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. THE FISHERMAN'S TREASURE^
In ft small hamlet of the Terri
di Lavoro, on the Oracio Gulf
within the kingdom of Naples
Jived an old fisherman named An
tonio Morino. lie waa called i
fisherman, because, in his yoong
<or days, he had pursued that oc
pupation for a livelihood ; and be
(cause, at the present time, he owned
boats, and frequently joined
the toilers upon the Gulf in their
piscatorial cruisings. At the age
of five and twenty he had left his
iiativo land for a voyage to India,
having promise of much better
IT JliAt* l>A aaaI/4 1
viioii iivj v/wuiu |#V03IUIY IJ1UKO
at fishing. The ship in which he
sailed from Naples novor returned,
and Antonio Morino was given
np for lost, and almost forgotten.
At the expiration of fifteen years,
however, he made his appearance
iu the hamlet, and was warmly
welcomed by his old friends. lie
told how his ship was cast away in
the Indiau Ocean, nnd all hands
lost save himself.
At the age of forty Antonio settled
down in his own home, and
took a wifo; and iu timo a son was
l?orn him. whom ho onllt>d T.fton
ardo. IIo bought boats, and spent
a portion of bis time in fishing;
but he evidently did this only tor
pastime; for he never sold any of
his fish, but gave to his poorer
neighbors vrhat he did not consume
in his own tamily. lie made
no show of money, and yet he always
had it when it was needed.
His companions were curious, and
sought to fathom his secret, but
without avail. Morino seeuied to
have but oue grand aim of life ;
and that was, to rear his son to a
station of honor and independence.
Now the story of Antonio Morino's
absence from Italy was this :
His ship had been cast away npon
the coast of Ceylon, and such of
the crew as had not been drown*
ed, with tbo exception of himself,
liad been killed bv the natives.?
Antonio had saveci his fishing apparatus,
the peculiarities of which
interested the savages; and they
spared him in order that he might
?how them ho to to use it. From
the material obtained trom tlft
wreck lie made lines, hooks and
nets, and in time came to be a favorito
in the village, and was al
lowed much liberty. One day,
while out in his boat alone, engaged
in fishing for the chief, he
found a deep, rock bonnd inlet
which he had never before seen,
and where lie was snre the natives
were not in the habit of stopping.
In this bay he fished up several
Jargo oysters, the shells of which
he recognized to be such as furnished
mothor-of pearl. He opened
them, and found pearls ! lie
kept tbo secret to himself, and
when he had opportunity he went
*)Ut and fished tor these valuable
oysters; and in three years time
he had accumulated a large store,
many of which were of extraordinary
sizo and beauty. By and by,
Antonio made his escape, by von
turing to run his boat far out tc
sea, and safely reached the port o1
Negoinbo, where he found a Dutcli
ship bound for Calcutta, in whicli
he took passage, paying the price
therefor in a small pearl. Arriv
cd at Calcutta, he soon found t
ship bonnd for the Mediterranean
but before he sailed he was waitec
upon Bcngaleso merchant
who asked him if he had any ]>earl(
to sell. The Dutch captain, >i
seems, had suspected the fact, anc
had told the merchant. The Ben
galeae proved himself an honora
le ana responsible man, and oui
adventuror offered the bulk of hii
pearl*, and received therefor a sun
of gold equal to about two hnndrc(
thousand crowns. The posacssioi
of this sum would have made hin
crazy, if his conversation with tlx
Dutchman bad not givon him t<
understand something near th<
value of the property he held.
And with this wealth Antoni<
Morino bad made his way hack t
iiis home. From Leghorn, wlior
he landed, he bad brought his guh
down the coast in his own boat
end had concealed it in hit collai
having dag a hole in which t
place it. And this gold the ad
venturer waa keeping for his sot
lie had no idea of investment*, o
interest; his only concern bein;
to keep a knowledge of hie poeeci
ion trora those who would sun
ly rob hiin it they knew the sc
cret.
At the age of twelve ye^rs I><
uuuruu, grown co oe it orlglit And
? handsome boy, was sent to Capna,
o. to schoolj and while he was there
J"t his mother died. At the age oi
eighteen he went to Lyons, and
" thence to Paris, where he made
" himself acquainted with mercanu
tile matters. On the very day that
t0 he was oneand twenty he came
im home, bringing with him a boanti
?ui gin wnoni no wished to make
- bis wife. She was a native ot
Marseilles?an orphan?and namod
Cora. Old Antonia loved her
* at once, and nnptial ceremonies
? were not long delayed.
