The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 17, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, May 17,1866.
Radical Morality.
That party now distracting the
country commenced the?r nefarious
campaign a quarter of a century ago,
by designating the Constitution of
this country as a "covenant with heli,"
denouncing the Bible because it did
uot enjoin the abolition of slavery,
and even blasphemed against Jeho?
vah. Time has not improved their
morals, ns in a speech made by Ste?
vens, the other day, just before the
constitutional amendmentwaspassed,
he expressed the wish that the 8,000,
000 of the peoplo of the South were
consigned to the penitentiar'- of hell,
and kept there by bayonets.
It would be charitable to believe
that thia fanatical leader is of unsound
mind, or possessed of devils. Whither
are we drifting in morality us well as
in politics, under the teachings and
leadership of such men? Such a
speech as this, duly reported, printed
and scattered over the face of the
earth, must make its author infamous.
But it is not alone the disgrace such
utterances bring upon our nationality
and legislation ; there is still a more
baleful influence that may be exer?
cised by this profanity. We allude
to the effect such readings will have
upon the minds of the young. These
debates, 'if not read now by them,
when in permanent form, they will be
read hereafter as part and parcel of
tlie history of this stirring period in
our country's history. Violence and
profanity in the utterances of our
public men, tend, in a high degree, to
corrupt the morals of the whole com?
munity, and thus, when the passions
of the mob are inflamed, the restraints
of virtue are snapped like wisps of
straw, and atheism, red republicanism
aud agrarianism will sweep the last
vestige of liberty of the country.
A Klean Pharisee.
An incident connected with the
Baltimore fair develops the fact that
in that city, whose people, and whose
ladies especially, have covered them?
selves with renown for their hercu?
lean efforts in behalf of the Southern
poor, there was one man-no, not
man, but a heartless wretch-who,
when tho committee of ladies waited
?>n him for a subscription in behalf
of the objects of the fair, replied in
this strain: "What!" said he, roughly,
"give money to the rebels! I shall
do no such thing-they have not suf?
fered half enough. Let them suffer
more."
Would our readers believe that this
creature is wealthy, aud, mo^over, a
prominent member of a church iu
that city? Let his name be written
and go down to infamy-Thomas
Kelso; and while gratitude induces
the people of the South ever to speak
of Baltimore and her people with the
liveliest emotions of esteem and re?
gard, let the name of this miserable
exception never be spoken of but in
terras of execration. Pass him around.
Government Liberality.
In Alabama, in two or three Dis?
tricts of our own State, and in Wil?
mington, \. C., tho Government,
through its officers, has ordered ra?
tions to be dispensed to the indigent
poor within their respective jurisdic?
tions. We presume the order to be
genera] throughout the South; aud as
it embraces the indigent poor of both
white and black, it reflects groat cre?
dit on those in authoritv at whose
instance it may have been issued.
The Assistant ( -ommissioner at Wil
ndngton has, further, received in?
structions to assist the small farmers,
and to supply those who uro unable
to purchase with seeds, Ac. This is
a praiseworthy effort to aid those who
need assistance, and on whose labor
much depends in the production of
future supplies. This extension of
the operations of the benevolent in?
stitutions of the Government will
meet with geueral approval.
An enthusiastic meeting of the la.
dies of Charleston was held at the
Milla House, on the 15th. for the
purpose of forming an association to
erect a monument and beautify the
graves of Coniederate dead. Mrs. M.
A. Snowden ^was elected President;
Miss Mary C. Burrows and Mrs. Dr.
Wm. M. Fitch Vice-Presidents. A
resolution was adopted, that the asso?
ciation visit tho graves of the Con?
federate dead on the 16th of June -
the anniversary of the battle of Seces
sion ville.
Valumbl? Forthcoming Work.
.The LoBtCause; a New Southern
History of tho War of the Confede?
rates," by E. A. Pollard, of Virginia.
