orleans Custom Honse;
Gen. Babcock, the President’s Private
Secretary; Judge John F. Long, Collec
tor of Custom of this Port; Judge C. A.
Newcom, acting United States Marshal
until his successor shall be appointed;
Judge J. M. Krum; William Patrick,
late United States District Attorney;
Chester H. Krum, counsel for the offi
cials heretofore indicted. These names
were handled with reckless disregard of
the social, official or professional posi
tions of their owners all day yesterday
in the jury room. Thomas Walsh, su
perintendent of the construction of the
new custom honse, was mentioned onoe
or twice, but there seemed nothing more
than a personal friendship for the others
to connect him with crooked whisky.
The Evidence
Before this grand jury consists largely
of the verbal testimony of Joseph M.
Fitzroy, the indicted Deputy Collector,
but better known in connection with the
ling as the disburser of the orooked
revenue. Fitzroy, with rather unpleas
ant prudence, has preserved some of his
papers and books in which he preserved
the record of his transactions as treas
urer of the ring. This interesting col
lection is made still more complete, it is
asserted, by the addition of a bunch of
envelopes, each addressed to members
of the ring and intended to contain the
respective weekly stipends. It cannot
be learned that any of these envelopes
bear, or that the books of Fitzroy con
tain, the names of any one of the nine
mentioned above. One of the envelopes,
however, bears the blind facing of
“The Man in the Country,”
And is supposed to mean somebody in
Washington. Fitzroy explains that the
large sum which appears to have been
paid one of the ring was intended not
entirely for him, but to be shared with
half a dozen here and in Washington.
The slowness of yesterday’s work in the
grand jury rooms is explained on the
ground that a great deal of evidence has
to be compared and dovetailed properly
to make the web complete. A great
mass of letters, telegrams and official
reports, which Attorney Dwyer brought
from Washington last week, are now be
ing examined. There are many of these
letters and telegrams which have passed
between Washington parties like Dent,
Babcock and Orville Grant, and the St.
Lonis coterie, which, by themselves,
mean little, and might be explained as
jocose references to matters of
Innocent Business or Pleasure.
These, however, are placed before the
jury along with the testimony of Fitz
roy, Thorpe and one or two distillers,
and all taken together goes to make up
the chain of evidence. In this way
McKee and Maguire were indicted, and
in this way the cases of the others are
being investigated. As already stated,
it is said the grand jury reached a tacit
understanding last night to indict five
of the nine, and the names of the five,
as reported, were 001. Dent. Gen. Bab
cock, Judge Newcomb, Judge J. M.
Krum and Wm. Patrick. Against the
last named it. is charged that he receiv
ed written information of the existence
of a whisky ring upon several occasions,
and pigeon-holed the papers without in
vestigation. The counsel for the Gov
ernment, it is said, claim to have infor
mation to the effect that besides his
other property, McKee has $650,000 in
vested in real estate securities, and it is
stated that civil suits for damages will
be brought against him to recover what
is supposed to have been his share of
the unpaid tax.
OOTTON.
October Report of the Memphis Ex
change.
Memphis, November 9. —The Memphis
Cotton Exohange aggregate report for
the month of October is as follows: 85
correspondents report very favorable
weather, 46 more favorable than in 1874,
82 about the same, 10 not so favorable,
6 report heavy wind and rain storms, 80
report killing frosts from the 9th to the
20th, average date Ootober 14th, average
damage 6 per cent.; 40 report no dam
age, 12 report beneficial results, 11 no
killing frosts. Tennessee reports 47 per
cent, of the crop picked, Northern Mis
sissippi 35 per cent., Arkansas 42 per
cent. The total average for this depart
ment is 41 per cent. Tennessee esti
mates that the picking season will close
December 20th, North Mississippi Jan
uary 14th, Arkansas January 11th. Ten
nessee estimates the increased produc
tion cvpr 1874 at 18 per oent., North
Mississippi at J 5 per cent., Arkansas at
34 per cent. The average increased pro
duction for the department is 23 percent.,
under this head. Tennessee complains
that the crop is very late, and conse
quently liable to serious damage by
frost both in Tennessee and Arkansas.
The picking has been seriously retarded
in both by Bickness and the
fact that that the laborers have waited
for extortionate wages. There has been
considerable damage done by the boll
worm in Mississippi. Thirty-four re
port damage by rust, 55 no damage es
timated. The damage from this source
is estimated at 4 per cent. Thirty-four
report laborers working well, 45 not
working well. Twenty-seven in Missis
sipi report political trouble as the
cause, 27 sickness, 18 depressed by low
prices and abandoning thoir own
crops. to work for wages. No fears,
however, seem to be entertained,
bnt that with favorable weather
the crop will be saved. Twenty
four answer that the September estimate
of small grains and grasses to be sown
is too large, and 56 answer that it is not.
The estimate now given is 16 per cent,
increase over last year. The causes
given for the falling short is the time
oonsnmed in tho elections and sickness.
Aggregate for North Alabama —14 report
favorable weather, 9 more favorable than
last year, and 5 abont the same. All re
port a killing frost from the 10th to the
18th Ootober ; 11 report damage, 3 no
damage. The estimated average dam
age is 11 per cent. The crop is reported
46 per oent. picked. It is estimated
that the picking season will close by
December 17th; 5 report increased pro
duction, 2 abont the same and 7 a de
crease. The estimated decrease is 1
per oent. Under this head the crop
is reported to have been very back
ward, very green, and growing,
when overtaken by a killing frost.—
Three report damage by rust, two by
rot and eleven no damage. Estimated
damage is per cent Twelve report
the laborers working well and two not,
the causes being sickness and depres
sion by low prices. Three report that the
estimates of small grains and grasses to
be sown is too high and eleven that it is
not. The estimate now given is 20 per
cent, over last year.
The Epizootic—A Novel Remedy.—
A New Hampshire paper says that the
speediest way to care the epizootio and
make a horse thoroughly happy is to
give him onions. In proof whereof the
case of a Portsmouth horse is cited,
which had a severe attack of the disease,
and his owner placed a half dozen onions
in his crib with his regular food. The
hone tackled three of the onions imme
diately, and by the time he had swallow
ed them began to cough and sneeze and
prance about, appearing quite indignant
and refusing to tonch the remaining
onions. For full five minutes he wept
at the nose, and then—he was a cored
horse. He has not had a oough, a
a sneeze, nor any symptom of the epi
zootic since, but he did have the oonrage
to eat the onions remaining in the crib
the next day after the cure.
Cook A Sons’ clothing factory, Lon
don, is burned. 600 ousted.
