The tribune. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, December 13, 1876, Image 1
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YOL. Iir.?NO. 4., BEAUFORT, S. C., -DEC-EMBER 13, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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The I<H?t V' j.
It pleased G >d to ft rm " poor Nod "
A. thing cf idict mind,
Xet, t? tliis i>oor. unreasoning lad,
Gad had not oeesi nnkiuiL
" Old Sarah 'Movod hor ltelplees child,
Whom hetplei-HiieBB mnde dear,
And he ?as everything to her.
Who knew no hope nor fear.
She know his want*
She understood each half artionlate call;
And be was evorything to her
And she to him was all.
Thus they loved for many a year,
Nor knew a wish beside ;
Till age, at. last, on Harah came,
And ahe fell aiok and died.
He tried in vain to waken her ;
He called her o'er and o'er ;
They told him the was dead?
The sound to him no import bore;
They laid her in the narrow bonee ;
They sang the funeral stave;
Bat when the fnneral train dispersed.
He loitered by the grave.
The rabble boys that need to Jeer,
Wiieno'flr tlmv baw ? ?w\f a "
N > a stood and watched him by the grave,
D it not a word they said.
They cam* ,*they went, and camo again,
Till night at last came on ;
Acd etiil he loitered by the grave
Till evory one was gone.
And when he fonnd h roeelf alone,
He quick removed the clay;
He raited tho c< filn ap iu haste,
And bore <t sw?ft away.
And b >te it to hie mother's cot,
Au 1 placed it on the floor.
And, iu hie eagerueea of Joy,
He barrod tbo cottage door.
Ho lifted out hie mother's corso
And placed it iu her chair,
And then he heaped the hearth,
And blow the fire wi'li care.
He placed his mother in her phair
And Ip her fronted place ;
Again he blew the Are which shone
R tloo ol on her (ace.
.
And pansiog now her hand would feel,
And now he face behold:
" Mother,'why you look eo palo ?
Say, wliy are you so oold ?"
ic uau mixl G j6 from tLia poor boy
HiW Oiity In pfc to call;
But hooij rgafn a ne'ojmo death
Berft >rtd Co hiru Jiie *11.
Safe
THE GOLD OUST ROBBERY.
On Muy 16,1855, three boxes, oontaining
gold, were taken to the Southeastern
railway company's station at London
bridge for the purpose of being conveyed
to Paris. The boxes were bound
? with iron hoops or bats, and after having
been weighed and sealed were plaead,
according to the usual practice, in iron
safes. These safes were secured by
Chubb*b patent locks, duplicate keys of
which wero intrusted to confidential servants
o* the company at Folkestone,
Boulogne and Paris As a farther precaution,
the guard of the train usually
took the safes into his own van, and was
thus enabled to see to their safety during
the journey. On tho night in question,
one Burgess, who had been fifteen
ye rs in the company's service, was the
gpiard of the train, and in his van the
iron safes ijere plaoed. On their arrival
at Bonlogne, tho boxes were taken ont i
of the safes and weighed, and the same 1
process was again gone through at
Paris. At the latter place it was aseer- ]
tained that a considerable portion qi the '
bullion had* been abstracted from the 1
boxes and a quautity of shot substituted 1
for it. and on a comparison of the weight 1
at different stages of the journey, it was :
found that the weighte at Paris corresponded
with those at Boulogne, but
varied frbra those which were taken in
London. From this it was evident that
the robbery most have been committed !