This the title which Mr. P. has given
his .volume, and the advance sheets
we have received give evidence, on
the part of the publishers, Messrs. E.
B. Treat & Co., New York, that the
work will be got out in the finest
style of the art. The paper is fine
and tho typography excellent, and
besides, tho volume will bs illustra?
ted with fine steel engravings of the
late Confederate Generals.
Mr. Pollard, in a circular note, re?
quests us to say the work advertised
by C. P>. Richardson, of New York,
as "Pollard's revised edition of the
Southern war, is nothing more than
some old annals put heretofore to?
gether under the title of "First Year
of the War," and its publication is
not authorized by him. ' 'The Lost
Cause," published by Treat & Co.,
is the genuine work upon which he
has been engaged some time, and
which will shortly be put forth in the
style alluded to. Readers had better
examine when the works are put in
the market.
Robert Wilson, Esq., of Charles?
ton, S. C., is the agent for this valu?
able work.
Oar Rebellion.
The Richmond Times stands up
bravely for the suum caique, and re?
fuses to allow the New York Herold
the privilege of calling the Southern
rebellion "ei/r rebellion." It claims
all it? honors, and shoulder? all its
responsibilities :
We had thought that if there waa
anything which we could call pecu?
liarly our own-which we could say
was emphatically ours-it was the
"rebellion," so-called. Yet there are
papers published North, and among
them the New York Herald, which
seem to be disposed to dispute our
possessory title as "rel?ela." The
Herald, in a recent editorial, speaks
of the war of "our great rebellion,"
and prides itself of the grand military
lessons which it taught, on the vast?
ness of the armies and the magnitude
of the battles. It must be admitted
that the "rebellion" was a big thing,
and many people living near to the
Herald made much money and some
reputation thereby. But it strikes us
as unequivocally cool that they should
bo terming our rebellion theirs, and
thus manifesting a disposition to
share with us the "odium" which
they would have us believe is involved
in this great affair.
We think that, without any vanity
or arrogance, we may claim that the
"rebellion" was ours; and whatever
fame or odium is attached to the un?
dertaking, we are unwilling to divide
the former, or to slirink the latter.
We wish it to be distinctly under?
stood that wo recognize thc claim of
no one to the. "rebellion," except that
of those who inaugurated and carried
it on. And the Herald, in speaking
of it as "our great rebellion," appro?
priates property to which it has no
shadow of right. But it has this
much interest in the concern-that
in common with many otbor journals
it did much of the work in its columns
which created tho war. If this is
what tho Herald mean?, then we
frankly admit the propriety of its
claim, and aro willing to advanco it
to a very high seat in the "rebellious"
synagogue-that used to be.
How MANY AUK TO BE HUNO.-In
the Senate, dav before yesterday. Mr.
Doolittle insisted that Mr. Nye, ol
Nevada, should suv how many rebels
he wanted hung.
Mr. Nye-Enough to make treason
odious. If you will give me ii piece
of paper 1 will put down their names.
Mr. Doolittle The Senator need
not specify them, but give the round
numbers.
Mr. Nye -Five or six. I wouh;
have hanged Jeff. Davis, no mattel
how he was tried, before the grand
armies of (Inuit and Sherman wher
they were mustered out in this city
but now it is best to try him by i
court of law, I suppose.
Mr. Doolittle-Snell an act by tin
President of the United Stutes, ti
hung Jeff. Davis without trial, wouh
have benn deemed a murder by al
the civilized Governments of tin
world.
RATIONS FOR THE DESTITUTE, lt i
stated in a despatch to (roverno
Patton, that tho War Department ha
ordered that supplies bo immediate!;
sent to Alabama, sufficient to reliev
the entire destitute population.
The Newberry Herald announce
that the Lieutenant commanding a
that post hus directed thu destitu?
i white und black in that community
to report to him and their wants wi]
be supplied.
