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Cftrontcte and
WEDNESDAY MARCH 15, 1876.
ON A PORTRAIT.
ST IVtlk MAP.Oakt CAMIXOS.
O, mystery of Beauty! who can tell
Thy mighty ii finance ? who csn best descry
How secret, ssift end subtle is the spell
Wherein the music of thy voice doth lie ?
Here we here eyes so full of fervent love,
Thst but for lids behind which sorrow’s touch
Doth press end linger, one could almost prove
That Earth had loved her favorite overmuch.
A mouth where silence seems to gather
strength
From Ups so gently closed, that almost say.
“Ask not my story, lest you hear at length
Of sorrows where sweet hope has lost its
way.”
And yet the head is borne so proudly high.
The soft round cheek, so splendid in its
bloom,
True courage rises thro' the brilliant eye,
And great resolve comes flashing thro' the
gloom.
Oh, noble painter I more than genius goes
To search the key-note of those melodies,
To And the depth of all those tragic woes,
Tune thy song right and paint rare harmo
nies.
Genius and love have each fulfilled their part.
And both unite with force and equal grace.
While all that we love best in classic arc
Is stamped forever on the immortal face.
— Macmillan's Magazine.
. AN OLD MAN.
The hour far spent, the harvest in,
Ha goes serene along his ways,
Blessed with the sn ,shine thst befalls
The indian Sommer of hia days.
A dear old man, whom all men love,
Who loves ail mon, and round whose head,
As round the brows of ancient sainta,
The silver locks of nimbus shod.
Just as the sun comes sifting through
The violet vapory on the hills.
Building a land of promise where
Tne ruts with new glory thrills,
go shines his smile on all he meets,
A tender after-glow and mild;
Be-sees the other side of life,
And takes it sweetly as a child.
For genial as the Autumn day,
That spells us with its soft surprise,
life seems to wait sa waits the year,
Obeying his benignant eyes.
He dreams not of a dark unknown,
So close at hand, so chill, so drear,
The ice cold and snow-covered the grave j
He only sees tbs sunshine here.
He lifts his eyes up to tbs hills
Whence cometb all his help and stayß,
To bless us with the light thst fills
The Indian Summer of his days.
[From Harper's Bazar.
REVERIE.
The white reflection of the sloop’B great sail
Sleeps trembling on the tide,
In scarlet shirts her crew lean o or the rail,
Lounging on either side.
Pale blue and streaked with pearl the waters
lie,
And glitter in the heat:
The dutanoe gathers purple bloom where sky
And glimmering coast-line meet.
From the cove’s curving rim of sandy gray
The ebbing tide has drained,
Where mournful in the dusk of yesterday
The curlew’s voice complained.
Half lost in hot mirage the Bails afar
Lie dreaming, still and white ;
.No wave brea s, no wind breathes, the peace
to mar,
Summer is at its height.
How many thousand Summers thus have shone
Across the ocesn waste,
Passing in swift miocearion, one by one,
By the fierce Winter ohased!
The gray rocks blushing soft at dawn and eve,
The greeu.leav6s at their feet,
The .dreaming Bails, the crying birds that
grieve,
Ever themselves repeat.
Ani yet how dear and how forever fair
Is Natu e’s friendly face.
And how forever new and sweet and rare
Each old familiar grace!
What matters it that she will sing and smile
When we are dead and etill ?
Let us be happy in her beauty while
Our hearts have power to thrill.
Let us rejoice in every moment bright,
Grateful that it is oars ;
Bask in her spiles with ever fresh delight,
And gather all her flowers.
For presently we part, what will avail
Her rosy fires of dawn,
Her noontide pomps, to us, who fade and fall ?
Our hands from h re withdrawn ?
[CWta Thealer, in March Atlantic.
EARTH’S! SENTINELS.
Wears Sentinels all. on the hills of Time,
In every station and every clime—
In fluttering youth and in manhood's prime ;
Even Old Age,
With its scribbled page—
Watching for something without its oage!
Watching the sun with its golden g'ow;
Watching the shadows hat come and go ;
Watching the tide in its ebb and flow ;
Wand’ring the while
Over many a mile
Of mystio waste, with a frown or smile.
Watching the birds as they flit away ;
Wato ring the curtains of closing day,
Golden and crimson, around us play;
Wond'ring how much
Of the bright and gay
Of life will fade at the lightest touch.
Watching the olouds as they steal along,
Wa obing the singers, wuose plaintive song
Hurmsrs the arches of Life among ;
Wond'ring. perchance,
If in fete or danoe,
These singers exulted when they were young.
Watohing the ladder that swings to Fame,
Wstohtng with torment an bumble Namo,
Menaced by foes with a dart of chime !
Wisning the night,
With ns sombre light,
Drifted away from the aching eight 1
Watching the crucible melt the gold ;
Watching the sliver within the mould,
Telling us sadly we're growing old ;
Counting the years,
W ith their crowding fears.
Filled with their phantoms of graves and
biers.
Watching for something—we know not what!
hooted and fixed to a nsrro* ep <t I
Present and future a mocking blot!
Watching etoh day,
On life's crowded way.
Something, when fouud, will refuse to stay I
—Frank B. Copp.
ONE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
A paragraph appeared days ago an
nouncing the death of John Fitzpatrick, one
of the Light Brigade, who died of starvation
is England. He has reoeived a pension of
six pence a day. which, however, was with
drawn several years ago. and he endeavored to
eke out a miserable existence by riding in cir
cus pageants. Old age and disease unfitted
him for this or any other work ; the only re
fuge for the disabled soldier was the poor
house, from which he eh'auk in horror. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was: “Died of
starvation, and the case a disgrace to the War
office.” *
l.
Speed I he news! Speed the news!
Speed the news onward!
“Die i of starvation" one
One of the six hundred ;
One who his part had played
Weil in the Light Brigade.
When through ihe vale of death
Bode the six hundred.
n.
Food to the right of him,
Food to the left of him,
Food all around, yet
Tne veteran hungered;
He who through shot and shell
Fearlessly rode, and well.
And when the word was “Charge,”
Shrank not nor lingered.
m.
“Off to the work house, you!"
Back in dismay he drew.
Feeling he never knew
When cannon thundered.
His not to plead, or sigh.
His but to starve and die
And to a pauper’s grave
Sink with a soul as brave
As through the vale of death
Bode the six hundred.
rv.
Flashed a proud spirit there,
Up through ihe man's despair,
Shaming the servile there;
Scaring the timid, while
Sordid souls wondered:
Then turned to face his fate
AhUmty, with soul as great
At when turough shii and shell
He rode with six hundred
'With high hope elate.
Laughing iu face of fate—
Bode with six hundred.
v.
Hungr his mate by day,
Sundav and working day,
Winter and Summer day—
Shame on the nation!
Struggling with might and main,
Smit by disease and pain.
He, in'Victoria's reign,
“Died of starvation."'
While yet the land with pride
Tells o" the headlong ride
Of the six hundred. .
While yet the welkin rings,
While yet the Laureate sings.
“Someone has blundered,"
Let us with bated breath
Tell how one starved to death
Of the six hundred.
VI.
What ca." thst horror hide ?
O ! thedra deth he died!
Well maa men wonder.
One of the lligt' 1 Bfgsde.
One who that cho.**® made
Died of sheer bw D B er • “• “•
A Syrian convert to wm
urged by his employer to work on Sun
day, but he declined. “But,” sola fo®
master, “does not your Bible say if a
man has an ox or an ass that falls into a
pit on the Sabbath day he may pull him
out f" “Yes,” answered Hayop, “but
if the ass has the habit of falling into
the same pit every Sabbath day, then
the man should either All up that pit or
sell that ass.”
A negro was scalded to death from a
boiler explosion in New Orleans last
week, and on his tombstone they chisel
ed deeply, “Sacred to the memory of
■out 'steamed friend.”
BELKNAP'S FALL.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR A DIS
GRACED AMD RUINED MAN.
Shocking Dtoclosores Bearing • His Cor
ropflon la Office—’‘cilia* Pen Tradersblp*
and Pockrtlag (be Spalls—Tbe Testimony
oa the Sabject Ceaclaalve and Damning—
The Secretary’s Wife Mixed Up la the Dis
graeefal Bastacso Belknap Tenders His
Resignation—Which Id Accepted by the
President—Trcmendoss Excitement Over
the Great Scandal.
The Committee’s Report.
Washington, March 2. — ln the House
to-day, Mr. Clymer. after submitting
the unanimous report of the committee,
read the following testimony and ac
companiments: „
Tuesday, February 29, • 1876.—The
committee met at 10:30, a. m. Present:
Messrs. Clymer, Blackburn, Bobbins.
