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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1887)
gMryT Af * * * < r * ? r * HgfVr."V < Tv 7" > P x" ' -mt f _ r * ' ' ' ' ' * * . . - . . ' . " ' t J2 THE OMAHA DAILY AJPIUL 17 , 1887.---TWELVE PAGES. " ' " , ' . ' ' " ' - ' " ' ' ' ' : . ' ; " , . . ' ; . " . : ' ' ; ' THOMASON & GOGS' ' ADDITION Lies just south of Hanscom Parkonly 2 miles from the court house , on high and sightly ground. 176 beautiful residence lots. CyT T idT a * 2tf fcTl O T * * zH JL JLiU X. CT 5SU J.-A JLF t J Events are shaping that will make these lots an investment of SURE PROFIT. $800toi,000 , will Buy Lots Now , but one Year from Today You will Pay $1,800 $ $2,000 , and $2,500 , for Them Ten months ago we told you there was big money in SOUTH OMAHA property. You were skeptical and waited , and what did you miss ? Some people say , "Oh ! its all luck , this making money. " Luck to the dogs. Its Foresight , Judgment and Sand. These are the elements that go to make up the sum of prosp erity. Tak a square look at the case of Thomason & G-oos' addition , who own the 600 acres adjoining it on the south. A RICH AND POWERFUL SYNDICATE Who , without any further effort , could peddle it out in the next two years for ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Do you suppose they are Idiots enough $ o do this ? . No ! They will either build or subscribe to A CABLE LINE and realize three millions from it. A TUMBLE ! to yourselves , do a little investigating and figuring and Eyou will see that there are the "Greatest Bargains on Earth , in Tots in this "Key to Omaha and South Omaha. Remember , that this is no washings of the Missouri River , nor farm lands diverted from their natural uses , years too soon , but choice suburban residence property , situated 9n the everlasting Hills , midway between two cities , that are last closing in to one solid. mighty metropolis. M. A. UPTON & CO. Pharmacy Building , South Omaha and 1509 Farnain , Telephone 73 GOTHAM GAB AND GOSSIP. The Bullion-Bloated Asters Gaza on a Sea of Upturned Noses. THE AFFECTATIONS OF SOCIETY. A. Dolmonioo Walter Drops Onto a Roll Amateur Swells on the Stage Clara Hello's Lively Letter. NEW YOUK , April 10. [ Special Corre spondence of the DEB. ] Some of the noses in Fifth iivemio are turned up at the Astors. That is astounding news , if not actually important , and it is true. The residences of the senior Asters arc on the block between Thirty-third nnd Thirty-fourth streets. The progress of trade up the avenue has frequently been commented on during the past few years ; but it hns been said that , of course , the Invasion would got a check when itcamo to the As tor houses. WeH.it got to the corner of Thirty-third street with the present year , When a wine importer bought three houses and began to turn them into stores'1' The contrast is sharp. On the one sfde of the street is the re modelled buildihg with the big signboard - board of a restaurant on il and plentiful { labels of l'to ' let. M On the other stands hi dignified sobriety one of the Aslor domi cile ! . But this week the swells have seen a strange sight. Right across Fifth ave nue , directly facing the Astors1 homes , is A row of brown stone houses , belonging to the Astor estate , and for a quarter of a century rcuted'to pretentious families. A force of masons and carpenters liavo taktn possession' arc rapidly turning th premises into stores. That the Asters should themselves commit the offense of desecrating their own select block , is what tip tuts the nose of those who do . not like it. SOCIETY 13 WIDE AWAKE After the fast asleep ponud of Lent , and the fun began with foolery on horse back. A masquerade was given by the members of an equestrian class , and for three hours the participants wore char acter costumes in their saddles. Bold knights and ladies fair abounded , natur ally ; but several of the male riders imper sonated cowboys , Indiana and clowns , wWleono venturesome girl became a circus purformer.standing on the padded baek of her steed us she cantered around the ring. This curious sceuo was at Dick- ! " academy , and the acting hostess was Mrs. J. M. Colton. a matron of potent so cial influence. The maiden of fancy free enough to enact a circus rider wore a mask , and her identity was not revealed , tfceugh good guesses were easy. THE KSTATK OK A MAN % ao shrewdly observed high society's ways turns out to bo f 200,00(1 ( in amount. iliit name was Kmmanuclo Solari , and twenty-five years ago he was a common waller in Dclmonico's restaurant. At that time , and long after , Dolmonico's was the only really exquisite eating haute in town. There are now a do/on aa favored , and several that are even higher priced. Solari did the waiting in two or three of the private supper rooms up stairs , and he observed that the guests resented the positive rule of the house that no doors bo fastened and that the waiters drop in on every party at inter val * of not moro than live minutes. It wasn't so much that they were wicked as that they disliked to bo watched like school children. Solar ! thought it all over and over , in his heavy SWISH way , nnd ho decided to open a restaurant where seclusion should be accorded to those who du- sired to dine or sup in private , lie car- Heel wit bis scheme. Solari's thenuftur occupied a unique position in fashionable regard. It was not a big establishment , Nrt its faro was first r te-and after ones serving the meal as ordered , the waiter entered the rooms again only in rceponso to tlio tap of a bell. The price of this kiuilly inattention was added to the reg ular charges , though not specifically , and so Solari died werth a vast fortune. His restaurant was reputable , and yet a visit by a not sedulously chaperoned party was in tiio nature of an adventure , that gave zest to many an innocent but prankish supper indulged in by wealth and fashion. THE AFFECTATION of "our best " comical society" arc , per haps , but they arc nevertheless a part and parcel of social history. You may recall the generally printed prophecy , at the outset of the Cleveland administration , that the appointment of Whitney to the secretaryship of the navy meant much ef fulgence for Washington life. The Whit- neys had for several years been first and foremost .among Now York entertainers in the Astor clique. Their mansion had held moro fine assemblages tlmn any other in town. Mrs. Whitney's tact and enterprise had been phenomenal. It was therefore anticipated that the old preju dice against Washington would bo oblit erated from the minds of the Asters and their kind , and that for the iirst time the "oxclusives" of the metropolis would go over to mingle with the semi-oflicial people ple of the capital. It has not proved so. A very few intimate friends of the \Vhlt- noya have occasionally visited \V ashing- ton , but that section of our society which denominates itself all there is of real so ciety has kept up the taboo. IT 19 KESIAHKABLE , if not HirprlsSng , how ogjnotlyo ( Ssclr.cja- lion is upon tno stage. The "whole cur rent of a drama is stopped for several minutes to allow one of the actors to narrate sorno episode foreign to the story , and only interesting as it is made so by his declamatory powers. Itoccurs again nnd again in modern plays : in "Monto Cristo , " in "Tho Shaugrann , " in "Lon don Assurance , " and in many other less famous ; and it rarely fails to bring down the houso. An instance of the kind was scon in a play produced for the lirst time in this city this week. Mrs. Uankin , as "Tho Heroine , " a typical hoyden , has been fishing for trout. She comes upon the scene with a polo over her shoulder and a largo fish , that might bo a Spanish mackerel for all that a city audience knows , attached to a birch switch in her hand , her shoes wet and her gown soiled with mud. Her fishing expedition has nothing , whatever to do with the story , but it becomes necessary for her to account for her condition to an elder brother , and that give a the cue for a spirited dec lamation. With many a laugh and gig gle , intended to put nor brother in good humor , she tolls how she went to the brook , cast in her line , and sat for hours without a bite. She was about lo give it up and return homo , when she saw a big trout jump at some distance from her. Then , with an exaggerated stride across the stage , she shows how she approached the spot and throw her line upon the water. Her long polo swings around in imincnt danger of scraping the orchestra leader's bald head. The swaying of her body waves her skirts just enough to DISPLAY THE COLOlt UK HF.lt HOSE Above her dilapidated shoes. Her oye.s open wide witli that fictitious ex citement of the narration , and an im aginative spectator would aver that the color on her rouged cheeks was height ened from the s.uno cause. The trout jumped for the lly , caught it and ran , nnd the actress unwound the reel vigorously to show how the whole length of the line was carried away. She had oven to fol low the llsh into the water , because ho ran so far , and the exaggerated stride was repeated to indicate how she stepped into the tide. Further and further went the escaping trout , and deeper and deeper waded the lisiicr maiden , until the water was up to her want ; and as this is lold tho'actress raises h r pnlu above her ln > : ; d to show that s't ' : I to keep her arnii out of the wt-i ita she "just played and pl-a-a-ayet ! w th that lish , " until she got upon th b'ank airaln , and after many manomvrcs.during which the pole fans the air awl the reel'is wound up again , she landed her victim , and the declamation is at an end. It took at least Jive minutes , and yet the audience hung in rapt attention all through it ami broke into enthusiastic applause at its conclu sion. If there had been in dramatic per formance , as there is in operatic , the habit of encoring , she would certainly have had to repeat the story. In fact , such a feature of drama can bo compared only to a popular air interloped in a musical drama an air that though ad mittedly out of plaeo , and ridiculous to the prevailing1 sentiment , is yet received with moro pleasure than any other indi vidual number of the performance. AN ELEGANTLY DltESSED LADY of middle age , in company with her daughter , procured permits from an up town agency to view several first-class French apartments. They soon readied a building in Sixty-third street that has a stunning amount of line gilt metal work and bulls-eye glass in the Queen Ann vcstibulfl ana Louis XIV decora tions. They entered the elevator and arose to inspect the fourth Hat , which for f 1,800 a year could bo enjoyed with all the privileges. House hunting begins hero in February though no one moves till May. The party lam telling you about were the wife and daughter of a solid Wall street man , not wholly unconnected with the slaughtering interests of Chi cago. They presented their permit at the door of the fourth suite and wore admitted. They inspected the closet-like rooms and had got as far as the parlor when the French maid who was escorting them round went to sec if her mistress was out of bod. TJ'.3 JftitiQ ? sruTC.VQ'liJy ? elegantly fur nished slice of drawing ro.om tllroucn the halt open door. Suddenly , the elder grasped the you.iger's arm , and whis pered hoarsely : "Look on that easel. " The girl did so , and beheld a largo crayon head of her respected old father. "It's pal" she exclaimed. In a moment more they had a nearer view of the fatal picture , as the French maid took thorn into the private suite of the occupant. SUB WAS A 1SLEACHED KLONDB of a very loud typtr She begged that that the disorder might bo excused , as she alwavs blent late. The butts of cigars and half-burned cigarettes lay enrich rich books , and empty wino bottles hob nobbed with elegant articles , of ornament. Mrs. House Hunter had eyes lor only one thing the picture on the easel ; but it was the daughter who put on the thumb hcrows , with : "Tho apartment is small for a family with children. " Madam had none ; so it was big enough for her ; but she was going to Europe in June , and would vacate the place in May. "rour father is very like Henry Ward lieechor. " said the girlmotioning toward the easel. "That's my husband , but he's old enough to bo my father , " returned the Haltered madam. Then Mrs. Hunter got away in an ex cited state , and took counsel In a neigh boring street. "When did pa go west ? " "Saturday night. " "This is Monday afternoon. I think it would bo well to come back hero at live. " suggested the ready-witted daughter. ' RSo do I. I'll B'O round to Dr. Cold- cream at once. I'm in such a state of mind. " To the fashionable physician went the pair ; and , leaving ma under treatment for nerves , Hannah Maria went to the dressmakers to sco about if r Easter finery. She told ma so ; but she How in a cab down to Pine street at a fearful pace , sought her father's partner and said : "I suppose pa is in Chicago ? " "Yes , my dear ; leftSaturdav night. " "Ma has discovered all ; if 1 don't see him 1 can't say what will happen. " TIIUIIR WAS A SUSl'ICIOUS MOVEMENT behind a glass door , a fat and llorid head was stuck in , and a choking voice said : "Come hero , at once , Hannub Maria. " The father and daughter were closeted together for an hour. Then Hannah re