? On the day following the wed
ding the old man conducted Leon*
ardo and Cora down into the eel*
lar, and showed them, in a pit,
* twelve stout earthen jars full of
' gold. And then he told them the
* story of his adventures in the Indian
Ocean.
" My son," he concludod, " this
great wealth I have saved for you ;
ut we must not oxpose it here.?
On the morrow wo will move it
away, and set sail for France. Yon
and* Cora shall make a-home in
Marseilles, and I will be happy
with you."
Cora asked if thcro were robbers
in the neighborhood.
" Ali," said. Antonio, shaking
his head, M yon don't know our
comity. The nobles would be
robbers. Look at Grcgorio Barbicri,
the Count of Mondragone,
nrl.ft ? il.lv MIM A UWUBJHbI
because he discovered the famous
medicinal waters; he would not
hesitate to rob a church if he had
an opportnnity."
There seemed to be a direful
magic spell in the callihg of that
name; tor within half an hour after
they had ascended from the
cellar the Count of. Mondragone,
accomparficd by six serving men
as evil looking and as ugly as himself,
made his appearance at the
cot. lie did not stop to ask questions
there, but having seized Antonio
and his son, and bound them
hand and foot, he bore them away
to his castle of Mondragone, where
they were introduced at once into
a torture-chamber?a dark, dismal,
underground crypt?and
where the Count made known his
business.
He had long suspected that Antonio
Morino possessed much
wealth, and had closely watched
all his movements. He had sent a
spy to be present at the wedding
of the Sop and Cora, and had learned
that the old man bestowed on
tho bride a necklace of Oriental
pearls. And now bo domanded
to know the truth. But Antonio
would not tell him, nor would the
eon. Then tho Count called in his
assistants," and the old fisherman
was stripped, and cast upon a rack,
and his wrists and ankles lashed
to the rollers, poor Leonardo standing,
all the while, so fettered that
he could afford his father no relief.
"Now, Antonio Morino," pro
nounced the Count,4 'tell me, where
is your gold ? ] ask not whether
yon have much, or little; but I
simply demand to know, where is
ii. ? I will set your body upon the
torment, and I will rack your limbs
s from their sockets, if you do not
tell me. And if you die in your
silence, I will put your son in your
> place; and he, too, shall undergo
tliA tArriKIa APflno] Kaut cnnaL*
~
> Where is jour cold hidden?"
W hat Could the old man do ? lie
knew that the wicked count would
keep his word. Had there been
hope that his silence could have
preserved the gold to his son, he
would have died ore ho would have
spoken.
44 Hold 1" cried Leonardo, as he
saw the strong men about to turn
the racking beams; 411 will tell."
44 No, no, my son 1"
I 44 IIow f Dost think that I would
, have gold that cost me my father's
? life? ~ No?not a morsel of pain
t shall rack thy dear old limbs, if I
I can provent it!?look ye, Sir
Count?"
The old fisherman interposed,
r and asked Barbtcri how raucli gold
. ..is -? m . ?t%? *
wonia eausiy mm. me ease and
i covetous man knew that father and
1 son were iu his powor, and he would
i have all, or none. It length, when
i he saw that there could be no pos*
o sible hope, old Mori no spoke :
i> " The gold is in my cellar. In
e tho corner next to the old fountain
is a flagging stone of a darker hue
? than its mates, and at the angle
0 nearest the wall is an opening
e large enough for the insertion ot a
1 hand. Raise that stone, and yon
t, will find twelve earthen jars, with
*, leaden covers, filled with gold. It
o is all I possess of wealth in the
I- world, if you will leave tor my
i. poor boy two jars-~onlr two !n
r Bat the Ooant would not etop to
g listen to praters. It was now verj
v near night-tall; and as soon as be
i- conld get bis horses ready, be set
forth, hearing father and son back,
as he had Drought them, bound
) hand and foot; and he said to
I men), ir He found the gold, tbei
should be free: but if be found i
| not, tbey should suffer,
f It wss dark when they reached
the cot, and the women were not
, there, but Barbieri thought not ol
them. With - lighted torches he
went to the cellar, where be found
, tbe stone, as Antonio bad said;
and underneath it he found tbe 12
jars i and having removed one of
tbe leaden covers be beheld the
glittering gold. He bandied tbe
pieces, mat uia eyes might not be
deceived; and he lifted more of
the coins. With the assistance of
his men he bore the heavy jars to
the yard; and when he was ready
to start away he turned to give
Antonio and bis son a verting word,
to the effect that, if they made
any serious stir about the matter,
they should both die*.