Caleb P. Marsh, one of the witnesses
ordered to be subpoenaed by the com
mittee, being present, was duly sworn
according to law.
Question by Chairman—Were you or
not appointed or tendered an appoint
ment as Post Trader at Fort Sill, Indian
Territory, in the Fall of 1870, by tbe
Secretary of War? If so, under what
circumstances was said appointment re
turned to you. State also if you were
commissioned by tbe Secretary as Post
Trader, or if not, who was so commis
sioned, and if any other person than
yonrself was so commissioned. Give
his name, the reasons why he was com
missioned, if any agreement was made
between yon aDd appointee. State it or
produoe it if in writing.
.Statement of >lamb.
In reply I would state that in the sum
mer or 1870 myself and wife spent some
weeks at LoDg Branch, and on our re
turn to New York Mrs. Belknap and
Mrs. Bowers, by our invitation, came for
a visit to our house. Mrs. Belknap was
ill during this visit some three or font
wepks, and I suppose in consequence of
our kindness to her, she felt under some
obligations, for she asked one day why I
did not apply for a post tradership on
the frontier. I asked her what they
were, and was told that many of them
were very lucrative offices, or positions,
the gift of the Secretary of War, and that
if I wanted one she would ask the Secre
tary for one. Upon my replying that I
thonght such offices belonged to disabled
soldiers, and besides, I was without po
litical influence, she answered that poli
ticians got places, etc., etc. Ido not
remember saving that if I had a valuable
post of that kind that I would remember
her, but I do remember her saying some
thing like this : “If I can prevail upon
the Secretary of War to award you a
post, yon must be careful to say noth
ing toi him about presents, for a man
orice offered SIO,OOO for a tradership of
this kind, and he told him that if he did
not leave the office he would kick him
down stairs.” Remembering, as I do,
this story, I presume the antecedent
statement to be correct. Mrs. Belknap
and Mrs. Bowers returned to Washing
ton, and a few weeks thereafter Mrs.
Belknap sent me word to come over. I
did so. She told me that a post trader
ship at Fort Sill was vacant; that it was
A Valuable Post,
As she understood, and that she had
either asked for me, or htd prevailed
upon the Secretary of War to agree to
give it to me. At all events, I called
upon the Secretary of War, and as near
as I can remember, made application for
this position, on a regular printed form.
Tbe Secretary said he would appoint me
if I could bring proper letters and re
commendations, and this I said I could
do. Either Mrs. Belknap or the Secre
tary told me that the present trader at
the post. John 8. Evans, was an appli
cant for reappointment, and that I had
better see him, ho being in the oity, as
it would not be fair to turn him out
without some notioe. He would live
largely on his buildings and merchandize
if the office was taken from him, and it
would be proper and just for me to
make uotap arrangement with him for
their purchase, if I wished to run the
post myself. I saw gyans, and found
him alarmed at the prospect of losing
the place. I remember he said that a
Arm of Western post traders, who
claimed a good deal of influence with
the Secretary of War, promised to have
him appointed, but he found, on coming
to Washington, this f rm to be entirely
without influence. Evans first proposed
a partnership, which I flepljned,
then a bonus of a certain portion <>f the
profits. We finally agreed upon $15,900
per year. Evans and myself went on to
New York together, where the contract
was made which is herewith submitted.
During our trip over, however, Mr.
Evans saw something in the Army and
Navy Journal whioh led nim to think
that some of the troops were to be re
moved from tbe fort, and he had offered
too large a sum, snd before the con
tract was drawn, it was reduced
to 812,000, the same being payable quar
terly in advance. When tbe first Remit
tance came to me, *gy probably in No
vember, 1870, I sent ouo-fiaTf thereof to
Mrs. Belknap, either, I presume, by
certificate of deposit or bank notes by
express. Being in Washington at a
funeral Borne weeks after this, I talked
with Mrs. BowerH to the following pur
port: I went up stairs in the nursery
with her to see the baby. I said to her,
this child will have moricy coming to it
before a great while. Sfais said tne
mother gave the child to me, and told
me that the money coming from you she
must take and keep for it. I said all
right, and jt seems to me I said perhaps
the father ought to be consulted. 1
have a faint recollection of a remark of
Mrs. Bowers that if £ sent the money to
my father that it belonged to her, and
that she would get it any way. T cer
tainly had some jjndeastandihg thou or
after with her or him, for when the next
ayment came due, and ipas paid, I sent
one-half to the Secretary of War, and
have ooutinued substantially Iro® that
day to the present time to do the saoia
thing. About I should aay 1J to 2 years
utter the commencement of these pay
ments, I reduced the amount to $(3,000
per auuum. Question by the Chairman
—State how payments were made to the
Secretary of War subsequent to the
funeral of his wife, which you attended
in Washington iu December, 18*0
—whether by cash or how ? A—The
money was seal according the instruc
tions of the Secretary of War, some
t ntes in bank notes by Adams’ Express;
I think on one or more occasions by
certificate of deposit on the National
Bauk of America, in New York. Some-i
times I have paid him in New York in
person. Except the first payment in the
Fall of 1870, and the fast in December,
1872, all were made to the Secretary in
the modes I have stated, ifnfass, per
haps, on one or two occasions, I bought
a Government bond with the moneys in
my hand arising from the contract with
Evans, which I either sent or handed
him. Q—Can you state the sum in the
aggregate received by you under the
ooutract with Eva®,, and what portion
thereof you have paid to the Secretary
of War, including the first and last pay
ments, whioh yon have stated .were not
pAid him ? A—l have o memorandum
on which to make an answer. Jt is a
verv simple calculation. The first pay
ment to tne by Evans was made in the
Fall of 1870, at the rate of 812,000 a
year. He paid at that rate about a
year and a half or two years, and since
then at the rate of $6,000 a year. It
would aggregate aboat $40,000, one
half of which I have disposed of as
above stated. Question by Chairmen
Did yon receive letters from the Secre
tary of War acknowledging the receipt
of the sums forwarded to hi® in the
manner stated, or did he acknowledge
the receipt of the same in any way. A—
Usually when I sent money by express,
I would send him the receipt of the
company, which he would either return
marked “O. K or otherwise acknowl
edge the receipt of tbe same. Some
times I
Fate It is Him ia Peraaa
In New York when no receipt was neces
sary. I have not preserved any receipts
or letters. When sent by express, I al
ways deposited the money personally
and took 9 receipt for it. Question by
Chairman—After receiving the telegraph
subpetna from the Sergeant-at-Arms to
appear before this committee, which was
Monday, 21st of this month, did you
come to Washington, and if so had you
an interview with the Secretary of War,
and wton and where ? A—l came to
Washington on Wednesday, 23d of this
mouth. I went to the house of the Sec
retary of Wa*", staved Wednesday night
and returned ou Thursday morning. I
showed him the Uiagra® subpoena, and
asked him what it meant. He said he
supposed it was to state before the acm
mittee what I knew about onr traneac
tions together. I said I did not like to
appear, because I thought my testimony
wo aid be damaging to or would impli
cate him, or give hu# trouble. He said
he thonght not, and advised me stay and
meet the committee. During that even
ing my conversation was chiefly with his
wife, he being present part of the time
and understanding the general tenor of
our conversation. She suggested that I
ooald make a statement which would
satisfy the committee and
exculpate the Secretary.
She wanted me to go before tbe commit.
* -ad represent that she and I had
hnaiiiAAs transactions together for many
; th tt all this money I sent the
*■*.•* *> £?
time to time deposit*! , wit h 210 88 a ,
of bauker, and that ah* h#d instructed
me to send it to tbe Secretory for her.
I dined there and spent the evening cod
stayed ell night, retiring about 12
o'clock. The evening was devoted to
discussing this matter. I told her the
statement would nof told Ffttay before
the committee, and even if it would, I
could not make it. At the same time I
was so wrought up, and had each an
anxiety pressing me about it, aud hav
ing slept little since the receipt of the
subpoena and sympathizing with their
condition, I did not give them a positive
answer that night. I went to bed at 12
o’clock, and do not suppose -I slept a
wink. They said they would breakfast
about 7 o’clock. I came down at 8
o’clock and met the Secretary alone. I
told him I thought I had better leave
and get out of the oountry/for I would
not perjure myself. He said he di.i not
wish me to do that; that we could fix it
up some other way. I said, I think I
had better leave the country. The Sec
retary said I would ruin him if t left.
