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VOL. II. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEI)NESD)AY, JUNE 16, 1886. NO. 27. DUELING IN OLIV 'TIES. AN INTERETING At'o.\T OF THE CODE Ar rT 1 \S. Incidents ol' the Field of Hlonor in Ante X1hlo411 Davs--One of Paddy O'Cork's Best Sketates The Career of McClun--Hi4 skill I% ilt a Pistol-Other Intere-4ti4 lnident-'. (From the Atlanta cou'titt:tien.) However barbarous may be the custom of dueling, as such, it is still a fact of historical value that no dueling commiu nity ever yet failed to send out good sol diers in time of war. I have been told by old residents of 3ississippi that the career of McClug at first stimulated ap peals to the lex talionis, but that towards the last it acted as a deterrent example. The duel ceased to be a duel in the ordi nary acceptation of the word and bee;pne a butchery. McClung, of course, ra little or no risk, and it filled the putblic generally with a sickening contempt to realize that the leading men of 31issis sippi lived practically by the suffetance of 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 Buffalo Bill with the rifle, difference in weapons being con sidered. On one occasion he killed a black bird hopping about on the ground 20 yards distant. f once heard Mr. Jefferson Davis reprimand a second who boasted tha:t he had brought his principal out with fly ing colors, to the utter confusion of his antagonist, by a little piece of general ship. He explained that the seconds were supposed to be arbitrators, each rep resenting both parties, and that it was the duty of the seconds f6 see perfect fairness, both in arranging terms of set tlement and on the field. One of the most charming and amus ing little works I have hit upon recently is by H. S. Fulkersop, of Vicksburg, Miss. He calls it "Random Recollec tions of Early Days in Mississippi." In this he gives a description of a notable duel that occurred in his own observa 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 1,200inhabitants,and a rival of Vicksburg. It was almost a duel of professions, Allen being a lawyer - nd Maxteller a physi cian. Allen was a tall, slender, smooth-faced fellow; Marsteller was rather plump and heavy set, and wore whiskers. Allen was married and Marsteller was 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 field of honor. Allen was excited and vociferous, and expressed the abso lute certainty of his conviction that he would kill his enemy. He stripped him self to the waist, absolutely nude, and Marsteller threw off his coat. As the second called out, "Gentlemen, are you ready?" Allen answered "no," and pro ceeded to explain to the second how the word should be given. The object was to unnerve Marsteller, who, however, quietly lowered his pistol and waited. "The second," continues Mr. Fulkerson, "called out distinctly but with trembling voice: 'Gentlemen, are you ready? Fire! One! tw6! three!' They fired, both of them so nearly together at the word one, that it seemed to the bystanders to be but a single loud report. A great volume of smoke completely enveloped them, and we all looked on in profound silence till it rose and disclosed the two figures standing and looking savagely at each other and each with apparent astonish mnent that his adversary was not prone upon the earth, and we, the spectavmrs, equally surprised. Tmmediately Marstel ler began to sink slowly to thie ground, and Allen turned away bloody and limp ing in the direction of my perch. I reached him as he sat down upon a log near by. * * * *A single ball had passed through both thighs, high up. A single ball had struck 31arsteller in the bip and he lay upon the ground, where, he had stood. " Allen was carried home. M~arsteller soon recovered, arose and de manded that Allen be brought back as he desired another shot, saying: "I am not satisfied." He went to his room un aided, probed his wound, extracted the ball and never lost a day hv it. This is what we now-a-days call "n1erve." Peace 'was made between the two, but Marstel 1er always had a lingering desire for another shot, a circumstance that often threatened to cause a renewal of the difficulty. Speaking of New Orleans, reminds mei of the celebrated Howell and Henry duel that took place at the so-called~ Half Way. The various accounts of this afanx contain so many conflicting details that I follow the one that strikes me as being most plausible. Joe Howell, a giant six feet six inches in his stocking1 feet, a brother-in-law of Mr. Jefferson Davis, had been with Walker in Nic-a ragua, and while there had had an alter cation with a Major Henry, a wonderful character, a combination of Hudibras Cassnova and Knight of the Leopard. Terecrdedfeatsof his bravery put to the blush Leatherstocking and all his kind. The cause of the difliculty was never known. On the way out Howell's second gave his principal some good ad vice which the latter received with "Tuat,f tut, my boy; Mach your, grandmother how to suck eggs.' An unmense cn course of p~eople had preceded the