joined ma ana the pair went up to Sixty-third street and asked a druggist to let them wait for friends. Till darkness ( ell on the street , poor deluded roa kept ONO' ONE MAN IN OMAHA Who has any connection with the American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association and hence he possesses facilities for buying WALL , PAPER Over all others , and now he proposes to give you the benefit of this advantage , We open for sale on Monday a large in voice , of goods just received , comprising numer ous patterns for parlors , dining rooms , and halls , for TEN CENTS PER ROLL. Hundreds of New Designs from 12c to 15c Per Roll. A large assortment Rich and Artistic in Designs , suitable for fine residences at 25c to 35c Per Roll. We invite special attention to the wonderful decorative material callled LIZbTOIRTTST.A. Unexceptionaliy beautiful and artistic in design and finish. A descriptive cata- I logue of this material FREE ; HFIilPV I ETUIUrAIU Q8 Douglas-st. , Between 15th. Lllll I i LLniVlnnlj and 16th , North Side , her weather eye on the ( Jiicen Ann vestibule across the way , ami Hannah studied labels on on bottles ami jars , and yawned. Then they went ( home dis heartened and discouraged. About I ) o'clock Mr. CorLer , tlio partner of Mr. Hunter , made a call. Hevti : tired to death. Ho had been hunt ing up a swindling woman who had variously represented hcr-elf a Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Corker , and imposed on tradespeople. Bills had been sent to the otlice. Ho had wired Hunter in Chicago to come directly on. People had been to the home ; , and .soon Crocker's frailties on her wall. What a coinci dence ? Ma hud struck that very woman that afternoon , and her husband's picture had been on a gilded easul. Then thcv laid a beautiful plan toco next day and interview this bleached blaiisabclla , and they did. They found the janitor clean ing up the promises. Every article , pa's picture and all , had been curled out at daybreak. Hannah Maria's ' wardrobe will astonish folks at Saratoga and Long liranch next Hummer. She lias the dead wood on the old man. CJ.AIJA IJELLE. CONNUBIAL- At a Chlcazo wedding they used a catapult to throw the'sliiHMir after the bride. John Bach Jle.Mnster , the historian , will bo married next Thursday to-Miss Alary Oer- trtide Stevenson , -Morristcwn , x J. Mr. and MrsvBlouitcit. of ( Jllrpy , Cal. , are supposed to be. the oldest marriijd coupio In that stale. Their atcs are ninty-nlno and nlnty-sevon icspectlvely , and they have been married seventy-nine years. lilchnrd Nixon , formerly of Shelbyvillc , Tennessee , and at present the Washington ronesponuent of the Now Orleans Times- Demncnit , will bo united in m ariase next month to .Miss Agnes Dolph , .laughter ot Senator lolph ot Oregon. it Is now stated that there is a coldness ex isting between Mrs. Jim IJrowi Potter and her liusband. who wns bitterly o posed to her coins on the stace. Her husbii mi's family aie in hope that her London failure will so discoutago her that she will rex ize that bho not cut out lor an ncticss. \ The report that Theodore Tllijon Is coming back from Kuropo scons to befrell founded. He hns lived In Pails tor eiahtlor ten yeais. It is said that there Is a woman ; In the case. She Is Mrs. Louise Curtis litilltinl , who in herited a fouith Inteicst In the famous pro prietary medicine known as Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup. She was an ektremely fas cinating woman of high position1 In New York city society , with whom Mr. Tiltou became infatuated , and whom he followed abroad where she has been living for years. It is said that he has been to poor at times on ac count ot his liohemlanlsm that ho lias been obliged to araw upon Mrs. Bollard's purse lor subsistence , and now tlmtt she has re turned to New York ho Is oamluK back in her train. Atlanta Constitution : Dr. F. L. Constan tine who resides at to Wheat stteet , Is a re mark ft We uiau.il ) many respect * , lie is b4 yeuftMJiu 6irauajill eiUirju'd ; : sixty , years. Ho is a native ot France. He" mRTHjrt hi ? wife , Miss Hamlett , in ( irccn county , Aia. , in 18i7. ! They liavo had eleven children , six of whom are now living. They fcave twenty- lour Kiaiulchlldrpn. Ten years ago they celebrated their golden weddlnt in Uirmlng- ham , where they then leshled. The attuir was the social sensation of the day , and at tracted widespread attention. Many readers will recollect the