I said, if I go before the committee I
will ruin you, for I will tell the truth
He was greatly excited. When I came
down stairs to leave he followed, and
asked me into the parlor and said, I
want to make a last appeal to you to
stay longer. He said if I went he would
be ruined. I said it would ruin him if
I went before the committee.
I left fir New York. I consnltedjmy
attorney there, asking him if the com
mittee could reach me by subpoena if I
left the country, i stated the case to
him (Mr. Bartlett). He asked if I was
subpoeued. I told him I had a telegram
calling me to Washington. He said tbat
if a subpoena had been duly serven, they
could give me considerable trouble, but
that on a message they coul not reach
me, if I was out of the country. I asked
how long I would have to stay. He said
if the committee had leave to sit during
the recess, I could not return during
Congress. I went home and found tele
grams from Dr. Wm. Tomlinson, broth
er-in-law of the Secretary. Its purport
was not to leave, that he had good news;
that be was coming over. I determined
not to be governed by it. I thought
they only wished to fix up some new
story, bat that I would not be a party to
it. My trunk was being packed to
leave About midnight, Febraary 24th,
Dr. Tomlinson arrived at my house. He
said, I have seen Joe Blackburn; he is a
cousin of mine. He thonght if you
(Marsh) whold write a letter something
like one which he (Tomlinson) would
suggest, that there would be no further
investigation, and if there was, that
they wonld ask no questions tbat would
be diffi nit to answer, and Mr. Black
burn said he thought if tbe committee
still wanted to examine me, they would
appoint a sub-committee and come over
to New York to do so. He came to my
bed-room, and I told him to go into the
sitting room and draw a sketch of the
proposed letter, and that when dressed
I wonld join him, and I would write
such a letter as he wanted if I could. I
wrote a letter from the sketch of Tomlin
son. The endeavor was to exculprate
the Secretary. There was nothing in it
false to the oest of my recollection, bnt
it did not
State the Whole Troth.
He said he would take the letter and
contract to Blackburn, who wonld show
it to the committee, and that would be
the end of it. He left my house at 2
o’clock Friday morning. At midnight
Friday, I was roused up and had a sub
poena of the committee served on me.
At three o’clock Belknap was summon
ed before the committee, and the evi
dence of Marsh was read to him. He
was asked if he conld give any explana
tion or refute the charge in any degree.
Bowing his head with shame, he confes
sed that the statements were true, and
that he must submit to his fate. He,
however, implored the committee to
save his wife from dishonor, and to sup
press some of the most damning proofs,
offering to suffer an iudictment charging
him with any other crime, provided the
horrible record of corruption was with
held; and to this arraignment he would
plead guilty, and at once tender his res
ignation. But even the Republican mem
bers of the committee, Mr. Danford of
Ohio, and Mr. Bass of New York, were
inexorable. The blow hag been impend
ing for more than a week, and Belknap
has been advised of its ooming, and
pressure has been brought to bear on
the Democrtic members of the commit
tee to inoline them to mercy; but while
their hearts were tender, their sense of
responsibility to their country made
them iron clad against even the plead
ing of the wife and mother.
Whit flip President Say*.
The President, in a conversation with
friends to-night, stated emphatically
that he was not aware of the enormity
of the charges against Belknap at the
time he tendered and the President ac
cepted his resignationr. From the hur
ried apd incoherent manner of Belknap’s
communication fo him, the President
drew the conclusion foftt Mrs. Belknap
and not her husband was the guilty par
ty, and that the General assumed all
responsibility and censure, in order to
shield his wife, Although be did not
inform the President that he was aotually
guilty himself, he confessed that he was
not free from blame. The President
says that if he had known the full
measure of Belknap’s guilt, he would
mjt have yielded so readily to Belknap’s
appeal ip .accepting the resignation in
the ®ilatof®S 4 e did; but would have
demanded fo*t the official relations be
tween them should immedifttpjy cease,
and that Relknap should at opoe vacate
his office, and fake all the consequences
of his offioiai misconduct. The Pres
ident had no suspicions lip tf) 10 o'clock
to-day that Belknap’s official conduct
was the subject of investigation, and
nothing could have' occasioned him
! more surprise than the communication
mud 6 fo him by Belknap himself at the
ti®e fie pfegopted his written resigna
tion.
.As UnantJicuxtccO.oa junior
Prevailed at the Capitol parly }ff the
evening that Belknap remarked to fbe
President this morning that when he
heard Marsh was bound to testify he ex
elftiged “I Wish 1 had killked myself,”
to which th® President replied “I wish
you This fgmor was soon re
peated in modified foims fjntil it as
sumed the shape that Belknap had ftp
tually killed himself. Many persons in
the efajfoment of the momeut believed
the rumor, pains were taken, to re
ceive tbe information to satisfy them to
the contrary. It was a ®attpr of sur
prise to everybody that the testimony
implicated Belknap in dishonorable
transactions more ofosely than even his
euemien supposed. conduot of
Belknap continues to-night tkff them 6
of general discussion,
Scene at the White Rouse Between Ihe
President and Belknap.
Washington, Maroh 2.—Secretary
Belknap announced his own decline and
fail to fop President at 9:30 o’olock this
morning. gjrrjved at the War De
partment a few miii&tog past 9* and pro
ceeded to the Beoretary's where
he remained a few minutes, but not tong
enough to even open his personal mail
before proceeding to the Executive Man
sion, fffl sought the President in
foe JSxecutiye offiuo, The President,
looking up s if ad®eyhat surprised to
see the Searefary SO early, wftft greeted
with a dejected look snd thp remark,
“Mr. President, I have come fo tender
yon my resignation, and beg you to at
once accept it.” The President, appa
rently greatly surprised, asked for the
reason, uud then suggested that as they
might h.o interrupted they had better
step down &itpis jpto OOP of the private
parlors. 4s they did #.9 Secretary
Chandtor oae in and awaited too end
of the interview. Secretory B 6l k na P
then briefly eoulssaed hi* prime, told
the story of the great sua&dai a# he
knew it and as it had been read to him
iu the testimony of the committee of the
Hoase yesterday and as it was to ap
pear before the country this day, to its
amazement £.nd his disgrace. He then
handed him an enyplooe with his writ
ten resignation, to rt?c,eii; which the
Framdewt said caused him, the
uq little pa'in. .General 1
Belknap intimated (to f fie President that
its prompt ac&eptomm might save the
Administration from thjo further dis
grace of his possible impeachment. The
President then left General Belknap I
aud proceeded upstairs, where he wrote
a reply to effect: “I accept the ten
der of yonr restgsmJion with great re
gret ” He handed it to ilia gog, who copied
it, and who then delivered to 6 crignal
to tbe ex-War Minister in waiting be
low. General Belknap at once left the
White House for the War Department,
but a few steps o ft. As he was going
oat, in came Senators Morten and Mor
rill, of Vermont Alter & few word ß the
Indiana Senator said: “Mr. President,
have you seen the serious chargee
against Secretary Belknap, aaid to have
been developed before a committee of
the House ?” The President replied: “I
have just accepted Secretary Belknap’s
resignation." As the subject matter
seemed to be unpleasant, bnt little more
was said, though Secretary Chandler
expressed his ustouishnjent with about
the longest face that ever wa? in or
oat of the Interior Department. The
conversation as to details was very brief,
but the scandal was greatly lamented,
and no man seemed to feel it more
keenly then the President. Abont noon
he decided fo sll the vacant Seeretoir
ship by appointing Secretary of the
Navy Robeson Secretary of ad_ in
terim, which, in view of the investiga
tion into tfie letter’s department, is “ac
cording to the eternal fitness gf things.”
A permanent appointment of Secretary
of War wifi not be made for gome rime.
Tbe ei-Seeretory, afoer a brief visit to
the War Department, rpforned to hia
residence. No. 8,922 Gf gtr&et, b 6
declined to see all sailers, paring foe
dsy and this evening a faw friends who
wc'fs Motived represent tic? be and Ml*-
Belknap are wry much depressed fl W r
the disgrace Which has ayerteken them
and implore the sympathy of those
nearest to them. General Belknap feels
deeply for hie family, and says that he
can beay the affliction better they can.
Sketch of Mr*. Belknap.
The lady who bas been the central
figure of the scandal developed to-day,
and to save whom from exposure every
effort has been made, as the committee
in their report show, is thoroughly
known in Washington, where she has
been among the gayest and most fash
ionable in the seasons gone by, and es
pecially in the one just ended. Her
equipage and toilets have vied with all.