between London and Boulogne, but
further thau this, the strictest investiga- j
ftion appeared to afford no qlew to the
discovery of the criminals. In faot, 1
nearly two yearB elapsed before the mystery
was cleared up, and so skillfully
had flw crime been planned and exeented,
Hmt it even then beoame known
only through dissensions among the
thieves themselves. 1
In October, 18fi5, a person of the ;
name of Agar w&a tried and convicted of 1
uttering a forged check, and sentenced *
to transportation for Ufe. At the time (
of his arrest he had in his poe session a 1
oonsiderrble aam of money, amounting 1
to several thousand pounds, and he ar- 1
ranged with William Pieroe, a retired I ;
wholesale grocer residing in an elegant [
villa at Kilbnrn, that the latter should 1
take possession of all his property, with 11
me amienftauding thai a woman in 1
whom Agar wminterested, and by whom 1
he had a c^iild, should be provided for 1
ovtof its proceeds. This Pierce did for 1
some time, Irat eventually, when Agar 1
had been convicted, neglected his J
promises, and thus allowed the woman
and bar child to be reduced to a state '
of the greatest distress. This faot oom- 1
ing to the knowledge of Agar, he oame
forward and made public ?e whale air- <
cumstanoeypi the robbery. The story i
ha told wksa grapfaie one, and a form-!1
Ida ill/htration of the fact that in the 11
present age a greater amount oi talent <
and capital Is invested in the pursuit Of j
crime a* a profession than ever betoiv.. I
!: V The picture Agar drew of himself with I
SBffiSftS Ss1
?di dwS ??? i
?aw with flrsk-<jlM8 tickets,
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was a view of criminal enterprise hardly <
to be looked for. t
In consequence of his disclosures, on i
Jan. 12, 1857, William Pierce, Bnrgess *
the guard, and a traffio clerk named 1
Tester, wete plao. d at the bar, charged j
with stealing two hnndred weight of l
gold, and Agar was called to the stand. 1
He was a gentlemanly, well edncated 1
man of forty-one, who by his own ao- 1
knowledgment had lived by crime since j
his thirtieth year. Acoor&iug to his 1
own story he was nritlier enticed into <
wrong doing by the accidents ot special i
temptation, or allured by the seductions I
of yetaran offenders. That ho might at j
one time have known want is possible,
bat he had evidently learned economy )
to some purpose, for, while in his last j
legitimate situation, he saved ?500, ;
which ne carried with him nrtion V>.? mo
it. He frankly oonfessed that he had j
been more or less engaged iu crime for .
sixteen years, bnt what was its portion- <
lur or prevailing charaoter was more ,
than oould be elicited on examination. ]
Ho had "been in tho United 8tates, j
where he speonlated a good deal;" bad
" disoounted bills;" and had " reoeivod j
tho proceeds of several forgeries." ,
More remarkable even than the details j
of his grand coup is his plain aokuowl- ]
edgment that he was under 110 kind of i
pressure from anything like poverty or
destitution. "At this time," he said,
"I was not in want of mouey;" au
avowal which ho presently expanded and
confirmed by the admission that he pos- (
H'-ssed no less a sum than ?3,000. The .
old proverb?"Ill-got, ill-spent"?did j
not hold good in his case, for it was all (
invested in government securities. In ,
fact, as the judge, who presided at the .
trial, told the jury, he seems to have '
been called into the case because of his
piufessional talents, in the same way as
an eminent lawyer or physician might .
have been.
Pierce, who, before he became a j
grocer, had been in the employ of the
company, first broached the subject to
Agae before his visit to the United
S.,ft<*, and ho then deemed it impractical
>le. Upon his return, Pieroe asked
hiru if he hud thought any more of the
robbery. Agar said he believed it would
bt impracticable unless au impression .
of the keys could be procured. Pieroe .
th n said he thought he could get an
in-. preRKion if Agar wonld undertake the ,
biisinesa. This ho agreed to do, it being
ui. ierstood that two other persons, Bur- j
/rwjM and T^?tnr worn ? -? ?1
_ yw u.;mili<JKlU jj
vn^.h the affair. A.bout twelve mouths
b- fore the robbery Agar sent dovn to {
Folkestone to recounoiter. Tester was j
at that time station master at Margate, (
ami at his house Agar stayed over night. ]
T> ster showed the expect i?n iron safe (
wiih a Chubb look at Margate station, .
m; i asked if that would be of any ser- ]
vice in making the keys. Agar explain- j
ed that it would not, and Tester growled |
at the ill luck which had caused the ,
j.?b to bo put up " so late. lie was j
himself at one time in the Folkestone ,
station, and could have got hold of the (
keys if needed. 4
Agar, however, did not despair. On <
bi t return to Loudon he suggested that
Pierce and himself should take the sea
air for a time, engagiug apartments at .
