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'A.. R. CALHOUN, {pSommetoh!}
COLUMBUS,* GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1874.
YOL. XVI—NO. 134.
Tn mi or oouini graven.
Am ImMmI mi the FI*od In Kman*
fkVMttl M Mnjr ICth, 1874.
»T JOHW *0YLI O’REILLY.
Tti« O* «till cling* to tlie trev* *ud grain,
And tli* «nrljr toller* amillog pu*,
A* thejr glance a«lde at the white walled homes,
What wa* It, that (awed like an ominous breath ?
Like a *hl*ei|of fear or a toncli of death ?
What wa* it I The valley U peaceful Mill.
And the leave* are aflrt* on the top of the bill ?
It wa* not a *o«ad, nor a thing or
The air of tha valley ha* felt the chill;
The worlt*r* panto at the door of the mill;
The hooaewlflt, keen to the ahivering air,
Arret t* her Awt on the cottage *tair,
Instinctive taught by the mother-love,
And think* of tho Heaping one* above 1
Why atari tha Uatoaer* f Why does tlie course
Uf tha mill-stream widen ? Ii It a horse ?
Hark to tho *ohhd of hi* hoofs, they say,
That gallop* *o wildly Williamsburg way!
God t what wa* that, like a human shriek
From the winding valley ? Will nobody epeak ?
Will nobody answer thoao women who cry
As the awiul warnings thunder by ?
Whence come they I Listen! And now they hear
Tho sound of the galloping horse hoofs near;
They watch the trend of the vale, and aee
The rider, who thanders so menacingly,
With waving anna and warning scream,
To the horn3 Ailed banke of the valley stream.
IU draws no rain, hot haahakes ttie street,
With a Shoot and the ring of the galloping fett;
And this tha ery that h* flings to tha wind:
"Tulti hUlefor year livtt I The flood is behind! %
I hot they know the' worst—
[ Of shattered dwellings,. ,
I Of tha dwellings they shatter—white-maned and
£ hoarse.
I The moroUeas terror fill* the course
1 Of the aarro* valley, and rushing raves,
F With Heath ori the first of its hissing waves,
I TUI oottege and street and crowded mill
■Are crumbled and orashed.
■ont of the terrlb e swath it mowed,
r miles It thondercd and crashed behind,
at he looked ahead with eteadfeet mind ;
rThey mut t* warned t" was all he eaid,
|M way oa hlas#rrih>e ride he epod.
I When heroes are called for. bring the crown
P To this Yankee rider; send him down
1 On the *t«0*is of time with the Curtins old ;
til* dead as th* Rumen’s was brave aud bold.
And the tale can as noble a thrill awake,
For he offered his life for the people's ssko.
II OffiTM
FAMINE.
OF THE
GREAT IRISH
■T in AVISOS 01 “ DUNCAN Jl’lNToSH,
“MOTS MACON," “THORNTON,” ETC.
Written ter Ska Ea*alr«r-*nn.
“But how oAn ye help it, Dan? Sure
the world knows Mike Delaney an’ his
men don’t ate honest bread, an’ if yon
stay with them ye most do as they do.”
“Bat what can I do, Kathleen ? If I
wait for the sun to rise the hills ’ll be cov
ered with sojers to hunt me down. I
can’t stay at home, an' thongh many a
door in the land would be open to give
me shelter an’ welcome, the bayonets can
unlock them, an' I would be fonnd. No,
no, Kathleen, there’s no hope for it now.
I must go, dartin', where there’s safety
first.” /
“There's no safety, Dan, with them that
have prices on their heads, an’ ye’ll do
yersel’ a wrong by jinin' them. Oh, I
know the laws are hard an’ ernel; I know
we are sufferin' for want now, an’ I feel,
when I think of what’s to come, that my
hoart would break. Bnt let me ax ye,
Dan, ean you change the laws or make the
times better ?”
“No, Kathleen ; I wish I could.”
“Then, if ye can't abide by the laws,
an’ if there's want here, go to a land
whoBe laws give justice to all men, and
where the honest, hard working man
never hears the poor cryin’ for bread.”
“Where is that, Kathleen ?”
“To America, Dan.”
“An’ lave you an’ me father ad’
mother ?"
“Yes; for ye're lavin’ thim to-night, an'
never agin with the consint of the law
can ye seo them or me. The life in the
mountain is a hard one, sn' the time will
come when the strong man will grow
weary with wutchiu’, and then the sojers,
who can rest, will be on them; an', Dan,
think of the disgrace an’ the death that
mnst follow."
“I do, Kathleen; but bow ean I go to
America, poor an' penniless an’ friendless
as I am'/" he asked in a despairing voice.
