The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 21, 1865, Image 4
Thc Sum aro in I he Quiet Deep.
I.
The stars are in the quiet deep,
A thousand saintly e*cs of light,
Street -watchers of thy maiden ?loep,
That bring thee visions thro'thc night;
For not a breath that s?reeps the skies,
With tones that take thc gentle ear,
But from some holy mansion flics.
To soothe the dream of one so dear.
Silent, as through
Arches of blue, *
Darts the bright meteor gleaming and gone,
So do they rise ?
Bright in the skies
Blessing for angela what mortals have won.
?
Commissioned by a Power Divine,
* Thus Love asserts an anpcl sway,
And blessings, for thv heart, from mine,
Even now are speeding on their way:
The sacred priuciplo of thing?,
In all we know, that Hcavcu.makes fair,
Mav well command a thousand wings
To waft and hallow Love's own prayer.
Softly as goes
Dew to the rose,
Bearing the precious balma gatlaiiod above,
So do they 1 >car,
Blessing.and prayer,
Cheering thc: happy heart, chosen of Love!
r \ EDGAR.
Extraordinary Domestic Complica?
tion. t
One of the most extraordinary cases
that ever occupied the attention of
thc courts, or excited popul?r^ inte?
rest, is likely .soon to come tip for
judicial determination, tho*?niatory t
steps having already been taken*for
the purpose.' The particulars of the
ease, as stated by the Sunday Mercury,
are as follows : T
The heroine-who is a very .Attract?
ive, intelligent lady of some forty
summers-was formerly the wife of a
gentleman named Warner, engaged in
the banking business; but owing to
inattention and a lack of industry, he
did not succeed in life, and did very
little for i the support of his family.
Two children, a boy and a girl, had?
blessed the union, and their care and
culture devolved chiefly upon the mo
. ther. The husbandiproceeded to Cali?
fornia some thirteen years since, and
never communicated with home after?
wards, leaving his family to shift for
themselves. The position of tho de?
serted wife was a trying one, i but,
with true female heroism, she set her?
self to the task of providing fov her?
rsch and her children. ?There being
but few sources of industry or enter?
prise open to respectable females, she
was under the necessity of resorting
j:o one which was suited to her tastes
and talents; and she rented a very
respectable and elegant.- mansion in
West Sixteenth street, where she open?
ed a boardmg-house. The lady is of
French 'extraction, and inherits the
Gallic proclivity for the cultivation of
the cuisinary tuc; and being, more?
over, neat and ladylike in her deport?
ment, an?i wi thttl endowed with more
than an average share of the charms
of her sex, her-house soon became the
hom? of several gentlemen of wealth
and taste, to the mutual satisfaction
of the fair hostess and her guests. By
strict economy, and an industry which
did not shrink from the performance
of the most arduous duties, she suc?
ceeded in giving her children a liberal
..education, and made* a comfortable
provision for their support. Tho
daughter formed an advantageous ma?
trimonial engagement, ami the son
became engaged in business, and both,
of course, necessarily forsook the pa?
rental roof. lylrs. Warner being thus
left alone, except the society of her
boarders, felt the social isolation of
her position.
Among her other boarders was Mr.
Appleton, a member of the firm of
App&ton Brothers, of Broadway, in
this city-one of the most extensive
publishing houses in this country- '
whose issues of periodical publica?
tions, particularly '?'?Appleton's Cyclope?
dia,''' have become a portion of the
standard literature of America. Hav?
ing the opportunity of an intimate
observance of the character and habits
of. his hostess, he was attracted by
her domestic qualities, and became a
suitor for her hand and heart. m Both
had passed that period of hie when
the selection, of a inatrimonial partner
is decided by the fancy and imagina?
tion; but their union, which soon after
took place, was cemented by the
firmer cohesion of mutual respect
and esteem founded upon long and
familiar intercourse and a thorough
knowledge of each other's character.
As the marriage was not preceded by
the love-sick sentimentalities, the
bining and cooing, , no:- apostrophes
to Cupid and the Muses, with which
enamored youths and smitten demoi?
selles relieve their laboring bosoms;
neither was it accompanied by colos?
sal cakes, nor groves of orange blos?
soms, by troops of brid(,?m?dds, nor
any k'4nd of public parade, but with
the pr*va?*y which is more in accord?
ance witn female delicacy and good
taste. Tnis 'circumstance is mentioned
here, because it becomes material
hereafter. Suffice- it to say, that they
were joined in wedlock, and neither
found any reason to complain of mis?
conception or ai want of congeniality.