ad versaries to the field. I Both parties were noted for their bravery, coolness and determination,t and both were seamed with scars from , head to foot. The duel was regarded as the Ronmans might have regarded the meeting of two lhalf-famished Niumidian jions. In the account before me the fol lowing story of the duel is given: '"Will you please give me your version of the cause of this ditticulty?" Howell's second asked. "It don't matter; we are here to fight," was the sharp answer from Henry's sec- 1 .ond. $ "Well, but brave men don't fight like E children, for nothing; we want to know a what we are going to fight about; if we ~1 are wrong we may apologize, or vice< "We don't know anthn about it; but if there is to be an apology Major t Tranmot akeit." "But if you are ignorant of the origin and cause of this difliculty, how can you point out a wrong?" "Wait, we will see Major Henry." And off ther went to the ditch where Henry sat leisurely resting. In less than three minutes the Nicaragnans were back. "Well?" asked Howell's man. "Well, M1ajor 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 pose both parties approach each other half war 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: "1ajor Henry says Joe ought to apologize, and then they can shake hands." "Then it means fight. Load your navv. We will do likewise. Ten paces; six barrels loaded; fire at will and ad yce." _fhe line of fire was a narrow path, flanked on each side by a small ditch. Howell stood six feet seven inches in his boots, and contrary to advice, wore white pants and an alpaca coat, making him a dangerously conspicuous target. The command was given: "Gentlemen, are you ready?" Joe, who was facing the woods, an swered firmly "Ready!" but kept his eye looking steaily 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 given, "Fire!" Both raised simultane ously, fired and missed. Howell cocked; with his right thumb and fired again be fore Henry was ready for his second shot. Howvell's ball pierced Henry's left forearm, when Henry again fired and missed. Ho.well now came in with his third shot, striking Henry in the abdo men. To this Henry responded with a shot which threw up the dirt right at Howell's feet. The latter then adeoanced one step, and taking deliberate aim, pulled the trigger. Seeing that Hemry was done for, Howell's second rushed up and threw up Joe's pistol with his hand. I The shot flew away up in the air, that certainly would then and there have killed Henry. The other side having cried "stop," according to agreement in case of either party being badly wounded, uttered hrill cries of "Foul, foul!" and immedi itely whipped out their revolvers. Then ollowed a scene of confusion, and for a Long time it looked as if a wholesale duel would follow; but the crowd interfered md prevented the fight. The wounded man was taken to the Half-way house, where he remained some weeks before he yould be transported to the city. Perhaps the most celebrated duel that was ever fough' in the - South was the Prentiss-Foote duel of ,duels. In 1833 hese two were pitted against each other .n a law suit, during the course of which Foote, who was a very wasp, flung some aunt at Prentiss. 'he latter retorted with a blow that knocked Foote down. Ehe latter then challenged Prentiss. But ne shot was exchanged. Prentiss, who vas an unerring marksman, expressed uis intention before going upon the field >f not firing at Foote. When the word -.as given Foote fired so quickly that Prentiss was disconcerted and pulled the rigger before he intended. Foote was it in the shoulder, and here the matter vas supposed to end. "But whispering ongues can poison truth." Prentiss, who as lame, had leaned upon his cane dur ng the duel and there was some talk of is having used a rest. Such an impu ation was wormwood to the proud spirit >f Prentiss, and his restless imagination vorked him into a fine frenzy over it. .ally he was told, upon what he re das good authority, that Foote ~imiself had insinuated some kind of in ult about the matter. Prentiss was ager to believe this and he did believ2 t. "I had no animosity against him t hen I fought, but the next time he I hall not come off so lightly." The erms of a second meeting were soon rranged. The attempt to arrest the >rincipals was anticipated. Prentiss and and his friends hid themselves near the anding at Natchez in order to get the irst boat. While here lie accidentally tumbled upon a cocking main. Prentis oined the spectators; the par'ty were tartled when two cocks were put down, ~ne named Prentiss, the other Foote. in onor of the duelists. They were not ~ little chao'rined when Foote killed ~ ~rentiss at tYe first flutter. Prentiss and his party arrived on the 7ounds just in time and found not only ~ ~oote and his friends, but an immense ~ rowd of people. Among the latter a everal small boys who had climbed a ree, somewhat to the rear of the posi- P ion taken during the duel by P'rentiss, n order to get a good view. As the t >rincipals were allotted their places Pren- ' iss came limping to his with his cane, cha he threw aside as soon as he took ti position. MIorgan noticed that he miled bitterly as he did so. At the C cord Foote fired hastily, his ball strik- ~ lug the ground in front of P'rentiss. The ' tter aimed steadily at Foote, who stood ' oolly~ and unflustered, his left arm >resed against his side, his right hang- t g down. As Prentiss pulled the trio'- I er the cap exploded, but the pistol fali- E d to go off. His second stepped up and ~ ut on another cap, and fired the bullet ~ ato a tree to prove the pistol was fairly 1 >aded. It is said that the box of caps con ained l00, every' one of which after- C rards, upon trial, went off.