THE TRUE ISSUE OF >7*.
SENATOR GORDON’S VIEWS ON
THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC RE
VERSES.
[.Yen* and Courier.]
A reporter of the News and Courier
waited on Senator Gordon, of Georgia,
at the Charleston Hotel, yesterday, for
the purpose of ascertaining what, in his
opinion, was the cause of the Democrat
ic losses at the elections last Tuesday,
what are the present prospects of the
National Democracy and whether Sene
tor Gordon had changed or modified
the views, with regard to political issneß
in the Presidential canvass, which he
had publicly expressed before the late
elections. Senator Gordon answered
freely and frankly the questions pro
pounded to him, and what he said is
now laid before the public in his own
words:
Reporter—Gen. Gordon, I shall be
very glad to have yonr views as to the
oanses which have checked what we call
the Democratic “Tidal Wave?” Has
the currenoy question served to defeat
the Democrats at the North ?
General Gordon—Well, sir, in one
sense, it has. In another sense, the
currency question has had nothing to do
with it. Let me explain what I mean.
If yon intend by yonr inquiry to ask il
) the platforms on currency adopted by
Ohio and Pennsylvania defeated the
Democrats in those States, I answer, no.
They wonld have lost those States npon
a hard money or contraction platform
just as surely, and, perhaps, by larger
majorities. Yon see, in New York, on
a hard money platform, the Democrats,
while they have carried the State, have
in truth lost far greater strength, as
compared with the last vote, than have
the Democrats of Ohio and Pennsylva
nia on a greenback platform. So that
the ourrency question, either because
the one side or the other was popular or
unpopular, right or wroDg, has had
nothing to do with the defeat of the
Northern Demooraey.
Reporter—ln what sense, then, has
this currency question aided in this de
feat ?
Gen. Gordon—Why, sir, in the sense
that it served to direct the public atten
tion from the corruptions and mal-ad
ministration of the party in power. If
the Democratic party had absolutely
united either upon the one side or the
other of this currency question, and had
made it a leading issue in these cam
paigns, we should still have been de
feated; for the Democratic party of the
Union, npon any other issues except
those I have mentioned—the corruptions
and mal-administration of the*Repub
lican party— fight at great disadvantage.
They go to war npon new issues upon
which the public mind is not made up,
with a strong party baoked by all the
power of all the departments of the Ad
ministration, and with which the ma
jority of the Northern people have long
been aoting. In other words, when we
confine ourselves to the work of ex
posing the extravaganoe, the profligacy,
the gigantic frauds, the Southern policy
of the Republican party and the efforts
to keep alive, for its own purposes, sec
tional alienations, then we have, on
these issues, furnished good reasons to
the people for abandoning that party.
Then we have, I sinoerely believe, the
honest men of all parties with us, and
npon these issues, and these alone, the
Democrats would, in my judgment, have
carried both Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
the State of New York would not have
lost its fifty thousand Democratic ma
jority. Any other question which served
to divert public attention from the true
grounds upon which the people ought to
be asked to expel from power the Re
publican party would have been just as
disastrous to the Democrats as this cur
rency question.
Reporter—Then, General, you do not
consider the elections as so discouraging
to Democratic prospects in 1876 ?
Gen. Gordon—No, I do not. Of
course it would have been more satis
factory to me to have seen the Demo
crats successful in all these States; but
if the reverses serve to set aside this
question of finance, and, sir, every other
question which distracts public atten
tion from the exposures which we have
already made, and may yet make of
Radical corruptions, what we consider
reverses may prove beneficial to the
Democratic party in the end.
Reporter—Then you think the Repub
licans would be very glad to have new
issues introduced ?
Gen. Gordon—Of course they would,
and it does not matter with them muoh
what these new issues are ; whether
they be the currency, the acquisition of
Cuba or a war with the Pope—anything
rather than their own record. They
know very well that the people are
against their Credit Mobiliers, their In
dian, their railroad and their Washing
ton City government rings, and on these
would vote them out of power. They
have tried war prejudices, Southern
outrages, slanders, sectional hatreds,
dispersion of lawful Legislatures, oar
pet-bag government, and they have
seen that the people are heartily
tired of all these ; that the North
as well as the South wants hone3t
government, peace and sectional con
cord, and Southern prosperity restored.
Hence I say the National Democracy
will make a serious mistake if they per
mit any of these new issues to be
bronght into the Presidential canvass
next year ; and what I now say after
the elections I have said again and
again, publicly and privately, loug be
fore the elections. I have not at all
chauged my views upon the financial
problem ; but in truth it is too great a
question to be brought on to the hust
ings. It ought not to be made a party
question ; it should be discussed with
deliberation and kept free from all
party animosities and feelings.
Reporter—Do you think that the Na
tional Democratic party will, after the
lessons of Tuesday, be disposed to drop
the currency question in the Presiden
tial canvass ?
General Gordon —I am satisfied that
they will; that the currenoy question
will not be made either paramount or
prominent; and that both wings of the
Democratic party, on the ourrency ques
tion, and the Liberal Republicans, will
unite in ’76 in favor of the Constitution,
looal government, honest and economi
cal administration.
A DOUBLE FATAL DUEL.
Frightful Scene In a New York Tene
ment Honse.
About 4 o’olook Tuesday afternoon
some inmates of the tenement house No.
106 Delanoey street, heard several pistol
shots and a noise which they guessed to
be that of a scuffle between two men in
the back room on the top floor of the
honse, and at once sent word to the
tenth preoinot station house, in Eldridge
street, of the occurrence. Officers Hen
ken and Hughes were dispathed to the
house, and proceeding np four flights of
stairs, they attempted to open the door
of the back room. Tbey found it lock
ed, however, and Officer Henken applied
his shoulder to it without effecting his
purpose. He procured a hatchet, and
by a powerful blow forced it open a
little way, bnt it immediately closed
again, as though something were lean
ing against it. He again put his shoul
der to it, and at last succeeded in
opening it, pushing with it, as he
did so, some heavy abatable. Upon
stepping into the room a ghastly
spectacle met his view. There he be
held two men,
Both Apparently Lifeless,
Lying on the floor, each grasping firmly
in his right hand a Colt’s revolver. The
officers at once began to examine the
bodies. One was that of a man about
forty-three years of age, and five feet
six inches in height, quite well dressed
in dark clothes. This man had fallen
with his knees against the door opening
on the hall, and was bleeding profusely
from a terrible pistol shot wound in hiß
right temple, the blood completely
covering his face and head. He was in
sensible but not dead. The pistol
clasped in bis hand was found to have
been discharged four times. It was
subsequently ascertained that his name
was Moses ‘ Piskiel. The other man,
Joseph Goldman, who appeared to be
somewhat younger and smaller than
Piskiel, was lying on his back in front
of the stove, not six feet from Piskiel,
dead, though his body was still warm.
