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Ts' E TatiE STORY OF CAPTAIN KIDD
BY THOMAH W. KNOX.
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Which Ills name wan ItolawL /Lid,
Ile Hailed on the briny ocean,
And many brave Lhlnks be did.
A weakness he bill lor alionotak,
And all that sort Of loose trash ;
Ile asedi 10 goldde oy dnzeno
that were laden with 11.11
NVldle sag the great talt
TI11,1.1011)' uld Captain Kldil
Would Jinx his grog In a collln,
•Antl all. It up wl to the Ild.
lle akveys rime early to breakfast,
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Anil then he bolted a ei/ult-lall
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lay down II y 55.5.ry
at nst.
- I lout,. .hott,
J+llscalancous.
!Aulilt's New Clerk
Jenkins net Smith, his senior part
ner, at the depot, who had been absent
on n business tour.
" How's intsine , s'.' inquired the hit-
ter.
" All right ; got a new
" Got, a new eli•rl:, NVllere's
. .
" Discharged him. An idle, extrava
gant, impudent young dog!"
"True enough, and the new one
Wllll'lllo :Illy better. Drinking, gamb
ling, lute hours, and fast horses --that's
the way with 'cm all."
And Smith groaned.
Jenkins' eyes twinkled. Ile well
knew the peculiarities of his good-heart
ed, but eccentric bachelor partner.
" Well, tin , new clerk don't drink nor
gamble, I'm certain of that, and has
thus far been very industrious and at
tentive."
Thus far."' Oh, yes. Wait a month.
New brooms sweep clean."
" Oh. well, if the nett clerk don't suit
you, you can 910111 the new clerk adrift
that's all. I only took her—ahem !
the new clerk on trial."
Mr. Smith stared at his partner.
" I suppose the new clerk has a
name."' he remarked, dryly.
" Oh, yes, Her, that. is to say ' the
new clerk's name Is (lardner. But here
we are."
As Was his usual custom, Mr. Stnit,
went through the store, past the array
of clerks on either side of the counter,
without glancing to the right or left.—
But when he reached his private office,
id the further end, he looked through
the glass door, which was so situated
that he could see all that was going on
In the store.
As his eyes fell on the occupant of
desk near the door he started:
" What's thar."' he said, turning
sharply upon his partner, who had fol
lowed It it.
Jenklua mixed very composedly upon
the slender form, whose graceful head
was bent intently over a ledger that lay
open upon the desk.
" That? Why, that's (he new clerk."
Smith rubbed his eyes and looked
again.
"Why, it's a Woman!" he exclaimed
with an air of incredulity and horror.
" f should say It was," said Jenkins
coolly, " and a confoundedly pretty one
at that."
Smith gave his partner a look of vir
tuous indignation.
"Mr. Jenkins, this is 101 platy for a
woman !"
"'think not?' Now it strikes me that
she tits the place very neatly."
" The proper place for a woman is In
the sanctuary' at home."
This WIN a pet observation of Mr.
Smith's which lie had read somewhere,
and which he considered as a clincher
in such au argument.
" But suppose she hasn't allyt."'
That was a poser, and, in his efforts
to surmount it, Mr. Smith got excited.
" Hasn't any? Why, sir, she must—
she ought to have one!"
" Very true. In fact so confident ant I
on that point, that I have some thoughts
offering her mine—or, at the least, to
share it with her."
" Mr. Jenkins, this is not a tit sub
ject for jest!"
" It's ii serious matter, I know ; so,
on the whole, perhaps, I'd better think
it over a while longer. Besides, there's
no knowing if she would accept toy of
fer together With the encumbrance that
goes with it."
"Jenkins," returned Smith, severely,
" will you cease trilling and attend to
the business in hand woman
must t go."
" 'Very well, you told me you wanted
a clerk that would he faithful and in
dustrious; that didn't spend his salary,
and all lie could steal on fast horses, and
faster women ; and I got you one. It's
an easy matter to send her off"
"Of course it is," rejoined Smith,
brightening at the suggestion. " Just
tell her she don't exactly suit, and that
we shan't need her after to-day."
