The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, April 08, 1885, Image 1

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w w N i i,' "i i .. _ . , " ' "'" """"'"" - -v . ~ ?^ VOL. 1. ABBEVILLE, & C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1885. NO. 28. . '. ?-? " " ~ JjONDKNSKD TIME CARD Magnolia Passenger Route. In effect March 15, 1885. OOINO SOUTH. ? Leave Laurens *5 20 a m f8 50 a m " Waterloo 6 00am 0 55 a in " Greenwood 7 00 am 215pm Arrive Augusta 10 45 a m T 45 p in Leave " 10 50 am 10 00 pm Arrive Atlanta 5 40 pm 6 40 am Leave Augusta 11 30 a m Arriro lJoaufort 6 20 p ra Arrive 1'ort Royal 6 35 pm " Chaloaton 5 50 pin " Savannah 7 00 pm " Jacksonville 7 00 am OOINO NORTH. Iioave Jacksonvnie *8 50 pm " Savannnh 6 55 am [jeava I'ort Koyal 7 35 am " Beaufort T 47 am " Charleston 7 50 am Irriva Augusta 1 50 pm jtavi Atlaata +8 20 pm Arrive Augusta 6 10 am Aiiffiiata *5 Sfl ?iw a lfc mm RICHMO.fi> AM) DANVILLE RAILROAD. rautmger Department.?On and after Aug 3d, 1884, passenger train service on the A. and C. Division will ba as follows: A'ortAward. No. 51* No. Wf Leave Atlanta 4 41pm 148am arrive Gainesville 6 57 p m 10 >5 a m Lnla a 7 25 p m II IU m Rabnn Gap jnac A. 812pm 11 30 a in Toccoa e 8 it p in 12 04 p m Seneea City <i .... 9 59 p m 100pm Central 10 12 p m 1 52 p m Liberty 10 5.1 p m 2 13pm Easier 11 10 p ni 2 27 p m Greenville t. 1142 pm 2 47 pm Spartanburg/ 191 a m 3 56 p in Gaatonfa (7 3 20 a m 5 54 p m charlotte h 4 10 a m 8 40 p in Southward. No. 50* No. 52f Lear* charlotte 1 45 a m 1 00 p m ' arriveGastonia 2 30 a m 1 45 p ro . Rpartatiburg 4 28am 2 45 p tn Greenville S 43 a u 4 55 p m Kasley 8 17am 5 28 p m Libertr 6 34 a in 5 Upm t cent ral 0 55 a m 6 00 pm ' Seneca city 7 3H a m 7 36pm { Toccoa.- 8 40am 735pm 1 RabnnGapjnnc... 9 84 am 8 30 p m ' Lata 10 09 am 8 59pm Gainesville 10 31 a m 9 25 pm Atlanta ... 100pm 1130am K spread. tMail. Freight trains on tbia road all carry passen- ? Vera; passenger trains rnn through to Dan- r ville and Connect with Virginia Midland rail- * way to all eastern cities, and at Jtlauta with all tines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond _ t 1 p m and No. 51 arrives there at 4 p ni; 52 ^ eaves Richmond at 2 28 a m, 53 arrives there at 7 41 a m Buffet Sleeping Cars without j thange: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, Now A York and Atlanta, via Washii.gton and J Danville, Greensboro and Auhevillc; on trains Nor. 52 and 53, Richmond and [ Danville, Washington, Augusta and New A tUrteann. Through tickets ?n Kale at Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartan burg and GaineHville to all points south, ? southwest, north and east A connects p; with N. E. railroad to and from Athens; p b with N. E. to and from Tallulah Falls; ti c with El. Air Line to and fiom Elberton " and Rowersville; d with Hlu? Ridge to and from Walhaila; e with C. and G. to and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston and Columbia;./' with A. & S. and S., ? U. ?Jt C. to and from Ilcndcrsonville, C Alston, &c.; g with Chester and Lenoir to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dal- tr laa; A with N. C. division and C., C. & *v A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, ?fcc fo Edmund Rkrkmcy, Supt. . M. Slaughter, Gen. 1'ass. Agt. ( A.. Li. Riven. 2d V. P. and Gen. Man. {, L( SOUTH CAROLINA A RAILWAY COMPANY, t, ?O a ?* ? An . A" I'vinnioiiciDK nuuusT, nil, loot, at Jj( S 14 a ni, r??8PQgrcr Trains will run as follows j>( until farther notice, "Eastern time:" jj( CWvmAia Divition?Daily. Ai Leave Columbia 7 48 am 5 27 p t? Dae at Charlvfiton 12 20 p m ft 3S p ro I.ravo Charleston 7 00 & m 4 20 p in si Due ai Columbia 11 00 p m 9 22 a ni Ci CamdtH. PitUfon?Daily fl'xeept Sundays. Lear* Colnmbia 7 48 a m $ 27 p m_ ~ .t. ' ' -V iv.n-.hi* . . UM[ 4 *1* s 1 l> a- . u / n ?