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6. Qrlst of Matrimonial Storlcm and
Skotohos ,
A. Mnrf Inge AVItTi hcRM riirnscoloBf
A Urido'n Misfortune Mndo Ilia
Bwoctlicnrt His Biotlicr-iii
law Connnlilftlltles.
A Bnd llonmncc. *
A complaint Hint could bo utilized as
the basis for tlio i > lot of a novel was
fllod in the county clerk's office re
cently , says a. 'Frisco special to the Now
York World. The plaintiff is Mary E.
Uailoy and she asks that her marriage
with S. M. Bailey bo declared null and
void. She represents that on December
33,1887 , n marriage ceremony , purport
ing to unlto her to Bailey , was per
formed In Florence. Arl. , by B. J.
\Vhitohcad , justice of the peace. Her
consent to the union was obtained by
deceit and fraud , she claiming that
Bailey represented to her that a man
named \V. E. Guild , who was a legal
guardian of the estates of her two
minor children , was abouttoand in fact ,
had applied to the probate court to have
her children taken away from her and
placed In his custody , and that ho would
certainly deprive her of her children
unless she Immediately consented to
marry the defendant. She was given
the alternative of marrying Bailey or
being separated from her offspring.
Both men also informed nor that if
she resisted the application for the cus
tody of her children Bailey would ap-
poa'r as a witness and , procure others to
appear ngnlnst her and testify in her
u 11 Illness to have the care and custody
of the children , and would surely ruin
her reputation. Plaintiff declares that
the "representations , statements and
threats" of the defendant so distressed
and worried her that she consented to
go through the marriage- ceremony , and
when it was performed she was acting
under duress and fear. Immediately
after marringo she separated from her
husband and has never lived , vith him.
An AimiHlim Incident.
There was a bridal couple coming in
on the Bay City train the other day ,
says the Detroit Free Press , and the
passengers in that particular car were
on the grin most of the time ever their
antics. The bride had got the mqn she
loved , and she didn't care a copper who
Raw her pillow her head on his shoulder.
The bridegroom had got a farm with
his wife , and if ho wanted to feed her
gumdrops or squoe/.o her hand whoso
business .was itV A little old man ,
dried up and bareheaded , sat directly
In front of the couple , and ho looked
around so often that the young husbaud
finally explained :
"Wo'ro just married. "
UI knowod it all ho time , " chuckled
baldhcud.
"And wo can't help It you know. "
"No. you can't I'll bo darned'if vou
kin. "
l'I presume it all seems very silly to
an old man like you , " continued the
husband.
"Docs itl Docsitl" cackled the old
follow as ho bobbed around. "Wall ,
you just bet your life she doesn't. I've
boon right thar three times over , and
I'm now on my way to Canada to marry
a fourthl You ortcr see mo a week
hence. I'll hug and squeeze and fondle
nt the rate of forty miles an hour , and
darn the skunk that laffsnt mcl Sillyl
Why , children , its parrydize biled
right down. "
A Mormon IVIfo.
The first question asked by the
Blrangor in Salt Lnko City is this , savs
n SaltLake City letter : "Do the Mor
mons still practice polygamy ? " They
claim that tnoy do not , but their asso- :
crations are taken cum grano salis by
the Gentiles Lhoro. The Edmunds bill
disfranchises women living in polygamy
and lines the man $300 , with imprison
ment for six months. The women arc
' allowed" compelled would bo n moro
appropriate term "to testify against
their husbands , " Despite this it is ex
tremely dilllcult to secure convictions.
A woman is called on the witness stand
und a colloquy something like this oc
curs :
"Aro you married ? "
"I do not know , sir. "
I. "Is not the defendant your husband
under the Mormon law ? "
"I cannot say , sir. "
"Is this your child ? " showing an in
fant of two or throe months' ago.
"Yes , sir. "
"Who is its father ? "
"I cannot say , sir. "
This is no uncommon occurrence the
attoVnoys toll me. And after all , one
can scarcely blame the woman for testi
fying thus if they believe in the "divine
sanction of polygamy" as taught by the
church. No less celebrated a lawyer
that the late .lero S. Black has said :
"To compel husband and wife to testify
against each other is to change every
rule of evidence ; a contemptuous do-
Ihinco of the great principles which pro
tect the sanctity of the family and lie
nt the basis ot civil society. "
IIu Alight Got Whipped.
In an excursion on which some hnl
dozen couples recently arrived in the
city , bays the Washington , D. C. .
Star , there was one pair in which the
was about twonty-Hvo and the youn
young man nbout eighteen. The
procured a license and wore mar
rled. Some time before the train waste
to UMIVQ the bride walked into the depot
pot alono. She was asked : , 'Woll , you
uro married ? " "Yes , " she replied
"but I wish I wasn't. " "Is it a runa
way ? " WIIH nskod her. "Not so far as
am concerned , " she said , "for I'm old
enough , but his mother ma ;
raise objection. I ain't think
ing nbout mysolt , but . '
wouldn't bo surprised if his inothoi
whipped him. I wish I hadn't married
him. Wo'll have to face the music , bu
I don't know how it will come out. It i
too late now , however , und wo nuts
take the consequences. " "YoU ough
to bo ashamed of marrying that chit o
a boy. Ho isn't eighteen yet , " re
marked n bystander. "Well , I am , '
Hho answered , "but it is too Into now
Ho is nineteen , and I'll have to make
the best of It. " Subsequently the bov
husband joined her and oaoh worouloou
of aniaty as they took their boats in th
train.
An KwlwiTUbHliifi ; Honinnuu.