The Wiunsboro News contains
roquest that the destitute in tba
; District will report to Captain Crain
commandant of that post.
-. m ? ?
Artemus Ward has instituted ai
action against the publishers of
funny (?) book called "Betsy Jan
Ward -husband of Artemus," to r<
strain them from issuing it. He say
it hurts his fair fame and libels iii
fair flame.
The Cotton Supply from Indian-Fail*
? ? imfg mjgmurce?.
At a recent meeting of th? Man?
chester Chamber of Commerce, the
consideration of the prospects of cot?
ton supplies from India Jjwss discuss?
ed. Complaints were made of the
apathy of the (Government respecting
India, and the opinion prevailed that
all that was necessary to obtain a
large supply, was to develop the canal
and railroad communications in that
country. Mr. Bagley, Member of
Parliament, said:
Since the termination of the war in
America, they had acquired some?
thing of the former degree of the acti?
vity that once pervaded the manufac?
turing districts. Still, much remained
to be done. In 18G0, the consump?
tion of cotton in the United King?
dom amounted to 2,500,000hags dur?
ing tho year; at the period of the
greatest distress-namely, 1802-the
consumption had diminished to
1,000,000 bags, and last year it had
gone up to 2,000,000.
During this period there had been
very important additions made to the
means of consuming cotton, not only
by the spirited determination of spin?
ners to repair their old machinery
and prepare for a better time, but by
the spirit of capitalists who had in?
vested new capital in new works, tin
result being that there was at the pre?
sent moment the power to consume
much larger quantities of cotton thar
had been known at any,other period
and he apprehended not less thar
3,000,000 bags would be required tc
supply the trade of the whole king
dom. when cotton could be had ir
plenty, and at the same time at sud
cheap prices as ruled previous to tin
convulsion of 1860. It had beei
stated that the exports to Americ?
with the revived trade had been s<
large that our public finances wen
likely to be seriously inconvenienced
He differed altogether from such ai
estimate.
The time, he feared, was comiug
when distress would be brought upoi
India, because it would be more t<
the interests of the people of th i
country to obtain cotton from Ameri
ca than from India. ?100,000,00?
?terhng already paid was ample com
pensation for what we had received
and we had no occasion to troubl
ourselves with consequences as ti
what might accrue to India, althougl
it would be much to be deplored i
India did not keep up in the race o
competition. Unless something coult
be done in the administrative reforr
in India, there could be no improve
aient in the cultivation of cotton.
Something must be done to eman
cipate thc agricultural industry c
India from the thraldom of ofliciah
India possessed ample meaus for rt
pealing her custom duties. Th
whole revenue of India is about ?45
900,000 sterling gross; the net amour
was, perhaps, from ?35,000,000 t
?38,000,000 sterling. The expense
of collection amounted to ?8,000,00(
und he submitted that this sum, d<
ilucted from the gross revenue, wt
a sum altogether unnecessary, and
would be possible to save as niue
ELS ?2,000,000 sterling out of the e:
penses of collection. At all event
the manufacture of cotton yarns coi
tributed to the revenue of India aboi
?600,000 sterling, that could be east
Fibolishcd; and as thc cottou trac
lias given India something like ?180
1)00,000, a benefit would ariso to Indi
if cotton goods were wholly exempte
from duties.
It was to be hoped, therefore, ?
effort would be made to repeal tl
linties upon cotton maimfactnrei
If there was a large trade rapid
rising in India, where spinning ai
manufacturing were being conducto
ii protection would arise to t hose ni
nufacturers if somcthiug did not alt
the present condition of things. T
whole official revenue of India i
quired to be fullv examined and eec
omi/.ed. Only ?29,000,000 sterli
was required for the real expenditui
nf the country, and to collect 81
DUO,000 sterling appeared to leave
margin that gave great scope !
financial reforms.
