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A Hupdred, Years Hence
A hundred years hence !
What a change will be raade.
In politics, morals, ,
Religion and trade ! S
In statesmen who wrangle,
Or ride on the fence
How things will be altered,
A. hundred yeart hence !
Our law will bo then
Uuoompulsory ruled
Our pribons be changed
Into national t-chools.
TUe pleasures of vice
Are a silly pretence,
And people will know Itt
A hundred years hen co !
All vice will be seen,
When people awake,
To rise out of folly
'TIsall a mistake.
The lawyers and doctors, '
And ministers, too.
Will have, I am thinking,
liut little to do.
Their careful attention
They then may bestow
On raibiujj potatoes.
Or turuips, you know.
Or any employment
They choose to commence ;
For arts will be many,
A hundred year& hence,
And you and I, reader
Where shall we be iound?
Can any one tell,
When that lime will come round?
In transports oi pleasure,
Or sorrow intense?
We'll know more about it,
A hundred yeur iience !
TEE SPIEIT OF TBE PLATTE.
BV ALUERT G. RKACKETT.
Weall know how, in old times, men,
women and children, used to toil along
the road that leadb up the Platte Itiver.
We know how tired and footsore the
horses and cattle used to get, and how
weary every animal became. The hot
sand reflected the suns rays, and be
came hotter than ever; and the far
off cottonwood trees appeared to be
double in size and spread out on the
shore. The grass was pale, yellow and
sickly ; the weeds cramped and sin
ewy ; and the long tlagsof the marsh
es waved slowly to and fro in the
breeze, that came lazily from thesouth,
as hot :s if it had beeu heated in a
furnace. A few birds suiled slowly
overhead, surveying the dull land
scape below them, and then disap
peured no one knew where. The
distant knolls and hillocks were eov
with hot air, that shifted and shim
mered In the mpst singular manner;
now danciug up and down, and then
rolling off in huge waves, far away to
the right anil left, until lost to view.
On a bright, sunshiny day, a crowd
of immigrants were slowly moving
along this road. The party consisted
of several men and little ones, who
were all on their way to the land of
promise, toward the setting mid. The
wagons had immense covers, and were
comfortable enough in every respect;
they contained cooking utensils and
crockery ; and every night after going
into camp, a supper was provided in
the best possible style. The evening
camp was agreeable enough, after the
hot experiences of the day, und all
looked forward to it with pleasure.
One family, named Dandru, will
claim our particular attention, as it
was composed of a father, mother and
aeveral batxlaotno daughters. The
family were moving from Missouri to
tho new country in the far west. The
girls were all excellent- housekeepers,
and, after riding for hours in the wa
gon, were glad enough to vary the ex
perience by engaging in cooking,
when the train stopped for the night.
Several 3'oung men belonging to the
party were only too glad to wait upon
the young girls and bring them as
much wood and water as they requir
ed. The damsels went to work cheer
fully, und many a gay laugh was heard
while they were baking their bread,
preparing their coffee, and cooking
their meat.
Miss Imogene one of the daughters,
was a universal favorite with every
body ; and her fair little form, laugh
ing eyes, dark hair, madea handsome
picture as she stood near the tire, en
gaged in her womanly duties. She
knew very well the power of her
charms, though she never went out of
her way particularly to captivate any
body. It must not be understood that
these young ladies were uneducated
or coarse ; as they had all received the
benefit of an excellent education, and
were skilled in many female accom
plishments. In the evening, after suDset, they
sometimes sang near the tent, which
was pitched near the wagons, and, in
the clear, starlight night, tho effect
was charming, Over plain and river
the sounds floated sweetly, the pure
night air seeming io carry them to a
great dislunce. 'ibis, added to the
couversatiou in regard to the various
events of the journey, served to make
the time pass agreeably ; and, though
the days were hot and tedious, the
nights fully compensated for them.
The men of the party understood
traveling on the plains, and knew
how to take advantage of every cir
cumstance. AH of the arrangements
moved on like clock work ; and what
would have cost a great deal to inex
perienced hands, seemed here to cause
no trouble at all, but to give way at
once to Xhe practised plainsman.
