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THE OfllAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 1886.-TAVELVE PAGES.
White Oliiof of The Pawnee Scouts-Hi
Frontier Expsrience ,
PATROLLING THE UNION PACIFIC
lie Defeat , of Oltl Turkey liCK A
Important Treaty nnd I2x *
ori'rlconcrs.
coi'YitiniiTii : > ,
[ U'rlltcnor tlie Suiulny lift J > y Alfitd Surtntrm
BVN'or. t ! < or ( ! n M-Trii VII.-Mnjor North nml Hi
l' wnio IMlrnl tlio inion ; IMcltle Turkpf l"it in
IMrtyMnkan ItNidon tli Itnnil nmt l t-li n Tin In
'ni crl.'UDi'Itntoil-Oiiptiirniif ' liu Nophow-A
linixirlmit 'ITO.itr . nt Ncirth I'lntta Kxaliimitr (
rniincrllci > ciin of Whim Ciipllvos-A Tcrrlli
Tnlo-A lliilTiilo Hunt-A Flslil Wltli tlie Slour
Mnjor Nuitli In n Tlglit 1'lncc Xtitrow Kscspe <
IlluiiclIniKl 1'iitty.
VII.
Tin-lcny let'H Operations ,
.iln thosprilig of 18U7 ( icncrnl Align
ttien commamliug the department of tl :
1'lattc , authorised Captain North to ci
list a cavalry balalliou of 200 Purnci
for duty along the line of the Unlo
Pacific railroad , which was ( hen in pn
oosj'of construction. "Tliehostilu Indiat
were making freuent | raids on the coi
fitructlon iraugs , killing thu laborers an
riinninir olT the horses. The batallio
was thoroughly organized by the 15th <
March. It was divided into four con
panics of fifty men each , and each con
pany had one captain and ono licutcnan
with the regular number of non-comtui ,
fiionud ollicers , while North , who was i
command , was given a major's connnl
sion.
Major North and his command pn
cccdcd from the Pawnee reservation t
old Fort Kearney , where they wet
furnished with horses and other cqttii
incnts. They then marched to the ondc
the track , which was at a point whcr
Alkali station was afterwards locatc (
Five companies wore immediately sento
to Julcsburg , sixty miles distant , to 01
change the old and inferior weapon !
which had been supplied them , for Spot
cor carbines.
TIIK IIOST1I.K INDIANS
hail been greatly annoying the grader
and track-layers , ami two or three day
before the arrival of Major North a larg
I'umbcr of horses had been stolen froi
the contractors. Major North , with hi
two remaining companies , according ! ;
moved along With the workmen wli
were building the road at the rate of twi
miles a day. On the second day afte
Major North's arrival , his pickets cam
in and reported that a' party of Indian
were coming down from the north. II
accordingly took a detachment , of fort
num twenty from each of his two coir
panics ami bv making a circuit ho gc
between the North I'lalto river ami th
approaching Indians , who proved to be
Sioux war party from lied Cloud's bam
A KUNN1NG KIOHT
ensued for several miles , the Pawnees dc
foaling them and killing one of the !
number and capturing several horses
This was the only movement against th
hostiles that hacl boon in any _ way sue
cessful up to this time during the ycai
and the only engagement in which any c
the hostiles had been killed. The Sioiu
were not aware that the Pawnees hai
taken the Hold against thorn , and wor
greatly surprised to see their old onemie
Jii that part of the country. From tin
time they became more cautious , am
their raids on the road became less frc
qucnt.
Upon1 the return of the two companic
ironi Julcsburg with their now arms
Major North proceeded with the othe
two companies to Jule.sbnrg and alsi
Jnatle an exchange of weapons.
The Pawnee batallion continued al
Bummer to do duty along the Unioi
J'aeitio road for a distance of 300 miles-
f rom Plum Crook to the Laramie plains
Thev had numerous skirmishes with tli
hostiles , and frequently went out on Ion ;
Chases after stolen stock , which they gen
urally succeeded in recovering. 'Abou
the 1st of Atittiist the old Choyenu
chief ,
TUItKKY IF. < ! ,
made a raid in the night time on tlio roai
nt a point about four miles west of Plun
Crook station , whore his party took ou
n culvert and ditched a west bourn
freight train. They killed most of th
train menscalping0110 of them alivo.am
breaking open the cars they secured :
largo quantity of plunder of ovcrv dti
scription. after which they burned tli
train with thooxconiioii of .seven Hat car
loaded with ties. Major North was im
mediately telegraphed at the end of th
track to urintr down a company of hi
I'awnees. The nearest company that h
could spare was at a point twelve mile
from the end of the track and about U2
imhs from Plum Creek , lie at once or
< lored cars by telegraph to bu in read !
ness at the end of the track to trauspor
the company to Plum Creek , ami thei
jumping on his horse ho rotlo the twelv
miles in fifty minutes , and in two hour
nnd forty minutes from the time h
Marled out ho was back with the com
pany ot Ijrty men , who boarded tin
special train , which reached Plum Creel
station at daylight next morning , tin
track having been built around the wrccl
soon after Turkey Leg's departure.
. Major North , with ten men , at oneo se
out on the trail of the train-wreckers , foi
lowing it to tliti South Platte river , whicl
Ktream it crossed , and tlienco led into tin
blull's. Major North , believing Unit tin
voibkins were southern Indians , roturnei
to camp , ami for several days kept hi
hcouts out looking for them , About tin
tenth day after the ditching of the train
the scouts came in and reported Indian
moving up from the south.
Major North inimodiatelysonl. out Cap
taliiMurcy with forty men to meet them
The captain , who was anxious for a light
soon met the hostile. * , who proved to bi
Turkey Leg's party of iwi warrior * , com
ing back to maku another raid on tin
road. A running light took place , tin
r.vwjora UIUVINQ TIIK CIIKYKKNCS
for about twnntytlivo miles , almost to tin
Itcpulillcau river , killing lifloon warriors
nun taking two prisoners-one being t
warrior and the oilier a hiniaw and cap
turiuir thirty-live liorsos ami mules
1'rom thcso prisoners , who had been ii
thu lirst raid , it was learned that Turktn
l < eg had intended to ditch a passengo'i
train , and the second raid , bv taking on
n culvert on JUilVnlu Crook , and that , hav
ing Secured all the goods that llur
wanted ou thu lirst raid , they propoted t <
KO for soalps on thoseeond. The success
ful rally of Captain Murey , no doubt
ivvertcd a dreadful calamity and save
many lives. . .