The shock, therefore, experienced to
day when the revelations made by the
Investigating Committee were made
public can scarcely be realized by out
siders. The fact that any lady was even
remotely connected with so great a
scandal wonld have startled society, but
that one who was so universal a favorite
as Mrs. Belkna-> Was implicated was a
denouement! whioh produced utter
consternation. This lady has been the
object of general admiration since first
she came to Washington six years ago
to visit her sister, the former wife of
General Bilk nap. Her handsome
face and figure aud witty conver
sational powers at once made her
a central fignre in any assemblage.
She is tall, has a well-developed
and rounded form and graceful carriage.
Her features are regular, her complex
ion clear and fair, while her hair is
black, and her eyes black and very
bright. When first she came to Wash
ington Mrs. Belknap was the widow of a
Mr. Bowers, who had died some months
before in Cincinnati. Her family name
was Tomlinson, and she was a native of
Harrodsbnrg, Ky. Her father, Dr.
Tomlinson, was an eminent physioian,
and highly connected. He had a large
family of sons and daughters. All of
the latter were noted for their beauty,
and were reigning belles of their native
State. The mother of Mrs. Henry
Clews, of New York, was one of the sis
ters and the second and present wife of
General Belknap another. Mrs. Amanda
Tomlinson Bowers was married two
years ago, in December, to the Secretary
of War. She was heartily welcomed to
the Cabinet circle here, and has held a
foremost place among the ladies who
are acknowledged queens in society.
She has been especially distinguished
for her ready tact in receiving the stran
gers who each week throng the houses
of the members of the Cabinet, hhe
always had an appropriate greeting
ready for each comer. She has appeared
to tbe greatest advantage this Winter,
and has gone muoh into society, as from
her position she was compelled to do.
She displayed great taste in dress, and
wears the richest materials.
All shades and colors are becoming to
Mrs. Belknap’s style, and she indulged
in Worth’s most effective combinations.
At tbe many entertainments she has at
tended this Winter she has looked
equally beautiful, whether attired in
pale rose colored silk, with soft, creamy
lace, or turquoise blue silk, with long
garlands of flowers trimming, the low
corsage and very short sleeves, as well
as the abller and trains of ivory tinted
silk trimmed with fringe and lace, or
even her carriage costumes, one of black
velvet aud lace, another of blue velvet,
trimmed with bands of pheasants’ feath
ers. She has many other toilets of the
richest material. Mrs. Belknap is dain
ty from head to foot. Hats and boots
match each costume. Her foot is the
smallest in Washington. She wears
number one and a half shoes, though she
is five feet six inches in height. Slippers
and boots of saljn for these dainty feet
come from Paris, and are always enough
seen to be admired. The jewels Mrs,
Belknap most frequently wears consist of
a string of large pearls around her neck,
with a beautiful pendant of diamonds.
Her ear rings are two solitaire drops for
each ear. An aigrette of diamonds is the
pnly ornament she ever wears on her
shapely head, amid the puffs of dark
hair that are always arranged to suit the
contour of the handsome face. Prior to
her marriage with General Belknap she
spent eighteen months in Europe, and
brought her wedding trousseau with her
on her return. Her marriage was sol
emnized at the residenoe of her brother
in Harrodsburg, Ky. One child, a
bright little girl, now one year of age,
has blessed the union. General Belknap
is very proud of his first daughter. His
children by hia previous marriages were
all sons. Mrs. Belknap is a devoted
mother, and is untiring in her care qf
her pretty little Alice, cheerfully relin
quishing any pleasure when the child
needs her presence. This lady has made
frequent visits to New York, and has
been muoh feted wherever she has stayed
there. After her return from Europe,
two years and a half ago, she passed
many weeks at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Her most recent visit was early in Janu
ary, when she attended a grand ball at
Delmonieo’s (the Patriarch’s Ball), for
whiph purpose she bad gone to New
York, She resided in Cincinnati prior
to the death of her first husband and for
a time afterwards.
THE FARMING OUTLOOK.
Cheerful Words From One Who Knows.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
It is at this time not improper to fur
nish to the public information as to the
prospects and workings of our farmer
class. lam aware that information is
fnrnishe4 to certain persons and classes
fro® perhaps pyery sectiqn; and that
this information io appropriated to pri
vate uses. Yet, at the beginning of
each year, the foundation is laid for the
crops of that year, upon whioh graatly
depends the prosperity of both town
and country. There is now growing
and doing well more wheat, rye and. oats
in the country than I have ever seen,
and bread for both man and beast will
be more plentiful in three months from
tfijg date than ever before in my recol
lection un4 6 ? 6 are on ver 7 many
farms now eozn . ouffiqiept for the
three months. Bacon, too, is
muoh more plentiful than I had ex
pected, and but for the warm Winter,
which spoiled the joiots, our section
would this year be nearly self-support
ing. Qti some farms I see a remnant of
the past year's oiop qf pqttqn piled un
der the gin houses. So you sob, Itegqrß.
Editors, whilst but little money is in
circulation, our country, with a little
help, can and will live well. There are
mor 6 npw rails placed on the fences this
WinfoT thaq fo any three years together
before, and more fresh lands cleared aud
fenoed than J have noticed Bfo*® the
war. Tfie cottou and corn lands are all
ployed, Bh4 seemingly well, and foe
farmers, whilst §o®e have planted
and are planting, see® fo be all
ready for the planting season and
waiting for it to arrive. On many
farms I see large compost piles and
home made fertilizers. If the year
should be anything like as favorable for
the future as the past has been and the
present fully promises, I am very hope
ful fot me ssfi,?. 688 of our planters and
feel confident of thei. hni-PS a °le gener
ally to meet all their obligations for the
current year. To stay at home, econo
mize, and labor, seems to be their chief
dejight, and I am now more hopeful at
the B£cc iitttt of our people than at any
ti®e sjnpe foe fajf. °9 r P eo P le
there spews to fie p.o jaiyigi.qn fit fofftir
ment politically, an,4 the <jqn§.dence
that assures them of success in every
election will be the cause perhaps of
much apathy and indifference in the
selection of delegates and candidates.
All they seem to want is good and tried
met}. G.
WffAT Four- Sipii I§.— 4n army officer,
wfio was stationed at Fort Sill for a
number Of years nnto qaito recently,
says it is located in fbe sputhwestern
tract of the Indian Territory, shout
forty-five miles from the Texas border
and one hundred aud sixty miles from
Atoka, the present terminus of the Mis
souri, Kansas and-Texas Railroad. It
was built in 1868 by General Grierson,
of the United States Cavalry, and
is situated in a beautiful country. The
land is well timbered anq watered, arid
nature has made it one of the fairest
spots in the southwest.'’ Tfie post was
established for the accommodation of
six companies, but at present there are
twelve, ten Pf cavalry and two of in
fantry on the ground. It is situated on
a bluff two hundred feet high, over
looking Medicine Bluff Creek. It dis
closes fo 6 fertile plains, dotted with the
tents of foe soufiers and the smoke
curling from the wigwams of foe In
diana located in large numbers but half
a mile off The fort derives its name
fro® s romantic story told by the na
tive#." Mis# Sill, ft 4o a kf 4 *ol Bel, be
coming chargrinea at toe attentions
paid by a stalwart brave to another
local coqnette in the far-distant past,
made a Tarpeian rock of the bluff and
ended her career. In the neighborhood
of 5,000 or 6,000 Indians, mostly Kiowas
and |Comanches, are stationed within
eye-sight of tbe post, and a brisk busi
ness is carried on between the trader
and foe®. The latter dispose ot their
furs for & small remuneration, bnt re
ceive mostly necessaries for their pro
ducts. “ West of Leavenworth Fort
Si 1 is the largest post and biggest plnm
at the disposition of the War Depart
ment, h said tjje army officer, !fit' one
time Ml Javans, the post trader, in
formed 1 meFthat' fie had 'over SIOO,OOO
worth of goods on hand. Hia store is
quite large, well built and surmounted
stations are Camp ’Richardson, in
Texas, about 15Q miles, and Camp Sup
ply, 200 miles to the north. We were
kjf aeqnaittted with the management by
iq foqr ago. The affair was
Seeing is not believing. There are
many men yon can see and cannot be
lieve.
A LIE STOPPED.
E. C. WADE’S “ BLOODY SHIRT ’
LETTER.
Reply ot Hen. H. G. Turner.
[From the Quitman Reporter]
Quitman, Ga., March 1,1876.
Mb. Editob —The very remarkable
letter of Mr. E. C. Wade to the Wash
ington Republican having received
considerable circulation in other papers,
a decent regard for publio opinion re
quires a reply to Mr. Wade’s libellous
statements. The zeal with which Mr.
Wade takes np the cndgels of Mr.
Blaine is noteworthy; bnt when Mr.