Two frightful wounds were seen on his
head, one over the right temple and one
on his right cheek. His head was
almost
Floating in a Pool of Blood,
And he, too, was bleeding when the of
ficer arrived. It was with difficulty that
the pistol was released from his death
grip, and when it was examined it was
found to have been fired times.
There was so much blood on the floor,
which was bare, that it began to soak
through, and soon beoame visible on the
ceiling of the room beneath. Officer
Hughes immediately sent for an ambu
lance, in which Piskiel was conVeyed to
the tenth precinct station honse, where
he was examined, and pronnneed mor
tally wounded, by Surgeon Ensign. He
was then replaced in the ambulanoe,
which started for Bell erne Hospital, bnt
the unfortunate man died before he
reaohed the hospital.
Moses Piskiel, of No. 19 Essex Btreet,
and Joseph Goldman, of No. 100 Hester
street, both Jews, were partners in a
jewelry business at No. 56 East Broad
way. On Monday night Goldman met a
friend named Daniel Pearlson, also a
Jew, at Atlantic Garden, in the Bowery,
and told the latter that if he did not ob
ject, he (Goldman) wonld like to sleep
at his friend’s house that night. Pierson
agreed, and together they went to No.
106 Dtlanoey street, where Pearlson re
sided. In the morning the host was re
quired to leave the bouse early, so gave
the key of the room in charge of his
guest. Some time after Goldman went
to his honse in Hester street, where
another Jew friend named Kirsteiu gave
him a lady’s gold watch chain to be re
paired. After that time nothing could
be. ascertained in regard to his where
abouts until he was found dead by Offi
cer Hughes, at which time the ohain,
$4 60 in currency and some private
papers were on his person. Both pistols
were seven-barrelled and new. The
whole affair is as yet
Shrouded in Mystery.
As it was not possible to find ont on
what terms with each other the men had
been living, nor conld it be ascertained
positively how Piskiel happened to be at
No. 106 Delancey street. From the sur
rounding circumstances, hdriver, it
seems ssfe to assume that the two men
met by arrangement to fight a duel, with
the doubly fatal event above detailed.
COURT LIFE IN RUSSIA.
Memoirs ef an American Adventuress
—The Heroine of the Stolen Dia
monds—Family Helations of the
Grand Dnkes of Russia.
Brussels, October 21.—Some years
ago there was among the inmates of a
honse of bad reputation on the Seventh
avenue, in New York, a yonng girl of
the name of Hatty Biatchford, said to
be the daughter of a Maryland or Penn
sylvania clergyman. She seems to have
begun her career in Philadelphia, bnt
her prosperity commenced only when
she reached New York. It was there
that she obtained the means for under
taking a voyage to Europe. After sev
eral years of a reckless life in Paris aud
the principal European watering places,
changing her name almost as frequently
as her abode, this adventuress, assum
ing the nom de guerre of Fanny Lear,
started for St. Petersburg in search of
new subjects. It does not appear that
she had any acquaintances in the Rus
sian capital besides the directors of the
imperial theatres, the well known Privy
Councillor Gedeonoff (whom she calls iu
her memoirs Goodenough) and English
woman of the name of Mabel Grey, the
celebrated shop girl from Peter Robin
son’s dry goods store, who, after ruining
the youqg London banker, Millbank,
and the favor of one of
the sons of Queen Victoria, ran away to
Russia with a wealthy boyard.
These two persons seemed to have
had snffioient influence to launch Fanny
Lear into the highest region of fast so
ciety of Petersburg. After a few weeks’
residence in the Russian ca) ital she be
oame acquainted with the Grand Duke
Nikolai Konstantinovitoh, nephew of
the Emperor, son of the Grand Admiral
Grand Duke Constantine, and brother
of the Queen of Greece. This young
man, then twenty-two years old, fell
madly in love with her, lived with her
for three years, and after having spent
an immense amount of money and run
into debt, stole one day some diamonds
from his mother and some precious
stones from images adorning her private
chapel. He disposed of these treasures
by partly making a present of them to
his concubine and partly pawning them.
The scandal, which this occurrence
created some fifteen months ago all over
Europe, resulted in his being declared a
lunatic and locked up, while Fanny
Lear was expelled from Russia. On her
arrival in Paris, notwithstanding her
being in possession of large sums of
money and considerable wealth in jew
elry and works of art, she tried to sell
the letters which the Grand Duke ad
dressed to her at different times, as well
as other documents, which she had in
her possession concerning the Russian
Imperial family. Not succeeding in
finding a purchaser for these papers,
she published them in Brussels under
the title of “The Romance of an Ameri
can Woman in Russia.” We are not
quite sure that she made any considera
ble profit by this publication; but the
publishers, Lacroix & Cos., must cer
tainly have made some, for the circula
tion of the book has been prohibited by
the Belgian Government out of regard
to Russia, and copies of it have conse
quently sold as high as a hundri and francs
a piece, notwithstanding that the whole
edition of the volume had twenty-five
pages torn out by the Belgian police.
The book, originally written in Eng
lish and translated for publication into
French, does not betray tho slightest
taint in the author, and wonld have no
interest whatever had it not been for the
light it throws on the court life of Rus
sia. Many of her statements show that
Fanny Lear did not inquire into things
very closely, that she wrote chiefly from
hearsay, and that she considerably mixed
np what she did hear. She calls, for in
stance, her paramour the grandson of
the Emperor Paul, while in reality he is
the great grandson. She speaks also of
a supposed decree of Peter the Great or
dering that no man should become a ba
ker or a chemist in Russia unless he was
a German by birth, while it is well known
that the national Russian bread called
kalatch is--finer than any Frenoh or Vien
nese bread, and that no German has
ever been capable of producing it. Yet,
notwithstanding suoh little blunders, tho
book satisfies an interest not only with
regard to court life, but partly also with
regard to foreign diplomacy of Russia.
The names of the persons concerned are
not written out in full, but the initials
never being disguised, the real names
can be easily trade out. In one of his
letters, dated from Orenburg, the Grand
Duke writes to her, for instance, that at
a dinner given to him by the Governor-
General of the province, great enthusi
asm was displayed and toasts were drank
to the success of the Russian army in
Khivo, and he adds :
“It is very lucky that W— (meaning
evidently Capt. Wollesley, the military
attache of'Great Britain) was not pres
ent, for he would not feel very oomfort
able, as it is generally believed here that
the English have supplied arms to onr
enemy.”