As Miss Imogine sat one evening
talking with a brisk young fellow
named Harry Ingoldsby, she asked
him what the men had found to in
terest them bo much lately, especially
in regard to a certain appearance near
the band of the river. .
Harry replied that there wad a story
going the rounds, to the effect that a
most unearthly spectre had sometimes
been seen near the Platte which had
appalled every one.
"What is it like?" she inquired.
"It is fin immense form, and has
the appearance of a womau, with her
arms crossed upon her breast.'
"How do 3'ou account for this
strange appearance?" asked Miss Im-
"None of us can account for it, and
to tell the truth, but few belive in it
at all. It has been Been only by a few
men, who have come in from the
West and, I think, amounts to noth
ing." "When will we be likely to so it?"
"That is altogether uncertain, and
perhaps we will not see it on this urip
across the plains, as I have met but
few men who claim to have ever wit
nessed it." ,,
"When is it seen by those who say
they have seen it?"
"Generally toward the close of the
day. It is seen on theplains only and
never on the mountains."
At that moment, a tall mountain
eer passed near them, and Harry call
ed out to him, aud asked him to come
up.
"Here," said Harry, "jsAshley Lo
gan. He has seen the apparition as
often as any man living, aud can tell
you all about it."
Miss Imogene asked Ashley to take
a seat near her, aud then inquired of
him what he had seen.
Ashley hesitated somewhat, and re
marked,
"Miss Tmogene, this is a matter I do
not like to tulk much about. I have
often seen the phautom, which we
mountaineers call the "Spirit of the
Platte," and have never known an'
good to come from it, but, on the con
trary, it always brings evil."
"Will you describe it to me?" said
Imogene.
"Yes, I will endeavor to do so, tho'
no description of it can convey to the
mind any just understanding of it.
As we move up the Platte, we see this
wonderful spectacle. Usually, just
before sunset, as we are going into
camp, tho west seems wonderfully
hazy and cloudy, and while looking
at it, the mists and clouds assume a
wondrous form, that of a woman clad
in snow-white drapery. Her hands
are crossed upon her breust. Her fea
tures are sad and beautiful, her eyes
downcast, and her dark hair falls in
heavy masses over Her shoulders.
The figure is many miles in height,
towering way up in the heavens, and
is one of the most appalling bights
man ever looked upon. It continues
sometimes for an hour, and often until
lonjr after sunset."
"It is indeed very strange. Is there
no way of accounting for it?" said
Imogene. ,
"None that we know of," replied
the mountaineer. I have heard seve
ral people try to explain it, but the ex
planations amounted to nothing."
"I hope we shall see it as we goon,
for I um most anxious to get a look at
this wonderful Bight; and shall pre
pare my nerves for the shock they
will undoubtedly receive.'1
"For ipy part," said the mountain
eer, "I hope we shall see nothing of
the spirit ; for if we do, we shall have
bad enough luck before we get to tho
end of our journey."
The trio talked a considerable time
longer, and then retired ; the camp
through the night being guarded by
a chain of sentinels, detailed from
among the men composing the parly.
On the following morning all hands
were ready to resume the journey up
the Platte, and, like- the preceding
days, the weather was very warm in
deed. The horses were hitched up,
and at an earl y hour the whole col
umn of wagons was slowly moving
along the road. There was a good
deal of monotony about the march,
aud little to attract attention. Occa
sionally r. small band of mounted men
would be met with, who were on their
way eastward, or who were out look
ing for cattle or horses that had stray
ed away during the night for ani
mals have a strange way of wonder
ing off during the hours of darkness,
and generally go back over the route
they have travelled during the day.
Though ever so tired and hungry,
away they go on their aimless errand,
and often travel long distances. Meet
ing these men was quite an event, and
usuallj' a few minutes spent iu asking
the news of each other, and giving
such information is might be required.
These meetings were something like
the meeting of ships at sea, where,
after hailing each other, and gettiug
a few meagre details, they part again,
and drift away in opposite directions
the great, wide-stretching plains re
semble the ocean in mors than one
respect.