Antonio Morino and his son
were left alone. The old man sank
down into his chair overwhelmed
with grief, while Leonardo sought
to comfort him.
| "INo, no, my boy, yon cannot
bring joy to my heart again 1 OI
how many years have I preserve
ed this treasure for tlieo I For myself,
I care not; but for my dear
son?"
At this juncture, Cora and her
maid entered the cot.
" O, dear Leonardo, have those
terrible men gone ?"
" Xfih ihe vessel our father had
provided?it it ready for sea I"
" Yes, my precious l^ve."
"The wicked Count took yon'
away that he might gain from yon
the secret of your hidden wealth !"
" Yes, lie would have put my |
father to dreadful torturo, and I
told him wiiere the gold was con- j
pealed. And he has borne it all
away 1"
"Not all," returned Cora, with
a brightening look. " When I
knew that the Count of Mondragone
had carried you away I could
well guess his intent; and I furthermore
knew that iny dear husband
would not see liia father snf
fcr for the sake.of preserving the
secret That the wretch would return
in quest of the treasure I ielt
very sure; and I naturally judged
that he would bring you back with
him. But I did not mean that he
should rob you if I could help it
60 I called Lisette, and we went
to the cellar, and emptied all the
golcT from the jars into leathern
sacks which we found in the upper
chamber. Then we refillod the
jars with balls and bolts of lend,
| which wo cut from the old fishI
ing nets Ih the shed. We filled
them almost full, but were careful
to place on the top a laver of gold
coiu so that, if the robber should
open them, as I knew he would,
he should not readily discover the
cheat.
44 Cheer up, dear father, and
prepare for night. The wicked
Count has only gone off with a
lot of worthless lead, while almost
the whole of yonr gold is at this
moment in the boat which yon left
secured at the landing steps back
ot the cot. You knew tne tope
of the iars were very small, and
it required bat little' gold to cover
the exposed surface."
The old man canght the heroic
ittle woman in his arms, and bless*
cd her, and then hastened with
his preparations for departure.?
Kvery minute was precious; for
Bnrbieri might come back very
soon. But tliey had not much to
do. Their vessel, a small felluca,
was lying close in by the shore,
and before midnight they had bid
farewell to the Terra di Lavoro
forever ; and when, two hours later,
the Count of Mondragonecame
to the cot, filled with wrath and
swearing vengeance and death,
they were far away upon the bosom
of the Oulf, catching the fair,
brisk breeze that tipped the wave
crests toward the Tuscan Sea?far
away toward the new home, where
peace and comfort and joy were
.to be theirs, and where Antonio
Mori no was to be amply blessed
in the evening of bis life by tbe
love and devoted oare of. those foi
whom he had so long and so self
sacrificingly held his strangely-gotten
wealth.
To Remove Foul Aib too*
Wells.?It is well known thai
many accidents ocour to personi
going down into wells to clean
them, owing to the noxious gas in
such places. To remove the gai
L.r?: J . *- 1- *
uviuro uesccnv is inauo into aojj
well, a quantity of burned bat an
looked lime should bo thrown
down. This, when it oouaea in con
tact with whatever water it be
low, Beta free a great quantity 01
heat in the water and lnne, whiot
rushes npward, carrying all th<
deletorioua gaa with it; alter whiot
the descent may be made with per
feet safety. The lima also absorb
carbonic acid in tlie well. Alwaji
lower a light before descending
if it is extinguished, there is stil
danger of suffocation.
y )Flr?4 lh? W?(MnftOD htriotj
I Iiw Arctic Expedition.
Captain Haft Heady to Sail ?De
ecriptien qf hie > Vcseel?The
v' Craw?doe and Hannah?Food
' ?Plan of the Voyage.