doctor as tlio founder of the city of L'Oiient. near Hlount Springs , Ala. , but for some years past he has been a resident of this city. He is sUIi erect , and walks with an clabiic step. Hit countenance indicates vigorous health , and the fact that he is able to road without classes speaks for Itself. It is to be hoped that the doctor and his wife mav have many pleasant years be fore them yet. A singular marrlaRO took place April 12 at St. Vincent's chinch. ' Louisville. Thocon- tiactln paitles were Mr. Pctet NIchternnd Miss Lizzie Dunhow. Mr. Nlchter is seventy- two years of aue , a widower , and has nine crown children. Ho has been married three times and all his wives are dead. Ho now lives at Mo. 71s Camp street , between Clay and Shelby , on which street he owns five houses. Miss Dunhow Is thlity-one years of ngo , very pretty and lives with her parents on Twcntv-slxth and Portland avenues. Their engagement was a very romantic one. About two weeks auo Miss Dunhow , who , by the way , had never seen MriNichter before , went up to his house to collect a bill. While there they became pretty well acquainted. and when Mr.Nichter asiied If ho could call upon her she told him ho might He called the very next day , proposed and was ac cepted. lioth seein to be very much in love with each other , and their friends think the union will be a happy one. Mrs. Eleanor Btillwell Clapn , jfce venerable mother of Hussell pf Clapp , secretary of the People's Line , and of Kev. WmiS. . Olapp , of CarniPl , N. r. , died at her homo In lialiston Spa , N. V. , Saturday afternoon of diseases Incident to extreme old age. She was the dauehter of lion. William Stlllwcll. one of the pioneers of Saratoga county , who tilled among other ofllces that of judge of common pleas and county clerk. In the the early years of the century In the "Freehold Settlement , " now the town of Charlton , and moved In her father's housoliolh when but six years old , to the Stlllwull homestead , In the town of Halls- ton , just south ol the village , that was her homo as child , * maiden and wife for over eighty-ono years , until It was destroyed by tire Into In the autumn of 1885. she was mar ried March III , 1817 , to Chester Clapp. and the paiiod of their happy wedlock lacked but twelve days of having existed for the almost unpiecedcnted term of seventy years. Her hiisbaud survives her In his nlnty-fourth year , having been born July W , W3. They wcro the oldest membeis of the Uaptist church In Uallston Spa , In which they were baptised on the same d y. In 1 1U. b lie Is also survived by a daughter , Mrs. Dr. C. T. Harris , of Syracuse , and three SODS , Kussoll P ; and Uev , William S. Clapp. above named , ana Edward Clapp , of JJanistique , Mich. , TWENTY-TWO YEARS' ' TALK , General Ord in Hichmoml oil the Murky James Kiver. CONCERNING THE CONFEDRATES Lincoln's Assnusliiutloii IMoes and Plaim Roberr K. anil Ftzlm ! li Leo Interesting Alter tlio War Gossip. Nnw YOISK , April M. [ Correspondence of the Hni : . " | Twenty-two years ago the 1''tli of this month , 1 accompanied Gen eral Ord , when lie entered Richmond , after the fall of Leo. It was Ord's troops hat had lirst occupied the captured capi tal , and nine days afterward ho took tcommand there in person , when the final campaign of the war had closed. Ho wan in full accord with the magnanimous policy ot Grant , and shared the belief that everything possible should bo done to in duce tlio south to return , not only sub missively , but loyally and cordially to the union. lie had heard me express a simi lar sentiment , and asked General Grant to detail me for awhile , to assist him in creating a good feeling in Richmond. The order was made , and on tiio 1'Jth day of April , 18(55,1 ( stood by Ord's side when ho sailed up the James in front of the silcni batteries , and landed with him at the confederate capital. The fires that had destroyed so large a ' portion of the city on the night before its capture , were still smouldering hero and there ; the rooms which the confederate irovcrnmont had occupied forolllccs wore strewn with public and historical docu ments left nngatliered in the hasty flight ; tlio paroled soldiers from Appomatox had not returned , and the conquered city was garrisoned with negro troops , col- Orcd sentinels pacing the streets to guard the. public buildings , or the headquarters of union generals. Ord took up his quarters at the houce that htul been occu pied