For ?a time, at least, the course of
true love seemed to run smooth, with?
out a breeze to ruffle its glassy sur?
face. Mr. Appleton, being%ver forty
y%ars of age, and consequently haviug
experienced the inconvenience of
single blessedness, appreciated th?
comforts of'a home; and thc lady,
having so long found it necessary to
tax her energies and battle with ad?
versity, found herself at last surround
ed by affluence and the elegances it
provides, with a larger share of do?
mestic felicity than usually falls to
married life. But their happiness was
of short? elu ration. Some year or two
ago, Mr. Appleton retired from active
participation in the affaire of the firm,
and another brother took his place.
About the same time, he commenced
to speculate in gold and the stock
inarftet, with tho varying fortunes
which "attend such ventures. His
operations finally resifted disastrous?
ly. He had purchased gold largely
when it was between two aud. three,
hundred, and held on to it in the hope
of a farther advance, until Sherman's
march through the Carolinas knocked
the bottom out of thc* Confederacy,
and gold fell with it. ? He was also
largely interested i$ Eric when it
tumbled. Aud these financial disas?
ters caused him so much menial anxie?
ty as to affect his reason, and bring on
a violent paroxysm of insanity. His
wife exercised her utmost "powers to
tranquilize his "perturbed spirit," and
one night, when he rushed from the
house at the late hour of 2 o'clock,
determined, in his wild and'unsettled
state, to visit the Fifth Avenue Club
Boom, of which he was a member,
she followed him, and succeeded for
the time in soothing his clisordered
fancy, and indmSbd him to return
home. It became necessary to place
him under physical restraint, and the
most eminent medical aid was pro?
cured. Everything that skill and at?
tention could accomplish was done,
.und, in a short time, a visible improve?
ment took place. It may be proper
here to state that, for some years past,
a certain degree of alienation existed
between him and his brothers, and
very little intercourse took place be?
tween them. They ?lid not visit him,
nor he them; aud his connection with
the publishing firm having ceased, J?;
intimacy between them had come t<
an end. lt is probable they were dis?
satisfied with his marriage, but that ?
a matter of conjecture. On the Sd o:
July, however, a mutual friend (callee
at his residence, and had ah interviev
with Mrs. Applet*^, and informed ho:
that Mr J Appleton, the brother of he:
husband, desired that the latter shouh
pay a visit to his brother's s\unmei
residence-one of the elegant une
charming villas which have renderei
faun?s the celebrated wntering-plac
I of Newport, Rhode Island. As hi
I physicians had recommended recr?ai
tion and amusement in order to diver
his mind from the irregular channel
into which it had glided, the lad
yielded a willing assent. The gentle
man promised that tho husband woul
be restored in ? day or two to hi
home, while the change of scene woul
tend to improve his mentid corftitioi
After some days had elapsed, and n
word arriving of her absent husbanc
the lady br-came alarmed, and sougl
the friend who hud accompanied hil
from tlie house, to inquire the-cam
of Iiis prolonged absence. He referre
her to her brother-in-law, who, 1:
said, had taken upon himself to eletai
I him, and was willing to assume th
responsibility of the act.
I In this dilemma, as her sex preven
? ed her from undertaking a search f(
her husband in person, she procure
the services of Officer Masterson, >
tho detective force, who immediate
set to work to discover the wher
abouts of the gentleman thus spirit(
away. He proceeded to Newport, b
found that tho bird had flown. I
there discovured that he had be<
transferred to Boston. On reachii
the latter city, he was again doomi
to disappointment-the object of 1
pursuit had been -once more remov?
to an unknown location. The effoi
to conceal his whereabouts were u
availing; the indefatigable detecti
Atas on his traci?, anti succeeded
tracing him to the obscure village
Andover, Mass. Mrs-9 Appleto
learning where he had been place
proceeded, a week ago last Satur di
to visit him, and if possible, have h:
restored to her care anti custoely. ]
had'been placed in charge of a pin?
dan, ? brother-in-law of one of t
Appletons,, and we believe a surgee
general of the State of Massachuset
Having received some intimation
tho approaching visit of the lady, t
physician had himself invested w
the functions of a justice of the pe?
by Governor Andrew, and summoi
a posse of special constables fri
among the neighboring rustics
resist jrvhat was represented as a raid i
of New York desperadoes to abduct vi
el carats the insane prisoner. On ar?
riving at the place, the lady found the
villagers up in arms, und the brother j
of her husband, who has been instru?
mental in decoying him from nome,
and preventing hi? return, present,
and determined to dispute her right to
an interview with her hu*?%and. Un?
der such circumstance, of course-she
had to succumb, and tho rural force
extemporized to resist, remained in
triumphant ??possession of the field.