~ The pistols ~ ere reloaded. At the. second shot Foote ell dangerously wounded. There is a* radition that after the first shot Prentiss ( dvised the boys in the tree to come't .own, as MIr. Foote was shooting veryt 'ild that day. t -A story about the capture or an ex- I'] >it of an eagle will go the rounds of a Lie press at any season. Why? The I agle is not a very remarkable ~bird in t: ny way, not even remarkably scarce. il ut he wormed himself into the confi- I ence of the founders of the Republic, s nd apparently their descendants have a. 1: perstitious regard for him as some bing that has come down to us from a i< TlE PETS OF TilE PEOPLE. RETIJIN OF THE PRESIDENT AND iP BRIDE TO THE WHITE 110Io'E. They are Greeted Upon Their Arrhal at the Depot by a Large but l'nohtrusiie (rowd 31rs.Clieland Delighted% with Her Sojourn in the Mountain4. (Special to the _Nws axd Cour'er.) WASIm -TOX, June S.--President Cleveland and his bride returned to the White House this evening, after their six davs' sojourn at Deer Park. As it was get.rally understood that the President would arrive at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station at half-past G o'clock a large crowd was assembled at the station to greet the happy couple. The clock in the steeple of St. Aloysius' Church had just ring a quarter after 7 o'clock, when one of the small boys in the crowd at the depot shouted "Here she conies!" and a minute later the Presidential train glided in under the shed and stopped. An ample force of police was on hand to regulate the crowd, but their services were not called into requisition, for all present stood back a respectful distance and allowed a good wide space on the platform for the dusty and tired travel ers. The train was made up of the same cars which took the party to Deer Park -first, the baggage car, followed by two parlor cars, "Baltimore" and "Delaware." As all of the window curtains in the "Baltimore" were pulled down, it was atI first supposed that the Presidential party were in it, but while the eyes of the i crowd were riveted on the "Baltimore," the President surprised them by stepping from the rear platform of the "Dela ware." The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Lamont, a white maid and the colored steward, St. Clair. The President wore a silk hat which showed signs of having been brushed the wrong way in various places, probably the work of his wife, who has not Yet mastered the art of caressing a plug hat; a black Prince Albert coat closely buttoned, dark trous ers, turned-down collar and black neck ie. The dust of several hours' travel in a railway had gathered upon his face, shoulders and hands, and exposure to the sun on the mountains gave his com plexion a more ruddy hue than lie had when he left the banquet hall at the Ex acutiv Mansion last Wednesday night. Mrs. Cleveland was attired ii- a traveling mit of gray, white and black mixed oods, a black straw hat trimmed with b)ack velvet and a dove's wing sat upon [er head most gracefully, giving her an .xcedingly stylish air. In her gloved ands she carried a bunch of daisies and, -erns, and as she walked up the platfon aeside her husband she looked simply )eautiful. Her face was also a trifle anned by exposure to the sum. Mrs. ,leveland.walked on the left side of her i ausband and did not appear the least listurbed by the presence of the large md motley crowd which peered into her ace. Ox the contrary, she looked pleas tut and smiled a Plm-the-happiest-girl u-tle-United-States smile, as she grace ully walked from the depot without 1 lutching at her husband's un as umany oung brides would have done. Mr. and I fIrs. Laiont walked behind. followed )v St. Clair and the maid. There was io deiionstration of any character, and he Presidential party entered the Exec itive carriage, driven by the veteran lawkins, and quietly rolled away toward lie White House. At the latter~ point a arge crowd was also assembled. Mrs. lleveland stepped from the carriage first md stood for an instant on the portico, ooking up at the grand old mansion,t ier future home, with an earnest andti houghtful expression. The doors were hrown open and the President greeted he servants at the door familiarly as he nd Mrs. Cleveland passed on into the] ouse. Miss Cleveland. Mrs. Hoyt and I he Rev. Dr. Cleveland, who were wait- 1 ng, gave the tourists a cordial