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VOL. XV PICKENS, S. C., TIIURSDAY, JUNE 17 1886. V O . X V.._ -38, DUEING iN OH) TIMES. AN INTERBWrING ACCOUNT OF TiiE CODE AS IT WAS. incidents of the Field of Honor In Ante Helumn Days--One of Paddy O'Cork's Hest Sketlhes-. The Career of MciC1ung--His Skill With a Pistol--Other luteresting Incidents. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) - However barbarous may be the custom of dueling, as such, it is still a fact of historical value that no dueling conmu nity ever yet failed. to send out good sol diers in time of war. I have been told by old residents of Mississippi that the career of McCI'ug at first stimulated ap peals to the lox talionis, but that towards .the last it acted as a deterrent example. 'The duel ceased to be a duel in the ordi nary aoeptation of the word and became a butchery. McClung, of course, ran little or no risk, and it filled the public generally with a sickening contempt to realize that the leading men of Missis sip pi lived practically by the sufferance o a madman. To refuse to fight a duel with him was, of course, out of the question. This was not allowed by the code. To fight him meant death. His skill with the pistol was fully up to that of Dr. Carver or Buflflo Bill with the rifle, difference in weapons being coi sidered. On one occasion he killed a black bird hopping about on the ground 20 yard$ distant. I once heard Mr. Jeffersonl Davis reprimand a second who boasted that lie had brought his principal out with fly ing colors, to the utter confusion of his oiutagonist, by a little piece of general ship. He explained that the seconds 'wore supposed to be arbitrators, each rep resenting both parties, and that it was the duty of the seconds to see perfect fairness, both in arranging terms of set tlement and on the field. One of the liost charming and amus ing little works I have hit upon recently is by H. S. Futlkerson,, of Vicksburg, Miss. He calls it "Random Recollec tions of Early Days in Mississippi." :In this lie gives a description of ai notable duel that occurred in his owns olserva tion. He tells the story well, and I wish to show my appreciation by para phrasing it for the readers of the --- . The event took place on Grand Gulf, on the Mississippi river, then a place of 1 200 inhabitants,and a rival of Vicksl urg. It was almost a duel of professions, Allen being a lawyer i nd Marsteller a ph ysi ciag. Allen vas a tall, slender, smiootl-faced fellow; Marsteller was rather plump and heavy set, and wore whiskers. Allen was married and Marsteller wa:; a bache lor. It is not known what was the cause of the duel. The usual preliminaries re sulted in bringing the two together upon the fiekl of honor. Allen was excited and vociierous, and expressed the abso lute certaiinty of his conviction that he would kill is enemy. Ie stripped him self to the waist, absohutely nude, and Marsteller threw off his coat. As the second called out, "eitleIlen, are you ready?" Allen answered ''no," amnd pro occ.ded to explain to the second how the word should be given. ''ho object wias to unnerve Marsteller, who, however, quietly .lowered his pistol and waited. "'ic e s d," continues Mir. Fulkerson, ''called out distinctly but with trenbling voice: 'Gentlemen, are you ready? Fire! Onie! two! three!' Ihey fired, both of them so nearly together at the word one, that it seemed to the bystanders t o be but a single loud report. A great vohlme of smoke completely enveloped then, and we all looked on in profound eeile'nce till it rose anid disclosed the two ligusres etanding and looking saivagely at each other and cach with apparent aistonish mnente that his adversary was not prone npon the earth, and we, the spiectators, equally surprised. Imsmediately Ma rstel ber began to sink slowly to the ground and Allen turned away bloody and limsp ing in the direction of mly peLrchs. I reached him as he sat downs upon0 a log near by. * * * * A single bsall bad 4 1)passed through boths thighs, high uap. A single ball had struck ,Marsteller- in thme hip and Ise lay uipons the ground, where hie hand stood." Allen Is carr'ied home. Marsteller soon1 recoves d, arose anmd de mianded that Allen lbe uAoughst back as hie desired au.nothaer shot, saying: "'I am not satisied'." He w~enst to his room unm aidedl, probaed his wounmd, extnaieted the ball and neve r lost a day by it. Th'lis is wvhat we 1now-ai-days call "nerm"1I.' l'e5ce Ier always had a lingering desire for another shoit, a circumstansee 1that ofteni thireatenedl to cauise a renewval of the S3peaking of 1Newv Orleans, re-mindiis me1 of the celebr-ated Howell andss Ileuary duel that took place ait the so-called" lalf Way'. Th?Je various accounts of this affair contain so many conflicting dletails * that I followv the one that strikes me s being most p)lausible. ,Joe Howell, a giant six feet six incihes in hsis st.ockinlg feet, a brother-is-Jaw of Mr. ,Jeffer,son D)avis, had beenm with Walker in Nica rag.ua, and while there had had sin alter. cation with a Major Henry, a wonderful character, a combinaitioni of Hludibiras Cassanova andl Knight of the Leopard. The recorded feats of his bsrav'ery punt to the blush Leathserstocking and all Isis kind. The0 cause of the difhicualtyr was never known. On thme way oust Hlowell's second gave his principal some good aid vice which the latter received with "Tu'at, tust, my. b)oy; teach your gram,.nothier how to suck eggs." An imesecn