The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 17, 1886, Image 1
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