* j n *-.24* ;VicAjvrtis. /. ^ w (> m * " r t r? .. . . . . .i? ?t|>r.: . aa**?oUorttu?vi~ uitli ills ramoad^y. train ?rr?rin* at 11 00 a. m. ~ and departing at 5 27 p. ni.; at Columbia Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augaita railroad by name train to and from nil j point* oa both roads. At Charleston with steamers for N'ew York ; n Saturday; and on Tneadar and Saturday j with steamer for Jacksonville and points on ( 8t. John's river; aluo, -with Charleston and Raraaiiah Railroad to ^and from Savannah j and all points in Florida. _ At Auguata with Georgia and Central rail 1 raans to and from all )minta Went and South: t Blackville to and from all points on Ham- ' well railroad. Through tickets can be pur- ' ehased to all pointa South and West by apply- < lag to 1 D. McQueki?. Agont, Columbia, S. C. < John B. Pbck, General Manager. D. C. Allen, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ag't J . S COLUMBIA AND br' GRKKNVILLE RAILROAD. '' Ob and after October 5, 1884, Pabrknoeb Trains will run as herewith indicated upon ? this road and its branche*. -a Daily, erctpt Snndav*. J| No. iS. UP PASSENGER I/tiTi Columbia S. G. Junc'n 10 45 pm / " Columbia C. A G. D 11 10 p in Arrive Alatnn 11 10 p m f " Newberry I 13 p m Ninety-Six 2 47 p m Greenwood 8 09 p m Undoes 3 S3 p ra ? Belton... 4 40pm ? at Greenville, C 06 p m ^ No. 52. DOWN PA8SBNGER. Leave Greenville at 9 50am Arrive Belton 11 13 a m Hodgea. 12 23 pm _ Greenwood 12 48 pm _ Ninety-Six 1 .12 p m T] Newberry 8 02pm Alaton. 4 10 p m | " Celiinbia C. A G. D 6 15 pm I ' Arrive Columbia S C. Junc'n . 6 SO p m irilTiNIClO, UNION * COLUMBIA RAIL. KOAD. I MO. 53. DP rABHKXGKB. I Leave Alrtton 1151pm i " Union t i& pn * n Spartanburg, H.U.AC.depot.5 50 p ro ? | MO. 52. DOWN PABBKMOBB. < Li t* 8ptrt'( R. A D. Bepot .... 1# 35 a m ? 1 M Spart'g 8. U. & C. Depot ..10 50 am II " - Union 12 50 pm \ Arrive at Alston tWpm r !: LACBKXB BAILBOAP. .'] Leave Newberry ISO pm Arrive at Laurens C. H 6 50 pm ? Leave Laurens C. H 7 40 a in r ^rrive at Newberry 11 10 p m p ASSKVILLB BBANCO. I/eave Hodges 8 45 p m , Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 pm Lear* Abbeville 11 00 a m Arrive at Hodges 11 00 p m ~ BLPB BIDOB BAILBOAD AVD AMbKBBOK ?RAKCH. Leave Belt on 4 45pm <J Arrive Anderson 5 18pm * Pendleton 5 58pm " Seneca e 6 40 p m Arrive at Wathalla 7 03 pm Leave Walballa 8 50 a m Arrive Seneca 9 1ft a m ~ . " Pendleton 9 51 a m r< " Atiderson 10 S3 a m x Arrive at Belton 1108 am COyKKCTJOXS. f ' A. With South Carolina railroad to and from Charleston; with Wilmington, Colombia and * v Aognsta railroad from Wilmington and all 1 points north thereof: with Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta railroad from Charlotte and all points notth thereof; B. With AsWeville Chariot to div Richmond and Danville railway for jUhilkiM'all point* aouth and west. i Stsndmrd M?Urn Tim*. * lfcj TAbCWF. SoMrinUndMt. M i*:e*1*#5w;deaTPBe*igter A*t. D. vmsviu, aas'l G?b'I rasa. Agt. li rrire (ireeuwood 6 10 pm 11 40 am " Waterloo T 04 pm 3 30 pm " Laurent* 7 60 pm 4 40 pm Daily t Daily exccpt Snnday. Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all points it through rates?baggage cheeked to deatilation. Connections made at Greenwood nth C. k G. R. R. E. T. Charlton, G. P. A. Augusta, Ga. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Going Sou h no 48 no 40 jeave Wilmington 9 10pm 11 II p m rrive at Florence 160am 229am rrire at Columbia 6 40 a la Going North Mo 43 no 47 eave Columbia 10 00 p m eavo Florence 4 SO p m 1 52 a in rrire at Wilmington... .7 40 p m 6 10am Train No. 43 nop* at all stations; nob. 48 nd 47 atop only at Brinkloy's, Whiterille, lemington, Fair Bluff, Marion. Florence. immonsvillc, Sumter, Camden Junction #rd ustorrr. PiBnen;en for Columbia *uJ all oints on c * u * K, c, c?iii, Aike* juncon and alt points beyond, should take No. 48, ight express. Separate I'ullman sleepers >r Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and r. All trains run solid between Charleston ad Wilmington. JPARTANRURQ AND > ASHKVILLK RAILROAD On and after llay 12, 1884, passenrer ains will b? run dallyt except Sunday, bereen Spartanbarg aud Hendcrsonrille as Hows: CP TRAIN. earo R. A IV Depot at Spartanburg lOOpn eav? Spartanburg, A. L. depot 6 10 p m .... o r? v -O 9V P m cava Flat Hook 9 15 p m rririt Henderannrilio (SO t ? DOWN UUAlS. save Benderaomrille 8 00 a m ear* Flat Hock 8 15 ?m ;av? Saluda 0 00 am eaTr -4ir Line Junction 1125 am rrive K. A 1) Depot Spartanburg: 11 10 a n Trains on thin road run br Air-Line time, both trains make connections for Columbia id Charleston Tia Spartanburg. Union and tluuibia; Atlanta ana Charlotte br Air Line. JAMES ANDEKSON. Superintendent. COAST LINK, ' : 'Ah ' '< iti-.tn.j*. .. ! f ft NV ;.iNi" MStfJp ***&] v??:?rnwTrvK-x?.it ! j"*' ?'