" But she does suit—me; and if you're
not suited, all you've got to do is to tell
her so."
" You hired her."
" And for that very reason, I won't
discharge her without some good cause."
"No matter," returned Smith, with
• an air of lofty indifference. " I can dis
charge her. I think lam equal to that
much."
Jenkins, who had left the room, put
his head back a moment later.
" Bet you a hundred dollars you don't
do it P'
With this parting shot he disappeared.
Now Smith had a nervous horror of
women, as his partner well knew—es.
•
1 / 4/aitta*t
VOLUME 72
peclally of young women—and never
spoke to one if he could help it.
Had It been a man, he would know
what to say, and experienced no difil
culty in saying it, but a woman was
quite another thing.
But his partner's lust words had
touched his pride, and summoning all
his resolution, he opened the door and
walked out.
But his courage failed him 1.18 he came
opposite the desk where she sat, and he
passed by, glancing sideways at the un
conscious occupant, who did not lift her I
head at his approach.
After speaking to a clerk nt the fur
ther end of the room, he walked slowly
back to where the young lady sat,
who, as he paused by the desk, raised a
pair of soft blue eyes, shooting a swift,
bewildering glance in Smith's, that he
felt to the toes of his boots.
" Miss—Mies"—lie stammered.
" By name is Georgians.," said the
young lady, smiling. "Sane call me
George fur short."
" Well, NI Ise George—lleorglana, I'm
afraid that you will find your situation
rather unpleasant."
" Nut at all, sir. On the contrary, I
Ilnd It very pleasant, and comfortable."
" Ahem ! but I fear you will be hard
ly equal to the discharge ~t its duties."
"I how., not. H . you will run your
eyes over the balance !diva, you will
lind everything correct./
With desperate hope that there would
he something amiss, Smith did so, but
was disappointed.
" I hope you have no fault to lind "
said the clerk, rather anxiously, on per
velvl lig that he hesitated.
" You are a woman."
Here, Nvindlier abashed by the Fool
, den display of dimples In the pink
cheeks, that grew still more pink at his
rather UIIIIVITSNIIIy neserth in, Smith
! Calle 141 MI
Al this flu' smiling lace willed Into
an expression of demure gravity.
" I must !dead guilty to the charge of
tieing a %1,1111111. lint though It moll
be a misfortune It van scarcely he called
a Gault; at any rate, it Isom, for which I
anti not answerable !"
" Volt mistintieretotill me, inu'lun.
Mutt I mean to say was, that there Jae
certain duties connected with yourollice
such as opening the store, going to the
post•ollice, etc., which you cannot very
well perform. '
" I assure you, sir, that. I shall like
nothing better than an oceasional walk
lii the open air, And as to opening the
stare, and sweeping and tlusting, I don't
know why it should he harder to per-
Form that °Mee fur a store than for a
house,
"I claim
III) ror my sex,"
resunivd the young lady, casting!' slight
ly reproachful glance at the perplexed
countenance oilier employer, "but I ask
In common Justice, If I perform my
duties satisfactorily, that you will Ind
discharge nit simply because I 11111 is
WOIIIILII
Muttering a di...l'llolller of smite
110 hardly knew what, Smith beat a sud
den retreat to his own room, assuming
a bold front as he net his partner's in
quiring eye, but with an inward con
sciousness that lie hail been totally rout
ed by the enemy.
"Going:"' said Jenkins, with provok
Mg nonchalance.
"Well, no, not to-day
ti---1 are you grinning at
"Oh, nothing—nothing at all," rc
sponded Jenkins, throwing himself
hack in his chair, and regarding intent
ly a fly upon the ceiling.
" \V hat I was going to remark was,"
resumed Smith, with quite an unneces
sary assumption of dignity, "that I
have concluded to let the young lady re
main until I can find some situation fur
her more in accordance with her sex."
" Very kind and considerate in you,"
said Jenkins, dryly ; " especially taking
into view that she does her work better
than any clerk we ever had, and for less
pay, too."
Smith Was by no means the ogre he
seemed.. Aside from his prejudice, he
was a sensible, kind-hearted num.—
( leorglana was not called upon to open
the store or run errands,, though she of
fered to do both.