Blaine is informed of the alacrity with
which his new ally went from Greeley to
Grant in 1872, he will'not risk all of his
hopes of the Presidency in the hands of
his new devotee. *
I do not propose to vindicate Mr.
Hill; he does not need it. Nor do I in
tend to rebuke Mr. Toombs, the -grand
old man, who, disarmed and bound by
his enemies, would, in his blindness and
rage, pull down the temple. Nor is it
necessary for the defense of onr people
to say that in that same hall which Mr.
Toombs made his speech, and shortly
afterwards, their representatives unan
imously passed a resolution declaring
their firm adherence to the terms on
which the political pacification of the
country has been effected. I propose to
reply only to those parts of Mr. Wade’s
letter which relate to the people of
Brooks oounty and to which, as he
avows, it was his main purpose to call
the attention of the country.
Aooording to his estimate three thou
sand negroes have left the oounty with
in the past few years as convicts and
terror-stricken exiles, Ac. As the State
and county were under tbe domination
of United States troops and the Radi
cal party almost uninterruptedly, from
the surrender of our armies down to the
Fall of 1871, it is not to be presumed
that this sad reigu of terror began be
fore the latter date. Now, by the cen
sus of 1870, there were in round num
bers four thousand and three hundred
negroes in the oonnty (the white popu
lation being very neur the same). If
Mr. Wade’s estimate of the negro exodus
is any approximation of the truth, how
could “the Democrats have seen that
their candidate was to be beaten” at the
last October election? The difficulty
of seeing this defeat is somewhat aug
mented when it is considered that the
only white men who voted for the Radi
cal candidate (an ignorant negro) were
Mr. Wade and the postmaster. On the
other hand, if Mr. Wade’s estimate of
the “noble army of .martyrs” is no ap
proximation to truth, it might be well
to take all hia> other statements with
some little allowance. As Mr. Wade is
a judicial officer, I will put it in the
form of a legal maxim—“ falsus in uno,
falrus in omnious.” The only founda
tion for this strange tale of woe consists
in the fact that a few dozen families,
obeying an instinct not uncommon to
their race in other States, have recently
gone to Florida in quest of a softer
clime and nnder a delusive dream of
higher wages.
Mr. Wade’s assertion that “lands here
that were worth twenty dollars per acre
in gold in 1860, are now not worth one
dollar per acre” is another illustration
of the marvelous economy with which
he dispenses the truth. I beg very
meekly to say that land here is worth
five times as muoh as land—grade
for grade—is worth in those counties
of Florida, to which Mr. Wade’s
martyrs have fled from Democratic per
secution.
Mr. Wade asserts that the last Oc
tober election for members of the
General Assembly were carried by “in
timidation, violence and frauds;” and he
undertakes to support this assertion by
his own evidence as to the elections in
this county. Now let us go baek to the
month of December in the year 1870, in
order to get a fair starting point. The
Democratic party was not so terrible
then to Mr. Wade; for he claimed to be
a Democrat then, and had very recently
(and very vainly) aspired to a Demo
cratic nomination for Congress. In
tbat same eventful month of December
1870, an election was held for three days
by two negro managers appointed by
Governor Bullock and sworn to allow no
challenges (Acts of 1870, p. p. 62 apd
64), with a garrison of United States
soldiers in the town to overawe and in
timidate the white voters, and a colored
Republican candidate to inspire the col
ored voters, and with all tbe country
preoinots abolished, Capt. Hunter, the
Democrat® candidate, carried that elec
tion by a majority of one hundred and
forty-one. At tbe next election, in 1872,
by some strange tergiversation, Mr. E.
o*. Wade became the oaudidate of the
colored people for the General Assem
bly, and was beaten with a large majori
ty by Capt. Hunter after a bitter per
sonal oonteqt. Now, how was it that
“violence, intimidation and frauds” be
came necessary to carry the election ia
Ootober, 1874 ? Let it also be borne in
mind that non-payment of taxes
had, under the Constitution dis
qualified many colored voters, free
challenges were allowed, many negroes
had become indifferent to politics, and
many other negroes voted the Demo
cratic ticket. Again, at the November
election—less than a month after the
October election in question—the Dem
ocratic majority increased nearly a huu
dred o?er the October majority, and
Mr. Griffin, the postmaster, who was a
Republioau supervisor at this Novem
ber election, under the aot of Congress,
certified very fully to the fairness of the
election, and in his certificate paid quite
a tribute to the managers and voters for
their strict compliance with law. Now,
if elections before and since wero so
fairly Democratic, how was it necessary,
as Mr. Wade avers, to resort to a riot in
order fo carry the election in Ootober,
1874? ' *
But let us now take Mr Wade’s de
scription of the riot:
“The riot was begun by ajleader of
the party, by striking a colored citizen
several heavy blows over the bead with a
walking sfcicfc. The polored man at the
time was sitting doWh, whittling a piece
of wood with his pocket-knife, not
dreaming of a difficulty with any one.
But having retreated, and begged his
assailent not to beat him. and after re
ceiving the third blow stabbed the
White Leaguer With hjs knife, inflicting
a wound which it was supposed pro
duped death, as foe mn died a month
afterwards.”
Let us premise further, that the white
man here accused of this dastardly out
rage upon ft ebfored man, was the late
James H. Hunter, not entirely unknown
to the people of the State, arid was not
at the time interested in the election,
otherwise than as a private citizen.
At the November term of the Supe
rior Court, an indictment was found by
the grand jury of this county, charging
the colored man with the offense of
murder, and in the month of December
following, foe case was tried, but not the
case which kf r - describes. Qn
that trial foe colored ®ah *ft ß ponyipfod.
A motion for anew trial was ® a 4e and
overruled, and by wpit qf error the case
wifot fo fop §upre®e Qourt. The Su
preme Poqrf, affor ft full f®d patient
hearing- on the merits of the case, one
of the Judges (Jackson) kindly intimat
ing that he desired to hear all that
conld be said for the plaintiff ia error,
because he was a colored man, affirmed
the judgment Of the lower Court. And
in reply to Mr. Wade’s version of the
case, I pita thp facts as summarized by
that poqrf: V
But Mr. Wade pronounces foe wit
nesseft for the State perjured; if his ver
sion is true, toe witnesses for the prison
er, his own eolored friends, also com
mitted perjury, and that too not for,
but against their friend. Will any sen
sible man reject the evidence of wit
nesses examined and cross-examined by
counsels, on both sides of a case, under
the solemn sanctions of law, and accept
ic lieu thereof, the unsworn statement
of a partisan, who writes confessedly
Mr. C tyadefunder the exigency of
his case,' finds it alflo riecessar/to charge
the Courtwith a willful, judicial mur
der. I affirm that there is not upon the
bench fo this State, or elsewhere, a more
humane, ft more incorruptible, or a more
independent Judge than Augustine H.
Hansell. His ability, not even Mr.
Wade questions. ofth ft fofty foßqta
tion, won tor foe ffiogt spotfogs service
upon thp bencli, through a Jong ftnd d 18 "
tingnished career, pe atamed at bis ripe
age-by foe breath or Yeokless political
calumny ? Verily, detraction loves a
shining mark! .
“ There was no error in admitting the
testimony of Pritchard, that the deceased
had challenged the vote of the defendant
on the morning of the day the fatal
wound was inflicted, and that
hoqj ptoTious ,h#*e*e, that witness heard
the defendant say, ‘ that he be damned
if he didn't wish every white man was in
hell!”’ * ? ‘ *
The evidence in the record is con
flicting. The evidence of the witajjsas
on foe ’rart hf fo* atate it substantially
as follJwaV That on the flay of the
electidn, the deftendsntV Vote had been
challenged, one Witness skid by foe de
ceased, Another witness said by Wallace,
bnt the defendant was fo pto,’ i
andftffo? lavfofl foe defendant,
with others; was sitting on the curb of
a pomp in front of the Court Honse
where the people were voting; deceased
was going toward the Court Honse with
a colored man who was going to vote,
to vote, and had * conversation with
him, in which hg said he was going to
vote the Democrat® ticket and ftoine of
the colored people objected, when de
ceased said, any man had a right to vote
as he pleased, defendant then said, “it
is a damned lie;” deceased then raised a
small walking stick in front of his face,
with both hands in the middle of the
stick. When deceased raised his stick
the defendant arose, and deceased made
three efforts to strike defendant, hold
ing the stick as before described, de
ceased fell back ten or fifteen
feet, defendant pushing after him;
defendant put his left hand on de
ceased's shoulder, and cut him with his
knife, held in his right hand, in the left
breast, as one of the witnesses states,
made a “lunge at his left breast,” the
blood came out of the wound as the
knife was withdrawn; there were a large
number of persons present at the time,
and much confusion. Deceased was a
small, feeble man, weighing about 100
or 115 pounds. One of the witnesses for
the State says that deceased struck de
fendant with his stick once, when de
fendant threw up his arm and parried
the lick off, the deceased retreating all
the time. The evidence for the defend
ant is in conflict with that of the wit
nesses for the State in relatiou to the
damned lie being given by defendant to
deceased, that is to say, they did not
hear the words spoken by defendant;
but did hear him say to Wolf: “Old
man,l have always been a friend to you,
and if you go to the Court House and
vote the Democratic ticket our friend
ship is forever done,” that the deceased
struck the defendant three times with
his stick, and as he was about to strike
him the fourth time the defendant cut
him with his knife. The evidence does
not show that there were any wounds or
bruises on. the person of defendant.—
Decisions of July Term, 1875, pamp.
p. p. 19 and 20.