Folkestone. They oould thus watch the
trains iu and oat, and see how the keys
of the bullion chest were to be got at. 1
They accordingly took up their quarters, 1
under assumed names, at a first-class *
house at Folkestone and.stayed there a
fortnight. Every day they went down e
to the harbor on the arrival of the tidal c
train from London, and of the Boulogne '
boat, and watched carofally to see what
was doce with the keys. This visit took c
plaoe nearly a year oefore the robbery c
was accomplished. OwiDg to their 8
presence at the station so often, the 8
police took notice of them, and the in- 1
speotor followed Pieroe. He " took c
him thrr.nnrb 11m 1a?> " * ?
-o- ttway, an J I
raturr.ed to Ijondon. Agar returned a
few days later.* The trip had not been *
bootless; they had noticed the arrival o
and departnre of the bullion chest and t
an one occasion saw it opened. It was n
placed on the platform, and a man named b
Bharman came and -looked it with a key *
which was attached to a label from which 1
another key was suspended. Agar saw f<
Bharman take these into the station a
house. About eight or nine months be- fl
foro the robbery it was again arranged a
that he should go to Folkestone. Tee- r
ter met him there, as if by chanoe, and F
introduced him to Bharman. The latter, a
however, tamed out to be "a very se- t
date young man," and no information ?
90uld be gleaned from him. The mat- a
ter now rested for a while, and it seemed f;
is if it must be abandoned, when Tee- t
ter, Ivho was then in the London office, fl
3ote that one of the duplicate keys a
s lost, that the Chest 'was going to s
Messrs. Ohnbb's to have the oombina- v
tiou changed and new keya fitted, and I
that he was to take eharge of the matter, b
and to receive the new keys from v
Ohnbb's. Pierce and Agar met him by 1
appointment at a beershop in Tooley c
street; he brought the new key with I
him, Agar retired to a bedroom, took (
an impression of it, and returned it to r
Tester, who hurried around to the offim. a
without exciting any suspicion by his de- s
by. t
Thia stroke of good look enoouraged *
the confederates, though it was but a *
single step gained. As only one key had
been lost, only one look had* been over- \
banled (each safe had two), and the key t
of the other had newer been in Testers c
possession. It must be gdt held of, and t
the way in wbidh this was done is one of n
the boldest stroke* the friends attempt- t
ed. The man at-Folkestone who had s
oharge of the keys and his assistant t
used occasionally, on the arriral of the o
Boulogne > boat, to leave the station t
house unoccupied some fen ruinates. *
The lock of the building was a common a
>ne, and with an ordinary assortment of
skeleton keys they oould not fail to open
t in a moment. It was neoeesary, however,
to first asoertain whereabouts in
he station house the safe key was kept.
\gar therefore wont to Folkestone, and,
mder tho assumed name of Adam, took
odgiugs at the Pavilion Hotel. While
here, Pierce forwarded him a box containing
?300 in sovereigns (advanced by
\gar for the purpose). On a Monday
lie called at the station, his box appeared
an the way-bill, and one Ohapman, then
iu charge of the office, took the key
From a cupboard, opened the safe, and
gave the sovereigns to Agar.
He now had all the information be
required. Ho returned to London, and
in company with Pierce went down to
Dover by a train, arriving at midday.