“Ye’re poor, Dog, bnt not friendless,
have the manes of gittin’ ye the money.
Come here at this same hour to-morrow
night an' I’ll give it to ye, qu’ thin we can
disguise ye and Bind ye to Galway, where
there’s always ships sailin’ for the happy
land across the water. Once there, ye
can soon earn money to sind for all of ns,
an' we’ll come to ye, sn’ forget all. the
troubles we had in the onld home.”
“Cod bless ye, Kathleen, ye're an an
gel,” sobbed Dsn, as he drew her closer to
him.
“Do ye promise me, Dan ?”
“I do, Kathleen. Me hand, word an'
heart fof it.”
“The time's np, Dan; another honr an'
the day will be on us," said Mike Delaney
from the road.
“I’m cornin', Mike.”
lie stooped and kissed her, begged her
to go and see bis father and mother, and
then, repeating his promise, he passed
into the road.
Kathleen watched the men as they faoed
the blaok mountain wall, and falling on
her knees*she prayed Heaven to savefrom
harm the man she loved.
V
CHAPTIB IX.
THB OUTLAW.
Kathleen Brehan tried to sleep that
night, but she foond no rest, and though
after midnight she rose, dressed herself,
Md walked down to the gate, from which
i bad a view of the lake, beyond which
i saw the dim Ughta that marked the lo-
I cation of the town. Her loose blaok hair
[was twined about har hands, and with her
[chin resting in her palms she watohed and
I waited for—she knew not what She had
f an indefinable dread that Dan Oaapin was
in danger, and that he might be killed in
tho escape which ahe knew he wonld at
tempt.
She had been at the gate about an hour,
when her attention wes attraeted by the
1 sound of approaching feet and the mur
[mur of indistinct voices. They were
ling towards her, end not earing to be
observed, she drew the scarlet cloak closer
ut her shoulders and sat down inside
lie gate.
She soon saw a large body of men stop-
ling within a few paces of where she sat,
she notieed the starlight refleoted
i the arma which each man seemed to
. She was not long in doubt as to the
arsons near her, for she recognized the
oice of Dan Oaspin as he said,
"Yes, poor girl, it's a hard blow for her,
1 knows; but it's herder for me, who
ir thought to harm chick or child.”
“Never mind, Don, ye'll soon get over
|rer feelins, sad with as in th e mountains
s’ll be able to diffoy them an' to revinge
“1 yes wrongs.”
"Well, 1*11 go in an’ see her, an'say
1-bya. It may bs many a day afore
Me to do it agin.”
i was about to open the gate, when
i was startled at seeing Kathleen rising
fora him like an apparition.
He started back and crossed himself,
1th an exelamation of surprise.
"Is that you, Kathleen ?" he managed
| stammer.
t is, Dan.” *
gate was thrown open, and he
har to hia heart, ad* for a few
i the only sound was the sobbing
i lovers, whose peace and pro^roota
J been blasted ifi so short a time.
most lavo ye, Kathleen. The day
soon be here, and with the light
i the danger.”
I “And where are ye gain’, Dan, an’ what
> ye intind to do ?”
"Where cm I goiu’, Kathleen Acnsblu!
fhere can I go bnt to the, mountains,
sbere so many have fled from the op
pressors of the people ?”
“And whaVll do there, Dsn?" she
asked in a low voioe, as she drew him
aside, so as to be ont of bearing of bis
companions.
“I don't mans to do a wrong, Kalb-
cuaptxb x.
THE ALARM.
Captain Gore, as may be imagined, felt
neither physically comfortable nor men
tally happy when, after Kathleen had
passed, he emerged dripping from the
lake. His horse was gone, his clothing
taken away, and he had every reason to
believe an unseen guard wonld shoot him
down if he left the limits named by Mike
Delaney. He h^l a dread of this man,
for be knew down in his heart how deeply
he had wronged him, and yet' he would
have added to his own crime at that mo
ment by giving half of all he owned if be
were nssurtd Mike Delaney was dead-
nay, be would have given it to an assassin
to have killed him. Captain Gore through
the cheerless black hours walked about
laying plans of vengeance. At last he
heard a body of men approaching, and
soon after his own lia'no was called. He
answered the summons of Mike Delaney
sullenly.
“I have accomplished what I came for,
Captain Gore. Had I come on my own
business, you would havo been dead and
at the button of the lake. But your day
is coming; Icon wait.”
Mike threw the Captain’s clothes on the
ground near to where his watch and purse
still lny, and then with his companions he
passed up the lake.