welcome ome in the main corridor. Before the Presidential train arrived here was some speculation as to where he train would stop to drop its passen ~ers. A majority of persons thought he train would come directly into the1 tation, as there seemed to be no further 'i tecessity for seclusion on the part of the ( 'resident. However, about half-past G i "clock, while the platformf at the dlepot t warmed with newspaper men, some of 'hom had just arrived from Deer Park. hie President's carriage, the official car iage, and the steward's wagon drove up1 , rithin one block of the depot, and then t aysteriously filed around and drove off' t a rapid gait in the direction of 1st and E streets, the point where the President ~ nd his bride embarked for Deer Park ist Wednesday night. Many of the 1 .ewspaper men followe: in carriages, nd upon arriving at the above point 1. >und a large crowd in waiting. The 'residential carriages pulled up and idly raited for about ten minutes. Suddenlyt Lie three Executive vehicles gut under e ray again and drove back toward the epot, much to the disappointment of1 lie residents of that neighborhood, who id not like the idea of being deprived f the glory of being the first to welcomie Lie Presidential pair. llack to the depot -ent the carriage followed by the crowd, 'ho ran along beside the cariiage which [awkins .was driving, determined that if a Le Presillent intended to ride home in t is own .alrriage they should see hime ater it. As the carriage containing theh residential party drove rapidly from 2e depot to the White House, but few b) ersons recognized the Executive tocna r s it dashed along. Occasioinally someic ne on the sidewalk or on adoor stepn acognized Hawkins, and immed iaitely I iformed his neighb or that the Presi d ent's carriage was p)assing. At 15th and ti Sstreets, always a busy thoroughiaree ie speed of the seal-browns slackene~d > prevent collision with passing vehicles, ins affording those on the sidewalk an pportunity to peep) into the carriag~e li nd behold the President and his w;ife. d 'he President and Mrs. Cleveland took b light lunch soon after their arrival E ome, and an hour or two was spent in a: ding to his brother and sister of the t icidents of their stay at Deer Park. e: oth the President and Mrs. Clcv'eland hl id nothing had occurred to mar the p leasure of their trip, and Mrs. Cleve- h md remarked that she hoped to be able T repeat her visit to such a delig'htful tI hice nona Mr. M.1 Cl1veland miairivl j Ito his brother that if tli fish stories which had come from Deer Park were reliable, he would like to take a run up there himself. As the President expects to pitch right in to work to-morrow, he fortified himself for his task by going to bed early. R. M. L. INCIDE NT.- Ole CLEV ELAND'S WEDDING. The ( onimment" of Ladice-. Reporters and O(licial-I on tlme Occasion. Secretary Baiard, an acknowledged authority, pronounces the President's bride extremely pretty. Secretary Whitney's wife says the bride has dark brown hair, gray eyes and a very lovely expression of face. -rm: MINISTER S FE-. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland received a fee of $100 for performing the Presi dent's marriage ceremony. It was a brand-new bill which had never appar ently been in circulation. T, was handed to tfie Doctor by Colonel Lamont, imme diatelv after the President's departure. The Doctor made his wife a present of the bill, and she will keep it as a me mento of the occasion. - ;Y G.ALAND WAS A :I.ENT. A brief call was made by the Herald correspondent on Attorney General Gar hind, on Thursday afternoon, to find out why he had been absent from the wed ding. "Why, I haven't attended a wedding in twenty years," lie answered. "The President kindly accepted my excuses, and my absence had no significance whatever. 3y best wishes go with him and his bride." After sonic general conversation the subject of evening dress was approached. It drew out the following gem: "There isn't a dress coat in the whole of Arkansas." -E 1'RESrTS. Dan. Lamont, the President's private secretary, is something of a humorist. He said to a reporter in Washington the other dav: "The President and Mrs. Cleveland will return about the middle of next week, I believe. He has given orders that lie is not to be Commiaunicated wvith except under extraordinary circum tances. The congratulations received from foreign potentates will be sent to Secretary Bayard, and lie will use his wii discretion in making them public. Queen Victoria writes an excellent hand, if the telegram bc any indication. The President was much p>leased at this act Af IIer Iajesty." "Will the presents be opened and the lames of their donors made public?" isked a reporter of Col. Daniel S. La 2nont the other day. "The names will not be given out un 1er any ciemnistances," was the -reply. 