Another letter from Fort No. 1, Kasa
linsk, and dated March 8, 1872, begins
thns ;
“My dearest, my prettiest, my most be
loved! Here I am a oaptaiu on the gen
eral staff of the Army of Central Asia,
the very same army which some day
will have to traverse Afghanistan to
ocoupy British India.”
The English diplomatists who, on the
strength of the optimist arguments of
the London Times, have been always
anxious to assure themselves and the
world at large that the Russians have
no idea of conquering India, and that
their sabjeotingthe nomad Asiatic tribes
is a gain for the cause of civilizations
will probably have to change their views
on that point after reading a statement
of this nature coming from a nephew of
the Czar. From the alteration of tone
which has recently taken plaoe in the
views of the Times and the Fall Mall
Gazette on this subject, we mnst con
clude that expectations similar to those
of the Grand Dqke must ha’i'i been
heard of in London of late. An inter
esting light is also thrown on the rela
tion existing between foreigh diploma
tists and the authorities of the Russian
capital. When Fanny Lear was arrest
ed the United States Minister, Iffr. Jew
ell, wrote several letters to the Chief of
the Pubiio Police, Gen. Trepoff, ani to
the Chief of the Secret Police, Count
Schouvaloff (now embassador in Lon
don), without the slightest notice being
taken of these letters. It was only af
ter he had held a semi-official confer
ence with the representatives of
other countries, and when they had all
agreed to defend the rigbts of this for
eign citizen, as a matter of principle,
that the intervention of Mr. Jewell was
taken notice of by the Russian authori
ties. A carious little part seems also to
have been played in tne business by an
other American official, as will be seen
from the following extract of a letter
dated “Bivouac in the desert of Kisil
Koum,” March 31, 1873 :
“My Dear Little Dablinq—We have
already happily left behind some hun
dred versts of the most sterile steppes,
called Kisil Koum (red sands). It took
ns a march of three days. I say happi
ly, because I feel myself nearer to the
end of my adventure, and consequently
to the return to my homestead. This
home is, as yon know, the apartment of
Fanny Lear; I have no other one. These
sands are really frightful. Schuyler will
show you where to find them on the
map.”
We all know that Mr. Schuyler is a
very learned gentleman, and we read
with pleasure his elaborate articles on
the literature of Rnssia in the London
Athenaeum ; but we never expeoted him
to posh his love for science so far as to
give lessons in geography to American
harlots. Mr. Schuyler’s name is men
tioned in the book once more in connec
tion with the jewelry which was deposit
ed at the American Legation. “Quand
tout fut termine, cm permit a tjn M.
Schuyler de me remettre mes bijoux.”
(When all was over, a Mr. Schuyler was
permitted to hand me my jewelry.) That
this Mr. Schuyler was the Mr. Schuyler
of the Legation is evident from his be
ing in possession of the jewelry, and the
queer way of describing him as a Mr.
Schuyler most be attributed either to a
printer’s blander or to some qnarrel
which had taken place later on between
the teacher of geography and his pnpil.
Most interesting facts concerning the
life of high Russian dignitaries, as well
as concerning the personal relations of
the various members of the imperial
family, are scattered throughout the
volnme. Fanny Lear made her debut
at St. Petersburg at a supper at Vert’s
restaurant, to which she was taken by
an old boyard, whose acquaintance she
had made in Paris. It was a supper of
the vieillesse argerUee (silver old age),
wmMtling of the highest dignitaries of
the Empire. Nothing bat prince* end
counts were present, and none was un
der fifty years of age. The supper last
ed until six o’clock in the morning; after
the troikas (three-horse sleighs) were
taken and the party were driving for a
couple of hours more. Kisses and
“theeing and thouing” were the rules
of the entertainment. Two weeks later,
in oompany with Mabel Grey, she was
at another supper at the same restau
rant. That was a supper of the jeu
nesae doree (golden youth), consisting
of the sons of the very same fellows
with whom she had supped two weeks
before. The entertainment was exactly
the same; the same noisy gaiety, kisses,
theeing and thouing and troikas prevail
ed. And it also lasted until eight o’clock
in the morning. On another occasion
the two women went to see some of their
friends, Hussar officers (the Hussar
regiment is one belonging to the Impe
rial body-guard) stationed at Tsarskoe
-Belo, the Summer residence of the Em
peror. They lived in the barracks; all the
officers, including the Colonel, were
feasting with them, and the regimental
band was all day at their disposal. At
night sleigh rides were again undertaken
with torches and lanters and the imperi
al palaoes and game preserves were visit
ed. That the Emperor, who has suoh an
omniscient secret police, should not
know all these things is utterly impos
sible; but he tolerated them, partly be
cause suoh are the customs of the coun
try and partly because he had done it
formerly himself. Fanny Lear assures
us that, notwithstanding his being now
57 years of age and several times grand
father, he has a mistress, who changes
the Ministers prettymuch as she pleases.
The Grand Duke took very little pains
to conceal his clandestine relations.—
Though Fanny Lear had her own apart
ments, she was constantly at the palace,
where the Grand Duke lived with his
father. She accompanied him to the
camp during the Autumn manoeuvres;
she traveled with him throughout Rus
sia and Europe. Occasionally she had
to disguise herself in man’s clothing, or
to hide herself when some unexpected
visiter, like the Emperor, called on the
Grand Duke. But these were rare oc
currences. His personal staff and his
servants having been all initiated into
his relations, exerted their best efforts
to proteot the lovers. When he went to
Greece, to see his sister, he had a large
staff with him, comprising an old Ad
miral and an old family doctor, and
none of them seems to have had any
thing to say against the presence of
Fanny Lear." She landed together with
him at Athens, and it was only the dis
pleasure of the Queen of Greece that in
duced the old medical adviser and the
Admiral to insist upon the paramourof
the Grand Duke being dispatched back
to Brindisi on a common passenger
steamer, instead of sailing together with
him on a man-of-war.
Fanny Lear describes in the following
manner a scene which took place be
tween father and son, when the former
found her once in the apartment of the
latter:
There was in the room a large ward
robe, in whioh I should have hidden
myself, but as the servant had been stu
pid enough to place my bonnet and
mantle upon the bed (a very handsome
mediwval bed with large curtain), I
sprang into it at all hazards, thinking it
might as well receive me as my wraps.
But chance interfered. This antique
bed had been recently bought, and the
father wishing to see it, drew aside the
curtain; I had only time to hide my
head under a pillow. “Who is that wo
man ?” he asked in Russian. “She is,”
replied the Grand Duke, “a person who
came here to beg for a charitable ob
ject; when she heard you announced she
lost her senses and hid herself.” “Is
she pretty ?” inquired the father. “No,”
answered son; “she is old and ugly.”