Captaiu Gore was not long in slipping
into his clothes, nor did it reqnire much
mental debate os to the road he should
take, for the moment he was dressed he
hurried as quick os his stiff limbs would
let him in the direction of the town.
On reaching home he found Sullivan
half drank and asleep. Boosing him with
a kick, the Captain asked,
“Where is my horse, sir ?”
“Faith I don’t know, yet honor. Didn’t
ye have him with ye ?”
“Yes, but be got away. He must have
eoiue back to the stable.”
“Niver a fut of him, yet honor; he
went over to tho ould home, depind on it.
An’ sure if 1 thought there was anything
tho mutter, it’s mesel’ would be sarohin’
for you an’ the horse the whole blessed
night.”
“No donbt of it, yon drnnken dog.
Bring me Borne brandy, then go and call
Doctor Gramt.”
Sullivan became astonishingly aotive in
a moment, aud placing the brandy on the
table, Captain Gore took a drink that
would have astonished and won the lasting
admiration of that veteran toper, the Doc
tor.
Grant soon made his appearance in a
wrapper, end seeing the Captain’s pale
face and excited manner, he prescribed a
little more brandy, and took advantage of
the ocoasion to show bis faith in his own
medicine.
Ordering Snllivan to close the door and
leave the room—an order the lackey ap
parently obeyed, for ho closed the door
behind him, and then kneeling dqwn with
his ear to the key-hole, so as to be ready
to answer the Captain's call, he was re
warded tor his fidelity by hearing all the
conversation within.
Doctor Grant was breathless with amaze
ment as Captain Gore recited the adven-
tujp of the previons night, and he atonoe
said that the proper thing lo do wn to
send to headquarters for more men, in
crease the reward plaoed on the heads of
the outlaws, and then soour the oountry
till every one of them was osnght and
hanged.
My opinion oxaotly, Doctor, and I in
tend, in addition to the rewards offered,
to double the sum from my own poeket.”
“Spoken like a soldier and a loyal man,’’
said the Doctor, helping himself to more
brandy.
“By the way, did the recruits get off
last night,” asked the Captain, throwing
himself on the sofa, for his fatigue end
his potations rendered a rest necessary.
“Every d—d one of them, I believe."
“I am glad of that. There will be no
more trouble with this fellow Dan Gas-
pin.”
“Yon didn't hear of it, then 1” said the
Dootor, rising in surprise.
“Of-What?”
“Why, that the recruits got off?”
“Yes, I ordered it, and yon have just
assured me the order was carried out.’’
“Got - off, mon 1 Why, the guard was
attacked last night on the Ballinssloe
road, and every one of the recruits, in
cluding Dan Gaspin, was released.”
“By whom ?” demanded the Captain,
leaping in anger to his feet.
“By a body of masked men.”
“Ten thonssnd maledictions on them 1
Now I understand all. Why, I saws the
band pass me not two hours ago 1”
“You should thank heaven they did na
kill ye.” —
“It seems my every plan is Wbe frus
trated by these devils. Other men a thon
ssnd times worse ean do as they please,
and all goee smoothly 1”
“Never mind, Captain; better lnek next
time.”
Captain Gore did not heed this plati
tude. Day was breaking, and he deter
mined not to lose a moment in carrying
ont his designs.
Tbs officers of the gsrriBon were as
sembled. Officers were appointed, and
details made to scour the monn’ains at
once. More troops were dispatched for,
and the sun was not an hour high when
flaming placards covered the dead walla of
the city, announcing the recent depreda
tions of Mike Delaney and bis men, and
the immense reward offered for their bod
ies, “dead or alive.”
Denny Keely and old Betty were among
the first to . see them, and they saw that
an extraordinary effort was about to be
made for the capture of their friends.
“It may go hard, Dinny, wid the boys
in the mountain,” said Betty, as she saw
detachments of soldiers hurrying through
the streets and crowds gathering with hun
gry eyes about the bills offering rewards.
“Yes, Betty; but Mike must expect it,”
was Denny's answer.
“I'd like him to know just how things
is. If he had one of thim bills, an’ knew
the town was alarmed, and the eonrse the
soldiers was fakin', it might be a help to
hiim”
‘*Ye’re right, Betty; an' if ye get me a
bill I'll takehim one this blessed moftiin’.”
Betty, in answer, palled a bill from un
der her oloak, and seoreting it on his per
son; Denny soon after left the town and
tamed towards the mountain.
Captain Gore did not rest satisfied with
his efforts to capture the outlaws. He
felt himself so wronged that he deter
mined to gratify his outraged feelings by
every mesne in his power. With thiB in
tention, he sent for his steward and or
dered him to proceed at onoe to oolleet
the rent from old Gaspin.