???? 1 *- ' ? : COX>>KKHf. i> JKiJKla't.K. v. > a ( ? AMT. i 7 CO am Lv Charleston Ar. "Tt * * tiu. Bit ~ " .... Lanes. ? " ? 48 " " Sumter " 0*4 " I 01 pm Ar Columbia Lt. 6 SO " 131 " " Winnsboro ... " I 48 " i 45 " " Cheater " 2 44 " & 35 " " . Yorkvillo 44 1 00 " S !i " " ....Lancaster " 9 00 " 100 " " ....llock Hill " 2 00 ? 515 " " Charlotte " 100 " I IS pm Ar.... Newberry Lt 3 82 pm 109 " " ... Greenwood " 12 48 '* 5 50 " " Laurens " 1 40 am ? 18 " " Audernon " 10 S3 " 5 OS " " (Jrocurille " 0 60 " r0S " " ... . Walhnlla " 8 50 " 145 " " ....Abbeville " 1100 " >50 " " Hpartanbnrjr ... " 1050 " (301" M ... Uendomonrille.. " 8 00 " ulid Train* between Charleston and Colutn?, S. C. F. DIVINE, T. M. KMEHSOX. Gen'l Sup't. Gen'I I'm. Agent. ^XCHANGK HOTEL, Gbrkmtii.lr, 8. C. HE ONLY TWO-CLASS HOTEL IK THE WORLD. W. R. Whitr. pkotriktob. 48 1ENTRAL HOTEL, Mita. M. W. TiinnAR, Proprietress. Broad street, Augusta, Ot. 49 | L. MABRY, ' Atorney and Counsellor at L?w. abbvillb c. h., b. c. Office formerly occupied by Judge homson. - tf-50 i/. w. perbjn. t. p. cothrah. >ERUIN k COT1IBAN, Attorneys at Law, 51 Abbeville S. C. HJGENE B.GARY, A Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 62 Abbeville, S. G. AME8 S. PERRIK, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Aibxvilli, C. n., 8. C. Jan.28,1885-tf 63 3BT. R. H KM Pit IIX. WH. P. CAU.OUH. JEMPHILL & CALHOUN, Attorneys at Law. BBRVILI.K, 8. C. Will practice in all the Court* of the tat*. 64 | LL th? new ihapti in ITata and Bonnets !x with Klbbons. Birds, Flswsra, Satis* id Vahrats U natch. R. M. HADDOK * CO. 26 ... " \; . y; Barrios, "Man Of Destiny." ADVENTUROUS CAUEKH OP THE GUATEMALAN UICTUTOR. From Bar Laborer to President*-An Intrepid Fighter?How He Won His Wire?His Scheme to Unify Central Amei lea. City op Mkxico, March 25.?Despite tho earnest protests and reinonKtrancet of both the United States and the Mexican Governments, it is announced here to-day that President Barrios of Guatemala bus started at the Load of an army of 15,000 men to invade the neighboring Republic of Salvador, in fulfliliuent of his recently avowed purpose to unite tho five Central American R?n?ihlio? in. to a single confederation?with himself, of course, as the capstone of the political pyramid to be thus erected. Glancing at a map of the Western Continent, we find that Guatemala begins at the Southern boundary of Mexico, from which line down to the Isthmus of Panama the conformation of the land bears a rude resemblance to a child's sock, with a very short leg and a very long foot. Guatemala m the leg. Honduras the heel, little Salvador nestles in the instep. Nicarauga extends out to the hall of the foot, and Cesta Itica represents the big toe. Panama, further South, is politically affiliated with New Granada, the Northernmost State of South America. The total area of the five Republics is 175,000 square miles, and tho population, which is inainly Indian or Spanish-Indian, aggregates about 3,000 000. Barrios's scheme is not entiroly new. The five Republics were subject to Spain until about sixty years ago, when they established an independent confederacy, which was dissolved in 183(J. Other union*, more or less intimate, were after ward formed, only to be broken in turn, and no further back than 1875 negotiations were fruitlessly conducted to accomplish what Harries is now attempting by force of arms. His violent policy can obviously lead only to waste and bloodshed, for tlTc other Republics arc diligently preparing to resist the Guatemalan invasion, and it is not at all likely that Mexico will sit quietly by and permit such carryings on among her next door nejghbor. . _ -most mWrwtlmf> and romantic cn| rcer is that of Barrios, who from being n " * i or *n nr. 'eupythe t hi:? I.