Reproductive works of any kit
which would greatly contribute
the revenue of India, has made I
little progress. True, ?50,000,1
sterling hud been expended in alu
3,000 miles of railway in India, 1
in America there was 30,000 mil
Water for inland navigation and ii
gation was, no doubt, the great wea
of India. Great investments ouj
to be made in the megans of conv
ing heavy goods from the iuteu-ioi
the ports; and water applied to
land, it was well kuown, increased
production four-fold. Wherever i
gat ion was applied, the quality of
cottou was vastly increased-of cou
to the corresponding advantage of
agriculturist. The land kinure qi
tion was also of the highest im]
tance to India.
WILSON'S ABUSE OF THE PRESIDE
in the Senate, on tho 8th, Wilson
Massachusetts, said:
"I believe, upon my consciei
the President has made more anxi
nights, more troubled clays, m
bitter thoughts, more agony and i
row of honest, conscientious, G
fearing men and women of our co
try, than were ever made by
other man that ever lived. Upon
conscience, I say that I believe
Johnson has made more though
men and women bow their head:
anxiety and sorrow during the ]
year than did the rebel chiefs du
their four year* of fire and blood
Alexander H. Stephen?, Broommll and
Probat.
Mr. Broomoll's intemperate lan?
guage on yesterday in the discussion
on the Reconstruction Committee's
proposed constitutional amendment,
tros, in its personal allusions, a fla?
grant breach of tho proprieties of
Congressional debate. The Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, -whether he
was right or wrong in thc political
sentiment that induced him to par?
ticipate in the movement of seces?
sion, is a man of pure and noble
character, whoso exemplary private
life and distinguished public record,
whose high intellectual endowments,
rare statesmanship and scholarship,
and whose acknowledged sincerity oj
political belief and action, command
the respect and admiration of all
who are not incapacitated by fanati
cism or an inferior moral nature fron:
paying just tribute to thc qualit?et
that ennoble humanity and servt
civilization. Mr. Broomall know;
that Mr. Stephens is the peer of th?
best in the land in those attribute!
that elevate society and constitute th?
essence of good citizenship; and ye
he dares, in the presence of the as
scinbled representatives of the people
knowing that his words will be pub
lished to the world, compare hi:
fellow-citizen, by far his superior ii
mental and moral attributes, to on?
of the most debused and guilty o
God's creatures, to a fiend in humai
form who is to-day tho abhorred o
all our communities, and awaiting
the penalty of crimes that have n<
parallel in atrocity in the history o
human depravity. Says this pander
er to Congressional appetite for sen
sation oratoryr: "Probst, the murder
er, is to be hanged, and Alexander
j H. Stephens, one of the chief cou
spirators in the rebellion, is to hav<
, a seat in the Senate of the.Unitec
j States. What o mockery of justice ii
[this. The time will como when tl?
poor miserable Dutchman will Ix
brought to the same bar with flit
vice-President of the so-called South
ern Confederacy, who had aided ii
murdering 2UO,00t> Northern inen
and then these things would be mad?
all even."
This implied sympathy for th?
"poor, miserable Dutchman," is of i
kind with the morbid sentiment, tin
sickening mockery of philanthropy
that prompted several prominen
radicals to denounce the execution o
the murderer Green as im outing
against law and humanity, lt rc
minds one of Robespierre, who sen
thousands of his countrymen to tli
guillotine, and wept when his dog'
tail was trampled on. And fer
counterpart of the spirit of thew
butchers of the French reign c
terror, we eau look to the rudie;
demagogues of our chine and IIIIA
They lack but the power to emulat
their French prototypes in drenchin
their native soil with the blood <
helpless victims, immolated to tliei
partisan resentments.