“Then I won’t take the trouble to look
at her.” And letting go of the curtain,
he went away laughing. I trembled in
every limb, and thought only how to
get away, when all at once the father re
entered, saying: “I believe that it is
that Amerioan woman. I want to see
her, for they say she is very pretty.”
“No, no, papa,” cried the son; “she is
shivering with fear, and won’t show
herself.” When he had gone, I flew
away like a thief, much troubled at the
idea that I should never see my beloved
any more.
Yet this lenient father is described by
Fanny Lear as being a most mean and
violent man; while the son speaks of
him as of a man whose mind is preoccu
pied with only two points, “His ballet
girl and the satisfaction of his ambi
tion.” His relations toward his wife,
the Grand Duchess Alexandria (daugh
ter of the late Duke Joseph of Saxe-Al
tenburg(, are far from being amicable.
When she is in Russia she resides in a
subnrban palace (Pavlosk), apart from
him; most of the time, however, she
lives abroad. Fanny Lear describes in
the following words an episode which
took place during the exhibition at Vi
enna while both father and son were
present with their left-handed spouses:
“The Grand Duke’s father, not wishing
himself to make a visit to his Grand
Duchess, proposed to his son to go in
his plaoe. Sho was at a place oalled
Marienbrun, near Munich, about twelve
hours' journey from Vienna, and was
then under the charge of a species of
soroeress, whom my Grand Duke oalled
the ‘doctoress.’ Her magic or her
charlatanism had so imposed on the
Princess that she had the most blind
confidence in this woman. There is
after all, as they say, nothing but faith
that saves. It is impossible for me to
believe but that this faith was real, for
in ono of her letters she speaks of her
in the warmest terms, saying that she
is a Godsend person, and that while
caring for her health, at the same time
she influenced and cured her mind and
soul. At all events it is certain that she
preserved a powerful influence over the
lady. Onco when the Grand Duchess
could not sleep, she wrote to her doc
toress, who answered that if she would
send her her mattress she would remedy
this inconvenience. The mattress was
sent and returned, and the sorceress de
clared that henceforth the Grand Duch
ess would enjoy the most perfect sleep.
She assured her that in opening this
mattress she had found dried leaves,
pieoes of wood, pins, and God knows
what else; and that she had taken them
all out. The credulous lady did not
doubt the facts were oorreot, declared
that sleep came to her now as profound
and calm as that of a child.”
Of the Emperor himself Fanny Lear
does not seem to know much. She mere
ly mentions him now ,; &hd then, de
scribing him as a good hearted bqt very
despotic and violent map. Rot she ex
presses pulipjited admiration for the
Empress, the DdetfeSs of Edinburgh,
and the Queen of Greece. Of the latter
she speaks in the following terms : •
“Queen Olga is charming; she has the
most pure, most chaste, the most inno
cent and sympathetic countenance one
could imagine. I am not astonished
that her brother should have for her an
affection sq nearly bordering on idol
atry."
Of the young Grand Duke himself the
book is full, of course. Fanny Lear
pretends that she loved him ; and there
can be no doubt but that the young man
was passionately attached to her. But
she is not particularly anxious to im
press upon the reader the idea that he
was either a very gifted or a very good
tempered man. She frequently speaks
of violent scenes whioh ooeurred between
them. On one oocasion she got the best
of him by breaking an ivory hair brush
on his head. On another he seems to
have maintained the upper hand for a
few hours. Suspecting her of treach
ery, be sent one day an order to his ser
vants to empty her house of furniture,
jewelry, dresses, and everything it con
tained. The next day, however, Fanny
Lear succeeded in settling things, so
that everything was returned to her and
a magnificent pearl necklace, presented
by way of compensation.
The theft committed by the Grand
Duke, Fanny Lear Bpeaks as of “an act
committed in a moment of forgetful
ness.” She denies his ever having been
insane in anything, except his love for
collecting works of art and curiosities.
She intimates that the money he spent
was spent mainly on these collections,
and that the treatment he is now sub
jected to is an act of barbarous oruelty.
The theory, however, of his being in
sane is supported not only by the stolen
diamond episode, and the aavage explo
sions of his temper, bat also by the
document which he made her sign three
years ago, when their relations were
about to begin. Here is the document:
“I swear by all I hold the most sacred
in the world to speak to no one, to see
no one, never, nor anywhere, without
permission of my august master. I bind
myself to remain true to this oath as a
i well bom American; and I declare my
self, body and soul, a slave of Grand
Duke Nicholas, of Russia.”
[Signed] Faxott Lear.
A sane man cannot make a woman
sign a paper of this description; and no
woman, except one of Fanny Lear’s
stamp, would ever sign it.
THE MERCANTILE WORLD.
Newark, N. J., November 10.—A. M.
Reynolds & Cos., private bankers, sus
pended yesterday. It is believed their
assets largely exceed their liabilities.
Bostoe, November 10.—F. Gildo
wiske, furniture manufacturer, failed.
Liabilities, $350,000; assets, $150,000.
W. K. Lewis & Cos., pickles, will pay
50 cents on the dollar.
New York, November 10.—George L,
Way, tea jobber, and James Wickham &
Son, butter, suspended.
Godspard & Cos., N. W. Clinton and
Henry Fleming, hat manufacturers,
Hartranft's official majority is 14,150.
JIM BARKER'S FIRST COURT.
How Zim. Bowles, the Male Thief,
Was Tried and Sentenced for One
Tear.
[Booty Mountain Ifmti.]
Jim Barker, a well known character of
the mountains, whose latch-string hangs
out at the head of Blue Lizzard Guloh,
was duly elected a Justioe of the Peace
for that section of El Paso county, at
the September election, and Mike Irv
ing, a comrade of Jim’s, was empowered
to officiate as the executive officer of his
Court. Last week Jim convened his
first Court, to hear the oomplaint of
Elder Slater, a traveling missionary,
who had caused the arrest of Zimri
Bowles, a resident of the foot hills, upon
a charge of stealing the elder’s one eyed
mnle. Zimri had been arrested by Irv
ing, the constable, while in the act of
easing the descent of the mule down
Mad Gun Mountain, with his lariat fas
tened to the tail of the animal. The
proof against Zimri was conclusive.