And the Judges of the Supreme
Court, too, forsooth, have prostituted
their high authority in order to compass
an innocent negro’s death ! Surely the
man is mad !
Why was this colored man taken to
jail and thence to Court and back again
to jail to await the law’s delay for four
teen months ? This was possible only
among a law-abiding people. If the
people were bent upon the destruction
of the colored man, why did they not
on that fatal day on which he slew their
friend and “leader,” take vengeance into
their own hands ? According to the ac
cusation of this man, witnesses, jurors,
and judges of the highest character, in
order to hang a miserable wretch, have
become perjured judicial assasins 1
Mr. Wade says that “the Democrats,
seeing their candidate was to be beaten,
resorted to riot., and with guns, pistols,
knives and clubs, drove the Republicans
from the polls.” As one who took some
small part in preserving the public
peace on that fatal day (while Mr. Wade
remained at a safe distance, even from
his colored friends), I aver that the only
demonstration of force and arms made
by- the white people, was to prevent a
rescue of the sheriff’s prisoner by a
furious crowd of misguided colored men.
And not a gun was fired, not a blow was
stricken. When the prisoner had been
secured in jail, the white men dispersed,
their arms were returned, and the voting
proceeded as before. And yet no negro
has been prosecuted for an attempt at
rescue or even for a riot! Surely we are
lawless people ! I may thank even Mr.
Wade for this opportunity to vindicate
the good name of a law-abiding com
munity.
The author of the letter in question
signs his communication in a judicial
character, “U. S. Commissioner.” The
judicial robe which he flaunts is cut
after the pattern of a “bloody shirt.”
H. G. Turner.
PIERREPONT NEXT.
A CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT JUS
TICE.
Why Dyer Was Called to Washington—Night
Scenes in the Attorney-General’s Office—
The President Seriously Compromised.
Washington, March s.— The Times
to-day publishes a somewhat lengthy
statement of what purports to be a part
of the secret of the whisky ring prosecu
tions here, and especially the Babcock
trial. It asserts that Attorney-General
Pierrepont was very active and zealous
in the prosecution until Babcock was in
dicted, when his ardor cooled and he be
gan to use his influence and power of
his office to save that gentleman. With
this view, it is asserted, the Attorney-
General sent for District Attorney Dyer
to come to Washington. Dyer went and
while there Pierrepont, on the plea that
it was very important and even necessa
ry that he, as the head of the Depart
ment of Justice, should know what the
prosecution would be in the Babcock
case, obtained from him by the greatest
and most inexcusable hypocrisy a de
tailed statement of all the oral testipio
ny against Babcock, the whole plau of
the prosecution, what he intended to
prove by eaoh witness, the order in which
he intended to present the evidence, etc.
This information, it is alleged, Pierre
pont made over for the use of Babcock’s
counsel in order to defeat the prosecu
tion, and this, too, with the President’s
knowledge and consent. Mr. Storrs,
the junior counsel for Babcock, remain
ed in Washington, and whatever Pierre
pont obtained from Dyer in regard to
the case he first repeated to the Presi
dent, ancT after consultation with him
Storrs got the benefit of all he had learn
ed. The Attorney-General's private of
fice was the place where the plaus to de
feat the Government in its oase against
Babcock were matured.
Night Scenes in Pierrepont’s Office.
Every night preceding the time set
for Babcock’s trial Babcock and General
Horace Porter met Pierrepont in his of
fice, and closely studied every point con
tained in the evidence for the Govern
ment, and prepared to overcome it.
General Babcock was admitted to the
conferences between the President and
Pierrepont. When the plan was first
arranged, and whenever Dyer sent any
additional evidence to Washington,
Storrs was sent for, and when the plan
of the prosecution was fully matured he
was as familiar with it as the Attorney-
General himself. Those familiar with
all the oiroumstanoes absolve Col. Dyer
from all censure. Mr. Dyer had reposed
implicit confidence in the integrity of
Pierrepont, and had been deceived. Mr.
Dyer could not be made to believe that
one of the chief officers of the Govern
ment would violate his oath of office and
disregard his duty, hence he accepted.
Pierrepont’s pretended interest in a vig
orous prosecution as his senior, and
even relied upon him as his superior of
ficer for aid and counsel.
Why Tlerrepent Weakened.
It is then asserted that while Pierre
pont was at the outset very earnest in
prosecuting the whisky ring, believing
it would redound to his credit as chief
law officer of the Government, he soon
found he was overshadowed by Secre
tary Bristow, the people and prosecut
ing officers giving that gentleman credit
for every blow struck against the ring.
This filled Pierrepont wisb envy. Be
became jealous of Bristow’s popularity
and joined fieart and. soul with the
Grant faction. This gave him a firm
hold on the regard of the President and
enabled him to aid in defeating Bris
tow’s plans and thus weaken him among
the people and with the whole Adminis
tration. So he had a double purpose in
joining the Government to save Bab
cook from conviction ; ho would estab
lish his position with Grant for the
present and future, and aid to weaken
Bristow by tnakiqg it appear that the
indictment of Babcock was a scheme to
injqre Grant and advance Bristow's po
litical interests. 4 s to Why Bolicitar-
General did pot warn Dyer of
Pierrepoqt's purpose to defeat him it is
explained, as ooming from Wilson him
self, that he (Wilson) had already been
represented as scheming against the
President and Babcock. Every act he
had performed in the furtherance of his
duty was distorted and borne to Grant’s
ears as a part of Bristow’s plan to ob
tain the nomination for the Presidency.
Wilson in the of Babcock.
Solicitor Wilson had, for several
months, devoted hie time almost exclu
sively to working np the evidence against
the Chicago whisky ring, and preparing
to convict them. He had acquired
knowledge and arranged plans tqthis
end, which made ft impossible for any
map tq his position and carry
thjq qtjf. Bh k n ew that great pressure
was being brought to bear to secure his
removal, and he wished to avoid it until
the Ohioago ringleaders were convicted.
Just at the juncture, when a warning to
the St. Louis prosecution against the
scheme of the Attorney-General would
have proved valuable, he dared not in
terpose, lest it might result in hie re
moval, and tho of the whisky
tlbu to* in Übibago, Thfi Secretary re
garded him fta a necessity to the sue- 1
Cessfnl prosecution of the ring, and had
he undertaken to have exposed Pierre
pont’s plans, his removal would qq/iatnly
have followed ths by pjerre
pcn'. of ike tact. Besides, Col. Dyer
placed the most implicit faith ip the
professions of Pierrepont, and any sug
gestions as to the Attorney-General’s
scheme against the prosecutlqqE
have been reacctecL of ■
thß kindf’pioihptfed Solicitor Wilson to
regain from giving advice that might
have undermined his plans.
A Stolen Letter.
In the meantime Solicitor Wilson did
not forget that he wrote
letter adymmg to seep a detective
on BabcodkVriaek ring his Visit in i
Ball of 1g75, and that a copy of that let
ter was ’sknt to the President. Mr. ,
Henderson lost the letter and by tome
means a copy found its way to the
White House. Colonel'Dyer and his ]
assistants are fully aware of Pierrepont’s ,
treachery now. The day Babcock was
acquitted Colonel Dyer said publicly
that he had contended against an ele
ment which was bound to defeat him.
At that time he declined to give any ex
planation, but the fact that his eyes had
just been opened to this element of
opposition was apparent. The article
also accuses Pierrepont with manceuver
ing for the removal of Genera) Hender
son, special counsel for the Govern
ment here, bat there is nothing said on
this point but what has been already
published.