They walked over to Folkestone, reach
ing tncro beforo tho boat came in. Tliey
(Talked about tho harbor till she arrived,
when Chapman and his assistant left the
jffioe for tho pier. Tho confederates
hurried to the door?fortune favored
bhem?it was not even locked. While
Piorce watched outside, Agar entered,
hurriedly took an impression of the key,
and they both left the office before the
return of the station master. They hurried
over to Dover, and back to London
the same day.
Upcn their return Agar had some
blank keys made and began to file them
down to the size of the impression he
had taken. It was weary work. He
commenced at Pierce's, but, having
made up an old quarrel with his mistress,
Fanny Kay, no hired a house at
Cambridge Villas, and there finished his
task. A new actor now made his appearance
on the scene ; Burgess wae
mudo acquainted with all that had been
done. "It is a good job," said ho,
"and I will do my best to help you."
The next step was to fit the keys to the
locks of tho bullion chest, and Agar
made s /mo seven or eight trips with
Burgess in the van before ho suoceoded
in so doing.
A year had now passed in constant
prepaiation, and in order to secure a
fitting reward for their toil and trouble,
tho confederates determined to wait
until at least twelve thousand pounds
went down the lino. The final arrangements
were made. Pierce and Agar
went to a shot tower beyond Hungerford
suspension bridge and purchased 200
pounds of shot, which they carried to
Cambridge Villas in eight-pound and
tour-pound check bags. These smaller
jackets were put in four courier bags
B i<T0"~or-irr?> leather, which buckled
Digh up arotiud tho body and were cons'
tiled by short capes. A small black
enther bag, large enough to admit a bar
>f bullion of tho standard size, was also
provided for Tester, who was to go on to
llcdliill, there receive part of the gold,
? d convey it to London. Everything
t>ciug in readiness for the robbery, Agar
wid Pierce met nightly at London bridge
to watch for their opportunity. For a
week there was no chance, but on the
the eighth day they heard from Tester
.hat there was u large consignment soon
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?c;ild not ascertain the precise day.
Tho friends bnokled on their cornier
tings, took two large bags?" dnmmies"
?in each of which was a smaller one
vith a quantity of hay, and, hiring a
;ab, drove in the evening to St. Thomas
itreet. Agar got out and walked toward
h-> station ; Bargees came to the door
ind wiped his face. It was the proioncerted
signal, and he and Pierce pur-has-ed
their tickets and hnrried to the
rahi. The latter pnt his luggage in
'.li lrge of Burgess and got into a firstlass
carriage, while Agar walked up
.ml down the platform till the train
ti.rted, then jumped unobserved into
h t van, where he cronohed down in a
orner, and Burgess threw his apron
vor him.
No sooner was the train fairly under
my than the energetio Agar commenced
porations. He opened one safe and
ook out e. wooden box fastened with
ails and iron bands and sealed. He
ad provided himself with pincers, boxrood
wedges, sealing wax and a taper.
l?> quickly pried ope n the box, took out
inr gold bjtra, put one in Tester's bag
n<i three in tho carpetbags. He then
ill d it up with snot, fastened and
sftled it. By this time the train had
ouohed Bedhill. Tester made his apxmrance.
Burgess handed him his bag,
uu uo etariea uacK ior Aiondon. A^ar
hen opened two otber boxes, taking
owe American coin, some large bars,
nd several small ones, known as Oaliornians.
. Having secured all that he
honght ho and Pie roe oould carry, he
Hied the boxes with shot, closed and
ealed them, and returned them to the
aies. The debris was swept tip, and,
rben the train reached Folkestone,
force and Agar buckled on their courier
tags and took the valises out of Burgess'
an. Thesafeawerotaken from the train at
Folkestone, but the confederates renamed
on board till tbey reached
>over, where they put up at the Dover
lastle Hotel. They entered the coffeeoom
and ordered supper. The waiter
sked them if they wanted beds. " No,"
aid Agar, " we go back to London by
he two A. m. train." He then walked
o the pier and threw all his tools into
he sea.