“Bnt they have not a penny.”
“Then distrain; turn,them out on the
world; sell everything they have, and
they will either go to their son or bring
him to them.”
The steward could not refuse, mnoh os
he disapproved of the course, and that
day stepB were taken to tarn Dsn Gas-
pin’s father and mother, helpless and poor,
into the cold world.
enltivsted I sold and gathered the pennies,
and the garden I have made profitable to
you and myself."
She pushed the gold and the book to
wards him, bnt unnotioing both he’rose,
and throwing his arms sbont her, as the
teanstresmed down his cheeka, he sobbed,
“The blessin’ of Heaven be on my
obild. Sure Larry Brehan ean't be poor
when God has blessed him with snch chil
dren."
‘I saved the money, father, for the
stormy day that was eomia', and I often
■aid, as I put a shillin’ away, if my father
don’t need it, why it'll be a surprise to
the man that marries me. Now, one-half
of this I’ll give to Dan tbia blessed night,
and he’ll pay ns back when he’s safe be
yond the say, an’ the rest I'll keep; for if
the crops fail this year, wo'li need every
penny. And I can add to it by Bellin’
sewin’ I have on hand; an’ I'm goin” to
part with the little horse an' jauntin’ car;
it don't beeome me tq have them, when
we can't raise money from the ground to
pay the landlord.”
Kathleen had just put aside her little
treasure, and her father had just gone out
to his work, when a party of soldiers and
mounted police stopped before the gate.
Great was her surprise at seeing Captain
Gore walking np the path with an un
steady step. She met binr at the door
and took his extended hand, when ho
raised hors to his Ups and begged £#see
her alone for a moment.
“Speak here, Captain Gore, where my
mother oan hear us,” she said, as with pale
fsee she stepped back.
“Ah, Kathleen, ye’re as cold as the ioe,”
said the Captain, with an attempt to smile.
“Yes, and as pare,” added Mrs. Bre
han.
“Certainly—of course, Mrs. Brehan;
but what I wanted to say is this: There
are a number of ontlawB hidden baok here
in the mountains, anl we have determined
to exterminate them at all hazards. Now,
it is too far to oarry the reports into town,
and I have therefore determined to estab
lish my quarters on Ibis side of the lake.''
“You have the right, sir, to do that.”
“Yes, Mrs. Brebsn, but I wished to ask
it yon would permit me to remain here
till the affair is over. It ean only be a
day or two.”
f ‘Ii
OHAPTEB XI.
THE HUNT.
“Yon don’t look well this morning,
Kathleen,” remarked Mrs. Brehan, ss they
sat at the breakfast tnble the morning
sncooeding the escape of Dan Gaspin.
“No, I haven't slept mnoh; bnt I wi**
lie soon all right.” She then related to
her mother all she knew about Dan's es-
enpe, and what she made him promise to
do.
“Bnt, Kathleen, dsrlin’,” said her
father, “where are yon goin’ to get the
money ? Sure we ain't even able to pay
the rint.”
“I know that; but if we osnnot make
the money on the place to pay the rent, I
don’t think we should go outside to bor
row it ?”
“Nor I ayther, for that wouldn’t be
honest," said her father.
“Then I’ll tell ye where I’ll get the
money.” Kathleen rose, went to her lit
tle room, and retamed with a parcel tied
up with green ribbons. Sitting down, sbe
unfolded it, and displayed to the aston
ished gaze of her father a heap of gold
that startled him, though twenty poonde
would have covered the lot.
“In the name of the saints, Kathleen,
how did ye come by that ?" asked her now
ashen-faced father.
“Honestly, as the daughter of Larry
Brehan only could."
She then produced a little book filled
with figures, and continued, “Here I have
set down every penny I have saved, made
an' gathered for five years. See, father,
the ftnoy sewin’ ye tbongbt snoh a waste
of time I've been paid fox; the flowers I
would, sn’ welcome, sir, but tho cot
tage of s poor farmer hasn't the accom
modations for a gentleman like you.”
“I assure yon, if that is tho only ob
jection, yon mnst not consider it. My
servant will pitch a tent outside, and my
eooking will be done there, and the food
brought from the city, though I should be
more than happy to share your fare.
What say you ? Can I remain ?"
“Of oonrse, sir. I ean’t refuse the lord
of the estate.”
“Ah, you have a kind heart, Mrs. Bro-
hsn. Thank you.”
Gore withdrew, and joined a party of
officers and men at the gate.