MIBS Delia Doughty , a well-known
young lady of Fair Hnvon , a minister , t
Joust , and n largo asboinblugo of friend'
waited in vain on Sunday night fo
Mathew Rlloy , who waa tnou to huvi
wed Miss Doughty , saya the New Yorl
Sun of the lth ! ) instant , Mr. Rlloy belongs
longs at Koyhport. For several year
ho has been visiting Miss Doughty.
Several times it was reported by friend
that they were to bo married , und n
last the marriage wus to have taker
place nbout noon on Sunday at the
residence of Miss Doughty's parents
but Mr. Rlloy said ho wanted to see hi
mother before the marriage and sue
coedcd in getting Miss Doughty's per
mission to postpone the curumony unti
nftor church in tJ.o evening. The.Rev
Luimooftho Methodist church agreed
to bo on hand then , and Mr. Riley tliei
hired u team and Blurted for Koysport
A groat.8uppor was prepared and al
the intlnjutu friends of the couple \\cr
on hand , but the hours slipped nway
Mr. Ulloy did not return , Mr. Lupoo
and the guests , nt 10 o'clock Monday
morning , loft the was-to-havc-boon
bride to her sorrow.
Miss Doughty wont next day to Freehold -
hold to see Mr. Riley , and saya she
found him at the American hotel , where
ho explained that after arriving nt
Koysport on Sunday ho was attnckcd
with heart trouble , and sent n man back
to Fair Haven with the team , and told
him to lot Miss Doughty known that it
would bo impossible for him to got out
in time for the wedding. Miss Doughty
also says that the wedding will posi
tively take place on Sunday next. It
turns out tliat the man who was sent
with the team forgot to deliver the
iricssnge.
"Motlior-ln-Iiftw. "
A romantic story comes from Clayton
county , Georgia , says the Plttsburg
Times. Back in ' 69 ono Mann fell in
love with a local beauty , and all ar
rangements for their wedding were
made ; but subsequently the father-in-
law Interposed an objection to the young
man because of his politics. The bride ,
too , suddenly became adverse to marry
ing him on that account , and so on the
day of their wedding she was united
with another suitor. The rejected
groom at once disposed of his property
in the county and removed to Texas ,
where ho has since lived , and is said to
have grown rich. About a your ago ho
visited the scene of his country days to
find that his sweetheart had a daughter ,
aged eighteen , who bore n striking re
semblance to her mother. Ho lost no
time in proposing to hor. She accepted ,
and this week is sot for the wedding
which will make his old-timo love his
mother-in-law instead Of his wife.
A Ijlttlo too Soon.
A couple , from across the border came
to the city recently says the Binghnin-
ton ( N. J. ) Republican , nnd stopped atone
ono of the beat hotels. The young lady
was plainly but neatly dressed and was
a handsome brunette. The young man
stepped up to the clerk after having
escorted the lady to the parlor , nnd
asked where he could find a minister , as
ho wanted to get "spliced. " Upon being -
ing informed , the clerk handed him tlio
pen to register.
"I don't want to register now , " said
the young man ; wait until after wo got
married , then " I can write it Mr. nnd
Mrs. "
"That don't make any difference , "
said the clerk , "as longnsyou are going
to get marriod. "
The youthful swain stopped up to the
desk , took the pen , looked it ever care
fully , and then at the register. His
face grow red , and ho hesitatingly in
scribed " Link" line
"Joseph upon one ,
and upou the next , Mrs. Lottio Link , all
of Scranton. "
"I wonder what she would say if she
know it , " ho said in an awe-struck
voino , and then hurried out in search of
a clergyman. The inscription was soon
legalized.
Then She Wept.
A recent Bismarck bride had "bad
luck" on her wedding day. She had al
most reached the church when she dis
covered that she had forgotten her
bridal veil. She wont back after it. On
the way to the church again she snoozed
three times and split the satin bodice
from bolt to shoulder. The carriage
stopped at a millinery store , noodle and
thread were procured and had the rent
repaired. As she stopped from the car
riage to the church door the lace bodice
of an underskirt caught and the under
skirt at the waist gave way. As she
walked up the aisle the skirt began to
slip down , but she managed to grab it
through the side of her dress-skirt so
hung on until she was safely married
and back in the carriage. Then she
wept , you botl
Man nud AVIfo.
A newly elected justice of the peace ,
who had been used to drawing up deeds
and wills and little else , was called up
to marry a couple io haste. Removing
liis hat , ho remarked : "Hats off in the
presence of the court. " All being un
covered , lie proceeded : "Hold up yer
right hand. You , John Mukin , do yor
solemnly swear to the best of yer
knowledge an' belief that yor take this
woman to have and to hold for ycrsolf ,
yer heirs , e'xecyrtors , administrators
and assigns , for yor yor and thir use
forever ? "
"I do , " answered the groom promptly.
"You , Alice. Evans , take this year
man for yer husband , tor have and tor
hold forever ; an' you do solemnly swear
that yer lawfully seized in foe simple
an' free from all incumbranco , an' have
good right to soil , bargain an' convov to
said grantee , yorsolf , yor heirs , ad
ministrators an' ' assigns1 '
"I j. do , " said the bride , doubtfully ,
A Ijunntio Ttoiimiice.
Judge Lawlor listened recently to the
beginning of a case which , for slngul-
nrtty , equals anything that has been re
vealed by the courts of this city for
many a day , says the San Francisco
Chronicle. The case wus that of Julin
G. Cheney against Forest Cheney , and
the prayer of plaintiff was for annul
ment of marriage. From the testimony
given it appears that the following is
the story of the case :
"Tho wife , a young and beautiful
girl , has always had a passion for
music. She could sit for hours listen
ing to the sweet strains of the 'Unto ,
violin , and bassoon. ' She was roman
tic , and in her picture of the future a
very largo share was given to the satis
faction of this craving for music. In
September lust , only a few weeks before
her marriage , she met Forest Chonoy.