After supper they walked to the railray,
and on the porter asking to see
heir tickets they presented Ostend
>nau tk L-J ? - ' - -
-v., numu ouojr iwu procured, intbis
hey were somewhat over shrewd, and
nearly brought about their own deteoion,
for the porter, surprised at the
ight of the tickets and bags, said that
to luggage had Massed through the
uatom house that day, and he supposed
bat he ought to call the inspeotor.
No," said Agar, "we came yesterday
nd ho clctH'ii the porter's eyes by sup
ping a sovereign into his hand, and they
passed on to the cars.
On their way back they opened the
large bags, took oat the hay, and hid
the bags behind the door of the waitingroom
at ono of the stations at whioh they
Btopped. The ?gold was then in the
small carpet and courier bags. On reaching
London they took a cab and ordered
the driver to bike them to the Great
Western station, but before reaching
that place explained that they had made
a mistake an i directed him to drive to
Euston square. They got out at a pub,
lie house and dismissed tho oab, but
Pierce, a few moments later,engaged an,
other in which they were conveyed to
the neighborhood of Grown Terrace.
They here dismissed the second cab and
took their bags into Pierce's house.
TllA Amorinnn rrnM
? ?? QV1U WV1U TtPO OU1V4 VUO
uoxt day, but the rest of the plunder
was in an inconvenient shape, and those
indefatigable rascals resolved to recast
it. It was removed to Agar's house, and
I they set about building a furnaoe in the
, first floor, back. They took up some of
the stones of the floor for that purpose,
aud replaced them with fire bricks.
| Fanny Kay was kept out of the room,
. bnt she testified that for days Agar and
L Pierce remained there at work; that she
constantly heard a noise like the roaring
of n furnace, and, when they appeared
at meals, they were hot and dirty. In
removing one of the crucibles it broke,
| and the gold ran over the floor. Small
1 particles of it adhered to thebrioks, four
of which were produced in court.
When they had melted the gold and
' run it into ingots, they oommenoed to
sell it little by little, and this operation
' was going on when Agar was arrested
for another offense. By this time the
confederates had each received ?700 in
notes for gold sold, and there was a
great deal not disposed of. It was all
! sold, however, before the trial, and the
Proceeds divided, except ?2,300 in
Sirkish bonds. Before his arrest Agar
had again quarreled with Fanny, and
the treasure was removed from his
h<mso to a new and elegant villa whioh
1 Pieroo had purchased at Kilburn, and
hidden in a hole dug in the floor of a
1 pantry under the front steps. The
puucu mure iouna JbOUU in goia, JEZ.iJUU
in Turkish bonds, ?3,000 in government
securities, besides bonds and mortgages,
bank notes, and other securities
|o the amonnt of ?15,000. Muoh of this
trus Agar's private property, left with
pierce to support Fanny Kay, and in
tegard to the embezzlement thereof
?Liron Martin, in sentencing the prisoner,
said that he " would rather have
been concerned in stealing the gold
than in the robbery of that wretched
woman and her child."
The prisoners were duly found guilty
and sentenced, and then there arose the
somewhat perplexing qnestion as to
what shonld bo done with the recaptured
plunder. A host of claimants struggled
for its possession. The attorney general
demanded it as a prerogative of the
crown. The city of London insisted on
a clause in its obarter which gave it a
title to the goods of all felons convicted
in tho city. The Southeastern railway
advanced the theory that it was the proceeds
of tho property stolen from them,
its nature changed, but its title undiverted.
One Saward, who was counsel 1
for the prisoners, set up a lien on it for
his fees, while Mrs. Tester and Fanny
Kay each claimed a share.