As the day advanced, Imogene
thought more and more about the
wonderful spectre, and had more fears
upon the subjectthan she was willing
to confess to herself. The wagons
were just passing through a ravine, in
which there were only a few bushes,
when a single rifle-shot was heard.
These shots were so common that no
body thought much about it; but a
horseman came riding along the col
umn and gave notice that tho Indians
had attacked theirain. For a minute
or two there was a little confusion;
but directly everything was etraignt
ened out again, the men looking at
their guns in a business-like sort of
way, and a large part of them moving
to the front. The train was, ofcourse,
halted. After the men had moved
well out to the front of the train, and
thoroughly searched in the bushes,
nothing could be discovered of any
Indians, and there was no signs of
their having been around, except a
single moccassiu-traok in the soft
ground of the ravine. The shot had
been an uulucky one, however; for,
as it proved, young Harry Ingoldsby
had beeu shot through the brain, and
scalped, even before his companions
bad been aware that there was any
particular danger. The news spread
rapidly, and on no one did It produce
a more sorrowful effect than upon
Miss Imogene, who appeared perfect
ly broken down when she heard ofit.
The body of young Harry was care
fully wrapped in a blanket, placed in
one of the wagons, and carried along
ns the men had no time to stop and
dig a grave; and it was thought best
to wait until they stopped for the
night, iu order that it might be buried
with decency and decorum. The at
tack had been so sudden, and there
was so little excitement about it, that
it was some time before ,they realized
what had really occurred. One Indi
an, alone, had crept up beside the road
in a little clump of bushes, and, as
Harry cam en long, had shot and scalp
ed him and then disappeared ; and
though a vigorous search was made
and every eflbrt put forth for the dis
covery of the assassin, nothing could
be found of him. This was verj'
strange, as there seemed scarcely
bushes enough anywhere in the land
scape to hide away'a wolf; but Indi
ans have a faculty of lying flat on the
ground, and covering themselves with
grass and weeds in such a way as to
render it impossible to find them.
The train went on and a few men
were left in the rear to keep a good
lookout aud see if they could not dis
cover the whereabouts of the murder
er. Some of the party went n consid
erable distanceon the side of the road
and closely scrutenized the whole
country in the vicinity of the place;
but no sign, other than the moccasin
track, could bo found in any direc
tion. Harry had been such a'favcrite with
every one that his loss was severely
felt, and the party went on with sor
rowful hearts. He had no blood rela
tions in the train ; but it was thought
he was engaged to be married to Miss
Imogene, though nothing was posi
tively known iu regard to it. That
she thought a great deal of him, was
plain enough and Harry, on his parr,
had alNvays manifested a. decided pref
erence lor Her. His loss had been so
unexpected, that as yet there had been
but little lime to talk about it by the
different members of the party. The
men had been out looking for the ene
my and the women in the wagons
were obliged to attend to the horses
while they were so engaged. They
had, therefore, beeu unable to meet
and converse about the matter; for,
as soon as they could, the whole train
moved on, in order to get away from
the unluoky place as soon as possible,
and to make as many miles on the
journey during the da$T as they could.
All were glad when tho unlucky spot
was left behind, and they were once
more out on the long, heaving plain,
where the hillocks are sometimes
seen, rising one beyond the other, as
regularly and as evenly as ihe waves
in the ocean. On the left was the
shallow and treacherous river ; in
front, tho hard, white road, stretching
away off iu the distance ; and, on the
right, the boundless plains, spreading
to the north and west, until they
reached the basis of tho Rocky Moun
tains. When a good camping-place was
reached the train halted, and the hor
ses were unhitched and lariated out,
so that they could graze to their heart's
content. A party of men, with pack
axes aud shovels, soon dug a grave,
and prepared to bury the body of Har
ry Ingoldsby. Most of the females
belonging to the traiu followed the
remains to the grave, where a short
but at the same time impressive cere
mony was performed Miss Imogene
was almost, broken down, but kept up
her courage as well as she could. She
took a last look at the face of the de
ceased, the men having carefully cov
ered the top of the head and mado it
look as well as possible.