'Though many presents come from de roted friends, very many others have Jeen sent by peole who have no object nye to secure notoriety or to curry favor 'th the President. He desires no such iFts. Remembrances from friends are, >f course, delightful, but the President loes not wish to co-operate with the )ther class of people in getting before he public. Likely as not all such gifts vill be returned." NI.- eCLEVEL.AND S ANATO1MY. When the President's bride reached 6ashington on Wednesday morning she vas met at the depot by 3iss rose Eliza )eth Clevehand. In describing "Miss leveland's descent from the bridal car he naughty reporter of the New York Cimes says: "The reach was long enough rom the lower step of the car to the valk to display to the fraction of the core of spectators gathered about, who vere not all eves for Miss Folsom, rather ncre of the anatomy of the President's ister than is usually to be seen in public. ['his mistep did not escape the quick ey-e >f the bride, and with a dainty kick -she pthered her skirts ab~out her and jumped o the walk with only her boot tips pro ruding. A Ii.'SSETI or" STR.\wnERIEs. Late in the afternoon an old farmer .nd his wife drove up to the White louse in a dilapidated and ancient one torse vehicle that looked as if it had >een in use b~efore the war. The farmer topped in front of the house and called >ut to a policeman standing on the i >orchi. Then his wife held up a big i iarket basket filled with great blushing I trawb~erries, each one of which looked I s large as a teacup. The edges of the I 'asket were wreaths of tastefully ar-] ange~d flowers. "Give this to President] ieveland," said the farmer. "I'll call ound for the basket some day." And ben the couple started up the horse and. .rove quietly away.1 A singular incident occurred at the ery instant the service began. It was Lie crying of a babe. The little fellow -elled as if the United States Senate were 'oing into executive session without a uormin. "That's a happy omeni!" cried three 1 idies and a clergyman in chorus. "Oh! it's one of Lamiont's jobs to ~ eighten the dramatic effect of the event," iid another.r In eleven minutes by the bride's beau iful new watch the ceremony was con luded and the President of the United tates was a married man. MIost joyous- C Sthe band played; a thousa happy 1 iees seemed happier. A dozen liad ies' ithe throng cr'owed while their mothers C mghed for' joy. en %am0giztatt'd for IGoilmor ofin ElUmn. S In the Demnocratic State Convention t M ontgomery, Aha., on Friday on the V iirty-first ballot Thomas Seay, for Giov- e enor, received a large majority over h oth competitors. The other names ecrc withdrawn, and he was nominated I y acclanmation. The convention made V Ipid work with the rest of its nomiina- It ons. All the present oflicials ve~re re ominatedl.ineluding the entire Suprem ie t. enchi. lResolutious were adophted en corsing Priesident Cleveland's adminis- . ationi and the State administration. The 'I 2nvention then adjourned sine die. a A .orthl (arolinma Story. We are informed that a gentlemain a ving near this city was plowing a few si ays ago, andl a peculia noise on the9 ranch naar by attr'acted his attention. ec went downi to ascertain the cause, I id beheld a most peculiar sight. A ti trtle bad partially swallowed a frog, allhil ccept the hind legs. A water moccasin Id ad hold of these and there was livelv' n alling going on as to whichi shoulil ive the frog, the turtle or the snake. e i he farmer broke up the meeting and te turtle adjourned very much dis- Jfi i+4t ._Cam-intte Chuniei. 'tl TIE I IEfl4 OF THIE SOUT1. A IONNIMENTTO E E IN CTEIN IhONOR OF GEN. it. E. LEE. Cnoiaio ii te Two%, 31onumental Associn tior. :nuid all Workin: Ilarmnoniontsly for the lved'y Eryretion of n 3lontimenit that Will be the. Pritde or tfe south. 'Fronm the N w York IIraid.) IbrIMONP, VA., June 2.-Governor I Fitzhugh Lee returned here a day or two ago from Cincinnati, where he had been attending the musical festival, very much pleased with his visit. He was called upon to-day by the Herald corre spondent, and, agreeable to an old promise, gave him a brief but very im portant interview in regard to the erec tion of a monument in the city of Rich niond to the memory of his illustrious uncle, General Robert E. Lee. The building of this monument has long been determined upon. As early as the year 1867 a Lee Moniunent Association was formed by ladies in this and other South ern States but- 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 on 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 1'egarding them can be ascertained, none of these models will be acceptable, though all of them, as before stated in the Herald, are meritorious, and some of them high ly so. In the meantime still another Act of i the Legislature had been passed author izing the two monument associations to onsolidate should they ever feel in lined to do so. They would not, and id not consolidate. In this way the matter has go along through years in a I slip-slod, go-as-you-please sort of way, Ind it was not until General Fitzhugh f Lee had been elected Governor that the I matter was taken in hand in a serious, t business-like manner. I can now inform t the readers of the