course.of pxeple had p)reeed4 the ad( versaries to tIme field. B3othi parties were noted for their brivery, coolniess and determination1 sund both were seamed with scars fro hsesd to foot. The (1uel was regarded ns thi R~omanfs might hsave regarded the meeting of two half sa-nished Numidian hions. lIn thse account nefore me thme fol.. lowing story of i'k dtel is given:. "Will yeu lJ'..:aS" give mei your version of the causeO .sf t'iis difliculty?" Howell's "lIt dont maitter; we are here to fight," "as the sharp answer from Henry's see onid. "Well, but brave 1men1 doni't fight like children, for nothing; we want to know what we are going to light about; if we are wrong we many apologize, or vice vera., "We don't kabw anlything about it; but if there is to be an apology Major .Hwdll must make iL. "But if you are ignorant of the origin and cause of this difficulty, how can you point out a wrong?" "Wait, we will see Major Henry." And off they went to the ditch where Henry sat leisurely resting. In less than three minutes the Nicaraguans were back. "Well?" asked Howell's man. "Well, Major Henry says if Joe Howell will apologize it's no fight." '-Apologize for what?" asked the other with some animation. "Don't know and don't care," was the laconic reply. "Then there is no possible way of arranging this matter amicably. Sup poso both parties approach each other half way and shake hands without a word? Will you see Major Henry and tell him the proposition comes from our side?" After some discussion they consented to this, but very reluctantly. This time the seconds remained fully ten minutes by the side of their princi pals. There was animated discussion and much gesticulation among them, but they returned and said: "Major Henry says Joe ought to apologize, and then they can shako handf." "Then it means light. Load your navy. We will do likewise. Ten paces; six barrels loaded; fire at will and ad vance." The line of fire was a narrow path, flanked on each side by a small <itch. llowell stood six feet seven inches in his boots, and contrary to advice, wore white I pants and an alpaca coat, making him a Langorously Consl)icuous target. The command was given: "Gentlemen, are you ready?" .Toe, who was facmg the woods, au swered firmly ''Ready!" but kept his eye looking steadily along the barrel of his cocked pistol. Henry in a nonchalant fashion, threw his head on one side, his pistol dangling at his arm, and in a lazy tone said "Ready!" The word was then f given, "Fire!" Both raised simultane Olusly, fired and missed. Howell cocked with his right thumb and fired again be fore Ilenry was ready for his second shot. Howell's ball pierced Henry's left forearm, when Henry again fired and mnissed. Howell now came in with his I third shot, striking Henry in the abdo menl. To this Henry responded with a shot which threw up the dirt right at Howell's feet. The hatter then advanced one step, and taking deliberate aim, pulled the trigger. Seeing that Henry was done for, Howell's second rushed up 10nd threw i) Joe's pistol with his hand. The shot flew away u) in the air, that I certainly would then and there have killed llenry. ''he other side having cried ''stop," according to agreement in case of either party being badly wounded, uttered shrill cries of "Foul, foul!" and immlQdi itely whipped out their revolvers. Then followed a scene of confusion, and for a long time it looked as if a wholesale duel would follow; but the crowd interfered and prevented the fight. The wounded man was taken to the IIalf-way house, where he remain d some weeks before he could be transported to the city. Perhaps the most celebrated duel that was ever fought in the South was thie Prentiss-Foote duel of duels. In 1833 f these two were pitted against each other f in a law suit, during the course of which loote, who was a very wasp, flung some taunt at Prentiss. The latter retorted with ia blow that knocked Foote down. the latter then challenged Prentiss. But >ne shot was exchalged. Prentiss, who was an unerring marksman, expressed 1 is intention before going upon the field :f not firing at Foote. When the word was given Foote fired so quickly that. Prentiss was disconcerted and pu)lled the trigger before he intended. 1' oote was bit in the shoulder, and here the matter 1 wals suipposed1 i) end. ''But whispering tongues can poison truth." P'rentiss, who was lame, had leaned upon his cane durii- 1 ing the duel and there was sonme talk of I bis having used a rest. Much an imupu httion was wormwood to the pioud spirit of Prentiss, and his restless imai~ginationt worked him into a fine frenzy over it. Finally ho was told, upon wlfuat he re garded as good authority, that i"oote himnself had insinuated some kind of in sult abont the matter. Prentiss was eager to believe thui5 and he did believe it. "'I had no animosity ag:tinst himi svheni I fought, hut the next time liei shall not come off so lightly." Thel o teimus of a second1 meeting wvere sooni rrranged. The attempt to arrest the prmecipals was anticipated. Prentiss and l andl his friends bid themselves near the landing at Naitchez. ini order to get the < lirst boat. While here lie accidentally I stunbled1 upon1 Ia cocking miain. P'rentiss Iiome'd the spectators; the parLty wvere startled when two cocks were put dowu,i mei naimed Preptiss, the other Foote, min bonor of the dulisits. They were not .i little chagrined when Foote killed P'rentiss at the first flutter. ]Prentiss and