*t ir ..u.' 1.1. t.. . ti? ui ujini. ?u<i JI Jil?r?cU that tn'vuijii,whi<*h ?ch 4<*syattends a uniiimiv _ movements that lifts a man from the lowest to the highest rank in a country. He was born July 19, 1835, in a little village called San Lorenzo, in Guatemala His parents were laborers on the plantation of one of the wealthy and aristocratic land-owners of the country. There was a weak strain of Spanish, blood in his father and mother, the Indian element largely predominating in j their characters. It was the custom then as now for tho Indians of the country to he employed on the estates of the aristocratic land-owners. The Barrios family labored like all other poor Indian families in the fields and lived in the village niftHu lin nf Ika ViM + o ? gw ...MV v. %MV Ulkto UVVU|II?;U WJT the laborers on the estate. There was little chance for a boy born in such conditions to bccomc anything better than a toiler in the fields or a herder of cattle. But Serapio Crux, who became a great general, wis once a pig-drirer near the home of Barrios, and his success no doubt kindled the ambition of the Indian. Barrios determined to pick up an education, and on account of his quick intelligence and ambition he was assisted to enter the University of San Carios, whence he graduated as a lawyer. He naturally drifted into the political contentious which marked the stormy regime, Carrera, and in 1867 with a band ofdovoted followers he organised a revolt. The government of Guatemala at the time was a plutocracy in substance, and the tax burdened rural population rapidly rallied around the Indian leader. In a few months he was at the head of an army, flushed with success and ready to follow whore?er he led. The government seized his brother and father, and held them as hostages; but Barrios continued his advance. His career was brought to a sudden stop by a dangerous wound that he received at this time. He was taken to the mountains, and eared for by an Indian named Nicolos, whom Barios has sinco rewarded munificently for the attention he gave him while a wounded soldier. After recovering, he again began his insurrection, which spread so fast and at ovary poini was so successful, that upon June 1, 1871, ho entered the Capitol at Guatemala without rpiittatuu "US- -?1 MI0 M^livmif Gran ados, was declared President, slthough BarriaB was the real power aod directed the government. It the following year he waa elected Preaidtnt* and he nas .retained that offioe eyer aioce. The wife offcarrioela said to be tfie handsomest woman in Centra^ America. i - B i . I ? !Ic won her as he won the Presidency by storm and seige. She was only sev . entccn years of age and closely immur ed in a convont when he resolved tha the time was ripe for their wedding ' When the convent authorities refused t< surrender her, the ardent swain prompt ly threatened to batter down the wall ( with his field guns; so, the lady beinj ( nothing loth to join her fortunes wit! the handsome, swarthy chieftain, tb< | nuptials took place. Barrios'.is a man o middle height, with broad shoulders am , deep chest. His features arc strongly marked with Indian characteristics . His cheek bones are high, his complex ion swarthy and his hair straight anc black. He has a finely moulded heat and a flashing eye. The oldest son of Barrios is being educated at West Point, New York, hit father evidently prepairing him to tak< the government when he lays down the reins of power. In Guatemala, Barrios has been ati autocrat, though a somewhat benevolent one, and it is because lie has done so much for the masses of the people that he now holds so strong a grip upon theii affections, lie has quarreled with the church authorities, bi,f has done much to promote free common schools and the extension of railroads and telegraph lines. Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica arc arming to resist the invasion of Barrios, and Mexico, on the North, is leading an army to tho boundary line of Guatemala, ready to ravcb into the territory of Barrios if he -ftroceeds to cross into Salvador, as ho in now reported to bo doing. President Bogrsn of Honduras is the only sympathizer he lias in the unification scheme.' Guatemala is the worthiest and most populous of all the Central Americah States. It had a population of 1,252,497 in 1883, and a standing* army of about 110,000 men. It is well equiped with munitions of war. Hondura ie a rough mountainous land, with a Bcattcring popi ulation, numbering not more than 350, 000. It has little foree as a military power, the people being chiefly Indians and not living together in towns and cities, but scattered over the mountains tending herds of cattle, Barrios must draw his entire strength from these two couotriea. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Of Most Salvador is the smallest, yet it is^Jic -tWrnM^ T-3? 