He was much older than horsclf , and
was by no moans her complement in
grace or attractiveness. In fact , ho
was bhort and homely. But ho played
tlio violin , and this to her made
up f&r all other deficiencies. So , after a
courtship of two woeku , the romantic
girl and the violinist wore married.
She. however , never lived with himfor
on the very day of the ceremony the
groom was taken very ill and became
to bad that it was necessary to remove
him to the hospital. Thuro the young
wife spent her honeymoon , tending to
the sick man's wants. During this ill
ness she discovered the appalling fuel
that tlio man whom she had married
tvns not a suno man. Ho was subject to
the greatest lapses of memory , and
would do and say the most ridiculous ol
things. Ho thought himself a veritable
Paganini on the violin. If any ono
should criticise liib slightest mistake ho
would grow furious. IIo would make
the moat unearthly united , scrapIng -
Ing his bow across the j tlrings
in imitation of Wiipnoriiin music
and would declare that swooi
voices from the south were whispering
to him. Ho vowed that ho could pro
duce a half dozen different tones from
the biime string , and each ono of these
hud itssignillcance to him. To touch
some notes , would eot him crazy will
childish delight while the faintest sug
gestion of others would make him blurt
like a man with delirium tromons. Some
notes , ho said revealed human faces to
him , bountiful und guy , others brought
before him monsters , gorgons , imps and
devils. When tlm young girl realized
the character of the man to whom she
wus attached by legal cords she was al
most paralyzed with grief and overcome
with chagri.n. She , however , refused
to live with him. when ho became well
enough to leave the hospital , and she
has since refused to recognise him fis
icr husband , because BIO fools assured
, hat ho wes insane when she married
lim , nnd being so , the marriage , she
claims , is void.
Mnrrlcd a Hnjnli.
"At the studioof a young portrait
inlntor , " says a London correspondent ,
"I saw yesterday a picture which was
very curious in its subject. It contained
two upright figures ono'that of a
swarthy Indian rajah covered with
jewels nnd wearing the star of India
upon his breast , the other , a tall ana
lovely English girl of about eighteen ,
in n pink dress , her hair gathered bo-
liind by a ribbon nnd falling loose again.
The rajnh is smiling the smile of proud
possossorshlp. and the girl Is looking
with a somewhat bewildered air nt her
future lord. They are two real
people. She is the daughter
jf an English chemist , and
lior parents have consented to her mar
riage with the Rajah , who , after the
ceremony , will t iko her out to his do
minions. Ono instance of such mar-
riango between Christian maid amVpa-
jun nmn is very well known nnd has
Lurnod out a decided success. A Miss
King , the daughter of a governor of an
English jail , married about thirteen
years ago "tho Shoreof of Oran , " who
is the spiritual head of the empires of
Morocco. The Sliercef , who Is n dos-
'
co'ndnnt of of the Prophet , on marrying
Mis3 King , renounced all his other
wives , whom ho lodged in an asylum at
Tangier , which it is a part of his duty
to keep up for the refugees from the
secular power , and ho moreover guvo'to
liis son by his Christian wife , the Sacred
Slick , the possession of which at the
lime of the Shcrccf's death determines
the succession amongst his children to
his sacred office nnd great possessions.
CONNUIllAIATIES.
A record of ! V11 divorce case1 * in one dixy
entitles Boston'to a smile of recognition from
Chicago.
The president nnd Mrs. Cleveland celebrate
brato the second anniversary of their mur-
rlago on Juno .
An exchange speaks of n "southern girl
who eloped with her lover oil a mule dressed
in boy's clothes. "
There are 21,000,000 widows In Indln. This
may explain the reason why English ofllcors
consider India such a dangerous station to bo
assigned to.
Two years' imprisonment is all that nn
Ohio man got for marrying ten wives. The
Jury took into account that live of them were
red-headed.
Ono of the games at social parties In Penn
sylvania is kissing through a Idiot hole. It Is
not wholly satisfactory any more than court
ing by telephone.
A lady who died at Marseilles requested
that her heart might bo placed in the tomb
of her second husband , but her body in her
Hrst husband's tomb in America.
Mrs. L. Jj. Sherman ( white ) , of Great
Falls , Mont. , secured a divorce from her hus
band , Morgan Sherman ( colored ) , the other
day and immediately after married her law
yer.
yer.A
A Maryland widow named Halletts set a
bear-trap at her smoke house door , and the
first catch was a man who was courting her.
Ho had packed up 100 pounds of bacon to
carry off.
There appears to bo very llttlo doubt In
New York about the duke of Murlborough
having sot his heart upon marrying the beau
tiful Widow Haramersloy who has a little dot
of $3,000,000.
It is said that in all London there are but
six really happy couples. The only stranga
thing about this .statement is the extrava
gantly optimistic view the statistician' takes
of the situation.
The latest "victim of tobacco" is a sad
case , indeed. IIo is seventy years old , has
smoked for sixty years , and last week ho
married n woman four years his senior. To
bacco smoking affected his brain.
Another marriage of aged ones is to bo
added to the rapidly growing list of sucli
events. This last couple hail from Atchison ,
Kan. The groom is almost a nonogenarian ,
and tlio bride is in her sixtieth year *
lu Harrisburg , Pa. , whenever a young
man belonging to u club gets married to ono
older than himself he is mudo the recipient
of a gold watch. AH the young men of late
have availed themselves of the opportunity.
Macgio Hughoy , a Pittsburg woman of
forty , was married Friday to her third hus
band , Just live hours after her lamented No.
2 had Joined tlio silent majority an unusual
intermingling of crcpo and orange blossoms.
Miss Alice Pollock , daughter of a Pitts-
burg millionaire , ran away from the Boston
Conservatory of Music and was married to
Prank A. Rouko , a young clerk with
the brain of a dude and llfty-two pairs of
trousers.