his party arrived on th e grouinds just in time and found not only I Foote aind his friends, lbut an immense erowd of peop)le, Among the hatter several small boys who) had climbed a i tree, somewhat to the rear of the pos1i lion taken during the duel 1by P.renmtiss, in order to get a goodl view. As thet p)rinipa)Ils were allotted their p)laces Pren tins came limping to his with his cane, which lhe threw aiside as soonl as he took I his position. Morgani noticed that lie smfiled 1bitterly ats he( did so. At the word Fo(ote fired hastily, his ball strik- I ing tIm groundl iln front of Prentiss. The hitter aimed1 steadily at, Foote, who stood coolly and unflustered, his left arm pres5sed againlst his side, huis right hang ing downm. As P'rentiss pulled the trig- I ger the ('ap exp'lod(ed, but the pistol fail edi to go oIff. Ii is secontd steppe)d upl andl put on anlother capi, and)1 fired thes bullet imto a tree to prove the pistol was fairly I loaded. It is said fthat the box of capls con1 tained 10t0, every one of1 which after warde, upon trial, went (o1f. Th p11jistols wvere reloadled. At the seroin1 shot F"oote fell.1<ingerously wounded. 'Thlere ii a tradition that after the first shot P'rentiss( advised the bo4ys in th e tree to comnet down, as Mr. F'oote was shooting very wild that day. ---A story about the cap)ture or an ex ploit of n eagle will go the rounds of the press at any season. Why? The1 eagle is not a very remarkable bird ini any way, not even remarkably scarce. t he wormed himself into tj10 confl doene of the fournders of theu$ lic~ and apparently their debcendats$ve a upertitions regaiw1 fer him a 'som ingtha ha .cmedown to us from al1 former annmain .-.ff m..y~ TllE PETS OF TIlE PEOPLE. RETURN OF THE PIlEniENT AND lIls BlRiiE TO ' U'ii F W HO'' SE 1. They are Greeted 'pons Their Arri in t the Depot y a Large but 'nolIrehenh Crond. Mrw.Cieeinnd iDellgihted wilth tEer Mojoor,, in the Mountalnes. (Special to the N(-ws anti Cour:cr.) WAsHINoTON, June 8.---resident Cleveland and his bride returned to the White House this evening, after their six Jays' sojourn at Deer Park. As it was generally understood that the President would arrive at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station at half-past 6 o'clock a large crowd was assembled at the station to grout the happy couple. 'Ile clock in the steeple of St. Aloysius' Church bad just rung a quarter after 7 o'clock, when one of the small boys in the crowd t the depot shouted "Here she comes!" tnd a minute later the Presidential train lided in under the shed and stopped. in ample force of police was on hand to egulate the crowd, but their services vero not called into requisition, for all resent stood back a respe- iful distance nd allowed a good wide space on the latform for the dusty and tired travel rs. The train was made up of the same ars which took the party to Deer Park -first, the baggage car, followed by two )arlor cars, ''Baltimore"and "Delaware." Is all of the window curtains in the 'Baltimore'' were pulled down, it was at irst supposed that the Presidential party vere in it., but while the eyes of the rowd wore riveted on the "laltimore," ho Presilent siurprised them by stepping rom the rear platform of the ''J)ela vare." The party consisted of Mr. and irs. Grover Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. -aniont, a white maid and the colored toward, St. Clair, The President wore 6 silk hat which showed signs of having con brushed the wrong way in various )laces, probably the work of his wife, vhlo has not yet mastered the art of saressimg a plug hat; a black Prince lbert coat closely buttoned, dark trous !rs, turned-down collar and black nck ie. The dftst of several hours' travel in railway had gathered upon his face, ;houlders and hands, and exposure to he sun on the mounttais gave his coi )lexionl a more ruddy hue thal he had 'hien he left the banquet hall aT the E:x cutive Mansion last. Wediesdav niglit. \Irs. Cleveland was attired in a iraveling mit of gray, white and black mixed oods, a black straw hat trinted with Alack velvet and a dove's wing sat. upon ier head imost gracefully, giving her an ixceedingly stylish air. In her gloved mnds she carried a bunch of daisies and 'erns, and as she walked up the platfori )cside her husband she looked simply )eautiful. Her face was also a trifle Atinned by exposure to the sum. Mrs. leveland walked on the left side of her imsband and did not Ilppear the least listurbed by the presence of the large ud motley crowd which peered into her ace. On the contrary, she looked pleas Llt and smiled a I'm-t.hte-halpiest-girl n-thie-U'nited-Statcs slmile, as she grace illy walked from the depot without lutchinlg itt her husband's ari as many oung bride.' would h.ve done. Mr. and ars. Lainont walked hehind, followed >y St. (lair and the maid. There was io denlontstration of any eliaracter, and be Iresident,izl party entered the Exec tive carriage, driven by the veteran Iawkins, and quietly rolled away toward he White Houso. At the latter point a irge crowd was also assonhled. Mrs. 31eveland stepped from the carriage first uid stood for an instant oni the port ico, Liokinig upl at the grand 011old mansioni, ter future home, wvith an earnest and houghtful exp)ressionl. The doors were brtiown open and te Presid eat greeted he servants at the door faimiliarly as hie ad Mrs. Cleveland paslsedi on into tIle iouse. Miss Cleveland, Mrs. IHoyt and lie Rev. D