After an extended argument, the rail- 1
way oompany was allowed to take whatever
it could prove conclusively to be
tho direot fruits of the robbery of which
it had been the victim. The residue
was turned over to Sir Richard Mayne,
chief commissioner of police, with the 1
understanding that it should be applied
to the support of Fanny Kay and her 1
ohild. i
A Printer's Dream. \
A printer sat in his offioe chair, his
boots were patched and his coat thread- i
bare; and his face looked weary and
worn with care. While sadly thinkinsr '
of business debt, old Morpheus slowly
round him crept, and before he knew it
he soundly slept; and sleeping, he
dreamed that be was dead; from trouble
and toil his spirit had fled, and not even
a cow bell tolled for the peaceful rest of
his cowhide sole. As he wandered
among the shades, that smoke and
scorch in lower hades, he shortly observed
an iron door that oreaking swung
on hinges ajar, but the entranoe was
closed with a red-hot bar, and satan
himself stood peeping ont, and watohing
for travelers thereabont, and thus to
the passing printer spoke :
" Come in, my dear, it shall cost you
nothing, and never fear; this is the
plaoe where I cook the ones who never
pay their subscription sums ; for though
in life they may escape, they will find
when they're dead it is too late ; I will
show you the plaoe where I melt them
thin with red-not chains and scraps of
tin, and also where I comb their heads
wuri broken glass and melted lead, 1
and if of refreshments they only think, t
there's boiling water for them to drink; i
there's the red-hot grindstone to grind t
down his nose, and red-hot rings to wear t
on his toes, and if they mention they ]
don't like flre, I'll sew np their months <
with red-hot wire ; and then, dear sir, t
yon should see them squirm, while I roll \
them over and cook to a turn." t
With these last words the printer
awoke, and thought it all a practical i
joke, but still at times so real did it <
seem, that he cannot believe it was all a t
dream;' and often he thinks with a- 1
ohuokle and grin, of the fate of those 1
who save their tin, and never pay the i
printer.
If you want to diminish your weight, <
exercise i if you want to increase it, eat 1
heartily and ao nothing. i
AKONU THE BUSKERS.
A Description ol the Yearly Meeting or a
Pecollar Meet.
There are about 150,000 of the German
Baptist, or Danker Brethren, in
the United States. Their religions
faith is about the same as that of the
stricter orthodox ohnrches of the day,
with certain peculiar Bible observances,
certain exooedingly stiff notions of
baptism and of Christian morality
thrown in. They have a thoroughly
well defined orthodox belief in the devil.
When they baptize a convert they dip
him ander three separate times, face
foremost. The baptism is the entrance
to a new religions life, they say, and
they do not wish to enter into a religions
life backward.
A correspondent, who lately attended
a yearly meeting of the Dnnkers, says
that as tho spectator entered the church,
the meeting honse fall of well fed people
with square months, mode a striking
impression. howb oi snow wuite caps
on the one side, and of long beards on
the other, greoted the eye. The faces
all looked kin to one another, so much
alike was their expression. It was an
expression of devoutness, of peace and
of meekness. The sisters looked too
meek, indeed, to me, far too meek. My
soul instinctively rebels at the sight of a
meek woman. It's a constitutional
weakness and I can't help it. It did appear
to me that if the Dnnker sisters'
faces had just been touched up with the
least little bit more of get-up-and-fight
in them, it would have improved them
past description. It's a matter of taste,
though.
The brethren always attend a yearly
meeting. It is the custom to feed
everybody that comes to these meetings,
D unker or outsider. Sometimes a
whole beef is killed and all eaten up
during a meeting. From the immense
pyramids of loaves of bread aud the innumerable
toothsome looking pies visible,
I should think the Danker sisters
would be glad this meeting only came
onoo a year.
At five o'clock the brethren began the
services of singing, preaching and Bible
reading again. Just after nightfall the
feet washing began. When all was
ready the brethren brought the water
in, and the prooession of long bearded
men carrying foot-tubs of water, one
after another, looked not a little singular
to me.