We ullude bi this Congressioni
incident, not so much to vindica!
the character of Alexander H. Sh
phens, which needs no such chan
piouship before an enlightened pe<
pie, os to renew our protest aguin:
the attempt of Northern fanatics t
embitter th?; populations of the
section against their brothers of tl
South. The conflict in the field'
! ended, and with it should cease tl
hostility of sentiment, that is nu le
pernicious to the interests of tile r
public. Tho duty of the houris
cultivate good will, mutual respec
confidence and fraternity, withe?
which Union would be valueless, ar
peace denied its blessings. If tl
members of the National Legislatu
persist in heaping insult and oppr
brium upon the loading men of t
South, they will simply retard t
process of moral roeonstructio
whose consummation is, after all, t
surest promise of security for o
political system.
[Netr York Xetcs, Wh.
How A COPPERHEAD IN II.UM
TALKS TO THE RADICALS.-Thc edil
of the Alton Democrat thus talks
j the radicals:
"We called, the other day, up
President Johnson, and request
thc removal from the post ellice,
this city, of Mr. Fmery, editor of t
radical organ, the Peoiio Transcri
and the appointment of Hon. Is;
Underbill in his stead, who is a ti
I I'nion man, sound patriot, ai
I withal, a good Johnson man. T
I is thu beginning of this District, 1
I not the ending. Kverj* radicd Fe
I ral office-holder will be calledupon
> vacate in a similar manner before
! setting of another August sun.
now give notice to our radical friei
that our day is coming, and while
propose to l?e lenient with them,
tending in all eases full freedom
speech and tho press, but one th
they cun t do, and that is, use en
drawn from the public teat to sn
? the hand that, milks it into tl
; mouth. Take notice, gentlemen, i
j be governed accordingly."
I The rebel newspapers ought
keep an ass' head as a perpetual
nette at tho head of their columns
[Nashville Press and Time
Although we know no reason
publishing tho editor's pliotogrr
tstill, if ho will furnish us with a
of his t'igure-hoad, we will give
few insertions. -Richmond Sentint
.
TUT. NEW YOUR RUM SHOPS.
Hoard of Excise in New York 1
granted 2,000 licences for honor
! ing, for which the Treasurer \m
I ceived JM'J.?OO.
Infamous Beha-rlor of Negro Troops.
The following facts are furnished
hy one of tho conductors of the
Memphis and Cliarleston Railroad,
(Hr. Fowler,) who obtained them
from another conductor (Mr. Tighe)
who was himself an eys-wituess of
?what is here related:
Last Tlmrsday week (April 19)
ubout 150 negro troops were trans?
ported over the Memphis and Charles?
ton Railroad from Tuscumbia to
Huntsville. Before starting, many
of these colored soldiers loaded up
their guns, and, on the way, were
constantly amusing themselves by
firing from the windows of the cars,
unchecked by their white officers, at
any white people that might come
withiu rauge of their vision. They
deliberately fired at a man ploughing
in the fields, between Courtland and
Decatur, but fortunately missed him.
But it was at Leighton, a Hag-station
a few miles West of Courtland, that
they perpetrated their greatest enor?
mity-one of those now oft-recur?
ring outrages which are so well cal?
culated to set on fire the passions ol
Southern mon and make them per?
fectly ruthless in their hatred toward,
not only the criminal negroes, bul
also the bad white men who have de?
luded the ignorant blacks in the
belief that they are now the ruling
race, and that vengeance is a duty.
At Leighton, one of these blacl
devils saw a lady-Mrs. Osborne
King -standing on the balcony o:
her residence, with her infaut chile
in her arms, about 150 or 200 yardi
from the moving train, whereupon he
raised his gun, and pointing i
through one of the windows of th(
car, took deliberate aim at the lad]
and fired. The ball struck Mrs
King's thumb, tearing off the nail
passed on through the clothing of th?
child. and loelged in the fleshy par
of the lady's arm, inflicting a sever<
and most painful wound. After th
perpetration of this hellish enormity
a negro sergeant, who was present ii
the samo car, was heard to approv
the deed, and c ried out, "Keep oi
shooting, boys, if you want to; don'
shoot at anybody in particular, bu
keep ou shooting. 'Twon't mak
any difference if you do kill a few o
tlie-secesh." The white officer
of the train of course heard th
shooting which was going on at ?E
tervals all the way from Tuscumbi
to Huntsville, but they made not th
l<;ast ed'ort to put a stop to it; o
the contrary, they seemed to enjo
the sport.