by the fallen president of the south ern confederacy , and as he invited me.to . join his mess , I also had my rooms in tiio JctVerson Davis mansion. As it was my object to make myself ac ceptable to the southerners whom I was instructed to Induce to be loyal , or at least submissive , 1 asked to be allowed to smifiiyjse Uilidittyof distributing food , and the charge.wjR committed t < " > " , No inhabitant of ttichmoml , bktok or * while , soldier or civilian , would bo fed from army stores except on presentation at the commissary's office of a ticket signed by mo. The labor thus entailed was great , for many thousands of rations were issued daily , but it brought mo into direct contact with every class of the population. T11K WEALTHIEST FAMILIES of other times , were obliged to send for the alms of the covcrnmcnt , and the great functionaries of the fallen state who had remained or returnedwere fhus fed from the northern stores. When General Leo arrived from Appomattox , I had already learned the condition of the city , and sent at once to inquire if 1 could furnish him and his stall' with sup plies. He replied through an aide decamp camp that ho was greatly obliged , uno did not know what ho should have done had theoftcr not been made ; for he found of course , nothing in his house to eat. There was one way m which I could carry out the intention. Printed tickets were prescribed by law on the presenta tion of which the food would bo supplied. The ration was plain and course , hardly equal to the private soldiers' faro ; it was the same wo furnished to the freed slave who escaped to our armies from the plan tation or the swamp , and when 1 asked the number in the household of the c.ip- live general , and then wrote on tlio shabby little ticket , the commissary will .supply OI'.NKItAL KOHKUT K. LEE with so many destitute rations , I could not but remember that this modern Holi- savins had commanded armies , and stood in the way for years of the nation whose clemency and whoso bread , fate com pelled him to receive. The rooms that 1 occupied oflicially wcro thronged with applicants , where those who were ignorant came to obtain the requisite information , or others to perform the prescribed formalities. La dies of refinement and gentlemen of dis tinction sometimes had lost their ser vants , or wcro unwilling to trust them , and eamo in person on the painful er rand ; and many a curious conversation 1 had over thcrfo tickets , many a discus sion about the causes of the war and the principles of thu participants ; many a statement was made of the past or pres ent feeling of soldiers and civilians on cither side ; many an Inquiry exchanged for the fate of former friends. .For I had visited Richmond before the troubles , and had not a few friends among thosu who had suHorcd all the horrors of the siege On tlio day of my arrival 1 wont to look for Mltb. KI > WAIll > M.VVO , the stepdaughter of James Urooks , the well-known member of congress and editor , and ono of the most prominent loaders ot thu democratic partv during the war. Mrs. lirooks was si Virginian , and her daughter. Miss Kate Randolph , was at one time very popular in New York society , but hail married and re turned to Richmond. 1 had been in timate with tlio family , and was anxious to know how Mrs. Mayo had endured the miseries of tiio capture. 1 found her living with her husband's sister , Mr.s. Archibald Uracio.iiom I had known as Miss Josephine Mayo. Mrs. Graeie was in deep mourning for her husband , Gen eral Gracic. of the confederate army , who had been killed only a fortnight be fore. Mrs. Mayo did not know where her husband was : ho had marched oil' with the troops on the night that Richmond mend fell. The ladies received mo as an old friend , and without a shade of bitterness ; they wcro glad , indeed , of such protection as an ollicer of the conquering army could afford. There was a negro guard over tlio house which they had applied for.and they told mo that the colored troops had behaved with respect and almost kind ness ; they had nothing they said to com plain of personally. But I inquired how they were oil'for food , and then they con fessed their anxiety. I ofl'ered to send them the 'destitute ration' which thov gratefully accepted. I could tell them of their northern relatives , and we had an interesting interview , ai the close of which THEY ASKED ME TO DINNER , off of the supplies , they said , which I waste to furnish. 