Herald that the erec tion of a monument to General Lee has ] become a fixed fact, to be accomplished I in the very near future; that ample funds < ill be forthcoming from time to time as E they are needed to defray all expenses; that the monument will be grand in con- ! yeption, characteristic in design and I liighly artistic in execution and finish, e mnd that an artist whose fame is world- c wide by reason of his grand achievement I n Virginia already will probably be se- r ected to design and execute the model r or the monument. But to return to the Governor, who, ' hile speaking quite freely, did not allow 6 imself to bubble out into enthusiastic 1 xpressions. He was deliberate in what a ie did say, and left unsaid much more, e vhich he (lid not wish to say at present. i "Governor, have you any objection to l, tating how you are getting along with v he Lee monument for the benefit of the a ublic through the columns of the Her- 1 Ld?" I "Oh, no," said the Governor, "I am a appy to say we are making some pro- 1: tress toward erecting a monument to u leneral Lee in this city. The different 1 Lssoiations which had collected money t or that luu-pose have now been consolI- il lated and the whole subject is in charge t< >f the board of managers which repre- r ent the consolidated associations." I "Who compose this board?" I "The new board is composed of the g Tvernor, Col. Marve, iirst auditor of g he State, and Col. 'Harmon, the State p2 reasurer' also Miss Sarah N. Randolph, t) ate president of the Ladies' Lee Monu- d ent Association; Miss Nichols, former-, n y of Richmond, now of Washington, h I ). C., and Col. Archer Anderson, of a lichmond, Va." "Has the board seleeted a design for le monument vet?" 1 "No. The board has made no progress a that direction, except to look at a tumber of models that are on exhibition a the Senate Chamber here, and which c; cre p)rocured by the Ladies' Lee Monu- a' aent Association." p "Will any of these be acceptable, ? overnou?" "That question I can't answer. At ti heir next meeting it will p)robably be ti .eided what particular design will be E2 hosen. The b oard, however, is not bi .ecessarily limited in its choice to the ir iodels no0w on exhibition."w "Have you determined upon a site ir "The board of managers, as above 1' onstituted, have inspected the various tn oints suggested as sites for such a muon- m1 ment and have narrowed down their T hoice to two locations." at ''Where are th(ee Gov ernor?" a "One is Gamble's Ihill, on the south o< de of the city and near its present cen- vi e, east and we st. w'hich gives a fine wv iew~ of the iver and the surrounding i :untry. The other is a. piece of hand in] nown as 'the .\lleni lot,' at the head of v't ranklin street, in the west end and to rowing portbin of the city, and it is ex- tI ected that hi a short time one of these t[ vo lots will be deteri'nemd'upon."'' ''What is the amiount of the fund foir th "We have enlough to o) reandi pay' fori' 2eq1uestriamn tfiure-horse and rider. l le sitt of the. mounmenlLIt will eost the v soiationi nothingc and it is expected ki mt the eity of lRichmiond will contrib- :a: t her shar-e in giving us a foundation is~ ad in laying oil' and beautifying the mi "But it will require more money?" p)1 "Oyes. Then it is proposed to re- th~ aw the eilort to obtain fresh subscirip thm ons, and, I presumile, after the work is M tprogriess the State would be0 willing to di >something toward completing the fo onumient to her distiushed son." ini "When do you p~rOose to lay the in. >rner-stone." "The date for that has alveady been ed upon, for we have named Saturday, pa Le 92d of Ocobene t, a the av~. U] The Virginia troops will be in camp f&ere during that week. The annual State 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 same week." "Do you expect a large crowd and will there be a grand military pageant?" "Yes. We hope to see a greater nuim ber of people in Richmond then than at any time within her history. There will be a grand military -oarade and the ladies, with the assistance of acknowl edged artists, are going to decorate the city in a more elaborate and artistic man ner than they did during the celebration of the Yorktown Centennial." "The corner-stone, Governor, I sup pose, will be laid with Masonic ceremo nies?" "Yes." "Who wilF probably 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 piivate 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 of the war, besides being a fine speaker nd writer, the selection was unanimous ly determined upon." "Now, Governor, when do you think the monument will be completed?" "That question is difficult to answer. Ionmiments and great works of art of his description require time-often a great length of time. Much, to be sure, lepends upon the rapidity of the artist, :he builders and others selected to do :he work. My object is to do whatever I can to have such a monument unveiled luring my administration as Governor, eeling of course a natural pride in hav ng the erection of such a monument as me of the landmarks of my administra ion." GEORGE FOX'S FEAT. Iowi the Founder of the Society of Friends Set a Dislocated Neck. (From the Medic'l Record.) In an interesting and scholarly ad ress by Dr. J. J. Levick on the "Early ?hvsicians of Philadelphia" he tells us io George Fox traveled through New ersey and New England, keeping a aithful journal of all that occurred. "In 672 he was passing through New Jersey, lien but sparsely settled. He had spent he day with Richard Hartshorne at .t Middletown Harbor, (the ancestor, if mistake not, of one of our present 3oard of Managers, and of three physi- r ians of that name who have so well erved this hospital,) and next morning rent on to Shrewsbury. 