This company remained at Plum ( . 'reel
nboul two months , when a message win
received from Tr.rkoy Lea , by a nmnei
V'Jio oamo Into North 1'latto. and doiiv
( trod it to the military authorities there
It was to the ollect Unit ho knew ol tin
two captives being detained in the Paw
JHHI camp ; that thu young man was hi :
nephew , and a chief , and ho desired l (
tsrviiro his liberty , as well as that of tin
equaw , by exchanging for them six whtti
i > rioners whom ho had in his posscs iou
Major North laid the case before the Paw
nccs , who nnhcsitatihgly consented tc
thu exchange , and message to ( ha
ulVect was sent back by the runner U
Turkey Leg. A day wa'a appointed for
A COfNtll.J
tn bo hold nt North Platte , and when i
took Mace the tommissionor of liuliat
HtVuirs , jMrVil \ on. and ( Jenerals Slier
tnUti , llarnuy and Augur , and othcj
prominent officials wore present. Tt w.i
one of the largest Indian councils eve
held , many noted Indians being in n
tendance. The object of the council wn
to consider not only the exchange c
prisoners , but otucr matters of great in
portanco. It was at this council that tli
treaty was made giving all the Inn
north of the North Platte river toSpotte
Tail , lied Cloud , Turkey Leg and otht
chiefs , with whom pencil was then mad <
and ever afterwards observed by then
The two Cheyenne prisoners' wei
brought to North Platte by Major Nort
on the appointed day , and the cxelianp
was made in the railroad eating liousi
TIIK WIIITK ritlSONT.IlS
who wore thus rescued from cnntivit
were three younc ladies , two ol whoi
were nineteen years old and one sevet
lei-n years old , two boj-3 who were twin
nnd a bi-oy born in captivity , its motlu
being one of the young ladies , she ha'
ing been compelled to submit to tli
force of nn Indian. Two of the uir
were sisters ot tl.o twin boys. They ha
been captmo I carlv in the spritm at Hu i
homo on the ranch , soalh of the Sottt
Platte river , opposite Grand I.ilant
Their father and mother and a b rot he
and a younger sister had been klllet
Ono of the sisters tl ptm being capture
had refused to go with the Indians , sa
ing llmtflhu would rather die. She strttf
gled desperately to escape , an I thus ii
vited the Indians to en.l her oxistenci
but this they were not disposed to dt
She was seized and
TIKU BV 1 1 Kit WBAUTirUI , I.ONO IIAIIt
to the tail of a horse , and for a consit
crablo d Bianco pho was thus force
along , part of the time boimr dragjre
upon the ground and part of the tim
managing to gain her feet ami keep u
with tlie horse. She flua'Jy consented t
bo put upon the horse'- ) back and ridi
'The party who captured those girls nun
bored fifteen , ami they most sham loss !
mid cruelly abused them. Turkey Le
appropriated one of the sisters to his ow
use , and gave the other to a chief.
In 1870 , while Major North wag out o
a bullalo .hunt , hi ; called at a nine
house not fnr > ifrcni Grand It-land , an
the woman of the house reco ni/.ed hit
as the man who had made the cNuhnnp
of prisoners at North Platte , She wr
one of the sisters , anil was greatly n
. 'o'ccd to meet the m.ijcr whom sli
thanked again and again for being tli
means of her rosctto from captivity. Sh
had married and was living upon th
ranch.
During the remainder of the summf
of 1807 Major JSorth spent mcs : of th
time in Inspectinjr the Pawnee camps f
dillbroiit i oinls ; and finally upon the li
of January , 1838 , the batallion was dii
banded.
A month later Major North , actin
under instructions , reorganized two con
panics of the Pawnee scouts for guar
and
PATKOL DUTY
along the Wood Uiver to Willow Islam
a distance of two hundred miles. In th
month of July Major North took n ih
tacluuent of" fifty scouts tweuty-fiv
from each company , and went south t
the Republican river on a scout. On th
triji they were joined by tlio Pawne
tribe , who were out on their annual bu
falo hunt on their old and familiti
grounds along the Hopublioan rivoi
There were with the Pawnees also th
Omahas , Wiuuebagoes and Poncas , th
whole number of Indians belli" : aboi
5,000.
Major North had taken with him a hal
dozen quite prominent men from tliflei
cut parts of the cast who had come on
to Nebraska for
A BUFFALO HUNT ,
and asked the major's permiss'on to : u
company him lo'tho butlalo country
They were given plenty of opportunit
for hunting , and they hunted with comparative
parativo safety from hostile Indian
under the protection of the Pawne
scouts. After having killed all the bul
fnlocs they desired , some of them o.\
pressed a wisli of seeing some host.il
Sioux and witnessing n light with then :
Their wish was soon granted. Majo
North , who had not done any huntin ;
himself , but had furnished an escort lo
tlio guests , concluded before returning I
tlio railroad to go out with twenty-liv
of his scoutn and have a good bttil'al
killmsr , as ho desired to bring back som
fresh meat for those of his men who ha
remained ou duty along the Union Pi
cilic. Accordingly ono morm'ng lie am
Capla'n Morris started with , twenty-liv
s cunts and made
A FINK ltt'KAIO | SUIIUOUXD
on Mud Cr.'ok. four miles from eamp
Alter killing quite a number of bullalo
the scouts became scattered , as is nsiia
in making a surround.
A NAltltOW r.SOAl'K.
Major North who had killed one co\
and had ridden oil' alone some little db
tauco in pursit of another which he hai
badly wounded , was interrupted in th
chase by ono of the Pawnees who gal
lopped up to him and said , "The Siou.
are after us. "
The mnjor looked in the direction ii
which lie pointed , and seeing a party o
Indians , ho said. "I'hoy arc Pawnees. "
"No ! They are Sioux , " replied th
scout rather impatiently.
"I guess you're right , " said the major
as ho looked again and saw them yet at i
considerable distance , but gallophil
towards them at a lively gait , "and wi
had better cet out of their track , "
The major and the scout thcreupoi
daslieil across a ravine and up the side o
a hill , where they overtook two Pawnee
and told thorn to get ru.tdy for a li ht
Just about this time Captain Morris am
fuitrscouutd , who had also Kot the alarm
cnnio running out of a ravine near by
aim joined Major North. The tmitei
party now numbered nine men North
Morris ami MIVUII scouts. The union o
forces was not made a moment too soon
for by this time the Sioux had got closi
I'UoiiLrh to commence tiring. There wen
about one hundred in the party , and , a. .
vvas afterwards learned , they were fron
Spotted Tail's camp near North Plain
city. Captain North and his little 1'orei
retreated to a woll-protected ravine am
managed to hol.l the enemy at bay
There was no possible ahow'to escap'o
as the Sioux had thorn completely cor
railed , The only hope they had was tc
attempt to e eapo at night under cove
of the darkness , tinlm assistance cami
to them from ho main camp of tin
I'awnees. Fur live long hours the bo
seiged party
I'OUCUT FOH DE.Vlt I.JFK ,
and kept the Sioux from advancing 01
tliom and annili fating them.
Meantime the main party of the Sioux
numbering fully 5W ) . had attacked tin
main camp of the Pawnee tribe , win
withstood their assault ami drovu thoii
back a short illstaiico Then ailche | (
battle followed , iu which ow f ido wouh
leirtmi and then the other. It was a gtvi
and lake light , back and forth. Th' '
Pawnees , however , kept
Dill VINO TIIK SIOUX ,
littlu by little , and finally they foreei
them past the ra vine whuro Major North'
party was corralod by the hundred riioux
who were now also compelled to rotrea
with the main body , Thisgavo the majo
and his men au opportunity to cicapc
and thov were not Blow to take advan
( ago of it. Tnero was not one of then
thut had thought that ( hey would o verge
out of Iho ravine. Ono of thu scouts luu
been shot ihrough thu body , another lint
one of his little ltngoi\ > shot olV. and of th
iiino horses six had been killed. It was i
very hot day , and they hail all sulVuroi
terribly for water , particularly th
wounded men. Mono of thu party , nuoi
cmoriring f rom tlio ravine , could j-
nbovu a whisper , so parched wuru thuli
throats.