1 fortunately thought to in quire if they had fuel ; they admitted they had none , and unless this also had been supplied the rations would have been useless , so I sent some wood and went to thedinncr. _ There were black beans , which had remained in the house from the siege , rice , collec and a piece of veal ; all served on rare china and ancient sil ver. The children of Mrs. Mayo , four or live years old , wcro not permitted to come to table , but they rcmuned : in the room , and when they saw that meat was served they cried for it. Their mother told me they had seen none for months ; the meat in Richmond went to .tho sol diers. These samochildrenof the petted heiress I had known , were barefooted ; they had not known a shoo for a year ; there were none to be bought. While we sat at table , Mrs. Allen , a neighbor , and one of the most important personages of the high society of Richmond mend , who had learned that her friends wore entertaining a "federal ollicer , " sent in a contribution to the menu a dish of apple fritters , cooked in not very delectable stvlo. It ; r : > s " the l ; ; sjjo. coiiui 6fter , and Stid did"i&t wish that Richmond hostesses , even then , should fail in hospitality as touching a bit of southern and gentle pride as I witnessed during the war. Indeed , no costly enter tainment that these same ladies had ever .oll'ercd . when I had visited Richmond in other times seemed more sipniticaut of breeding or of dignity than this , made of tlio bitter bread of their conquerors. Itnt the scanty feast hail a peculiar savor to me , for it indicated that the harshness which might have naturally lingered in those who had lost so much was about to bo dis pelled ; that war and disaster and defeat had not crushed out all the old kindly feeling , and it seemed to mo that if one Union soldier met with such a reception , others would do Urn same , and the work of reconciliation might go on. The men in Hioliinond at this time were for the most part very sensible. They fidt ihat all had been lost , and some 1 doubt not , had long been wishing for the inevitable end. 1 often mot Judge Camp bell , once of tlio United States supreme court , but afterward in the confederate government ; the mayor of the city , Mr. Mayo ; Mr. Lyons1 , thn eminent lawyer , whom nil who Know Richmond twenty- live or thirty years ago will remember ; and others quite as eminent , and I was able to report their sentiments and opin ions to General Ord , or by letter to Gun- oral Grant , as thny frequently desired. After a while the confederate soldiers began to como in , most of them footsore , from Appomattoxall of course unarmed , yet paroled. Some indeed who had not been captured made haste to surreneor and avail themselves of the conditions granted at tiie famous court house. I recollect a visit I paid to General Pickett , as well us interviews with other confedeiate olliccrs. All were humble then ; all recogni/ed that the war was ended ; all wondered whether they would bo allowed to hold property again. They were grateful indeed for their liberty , and their lives ; none dreamed that they could ever he eligible to cilice , and if any had predicted that XIM HUGH LEE would bo governor of Virginia , under thu union , and Mahoue Unito'l States senator , ho would have been thought a madman. Rut they were manly , nut maudlin ; they behaved like men who had staked ail and lost ; and were ready to pay thu debt of honor. As for mo 1 was as anxious then as they , that they should be restored to their old position , and Uut brothm'sh aving quarrelled nnd been rec onciled , should live together : is of old. I hid : , of course , no authority to speak for my superiors , and could not predict their action , but 1 hoped for ft speedy restoration of that condition of the country under which 1 had been born. This , of course , made them feel amiable toward me , and I was always welcome union ; ; them. They had .saveil how I cannot imagine .some very good whisky and made excellent jtilepa at Mayor Mayo's house , and wo talked of the old times at the White Sulphur springs , and at Saratoga , when .south erners and northerners were part of otio union , and hoped for them again. In the midst of all this came the news of AiiuAiiA.H LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. It was a terrible shook , and at first could hardly be believed. I was lirjt tolil of it by Colonel Forney , who was visiting Richmond at the time. Ho came into my ollieo , having just left General Ord , who had at that moment received the news. Of course 1 went at once to Ord's head quarters , for what this might presage nd one could tell. It might mean a wide spread conspiracy ; it might requjro ex traordinary measures of suppression or even reprisal , and certainly of cau tion. It put aside , of course , for days , any further tunicablo confer ences , for each side at once suspected the other. 