1 i iuo'?l >% r\r I _ e. > aey ' = | i!iw <*or.8' ;ij'tti*. m. w >t1'('M il *4 c?f jr.i'jtnry of I -? ' -* wuwau aiuunca. It j)''#)1! -' < '. his back, Barrios would probably have had an easy victory over Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but with the Salvadorians as enemies, his undertaking has been tenfold more difficult. Nicaragua is one of the most fortunate States in the whole group of five. It is entirely out of debt, has a firin, liberal government, and is happy in its situation, for the proposed canal is projected across its territory, for which it will receive a handsome sum if the water-way is b'oilt. Costa Itica in the most Southern of the States, and has always proved the most obstinate in resisting the attempts of military adventures to consolidate the ft to countries. A number of motives are assigned to Barrios in the present protest. One is that he covets the plethoric treasury of Nicaragua, and the fair iinwimnt _ --- r-? r | country has of being made still richer by a large bounty for the right of way across her territory for a ship canal. If Barrios could now obtain possession of Nacaragua he would reccive the benefit of whatever gain there will be to that country through the construction of the canal. It is most probablo that this is but one of the rich results he aims to obtain by becoming the dictator of tho whole country. For many reasons the United States have an equal interest with Mexico in bringing his campaign promptly to a halt. A Lady Train Dispatcher. 1 have twice written something about the women who have hold or are holding positions in the employ of the Manitoba Railroad Company, but I find I had not known it all. Tho first woman mentioned was Miss Carey, some three years ago was left with three 8ixters and a brother to support. She learned to be a telegraph operator, and wherever she went ne took her family with her and supportid them. She taught her two sisters and A hmtkov #K*a 1 ^ * * ...v uuwiivm aim wan appointed agent at Wayazta, where aho had charge of the business, which, in the aumm<jr? with short-line trains and steamers on Lake Minnotonka, is very hoavy. After a time she waa allowed to have her brother to help, and one sister waa appointed train dispatcher on the same road. Think, of it! A woman, who used to be considered ao helpless and impractical and generally oaeloss and Incompetent, given the control of all the lifo and property involved in tho management of the numerous train on ^hat busy road. And what do Jhejr . think of Ser \ "1 tried . kajd the Superintendent, "to cktch that woman olf dutjr before I gave her the place, on Btfodayaand all sorb of oddltoari, and 1 lfever one* succeeded,"? Woman't Journal , Napoleon III, Once in Sing Sing Prison. (Authentic.) BY MRS. E. T. RARRKTT. * No person in modern history experi' enced greater reverses in fortune, or 5 passed through more checkerod scenes " than did Charles Louie Napoleon Bona9 parte, third son of Louie Bonaparte, ' King of Holland, and his Queen Hor1 tense, daughter of Josephine BeauharJ nais, the devoted wife of the first Kinperor Napoleon. ' Unlike the Queen ui Scots, his mis1 fortunes did not begin with his birth. * On the contrary that event which took " place in Paris at the palalcc of the Tuilleries, April 20, 1803, was celebrated with great rejoicings throughout France, as that of an hoir born to the imperial throne. After the restoration of the J Bourbons he went into exile with his ! mother and elder brother, who died in ' his early manhood, and devoted himself to study. On tho doath of Napoleon 1 II., Duke of Rcichstadt, only son of the ' first emperor, which occurred July 22d, ' 1832, hid ambitious hopes revived, and ' from that time forward, his whole life, speculative and practical, was devoted 1 to the realization of what now bocame im "ttxed idea" that he would some day become the sovereign of France. In 1836, believing that his time to strike had come, and relying upon the manifest attachment to his person and cause displayed by nearly all the demo- ( cratic party, but more than all, trusting in the grandeur of those memories dear j to the French nation that his name recalled, he with s few associates planned and made his famous attempt at coup d' etat at Strasbourg. It was a ludicrous failure and caused many people to doubt the judgment