This was a new blow to Kathleen,
though sbe saw no possible way of avoid
ing it. Captain Gore would remain there,
and as certainly Dan Gaspin would come
down the monntain that night and meet
her at the {ilaco and time named. She
could not Bee a way ont of the trouble at
onoe; bo sbe assumed a placid bearing,
not st all consistent with her feelings, and
waited for the developments the night
had in Btore.
Captain Gore had a donble motive in
this move—the first was to watch closely
those points where Dan Gaspin would be
likely to appear, and the next to avail
himself of this opportunity for making a
favorable impression on the heart of the
beautiful girl. The first was possible,
the seeond motive as useless ss tho exist
ence of the man who contemplated it,
[to be oontinueu.J
RCIRNTIITU HOTEL
The Bogus Bee.—Sir John Lnbbock
and the Chicago Tribune have been unit
ing to destroy the roputution of the “little
bnsy bee.” They pronounce that “ani
mated torrid zone a simple fool.” This
crushing blow to the beto noir of child
hood will be hailed with tmiversul joy.
The ugly insect lias buzzed around the
oars uf lazy people aud stung them into
working when they didu’t want to on false
pretences. To be suro, the creature la
bors, but its intelligence, its high moral
tone—all the virtues aommonly attributed
to it, save industry, are nou-existent. It
is but a stupid brute, despite its hexagon
cells, despite its boasted ingenuity, despite
Linnmus aud Dr. Watts put together. Sir
John Lubbock has tested the bee intelleot,
and has found it wanting. He rejects the
idea that they communicate quite complex
ideas to each other. He oombsts the be
lief that they are shrewd. He has enticed
bees into his parlor, and has there, by bis
experiments, destroyed their reputation
as thoroughly as the spider did the fly.
First, he put some honey iu the room near
an open window. Eight bees were brought
to it, one after auolher. Each loaded it
self and flew away. Not one had souse to
come baok. Hir John afterward placed a
hive uf bees in the room, between tho open
window und the honey.
The main eutrunoe was toward the win
dow, but he eat a smaller one at the back
of the hive, by the honey. Very few
beea came out of thia back door, and
nearly all of those which d.d so flew to
the window, apt finding the sweets at all.
The few which did find the honey worked
steadily to got it into the hive, but did
not communicate thoir disoovery to tho
others. Either they oould not, or else
they were inordinately selflsh. In either
event their efficiency as moral mentors is
sadly impaired. Perhaps the most strik
ing proof of the semi-idiocy of the aver
age beo is tha oondnet of ono of tho
tribe in a boil-gl. ss. The glass was 18
inches long, with a mouth inches iu
diameter. The closed end was turned
toward the window. The bee inside buz
zed about for so hour in the attempt to
f ret out, but kept always st the end by the
igbt, quite unslde to find the easy egress
at the other. It was Anally released, in
despair and disgna*.. Hir John suggests,
in view of this display of stupidity, that
the beea which sometimes buzz so dis-
tractingly about our rooms are not doing
it for fun, but beeause tboy have lost
their way and are roaming in helpless
search for it. If these journeys are real
ly as distasteful to them as to ua, their ex
asperating conduct loses its last exesse.
On these and other experiments the inves
tigator grounds his theory. He will find
few to say him nav. It is a joy to know
that the busy lies is really a zany.
STATE'S JIBBERS.
Pen-and-ink Sketches of
Norton, Billings, Beck
with, Jim Clark and
Charles Clinton.
KELLOGG'S CHUT ADVISE
A Professional Camblsr
Tax Collector of tho
Richest District of
New Orleans.
LOUISIANA’S FINANCES IN
BAD HANDS.
State Auditor Clinton Not
Only Unscrupulous, But
Positively Dishonest.
XBto.. Bto„ unto., 30*o.
[fbom oub own ooaatspONnENT.]
f New Obleans, June 1, 1874.
In a previous -letter E. E. Norton, one
of the quartette of which Judge Dnrell,
E. G. Billings and United State* District
Attorney Beckwith arc tha other three,
waa incidentally introduced aa one of
those who are generally believed that
they lord it over Kellogg, and in whose
hands the latter ia said to be but a conve
nient automaton—a poppet that will
dance just aa you poll the Hirings, with
out any will of fta own. Dnrell may be
passed over with sllont contempt; bis
cn e ia now before Congrees, and though
there ia bnt little probability that he will be
impeaohed, party considerations render
ing such notion imprudent, enough baa
been developed to ahow the enormity of
his crimes.