Now, wo would like to ask Genen
Thomas and general everybody-els
who has authority in this countrj
how long this sort of thing is to cor
tinue nnwhipt of justice.
[ Memphis A ry us, At h.
THE LOUD MAYOR OF LOXTON O
PRESIDENT JOHNSON. -At the spleneb
banquet of April 9, at the Mansio
House, Loudou, the Lord Mayor pai
this eloquent tribute to the Preside]
of the United States:
"Passing to the great America
Republic', he (thc Lord Mayor) nee
scarcely say, in the presence of th
distinguished representative, wil
what emotion the people of th
country watched the struggles of tl
past, and with what joy and gladne
they hailed the glorious redurn
peace and happiness. [Hear, hea
Not this country alone, but the who
civilized world, deplored the lamer
ed death of that able und disti
guished statesman. Mr. Lineo]
[Hear, hear. ) But he believed Pi
vidence watched over the Govei
ment of America, for in Abrahn
Lincoln's piaee there had been rai:-;
up a mau whose moral worth, cc
rage, forbearance and honesty mi
prove the means of restoring to 1
country the blessings of peace, pr?
peri ty and happiness. [Cheers.] ]
man could have read the history
the past without feeling deep regu
for the President of the United Stat
and seeing in him the man who of
others was suited to the moment, v
blessed with power of mind, a spi
of conciliation, a love of justicie, ;
miration for truth, and, above i
with that great combination of mer
charity and the truest phUanthrc
which a statesman could manifos
namely, an earnest desire to do t'
which would tend to give security
a State and happiness to a peo{
[('beers, j Let us hope that tho h
piness and prosperity of the Uui
States would continue uuinterrupt
and that the friendly feeling and e
el ?ali ty that had ever existed betw
the United States anil this cour
might also continue without in
ruption to tin' improvement of
commerce, to the strengthening
our friendship, to bless us with pe
and prosperity, aud to shed a lu;
of hop?' throughout the eivili
world." [Loud cheers.]
The Internal Revenue Run
acting under the general law, reqn
all citizens of the South to rei
income returns for the year 180-1
well us for 1SG5. Some of the r?
officers residing in Alexandria,
are startled by the calls of Assess
upon thom to furnish the reqn
statements, ancl are surprised that
rations received by them iu the (
federate army are estimated at f
cents. One of them expressed
readinesss to pay his tax iu Conf
rate money, but this was, of coi
declined.
The Washington corresponde
the Now York Herald says that
less than . 500 cows have died ii
District of Columbia of the c
plague
Xiooal Items.
Several articles of United States cavalry .
uniform were found early yesterday morn?
ing, near the Post Office. Who ?B the
owner?
LEO AL.-Tho Court of Appeals, for the
past two days, has been occupied with the
case of W. H. li. Richardson vu. H. L.
Pinckney et al. Arguments have been
heard on both Hides, and the case will be
probably continued to-day.
THBB?BNT METHODIST CHURCH.-We see
from our Wilmington (N. C.) exchanges
that Ber. Colin Murchison, agent for the
Washington Street Methodist Church, of
this city, is soliciting aid to rebuild it, and
?hat he has received several responses.
THE BCKNINU or COLUMBIA. -An inter?
esting account of thc- "Sack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phamiz steam power press. Order*
can bo filled to any extent. Single copies
50 cents.
BOOK AND JOB PBINTINO.- The Phomix
office is now fully supplied with cards,
colored and white paper, colored ink, wood
type, etc., and ?H now in condition to exe?
cute all manner of book and job printing
in tho shortest possible time, (live ns a
call.