and talent of Louie Napoleon. lie was taken prisoner under very humiliating circumstances and carried to Paris, but Louie PhilliDDo. wh* was a coward, was afraid to bring a Bo- . napartc to trial bccausc he could not rely upon the impartiality of a French jury, therefore tho offender was shipped to America. . At that period?1836?the memory of , the firet emperor was comparatively , fresh in tho American mind, and the r charm of his namo was a passport suffi- r cient to introduco the banished prince , into the alluring circles of wealthy and ^ e^t^ired society. His wiod weam - e ! | plishmffAftt^with his Miporior attain- c : | ments in literati?)-' Hm' p?>li*hed man- I aiTv M??; a v? r'v ^VBSltJt Inn' v ;iim <; i , _i * v. . !!**j \> ! J - * ' PHi a.var.i- with a " .' #M>! ::ic''hv m**:i lo o!i.<- wit;. t >j.r. (.<. <>&Bt, .i I is iv l?C?' l? :Y> !l f?V.* ! (pi1 *" north ?>;" h,,-?n^ in i!.: neighborhood or King Sing, i^uio ' leon expressed a wish to see the State , Prison there. The hint was xufflcient for his good natured host, lie proposed ] that the whole party should visit the , great "Keep" on the Hudson. A ride of twelve miles along the American Rhine was delightful, and the party in gay spir- , its stepped from their carriages and en- 1 tcred the broad portal that forms the ( private* entrance of the prison agent. ! fPV>?? ? _l ? - > uuibvi, wiiumc name was tl. 1*. Bowcll, a'very genial and urbane man, received them very courteously, and for their benefit chiefly unfolded the ways and means that had been attended with tlio most bencflcial results in the government of the prison and the re form of its inmates. "By the way," he said,* addrossing Louie Napoleon, who was a very attentive listener, "we have a convict here, a Frenchman, who is an old soldier. He claims to havo tought at Waterloo and to have been in several other'battles under Napoleon, the first emperor.'; Louio Napoleon very naturally expressed a wish to see the veteran who bad fought under his illustrious uncle. Tho iMnt 1 u:-_ !?--? ' .... -bv?. miiviiuuu uiuj urn me convict was lockcd up in a dark cell for mis- i conduct, that it waa contrary to prison rule to allow him to be taken out of it. but as the gentlemen were going to inspect the "Hall" he would open the ' door of the prisoner in question, his 1 pretext being to show his visitors the appointments of the "dark cell." < This proposal satisfied all parties, and c they followed Rowell down the entree 3 stairs, across tho key room and narrow ' passage to tho uHall." He pauied at ] the second cell on the right hand tier of 1 the main gallaries, unlocked and opened 1 the door. Louie Napoleon stepped .in- < side. The agent, with a merry twinkle ] his eye, turned the k }y and locked him in; 1 The opportunity was too good to be lost, \ The gentlemen were amused and brim- 4 roing over with fun, when after a mo- 1 ment the door was opened and the 1 noble Frenchman joined them once I more. I v They all enjoyed the joko immensely, J except the subject of it. His sallow 1 countonanoo reddened perceptibly, bat * he suppressed every unpleasant emo- c tion and joined in the laugh that ?u < raised at his expense. ' What did hewink of the old soldier ? | Thai he was a fraud, a liar Mid a Tip: J bond; that h? had nerer held a place ip the ranks of the French army. v-i ^ *** "-ffahtf%* !is*?3r> ' : cAv- ' U'b \ sk.ft**r- Kv1. sJ^ffiSsSTii - . Mr. Rowell lived many years and fillc many offices of public trust in Wes cheater county, but he never fcrgot th little episode at the prison. 'When Lou Napoleon after many vicissitudes an failures was finally placed upon tli throne of France, the former, a gni rulous old man. told the' story wit great eclat. He would surprise hi friends with the almost incredible rev< lation '"that ho once had the Emperor < France locked up in a dark cell in th State Prison at Sing Sing."