'While at ;hrewsbury,' writes Fox, 'an accident efell which for the time was a great ex reise to us. One John Jay, a Friend, f Barbadoes, who came with uz from toad Island, being to trie a horse got pon his baAk, and the horse fell a run ing and cast him down upon his head, nd brake his neck as the people said. hey that were near him took him up ead, and carried him a good way and id him on a tree. I got to him as soon s I could, and feeling on him, conclud d he was dead. As I stood by him pity 2g him and his family, I took hold of is hair, and his head turned anyway it as so limber. Whereupon owing way my stick and my gloves, I took his ead in both my hands, and setting my nees against the tree I raised his head !d perceived there was nothing out or roken that way. Then I pitt one hand nder his chin and the other behind his ead, and raised his head two or three mnes with all my strength and brought i in. I soon p~erceived his neck began 1 >grow stiff again, and then he began to ittle in his throat, and quickly after to reathe. The people were amazed, but bid them have a good heart and be of ? ood faith; to carry him in the house, t ive him something warm to drink, and j t him to bed. After he had been in a ae house a while he began to speak, but e id not know where he had been. The 1, ext day he was pretty well, and many undreds of miles did he travel with us t [ter this.' " AN ALLEGED) CONsPIRACY TO ROB. 1 he Plot Whlich It ins said W1as Discovered In r East St. Louin'. C Sr. Lorrs, June 10.-A huge conspira- c , the magnitude of which the sheriff ad his officers as vet decline to make ablic, has been urIearthed in East St. ouis, but when the details are fully aown they will furnish another sensa on from the turbulent little city across L river. For about two weeks Sheriff '3 obiquet with some special men have en watching the movements of a gang i SEast St. Louis. On Thursday they e: ere run down, and one of the p~arties li 1liated, it is said, made a confession S4 ving away the whole business. The n an arranged by the gang was to ascer in when there were large amounts of n onev on hand in the East St. Louis t] reasury and the Workingmen's Bank r ad leading business houses of the city, b d whenever a favorable opportunity , curred to rob them, and also the pri te residences of wealthy citizens who ti re ascertained to have considerable i iounts of money and valuiable jewelry their houses. Noted cracksmen from tl riuns parts of the eountry are reported have been engaged by the gang to doy e fine work. Acting on the advice of c eparty who silue:nled, Sheriff Robi- Fl ii la.t night arrested Jack Britton at IFg eLittle Roiling Mills, where he wasT work, alleging that he was the chief r the gang and had charge of the burg 'tools. JDritton wais taken to Belle- t h- and lodged in jail, but denied all owledge of the conspiracy. Imp)ort tdevelopmnents may b~e expected. .!tw alleged that a miajority of the p~olice-a 2n of the cthagulyknowledge of p) CeonsiiSracy and that they will be te oceeded against. A significant fact in h is connection is the special session of 0 e City Council called last night by aor .Jovce. A res~dution was adoptedl -barginig the entire police force of C< rteen men, Chief Holleran alone be- w retained. Detectives are now work- gi on the case.fr -- bc -It is charged that $127,000 has been id to less than twenty Councilmen of cao for street railway franchises. nc ALL ABOUT CLOVER. The Many Different Varieties and TheIrSeveral Uses~. There are about 160 species of clover. Eight, at least, )f these species belong to the Northern States, and there are several varieties in the South. Of the clovers, the best known and the most valuable is Trifolium pratense, commonly known in this country as "red clover," although there are quite a number of varieties and species iaving red blossoms. Trifolium pratense is biennial, and as it is rather easily winter killed, it is never safe to trust to it alone for either hay or pasture. The pasture should always contain a variety of grass es to provide a succession, and also that 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 such a pasture will make necessary feed until the clover up from the seed. The winter-killing of clover in meadows is more keenly felt, as there it is properly grown, if grown with other grasses at all, only with those -very few in