The sweet faced Dnnker sisters
whipped ofi^ their shoes with incredible
rapidity, then one carried the little foottub
and washed the sister's feet with
her hands, kissod her, and went on the
next. Just behind her came another
sister with the towel tied abont her
waist. This second sister wiped the
feot the other had just washed, also
kii>ned the sister and passed on to the
next. After theso two had washed and
wiped the feet of two or three, two more
would take it up, and so they went on
down the long rows. The dear old
ladies kissed one another with infinite
tenderness. Meantime, during both
tho feet washing and the supper following,
there was no end of speaking and
preaching by one elder after another, a
steady flow of " good and wholesome
disoourse."
In much less time than one wonld
think for, six-huudred feet were washed,
wiped and reinvested with their proper
coverings. I tried to see which got
through with the feet washing first, tho
brethren or the sisters, but I am bound
to say they finished about the same
tirae. The sisters got their shoes laced
up quite as soon as the brethren could
drag their boots on.
When the feet washing was ended,
after appropriate singing, speaking and
giving of thanks, the brethren and sisters
ate the Lord's supper. It was already
cooked in the basement below, and
whm urntDgea in uiib manner: 'l'lie seats
were so constructed tbat the backs could
slide over upou the top and make tables,
whioh were spread with white cloths.
The brethren and sisters sat at different
tables. To eaoh~member was given a
steel knife and fork and tin cup and
spoon. Pieces of bread were strung
ilong upon the tablecloths, tin pans
heaped with pieoes of boiled beef were
placed at intervals, and other tin pans,
ieep ones, were filled with bfeef soup
ind crumbled bread, and placed also
ilong the table?one pan of soup to
ibout four persons. The meal was eaten
in silenoe, except for a little quiet whispering.
It is the universal Danker fashion to
lake babies and children of all sizes to
shuroh. There is a continual galloping
>nt and in doors of young ones, and in
tome places they have a cradle in church,
io be handy. Fanoy the thing 1 The
rearly meetings are tough on the babies,
mil as nine p. m. drew on, and the poor
ihings were still at Danker meeting,
niles away from their little beds, their
infferings became intolerable. First a
veenty little thing started the tune,
;ben au alto Danker baby joined in, and
ifter a little a sturdy bass baby set up
i roar along with the others, till at
limes the thread of the good and wholetome
disoourse was quite lost. But the
Dankers, preachers and people, regarded
it with the utmost composure, as
ihey regard everything else. They are
wonderfully self controlled people, and
their babies are very pretty.
Shortly after the communion the
nesting olosed. It was a quarter to ten
>'olock. For five hours, lacking a auar
;er of an hoar, we bad sat in that cdoeey
paoked ohnroh. Bat the good Dancer
brethren oonld have kept on all
light.
A writer, in describing the last scene
>f " Othello," said : " Upon whioh the
Mtoor, seising a bolster fall of rage and
'ury, smothers her."
THE ARREST OF TWEED.
The Story Told by the Pilot of the Boy ol
Vigo.
A correspondent on the Franklin tells
the following story relative to the arrest
of Tweed : As the Franklin came to
anchor in the bay of Vigo she found herself
beside a little bark which flew the
merchant flag of Spain, bnt showed no
name on quarter, stern or bow, bnt evideuces
of her name having been painted
out. "This," said the Franklin's harbor
pilot, " is the Carmon, the ship that
fetched them two Americans what calls
themselves ' Secor' and Hunt,' from
Santiago de Cuba. This isn't their
names at all. The big fellow's name
with white hair and beard is 'Boss'
Tweed, but they don't know the name
of the little man with black hair, bnt
they think it isn't Hunt. They was
'rested for beatin' a little 'Merican girl.