There are ouoor people in this world. A
young woman in Mahaney City refused to
marry her lover , but when ho had proved his
devotion by blowing up her house with dynamite -
mite she wanted to marry him to keep him
out of jail.
Ishuiael Weaver , a colored man who died
recently nt Harncsvillc , Ga. , was the father
of seventy-two children , of whom lifty-two
sons were able-bodlod farm hands when ho
died. At least this Is the tough story told by
the local paper.
A sensitive man out west , according to a
newspaper paragraph , is trying to got a di
vorce from his wife on the ground that she
did not ' 'manifest sympathy for him and ap
pear in his behalf" during his recent trial
on n charge of murder ,
i The maddest woman south of the line is
that Georgia she who sat up till 1 o'clock
awaiting her husband's return from "tho
lodge , " nod upon going upstairs found the
supposed culprit safe in bed , where ho had
boon snoring away during her hours of
vigil.A .
A California ox-governor has married his
housekeeper and surprised all his friends.
Tlio governor is to bo congratulated. Many
a man who thought ho was marrying a
housekeeper lias merely surprised himself ,
discovering his mistake when it was too late.
"John , " said the wife tenderly , "promise
mo that if 1 should bo taken away you will
never marry Nancy Tarbox. " "Certainly.
Maria , " replied the husband reassuringly , "I
cnn promise you that. She refused mo three
times when I was u much handsomer man
than I nm now. " '
A West Virginian has just inado a match
betwixt a rich widower of seventy and u mature
turo maiden of forty by the singular oxpe
( licnl of not allowing them to HCO or speak to
each other till they did so at tlio altar ,
though they corresponded freely for the
space of three years.
P. H. Sperry was married to Miss Kittle
Downs , of Woodbrldgc , Conn. , recently , nnd
the remarkable thing nbout it is that Mr.
Ppsrry is the forty-fifth member of the
\Voodliridgo church choir to bo married since
the present leader , C. T. Walker , assumed
control. Whether Mr. Walker Is to bo blamed
is n question.
Ono of the colored applicants for a marriage
license was unfortunate enough to forget the
name of the girl that ho was going to marry ,
and ho had to tramp back six miles into the
country to lind out what it was , Upon being
questioned as to how ho called her , ho an
swered "Gnllio , " and ho couldn't toll any
more. "Dat's all I know , " ho said.
Mlnfortimo.
London Daily News : For the con
temptible fraud of feigning misfortune ,
a young man named Frank Johnson , or
Pickford , was jiibtly sentenced at West
minster to &ix months' hard labor. Tlio
victims and attempted victims were
ladies and members of parliament. The
members seem to have fallen easy prey
to the swindler ; while to one of the
ladles Lady Knutsford belongs the
credit of handing him over to justice.
The priso'nor'b plan of campaign was to
provide liinibolf with a "Parliamentary
Comnunion , " to sot remarks in it against
the names of members on whom ho had
designs , and then to call upon them in
turn with some more or loss plausible
story , the end of which was his urgent
need of a loan , JI * had boon robbed of
his purse and wanted his railway faro
homo , or somo. other temporary 'misfor
tune had befallen him. The man was
not in want * Ho had "a regular allow
ance" from his father sufficient , ap
parently , to leuvo him free to
his. wits in 'this potty raicality.
THE NATION'S ' -DEFAULT ,
A Record of Persistent Injustice to
National Orodltors.
CONGRESS AND PRIVATE CLAIMS.
How the Government Has Tro.iteil tlio
Soldier. ! i f the Revolution and
Their Heirs A diopter of
Instructive History.
Wv.snixaTOX , May 25 , [ Correspondenceof
Tun IJnn. ] Thofact Is remarkable however
to bo accounted for that whilst , ns colonists ,
the Americans were notably faithful nnd
iiromptln the payment of their public obllga-
ions , the "fine gold became dimmed" almost
as soon ns Independence loomed bright. Dr.
David Kamsa.v , In his history of the United
Slates , shows how favorably colonial integ
rity operated for the earlier events ot tlio
revolutionary struggle. Speaking of the im
possibility of ) the Americans procuring gold
and sliver , ho says : "Paper of no Intrinsic
value was made to answer all the purposes of
gold and silver , and to support the expenses
of ilvo campaigns. This was , In some degree ,
owing to a previous confidence which had
lccn begotten by houesty and illicitly
In discharging the obligations of the
government. From Now York to Geor
gia , there never had boon , hi
matters relating to money , nn instance of n
breach of public faith. In the scarcity of gold
and silver , many emergencies hud imposed a
necessity of omitting bills of credit. These
had been uniformly und honestly redeemed.
The bills of congress being thrown Into circu
lation , on this favorable foundation of public
confidence , were readily received. The en
thusiasm of the people contributed to the
same effect. "
But with a continuation of the struggle
much longer than the generality of the people
had estimated , and the Impoverishment of
many who had been in favorable circum
stances , besides well meant but injudicious
enactments of congress which produced dis
astrous ofTects , popular enthusiasm abated
and extraordinary exertions had to be made
to keep up the contest. An army for the war ,
end when it might , sooner or later , must bo
created. So said Washinston ; so concluded
congress. The ofllcers already in the service
must bo retained as far as possible and now
ones , for the war , secured. That could not
bo done upon the basis of any present pay or
emolument , for the country was unable , and
had been for some time , to Had a suflleicucy
of money or supplies. The army , and par
ticularly the officers , said , make us no more
promises which it is out of your power to
fulfil , but guarantee us that whenever the
war is ever , independence gained , and you
are in a condition to inoko your promises
good , that you will give us something that
will bo of benefit to us us long as wo Hvo.