"While the greater part of the peo
ple belonging to the train were stand
ing around the grave, some one look
ed toward the west, and there reveal
ed inall its majesty, stood the colossal
Spirit of the Platte, as if hovering di
rectly over the grave. The eyes of
the phantom appeared to be half
closed, and the hands were pressed to
gether as if iu the attitude of prayer.
A pair of shadowy wings were seen
reaching above its head, and the drap
ery of the clouds and mist was as del
icate und as beautifully formed as can
be imagined. The features were su
premely nauusome, anu a gorceous
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uiiuuus ui uiucm mys ajjpeureu sinn
ing above and around its hair. Any
thing so euchantingly magnificent in
its details, aud at the same time awe
inspiring in its size, had never before
been dreamed of by any one present.
Harry's remains were lowered into
the grave, and, as they reached the
bottom, the spirit bowed its head
slowly, the pale features beaming with
a celetial light, as soft as -the-rays of
evening. Thesublime phantom, bril
liant iu all its details, stood as if trans
fixed. The serene brow, the down
cast eyes, ! the straight nose and
the mouth beaming with supernatu
ral graoe, formed a picture surpassing
any conceptions of the human inind.
There it remained, in all its superb
proportions, until the grave was filled
up, and the men and women bad re
turned fo their wagons. Then it
gradual!' faded away, and the stars of
eveniugmade their appearance.
The dtath of Harry and the vision
of the Spirit of the Platte, of course
gave risi to a great deal i f talk, and
various vere the explanations giTen.
The aTect of the phantom on Miss
Imogens was peculiar. She had be
fore been bowed down with the great
est grief; but upon seeing the celes
tial vision, her sorrows appeared to
leave her at nice, and she seemed to
see in it an assurance that Harry was
happy and at rest.
There was a great deal of sympathy
manifested for the young girl, and her
sisters did everything in their power
to cause her ad speedily as .possible to
forget the loss of her lover. Before
going to tho grave she could not bear
to mention Harry's name, and it gave
her pain to hear it from the lips of
others; but when she returned, she
was almost cheerful, and spoke of
Harry as one who would return to her
in a short time. The terror which
leath inspires, had wholly passed
away, and she thought of the vision
in the western skies as an omen of
cood, rather than a presage of evil.
She even went so far as to assist in
clearing away the thiugs after sup
per was ended, though her sisters en
deavored, by gentle means, to prevent
her doing so.
The evening was calm and pleasant,
and many a knot was gathered around
the camp-fires, discussing iu a quiet
way the strange events that had trans
pired within the last twenty-four
hours. Harry's own mess mats were
grief-stricken, and determined to
avenge his death when an opportun
ity offered. The good qualities of the
young man were brought up, and
talked over, in the freest possible waj
and it was conceded on all hands,
that he-was one of the most amiable
characters they had ever known.-
Little is known of the subsequent
history of the Dandru family. They
continued with the train until it
reached'tbe Sacremento Valley, and
then disappeared. After Harry's
death, Miss Imogene was morj cheer
ful than over, and endeared herself
more fully to every one in the train,
but if could be seene that her days
were numbered. She drooped like a
lily, and every day became weaker
and more fair. Her friends did every
thing in their power for her; but it
was of no use. She knew, and fre-
quentlysaid, thacshe was jroinc to
join "Harry, and that the Spirit of the
Platte had so assured her while she
was standing beside his grave.
At last, as the train was camped for
the night in a beautiful valley on the
western slope of the continent, Miss
Tmogene told those who were with her
that her journey was ended, and that
she wished to be buried near the place
where they then were. Her few trink
ets were divided among her sisters;
she bade a kindly farewell to every
one; and, as the sun sank behind the
mountain-peaks to the westward, her
spii it took its flight.- Her death was
as peaceful as her life had been pure
and unsullied. Wctve'rly Magazine.
Gen. Grant and the IVJtisky Ring.