> Captain Hall and Lis party are
I now on the eve of leaving us for a
> long and perilous voyage, that will
[ probably cover a period of throe
years, or perhaps more. We yes'
terdav visited Captain Ilall on
1 board of his ship, the Polaris, at
_ the navy yard, for the purpose of
( bidding bin* good by, and wishing
him a prosperous and successful
voyage. Scrambling across the
narrow and slippery plank that
forms the only means of access to
the vessel, we soon found ourselves
OTWU1 t In* ?,J * *
?*irvu ?uv uwAf Mimii 1% prolusion 01
bundles, barrels, boxes, packages,
and stores of all kinds. There
were barrels of flonr and vegetables,
boxes of canned meats and
M petninican," bags of coffee, chests
of tea and casks of sugar, all mixed
np in the most charming confusion,
and all being dispatched
down into the hold of the vessel by
means of ropes and creaking pulloys.
In the midst of this chaos
stood Captain Ilall, superintending
everything, and directing the
disposition of the stores. The Polaris,
formerly tho Periwinkle, is a
vessel belonging to the govern
HUU^uhn/tfrg'tmiittan- hVaimoet to
be a new and very superior craft.
She is ot about-400 tons measurement,
considerably larger than the
Advance, in which Dr. Kane undertook
liis famous voyage, and
abont as large ns the Gormania,
which left Bremen two years ago
on an expedition to the Arctic seas.
She lias been planked all over hor
sides with six inches of solid while
oak timbers, and has throughout
been nearly doubled in strength ;
her bows being almost a solid mass
of timber, sheathed with iron, and
terminating in a sharp iron prow
with which to cut through the ice.
Her engine, which was built some
years ago at Messrs. Hcafle & Le
vy*s works, in Philadelphia, is ex
ceedingly powerful and compact,
taking up but comparatively ittle
space, and being peculiarly .Uapted
for hard and sovere work, and
the propeller is arranged in such
a manner that it can bo unshipped
and lifted upon deck, through a
shaft or propeller well in the stern,
which is a great advantage when
the vessel is under sail or surrounded
hy floating ice that might easily
damage the blades. And, ovon
in the worst case, a supply of extra
blades has been provided, so
that if one should by accident be
broken, it can always be roplaced.
There is also an extra rudder on
board, and several suits of sails and
sots of spars of all dimensions. Of
the two boilers one is supplied
with an apparatus to use whale oil
for the generation of steam, as this
will, in all probability, have to be
relied upon when other fuel gives
out, n<{? only to furnish the propelling
power, but also to heat up
the vessel throughout by steam,
which will, of course, be necessary
as soon as the cold wintry regions
have been reached.
Steam will merely bo used as an
auxilary, as the Polaris is rigged
as a foretopsail schsoncr, and fully
able to sail* and steer under canvass
only. A novel and interesting
feature in ber construction is a
now sort of life preserving buoy,
which is placed on the outside of
the vessel, in the stern, and can be
lowered into the water by touohing
a spring which is placed near
the pilot house. By touching another
spring, an electric fight,
which is fixed upon the%uoy about
two feet above water, is ignited by
1 completing the circuit of electric
current from a galvanic battery on
1 board ; and no matter how dark
' the n'trht. or how obanum tin* ar?.
tic winter, the baoy can always be
1 distinctly seen, and the man who
1 has fallen overboard will know in
' what direction to swim for hope
and help. Another excellent and
\ peculiar part of her outfit is a canvass
boat, the invention of Mr.
John liegeman, of Saratoga connty,
New York, by whom it has
been patented and from which
[ Captain llall expects great results.
? As yet but one of the boats has
> been received^ bnt another and
l smaller one will be added before
t the vessel leaves New York. The
I Ivnnt tllttfr MOT io tlran??
- vvwv vuwv TT w own iQ ?nv?i*jr lUOl
r long, four feet wide end two deep,
lias a carrying capacity of fonr tons,
i weighs only 250 pounds, and car
ry with perfect ease and safety
twenty men. It consists of an inf
terior frame, built of hickory aud
i ash woods, over which is streched
) a canvass cover that has been pre
i viously soaked in a preparation tc
- render it perfectly water-proof,
i and the whole boat can be taken
i apart and folded together in space
: less than one eighth of its original
1 size, in abont three minutes, and
by the assistance of a couple ol
men only. When folded up it it
perfectly flat, and can be transported
on a sledge across the ice
without the least difficulty. W hen
open water is reached the order of
things is exactly reversed--the
. boat is unpacked and spread out,
and the sledge and its contents is
taken on board, dog team and nil.