Washington proposed for this half pay for
life. Congress and the army accepted it , and
on the 21st of October , 1780 , un act was
passed guaranteeing half pay for life to every
ofllccr that should servo to the cud of the
war. The fall ahd whiter of 178.3-3 , follow
ing the British surrender at Yorktown ,
brought the desiderated peace.
In the meantime , as the period was plainly
approachingrwhcn the pledges to the army at
largo , and especially to the ofllcors , must bo
redeemed , a.popular ferment was excited ,
particularly in ouo or two of the eastern
states , the objectof which was to prevent
the fulfilment of the act of October , 1780.
An agrariamandi seditious spirit was aroused ,
and the army , then mainly uuartcrod along
the shores of1 Newburgh bay ou the Hudson
river , was profoundly exercised , and only
quelled by the firm and judicious manage
ment of tlio beloyeil chieftain. Appeals were
made to congress , then at Philadelphia ,
which terminated in a new arrangement ,
whereby the parties concerned asjreed that
the ouicori ) entitled should yield this life half
pay and take instead of it five years' full
pav in cash down ) or securities ot equal face
value , with interest nt 0 per cent per annum
untill the securities were xyholly paid. Thus
ti.o officers gave up a life-time guarantee for
a five year one.
Did tlio government nt length comply with
this much reduced boon to the oftlcers ! It
did not. It din not pay any cash down , but
haudcd.to the ofllcers certificates of indebt
edness for their respective amounts with 0
per cent interest to date of payment. This
took place under nn act of congress of date
March 22 , 1783. When In 1734 the time had
come round to.jmko the first year's payment
of interest , a j' vlsion for which had been
inserted the yc.it before in the annual esti
mate , it was found that the provision had
been secretly erased from the face of the es
timate so that the ofilccrs might get nothing I
General Edward Hand , a gallant oillcer of
the hito Pennsylvania line , moved to reinsert
the item erased and his motion was seconded
by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Thirteen
members voted with Hand and Jefferson
and nmo the other way , but the
nine were victorious , for whilst
there was a numerical majority
for reinsertion , a constitutional majority
( according to the then regulations of congress -
gross ) had not voted affirmatively ; so Hand's
motion wus defeated und the officers were
denied even the interest of the reward guar
anteed to them so sacredly and repeatedly !
What a falling olT was hero from the honesty
and punctuality of colonial davs 1 The case
would have been reversed if tlio delegation
of Massachusetts , on April 2.3. 1784 , had voted
consistently with tlio delegation of the same
state on Marcli 22 of tlio previous year. Hut
the Shays spirit wus out , nnd it came to a
head in the rouelll&n of 17SO.
Tlio result was that the officers were , to
repeat the deliberate language of Colonel
Pickering , quartermaster general of the
revolutionary army , "cheated. " Even to
this day tlio officers of t'lo army of
the revolution , to whom promise after
promise was made In the most sol
emn form known among men , have never
boon naid directly to themselves or
Indirectly to their heirs and descendants
the recompense they earned. lo wo not ,
then , hold by a tenure not honest and per
haps not sound in the sight of the Judge of
all a great domain and property bought with
blood I Would that the nation had moro of
the spirit of royal David who refused to up-
propriuta to his own use the costly refresh
ment brought by the three mighty men from
the well of Hothlehom.
It Is true that after forty-fivo years of re
fusal to acknowledge the wrongs perpetrated
upon thu ofllcers of the revolution , congress
was induced in lb 3 by the horeuloan exer
tions of Wabstor , Van Burcn , Harrison ,
Buchanan , Hayno , and perhaps altogether
the brightest galaxy over convened hi our
national legislative halls , to assist , though
not to remunerate , the residue of revolution
ary ofllcci'3 them surviving , Efforts have
sluca then boon made , now that our
moans are superabundant , to wipe
olT the pecuniary obligations yet
undischarged. In such efforts ,
commenced in 163S und continued to 1ST5 , the
names of tlio following legislators stand
prominently forward ; Senator Evans of
Bouth Carolina , Walker of Wisconsin , Sow-
nrd of Now York , Shields of Missouri ,
Hrooni of Pennsylvania , Marshall of Ken
tucky , Smith of Virginia , Washburno of
Maine , Foster , of Connecticut , Comegys of
Delaware , Criteuden of Kentucky , HtyMor
of South Carplum , Halo of New Hampshire ,
Hell of Now Hampshire , Foiiton of Now
York , Cragiu of Tfow Hampshire. To these
names should bo added , by reason of their
report of April 0 , 1853 , highly favorable to
the claims , the mimes of Senators James of
Uhodo Island , Sunnier of Massachusetts ,
Foot of Vermont and Clmsoof Ohio. The
prominent opponents were Senators Slidell
of Louisiana. Pottlt of Iowa , Craigo
of North Carolina , Jones of Tennessee , C. U.
Clay of Alabama , lirown of Mississippi , FitzPatrick -
Patrick of Alabama , Pugh of Ohio. Uayard
of Dijluwure , Stuart of Michigan , James M.
Mason of Virginia , and moro determinedly
than all , Hubert Toombs of Georgia.
Tlio last time the subject was under any
full discussion was on the Uth of January ,
1&57 , iu tlio senate , adjourned from time to
time from the iiiid of Decrmbor , 18511 , The
bitter opponents of the bill , with Toombs as
their leudur. were at longtn compelled to ac
knowledge the justice of tlio claims and ex
pressed a dcslio to pay them , uudor the stin
giest possible conditions. But by u vote of
21 to 'J3 on the 10th of January , the whole
subject was postponed to the first
Monday of December , 1857 , and never
again ronnldcrpj with any heart , the Kansas
question having intervened and presented a
'party bo no of contention thai absorbed ull
other Copies. Ou the ' . ' 1st of January , 1S5 ( ,
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struggle by several merchants , this season , to plneo them on salont50o each , but
S , L , Andrews & Co. have Struck tlie Bottom Price on Them , 29c.