President Grant has written a let
ter denying the report that he and
Secretary Bristol' u-prn not in full an.
cord iu their efforts to bring to justice
all who have been guilty of frauds on
the revenue. He says:
"Let no guilty man escape if it can
be avoided. Be especially vigilant,
and instruct those engaged in the
prosecution of the frauds to be. a
gainst all who insinuate that they
high influence to protect them. No
personal consideration should stand
in the way of performing public
duty."
These words have the right ring.
Gen. Grant has done all that could be
done to break up this'infamous whis
ky ring, the base slanders and cow
ardly insinuations of his enemies to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Of course it would serve the pur
pose of the guilty parties to have it
appear that the President does sanc
tion the course of his vigilant and
patriotlo Secretary, as it would enable
them more readily to obtain bonds
men, in order that they might be kept
out of jail, and possibly, in some cases,
escape indictment.
Never for a momenfdoubting that
the President would maintain the dig
nity of his office, and at all times and
under all circumstances be found on
the right side, we rejoice, neverthe
less, that he has publicly declared
himself. Now that he has spoken all
honest men will understand the mo
tives by which he is actuated.
Gen. Grant has carried himself no
bly all through this trying, ordeal.
Even the fairmintled Democrats are
beginning to admit his straightfor
ward course, aDd are rendering him
the -praise he sorichly deserves. Long
after his accusers are forgotten, his
countrymen "ill hold his name in
grateful rewembrauce for the signal
service iie has rendered the country iu
purifying the publicserviceand'bring
ing to justice those who have basely
betrayed their trusts. Missouri Mes
senger. Boston house-keepers have recently
discovered that flour mixed with iced
water makes the best bread. It takes
a little longer to rise, and is, there
fore, unpopular with cooks, who have
to rise a little earlier to have their hot
cakes ready for breakfast.
Comfortable quarters twenty-five
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OUR NEW YOHK LETTER.
The End of a Pngilist The Business
not a Good One Politics
Cruelty to Children
Business.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, Oct. 11, 1S75.
THE END OF A NUISANCE.
"The way of the transgresaor Is
hard." Never was this text better il
lustrated than in this city Thursday
morning, in the death of Edward
O'Baldwin, the Irish pugilist.
Mr. Ned O'Baldwiu was an Irish
man, who was bleat by nature with a
frame six feet seven inches in height,
and correspondingly broad. He would
have made a magnificent ditcher, a
superb truckman, or a splendid long
shoreman. But Mr. O'Baldwiu being
pugnaciously inclined, and having
met with much success punching
heads in a private way, blossomed out
into a professional, and followed his
countrymen to New York, where he
developed into a most exasperating
nuisance. He was a blatherskite, a
cowardly, ruffianly fellow, who be
came the centre of a gang of ruffians,
all as bad as himself, except in the
matter of inches and pounds. Ho
fought prize-fights; he was used In
elections by the Democracy in short
he became a bravo of the same type
as those used by demugogue3in Italy,
only ho used fists instead of tho stll
letto. For a time Mr. O'Baldwin flourish
ed like a green bay tree. He was the
pet of the short-haired fraternity, and
the dissolute women of the town lav
ished their smiles upon him, and. life
was, in a feverish way rose-tinted as
possible. But the dark days came.
The populace tired of him, and dis
sipation weakened his huge carcass,
so that plenty of j-ounger men could
bang him about. Then Mr. O'Bald
win, to furnish bread for himself and
to get his liquor at wholesale prices,,
opened a bar-room with another Irish
man named Finnell. The speculation
did not pay, for some reason. Proba
bly Mr. O'B.'s whiskey was excep
tionally bad, or possibly those who
would otherwise have been customers
feared him when in his cups and
wisely kept away. Be it as it may,
Mr. O'Baldwia, Wednesday night,
appeared to Mr. Finnell, and abrupt
ly announced that he should quit the
plaoo. Mr. Fiunell's hot Celtic blood
rose at this summary dissolution, and,
as if determined that it should be
complete, drew his pistol und planted
two balls in O'Baldwin's body. As
either would have finished the giant,
there was a waste of one cartridge,
which I regret, for it Is a pity that it
could not have missed its aim and
killed some one else in the room. But
we can't have everything to suit us.