A Strange Tale.—A strange story of
matrimonial experiences comes to us
from a neighboring town. Some four
teen years ago, a Mr. , of , and
a Miss of the same plaoe, were mar
ried, after a short and ardent courtship ;
and immediately after the marriage
ceremony the happy couple left
for a fashionable watering place.
The bride and groom, previous to
their departure, were models of
what a loving couple should be
and during their conrtsliip had always
displayed the greatest affection for each
other. Their sojonrn at the watering
place continued only four days, and on
their return, although nothing iu their
conduct indicated that there was any
thing amiss in their relations, yet the
friends of the bride were greatly sur
prised when the groom left his young
companion at her father’s house and
proceeded alone to his own home. The
separation was apparently by mutual
consent, although the cause of the es
trangement has never been divulged,
and eaoh party has since lived as if en
tirely unoonsoious of the other’s exist
ence. It is now fourteen years sinoe
then, and the matter was almost forgot
ten, when, strange to relate, the interest
was again revived and the neighborhood
thrown into intense excitement, a week
since, by the re uniting of the estranged
parties. The couple are now living hap
pily together, and the question is natu
rally asked what should have caused the
estrangement for fourteen long years ?
VALUABLE JFORMATI
For Billious, Remittent and Inter
mitent Fever,
Or what is more eoinmonly termed Fever
and Ague, with pain in the Loins and
through the back, an indescribable]chifiy sensa
tion down the spine, an irresistible disposition
to yawn, paiu in tlie Eyes, which is increased
by moving them, a blue tinge in the skin, and
great listlesbness and debility. Veoetine is a
Safe and Positive Remedy. It is com
pounded exclusively from the juices of care
fully selected barks and herbs, and so strongly
coucentrated tbat it is one of the Greatest
Cleansers of the Blood that is or can be
put together. Veoetine does not Btop with
breaking Chills ana Fever, but it extends
its wonderful influence into every part of the
human system, and entirely eradicates every
taint of disease. Veoetine does not act as a
powerful cathartic, to debilitate the bowels
and cause the patient to dread other serious
complaints wliioli must inevitably follow, but it
strikes at the root of disease by Purifying
the Blood, restores the Liver and Kid
neys to healthy aotion, Regulates the
Bowels, and assists Nature in performing
all of the duties which devolve upon her.
Thousands of invalids are suffering to-day
from the effect of Powerful Purgative
Nostrums, Frightful Quantities of
Quinine and Poison Doses of Arsenic,
neither of which ever have, or ever could,
reaoh the true cause of their complaint.
VEGETINE
Works in the human system in perfect har
mony with Nature’s Laws, and while it is
pleasant to the taste, genial to the stomach,
and mild in its influence on the bowels, it is
absolute iu its action on disease, and is not a
vile, nauseous Bitters, purging the invalid into
falee hope that they are being cured. Veoe
tine is a Purely Vegetable Medicine,
compounded upon scientific principles. It is
endorsed by the best physicians where its vir
tues havo been tested, is recommended Only
where Medicine is Needed, and is not a
a mixture of cheap whisky sold under the
cloak of Bitters.
Gives Health, Strength and Appetite.
My daughter has received great benefit from
the use of the Veoetine. Her declining health
was a source of great anxiety to all her friends.
A few bottles of the Veoetine restored her
health, strength and appetite.
N. H. TILDEN.
Insurance and Heal Estate Agent, No. 49 Sears
Building, Boston, Mass.
UNQUALIFIED appreciation.
♦
Boston, November 18, 1875.
H. B. STEVENS, Esq :
Deab me—During tho past five years I have
had ample opportunity to judge of the merit
of Veoetine. My wife has used it for com
plaints attending a lady of delicate health, with
more beneficial results than any thing else
which she ever tried. I have given it to my
children under almost every circumstance at
tending a large family, and always with marked
benefit. 1 have taken it myself with such great
benefit that 1 cannot find words to express my
unqualified appreciation of its goodness.
While performing my duties as a Police Offi
cer in thiß city, it has been my lot to fall in
with a great deal of sickness. I unhesita iugly
recommend Veoetine, and I never knew of a
case where it did not prove all that was claimed,
for it. Particularly in cases of a debilitated or
impoverished state of the blood its effects are
really wonderful; and for all complaints aris
ing from an impure state of the blood it ap
pears to work like a charm, and I do not believe
there are any circumstance under which Veo
etine can be used with injurious results, and it
will always tfford me pleasure to give any fur
ther information as to what i know about Veo
etine. WM B. HILL,
Police Station No. 4.
Vegetinc is Sold by all Druggists.
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New Advertlßementisi
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Offer at Half Value a Bankrupt Stock, for Fifteeu Days OnlyJ
These are not REMNANTS, but a WELL ASSORTED STOCK of STAPLE
and FANCY DRY GOODS, to be sold LESS than REMNANTS.
Bought Cheap they will GO CHEAP, and with them we offer our own Good
at COST and LESS, to make room for our
NEW SPRING GOODS !
BEAUTIFUL NEW CALICOES, 6t cents. Sale commences NOW.
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PLANTERS, ATTENTION
DOUBLE ALL YOUR CROPS
By the XJse of* tlie
TENNESSEE VALLEY GUANO
One that is Recommended by the United States Government, a Sample
Being Desired for Exhibition at-the Centennial.
WE REFER YOU TO CERTIFICATES GIVEN BY THE PLANTERS OF
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA AS TO ITS VIRTUE.
Price, $45 Cash ; SSO First November, with City Acceptance,
Or S6O with Cotton Option, 15 cents per lb.
FOR SALE BY
T. G. Barrett & Cos.,
AUGUSTA, GA.
The attention of the Planters of Georgia is called to the followng certificates from
Hon. Frederick Watts, Commissioner of Agriculture. The TENNESSEE VALLEY GUANO is a
home production, and is peculiarly adapted to our soil. With this Guano crops can be increased
to an extraordinary extent. f J he worst worn out laud can be built up to a high productive capa
city. We unhesitatingly recommend it as the Best Fertilizer extant. The commendations of
our best citizens fully substantiates this claim. A fair trial will always be attended with satis
factory results. Bead the following certificates :
International Exhibition of 1876* Board on Behalf oV U. S. Executive Department*
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0., January 14, 1876.
J. S. Miller, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: The publication of our analyses of your Bat Excre
ment aroused considerable interest in the matter, and induced us to issue a circular letter to
our Southern Correspondents for information with regard to other localities of this valuable
material. We have received quite a number of specimens from various sections, and, after
analysing them, propose exhibiting them in tlie forthcoming International Exhibition. We,
therefore, write to ask that you will have the kindness to forward to us, for this purpose, sam
ples of your product—both of the brown and the white material, sufficient each to fill a two
qua rt jar. if you will favor us in this matter your kindness will be highly appreciated.
Very respectfully, FREDERICK WAITS, Com. of Agriculture^^
I used last year the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer on Cotton. I applied one hundred poundUH
one-half an acre. The results were equal to any fertilizer used by have bought sixM
this year. g. W. MAYSjn
Columbia county, Ga. f 12th February, 1876.
Columbia County, Ga., December 20,1875.
Mr. T. G. Barrett—Dear Sir: You ask my opinion of the Tennessee Valley Guano as compared
with other Fertilizers. I used the half ton you sold me this year on ootton, and by comparison
with other kinds of Fertilizers used this year, I think it fully equal to the others, and caD rec
ommend it as a good fertilizer. You can send me two toes next year.
Yours, truly, t. B. JENKINS.
_ , ,_ _ _ _ Auousta, Ga., February 12th, 1876.
Colonel T. G. Barrett—Dear Sir: I used your Tennessee Valley Guano last season on vege
tables and oates. The result was so gratifying I wish you to reserve me several tons for my
cotton crop this year. Very respectfully, J. M. TUBPIN.
_ _ ~ _ _ Augusta, Ga., January 3lßt, 1876.
Mr. Lnomas (I. Barrett—Dear Sir : Last year I used your Tennessee Valley Guano on cotton
and com both. I was well pleased with it. lam satisfied it added fifty per cent, to the yield
on cotton, and added a great deal to the corn. I intend this year using it in connection
with an Acid Phosphate, feeling confident I shall realize Btill greater benefit.
Yours, truly, B. H. LAND.
„ _ Huntsville, Ala., December 3, 1876.
Mr. Wm. Donegan, Huntsville. Ala.—Dear Sir: Yours of the 15th ult., asking the result of
my experience with your Bat Fertilizer, the present year, was duly received. I used the fer
tilizer upon very poor laud, which I am satisfied would not have yielded more than 200 lbs. of
seed cotton per acre without manure—the yield with the fertilizer could not have been less
than 500 lbs. 1 endeavored to scatter the fertilizer, at the rate of 200 lbs. per acre, but think
I put less than that amount. My experience with the fertilizer was sufficiently encouraging to
induee me to try it again next year. Very respectfully, WM. W. GARTH.