r, Cleveland, who were wait nmg, gave thme tourists a cordial welcome 10omo in the 1mai corridori. Before the PIresidenitial trainl arrived here was some spieculatio n as to) where he train would stop to drop its lassen gers. A majority of ptersonms thlouight. he train would come direetly into the itaition, as there seemed to be no further 1ecessity for seclusion on the pIart of the P'resideint. H1 owever, aboituit hlf-l at 1 >'clock, while thle plattform at thle depot iwarmued with niewsliper mIenl, somlie iof vhiom had just arrived from I)eri Piark, lie P'residenit's carriaige, tIle tillieial eari -iage, and( the steward's wagoii drove lup vithmi 0110 block of the depot, and1( thien nlysteriously filed around and drove ol' it a rapid gait in the di-ectioni of 1st amnd C st,reets, the poiint where the President md1( his br-ido emblarkedi for D)eer Par aist Wednesday nlighit. Miany of the iewspaper- men followe:d in 'carriages, .nd upon01 arrivinlg at the abhove pinit ound a hitt "rowvd in waiting. Time ?residential car-ings pulled uip amnd idly v'aited for about ten mmiuites. Sudden'ly he three Executive vehicles got undertil vay again and drove back toward the lepot, much to the disaLppointnment of lie resideiits of that neighiorhocod, who lid not like the idea of being deprived if thie glory of bleing the first to welcome hto :?residential p)air. Back to the depot vont the carriage followed by the crowvd vhoI ran alonig bieside the carriage whieilh [iawkins was driving, determined that if 11( President intended to ride home ini us owvn carriage they should see himl nuter it. As the carriaige containing tile 'residenitial party drove rap)idly from lie depot to thic \Vhite House, but few ersons recognmized tihe Excutive team ait dashted along. Occasionally some lie 011 the sideOwalk or oni a door stopl (eogniiz/edlI OI akinus, amnd inun iiediatel,y nfornied his 'mig.hblor that. the Il'resi lent's carrig. was passiing. At 15th and I streets, always a busy thoroughfar'e, lie speed of the' seal-browns slackened o prevenit collisioii with passing vehiieles, hus affordling those (In thle sidewalk an >ppor'tIunity to pmeep~ into the carriage mad behold thle President and his wife. l'hie President and Mrs, Cleveland took light honch soon after their arrival 1(ome, and an hour or two was spont in alking to his birothier and sister of the incidents (If their stay at Decer Pa&rk. B3oth the President ai Mrs. Cleveland laid nothiing had occurred to umar the >leaure of thecir trip, anti Mrs. Cleve and remarked that she hoped to be able to repeat her visit to such a dehl'ghtful place. Thon Mr. M. Oleveland naid lyly to his brother that if the fish storie which had come from Deer Park wore reliable, ho would like to take a ru up there himself. As the President expects to pitch riglit in to work to-mioerow, he fortified himself for his task by going to bed early. n. M. L. INCIDEN'T' (OF OLEVELAND'S WEI)DNG.x( The ( onuntenl of La lileu, Iteporter anud (Illilnlu it the Oeenu.lont. Secretary Bayard, an acknowledged authority, pronounces the President's bride extremely' pretty. Secretary \ 'rey's wife says the bride has dark brown hair, gray eyes and a very lovely expression of face. TLI 1i-: lN isTi-:iR's ii. The Rev. )r. Sunderland received a fee of $100 for performing the Presi dent's marriago ceremony. It was a brand-new bill which had never appar ent l been in circulation. It was handed to thie Doctor by Colonel Lanont, inne (liately after the President's departure. The I)octor made his wife a present of the bill, and she will keep it as a me mento of the occasion. wiIY I. \lt.\N%) w As All sENT. A brief call was made by the Herald correspondent on Attorney General Gar. land, on Thiursday afternoon, to find out, why he had been abselnt from the wed dmlg. "Wiy, I haven't attended a wedding in twenty years," he answered. "The President kindly accepted my excuses, and my absence had no significance wluitever. My best wishes go with him and his bride." After some general conversation the slbject of evening dress was approached. It drew out the following gent: "There isn't a dress coat in the whole of Arkansas." 'rH.: l'mEsi.:NI-. I)an. Lamont, the President's private secretary, is sometling of a humorist. lie said to it reporter ill Washington the other day: "The President and Mrs. Cleveland will retlu'n about the middle of next week, T believe. ITo has given orders that lie is not to be communicated with except under extraordinary circum stances. The congratulations received front foreign potentates will be sent to Secretary Bayard, and he will use his own discretion in making them public. Queen Victoria writes an excellent hand, if the telegram be any indication. The President was much pleased at this act of 1Her Majest v." "Will the presents be opened and the names of their donors mnde public?" asked a repourter of Col. Daniel S. La uioit the ,ther day. ".hle names will not, be given out lin ier any ei.euinstances," was the reply. "Tholugh many presents come from de voted friends, very many others huave been sent by people who have no object Save to secure notoeiet.y or to curry favol with the President. He desires no suel: gifts. Reiiembrances from friends are of course, delightful, but the Presideni does not wish to co-operate with the other class of people in getting befor( the 1ublic. Likely as not all such gift., will be retrnel." When the President's 1bride reache Washingtoni on Wednesday morning si