Mr. O'Baldwin was carried out, and
after ljngering twenty-four hours in
great agony, died. Mr. Finnell gave
himself up the day after, and as he
does not appear to have much influ.
ence among the Democracy (he had
juststarted his rum-mill,) there is a
cheerful prospect that he will be bung.
It's rather expensive busiuess, hang
ing these fellows, but in the long run
it pays.
And speaking of the
LAST F.sn nu pnnir.TsTS.
none of them have ever.died happy
or in comfort. Yankee Sullivan cut
his throat in San Francisco to avoid ;
hanging; Tom Hyer died miserable
and wretched of consumption ; Bill
Poole was stabbed ; Geoghegan keeps
a miserable rum shop; Tom Allen
ditto in short, go through the list,
and scarcely one can be found who
did not die nf violence, or if they es
caped that, of extreme poverty. John
Morrissey, it is true, te apparently
flourishing, but his end is not yet.
There will come a .turn to him ono of
these days that will bring him into
the bottom of the cup. Decency, my
young friends, is as much the best
policy as honesty. Tho man who
lives without labor is not going to have
a very long life or a very pleasant one
I may put right here that O'Bald
win, who had as good a time as any
of them, served two j'ears in the Mas
sachusetts Penitentiary, aud as much
mora, iu the Moyaraeusing Prison,
Philadelphia, to say nothing of innu
merable sixty daj' terms in jails and
prisons iu various cities.
POLITICS.
The Republican State Ceutral Com
mittee of New York have seme hope
of carrying the State, though I fail to
see upon what they base it. The Com
mittee are zealously at work, deter
mined to secure the legislature, even
though Tilden, by virtue of the fraud
ulent vote always to be expected in
the city, carries the State. The best
Democrats in this city are hoping for
the defeat of the Democracy in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, for they foresee
trouble that will certainly come upon
the country in the event of the suc
cess of the party in those States upon
inflation platforms. If Ohio und Penn
sylvania go Democratic thi.i.r.u- .u. -ing
under heaven can prevent tne
next national Democratic Convention
from making inflation and repudia
tion the chief plank of its platform.
Hence, the Democratic business men
of the city desire Republican success
es in those States:
The action of the Republicans in
Massachusetts gives general satisfac
tion to the Republicans here. The
ticket is sound and the platforms
splendid. With Massachusetts, Oh'io
and Pennsylvania In line, the ques
tion as to which party will elect the
j next President -is settled. The Re
publicans of New Vork feel very con
fident that, as against inflation and
repudiation, they cau carry even JjTew
York easily. Consequently they are
in good spirits, and will so continue,
even though slippery Tilden elides
Into the gubernatorial chair again this
fall.
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.
Henry Bergh, who has for so long a
time stood between brutal man and
his brute victims, has organized -a so
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
children, and heaven knows thore
was need of it ! There are thousands
upon thousands of children in the city
whose drunken parent or grasping
guardians treat them more cruelly
than they would brutes. As for in
stance, Nellie Boyle, who lived with
her uncle, slept for two years on the
floor, without covering of any kind,
and was every day kicked and beaten
in the most inhuman manner. The
uncle's favorite amusement was to
beat her with a barrel hoop with the
nails in it. Joseph Petrez, and organ
grinder, hired a 'little girl of her
mother for one dollar a week, to sing
and dance on the street. He required
her to bring him a fixed sum of mon
ey every pight, In default of which
she was beateu almost to death. When
rescued from the grasp of the brute
she was one mass of bruises. One
man made his step-son walk up
and down the room and call every
hour of the night, from 7 p. m. to Ga.
ui., for five weeks. During this time
the child was allowed a slice of bread
and a glass of water each day. Once,
after the starving boy, in desperation,
had helped himself from the pantry,
the beat manacled him, and nailed
him to tho floor in a kneeling posi
tion, with a dish of savory food just
out of hi3 reach, and kept him there
eleven hours.