As to those who are going to bo
tho principals in the adventurous
and dangerous expedition, they
are, all told, twenty-nine men.?
There is not a man among them i
whoflrt nnnlitio* on/1 nl- ? 1
^ mau bum avicr UUVt)
not been well tested, from the captain
down to the cook. The leader
and eomcoar/? it* in chief is, o?
course, Captain IIall ^ next in the
command comes Captain S. O.
Tiuddington, of New London, an
old whaling master of 30 years' experience,
21 of which were spent
in the Davis strait and Baffin bay.
lie is an old and trusted friend of ;
Captain Hall, who has implicit i
faith in his long experience and
acknowledged abilty. The second i
pfficer is Mr. H. C. Chester, also a
whaling man, ol twelve years' ex- <
perience among the ice; and the 1
third officer is Mr. William Mor- <
ion, wuo was Dr. Kane's trusted i
friend and companion, and the only
living mortal to whom it was
over permitted to look upon the 1
Polar sea. IXq ha$f tLe.?aA.ne:,iv/ j
Havana, and to bring bis remains ]
jrom there to Philadelphia lor in |
terment. Mr. Ernil Schuman oc ]
cupies the post of first engineer,
and the scientific corps will consist
of three gentlemen, one of whom,
Dr. Etna Bissells, of Ileidelburg,
Germany, will attend the expeaition
as a surgeon naturalist. A 1
student from the observatory at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, will proba- i
bly be the astronomer ; and an officer
of the signal service depart ,
raent will be aboard in the capacity
of metoorologist. Besides these,
there will be a blacksmith, carpenter,
steward and fourteen sailors,
besides the Esquimaux interpre- 1
ter, Joe, and hfs wife, Hannah.?
This latter interesting conple, with
their little daughter, are genuine
specimens of the Esquimaux, but
having been in constant company
with Captain Hall for eight years
past, they speak very good English,
ana have acquired civilized
manners. Joe is a famous hunter
1 ii 1 __ ? 1 i.:_ H..1- ?ir_ !.
auu Bcmor, nuu nm imio who 14
quite an accomplished woman in a
44 small" way, with considerable
talent tor languages and tor music.
Their little daughter, who will accompany
them, is live years old, and
has been for somo time at school in
Connecticut, where her parents
have been lately residing, the
fuests of Captain Buddington.?
hey will join the ship at the
Brooklyn navy yard, and a nice
cosy little cabin has been iitted up
for the exclusive use of them and
their child. They are plad to visit
once more their native fields of
snow and ice; and it is not at all
certain that they will again return
with the expedition.
Although Captan Hall experts
to accomplish his purpose of penc
trating into the great Polar basin,
if such a one reiuly exists, and visiting
the north pole, in less than
three years, tho Polaris has been
provisioned for four years, wnich
can be extended to six, with a little
economy and judicious distribution
of rations. The great staple
of provisions is the so called
*4 pcmtnican," which is composed
oi tiiree narts of selected dried
meat to one purt of the best suet,
mixed with some other ingredients.
Tho food is both nourishing and
wholesome, and, through the absence
of salt, there is no danger of
sctirvey?that pestilence of Arctic
travelers?to bo feared from its
use. It is packed in 45 pound
tin cans, hermetically scaled, and
of this there is no leas than 10,000
pounds stowed away in tho hold,
tho manufacture of which consumed
and condensed 23,000 pounds
of ordinary beef and 5,000 pounds
of suet. lies idea this, there is any
quantity of dried and desiccated
vegetables, such as potatoes, tomatoes,
onions, etc., and a largo stock
of flour, bisenits, sngar, conoe, tea,
mill onnrwul frnita anil
all other necessaries tor a protracted
voyage. Captain Hall, however,
expects to be able to economize with
these provisions to a very consider'
able extent by substituting in their
1 place the meat of reindeer, muski
ox, walrns, and other game of the
i regions that he is abont to explore.
Everything has been done to make
the quarters of both crew and offi
cers as comfortable as the rather
1 limited space would permit; and
' the between decks and cabins are
perfect models of cleanliness. The
> state-rooms, for the officers and
i scientists, are plain, but gotten up
> in good and convenient stylo, and
> tho cabin aft i? a perfect drawing.
I room in miniature. Handsome
I cbromoe decorate the walla, and a
f flne cabinet organ, nqpresent to
Captain Hull from tbe Smith ?