NOBTON
is known as Dnrell’s Universal Assignee
in bankruptcy cases—a moat profitable
employment for one who baa a atretohy
conscience. Norton oame to New Orleans
poor, and ranks now with the wealthiest,
owning a flue mansion on Oanal street
and driving one of the fastest and best-
blooded teams in this city. How hia
wealth has been acquired has been suf
ficiently shown in the investigation into
Judge Durell'a oonduot instituted by
Congress—down; jght, unblushing rob
bery is the only term for it. Iu January,
18711, Norton aspired to Senatorial honors,
for which, aided principally by Durall
and Billings, he laid tha wires during the
campaign of 1872. When the election
came off, Pinehbaok, however, carried
the day, Norton obtaining only two votee,
those of tha brothers P, F. and E. F.
Hcrwig, both of, them members of the
State Senate, and the former of whom
runs the New Orleans Ouatom-bouao us
Caaey’a special deputy. It ia a matter of
record that Norton bad paid Pinubbock
the sum of fifteen thoasand dollars in
consideration of the latter’s promise to
withdraw from the Senatorial contest and
to leave the field free to Norton. Pinch
beck took the money, and it ia thought
that he used part of it for hia own elec
tion, leaving Norton all tho time in Ibo
belief that he (Pinobbaok) would not run.
After Norton had been tbns outwitted,
Pinchbeck was, anyhow, generous enough
to refund the fifteen thousand dollars
which Norton had advanced to further hia
opponent's election. Pinobbaok oould
easily nssume the role of an honest man
in that affair, as comparatively little
money had been uaed by bitn for purchas
ing votes, Pinobbaok, I may remark e»
pueeant, was elected by an illegal Legisla
ture, and there is no probability that be
will be admitted to a seat iu tho United
States Senate; but in justice I mnst say that
the election was cot secured by recourse
to dishonest meaua in the shape of money
bribes to any considerable extent; bia
eleetion waa a question of color, and tha
oolored element triumphed, in that in
stance, over the white carpet-bag clique.
To return, however, to Norton, it may not
be uninteresting to readers abroad to ob
tain Borne general outlines of the personal
appearance of the man—the eignalement,
aa Europoan police authoritiee call it
when they publish the description of u
notod criminal and ask hia appreheosion.
Norton, to judge from bla appearance,
weighs about a hundred and eighty
pounds, and stands, I shonld think, five
feet eight in hia boots. • He oarries him
self ereot, though hiB walk ia somewhat
alouohy, and reaemhh s that of a oat when
entioiug a viotim. His hands are large,
and hia fingers uncommonly bony and re
markably long, showing an unusual capa
bility for grabbing, and klcptomanio tea.
deucy generally. Tbo face of the man,
clean shaven and furrowed, is nut ono to
awaken confidence; it resembles that of
the individual whom, on general princi
ples, you will not believe on oath. There
is something indescribably cynical about
the man's features. Meet (hat face in
crowd, aud you will set it down as the
index to utter depravity and contempt for
all that is sacred and honorable. In Nor
ton’s watery eyes there is a continual
sneer; and when they light up with anger
or passion, and assume a deeper hne of
giittoring steel blue, you will fanoy they
are the eyes of some infernal being. And,
then, to hear the man's voice 1 You can
not help thinking he must, in earlier
yean, have suffered from Rome throat
disease which apparently baffled the skill
of physicians. Hoarse and woolen, and
harsh in the extreme, but diatmot in its
utteranoea, nevertheless, aa that voice is,
you cannot tael other than uncomfortable
in the presenoe of that man—a voice
whose every tone arouses distrust, and
warns yon to be well on your guard.
Norton ia known to be aa unscrupulous as
ha is reported to be dishonest. During
tbe first few months of Kellogg's admin
istration, Norton .exercised considerable
influeneo over him, and aeonrod a number
of appointments; but that influence has
been waning of late; or, at any rate, ia
not exeroiaed with the nonchalant easo of
a year ago.
E. 0. BILLINGS
la a lawyer of more than average capaci
ty, practicing ohiefly in the United States
District and Cirauit courts in this city,
nnd it is a ourrent report, not denied by
Billings, that ha possesses Judge Durell's
Mr, nnd hna tbe power to influence bis
opinions. It ia owing to this oironmatance
in a larger measure perhaps than to his
legal attainments that Billings baa amass
ed a large fortune in New Orleans. The
readers of tha Enqcibeu-Sun will, per-
haps, remember Billings as the individual
who wrote DoreU's infamous midnight
order, whioh plaoed Kellogg into power,
at DoreU's d rotation in the latter's room,
and also m one of Kellogg's counsel in
the several suite before Dnrell preceding
the installation of Kellogg, Billings, iu
1872, was an aspirant to gubernatorial
honors, with good ohanoea of reaeiving
the Bepublioan nomination; in fact, at
tbe nominating convention in Baton
Bouge, he reoeived only one tote less
than Kellogg. Had it not been for tbo
strenuous efforts of the Onatom-houao
faction—whioh now, howevor, regrets its
action and makes no secret of this re
gret—Billings would have beon nomina
ted in plaoe of Kellogg. Ho would, how
ever, have proven as unacceptable to the
large majority of the white people os hia
competitor; for, in the Drat place, Bil
lings ia known to hold the negro In higher
esteem than the Caucasian, and to prefer
the former's sooiety to that of white men;
aud then, hq is looked upon aa one of
those intriguing sort of fellows who will
sell out their moat devoted friends. Bil
lings expended abont thirty-five thousand
dollars in bis endeavor to obtain tbe nom
ination for Governor, George W. Garter,
who, in the same convention, was defeat
ed in hia aspirations for tbe nomination
for Attorney-General, waa Bi lings' prin
cipal champion. Unlike Billings, Garter
could never get reconciled to the turn af
fairs took, and iB now far from being
friendly to th* Kellogg administration.