If the matt?- stood as thc foregoing
facts would leave it, the-.-rights" of the
claimants for the custody of 'the gen?
tleman would bc easily decided "-but
a strange aid embarrassing compila?
tion arises from the fact that, just in
tin? midst of the contention, a now
actor in tho drama appears upon tho
scene. After a disappearance of some
thirteen years,-daring which nothing
was heard from him, tho lady's first
husband turns upj Tin' law ofr-the
.?tate <jn thc subject provides that if a
husband deserts his wife, or from any
reason remains' absent beyond the
seas for thc space of five years, and
she hears no tidings of him itt tho.
meantime, she j? at liberty io marry
again. The legal pwisunrption is, that
after such a long ?nd silent absence,
the husband is dead; and, if he is not,
ho certainly ought to be. Any man
who deserts his wife, not only for five
but for thirteen, years, and fails to
communicate, with her in any way,
hus no right to turn up then, ?t>l cer?
tainly none whatever to interfere with
any domestic relations she may have
formed in his absence. As the second
marriage was privately conducted,
there mfty be an attempt made to deny
its existence, but there is no doubt
that a legal and valid maftiage cere?
mony was performed.
The case, as wo have, intimated at
the outset, is one of the strangest on
record, and it will be observed by the
readers of poetry that the particulars
correspond almost literally with the
incidents of Tennyson s late epic of
Enoch Arden. In the poem, a hus- i
band g<J"? off, and long aft?irwards his I
wife marries another. * The *"jjpuant j
husband returns to hud her in her new j
home, hu own place supplied by a
substitute:- He has the doevnoy to I
keep shady; and as the unities of the j
jpoam demanded that some of the dru- i
mutis personte must disappear, he j
dies e>T, arel leaves his wife and her
new husband undisturbed. Such is ?
the denouement, as wrought ont by
poetical*' justice, and if the present I
case ev* coined before a jury, we prc;- j
diet tHBMtheir verdict will harmonize
with the decision <>f the Muses.
_;_.? Q_
In view of the importance of tho approach?
ing Convention, it is ?if vital consequence
to tts tha"t*wo should bu represented by mt n,
not only of patriotism and experience, but
o? legar acquirements. I beg, therefore, to
present to thc-voters of Richland th? names
ol the following gentlemen, who arc emi?
nently titted for tis- responsible post for
which thev are nominated: ?
CHANCELLOR RROL,
HON. WM. V. J'KSACSSL'RKJpt
COL. WM. WALLACE. v
_f,oL. E.W. MCMASTER. Aug3
THE following gentlemen are respectfully
suggested as candidates for the Convention
to be held in September nTxt:
WA DE HAMPTON,
A. R. TAYLOR, '
' Wi A. HARRIS.
J. G. GIBBES. July 31 * .
* For tl?c Convention.
The friends of ibo Union and of their
State, desiring to bring into lier councils
practical knowledge, sound patriotism and
devotion to her best interests, respectfully
nomi'nate the following gentlemen as delo
gatcs to the Stat-- Convention from the
District of Richland:
JOHN CALDWELL,
?* WADE HAMPTON,
A. R. TAYLOR,
_W. A. HARRIS. August 1*
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VV brought before him; will also attend
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DENTISTRY:
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? PH OC LAM ATI 0 S ?
WHEREAS His Exceu?iicy President
Johnson ha? issued kin proclama?
tion, appointing nie i Benjamin ?. Perry)'
Provisional Governor in una tor rue State o?'
South Carolina, with power ,n> pref ?rib?
suck'rules and regulations as may pc neces?
sary and proper f.o convening a Convention
of rho State, composed cfMelegatcs to be
chosen by that portion of th?, people of Nain
State who are loyal to the knited Stairs,
for the purpose ol altei ing pr amending tuc
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise within the limits ol' the State' all
the powera necessary and proper to enable
sock loyal people to restoru said State to ita
constitutional relations to the Federal Gov?
ernment, audio present such, a Republican
form of State Government as wdlT-ntitle the
State t? the guarantee of the*United Staten
therefor, ami its people to protection by thu
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and domestic violence.
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clamation of his Excellent y Atidrew John?
son, President of tb? United Mates, I
BENJAMIN I'. PERKY. Provisional Govert
nor of the ?tate ei South Croliua, lor the
purpose of engauizing a Provisional Gov?
ernment in South Carolina, reformiug the
rotate Constitution and restoring civil au?
thority it; :eiid State under the Constitution
and laws of the United Status, do hereby
proclaim and declare tb-.allcivil uthcers in
South Carolina, v. bo v.eie in othce when the
Civil Government Qf ibu State was suspend?
ed, ;n May last, (except those, arrested or
under prosecution lor treason,) shall, on
taking the oath Sf allegiai.ee prescribed in
the President's Amnesty Proclamation ol
thu '2-Jth day of ??Jay, " 18'J?. resume the
duties of their office J and continue to dis?
charge 'hem under the Provisional Govtru
mcnt t il fm tner appointments are made.