Accordingly, the Justice, after much
legal perplexity of mind, proceed
ed to sentence Zimri to one year’s
confinement in the Territorial Peni
tentiary, which sentence he con
cluded as follows: “An’ now, Zim.,
sein' as I’m about out of things to eat,
an’ as you will have the cost to pay, I
reckon you’d better take a turn among
the foot hills with your rifle, an’ see if
you can’t pick up some meat before
night, as you can’t start fur the Big Can
yon before mornin’ ” Whioh marketing
duty was performed by Zim. bringing in
one blaok tail fawn and a rabbit within
the time prescribed as a postcript to the
sentence. On the following morning
the constable, mounted upon his bron
cho, accompanied by the prisoner as
tride of the mule which the elder had
kindly loaned him, started through the
mountains for the penitentiary, where
they arrived the second day out, their
animals loaded with a deer, two ante
lope and a small oinnamon bear, which
they sold to the warden of the prison.
After dividing the money, the constable
proceeded to hand over Zimri on the
following mittimus, which is carefully
preserved, and may be seen in the pos
session of the warden:
To the hed man of the Colorado pris
on, down at the foot of the Big Canyon
on the Arkansas : Take notice : Zimri
Bouls, who comes with the here, Stole
Elder Slater’s one-eyed mule, and it
was all the mule the Elder had, an I
sentence Zim officially to one year in
the Colorado prison, an hated to do it,
seein’ as Zim once stood by me like a
man when the Injuns had me in a
tight place, an arter I sentenced Zim to
one year for stealing the Elder’s mule,
my wife, Lizzy, who is a kind o’ tender
hearted critter, come and leaned her
arm on my shoulder, and says she,
“ Father, don’t forget the time when
Zim, with his rifle, covered our cabin
from Granite Mountain, an saved us
from the Arrapahoes, an Father, I have
heard you tell that after you was wound
ed at Sand Creek, an helpless, it was
Zimri’s rifle that halted the Indian that
was creeping in the grass to sclap you.”
An then there was a tear splash fell
upon the sentence and I ohanged my
mind sudently, as follows : Seeing as
the mule had* but one eye, and wern’t
mor’n half a mule at that, you oan let
Zim go at. about six months, an sooner
if the Injuns should get ugly, an, fur
thermore, if the Elder shud quiet down
an give in any times, I will pardon Zim
out instanter.
Witness my official hand and seal,
James Parker, J. P.
in Blue Lizzard Gulch, El Paso coun
ty, in the Territory.
The warden, after informing the con
stable that he could not receive the
prisoner upon the commitment offered,
proceeded to explain that he should
have given a bond in the sum of about
S3OO to appear at the Distriot Court.
Accordingly, the constable withdrew
with his prisoner, when it was agreed
between them that Zimri should give
the constable his bond for the amount
mentioned by the warden. This was
accomplished by Zimri subscribing his
name to an old replevin bond calling
for S3OO, found among the papers trans
mitted to the constable by his predeces
sor. Then, as the constable intended
returning by way of Pinon Mountain, to
examine u bear den, where he had seen
a oouple of oubs playing last Spring, he
gave the bond to Zimri to take back to
the Justice. But Zimri, while on his
return, traded the S3OO bond to a moun
tain squatter, just in from Missouri, for
a horse, saddle and bridle, and the
prisoner is believed to be, at this time,
a dashing hunter on the plains.
Be Cheerful.
[Naunan Star.]
The happiest man we ever knew was
Williford Brown, of Campbell oounty,
some twenty years ago. He had a wife,
and eleven ohildren under twelve years
old. He lived in a cabin with one room
and a loft in it, worked for farmers for
one bushel of corn or ten pounds of bn
•on per day. That was his regular price
no matter what the price of corn was. At
that time it was generally worth fifty
cents a bushel, but whether it was forty,
or a dollar it made no difference with
happy Williford. He couldn’t read,
write nor cipher, but he said the price of
an honest day’s work was a bushel of
corn, and a bushel of corn would make
ten pounds of meat. That was his sim
ple arithmetic, and he would not vary
from it. He was a good worker and the
neighbors all liked him, so he was sel
dom out of a job. Of rainy days he
would make haskets, and of Sundays he
went to ohuroh, and none sang louder
nor more devoutly than happy, Christian
Williford. Many a time we have seen
him going to mill with his bushel of corn
on his shoulder singing along as happy
as a lark. He loved his wife and chil
dren, and every addition to his family
sent a pang of joy to his heart and made
him sing louder than ever, and love his
wife better and better.
We saw him the other day; he is an
old man now. He was cheerful and hap
py as ever, but a shade of sadness came
over his lace as we asked about his fam
ily. He said his wife had gone to
Heaven, and two of his boys were killed
in the army, and he lived around.among
the balance, who were doing very well
and treated him very kindly. The
neighbors say old Williford, with his
sixty-five or seventy summers (for he
never knew how old he was, though he
told ua twenty years ago that he ’lowed
he was nigh on to fifty), can do as good
a day’s work as any man, and is never
easy except when at work.
Oh, ye croakers of high and low de
gree 1 thinkest thou ye will ever enjoy
the happiness on earth, or get as near
the throne of God in Heaven, as simple,
ignorant, happy Williford Brown T
W. D. TUTT,
attorney at La^nr,
THOMSON, GA.
WILL pr&ctioe in theoounties of Hancock,
Glascock, Warren, Taliaferro, Wilkes
and Lincoln of the Northern Circuit, and
McDuffie, Colombia and liichmoud of the Au
gusta Circuit. Special attention given to the
collection of olaims. oc3l-dAwtf
CHRIS. GRAY & CO.
Have received another Large Lot
of Solid Centennial Brown, State
and Navy Bine Cotton Hose, for
Children and Misses. The reduced
price is 60c. Brown mixed, very
heavy, Cotton Hose for hoys and
girls. Brown and White Striped
Hose for Children, remarkably good
for 25c.
All kinds of Woollen Hosiery for
Children. Ladies, Gents, and Chil
dren’s Cndervests ii all sizes and
prices.
BLANKETS—We have received
the best Bed Blaakets for the prices
ever offered In Angnsta. The prices
range from S2O to $8 50. Any one
iookiig for extra large, extra fine,
and extra cheap Blankets will save
money and procure what they want
by baying from as.
In Kid Gloves we have a very fine
assortment of imported goods in all
new Shades, at $1 25 (something
very cheap).
Wo are offering the Finest Black
Silks Cheap enoagh to make people
believe they never paid duty.
Particular attention invited to onr
Black Sflk at $2 per yard.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
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Mortgage of Personalty.
MERCHANTS and ethers who desire Legal
Forms for Mortgage of Personalty can
he supplied at this Officii £r^
Proprietors.