Monday !
Wo soil to each person one fault nt this price , the bargain of the" season. Mall orders from the country hold good till
Wednesday.
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Senator Evans , chairman of the revolution
ary claims committee of the senate , asked to
have his committee discharged from the
further consideration of a largo number of
petitions and memorials from heirs and legal
representatives of deceased oftleers , together
with memorials from the Cincinnati society
of Maryland , representing members of the
old Mnrvland line ; of the Cincinnati socie
ties of Virginia , Massachusetts and Pennsyl
vania , and of certain resolutions In behalf
of the claims from the legislature of
the state of Now York. Leave was
granted accordingly. Mr. Fciiton , of New
York , introduced a bill which was
favorably reported back from tlio proper
committee of the house of representatives ou
March 5,1853 , and placed upon the calendar.
Ho addressed the house on Juno 11 , 185S ;
again on May IS , 18CO , but nothing practical
came of it. "Kansas" was all the go , and
effectually drowned the "still small voice" of
Justice and right. So far , then , the honor
and conscience of the American people have
never recovered from the effects of the
subtle poison administered through the
secret erasure made In the annual estimate
sometime between the promulgation of the
rcix > rt of congress ou the 25th of September ,
ITS ) , nnd the proceedings of April U2. 1784.
That seems , indeed , to have been a fatal po
tion. Can wo recuperate from It !
JF *
During the forty-ninth congress
several bills were offered and some reports
made on the weighty subject of national re
sponsibility for private debts owing by the
government , the which , if they were owing
to the government , the most striugent meth
ods would have been , if necessary , resorted
to in order to collect. Among the ablest of
these reports was ono from tlio house com
mittee on claims by Mr. William Warner. It
declares that the action of congress in pass
ing upon private and domestio claims is most
unsatisfactory. It estimated that the num
ber of claims likely to come before that com
mittee alone prior , to the close of that con
gress would reach 1,800. Some are for very
small , others for large amounts. Not moro
than 1 per cent of private claims over pass
congress , whereby is effected a practical de
nial of justice to the honest creditors of the
country. Judging . from the alsposi-
tion made of private claims In the post , there
were moro of such before that committee
nlono than at the present ruto of procedure
would be disposed of in the next lifty years.
That is a humiliating statement for a coun
try provided with ample means for honest
payment , and which , in times past , pleaded
its poverty as the only reason for not punc
tually paying its debts.
Tlio average claimant , savs the report ,
comes and pees and dies , leaving his claim
ngainst the United States to his children , for ,
if the claimant docs not belong to the favored
few , an ordinary lifc-timo is far too short .to
get a claim , however just , through congress.
The report regrets that this republic of
ours should rcfuso to open its
courts to any of its citizens having
just demands against the govern
ment. Other great nations far exceed the
United States in the dispensation of justice
to citizens , and the fact is judicially estab
lished that of nearly all governments the
United States holds itself least amenable to
the laws. Kussia and Spain approximate us
the closest , whilst the great empire of the
German states sets all mankind a noble ox-
umplo of national und public justice.
In England the subject of the sovereign is
provided with redress under what is called
the "petition of right , " nnd his case is tried
Ilka a suit between ono subject and another.
The respectable governments of Eurqno
never shirk from a full und fair investigation
of claims against them , and submit to u de
cision adver.se to the government when
rendered by their courts. Wo ulono stand
back from so righteous and noble a policy.
Why I Most probably because our long train
of delinquencies has accumulated u muss of
claims that tcrnlles , und so the mass gets
bigger and bigger with every passing year.
Why not brace up our moral energies and resolve -
solve upon some expedient by which the con
stant cilcfl of justice and truth might bo
properly stopped (
if the present court of claim * ) is cholted
with business , us is also the case with tlio
supreme court , an additional court of claims
should bo instituted without doluy. Tlio or
ganization of the present court furnishes an
exumplo to bo Imitated.
In referring cases of claims from con
gress nnd its committees the so-called
"Uowman act" of March ! ) , 18S3 , should bo
extended , In principle , to all claims. It
should bo that all claims preliminarily ap
proved by n committee of either house might
bo open to Investigation and report by the
court of claims. The questionably legitimate
and very wholesale enactments of limitation
which past fours excited , ought no longer to
control sensible and juat legislation , Such
nn act of limitation was passed nnu approved
March ! i , 18 l , when ovary available dollar
had to bo appropriated for the purposes of
the war then flagrant. It barred most Just
and holiest claims which , but for it , would
undoubtedly have bcoa determined long
before now. Limitation acts are arbi
trary and one-sided nt the best , and
ought not to be continued in operation ono.
hour beyond the pressure of urgent state
necessity. Even the narrow circumstances
of the earlier years of the republic did not
justify or approve such acts when no longer
prosslngly needed. Thus on the Oth of Jan
uary , ISOr , a committee of the house of rep
resentatives resolved : That all Just and
equitable claims growing out of the revolu
tionary war , whiclr are now barred by any
law of the United States , ought to bo pro
vided for by law. L-iter onli , . January
14 , 1838 , a committee reported its opinion
"That it would bo as dishonest in the gov
ernment of the United States to shield Itself
against the payment of a Just debt under the
B tutu to of limitations , as it would for an
individual to do so. A claim of long
standing , If provably Just , ought
to bu paid irrespective of statutes of limita
tion. " Still later , viz. . February 137 , 1830 , a
committee argued elaborately against not
only the injustice but the essential unconsti
tutionally of limitation acts , and on January
10 , 1832 , it was said , "That when a claim is
clearly proved to have been'originally Just ,
, -und never to have been adjusted or dis
charged , the moral obligation still exists , and
the debtor cannot conscientiously avail him
self of the protection of an act of limita
tion , " In the consideration of the claim of
Colonel Francis Vigo ( recently settled and
paid ) the committee , though not allowing the
claim , make thu declaration ( February ,
1S& ) lhatthoy 'Mo not in-iist that the United
States are exonerated by lapse of time
from any obligation to admit claims" if
proven sound and just.