was met at the depot by Miss Rose I'hiza beth Cleveland. In describinig Mtiss Cleveland's descent froi the bridal cai the naughty reporter of the New York Times says: "'1'lo reach was long enouglh from the lower step of the car to the walk to display to the fraction of the score of spectators gathered about, who were not all eyes for Miss Folsom, rather miore of the anatomy of the President's sister than is usually to be seen inl public. '1'his mnistep did not escapethquick e e of the b ide,mad with a dainity kc $ giathiered her skirts about her and juimp~ed to the walk with <mly hier bioct tilps pro' truinlg. Late iln theo. afiternoon ani (lid farmer amd his wife dIrove up to the White I ouse in at dilapidated and ancient oe horse vehicle that looked as if it had been in use b10iefore tihe war. The ~ fatrmer stopp)ed iln front (If the housie anid callledl (lut to it policemani slitanding onl the p)(rteb. Then his wife held( up1 a blig marikl blasket filled with great blushing stawb erries, (each on ofld I wic l hoIoke d aslage ats at teneup. lThe edges oft the)( basket were wreaths (If tastefully ar raniged flowers. '"(ive thlis to l>re'sident Cleveland,'' said the farmer. "''il calil r(Iu1ll for' the bask1et1 somie dlay."' And thlen tihe (couple started up) the horse mnd drove qhuly atway. A igularI.\ incident LInre at the v'ery inlst.'nt flhe service b egiln1. It was the erying (If it habel. 'lIe little fellow yelled as if the United States Senate were' goImig mlt(o execttive sessionl without II 'hat's a haIppIy omienl!" cied thre) ladies and at clergyman ill chorus. '"Oih! it's one of Lamont's jobsi~ t' heighten the dlramaltic effect of tihe event,' said another. Ini elev'en mliiutes bly the brlide's beau t.iful niew watch the cerenmny wals COil eluded andi the President of the Unmited~ States was a married man. Most joyfIus ly the bantid pIlyed; a thousand happy faces seemed h appier. A dozen balbies n the throng crowed while their mothiers laughed for joy. 1y11* ninte: rfo (.ov ernolr ofI.* Aua ,ahn. Ini thte D emocratic State Convent ion att Montgomnery, Ala., on Friday (In the~ thirty-first hahl ot Th'lonias Sean, for (ov einor, received a largo majority over wvere withdraIwnl, anhe il was1 nomlinalted b y accillamationt. Th'le tonlvent ioIj madie raid work withI thle irest (If its noinailI tionls. All the presenIt ollicials wete re nom11inautted, inludinug the lntiref Supreme IehtlC . Resoh 1Itions 'were ad(oplted (In dorsing P resident ('levelanud's admoinis tration and the State admlinlistrationl. 'Thle convention thlen ad1journed( sine die. A North ('nrolina Story. .WeV are iniformned that a gentleman livig near thlis city was ploIwinlg a few days ago, andi a p)eculliar noise on thle branch near by attractedl his attention. He went dlown to ascertatin tIhe Caulse and beheld a most peculiar sight. A turtle hlad partially swallowed a frog, all except the hind legs. A water mIoccaIsin had hold of these and thore was lively pullng~ going onl ash to whlich shoiOl hav th frg, the turtle 0or the snalke. The farmer broke. up the meeting and the turtle adourned very much dis gtusted.--Charlotta Obroril TIE. IIERO OF THIE SOt'1tl1. A IONi'ME;N'To BE itiE(TEi IN HONOR OF /GEN. It. E. LEFE. Cooliinulda1o of t imt't'no Moiuental AMeoela IioM, ani all V\orkinK IlnrmolIonsly for tie Spe-edy Erection ofn Mtontnm ent that 1'ill be tihe Pitie of the 1otati,. (From the Ni"\-w York li ernl d.) RIMOND), VA., June 2.--(lovernor Fitzliuglh Lee returned here a day or two ago from Cincinnati, where he had been attending the nmusical festival, very much pleased with his visit. Ho was called uponi1 to-day by the Herald corre spondent, and, - agreeable to an old promise, gave him a brief but very im portat interview in regard to the orec tion of a monent in the city of Rich lond to the memory of his illustrious twele, (hneral Robert E. Lee. The building of this monument has long been determined upon. As early as the year 1867 a Lee Monument Association was formed 1by ladies in this and other South ern States 1it principally in Virginia. A considerable amount, of funds was raised by this association in the way of private subscriptions, and several Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia were passed to facilitate the action of the ladies, but no money has ever been ap propriated by the State for the purpose. An Act was passed creating a State Lee Monument Association, distinct entirely from that of the ladies. The latter also went, to work and raised a fund, creating at first some little jealousy o11 the part of the ladies' association. The latter, act ing independently, advertised for mod els, which have been and still are on ex hibition in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol building. A prize for the best model of General Lee was awarded to the artist and designer of one of these; but, as far as public sentiment regarding them can be ascertained, none of these models will be aeceptal le, though all of them, as before stated in the Herald, are meritorious, and some of themn high ly so. In the meantime still another Act of the Legislature had been passed author izing the two monument associations to consolidate should they ever feel ini elined to do st). They would not, and did not, consolidate. In this way the matter has go along through years in a slip-shod, g<-as-yout-lilease sort of way, and it was not until General Fitzhlugh Lee had been elected Governor that the