New Advertisements
YOUNG i HACK,
SEOCIBB,
~pq~AVE REMOVED TO
296 BROAD STREET, CORNER OF CAMPBELL.
WE HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF THE BEST
GROCERIESMD PLANTATION SUPPLIES
And respectfully invite our friends and customers to call and see us before they
purchase. YOUNG & HACK.
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COOKE’S CLOTHING STORE,
203 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
xrz/rt
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING 1
Fox- Mien, Youths and Boys.
a (nun ■
WE RESPECTFULLY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS AND THE
public generally to our large and well-eeleoted stock, ounaietiug of all grades of clothing,
from medium to fine, and of the latest styles. Also, a nice line of HATS arid GENTS' FUR
NISHING GOODS, all of which we are Belling at a very small profit. We offer special induce
ments to country merchants wishing to hny a stock of clothing, or replenish their stock.
Speoial attention given to orders.
oc2o-w6w A. W. BLANCHARD.
Now Aavertiaemem
LINENS!!
$15,000 worth of the above,
consisting in part of
Damasks, from 40c. to the fin
est Barnsley, at $2 25 per yard,
Napkins, from 500. to sls per
dozen.
Towels, from 100. each to the
finest goods imported.
Fronting Linen, Linen Sheet
ing and Pillow Case Linen, at
ail prices.
James A. Gray & Cos.
CLOAKS!
We hare just received per
Express a splendid assortment
of Cloaks, inclnding all the latest
styles, in Fine, Medium and Low
Priced Goods. Goods in ' this
department altered and made to
fit; and in prices we defy com
petition. Jas. A. Gray & Cos.
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UNDERWEAR.
A full line of Ladies', Gents’,
and Children’s Merino Under
wear. Just received at
JAS. A. GRAY & CO’S.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1847.
MELVIN HARD & SON,
WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE,
25 BEEKMAN STREET,
NEAR NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
AGENTS for Owens, Jessup A Laflin, L.
L. Brown & Cos., Byron Weston’s, Ben
nington, American, Mt. Hope, Mammouth
River and Salmon River Mills, and Crane’s
Bond Papers. Sole Agents for Carson’s old
Berkshire Mills, established in 1801.
je22-d(Awly
HilflSTS 20 ELEGANT OIL OHROMOS mount
-lIJ e( j f B ize 9xil f for sl. Novelties and
Chromes of every description, National Chromo
Cos., Phila,, Pa. oct22-4w
ft A& A DAY guaranteed ÜBinff our WELL AUGER
V'*'" Ac DRILLS. SIOO a month pali to good Agents,
AGKKTB WANTED! Medals and Diplomas
Awarded for Holman’s New PICTORIAL BIBLEB,
1,300 Illustrations. Address for nt-w circulars,
A. J. HOLMAN & CO., 939 Arch Street, Phil., Pa. 4w
MIND READING, PSYCHOMANCY, Fascination,
Soul Charming, Mesmerism, and Marriage
Guide, showing how either sex may fascinato and
gain the love and affection of any person they choose
iustantly, 400 pages. By mail 50 cents. Hunt & Cos.,
139 8. 7th St., Phila., Pa. oct22-4w
£ll} 4 a ftfWYA In Wall Street often leads to
fortune. A 72 page book en
titled : “Men and Idioms of Wall Street,” explaining
everything SENT FREE. John Hicklino & Cos.,
Bankers and Brokers, 73 B’DWAY, NEW YORK 4w
THE $50,000 BOVANZi
ftR f A ft&{| Invested in Wall Street often leads
w" l * to a Fortune. Full particulars sent
free. Address PENDLETON It READ, 65 Wall St.,
New York. oct22-4w
111 I HTfTITjITI Agents for the best sell
!Af A ill IH I I Uig Prize Package in the
!■ Hlll 111 I world. It contains 15 sheets
ft X.&J.I JL JLMU paper, 15 envelopes, gold
en Pen, Pen Holder, Pencil, patent Yard Measure,
and a pieoe of Jewelry. Single package with elegant
Prize, postpaid, 25 o nts. Circular free. BRIDE It
CO., 769 Broadway, N. T. 0c22-4w
G Ip W \ EXPLANATORY CIRCULAR howfef A f A
tjffdH ■ HO to SSOO invested in btock Privi-ir* v
leges has paid and will pa> Large
Profits, Railroad Stocks, Bonds
Gold bought on Margins. dfc&Aft
r I*l*l* interest Six Per Cent, allowed on
deposits subject to sight draft. BUCKWALTER &
00., Banker* and Brokers, No. li Wall Street, New
York, P. O. Bftx 4317. oct22-4w
For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
U*e
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UF ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY.
For sale by Druggists generally, and
JOHNSON HOLLOWAY k CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
out 22-4 w
AN OUTFIT FREE.
We want someone in every county to take or jew
and deliver goods for the old and original C. 9. I).
House. Large cash wages. Splendid chance in
every neighborhood for the right person of either
sex, young or old. SAMPLES, new lists, circulars,
terms, etc., a complete outfit SENT FREE and POsT
PAID, bend for it at once and make money at your
homes. Address, H. J. HALL k CO., 6N. Howard
Street, Baltimore, Md. oct22-4w
WiifeNo.l9.
BY ANN ELIZA YOUNG, BRIGHAM
YOUNG’S REBELLIOUS WIFE.
The Duly complete Expose of all the Secrets of
Brigham’s Harem ever written. Born in Mormon
ism, Ann Eliza now exposes to the world, As No
Other Woman Can,the Secrfts, Mysteries and Crimes
of the horrible system of Polygamy, from the very
begiDnin7. Nearly 200 Illustrations beautify the
work. It is the best selling book published. 10,000
more and women can hav employment and
make from $5 to $lO daily. All Live Agents are
writing for Illustrated Cir. ulars with Large Terms.
Sent free. Do not delay, but address DUSTIN, GIL
MAN k CO., Hartford, Qt., Chicago. lIL, or Cincin
nati, Ohio. oct22-4w _
CLIO HORN, HERRING A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSON MERCHANTS,
No. 7 Warren Bloek,
Auguata, Georgia.
SOLICIT Consignment# of COTTON from
Planters and Merchants. Make Liberal
Advances on Cotton in Store, and buy and sell
Cotton for future delivery in New York and
Liverpool.
CHARGES REASONABLE.
Will also make Liberal Advanoes on Cotton
consigned to their friends in Liverpool.
Sterling Exchange for sale in stuns to snit
purchasers.
Also Agents for
WHANN’S BAW BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE
and
BAHAMA SOLUBLE GUANO.