American organ manufacturing 1
company, of Boaton, promises ?
cheer during the long Arctic night, t
A handsome carpet covers tbe 0
floor, and there is an air of calm j,
comfort abont this little room.
The plan of the voyage will be "
first to JNew York, where Joe and 11
Ilannah will join the ship, and 0
from thence to St. John New- o
fonndland, where the Polaris will ii
take on board a fresh supply of g
coal. From there the route will A
be to the Danish colonies (or Uol- jj
stein borg and Levele, on the west
coast of Greenland, and thence to ?
the still more norther!v Esqui
raanx, settlements of TJpernaick "
and Disco, at one of which places P
a depot will be established. A ii
government trausport has been de- u
tailed to accompany the expedi- [
tion as this, carry coal, lumber, t(
and other heavy articles to this re- ^
serve station. In Angust Captain
Hall expects to be able to pnsh cp
through Jones1 sound as far as to J1
latitude 80? 81?, where winter *1
quarters will be established and T
the dreary Arctic night pass- b
od, during which it Ls impos-1 tl
iible to nnab '
? J'""" IUVI VU. UUt, jj
with early spring or as soon as the
weather permits, the voyage will *'
bo continued until solid land pr
jji ugi'ebK, M-non tne expedition will w
proceed on sledges, to be obtained c<
from the Esquimaux tribes that in- c<
iiabit the region. IJ
....... t(
Alexander H- Stevens. a|
A correspondent of the Tribune thus
iketcbos an interview witb the Qeor- w
gia statesman: ^
On the outskirts of the village, |>
scross tbe railway track, is Liberty %\
Hall, (ibe residence of Alex. II. Sle? c<
pbens, late Yice President of tbe ri
Southern Confederacy) so named, not ji
witb any reference to tbe mansion of a
the hospitable old fellow in Gold tl
smith's comedy, but to indicate tbe in- n
terest of its owner in tbe cause of bu? o
man liberty ; for even here, in tbe old p
days of slavery, men talked with ?n> v
tbusiaam about liberty, meaning, of ?
course, tbe liberty of the wbite race.?
Liberty Hall is a plain, wbite farm |(
bouse, with a large sloping lawn in
front, shaded by locust trees and nu- a
raerous negro booses, and other out- n
buildings at tbe side and in tbe rear, p
all freshly painted. A sprightly mulat- (|
to girl took in my card, and returned fc
at once to tbe porch to escort me t
through a narrow hall, past a little, j|
plainly?.furnish6d parlor, thro* a large c
room walled around from floor to caib e
ing with booka, and into a room at the t
back of the bouse. Here I found a v
little T/ithered, wrinkled old man, with t
wonderfully bright brown eyea, white c
hair, and a frame ao emaciated that it ,
seemed to be literally skin and bone*. r
He wore homespun suit of butternut
color, and had an old black felt upon
hi* head. This person was Mr. Sle- 8
phens. lie half rose as I entered, and s
extended a hand so gaunt and floshlees,
that it di'" i. seem to be the hand of |
a living man. and immediately afiera |
ward he sank back in his easy chair, i
At his right band stood a round table, t
piled up with a confused heap of c
books, letters, newspapers, manuscripts, ^
and writing mateiials. A pair of *
crutches leaned against the wail on the j
other side of his chair, and he rested (
his feet on the rounds of another chair, t
in which lay an ugly, fat, biindled dog, (
that the flics would not allow to sleep <
There were two bods ip the room, a f
bureau covered with bottlee of every *
size and shape, containing medicines
and liquors, and a grate in which a (
coal fire was burning, although it was (
a warm June day. A sinjle picture, \
representing Faith standing by the j
cross, hung above the mantel, which I
rivalled the bureau in its array of hot* I
ties. There were piles of books upon '
(he floor, end article* of clothing scat- '
tered about the room. Mr. Stephen*
aid be wa? always glad to see visitor*
and to talk upon public affairs, but that he
invirably in?i?ted that correspond ,
dents who onlled upon htm should not
publish what be said, because he had i
no wish to be brought before the pub* '
lio. This prohibition I afterward prevailed
on him to modify so far as to (
consent that I might mention whatever
he should say that had heretofore been \
made publie, and he told his nephew, ,
a young man who came in while we ,
were talking, to gve me a copy of an I
Augusta paper, which he said eontain I
ed an authoritative statement of bis '
views as far as be wished them to be 1
known.
