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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
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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
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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
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