But the worst case that has been de
veloped is that of Henry A. Henken,
a boy of sixteen, in Brooklyn. His
mother had been dead several yearH,
and a year ago his father died, leav
ing him entirely alone in the world
with a fortune of $40,000. He fell into
the hands of a womau named Kate
Cooney, who took him to live wiih
her, and trained him systematically
to druukenuess. She fed him with
liquor constantly, and kept him so
completely under Its influence that he
became almost idiotic, transferring
property all the time, as fast as was
possible from him to herself. When
the poor boy was discovered he was
in a stato of absolute helplessness.
His mi ml was gone, and his will as
well, and he was a mere instrument
in the hands of the woman. He was
at once taken from the harridan and
placed in the asylum, where it is
hoped he wil recover his strength
and reason.
These few incidents and there are
many thousands of them show how
wide a field for action Mr. Bergh's so
ciety has. Cupidity, drunknesa, and
the brutality engendered by vice,
make terrible lives for thousands of
helpless ones. Bergh's new society
will be of mj?re use than his old.
BUSINESS
continues tolerably brisk, though it is
not quite so lively ns it was last week.
Claflin, the great jobber of dry goods,
made one 'very heavy clearing-out
sale of calicoes at figures a long way
market, and other big operations are
reported ; but ss the goods were sold
at or below the cost of production, It
is evident that they were sales forced
to realize upon too heavy stocks.
Nevertheless, the fall's trade has thus
far been better than either of the two
precedingyears.and those who watch
the markets have faith that it will
continue fairly good until long In the
winter. The merchants are belling
very closely, but they will gst out
whole. The good time is coming.
Pietro. .
A' HISTORICAL TRAGE1HV
The Killing of Col. Sharp, of Lexing
ton, Ky., and Subsequent Sui
cide of the 3Inrdercr
and His TVife.
A Lexington, Ivy., correspondent of
the Cincinnati CommcrctaJrevivesthe
incidents of the bloody and romantic
Beauchamp-Sharp tragedy, enacted
some fifty j'ears ago a ttagedy that
has beeu celebrated in song, drama
aud story and which at the time ex
cited the profoundest sensation all
over the couutry.
Among other graves worthy of re
mark in this cemetery, writes this
correspondent, I found one bearing
the name of Solomon P. Sharp. The
inscription on the dark gray monu
ment states that he "was assassinated
while extending the hand of hospi
tality on the morning of
November 7, 1S25, in the 3Stb year of
his age," with the text added : "What
thou knowest not now, thou shalt
know .hereafter."
-., c x-irrliSa-Oniyrieijf the
foremost men of Kentucky. During
the administration of James Madison
he had served two terms In Congress,
at which time he was' the room-mate
and intimate friend of John C. Cal
houn, who is said to have 'declared
that Sharp vvas "the oldest man of his
age that bad ever crossed the moun
tains." He had previously been
elected to the Kentucky Legislature,
and under Gov. Adair, was Attorney
General of the gftate. At the time of
his death he had settled iu Frankfort,
a very successful lawyer, 'but had re
cently been again elected to the Leg
islature as the champion of tho "Re
lief party."
A few ypars previous Sharp had
met a young lady named Ann Eliza
Cook, and he had seduced her. She.
was a yrung lady of good family, of
fair cultivation, with some literary -talent.
He met her at a party, I be
lieve, and it was under the excitement
of dancing and wine perhaps thatMiss
Cook yielded herself to- him. After
her d isgrace beoame known she had
secluded herself at home, bat ltseems
that a young lawyer named Jereboani
O. Bauchamp, .also of a respectable'
family happened to see her, succeeded '
in obtaining her promise to become "
his wife on con ditiou exacted by her.
that he would kill Col. Sharp. This ' :
promise was made the marriage
took place. SomoJtlme a year or two,
perhaps passed, and 'been forgotten A
had not the seduction been mention-
ed against Sharp's character during
the warm political campaign in which?
he was elected to the Legislature. On
this charge being brought against him 4---.