Billings ia abont forty-five years of 'age;
ia tall and alim; lias an intelligent face,
framed in by u jet. black beard; piercing
black eyea; ami he bears himself like a
man who knows his worth. Had be been
so elected, he oould have exerted much
influence over the Kellogg administration,
bnt it seems that hia ambition does not
incline that way.
j. a. BECKWITH,.
who, in hia capaoity aa United Slates Dis
trict Attorney, championed Kellogg’s
oause, and who ia now again making him
self consplououa aa prosecuting attorney
tn the Grant pariah affair, has, in my
opinion, been loo greatly maligned.
I only know Beokwith by sight,
and have no speaking acquaintance
with him, but to judge the man from hia
appearance, I cannot believe him the vil
lain he has been represented. His is an
open, manly, determined, courageous fnco,
whioh inspires confldenoe at first sight.
I may be mistaken in my estimate of tho
man, but this ia tho impression he has
made npon me. It has always seemed lo
me that in the Kellogg affair, as well as
in the Grant pariah trial, Mr. Beckwith
has followed leas hia own inolination than
positive orders from Attorney General
Williams. When, early in 1878, the sev
eral offiees in the gift of Kellogg were
filled, Mr. Beckwith came in for a very
smalt share. He ouly obtained ono ap
pointment, and it is my belief that lie
wonld not have askod even for that hud
not a oertain influence been exerted over
him which no marriod gentleman can
woll afford to disregard. Aa it was, the
tax asseaaorehip for the Fifth District of
Orleans pariah waa, at Mr. Beokwith'a in
stance, given to a Mr. A. Eyriob, a Canal
street book-seller, who, it ia the general
opinion, eapeoially among Republicans,
waa entirely undeserving of tbo offleo.
Abont two months ago Mr. Eyrioh was re
moved from office. I may add that Mr.
Beckwith ia very unassuming in hia man
ners, and is said to be a good lawyer. Of
the whole erew of those I have mentioned
in this and preceding letters, he appears
to be the least culpable. How far Lis in
fluence over Kellogg would go, were he
to exert it, mast remain n matter of con-
jeotnre.
A greater influence than the Dnroll
crowd, as the three Individuals may bo
styled who oconpied my attention in the
foregoing remarks, exercise, or rather
oaro to exeroiae, over Kellogg, is exerted
by a professional gambler, named
JAMES CLARK,
an adventurer, both by inclination and by
profesaion. When the free gambling law
prevailed in New Orleans in 1807 and
1808, and almost every other bouse on Ht.