number--that mature at the same time that it does. The value of common red clover- as a pasture or meadow plant is so generally known that I need not consume space with it here. The albuminoid ratio of clover hay is 1:5.9. While the albu minoid ratio of milk is higher, the food for milk producing animals should have an albuminoid ratio of 1:5.3. Hence clover is a splendid food for milk ging animals. As a result, cows fed on clover, green or dry, give a large flow of mill, and the butter made from it is of excep tionally good quality, as nearly every reader must know. . The albuminoid ratio of clover proclaims it to be a good food for all growing animals. I have found no food so really economical for hogs as clover pasture; and I attribute my exemption from swine plague for nearly twenty years, though it has often prevailed on adjacent farms, to my feed ing my swine during the summer on elover pasture, with a judicious mixture of other grasses. I find that the cheap ast pork is made by putting March pigs on pastures as soon as blue grass and orchard grass start, and keeping them on pasture as long as the second growth of blue grass continues, which is late.i-. ;he fall. During the season of its growth red clover is the' bulk of their food. When grass fails, they are bronght-p md rapidly fattened (but not on corn done.) The clover has built up a big rame of bone and muscle, and as it has ept the digestion of the animal vigor >us, that frame is soon rounded out with at. I would recommend this plan of eeding swine to all who can adopt it. The value of red clover for green nanuring is not often appreciated. full. L'he reader doubtless knows, that of te ;aseous elements of plant Lood, nitrogen s the only one whom we need concern )urselves about, and also, that to keep a iberal supply of it in an available fOrm vithin reach of the plant is as important s it is difficult.- Now no other plant 1as so great a power of taking up nitro ,en from the atmosphere as clover. It ( ,athers nitrogen from the air in com )aratively very large quantities, and vhen the clover is plowed under this dtrogen is held in the soil for the sue eeding crop. Again the roots of the lover plant penetrate to a depth of from our to five feet, and from this depth, eached by the roots of but few plaits, he clover roots bring up mineral matter -plant food-which is put 'within the each of even shallow feeding plants rhen the clover is plowed under. Red clover is one of the most import nt crops for soiling, on account of its arly cutting and the large amount of xcellent green food it yields. Two varieties of clover seem to be spe ially adapted to the South: Japan clover supposed to have been brought'in tea oxes from Japan or China. It will . - carcely grow, I believe, north of the 6th parallel. It does well on soils sup 'osed to be exhausted by cultivation; ndures the severest drought, its long ip root reaching moisture; is perennial ence retains its foothold without re eeding; is much relished by stock for ither pasture or hay, and is also excel int for plowing under. Mexican clover, though considered a :-oublesome plant in enitivated fields in 'lorida, is very valuable as a green soil ig plant. It grows rapidly and is ver icculent. It is too watery to cure wel it a.I rw very luxuriantly, and nasltoporfor the common red Lover. It is a native of Mexico and outh America.-John M. Stahl, in lanter and Stockman. .1rs. Cle-ieland's Title. A pretty story, if one could believe it, told by the Paris correspondent of a ienna paper. A short time ago a mati ee of music was given by the Duchess amotte, and among the guests was the iarming bride-elect of President Cleve ad, then in Paris completing her trous ~au. The young lady was the object of auny marks of distinction, the high aris >cracv surrounded her, and there was uch talk of her position. One lady, te daughter-in-law of the Duchess de ersigny, condoled with Miss Folsom. acause she would havc no title as the ife of a Republican President. "All ould be well, only you will have no tie," said she; "you will only be called ~rs. Cleveland." "Bunt that name is ily for strangers," was the answer of .e fair American; "the President has r intimacy conferred upon me a very Lrticular title." Everybody looked up Liously, and, blushing deeply, Miss >1som added: "He calls me-his dar 1g. Can a wife desire a better title?" ae hostess emhraced her amiable guest, marking, "You are right, and you ap ar to me as if you would keep the titlQ the end of yontr life." -A fire at Litchield, Connecticut, iich began at 1.30 Friday morning, - stroyed the Court House, the Enquirer inting oficee, the Mar~sion House Ho l, Cooley's Hotel and fifteen business uses. The loss is estimated at $200,. 0. Well insured. --Justice Woods, in the United States bu-t at Atlanta, has renudered a decision iich in eifet is a warning to the Geor Railroad Commission that regulating right rates beyond State limits woukt interfering with inter-State commerce. -The Papal Consistory at Rome has minated six more American Sishons.