matter was taken ini anid in a serious, business-like nanner. I can now inform the readers of the Hlerald that the erec tion of a mlomunenlt to General Lee has become a fixed fact, to be accomplished in the very near future; that aniple funds will be forthcomning from time to time as thoy are needed to defray all expenses; that the momimnent will be grand in con ception, characteristic in design and highly artistic in execution and finish, and that an artist whose fame is world wide by reason of his grand achievement in Virginlia already will probably be se lected to design intd execute the model for the lolitineti. But to returni to the Governor, wvho, while speaking quite freely, did not allow himself to bubble out into enthusiastic expressions. le was deliberate in what he did say, and left 1unsaid much mnore, which he did not wish to say at present. "tgovernor, have you any objection to statmg how you are getting along with the Let. momuinenit for the benefit of the public thlia"hb the columns of the Her ald'?" "Oh, no." said the Gloverior, "'I am happy to say we are making some pro gress toward erecting at mioniument to Genieral 1Lee inl this city. 'The differenit assoceiaItionsa which luad collectedl mone,y for thaut purp1 ose have now been consoli dated anid the whole sub ject is ini charge of the bioard of manluagers which repre sent thle conlso lidaltedl associations." "Who compllose this board?'" 'The niew boarnd is colinosed of the (Governor41, Co i. Mtary'e, first audi(itor4 of the State, and Col. liarnmin, thle State treasurer'ei also Mliss Sarah N. Iianidolph, late president of the 1Ladies(' Lee Monu nien t Associationi; Miss Nichols, formier ly of1 ltichm<mtld, no0w of Washington, I). ( ., and Col. Archer Anderson, of l~itimonid, a." " fas the Iboaird selected aI designi for1 .''No. 'lhe board has miadle 1no progress im tIlilt diieet in, excep)t to look at a muinbl er of maodtels tilt are Ii on exliitiion ini thle Seiimte (Chammbler' here, anid whliich were procured41 by thle .1Ladies' Lee Moiu iii-it Assoeinlt in." "W\ill any of these he acceptable, "Thiat (Onestin i canlll't anlswer'. At thirit next. meeting it will prob aldy be decidted what par itculmar' design will be cho seni. ThIe board1't, however, is not niecessar'ily liimited ini its c,hoice to. the' "'I lave youi deteirmi ined up1on1 a site0 yet?" "Th'le board11 of liminagera, as ab ove eonistitumted, haive insp1 ected tile vaiious ploinits sutggeste4d as5 site's for1 such ia miont c'hioice to two locations." ''Where ar'e these, (Governor?"' .''One is Glambile's luill, (on the soumth side of theo city andl near its pr'Ceent eeni tre', cast and .west, which gives a fine view of the r'iver and thme suirroumnding couiitry. Thei oitherd is a piece (If land1 k,nown as 'the Allen lot,' lat the head of Irankiii stieet, in the west end( and growing l'etion of th e city, and it is ex ptetetd that. it a .bod utlm1e one of these twot h(ots will be de4t,minted iupon."' "'What is the amitounit o1 the ftmal foir the e<mtminent 1now ini handti?" ''We have eniough to orderandli( 'liy for an1 (<lnmestr'ian figurie -hiorse andoi rider. 'Thle site of the( mtOmunItent will cost the associ~ationi niothting, ando it is expected that. the city of Itichnniond will contrib mute heri share imi giving us a foundation andic in hayiiig ofi anti beautifying the surrnoundimig grounids." ''Bhtt it wilt require 1mor1 money?'' 'Oh, yes. Th'len it is proposed to re newv the effort to obtain fresh sublscrip tions, and, I presume, after tihe work is in progress the State would be willing to do something towardl comlpleting the muonmenlt to her dismtinguishied son." "Whlen (1o y'ou prompose to lay thie corner-stoneO." "T1he date for that has already been fixed upon)1, for we have named 8aturday, the 28d of October net a te ay. The Virginia troops will be in camp hero during that week. The annual 8tato fair begins on Wednesday, Octo ber 20, and ends on Friday, 22d, so that the corner-stone will be laid on the day after the termination of the fair and dur ing fair week. It was thought that would be the best time, because the mili tary encampment and the fair would both take place during the sane week." I "Do you expect a large crowd and will there be a grand military pageant?" "Yes. We hope to see a greater mun- I ber of peolple i Richmond then than at I any time within her history. There will 1 be a grand military narado and the I ladies, with the assistance of acknowl edged artists, are going to decorate the city in a more elaborate and artistic man nor than they did during the celebration of the Yorktown Centennial." "The corner-stono, Governor, I sup pose, will be laid with Masonic ceremo nies?" "Yes." " Wlho will probably1 deliver the ad dress on the occasion?" "The orator for the occasion has al ready been selected by the board of man agers. The gentleman upon whom the choice has fallen is Col. Charles Marshall, who was formerly one of the aides-de camp and the private secretary of Gen. Robert E. Lee during the war. He is now an eminent lawyer of Baltimore, and having been so closely associated with Gen Lee through those four years I of the war, besides being a fine speaker aind writer, the selection was unanimous ly determined upon." "Now, Governor, when do you think the monument will be conp leted?" f "That question is ditlicult to answer. r Monuments and great works of art of t this deseription require time-often a r great length of