We are in tho midst of tho pic-nic sea?
son. The "local" was present at a very
pleasant gathering of the kind, yesterday,
at Barhamville, the beautiful residence of
Dr. Elias Marks. A day thus spent is gen?
erally remembered as one of the bright
spots in this life.
THE RACES.-Our city readers are re?
minded of the race, this afterni>on, at Mr.
Puryear'8 track. If the w?ather is favora?
ble, it is probable that there will be several
matchee. Mr. Hitchcock will run omni?
buses from the Shiver House and Nicker
son's Hotel, to carry passengers to the
track.
The concert at dickerson's Hotel, ou
Tuesday evening, had a highly respectable
audience, who appeared to be much gra?
tified. The performances, as might have
been expected, were excellent. We have
not heard of the amount realized, as the
returns have not all come in.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Atteution is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Robert Wilson-Tho Lost Cause.
Jannev A Tolleson-Groceries, Ac.
J. E. Dent-Sheriffs Sale.
D. J. Hanc-Store to Rent.
A correspondent, who is unnecessa?
rily exercised about the burlesque
"charge" lately delivered by Judge
Underwood, falls into the amusing
error of comparing that personage to
Lord Chancellor Jeffreys, of unsavory
notoriety, and asks us to state what
wa? the fate of that celebrated judicial
ruffian.
Jeffrevs was a coarse, brutal tyrant,
who delighted in bloodshed, but he
was a sound lawyer, and too able to
be laughed at. Like all judicial ruf?
fians, Jeffreys' end was a miserable
one. God's curse is upon all such
creatures, and there is no instance of
Nemesis having overlooked a corrupt
and merciless judge.
When James II fled, after the ruin
of his cause, Jeffreys also became a
fugitive. As he was the most odious
of all the parasites and tools of the
fallen monarch, all of his associates
in crime marked him for the atoning
scape-goat. Of all the hated mem?
bers of the defeated party, the mob
was most anxious for the blood of
Jeffreys; for in all nature, there ia
nothing so abhorred as a wicked and
corrupt judge. Everybody clamored
for the immediate execution of Jef?
freys. Frightened out of his wits by
the y<*lls of the populace, the infa?
mous Lord Chancellor disguised and
hid himself at a small house atWap
ping, hoping to escape beyond the
sea. He shaved off those savage eye?
brows, which made his aspect st?
hideous, and put on the dress of a
sailor. Thus disguised, he visited an
ale-house. While there, in his sail?
ing accoutrements, he was recognized
by an unfortunate scrivener, who
had been the victim of Jeffreys bru?
tality in his day of lawless powf?!"^
The man had not forgotten the terror^
of tho ruffian's countenance, and pro?
claimed his presence. The infuriated
mob rushed in. That the fugitivo
was not at once torn to pieces, limb
by limb, must be ascribed to a kind
Providence, which interfered to give
him a few months respite. He ww
with great difficulty rescued from the
mob, who had torn his clothes and
pummelled him terribly. In th**
presence of the mob, the brazen, ju?
dicial bully became a most arrant
coward, and begged for his life like a
do;,. Ho was removed to the Tower
tinder a strong guard, the mob fol?
lowing him like famished wolves
greedy for bis blood, and exhibiting
hundreds of whips and halters to his
horrified eyes. The poor wretch did
nothing but cry ont piteously to the
guard, 4 For the Lord's sake keep
them off. For the Lord's sake keep
them off. " When lodged in the Tower,
3,000 widows and orphans, whose
husbands and children Jeffreys had
caused to be hanged and quartered,
petitioned for his execution. Jeffreys
lived a few weeks, and then died in
the Tower, raving furiously like a
wild beast. He never recovered, it is
said, from the terror and personal
violence of the mob. He was but
forty-one years of age at the time ?.i
his death, and was a person of extn
ordinary talents. Richmond Ti met