Charles street was a gambling hell,
licensed by law, and the business carried
on openly day and night, Clark u known
to have been interested in two or more of
those establishments ; and it ia asserted
that even reoently—some four or five
months ago—he had a proprietary inter
est in a gambling saloon at No. 82 Itoyul
street, whioh, by tbe connivance of Kel
logg's police. waB permitted to be kept in
open blaze nntil it got to be too great a
nuisance, and publio indignation com
pelled Kellogg to iaane orders for having
it olosed np, together with several other
gambling saloons, which arc known to
have paid a stipulated weekly tribute to
Kdjogg's police commissioners, whichlat-
ter employed speoial collectors for that
purpose. Early in tbe campaign of 1872
Clark attached himself to Kellogg, and
constituted himself one of his confidential
advisers, which position he still occupies
and utilizes. As a matter of oonrse Clark
had to be provided for, and not only a fat,
but emphatically the fattest office in Kel
logg’s gift waa bestowed upon him—the
tax collectorship for the First District of
tbe parish of Orleans. Certainly, Kel
logg conld not have reconciled such an
appointment with hia voluble professions
of honesty, reform, retrenchment, and
all that sort of political soft soap; so he
asst abont hia eye for a suitable parson in
whose name the commission conld be
mndo ont, and who, for a certain money
allowance, would permit the• use of hia
name for that purpose. The dioiee fell
upon a bankrupt Cump street olothing
merchant, N. C. Folger, brother of La
fayette Folger, one of the largest hard
ware merchants in the city, aud a man
who is classed among the “oldest and
best.” Folger agreed to the use of hta
name for an annual consideration of six
thousand dollars. Tbe real collector,
however—that is, the man who pockets
the profits—ia Jim Clark. You must know
that fully one-fifth ofl|all the State taxes
and State licenses collected in the city cud
throughout the State arc collected in the
First District of New Orleans. The col
lector of that district receives two and a
half per cont. commission' from collec
tions of taxes, and five per cent, from
collections of lioenses. The total collec
tions in city and interior parishes in 1873
amounted to $4,01(1,(190 04; of which
amount $939,201 58 were collected in
Jim Clark’soffloe. It ia not only tho com
mission on this large amount, but the
temporary use of the money, or a consid
erable portion of it, for individual pur
poses which makes Clark's office a paying
one, indeed. It is generally credited that
Clark shares with Kellogg one-half of the
profits of tho offloe, Clark’s tax colloe-
torehip pajs even better than any of hia
previous gambling enterprises. Thisman
Clark is, aa I aaid before, one of KeL
logg’a nioBt trusted adviser*, and during
tbe last session of tbe Legislature waa
also a very active lobbyist- in his own aa
well as in Kellogg's Interest. Kellogg has
bo little feeling uf honor left—if he ever
had any—that he publicly drives ont with
Clark, who, mark well, is known aa a pro
fessional gambler whose history would
not well bear inquiring into.
Enough of Clark, however. Lot me
turn my attention to another interesting
individual, and introduce to the readers
of tho Enouireb-Hon Kellogg’s Auditor of
Public Accounts, *
CHAS. CLINTON.
A bitter partisan; hating the flouthand
all that ia Southern with a hate os intense
ns it» unrelenting; nnednoated ; narrow
minded and prejudiced; raffian-iike, and
at times brntal, by instinct, in utterances
and in notions; overhearing in answer
and in language; unscrupulous; of a
daring bo'dnesa; hypocritical when hy
pocrisy oan aorve hia purposes; mulish
to an extraordinary degree; by disposi
tion, by inclination and through iguo-
ranco an autocrat—this ia Charles Clinton.
In person ho is of a splendid physique- -
toughly built, weil -proportioned, broad-
chested and broad-shouldered, with a
regular bull dog head towering over his
powerful frame—the beau ideal of tho
prize ring. He is about forty five years
of ago. Clinton ia a devont Christian, a
church member, and a member of the
Young Men’s Christian Association, of
which organization he was also one of the
olficors, hut which position the association
compelled him to resign, bo having, iu
the op uion of the association, nut acted
in accordance with Christian principles
and not reflected oredit npon tbe Y. M.
C. A. This resignation affair oreated
quite a squabble at the time. It is, how
ever, not of sufficient interest that I
should go over its details. Of the whole
crowd of his partisans, Kellogg is afraid
of none as ho is of Clinton, who lords it
over him in a manner that ia beautiful to
behold; in fact, Kellogg stands in mortal
four of him, and dares do nothing whioh
might incur the displeasure of hia chief
financial ofiiaer. While Kellogg is bated,
Clinton is despised. The people of Lou
isiana know that the maaagement aud
oontrol of tho State's finances are in bad,
unscrupulous hands, and thoy fear that
Clinton’s boasted honosty is an idle pro
fession—a more blind to more efficiently
oover up dubious transactions. Iu bow
far tliis fear is justified will be shown in
my next letter. There will bo no iittlo
howling in tho camp of tho faithful when,
iu my next letter, proofs, positive and ir
refutable, will be furnished that Charles
Clinton is as die/umeet as he is unscrupu
lous uud bold; but let them howl—and
let tho grand jury do its duty.
Vidette.
—Sixtcou fine salmon caught at Vonzie,
Maine, the lot weighing upwards of three
hundred pounds, were sent to Boston
from Bangor last week. Two of the
iurgost had in their fina silver tags, plaoed
there l>y the Bueksport Breeding Works
wbon they were oaught before.
—Tho San Fraucisoo Bulletin saya: “If
half tbo reports and rumors which have
been circulated about quicksilver discov
eries during the last throe weeks should
turn out to be true, there would be au
amount of quicksilver produced in Cali
fornia iu the next few years far beyond
anything ever known before."