'Iho southerners , however , ex pressed so much horror and concern , disclaiming so earnestly any connivance or connection with Iho act ; it was so plain that it was they who must sutler from the murderous at * tack , that in time wo who were with tlioni throw aside our lirst indignant , thought not unnatural suspicions ; but of course ! tlio died lingered at tlio north ; and even in Kichmond we wcro obliged to bo moro on our guard. What had happened in one instance might occur in another ; i ( even the president , the great friend ami protector of the south , was murdered bV n supporter of tlio , not only lesser indi viduals might bo in danger , but 1'I.OTS AND I'L.VNS that involved the safety of a city or nn. army wcro possible. It was too soon af ter a tremendous civil war for the catas trophe not to leayo terrible traces. I doubt if the feeling toward thu nart of tlie army that was retained at Kiclimond and the population , made up as it was moro and moro every day of return ect confederate soldiers , was ever so genial after tins act of liooth , while any uniou troops remained. Ono day I heard a noi.se in the streets , and as every disturbance at that time might have a meaning , 1 sent to inquire the cause. An orderly brought woror that General Lee nnd his stall' were re turning to their homes , and I went otit tq the street to see. The great chief of the fallen cause , who had ridden triumph-/ autly through these streets after so many , battles , who had so oftun repelled the. .union army from the Jearthcn walls ot. Richmond , was iimemi le-eniuiuiK in H captured capital , himself n paroled pris oner , going to his homo by permission of his enemies : his armies all disbanded at the bidding of his conqueror , not al-C , lowed to carry Hags or arms ; ho himself ; wore his sword and rode his horse liecauHO his captor had allowed. Ho was not iu a prison , bceauso the terms ho received)1 ) were generous. Hut ho had not lost tho' love of those for whom ho had fought. ' As ho rode up the hill and approached his own door the crowns that had fol lowed him clung closer ; the cheers wcro not vociferous , for they were the ex pression of sympathy , not of victory , but the people touched his horsu and liin hand to assure him that in disaster anil submission he was THKIll CIHKF STII.T , . He suppressed their demonstrations lost they should provoke the wrath of the successful , for ho was loyal to his parole as ho had been to the cause which was lost. He dismounted , turned and took ofF his confederate cap , bade them good bye , and Hubert K. Lee had entered hid own house n prisoner. ' 1 called on him there on some oflicial errand , and ho received mo with dignity and courtesy , though my prcbcnco must have reminded him of the final scene of , the war , when ho gave up his armies to Grant ; for theru too I had been present , lint his room was tilled with fresh anil . fragrant ( lowers , evidently the gifts of , those who still revered him ; and at thin i interview ho desired mo to request of General Grant for tho-io of his soldiers who had been captured before thu end. the same teams which had been accorded at Appomatox. In his captivity and his humiliation his anxieties were still for his soldiers , v ADAM UAIJEAU. The fact often noticiid , that ono dis aster is often followed by another of- , like characterhas now proof in the report j from Moutreul that a girl of 11 ! has just j | been clioKcd to death by a toy "squaw- i kor" that she had in her mouth. Thlsfol-1 lows clone upon the death of the llttlu boy in Newark from the samu cause. A woman boventy-tive years old Is livingI In WullliiKtV'id ' , Conn. , who hns lalseda taiu-1 ily of llftmm children , and had nix husbands- ; ) three of her wedillnirft IwvliiB occurred after Him had passed heriXJth birthday. She now < lives nloiin at South Plains. ImvliiK provided liernelt with acollln and a cumplvtu burial outiit , which Is kuut In the huu e ready for . ' . . . ' ' * > ' . ' . ' , . $ . ' " " ' & . . * -