These testimonies sullleo to show that acts
of limitation ought not to Impede the admin
istration of wlmt is in itself jubt and right ,
and that uvery claim now before cither house
of congress is entitled to a fujr and impartial
consideration and decision. For thu future
it bhoiild bo tUu especial care of the govern
ment in its every branch , to pay us ttiuy RO ,
or , at least , to-disallow claims from acouirlug
the hourincss of the age. The limitation in
the tenth section of the net of March 3 , 1803 ,
should bo removed forthwith , and nil claims
bo submitted to an impartial adjudication.
Thus the relief to congress and claimants
furnished by the Bowman act of 1S83 would
bo universal to all claims.
A Fninlllnr Story Tola in Tlvo Ijan-
Kxousir.
Mary had a little lamb ,
It3 llcceo was white as snow , -
And everywhere that Mary went ,
That hunb was sure to go.
La pctito Marie had lo Juno muttonp ,
Zo wool wat blanchee ns zo snow ,
And everywhere la belle Marie went ,
Lo Juno muttong was sure to go.
CI1I.VESK.
Wun gal named Moll had lamb ,
Fleaceo all samco whitco snow ,
Evly place Moll gal walkeo ,
Ba-ba hoppoo long too.
a HUMAN.
Dct Mary haf got oin leodlo schaf ,
Mit hair shust like some wool ,
Und all dor place dot girl did vent ,
Dot scbaf go like eln fool.
nnsii.
Mary hud a little shape ,
And the wool was white entirely ,
An1 whenever Mary would sthirhorsthumps ,
Tnat young shape would follow her com-
plately.
SINGULARITIES.
An nllegator nest , found in Rick t Creek ,
Flo , , last week , contained forty-three young
saurians.
An Italian beggar , arrested in Now York ,
confessed that ho had uot washed himself In
fifteen years.
A striped bass weighing flfty-thrco pounds
was caught at the mouth of the Croton river
the other day.
A calf was born on the farm of Michael *
Gibbons , Cambria county. Pennsylvania ,
without the remotest sign of n tail.
OA spike-nosed pike was caught iu Lake
Ulysian , Wisconsin that weighed l'J2 pounds
and measured 0 feet 3 inchof in length.
James Hunt , of Catoosa county , received a
pair of rabbit cars from Texas Monday ,
that measured six inches from end to end.
A nugget ot ruby ore , weighing 1,000
pounds and estimated to be worth $10,000 was
taken from a mine near Elko , Cul. , a few days
ago.
ago.Men
Men emplojcd In the Idaho mine at Grass
.Valley . , Cal. . report that tlio recent earth
quake in that vicinity was felt boloxv the
l.GUO-foot level.
Joseph Duvls of Wayiio county , W. Va. ,
has u daughter aged six years who weighs
2 iO pounds. This Is believed to bo the larg
est child of its ago in the world.
M. .Tovis , a French aeronaut , is making a
balloon , nearly two hundred feet iu height ,
in which ho proposes to sail through the air
across the Atlantic next autumn.
"Nig , " a black bench-legged fycc , way
down iu Georgia , has just died of gnof for
loss of his playmate , a big bob-tail cut , who
some days ago got to the end of his nine
lives
Tlio surgeons of Erie , Pn. , ara watching
with Interest a man who had some Hvo Inches
of skull carried away by the explosion of a
circular saw , yet threatens to get well iu
spiteof It.
A queer flower which grows in Yucatan is
the immito ( little bund ) of the guuruino. It is
in the exact shape of the human hand , with
four lingers , thumb , nails und knuckles , all
complete.
A ranchman at Sayara , Colo. , has a pig
that has a perfect dog's head , with dog's
hair covering the head and neck. Except
ing this und u short bushy tull the rest of the
animal is like a pig.
H. H. KIrkpatrick of Hawkinsvillo , Gu. .
made u raid on the rats that had invaded his
corn crib a few days ago , and when the but-
tlo ended U wus discovered that ! J15 of the
rodents hud met sudden death.
An animal having a head und forefeet like
a squirrel and hind feet like u coon has been
killed near Augusta , Ky. Several hunters
of that sectiou , when shown the carcass , de
clared they had not seen ono like it boforo.
Mr. Scott , of A'anceburg , Ky. , having at
last made up his mind nnd body to quit mov
ing , has buried the embalmed bodies of his
three children , which ho hat curried from
place to place for the Just seventeen years.
A horse. htolcu from an Ohio farmer two
years ago came homo the other day by him
self , having u saddle and bridle ou. Ho wus
traced back for ever forty miles to the inn
whcro he broke loose , but no ono came to
claim him ,
Martin Mowborn of Hartwcll , Ga , , snys a
chicken just two duy.-i old , in his presence
just after ho had fed it , straightened up.
napped Its winds and crowed au clearly and
distinctly as any rooster , though not so
loud of course.
A human skull was disinterred by well
diggers in Haskol ! county , Kansas , recently
at a depth of 135 feet beneath the earth's
surface. Kemulns of llsh mid sea reptiles
have been found ou several occasions ut
various depths in the same neighborhood.