They'se both in jail in the castle now ;
not the ono in the town there, but tbe
big one yon see 'way up there on top of
the hill, over the town. Nobody is let
sp-'ak to 'em, and nobody can see 'em
bnt one old woman that takes np to 'ein
from the hotel what they gets to eat,
and they lives mighty good too, for the
hotel buys all the good things in town
for 'em. That ship, the Carmon, was
put in quarantine as soon as she oome
in, not 'cause she had sickness, bnt
'cause she had them two 'Mericans on
board. Up yonder yon see, 'way in tho
upper bay, where them ships is, np toward
Ponteredra, that's the quarantine ;
and she was kept there a long time till
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governor liisself, with hie eecretary and
a guard, went aboard of her there in tho
quarantine. He had a picture of the
big man that called liisself * Seoor ;* and
though the old fellow had no eoat on
nor any shoos or stockings, and had his
trousers and his sleeves rolled up and
was serubbin' the deck of the Oarmon
he knowed him right away ; and he took
the little picture out of his pocket and
looked at it and then looked at the old
mi.u, uud said : Mister Tweed, put on
your coat and shoes, we want you to go
with us, we are going ashore.' Then ho
told the soldiers to take himr and he
went to talk a little with the captain, and
he and tho secretary got the luggage of
both of 'em and sealed it up and gave it
to the soldiers, and they took the two
m< n and the luggage all ashore, and
th m the Oarmon was lot out of quarantine
and corned down hero. There is
two more men in town, one of 'em 'Mericam,
that "tried to speak to- the mem
when the soldiers was takin' 'em up to
the castle, but they was not let. Them
two men has been tryin* ever since to
see 'cm in the castle ; but though they
offers the soldiers plenty of money they
can't get no chnuco, for the governor
hissel' gave or irrs to let nobody sre
'em or speak to 'em without a written
permit Haviu' Ills seal.
" The old man," continued the pilot,
evidently enjoying this rare opportunity
of airing his knowledge of the English
language, " offered the captain plenty
of money if ho would let 'em go ashore
at night, for he Baid he was afeard of
tkoin other ships that had fevere and
si. h like, but the skippers wouldn't let
'em go. That captain must be mighty
honest for he says this old man offered
him a big pile of gold if he would run
to nomo other port instead of coming to
Vigo, but you can't tell if that isn't only
a story made up by the captain to make
believe he's very honest. Them two
rn- n on shore tried to bribo the quarantine
officers to let 'om go aboard the
Cavmon, but they were afeard, jest as
the soldiers at the castle is afeard, they
would be shot dead ; and they would,
too, in a minute if anybody was to speak
to tliem men."
Not Very Expensive.
Liverpool must be a cheap living
place. A Liverpool restaurant keeper
advertises this dinner, from twelve to
four daily, for a shilling?about twentyfive
conts :
" First course?Sootoh mutton broth,
spring soup.
" becond course?Boast beef, boiled
mutton, roast pork and apple sauoe,
stowed beef, stewed tripe and onions,
mince collops.
" Third oourse?Berlin pudding, rioe
pudding, appla pudding, sago pudding,
fig padding, stewed rhubarb and rioe,
apple tart, blano mange, cheese."
Oolton, San Bernardino vallev, California,
is another fine place to live in.
The following is mentioned in an exchange
as "a poor man's breakfast:
" Tea, sweetened with pnre, white,
strained honey, thiok cream, and bread,
milk, eggs, Hubbard squash, ham,
pomegranate, black Hamburg grapes,
Flamme do Tokay grapes, green figs
and peaches." And the oost of this
breakfast for a man and his wife is fifteen
09nts.
president or the senate.
A Washington letter says: The person
who suggested that there was great
anxiety to make Mr. Blaine president of
the Senate, so that m ease of tronble he
oonld be President after the fourth of
Mareh, happened not to remember that
Mr. Blaine'spresent term expires on the
fourth of March, and that he is not yet
elected to the next term, and that be
wonld not, if made President of the
Senate this winter, bold over into the ;
next Congress, by reason of the expiration
of his term with this Congress.
Mr, Terry is in the same situation, and-,
after the oounting of the rote, will be^
li'ioly to resign as president, so that one
of the Senators not retiring next March
may be elected. Otherwise, there will
be an interregnum in the offioe.