time. Much, to be sure, i iepelds upon the rapidity of the artist, f the builders and others selected to do f the work. My object is to do whatever 1 I cant to have such a monument unveiled i ihuring my adminlistrationl as Governor, r feeling of course a natural pride in hay mng the erection of such a monument as I one of the landmarks of my administra- c Lion.'' C GEo0ih1 FOX'S FEA''. c 1low% the F ou nder of the Soelety or FriendN Set a Diloanted Neek. (From the Medic9l Itecord.) In an interesting and scholarly ad- r iress by Dr. J. J. Leviek on the "Early Physicians of .'hiladelphia" he tells us t how George Fox traveled through New Jersey and New England, keeping a f faithful journal of all that occurred. "In 1 1672 le was passing through New Jersey, then but sparsely settled. Ie had spent the day with iliclard Ilartshorne att at liddletown larbor, (the ancestor, if I nlistalke not, of one of our present Board of Managers, and of three physi cians of that name who have so well served this hospital,) and next morning went on to hrewsbury. 'While at Shrewsmiry,' writes Fox, 'an accident befell which for the time was a great ex ercise to us. One John Jay, a Friend, of Barbadoes, who canme with us from Road Island, being to trie a horse got upon his back, and the horse fell a run ning and cast him down upo11 his head, aind brake his neck as the people said. They that were near him took him up defa, and carried him a good way and laid hin onl a tree. I got to him as soon as 1 could, and feeling on him, conclud ed lie was dead. As I stood by himt pity ing him and his family, I took hold of his hair, and his head turned anyway it was so limber. Whereupon th1trowing away my stick and my gloves, I took his head in both my hands, and setting my knees against the tree I raised his head andt perceived thtere was nothing out or broken that way. Thten I putt oneo hand under his chin and the other behtind his head, anid raised1 his head two or three tines with ill my strength and brought it in. 1 soon perceived his neck began to grow stiff againt, anid then ho began to tattle in huis throat, and1( tickly after to) bireatthe. TIhie people wecre amtazedi, but I bi<d thueum have a good heart andt be of good faith ; to carry hium in the house, give him somtething warm to trink, and putt hinm to bed. After lie had been in the house a while lhe began to speak, but did ntot kinow wheie lhe hatd beeni. The ntext (liy lie wias prtett.y well, atnd many humhided s of miles did lie travel with us tfter this.' \I, Alo IIda Iti C OlIH AnV Il'I'O itIi. En"t St. L.ouli. S-r. Louis, Juniie 1.-A lingo conspira ay, the nmagniiitde oif which the sheriff antd his oliceris ias yet dccljine to make publ)1ic, hats been uniiearthied in East St. I aouis, bitt when the detiails are fully kntown they will fuirnisht antothier senisa tioni from thle turbuitlent little city across the river. For about I wo weeks Shieriff' Robluitet with some1t spCcial meni hive been1 watchinig the nmoveinents o,f a gang int Eastt St. Lotuis. On Thursday they were runtt down, and oite of the patits I impilicatted, it is said, made a contfession giving away the whlole butsiness. T1hte plian iarranged b y the gang wits to ascer tain whent there were large amounts of miontey ont hantd int the Eitst St. Louis Trieiastury and the Woirkingmgien's Banik an d leain g buisiness houses of the city, antd wuhienever a favorab le oppotmiiiit,y occurrted to robi thtemr, and also the pri vate residences oif wealthy citizens who were atscertanted to h ave conisiderable amounts (if mtontey and valuatble jewelry in their houses. Noite(d cracksmtein front vaiotus parts of the counitry iare rehported to have bieen engagedl by the gaing tto do( thle fine( work. Act.inig on the itdvice of the piarty who 5(qutenled, Shterilf Rtobi <p't lost night arrested Jack Britton it Ithe Little Boiling Mills, where he was at work, alleging that lie was thte chief oif the gang anid had chairge of *te burg hiri's tools. Britton was taken to Belle villitand lodged in jail, but deied all knowledg~e of the contspiracey. Imptoit nut developmuents may lbe exp)eted. It is alleged thtat a majority of the police mten of the city had guilty knowledge of the conspiracy and that they wvill be proceedled against. A significant fact in this conneiction is tho special session of 0 the City Council called last ntighit by Mayor .Joyce. A resolution was adop)t<xh dlischiarging the enttiro police force of (C fourteen men, Chief hiolloran alone be0- w iiig reCtinedt!. Detectives are no0W work- g ing ton the case. ft -~. -- - b ---It is charged that $127,000 .has been b>aid to loss thtan twenty Councilmen of Chicago for street railway franhise. nl ALL ABOUT CLOVEa. rhe Many Different Variettee am{Tbetftiror There are about 160 spedies bt: Eight, at least, of these speofes xo the Northern titates, and the overal varieties in the South. Of the clovers, the best known and the nest valuable is Trifolium pratense, ,ommonly known in this country as 'red clover," although there are quite a nunber of varieties and species ha ed blossoms. Trifolinin pratense innial, and as it is rather easily wintep. illed, it is uver safe to trust to it alone or either hay or pasture. The psatur lould always contain a variety of gra.: 's to provide a succession, and alsao variety in the food of the animals which - is essential to their thrift. Hence, while " red clover occupies a prominent place in every properly constituted