?Christia Intclligcncer. STANDING BY THE PLATFOBM. CLEVELAND KEEPS THE PL.EDU ES OF CIVOiSEVICE REFORM. The Now York PestofBcc, One of tb BeKt Placcs In the Gift of the President, Remains In the Hands or an Honest and Efllcleut Rcpublicau. Washington, March, 31.?Among th nominations sent into the Senate is tha of H. G. Pearson to be postmaster n New York. A gentleman very near th President, and imilnnK?n^i.r 7 ? M..?wMv*vwitjr Dpuanillj from actual knowledge, reports that th reappointment of Mr, Pearson was madi after the most patient examination of thi facts connected with the charges agains him and his answer to tho same, whicl was yesterday submitted to and read bi the President. The appointment, there fore, may be considered a cotnplote vindication of tho postmaster, Tho New York postofticc is the largest and raosl important in the-country, and is of intcrest to all the people and especially t< to the vast business and vast enterprise! contained in the metropolis. It is today considered an illustration of th< successful application of civil servicc reform principles to an immense governmental establishment. "This condition,' iddcd tho gentleman above referred to, 'has been brought about very largely jy the intelligent effort of Mr. Pearson, mil he is thus identified in the closest nanner with this example of the suc:ess of reform. To retain hiin insures aith and confidence in a movement vhich would receive a shock from his -emoval. His retention was earnestly equcsted by a large number of busitess men of the city, both democrats ;nd republicans, and very generally by he independent republicans, who dffi uch good service in support oUtho tfein icratic candidates in the lyfS^ainpaign.' It is further authoritatively learnei hat this act of^ltrt^rronidant must no that, in othe - ; :joi.c . , r-c?" 'ie.wa.yrU :v up;. ' ! r*v .itir 1 ?>f : . . >>* T\i t. . * * 'I' 'lint ?.ho ru" t .?> if- . ?cu mi&iv: v. the ranks of his party, the rreaiucu*., represented as saying: "The democrat ic party in neither hypocritical, unpatriotic nor ungrateful. OTHER NOMINATIONS. The President to-day sent the following nomination* to the Senate: To be Envoys extraordinary and ministora plenipotentiary of the United States. Wm. R. Roberts, of New York, to Chillo; Charles W. Ruck, of New York, to Peru; Charles L. Russell, of Connecticut, to be :onsul at Livorpool,' England, Hichard B. Hubbard, of Texas, to be envey extra)rdinary and minister plenipotentiary oi :he United States to Japan; Win. W. Long, of Texan,, to bo consul at Hamburg, Germany; Norman J. Coleman, oi Missouri, to be commissioner of agricul.ure; John T. McGraw, of West Virgina, to be collector of Internal revenue listrict of West Virginia; Henry P.Kein tchan* of Louisiana, to hn n???1 it New Orleans; Andrew J. Boyd, of Sforth Carolina, to be eollector of interlal revenue for the fifth district of North Carolina. SKETCHES OP THE NOMINEES. Another Batch of Excellent Appointments Ibr Foreign Missions. Washington, March 31.?The followng are sketches of the mon whose tames were sent ts the Senate to-day: wm. b. robetb. >f New York, who was to-day nominatid for the Chilian mission, is fifty-five rears of age and has resided in New fork City for the paat forty years. In L876 he retired from business, having imasaed a large fortune in mercantile >\niness in New York City. Mr. Roberts was elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congress and declined rotomination to the Forty-fourth Congress. Daring his term of servicc in Congress he opposed what was known is the "Back Pay" bill and on its passtgo was the first man to ordor his portion of the sum?some $5,000?to be .arned into the United States treasury. Mr. Roberts is also known as the supporter of all efforts to benefit his native and, Ireland, and is said to have oonsid rable influence among thai class of onr titiaens. It was on a resolution offered >y Mr. Roberts while in Congress that ho Fenians imprisonod in the Canadian ails for the invasion of 1866 were Ub?r* *. , > I1CHABD 3. HUBBARD, >d who is nominntcd to be minister to Jat pan, is a lawyer who has frequently is been a membor of the Texas Legislature ic and lias also been Lieutenant-Governor d and Governor of Texas. He was a delic egate to the National Democratic Conr vention at Cincinnati, where his notably h eloquent speech placing Gen. Hancock is in nomination for the Presidency brought ?- him into national notice. He was by ac>f clamation chosen by the Texas State e Convention dolegato at large to .he Chi? cago Convention last year, and was elected by that Convention to be its temporary chairman. Ho served several years as United States district attorney in Texas before the war, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He had been enthusiastically supporte ed by the Texas Democracy for suitable recognition at the hands of the prcBont Administration, and it was their expectation thvt he would be appointed minisc ter to Mexico. His age is about fiftytwo years. 