And I do furtl/i./'pr^luim, declart and
make k. own. tiiat il ia me duty of all loyal
citizens of tue State of Srutb Carolina to
promptly go forward and take the oath of
allegiance to the I nited States, before sonio
magistrate or military ollieer ox thc Federal
Gov6rninent,*who may be qmdilied for aft
ministering oaths; an., sued are hereby
authorized to gin; certified copie* thereof
to the persons respectively by whom they
were made. And such magistrates or
oftieors are hereby required to trauviitit the
originals of .such oaths, at aa carb a day as
may be convenient, to the Department of
State, in thc city of Washington, D. C.
And I do further proclaim, declaic and
make known, that the Managers of Elec?
tions throughout the state of Safrth Caroli?
na will hold an election for members of a
State Convention, at their respective pre?
cincts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEP?
TEMBER NEXT, according to the la** of
South Carolina in force before the secession
of tb** State; anti that each Election Dis?
trict1 in the State shall ch et ai many mem?
bers of tiie Convention as the said District
bas members ol' the House of Representa?
tives*-thc basis of representation being
population and taxation. This will give
une hundred and twenty-four members lo?
ttie Convention a iiumbcivsuihciciitly largo
to represent every portion of the State most
fui ly.
Every loyal eiti/.-n who hus taken t-he
Amnesty oath and not within the e\ceptnd
classes in the President's .Proclamation,
will be entitled to vote, provided he was a
legal c?>ter ui:d< .? the Constitution as it
stood prior to tl>e secession ?rf South Caro?
lina. And all who are within the excepted
classes must *ake the ?V.?i and apply tor a
Eardon, in order to entitle them to Vote or
emmie members of the Convention.
The members of the Convention thus
elected on tho tirst Monday in September
next, are horebv required to convene in thu
cityaof Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the 13tli
day of September, lN?w. ior the purpose of
altering ami amending the present Consti?
tution of South Carolina, or remodelling
and making a new um*, which will conform
to the great chang.*? which have taken
place in thc State, ami be nmrAi accord?
ance with Republican principles and equali?
ty of representation.
And 1 do further proclaim and mak^
known, that the Constitution und all lairs of
force in South Carolina prior to the seces?
sion of the S'ate, are hereby made of fore.!
nader the Provisional Government, except
wherein they may conflict wrh the provi?
dions ot' ihif proclamation. And the Judges
?nd Chancellors of the State are hereby
required to exercise all the powers and per?
form all the .lillies which app.rtain !<> tn. ir
l'cgjprctivc offices, and "speciallv in criminal
eases, lt will be expected of the Federal
uilitary authorities now in South Carolina,
to lend their anthoriti to tb,? civil ollieer.-)
of the Provisional Government, tor thc pur
f*>st of enforcing tho law.- an.! preserving
tin- peace and good order ol' the State.
And 1 do further ..omi.um.1 am', enjoin all
good y nd law ful citizens of the Stale to
unite in enforcing the law.-? and bringing to
justice all disorderly persons, all plunder?
ers, robbers ami* marauders, all vagrants
and idle persons who are wandering about
without employ mei ii or any visible means
of supporting themselves.
It is also . xpueted that all former owners
of fr*eed persons will be kind &> them, and
not turn off the childi-, n or aged to perish;
and the freed men and women ate earnestly
enjoined to make contracts, just and fair,
for remaining with their former owner.
In frdcr to facihtate as much as possible
thc application for pardons under the ex?
cepted sections of the President's Amnesty
Proclamation, it. is stated for information
that all applications must be by petition,
stating thc exception, and accompanied
with th.- oath prescribed. This petition
jmut be first approved by the Provisional
Governor, and then forwarded to the Presi?
dent. The headquarters of the Piovisiomil
Governor will be at Grcenviiie, 7/kcre all
connv.r?cp.iijfcs to him must bc addresced.
The uerc.papcrG of this State Trill put lise
thia proclamation till the election for mem?
bers of tke Convention.
In testimony whereof, ? &K V hereunto set
my hand z?id scab Done at the
[L. s.] town of Greenville, ihi3 2oth day of
July, in thc year of our Lord, l-"65,
and of the independence of tho
United States the ninetieth.
B. F. PERRY.
By the Provisional Governor:
WILLIAM H. FETOY, Fri'.nie Secretary.
July ???;