The Pawnees at the village suppose *
that they had ail been killed , and thei
appearance once mor.o among 'thehf wa
the occasion of
OUKAT HR.IOIC.INa.
The guests ot Major Ndrth. .wlio haiTbcc :
so auvious to sub u. light with tlio tiiona
were now more anxious lo see the rnilroa
again.
It had been n terribly exciting daj
The light between the Pawnees and th
main body of Sioux had been hotly cor
tested , inch by Inch , ami several warrior
hail been killed and wounded on hot
sides. The Pawnees returned to cam
piettywoll exhausted , after finally con
polling the Sioux lo withdraw from th
licld.
licld.The next morning Major North , wit
ills lifly scouts nml his white guest !
slartod on Iho return to the railroai
which was reached in safety nt Willow
Island.
The Pawnee scouts continued to d
dutyuntil Januarv 1st , 1609 , when th
batallion was disbanded. Mnjor Nort
was retained in service by ( icncrnl Augu
through thu winter , and wns put i
charge of the horses with directions t
keep them in good condition , and hav
them ready for the field when sprln
opened up again.
[ TO HI : CONTINUED xr.xT SUNDAY. ]
A NIGHT ANVBHTDEB , -
It was drawing to the close of a du
December day when mygrnndfathor.hai
Ing satisfactorily completed the buslncs
which had taken him to Salisbury , an
having settled his bill at the Old Hell Ini
whore ho always staid , mounted his gif
and , lirst seeing that his pistols wore we
primed a necessary precaution in Iho ?
days set oil"on his long , cold journey
IJis destination was C , about twont
miles from Salisbury , and to reach wide
he bail to cross part of the plain. 1 ai
sneaking , bo it remembered , of som
eighty years ago , when a night journo
even if only of a few miles , in a lonel
nnd unfrequented part of the country wa
a matter of no small danger.
The dopredaiions of the "Knights t
the Koad" were frequent , and murdo
was often the sequel of robbery. M ,
irrandfathor wasayotingand strongman
well armed , and felt but little fear , hi
business besides oblicing to bo often o :
the road. Nevertheless , as the uycnln ,
closed in and the cold grow moro intensi
accompanied by a slight but stcanily increasing
' '
creasing fall of'f-now , ho could not 'hcl
wishing that the end of his journey wa
nearer.
His mare , Jenny , was as good nnd fa ?
an animal as over went between In
shafts , and to-night , as if aware of am
sharing her master's anxiety to rene
home , she seemed oven moro fit thn
usual. He had not advanced far on th
plain when ho saw a little in advance o
him the figure of a pedestrian going i :
the same direction as himself. As h
drew nearer he saw , to his surprise , thn
it was a fetnalo , a tall woman , wearing >
large fur cloak and hood.
My grandfather , naturally surprised a
meeting a woman apparently a womai
in so unlikely a spot , drew his reins
and bending down was the point of ac
costing her , when suddenly throwiii !
back her hood , she said : "Pardon mesh
but would you kindly give me a lift , i
you are going towards C ? i must b
there to-nighr , and by some mischanc
have unlortunately missed my brother
who was to have met mo at Salisbury jw
may yet perhaps overtake him. "
My grandfather , of course , immcdi
atoly assented , not ill-pleased lo haV- -
met with a companion , and helped th
lady in. She sprang lightly up and Imr
proceeded on their way.
Ou a closer inspection he discoverct
that she was a handsome young womai
of twenty-two or twenty-three years o
age a brunct , with good features , largi
dark eyes , and curlinc black hair. Sin
was chatty , agreeable , nnd unombar
rassed.
She informed my grandfather that sin
was staylnc with friends near C ( thn
was an orphan daughter of n captain ii
tlio army , and had come to see he
brother before ho joined the regiment
which was under marching orders , Shi
seumed to be for a lady no mean judgi
of a horse , and complimented my grand
father on "Jenny's" good points. Hi
was delighted at having BO unexpectedly
met witli a charming companion ; th"
conversation did not flag , and presently
as was natural , turned ujion Iho danger
of the road , and the recent feats of tin
h git way men who infested it.
It was in the midst of an interesting ac
count which she was itiving of au advon
lure which had befallen her brother it
connection with thcso gentry that , n
illustrating some movement of his , he
cloak fell back and discjoscd a pair o
pistols , doubtless well primed.
My grandfather's suspicions were im
mediately aroused , the moro so aa it wai
pretty generally known that ou thesi
journeys ho usually carried a largo sun
of moiioy. Ho was a n > an of prompt ac
lion ; ami. rapidly forming llio concln
sion Unit ho had been duped , and that hi :
property , ami most likely also his lite
was at stake , lormed a project of escap
ing , if possible , tlio imminent danger
Ho quietly and unobserved by his com
pai.ioi'i drew oil' his glove , and then
feigning to discover itf loss , exclaimed
"How annoying ; I have dropped mj
glove , and with it my ring. It is ot value ,
and I would not lose it for world. Wlj
you kindly descend and find it for mo ; i :
must bo close by. 1 ilnro not trust tlu
ruiis | to a lady's handtho mare is sofrcel
to-nignt. "
She willingly complied with bis re
quest. Scarcely had dho fairly reached
the ground when a touch of the whip am
a word which tlio mare well know made
her put. . forth her utmost , speed , not , however
over , before a bullet whix/.ud past his car ,
followed by imprecations which tin
rapidly increasingdistaaco soon silenced
An hoar's sharp driving brought m
grandfather to his own comfortable doni
icilo.
It was but a few months after this occurrence
currenco that Iho benighted Lady of tin
Plain , alias ( leorgo , ono of the niosl
daring and desperate of highwaymen ,
was captured , trim I , ami executed at tin
county jail. My grandfather had many
another nocturnal journey , but novel
again met with fco stirring an advontun
as this although ho naid lhal ho novel
saw a tall dark" girl with handsome eye ;
without thinking-of his narrow escape
thai December night on Snlibbury plan
Ijcttt Olliorn K.vsi-uiso itnil Work.
Chicago Herald : Wallaoo P. Hoed , ol
Atlanta Constitutionsays that if you will
sit down and slay down you will live foi
ever , lie practices what ho preaches ,
Thu Constitution says that for Iwelvr
hours every day ho bits at his desk ; fem
hours lie bits til homo. It lakes twelve
minutes to walk : ! U ) yards four times cacli
day. Jlu sloops seven and a half hours ,
His health is perfect. His appetite is
keen , Ins brain clear ami his capacity foi
work remarkable , Ho is u''Vcr ' sick a
day or au hour or a miniito. Hois genial ,
fresh , bright ami does not ago a shade.
His knowledge of men and things is un-
utmal. Tlio only diameter in books thai
jierploxcs him is "tho Wandering Jew. '
"I cannot understand , " ho says , ' 'how he
lived . < o long when lie was continually
movimr about.1
CiirloiiH Statistics.