Huntsville, Ala., November 15,1875.
Mr. W. H. Donegan. Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: Your letter of this date has Just been hand
ed to me by my eon, Wm. M. Bradley, at mv private residence, and inferring that you wish to
make use of my answer fo show forth to the public the efficacy of your Bat Fertilizer or Bat
Manure on cotton, I return you my answer without hesitation, believing in doing so I am doing
good the public. I used your Bat Manure on or in cotton rows to a considerable extent the
past Spring, and am free to say, that I will gather 700 to 800 lbs. of seed cotton on lands that
would not have yielded 50 lbs. witnout the Fertilizer, and from this faot consider your Tennes
see 1 alley Guano (Bat Manure) as one of the very best Fertilizers that 1 have ever used in
growing cotton plants—producing abundant fruits on the Bame, and forcing it to mature the
bolls three to four weeks earlier than cotton unfertilized, on same character of lands in thia
latitude. I believe your Bat Guano should bo used freely on our rich bottom or basins, so as
to force the cotton to mature three or four weeks sootier than it usually does, not fertilized, in
North Alabama. I know fields of cotton (rich basins) that will not make 300 lbs. of seed cotton,
owing to frost, that if it bad been fertilized with 200 to 800 lbs. of Bat Manure when planted
would have yielded 1,600 lbs. of seed cotton. It is upon these rich basins, in my opinion, that
Bat Manure should be used to produce a large crop of csttoa.
Very respectfully, JOSEPH 0. BRADLEY.
Whbeleb Station, Ala., November 20, 1876.
W. H. Donegan, Esq : In reply to your favor of the 15th, in regard to experiments with Bat
Manure on Experimental Station of State Agricultural and Mechanical College, in my charge,
would state that the result is most satisfactory to me, being second only in its fertilizing pro
prieties to “Villes complete manure.” With this exception it is the most satisfactory of Boma
forty or fifty experiments with other fertilizers, and I congratulate the farmers of the Tennes
see Valley upon the discovery and availability of this most valuable Guano. So soon as tha
committee shall make their report, I bhall bo happy to furnish you a more detailed statement.
Your obedient servant, J. J. BARCLAY,
Huntsville, Ala.. December 3, 1876.
W. H. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—My Dear Sir: It affords me great pleasure to answer your
communication of the 15th November, in regard to the Tennessee Valley Gtiano, or Bat Ma
dure. I consider it the finest fertilizer for cotton, corn and all cereals, as well as for grasses
hat has ever been introduced. As to cotton it certainly fruitß and matures beyond our most
Banguine expectations. Respectfully, T. W. WHITE,
Huntsville. Ala., November 16, 1875.
Mr. W, H. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: In reply to your note requesting the result
of my experience with the Tennessee Valloy Guano, I have to say : The middle of March last
I sowed broadcast two hundred pounds ef the Tenne-see Valley Guano on one and one-six
teenth acres of very poor red clay land, which had been turned out as useless for years, and
onlv cultivated, for the first time within my reoollection, the year before this. 1 turned this
under deep with a two horse plow. On the 10th of April I bedded up this laud, after putting in
the drill two hundred pounds of the Tennessee Valley Guano te the one and one-sixteenth acres.
Adjoining this I plowed the same way one and one-third acres, with seven two horse wagon,
loads of good stable manure in the drill. I also prepared the same way one acre of adjoining
land of like character without any manure or fertilizer. Cotton was planted on all three traotsi
the same day and received the same cultivation. The result is :
Tennessee Valley Gnano, 11-16 acres 784 pounds of seed Ootton.
Stable Manure, 11) acres 741 pounds of seed Cotton..
Without Manure, 1 acre 176 pounds of Beed Cotton.
An increase of five hundred and twenty-nine pounds of seed cotton to the acre by tha use
of the Tennessee Valley Guano—making in money, at present low prices of cotton, fifteen dollars
and eighty-seven cents, by the expenditure of eight dollors. Upon the land manured and fer
tilized all the bolls of the cotton matured. lam satisfied the result would bo equally as aston
ishing if used on the richest of our lands. Very respectfully, SAMUEL H. MOORE.
Coubtland, Ala., November 22, 1875-
Maj. Wm. H. Donegau, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Bir : Your favor of the 16th of November,
asking to know the result of the use of the Bat Manure on my crop is to hand. I used non <t or
it alone, but in many instances in combination with the Super Phosphate. The trial was 'juite
satisfactory. Two hundred pounds of Bat Manure, combined with one hundred pounds of '/Super
Phosphate, increased the cotton crops from 76 to 100 per cent. Very respectfully,
febl3-dAwlm Yonr obedient servant. J 4MF.B E. SACNDT/jpg.
THE
GREAT FERTILIZER,
WHANN’S
Raw-Bone Superphosphate
Manufactured by YYalto i, YYhann & Cos., YYilmington, Del,
Claghorn, Herring & Cos.,
General Agents, Augusta, Ga.
SPRING OF 1876.
Year after year we have supplied the Planters and Farmers of Georgia and South Carolina
with thD Standard artiole. Each year has added to its popularity and increased number of
friends. It is so well and favorably known that it needs no commendation from os. It haa
been use i more extensively in Middle Georgia and Eastern South Carolina thun any other
Fertiliser in the market.
We refer to the thousands who havo used it. The prices this season will be $47 per ton,
cash delivered on the oars at Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah, or Wilmington, N. C., or S6O per
ton, credit, until November Ist, 1876, with the option, up to that date, of paying in Middling
Cotton, at 15 cents per pound.
FOB BALK BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS i
Gaines A Brown. Carrolton, Ga.; M. Saloshin, Newnan. Ga.; J. W. Hinton, Social Circle, Ga.;
Thomnsan A Fatillo Buford, Ga., M. B. DeVaughan, Jonesboro, Gi.; J. M. Reynolds, May
fieldO. ri A Jewell Jewells Ga.; O. T. Rogers, Covington, Ga.; W. C. Smith, Bartow, Ga.;
H P A D M Almand Couyere Ga.; 8. Norris? Thomson, Ga.; R. B. Ethridge, Rutledge, Ga.;
E Cowan Abbeville ’ S C Marshall Lott, Pine House, 8. C.; John Kennerly, Ridge Bpring,
BC ■ W R Callawav’ Washington, Ga.; M. G. B. Hosch, Flowery Branch, Ga.; A. W. Foster A
Cos Ga J 7 F Palmerl Luthir, Ga.; Goldsmith A Dougherty. Stone Motmtain Ga. :
i i.S"on cVawfordsvffie, Ga.. J. H.’ Born, L.thonia, Ga,; C H. Strong At anta. Ga ; W.
IT Ritoh four Tavern Ga • Baas <k Moat. Devereux, Ga.; H. A, Camp, Grantville, Ga., J. M.
RuHhtoD jSttßlon? B°o.’i OMcD. Miller, Ninety-Six. 8. C.; H. R- Hannah Stone Mountain,
GUJ WHerring. Thomaston, Ga.; J. Mon Johnson. Eatonton. Ga; 8. D Linton Greenes
v ’ a. . t. it m nnr o a@o Cnlverton, Ga.; H. T* Masters, Anvil Block. Ga.; L. A, Moore,
: £ . ri T Murriv" MiUedgeviile, Ga.; E.' 8. O’Brien, Ban.ett, Ga.; J. W. Storey,
Hamilton Ga!; e! F.’ Strother, Batesburg, 8. G; A L. Holly, GramteviUe, 8. C.; M. C. Taggart,
Greenwood. S C.; R. 8. Burweil, Athena. Ga.
febl2-dAwlm
The Champion Fertilizer!
O —
BUSSEL COE’S
Afflffloniated Bone SirtospMte of Lie
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DEFIES COMPETITION.
THIS FERTILISER is NOT manufactured from Fish and Charleston Book, but from Genuina
rofessor Johnson° of Chemist for the State of Connecticut, in hie report
on*Comnmroun?eteriizers to the Board of Agriculture, says therein, .referring to Russel Coe
B °“We P Single Superphosphate whose reputation is so good that dis
honest dealers care to steal its brand to sell their trash.”
TERMS—Free on cars at Augusta, Cash, SSO; Time, $65, with option of paying:
in Middling Cotton, on or before November let. Send for Circulars.
For sale by
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yj?* Local Agents at all points. GENERAL AGENTS FOR GEORGIA^.
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