pasture, the other grasses in sch a pasture will make necessary feed until the clover rings up from the seed. The winter-kil of e over in meadows is more keenly elt as there it is properly grown, if grown with other grasses at all, only with those -very few inl numl)ber-th1at mature at the same time that it does. The value of common red clover as a asture or meadow plant is so generally nown that 1 need not consume space with it here. The albuminoid ratio of 3lover hay is 1:5.9. While the albu inoid ratio of milk is higher, the food or milk producing animals should have in albuminoid ratio of 1:5.3. Hence .lover is a splendid food for milk giving inimals. As a result, cows fed on clover, freen or dry, give a largo flow of milk, Ind the butter made from it is of excep ionally good quality, as nearly every eader must know. The albtuninoid atio of clover proclaims it to bo a good ood for all growing animals. I have ouid no food so really economical for togs as clover pasture; and I attribute ay exemption from swine plague for ,early twenty years, though it has often >revailed on adjacent farms, to my feed ng my swine during the summer on lover pasture, with a judicious mixture f other grasses. I find that the cheap st pork is made by putting March pigs n mastuires as soon as blue grass and rciard grass start, and keeping them sn pasture its long as the second growth f blue grass contilnues, which is to in he fall. During the season of its growth ed clover is the 1 r ik of their food. VYhen grass fails, tle3 are brought up nid rapidly fattened (but not on corn lone.) 'lhe clover has built up a big rame of bone and muscle, and as it has :ept the digestion of the animal vigor us, tihit frame is soon rounded out with at.. I would recommend this plan of ceding swine to all who can adopt it. The value of red clover for green nanuring is not often appreciated fully. Fhe reader doubtless knows, that of the aseous elements of plant food, nitrogen is the only one whom we need concern ourselves about, and also, that to keep a liberal supply of it in an available form withmn reachl of the p>lant is as important as it is dilicult. Now no other plant has so great a power of taking up nitro gen from the atmosphere as clover. It athers nitrocen from the air in com [laratively very large quantities, and when the clover is plowed under this mitrogen is held in the soil for the sue 'eeding crop. Again the roots of the Alover plant pene1c'trate to a depth of from four to live feet, and from this depth, reached by the roots of but few plants, the clover roots lriug up mineral matter --plant food---which is put within the reach of even shallow feeding planto when the clover is plowed under. Red clover is one of the most import aut crops for soiling, on accont of itn early cutting and the largo amount of excellent green food it yields. 'Two varieties of clover senm to be spe eially adapted to the South: Japan clover is suppo,sed to have been brought in tea boxes tromt Japan or China. It will scarcely grow, I believe, north of tha 36thi parallel. It does well on soils sup posed to be exhautisted( by cultivation; endures thke severest drought, its long tap root reaching moisture; is perennial, hence retains its foothold without re seedinig; is much relished by stock for either pasture or hay, an d is also excel lent for pl,owing unde Ir. Mexican clover, though considered a broublcsomie plant ini cultivated fields in. Florida, is very valuable as a greeni soil ng plant. It grows rapidly and is very mecculent. It is too watery to cure well nto hay. It grows very luxuriantly, and m a soil too poor for the common red lhover. It is a native of Mexico and outh America.-John M. Stld], in~ 'lanter anid Stockman. liIr4. CleelanCd'N 'r11IP. A pretty story, if one could believe it, . told by the Paris correspondent of a ionna paper. A short time ago a mati ce of music was given by the Duchess ~amotte, and1( amuong thlo guests was the harmning b ride-elect of President Olove and, then in Paris completing her trous .eau. The young lady was the object of nany marks (of distinction, the high aris oeracy surrounided her, and there was nuich talk of her positioni. 01n0 lady, lie dlaughter-in-lawv of the D)uchcss de [Persigny, condoled' with Miss Folsom >ecause she wouldl have no title as the sife of a Republican President. '"Al vouild be well, only you will have no Aitle," said she; ''you wdml only be called Nirs. (Cleveland." "'Butt that name is mnly for strangers," was the answer of the fair American; ''the President has for intimacy con ferred upon01 me a very patrticuilar title." Everybody looked up curiously; and, bhtising deeply, Miss F"olsom added: ''lIe calls mo--his dar ling. Can a tyife desire a better title?'a 'The hostess embraceed hieramiable guest, remiarkinig, '"You are) right, andl( you ap pear' to mei as if you woulId keep the tile to the endil of youru life." --A fire at LitcleIdO(, Connecticnt, which began at 1.30) Friday morning, lcstroyed the court 1Ilouse, thle Enqirex rinting ollico, thet M'iansiont House Ho oh, Coo~loy's Hotel4 and1( fifteen busines~ souses. Theo loss is estimated at $200,. 00. Well insured. -Justice Woods, in the United States curt at Atlanta, has rendered a decision hiich in effect is a warning to the Gooi. a Railroad Commiis.sion thlat rguating, eight rates beyond State limits wou1 ~ ,~ interferinig with inter-Statoe commner~ --The Papal Conaistory at lRome la >miinated six more Amein Bln p