One of the most curious statistical re
cords recently compiled is that of Ur
Sal/.maim of Kssllng , in Wurlemberg
Hu found , on going ovo'r thu ancient records
cords of I'Nsling , that in the si.xteunll
century thu average duration of lifi
among the physicians \vas ! ! U.5 years ; it
the bovehteenth ; in the eighteenth
lO.i' , whilu at the present time ) ho physi
cians of \ \ nrtumberg reach tho. favorabh
average of 50,7 years. It would appeal
that tliis very grout increase in longevity
was due to tlio di&appoarancr. of tlio pes
and the grout diminution in the nuiubui
of typhus epidemics. The black death
or black pel of the fourieeuUi century
decimated the practitioner of tliutt'poph
( jiiy do Chiuiliac Kiitloroij from it twici
and rmmtrcl.Ch'alin do'Yhuirlo sub
cumbpd.
UNWRITTEN WAR IIISTOM
Did JefF Davis Icstigato the Assassinixtion
Abraham Lincoln ?
SOME STARTLING DISCLOSURES
General Ilrlshln Writes n Clinptcr o
the Secret History of the "Wnr
StrniiRo Documents Never
Itcfurc I'ultllslicil.
Four NioiJit.uiA , Neb. , Nov. 11. [ Co
rcspondcnce of the HUB. ] If it 1ms con
to Hint pass that the president of tl
United States and hisvlfo cmmi
go into the south without hsi
ing thut old arch-traitor , Jeff Davi
or some of his family , thrust under the
noses , tlum they had indeed belter sir
out of the south. Every month or two \ \
wo are treated to something about ol
tToA'Dnvls , lie Is paraded at Montgoii
cry , or somewhere else , and his slimy u
lorancos taken down and tclecraphc
north by his southern admirers. Nov
whatever wo may think of the souther
people and the confederate soldiers at tl
north , wo can never have but ono oplmo
Jefl'DaviH , and lhatis.that . he Is thomeai
esl old traitor that ever was permitted t
go unhung by n , too humane govornmcn
Why the southern people should parail
him or lionize him I cannot understani
for hevns a. bane to the confederacy an
an injury to their cause , as well as a di
grace to civilization. There are thinf
about JcT ( Davis that perhaps even tii
southern people do not know , and I ni
sure the northern people do not. If Jo
Davis did not instigate the assassinatio
of Abraham Lincoln , ho rejoiced when li
hoard the deed had been done.
Abraham Lincoln was shot on Goo
Friday , April M , 1805 , and
JKn-'KUSON DAVIS KNKW OP TUB 1'I.OT
to assassinate him as early as Novembci
21) ) , 180-1.
Not only this , but Jefferson Davis , o
February 11 , 1803 , received a letter froi
W. S. Oldham , of the confederacy , oflei
ing :
1. To burn every vessel" that leaves
foreign port for the United States.
2. To bum every transport that leave
the harbor of New York or other nortl
crn port with supplies for the armies c
the enemy iu the south ,
8. To burn every transport or gun-boa
on the Mississippi river , as well as dovaf
late the country of the enemy and fill hi
people with
TEllllOn AXD CONSTKIINATION .
This letter is endorsed by Davis himsl
and referred to his secretary of statowit
instructions to see General' Harris abou
it , and learn what plans ho had "fo
overcoming the difliculty heretofore es
perienced. " The dilliculty. heretofore c. >
pnricnced had been the failure of Jak
Thompson to burn Cincinnati , No *
York , and other northern cities , and bur
the boats on the Ohio and Mississippi , i
man named Minor Major had got sf-,00
to burn the boats on the Mississippi an
a Mr. Churchill got the money wit
which to set tire to Cincinnati. 1 do nc
know either of those men , and whethc
they are living or dead , but wliat I stat
are facts , and somebody still living mus
know about them.
The next letter was signed by Lieu
tenant W. Alston , a confederate ollicnt
was addressed to Jollcrson Davis in pci
son , and ollercd "to rid the south of som
of its deadliest enemies by strikinc at th
very heart's blood of tlioso who seek t
enchain her in 'hlavory. This letter wa
briefed and referred , "by direction of tli
president , to th secretary of war , " b
Burton W. Harrison , Jell' Davis1 privat
secretary. It was alfeo endorsed byJudg
Campbell , assistant secretary of war.
The following is a. verbatim copy of th
lirst letter referred ( o above :
, , , , . , 'cl > . 11 , isra.
To HIsExcolloiicyWoIIorsoii Davis , I'ros UontO
the Confoilcrnto'Stnicg of Amorlt-u.
\Vlivii3onntorJuiinsnn : , or Missouri , nn
myiolf wattvdon ynii'aifowduyB ' blnro in ruls
tlou to the prospect of unnoyliip mid harrnss n
the enemy by moans oj burning their Hlilppliii
towns , etc. , tlioroVerfi , sovenil ronmrks mini
by you upon llio subject that I wns not full
prepared loimswor , but which subsoriunnt ooii
loronoo with imrtlos proposing the cntorprlso
tlnU cnnnnt imply asobjoctlons to tlio Bciiomu :
1. The coinbiibtlblu innterlnl consists of BOY
oral preparations , unit not ono aiono , iinil cmi In
used without osposlnirtlio party using them ti
the least ilnnsor of detection wliatovar. Tin
preparations nro not in tlio hands ot McO.inlol
nut are In the hand or 1'rofes-or .McCulloiiKli
nnd are known but to him and ono other party
as J iinJorsiand.
a. 'llioru Is no necessity for pending person
In the military sarvlcu into tlio enemy's conn
try , but tlio work miiybo done bynneiiis. nnd li
most < -ii es by persons ignorant of the fucts.and
therefore , innocent mronts.
I have t-oen ( inoiitfli of the effects tlu.t con bi
produced to sutlsfy mo that in most cases , with
out liny diuiKcr to tlio parties onifii ed , and It
other but vary Bliitntvo can :
1. llurn every vccxcl that leaves a forelfi
port for tlie United Slides.
S. limn every transport Unit loaves the bur
borof Now Yink or northern ports with blip
piles for the imnlosof the oiicniy In thoMiuih.
: ( . Hum every transport unit Kiinbimton UK
Mlrtsl-slppi , as well us duviistiilo the cnuntrv o
'
the onpuiy and 1111 his people with terror 'am
conslornatlon ,
I iiiunoiiilono Inthlsopinlou , lint mnnr othoi
Kontlumi'ii nro as tnlly runl tliarouulily Im
pressed with the conviction as I inn. 1 lielinvc
wo have the menus lit our ( 'oiiiiimnd.lfprouipllj
n.pproiinitnd nnd encrKOtlrnlly applle llo do
iiKirnll/o Inn northern proplo In a very bhon
llnio , Koriho purpohoof mt'arylnif your mini
upon the subject , I icspcctl'iilly but ouinustlj
i-i < | iir t tluit jou will luivo an Interview wltl
( JuiK.TiiI JlurrU , lorinorly n member of con
mess trom .Ms ! iurl , who , [ think , Is able , fron
[ oiifliifilvo proofs , to eonvlnroynn thai wlnit I
luivo 8uirtfoitoil Is perfectly feasible ami iirnutl-
L'llllle.