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1 THE JAW. LEFFEL
Double Turbine Water Wheel,
dSt Marru fact area ey
W POOLE & HUNT,
JX Baltimore, M<l.
hB 7,000 Jidir IX VSJCI
CIS . Simple, strong. Durable,
a always reliable and isatis
iliiLtifnet nrera, also, 01
Portable & Stationary
Steam Boilers,
jhiygLgSggh&aw & Orist Mills, Min.
ia 1; Macnuit, ? (maring
fbr Cotton Mills, Flour.
til Hill MachinsryT^lrauHo o another
Presses, Ac. Shafting, Full.eye and Hanger*
a specialty. RscSne made Gearing; seat
rate and ofvery beat flnlih. fiend forCtreulars
WANTED.
AN INTELLIGENT and reliable man to
travel is South Carolina. References
required. Address Book Box O, Augusta P. O.
■ovlO-dMwt
Rare Business Chance!
For sale, an equal inter
est IN AN ESTABLISHED, SAFE
AND PROFITABLE CASH BUSI
NESS, CAPABLE OF UNLIMITED
EXTENSION. A LIVE MAN AS
PARTNER, WITH $1,500 CAPITAL,
WANTED. NONE OTHERS NEED
APPLY. ADDRESS, “MONOPOLY,”
BOX 407, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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MARK YOUR COTTON P, ¥. 1.
Grange Warehouse,
CONDUCTED BY THE PATRONS OF
HUSBANDRY,
Planters’ Union Agency,
no. 6 Mclntosh street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
At the Commodious Fire-Proof Ware
house formerly occupied by Jen
nings, Smith & Cos.
CHARGES:
Commission for Soiling Cotton por Bala.. ,50c.
Storage—First, Week 500.
Storage Each Additional Week 80.
Drayago—Per Bale 100.
foj" Those outside of the Order admitted on
the same terms, Commissions included.
Grange seal required on all orders.
Bagging and Tics Furnished to
Patrons.
W. W. RHODES,
[Superintendent.
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J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AT OLD STAND,
NO. 6 WARREN BLOCK,
CONTINUES business in all Its branches, as
heretofore, and will make liberal advances
on shipments. nov4-eod&wlm
THUS. JEFFERSON JENNINGS
Offers his Services to His Friends for
the
SALE AND STORAGE 8F COTTON !
HE li&a made arrangements to Receivo,
Store, Sell and Advance ou Cotton iu
Store on tho most favorable terms. Charges
for Storage, 25 cenls per Bale per month.
Commissions for Soiling, 50 cents per Bale.
Interest ou advances, 1 por cent, per month.
Consignments solicited, and my best personal
attention given to all bUHinesscntrusted tome.
Cotton sent to mo will be stored in tho ware
house of Claghoru, Herring <t Cos., Warren
Block. T. JEFFERSON JENNINGS.
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THE MEDICINE THAT CORES
—IS—
VEGETINE.
Taking into consideration the character of
itß vouchors, tho history of its oures and the
immense increasing demand, VEGETINE may
be fairly entitled the leading medicine of the
age.
For scrofula in tho blood. VEGETINE is
an infallible remedy, and no person need suf
fer from tnmors, ulcers, and all diseases aris
ing from impure blood, if VEGETINE is used
according to directions. There is not a case
of scrofula in existence that VEGETINE will
not cure, provided, however, the vital func
tions have not lost their power of action, all
that may be aid to the contrary notwithstand-
is pleasant to tho traste, mild in
its influence, and absolute in its action on dis
ease, as the following unquestionable evi
dence will show:
3?aid Nearly
$ 400,001!
Januarv 2, 1875.
B. li. Stevens, Esq.:
Dear Sik—When about six months old 1 was
vaccinated. The parties who were vaccinated
from the same virus died from the humor.
The humor spread over me to such an extent
that I was rolled in bran to prevent me from
scratching my person. The disease finally set
tled in my head. I remained in this condition
about twenty years, troubled all the lime with
sores breaking in my head and discharging
corruption from my ear. At this time a small
kernel appeared on my neck, gradually increas
ing in size until a tumor formed of such im
mense size I could see it by turning my eyes
downward. All this time 1 was taking various
remedies for my blood without any substantia)
benefit.
I then went to a prominent physician in Bos
ton who. daring his treatment of six months,
lanced the tumor eight timos, which cost me
nearly S4OO. This left me with a rough, ag
gravated sore, without at all diminishing the
size of the tumor, and in a sickly, feeble con
dition. X consulted another physician in Na
tick, who, after considerable time, succeeded
in healing the sore without reducing the size.
At this point 1 commenced to use VEGETINE,
through the earnest persuasion of a friend.
After 1 had taken this medicine about one
W“ek I experienced wonderful sensations. My
whole body seemed to be undergoing a radical
change, nntil, finally, the tumor broke and dis
charged frightful quantities. From this time it
decreased in size nntil the hunch disappeared,
but my neck gtill hears the ugly scare of the
sore and lance. lam now healthy and strong
and able to work every day
I will also mention that 1 have been an acute
sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever
since I can remember, until commencing the
use of VEGETINE, when almost immediately
all rheumatic pains ceased. This statement 1
volunteer for the purpose of benefiting other
suffering humanity, and yon will confer a favor
by giving it as much publicity as thought
proper. Veiy gratefully,
O. M. SAVELB, Ashland, Mass.
What is Vegetfne?
It is a compound extracted from barks, roots
and herbs. It is nature’s remedy. It is per
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
system. It is nourishing and strengthening.
It acts directly upon the blood. It quiets the
nervous system. It gives you a good, sweet
sleep at night. It is a great panacea for our
aged fathers and mothers, for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves, and gives them
nature’e sweet sleep—as has been proved by
many an aged person. It is the great Blood
Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for onr chil
dren. It has relieved and cured thousands.
It is very pleasant to take ; every child likee
it. It relieves and cures all diseases originat
ing from impure blood. Try the VEGETINE.
Give it a fair trial for your complaints; then
you will say to your friend, neighbor and ac
quaintance, “Try it; it has cured me.”
Report from a Practical Chemist anil
Apothecary.
Bostox, Januarv 1, 1874.
Deah Sin—This is to certify that I have eold
at retail 154} dozen (1852 bottles) of your
VEGETINE since April 12, 1870, and can truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommended that I aver sold. Scarcer a day
passes without some of my customers testify
ing to its merits on themselves or their
friends. I am perfectly cognizant of several
cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINE alone in this vicinity.
Very respectfully yours.
AX GILMAN, 468 Broadway, 1 /
To 41, B. Stevens, Esq.
VEGETINE IB SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
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