1 CIIAKLE8 W. BUCK, c who was nominated to-day to be minis^ ter to Peru, is a lawyer of Midway; e Woodford County, Kentucky. He is 36 3 years of age, a native of Mississippi, but 6 for the past ten years has practiced law in Kentucky. He has never held pub1 lie office and has not been prominent La '' pilitics, but said to bo a man of good character and attainments. Midway, the village in which he resides, is near the ^ home of Senator Blackburn; and Buck studied law in the office of Mr Bockenridgc, ono of the present members of Congress from Kentucky. CHARLES T. BU8MELL, } tho nominee for the Liverpool consul> ship, has his home at Haddam, Connu . but has spont tho greater part of his ' time for a number of years in London as ( a merchant* He-is about fifty years of age and is described by a prominent Connecticut Republican as "a man of ; high character, intelligence and capacity." | - WM. W. LANG, of Texas, who is to bo made consul at Hamburg, is vouched for by the Toxas Senators as "a man of ability, with special qualifications for this aonoinment." Ho has resided in Europe during the last four years with his headquarters at : P immigration agent of tho ^ - Southwestern Railroad system^He ha* " been a member of the State Senate, vii, 1 for fire years master of the Texas S tate . w j , | t Orange. Just before his departure for caqie within a few votes re. t:o Tv.vn'?nomination for r SLKKNOi J.1*?4P." '* . .ir'rh- ' & BKQVQiiaiiit im ? - . federate officer during the war. He received a dangerous wound while serving as aido-de-camp on the HtafT of General {Mtfgr Senator) Gibson, who haa been his principal backer for this appointment. J. Y. M'QBAW, 1 who was to-day nominated to be colleot' or of internal revenue for West Virgin' ia, is a prominent lawyer of Grafton, W* ; Virginia, and was recommended for the i place by almost the entire Congression| al delegation from that State. A. <1. BOYD, nominee for collector of internal revenue for the Fifth district of 8orth Carolina, is a law partner of Representative iteed, of North Carolina. Beaadalou. Some time ego a very kind friend sent us a letter enumerating some of our shortcomings, and winding up with some advice. The letter was not signed. ' It is what is known as an anenymouslftttcr. Elitors do not care for such things; in fact, they rather like them, as it gi?es them s good text for a sermon, or -moral lecture. When the writer of such ? tatter wishes to stir up strifo and engender neigborhood quarrels, he commits the basest act possible. Did you ever consider how mean and low and devilish snob a thing is? The fact iMhedevil, paint him black as you will, is a gentleman when placed Bide by side with the anonymous writer of scandal. Such men, or women, are always cowards, the basest cowards. There is a large claas pf mali' cious persons, but none worse than this letter writer. He stabs in the dafrk tfnd hides. He is worse than the inomdiiry, who destroya only houses and goods, for with his vile lies and slanders^thjs person, ashamed of his name, seeks to destroy the f eace of families, aiid ruin And degrade character. Kd. Bundy, uO#'in jail charged with murder, is. a better man than the ene who wi)l sit down, with malioo aforethought and instigated by his own venomsoajied heari, "write a despicable, anonymous letter to * man or woman. The unfortunate woman murdered by this map was bolter tha^ the ono who will, of her oifn accord, in the sil jnce of her chamber, write' such 'u lettor. W6 would not btffere that-vtofaan could stoop so low, It the itHfondevhad not been placed befere eftireyesghut aa a general thing these letters are u written by men. Tattling and talebearing 'are bad enough, but they arc ghinlrigttVtu*a compared - with thto ~#ritiri? 6T Atony- , *.r miitia lailAM ? jt?' hi sons that they will notoofftetothis orifice thoir way. They wo*ld i?th?nrtiife alow p?frob, or ti?? MHifiB't <i*gg?n ^* th? inceudUvy torch, or what is worec tha all theco. tha anonymoui letter.?f/qr: lina Spartan, ' . '< ' t ' ' - ' .rb * ;'-V '...: ; C' if.' V4 '"'i v-?V * &a?^ii?Vw "i1.? SXQKI 5wS?mBrav>Q^^tj <fr4yH?3?