Tlioilcnnliitnrestl fool forlho sue ooroui
[ HUM ) In UilsMriivirlo and thnciinvlotlon of tin
Importitiiiwof nvulllnir our.-olvcn of every ole
iiiont of defense , niUft lie mye.venao for wrltinu
you iiuil i-uiinobtlncyon to luvlto ( lonor.u liar
ilato M'oyiiu. If you should bee proper to d <
n > , please slirnlfy the time wlmn It will lo ; con
venlent lor j on tnseu him. t am ,
Jtuspeullu ly , yourubediiiut sorvitnt ,
W. S.O..IIIIAM ,
KNDOIIIKMI NT.
KlUllilOMU , Toll. 13 , IKA.
I ( on.V. . 8. Ohlhuiii :
In relittion to plaim and moans for burning UK
Llioiny'it thlppiiif , IOIVIIH , ete. , prrpurntlons 1111
In the liiiiulsof 1'iolifMir Mcl.'nlloiiL'h , anil au
known only to ono other party. Ai-kKihn presi
lentlo liuvo nn intorvhnv with ( iononii Harris
rormcirly n incmburof eoiiKie s 'tout Mitsouri
HUrONI ) KXIKIIISKMKNT.
BecTi'lnry of stuto , at Insconvi-nloncn , picas'
SIM ) Umu-r.il Harris and learn wiiat plan hu tin'
lor nvurcoiiilnjf the ililhgulty huictol'oro o.\per
.OIH'Oll.
iOth I'uli'y. IfilW. j , p.
lteeoive.1 . 1-Wy llth. IM5.
Thu lust ( iiiilorsuincnt is in , IulV Davis
DWII handwriting , and the initials , J. 1) .
nro signed by Iniiisolf.
The next lottur to Jell'erson Davis is
from a rebel ollicur , who oll'cr.s to goon
AN A.iSASllXATIXCS TOt'lt ,
nnd rid tlio south of sonui of her ( iiiiMim ; :
by strikingut their htnirt's blood , " Thii
means to kill Abraham Lincoln , Kdwii
M Stunton and \Villiain II. Howard.
nn : sii'o ; i > rirrnit : :
.MONTCOSIKItV WlIJTK Sl'l.l'lllTH Hl'IIINRS , Vll.
To IIUKxculli'iicy. the IVojidcnt of the Con
toderato ritalts pf Aiuunea :
DK.MI Sin ; | have ln-tii thlnkint ; for sunn
tlnio-tlrit 1 would make t I * i > oiiimuiicutlon ! K
Vou , but have been deterred I rom MI doln ' ot
aecount ofllllieultli. 1 , nowiuTor yoJ my'ter
vli'C'd , aii'l If you will fayor me in my dp liii8 , :
will procetx ] 114 eoori ri my hualih "ill penult K
rid my rountrr of KUIKI of her il.nullii st en
pmio ! , bv nrllilnc it | the v > ry liuurt'-i blood
thosu who heoli tn onetiuln hof In clauiry. .
roiihliier notliln ? ( liohtmil : > lo liavlni ; sneh i
tciuletiuy. A I i ncU Ji air you tq luvur me bj
UTUiujiik-nlu the ni'cusuiy pnpeii > , Ac. , to truve
onnhlluwlliiln the JnrU.Ilo Un of thij.coufad
ciit o ifovoriiiiieiit. 1 inn iiurfoully fumllliii
wild the. mirth and/eel i-ontldont-thut I fan ex
ceutoanytblnirlunilortnho Iain jus rcturno l
now from wltliln the. ilimn. . I am a ) t-iluu
unt in ( lenuitil luke > c-uinmund , and 1 wueoi
the r.iiilhut Jui.e In Kvntucky undej : 4j mcril
Jolni 11 , Moi-Kon. i aua u\\ \ \ f ray. ooniiuuii'
ttxitintniir boiit 'U. ' en on'Jou'r and tw'i
iiiioouinljnoa | olHc r , W"io
tnlcon to prison , t nindo my sorc from then
Drrsslnp myseir tn the snrb of neltlren , I n
tempted to pnss out thnniHli the inoiintnlns.bi
tlncllnpthat Itnpofsible , narrowly csc.ipliiK tw
or three tlme < from belnir retaken , I shnpei
mrcourJo north and unit out throiiuh th
t'nnndm. from whence by tno a < l tnnco r
Colonel .1. llalcombo , 1 succeeded In inakln
my way Around and through the blockade : bii
having taken the yellow fever at llermuda ,
Imvo bcon rendered unlit lor MM leo since in
arrival.
I was reared up In tlio state of Alabama an
educated at the university. Hot It the secrotnr
of war and his na < l t nt , Jttilpo Campbell , ar
personally nciiuatnto.l with my fatlior.llllut
i. Alstonof the riftheoiiRresMonnldlMrict o
Alabama , bavin ? served In the time of the 01
conuro" In the VPars 184MO-5I.
If I can do iinylhlncr for you T flmll expoc
your full rnnlldouco In return. If you dn this
can render you nnd my country very Import an
service. Iot mo hear fiom j-ou < oon. 1 at
nn.vloiu In be doing something , mid hnvlnit n
fommntui at pre ( > nt. all or nearly all holng I
parrlson , I deslro that you favor mo In till *
Mioit tlmo. Iwouldllko to have apeieonalli
tcrvlow with you In order to perfect Iho ai
rntiircimmifl be fore start lujr.
1 amcry respect fulljonr obedient sorvnn
Ltr.UT.V. . AI.SION ,
ENuottsr.Mr.NT.
A. 0. nno Moutenant . Alston , Montpotncr
Sulphur Sprlr.RR. Va. , ( nodato > , Is it liotitenau
In Ucncral Dnxn's commnnd , nnd nceoinimnlo
raid Into Kentucky and was cnptured. bii
iisc-Apoil Into Caniula from whence ho fount ! hi
way back. Ileen In br.d lumlth. Now offers hi
services to rid the country of someof Its duiu !
iliist enemies. Asks for import ) to permit lilt
to travel within the Jurisdiction of this povort
mont. Would llko to have an Intorvmw and o >
plain. Ho.ipoctfnlly referred by direction of tli
president to the honorable secretary of war.
llt'imm W. lUniiisrn , Private Secretary.
Itccelved Nov.intli : , iwil. Hecotiled book .1
A. U.O.Dec. 15,1801. A. U. for attention. II ,
order , J. A. UAMPIIKCL , A. S.V. .
What has become of this Alston I d
not know , but his object undoubted ! ,
was
TO ASSASSINATE UXCOI.X ,
Sovran ! and Stauton , and ho so iutimatci
to Jell'Davis as early as November ! it
1801 , as plainlvas he dared.
Not only dmIcll'orson Davis know o
the intended assassination of Abrahan
Lincoln , but iu violation of the ctiston
among all rulers of civilized nations h
failed to inform Mr. Lincoln of his dancer
cor , and rejoiced when ho heard Lincoh
hail been assassinated.