Mr. Stephens denounced the Republican
leaders in the strongest terms as 1
guilty of" the moat outrageous perfi
dy " in prosecuting the war for the
avowed purpose of restoring the South I
I
?I VI
>rn State* to the* old place* in the
Joion, and1 lb en, when they bad triiropbed,
refuting to let tbem take
bote placet, denying tbem the right*
f telf foternnwnt and representation1
a Congress, putting them under bsyo-et
rule, and afterward reconstructing
hem by uprooting all the foundation*
f tbeir society, disqualifying all men*
f intelligence and property from holdig
office or voting, and placing their
overnments in the hands of ignorant
nd vicious, lie spoke of the Repub"
cans as Jacobins without conscience
r consistency, whose purpose was to
tablivh a centralised, despotic govern'
lent and to destroy the liberties of theeople.
AU of the reconstruction leer
iiatioo of Congress he believed to be
nconstltutional, fraudent and void.?
'be XUIth amendment be admitted
> be valid, becauee it bad been ratified!
y tbe rightful government! of the
outbern States?tbe governments d*
tre, and not the governments de Jactofierward
established b/ bayonets.?
he XIVibe and XVth amendments'
e claimed were no part of the constiition,
because their pretended ratifies*
on had been effected by force and
a J fraud. They were not results of
te war, as the Radical
as over, as a part of the schema
mtraligation winch those leaders had
>nceived to keep themselves in power,
[e did net hold the XVth amendment
> be invalid because he opposed negrcr
iffrage, bnt because of the usurpations
ad outrages upon the constitution by
hicb it was wrongfully adopted, lie
id not beliere the ballot would ever
e taken from the negro if the XVth
mendment was declared void, and the
>ntrol of the suffrage placed where it
ghtfully belonged, under the exclusive
irisdiction of the States. In such a
ase, should it be proposed to. deprive
le negroes of the franchise the white
lan would* divide into two parties upn
the qtjfstion, and the one that oposed
the measure, with the aid of the
otes of the negros, would carry the day.
lut the fact that universal suffrage was
o firmly established did not, he said,
rssen the duty of all levers of coastiutional
liberty to oppose the XVth
mendment. This usurpation should
ever he permitted to pass without proper
rebuke and condemnation, even by
hose who favor the object aimed at
>y it. The de jure governments of
he Southern States, he said, are still
q a condition of repression, and he detared
that the history of no country
hows grosser of more palpable usurpsions
of power, or more glaring acts of
riong, violence, fiaud and perfidy on
be part of tboee in authority tban were
otnmiited by tbe Republican party in
be passage of the so-called amende
nen'.s and tbe reconstruction laws.
A Sick Wedding Partt.?Tbe
ickcst wedding party on record
iras at Fort Dodge, Iowa, the othx
evening. About two hundred
>cr8oi)8 had been invited to Cele>rate
the nuptials of a happy cou>le
belonging to the F. F. V's.?
K bout nineoxlock they all eat down
o a sumptuous repast, of which ico
:rcatn was one of the features.?
Nearly all partook of the cream,
ind in about an hour afterwards,
hreefourths of the two hundred
jad to be carried homo in intense
i&ony, the town was aroused, all
he doctors summoned, and coniternation
was depicted on every
countenance. The bride and
^room were so sick they did not
enjoy any more nuptials that night.
3roans and moaning were heard
n every household, and it was evilent
that they had all been poisoned.
It turned out that the confecioner.
in mnkin? Hia
i copper refrigerator which he
liad tailed to clean properly, and
that, doubtless, caused all the troul)le.
The condition of many of the
rictims was very precarious at last
iccounts.
The pkacn Crop.?The New
York Daily Bulletin of the 14th,
lays:
The first lot of peaches this seaion
in this market came in last
week from South Carolina. They
were in rather poor condition ;
considering which, they brought
very high prices ; there were leu
ordinary crates, which sold from
$13 for first to $6 for last selections.
Since then wo have had
several lots from Georgia, very fow,
however, being in oven fair condition.
One ot the first lots from
Carolina, coming in a partition
chest, sold at $30. Not more than
three or four touc.hina papIi ntlioi.
this way, they arrive in better condition
than in ordinary crates.?
The prospects in Delaware are
that we will have a good crop, but
the Jersey crop looks less flattern.p.
many drooping ofl'.