At Chnrlotto lightning struck on Lawo-
reuco Sexton , Just us ho had put his hands in
a tub of water , and knocked that gentleman
down , toro off his right shoo und cut it hole in
tlio tub's bottom , but beyond paralyzing him
for BOino fifteen minutes did no physical
damage.
A few dnya since A. Boiton , of Mulabar ,
Florida , found a flno largo door tightly
wedged in a deep sluice used to drain tlio
muck beds u feu- rods back of his resilience ,
The drain was only ubout two feet wide , but
very do p , and tlu animal had been unable
to oxtricuto himself.
An old lady living at liydn , England , died
recently , and in duo course her fuinituro was
advertised for sale. On the day before the
sale ono of the executors carefully examined
an ancient bureau , and discovered u secret
drawer and a false bottom , in which were
upward 1,00,1 sovereigns , closely packed to
gether.
William U Jones , of Dublin , G. , caught
two young rabbits in his garden a few days
ago. Ho bad an old Maltese cat which had a
family of kittens , and from bomo cause the
kittens died. The old cat 1ms adopted the
rabbits , and happiness reigns throughout the
household. The cat cares for the rabbits as
tenderly as she did for her own offspring.
Wciloy Talbcrt , of Shelby vlllo , lud. . whllo
malting borne repairs upon his house , found
two hen's eggs unclosed within thu walls
which were laid llf tyyear * ago , While not
exactly fresh , the eggswci o in a fair state of
preservation , and if not utilized in the mcau-
time to make a restaurant omelet , they
may coma in play during tlio coining cam *
palgn.
A remarkable case Is reported from Michi
gan. Three years ago Mis < i Hattie Cotton
of Constantine , lost her voice and , surgical
treatment for us restoration was of no avail.
She went to western Iowa ami her voice re
turned. Going back to Michigan her voice
again failed. This experience has boon ro-
pcatcd three time * , Miss Cotton's voice fall-
lug at home , but coming out strong in Iowa.
Coucprd. Fla. , has a flno spephncn of wild
man , who Is described us "tall and muscular ,
with long , ( lowing , pure white hair hanging
about his shoulders in wild profusion , and
snow-white board reaching nearly to his
waist. " Ho is clad in tattered clothing ,
wears n coonskln cap , carries an old-fash
ioned flintlock musket , and is so wild that
"whenovor any person comes near him ho
runs like n doer nnd hides In the dcneo
swamp near by. "
*
. LINCOLN'S MOTHER.
The Neglected Grave In tlio Wo oils o
Indiana.
The Contryyillo , Ind. , correspondent
of tbo Sf. Louis Globe sends tlio follow
ing to bis paper : In a neglected piece
of woodland on the outskirts of Lincoln
City , is the grave of President Lin
coln's mother. A marble slab four foot
in height , und almost buried in a donee
growth of weeds and dog wood , bears
this inscription :
NANCY HANKS LINCOLN ,
MOTIIUU OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Died October 5 , A. D. , 1818 , nged 83
years. Erected by a Friend of <
Her Martyred Son , 1879.
At the foot of the grave is a small
marble foot-stone with the letters "N.
H. L. " engraved upon it. Surrounding
this grave are tliO'graves of seven other
persons , but there are no stones or mon
uments to identify the occupants of any
of them , and all are sadly 'neglected.
Tbo deserted spot is but a short distance
from the highway , but is so situated
that it can bo reached only by crossing
cultivated Holds. With the proper
efforts the place might bo made very
attractive , however , and there is some
talk among the people hero of beautify
ing it and erecting a moro costly stone
ever the Lincoln grave. The place is
seldom visited by strangers and rarely
by the people living hereabouts.
Not more than 200 yards north of the
grave is the spot upon which stood the
house in which lived President Lincoln
while a young man. It was made of logs ,
of course , and was situated on a small
rise of elayish looking ground. Not a
vestige of the old structure remains.
The writer frequently visited the
house before it succumed to the ravages
of time and the elements , as his undo
lived on and cultivated for years that
which lias passed into history na the
Lincoln farm. Just back of the spot
where the house used to stand runs tno
Cannollton branch of the road.
Time has nearly obliterated all traces
f the Llncolns here , save' the lonely
ornvo in the _ deserted wood.
Lincoln City is so named because it is
situated on the site of the old homo-
stead. It had a population of ubout two
ilox.cn familicsand , is the junction'of the
Evansville , Cannollton & Rockport di
vision of the Louisville , Evansville &
St. Louis railroad. Some eilslorn capi
talists , a few years ago , made an at
tempt to boom the place , but , despite
the magnetism of the name , the boom
was not successful , an it is very doubt
ful if the place ever grown in popula
tion , as the land surrounding it is of a
very poor quality.
Some of the old inhabitants of this vi
cinity tell how , in 1614 , when Lincoln
was an cleetor-at-largo on the ticket
with Henry Clay , ho visited the homo
of his boyhood , squared his back an
against the old stone school house and
talked to his old friends and neighbors.
A nmn near Vienna lost three wives , by
each of whom ho became possessed of u
child and n mother-in-law. Ho wus on excel
lent to mm with ill ! . These ladles used to
moot frequently at hli house , where they
came to see his children , but the meetings
finally culminated in a grand pitched battle ,
and they all three subpoenaed their aou-lti-
law as u witness.
"When Adam delve and Bvo
Hmui ,
Who was then the gentleman -
man ? "
This conundrum antedates
our prerogative in mutters
of polite aorloty , but we do
know that in thu present
nye and season , our
Prince Albert Coats ,
In light weights und colon ,
uro the correct thing for
gentlemen's business bulls ,
\\tillotlioeaniB utylo In One
black woi&teil la the "alnu
qua nnn" of an elegant ward-
lobn , In thcsn goodsi , ns In
cvich ( locartment of our trade
vu uio oirerili ?
suited to thu times.