The following is the statement of Mr
Levi P. Hates , given under oath to ou
government at the trial of the assassins o
President Lincoln :
"I reside in Charlotte , North Carolina
where I have resided for u little over fen
years. I am superintendent of tlii
Southern Express company tor tlio Stati
of North Carolina. 1 am a native o
Massachusetts. On the 10th of April Jot
ferson Davis stopped at 1113' house , it
Charlotte , when ho made an address tt
the pcoulo from the steps of my house
While speaking a telegram from John C
Hrcckinridgo was handed to him. ( Tin
following telegram was hero read to tin
witness ) :
GltKKNSiioito , April 19,18C5.
Hist BxcollenoyPresident lavU ) :
I'liRftniKNT : Lincoln was assassinated In tin
theatre In Washington on the night of lltl
lust , Howard's house was entered on the sumi
night , and ho was repeatedly stabbed , and 1
probably tnorUilly wounded.
[ Signed. ] JOHN C. ItuncKKNTiiiXtV.
In concluding his speech , Jeltbrsoi
Davis read the dispatch aloud , and madi
this remark :
"If it were to bo done , it were bolter i
wore well dono. "
1 am quite sure these arc the words hi
used.
A day or two afterwards Jefi'ersoi
Davis and John C. Breckeiiridgo won
present at my house , when tlio assassina
tion of the president was the subject o.
conversation. In speaking of ic John C
Ureckonridgo remarked to Davis that Iu
regretted it very much , and that it wa ;
very unfortunate for the people of tin
south at that time.
HA.V1S KCPI.1EU :
"Well , general , don't know if it were
to tmdono it were better it were wolldom
and if the same had been done to Amlj
Johnson , the beast , and to Stauton , the
job would then be complete. "
Nothing was said at all as to the crim
inality of the act and from I he express
sion used by John C. lirecklnridge , ]
draw the conclusion that ho simply re
carded it as unfortunate for the people ol
the south at that time. "
The rebols. recognizing the impor
tance of Mr. Bates testimony , attempted
to discredit it , when the government
called the following witnesses :
J. C. Courtney testified : "I reside in
Charlotte , North Carolina , and am eir
gaged iu the telegraphing business in
connection with tlio Southern Express
company. The telegram to which Mr ,
Hates refers is a true copy of a message
that was transmitted to Joll'er on Davis
on the 11)tli ) of April last , and signed John
C. Hrcckcnridgo. I was standing by thu
operator when the message was reeo'ived ,
JoH'orson Davis received the message at
Mr. Bates' house in Charlotte , to winch
place he had come from Greensboro or
Concord , where he had stopped before. "
James E. Knssell testified : "I reside in
Springfield , Massachusetts. I have known
Levi F. Bates for about twenty-livo years ,
i-'or tlio last live .years 1 liavo not known
anythinir of his whereabouts until I
learned from him that ho had been living
in Charlotte , North Carolina , lie was iu
business as baggage master at the West-
oru Railroad , Massachusetts , while 1
was conductor. I never heard anything
against his reputation for truth. "
William L. Crane teslilled : "I am the
agent of the Adams Express company in
Isew York. Eastern division. J have
known Levi F. Bate. ' since 1818 and have
never heard anything against his reputa
tion as a man of truth and integrity. "
Daniel II. Wilcox tcstiJied : " 'l have
known Levi l'\ Bates for two or tlireu
years quito intimately ; ho occupied a po
sition of irroat trust and ro.ipousibllity.
lie bore the best reputation possible. His
character is without reproach so far as I
Know , "
Jules Sonlo testified : "I reside in tlio
city of Now York at present. For the
pnKt lew yoaivt 1 hfivo lived in Columbia ,
south Carolina. 1 know Mr. L. F. Bates ;
ho bore the reputation of a truthful and
celiabhi man in every respect , to the bust
of my knowlodgi1. Wo have boon inti
mately connected in hii.siuchs for the last
llmiH or four years. The position ho oc
cupied was ono of high responsibility and
trust. "
There is imieh moro evidence showing
Ihu Infamy of Davis which might bo
irivon , but this will millii'c forthoprastMit.
Iu heaven's name let the peonlo of the
south keep his month .shut anil keep him
out of sight and hearing. Wo want bygones
genes to bo by-gouos. but there are some
things oven tlio people of the north can
not stand to bo reminded of about that
robi'llion and Jell' Davis The Anderson-
villo and Lib by prisons are among them ,
J.uir.-i S , Biti'iiii.v.
Hip Cray. ' ) Ovnr tlio Colored Hnlrt.
Brooklyn Citizen : There Is tin alto-
ircthe.r undue amount of excitement over
the colored nlui't aiming the mon of Xow
York just now , The fashion of wearing
-ilurt bosoms and cull's in fanciful colons ,
with hori/.onat or vertical ntripi.s , tins ap
parently come to slay. There is a sinu
ous anil colored fascination about a col
ored sliirl that the average man is DO-.V-
erlchsto resist. With a collar of the
saiuo material a variegated shirt cur-
tainly JmparU what might bo called a
sporting air to the wearer. U occurred
to iiomo original thinker with a
fondness for bright color * , to aehiovo
a combination by a white collar and a
colored shirt , and the fashion took in
Kn hiud like wildliro. It has often been
said that the 1'rincc of Wales is responsi
ble for this innovr.tion , though I do not
remember that any one uvur called him
an original thinker before. But while
one-half of mankind IIIIN ser/ed upon this
combination with a species of deathless
admiration , the other half has formed it
self into a turgid and bitter opponent ,
So the nifii who. walk boldly about the
btrcotftOf Now York with blurts f brill
iant hue ami Uimti iridto collars are ul-
Isrimtcly.ridiculed aiid t'nviiMi. They go
on their way undaunted by the fierce
opposition , for the man who oiuto falls a
victim to tlio wiles of tlio colored shirt is
iuseusiblo to ridicule nnd derision.
The Eve Before Iho Wedding and the "Wei
ding Card.
CURIOUS ANCIENT MARRIAGE !
" " " " L
*
The Cost < f Courting Kljureil Up I ;
Two IC.\-8wcothojms 31 at r I *
nionlnl MtHlilR null
I'unllo Tics.
Tlio Eve IJeforo tlio
KdiMr Jrrfiio linnntr In the H'oi W.
Why , Joe , dear old boy , Is that you ?
bit down nnd let's try to bo jolly.
1 vp been feeling confoundedly blue
So you're on your way down to see 1'ollj
Clirni ? Tho. o are good. Here's a llcht.
( Im afraid It's a vice past tepresslug. )
Drawiin to the tiio. A cool night ;
And a lire ( with a friend ) 's a rare hlcssliii
llow'vo you been since the ball ? I'm at st
Uo know what I'll do when you're mnt rtui
livmorrow's the day ami to mo
It seems all my hopes have miscarried.
You know wo had planned a simp den ,
Which wo two louuther should dwell In :
u boro. released from the boredom of men ,
We'd escape , too , each troublesome llnlet
"L'lioiiimo propose" don't onotii U. 1 kno1
" 1 Is love miikes the worltl go" at colles
Wo saiifT. t siippo o It Is so ;
But. you know , 1 cnu'l speak from know
cilpe.