Col. Sharp treated it slightingly, and
stated in publio, it is said, that a cer
tificate, was- in evidence that
this child born of Miss Cook had a
blackface. This added insult to theM
original Injury, and the secret writ-"-ing
of Beauchamp'u promise camo
out distinctly nt its breath. The Sun
day evening before the General As- '
serably met, Beauchamp (who lived
In another part of the Stato entered.
Frankfort, and, finding the hotels
full, put up at tho private house of a '
gentleman named Scott, twq or three,
squaies south of Sharp's residence.
Late at night he went around to tho .
house in which Sharp resided thy.
large old brick which I have mention
ed and, going up to a side door, -(though
others say it was to the front ,
door,) he knocked. Sharp was awak
ened and asked whowai thero. Beau- .
champ answered by giving the name
of onefamiliar to Sharp iu an othes
part of the State, where the latter had
formerly lived, but changing' the sec- ,
ond- initial of the this person's naino ,
paying, "John A. Coviugton,'" and- ,
requesting to see him at onco on lmr
portaut btmjness.. ,( ..
"I know John W. Covington." A
said Sharp, deliberate' opening tho f
door and advancing Into tho open" air
and darkness. ,,
Beauchamp at once lifted the mask , ,
which he wore, aayinj: "Don't, you
know me, Colonel?'
"My God! it is B ," exclaimed5
Sharp, but did not succeed iu pro
nouncing his enemy's name before the
latterstruck him upon his mouth with
his left hand and stabbed him to tho'
heart with hla rlgh't.
Col. Sharp was found dead on hla,
door step. Beauchamp returned to
his lodging and left town early iu the,
morning, without being suspected, I, ,
believe. It is related that on apprach
lug his home he conveyed to his wife
the intelligence of the deed accom
plished fay waiving his handkerchief
aloft In the distance.
The death of Col. Sharp' produced a
profound sensation in Frankfort and
throughout the State. The Legisla
ture offered $30,000 for the detection
and apprehension of tho murderer.
Beauchamp was finally brought t
trial and sentenced to bo hung. Dur- .
ing the interval between tho sentence
und Its execution great efforts wars
made in his behalf, delegations of la-
(Iies Ulecccu in iisu .,...(, w-- jy..
to tho Governor with petitions for his
pardon. Joseph Desha was then .
Governor of Kentucky, and a son or" i
the Governor, Isaac B. Desha, was
imprisoned at the time, convicted of
a highway robbery near Maysvill.
It was presumed that young Desha
would be pardoned as he afterward
was and it was urged that the Gov
ernor might do a gracious thing, light
ening his selfish act of clemency, by
pardoning-Beauchatripand his son to
gether. But he was iuflexibfe. PoIlC.
ical revenge, perhaps, it Is said, had
to be gratified.
The day of execution came. A short
time before the hour designated, nt- t
quest was mado by Beauchamp that
his wife might be permitted to remain
with him alone In his cell (it seems
they were very tenderly attached io
each other) for the purpose'of their
last leave-taking, and this privilege
was granted. After a while, as th'
time fixed for the execution was at
hand, the officers entered the prison
cell and found the wife dying with
the wound of a pen-knife in her breast, ,
and the husband himself also fatally
stabbed. They had determined to
elude the law and die together. But,
as the time for execution had com.
Beauchamp was taken, in his dying
coudition, dut upon the scaffold and'
hung. The bodies of the husband and
wife were removed to their bbrue'and.
buried together. Subsequently this'
tragic romance of real life was made'
the basis of a novel which was large
ly bought up, it is said, by Sharp's
frieuds. Latter, about eighteen years
avagef Gel'ieve, the Irish poet) found
ed on the Beauchamp history.
A woman is very like a kettle, if.
you come to think of it. She sings-'
away so pleasantly then she stops
and when you least expect it,' sh .
boils over! Judy.
Zeb Crummetsays he would assoon.,
think of trying to pour knowledge' inr :
to a man's head as goodness into his.'t
heart. "
Father
Coleridge, .the Jesuit,, is
life of Christ, but it is && "
writing a
stated who tha woman 'H?
i
5fl
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