" (5rt a wife for myself1. " ' Heavens ! Joe.
1 should have to Ionic up my profession :
I nm destined to line the old row
Tust any attemttt at. progression.
Hard luck this , old lellow. You smile.
Fontlvo my nonsensical chatter.
I said "Let's bo jollv" tlie while
1'vo been grumbling. 1 truly don't llntte
Kotgolup ? Oh , Polly expects you ,
Anil you won't disappoint her. Yoa't
rltht. )
( My secret them's no one suspects. ) You
Are happy. ( Soil bless you. Good night t
( After .loc's departure. )
God bless him , dear fellow , but more
God bless his swcoLi\vlfeT.Mny , he prove lu
Irae husband.
. . . And now shut the doc
On vnln dreamlmrs. . . .
Godl how I love her I
A Letter to a Voting 'lituly ou the Kv
ol * Alnrrlnco.
One sometimes find a gem among tli
castaways of forgotten years. The follov
ing congratulatory letter to a youn
iady ou the eve of her marriage is venei
able , but good :
" 1 am holding some uaslboanl in m
baud three stately pluckings from th
bush of ceremony , i am gazing upon
card and upon a name a name wit
which your gentle life began , a nam
with which your throbbing heart was los
There is nothing strange about the can !
The maiden sign still looUs up from i
calm and customary , as it looks on man
a friendly visit as it lies iu many a foi
mal basket.
"I am gazing , too , upon a card whcr
the nearer parent tell thn world she wi !
bo 'at ' homo one day , ' and that is nothin
new. But there is another card whos
mingling there puts a tongue of lire hit
that speechless pasteboard. It lolls u
that these cards are but tlie heralds of
coming crisis when a hand that ha :
pressed friends' hands and plucked llou
ors shall closedown ou one to whom ah
will be a friend and llower forever at'toi
"I soiVd you a few flowers to adorn th
dyinjr moments of your single life. The ,
are the gentlest type of a delicate , dm
able friendship. They spring up by one'
side when others have deserted it , am
will bo found watching over our grave
when those who ( should have been ther
have forgotten us.
It seems meet that a past so calm am
ntiro as yours should expire with :
kindred sweetness about it ; that. llower
and music , kind friends ami oarnes
words should con.sqora.tu . the hour when !
sentiment is passing into a sacrament.
"Tho three jreat stages of our boinj
ixro birth , the bridal , and burial. To th <
lirst wo bring nothing but weakness ! fo ;
Hie last WD have nothing but dust. 15u
hero at the altar , where life joins life , th <
pair come throbbing tip to the holy man
whispering the deep promises that armi
Bach with the other heart to help on ii
the life struggle of care anil duty.
"The , beautiful will bo there , borrow
ing now beauty from the scene -Iho gaj
: iud th6lrivolous will look solemn foi
aucCj and youth will come to ga/.o on al
ihatits sacred thoughts pant for and
igo will totter up to hoar the old word ;
repeated over again , that to their owi
lives have given the charm. Some wil
iveep over it as if it were a tomb ; sonic
will laugh its if it were a joke , but twc
must stand by it , lor it is fate , not tun ,
; his everlasting locking of their lives.
"And now , can you , who have queened
t over so many bended forms , conic
town at last to the frugal diet of a single
loan ? Illlhorto you have been a clock ,
Civing your time to all the world. Now
. 'ou are a watch buried in one particular
> osom. marking only hours and ticking
> nly to tlio beat of his heart , where time
mil feeling shall be in unison until these
ewer ties are lost in that higher wedlock
vlicro all hearts are united around the
creat central heart of all. "
iM.-ilrimony.
fi'tTillcl .Udii'flA
Two human stars In im lng are
Attracted as thro' heaven they float :
Sometime.- ! they Icnin a iloutile star ,
.Sometimes they put each other out ;
And sometimes one anil ono make three ,
Tills world's most perfect trinity.
Koine Oiit'lotiH .Mnrrlnces.
The newspaper.of ) seventy yenr.s ago
rave some remarkable details respecting
ho marriage of "that omtnnnt lawyer , "
, ord I'rskme. Ono day in October , 1818 ,
lis lordship arrived at ( irctna Green , ao-
ompauieo by his fmnceo , Alins Sarah
HIP ! * . Ho was dressed In woman ' .s
lollies , wilh a large leghorn bnmiet ami
i long veil. Ou thn arrival of the olliei.
.ting priest of Ilio'/'emplo / of llymnn , His
nrdship throw oil' his dress ami then ap-
icared properly attired as a num. After
Im ceremony had been gene through ho
. ( rain donned his female vestments , and
vas ou tl.o point of Icaviuir with bis wife ,
vhon his .son , the Hon. Thomas KrNkiuo ,
lashed up witli chaise and four , nut too
ate to inlorforo with the marriage The
lewly-marrii'd eouiilo drove oil' soon
.ftorwanl.s , The bridegroom was mnrly
hrccscoro years and ten , and the bride
faon the shady Hiiiu of tliirty-hvo.
Another r-iniiiii'ir .story is that of Mr.
'nlln , au Inhahitaiil of ( 'omnnmos. who
lied there at the age of 81. Ho had been
wieo married. His second wife was bom
it the very day that his lirst wife died ,
ud on that day he declared that ho would
lever Imvo iui.\ other wife than this in-
nut. Jlo wuitoil for lior twenty years
ml then ho married her , haviim by that
imo atlaliie. ' ! the ago of 01. Their lir t
hild was burn within twoho months of
heir marriage ; their cceoud arrived
wenly years alterwards. At his death
o loft MI ve nil ehildnm. the olde.st of
k'liom win CM years nnd the youngest two
lonlhs. lie lived twenty years with Ins
rst wife , roimiined twenty years a wid-
wer. and his second marriage lasted au
thor twenty joars.
In Lincolnshire Iho bans were oiieo
inblished of throe couples , three Individ-
nils of whom stood in the relationship
> f father , Mm and gnimldaugher , ro that
hioo gonerationa wen ; afterwards united
Im same day.
Among eloK.iiieiil8 | few hav til i ( ri n die
emarkablo than that ol a certain John
) xloy , aged seventy , who eloped from
Joncaster with Nellia Mmmtain , ageu
evuv-finir : ! , thu couple lieinti mido ; man
mlvifii at Sliellield the tollowiug day.
'aeli of them hud been married dirco
iiues previously
In another case of. an el < li > rly coupin
allitiir victims * to "lovo'j * fond drum ] , '
hu-briilcgnuiiu was st veulv live ivml fn
inclo eighty uiuu. The lutkr liad bi-t u
lame for some years , nnd wns convcycil
to church In a wheelbarrow.
But even these ligurcs have been ex
ceeded by a Chester couple , of whom the
bridegroom was eighty-six and the bride ,
ninety. She was a "miss" when she wont
to the altar , so that whether or not "It is
never too late" cither to learn or to mend ,
she certainly found out that it was never
too late to marry. At her time of life ,
however , there was no probability of her
sharing the experience of a man ami a
woman in Stitllordshiro , both of whom
had been lawfully married no fewer than
sixteen times.
Ono of the shortest courtships xvo have
heard of was the wooltmof a certain Miss
Keuwright by Mr. .John Cheadlo , a fa
mous spade and shovel manufacturer of
his dav. There was an Interval of just
four and twenty hours before Iho popping
of the question and the performance of
the ceremony. But the couple evidently
required no longer opportunity for lovemaking -
making , for thu briue was 85 ami the
bridegroom < Hl. Why did ho chose someone
ono old enough to be his grandmother ?
Well , she had a fortune of $10,000. That
may explain it.
As a contrast to this case of a short
courtship mav be mentioned the mar
riage of William Markulom and Jane
Powell after a wooing of thirty years' du
ration , But twenty years had been passed
by the bridegroom in the service of hla
country.
Tlio IJIIU Mmlo Out ly Two Kx-
SwoctlieurtH.
New York Mail ami Express : A young
couple on Madison avenue who were en
gaged to marry broke oft" recently. When
lie parted from his ox-love ho remarked
by way of parenthesis , that ho regrcttett
only one thing , and that was the heavy
expenses ho had incurred. The young
lady tired up and asked him to maku out
an itemized bill : that her papa was re
sponsible for her debts. The next day lie
sent in his bill , as follow :
niuiT. :
To dolnc theatres one season S2D7 75
To rides in the pa tic ono season 85 W )
To caramels onuiseason Ml ) M
To chocolate drops one season 51 ot :
To losing two pair of opera glasses. . . . 15 00
To jewelry , bric-a-brac and presents. . . ! ) : ! 19
To lour midday lutiehus at Del's Ul 03
To special gift to your mamma 4 75
To special gift to your papa 07
To cost of valentine to you 1 'JS
To ono Seaside novel JO
To two Parisian diamonds 3 S7
To wearing out shoo leather 35 CO
Total SOO'4 75
CUKI11T.
By one meal at > oar house S 45
Balance iluo S'.tfi'J ' ! ! 0
The young lady niatlo a counter-claim
bill which brought her old sweetheart
out in debt to her. She said her claim
was just and that she was willing tq sub
mit it to any court of competent jurisdic
tion to decide. It dillers in items from
his :
Tiin\
To burning gasrall evenings ; . .S 75n
To wearing out carpet lu the hall , . . . 42 00
To friction with parlor lurnluiro. . . . O'J 01
To lunching with us elton ( lumped ) IU lit
To wotking hat tmiilc QUOTe
To comic valentine t.ciit . you 08
To monopolizing mv time t > 7."i ir >
To one new cravat ( blaelf silk ) ! i3
Tolauirhiiigatyouroldaudoniyjoko ilS ! 00
To piillopcua present ! 15
To expense ot now dresses for thea
tres Sil'l 10
To extra lires in pallor 05 00
To tlueo postal cauls 01
Sl.Ol'J 52
cm'.nrr.
Bv introducing mo to dear Clarence.S 000 00
Balance due 51,01'J 52
Please remit the diH'oreuco in our bills
to settle , as I want to make Clarence a
geuuinopresent. _
There is likely to be a lawsuit.
Wed In Sight ol' 1OOOO People.
Harper's Weekly : The writer of this
paragraph saw the bride of the Minne
apolis Industrial Exposition a few min
ute ? before her marriage in the exposition
building. .She had just succeeded in forc
ing her way through a largo crowd at the
entrance gates , and , though leaning on
the arm of her husbnnd-eleet.looked very
llustered. Her white satin gown and
tulle veil had been adjusted satisfactorily ,
but her countenance wan disturbed , and
the people who followed her to Iho verge
of a private ollicc before the ceremony
had taken place were disposed to jest.
She was successfully married , however , a
few minutes later in the presence of
10,000 spectators.
Matrimonial .Misfits.
Lowell Citi/enMatrimony : is sometimes
simply a domestic way of engaging in
Lhat popular game , "hitch and kick. "
Washington Critic : There's a diU'orcnco
in men. Some think twice before marry-
ng and some marry twice before think-
. Mil * .
Burlinatou FITO Press : There was a
: imo when a man thought twice botoro
narrying. Now ho thinks three times
iftor marrying.
Kentucky State Journal : The difler-
MICC between a matrimonial tie and a
iccktio is that the latter will wear out and
: ho former won't ,
Yonkers Statesman : There was a time
vhon a man thought twice before marry-
ng. Niny ho often marries first and then
ets his wife do the thinking.
New Haven News ; "Told to Every-
ody" in the title of a new hook. Wo ox-
> cet it must have been a .secret that some
Married man Imparted to his wifo.
Boston Transcript : An Ohio woman
.vent . to bed ono ni lit ami woke up next
nnrning to limlhorjaw dislocated. It is
iresiimed that she was of the Mrs , Citu-
110 variety of wife ami that bho overdid
ier.-of ! on tln occasion.
HOW A SERMON IS MADE.
1 t'eiuran of the I'ulpll KvplainH llio
.ModUK Opejraiitli ,
New York Tritiupo ; After dlseiifeslng
ho changes iu Brooklyn in general anil
n the C'liitrch of Iho I'ilgrims ' in tlio hist
orly yours , the reporter asked Dr. Storrs
f ho was willing to toll the public how
lie prepared a sermon.
"Certainly. " ho replied. "A subjeet
itigili-Ms itself to me , through reading a
e.reo of hcriiiluri ) . I am apt to maku
lotes on the passage and lay them asulo.
\fter a few dayj > 1 lake up my notes and
dad them over to see how they niriko mo
lieu. If I feel that I urn attracted and
mpie.ssiMl by the subject 1 make a sketch
> f llio trains of thhught wlneh tire Kiig-
; esied , eovermg perhaps a page of note-
lapor. Thou 1 keep Iho subject in mind
111 1 preach thn Mirmon. "
"Wlmn 1(03011 ( begin working on the
ormotiV"
"Karly in the week , usually. "
"l > o von not write moro than the akeln-
oii page to which yuu have roforrcdY"
" 1 Imvo not for many years uiiio . - > Iho
ormoii was to ho published , or unless
here was sonio biiiijnut iu ojntrovor y
vhen particular importance was at-
aehed to words. "
' 'Ami the language , in which the M >
tilled hones ot the tiuniion ave lira I pru-
iared "
"In the imlmt. "
"Do yon advise young men to begin
heir ministry svilh cxlcmporuuuuuii
ircnehiiig ? "
"I would not lay this down as a gen-
nil priiiuipht. ' '
"How many of these skeleton subjects
MVH you on handy'1
"Probably ion that I have not had oee-.i-
lon to touch yet.1
1 How do liandlo
von special topics -
ilium puranco , for oMtiii'jisy' '
" 1 treat thorn ineidoutly rather than
liroclly. "
"Havo you discussed thoEO-ou'lled 'Nuw r ,
' ' '
I'lieoUigy' !
"No , for I don't think the movement
vill t'o vwlonu Ined.1
' I'li-n joii donot ft > : ir I hat it .will uflec' ' .
In-work-of the i ongrogaUoual clulrcU
ither iierevr abroudr1' '
'
't ) . no. " ,