Curious to relate, as days and weeks
passed, Smith's repugnance to her pres
ence not only vanished with them, but
.e b •gan to regard it with positive
Measure. . .
He used often to look through the
glass door, watching the graceful poise
oil the head and the motions of the deft
little lingers as they glided over the pa
per. 1 . '161 at last curious fancies seem
ed to creep through his brain, and he
began to indulge in glowing dreams of
how wonderfully such a little woman as
that would brighten up his lonely and
cheerless home.
But he determined to proceed cau
tiously. He had it. his housekeeper
was about to leave, he would oiler Miss
Gardner the situation—and then '.'
i i,
Having for - led this resolution, his
next step wa.i in
Nto request the ying
lady's preseto in his private office, a
summons that was promptly obeyed.
" Miss Gardner, don't you think the
situation of housekeeping in a quiet
home, like mine for instance, would be
preferable to your situation here."'
" Perhaps, in some respect it 'night,"
said Georgiana, coloring at this abrupt
Inquiry, and the look that accompa
nied It.
\Vas the old gentleman about to make
her an offer '.'
But his next word relieved her of this
apprehension.
" My housekeeper Is soon to leave me,
and I should be very glad to have you
supply her place."
Georglana's cheeks grew red, and her
mouth dimpled with smiles that she
strove vainly to suppress.
" You are very kind, sir, but the fact
Is, Mr. Jenkins has spoken to me first."
" Mr. Jenkins'."'
" Yes, sir. Be asked me to lie his
house-keeper, and 1 told hint that I
would."
"But, my child, Nit.. Jenkins Is a
young man—it would not be proper for
you to keen house for him. Now, with
tae, it isdilierent.
As Georgiana inwardly agreed with
him, in fact there was all the difference
in the world to her.
" But he asked me to be his wife as
well as housekeeper."
" 0-o-o-h."
Smith's first feeling was that of in
tense astonishment, his next, of quite
as strong chagrin. But It all ended in
an emotion of thankfulness that he hail
not committed himself.
But Iris disappointment could not
have rankled very deep, for he attend
ed the wedding ; viewing, with smiling
tranquility, the ceremony that trans
formed his new clerk into the happy
wife of his fortunate partner, Jenkins.
A Nation of Liars
As the Chinese are about being en
dowed with the right of appearing in
our Courts as witnesses against the
whites, let us, by careful research try
to discover to what extent they are en
titled to the exercise of this inesti mat
able privilege. We all know that Con
fucius was their idol, law-giver, states
man. philosopher. His word was law
and his laws are most religiously ob•
served even to this day by all classes
and conditions of the Chinese nation.
Confucius did not appreciate those
stoic virtues we have been taught to
admire in Greek and Roman sages. A
Roman judge could condemn to death
his own son for a crime punishable with
death. A father would appear au a wit
ness for the State and reveal the mach
' illations and crimes of his ofnpring or
near relatives. But Confucius com
mands the father to conceal the vices of
the son, and those of the father. A
Chinaman is excused, by his religion,
from giving evidence against his near
kindred, or against any one residing
under his root; or in whose house he
himself resides. If compelled to give
evidence, he is allowed to prevaricate,
to deceive, and even to make a false
statement, rather than betray his
kindred, or catron, or protege. This
is not lying to a Chinese conscience, for
they claim one has no right to cieniand
the truth against blood or gratitude. This
one doctrine of the sacred teachings of
Coufucious accounts for all the decep
tion, lying, rascality and apparent abso
lute want of all moral principle which
we are accustomed to attribute to the
Chinese. In their intercourse with each
other, they never reveal the truth
against blood or obligation, and there
fore it is seldom required; and if told
upon asking, it would cover with in
famy him who should thus forget his
kindred or bosom friend. This doctrine
extends to the whole nation, and shapes
their diplomacy with other nations, and
accounts for all those violations of honor,
and pledged word, and tacit obligations,
that Christian nations are accustomed to
look upon with such abhorrence. And
yet a nation cannot be said to be dishonor
able which obeys the teachings of its own
sacred institutes In preference to those
of other nations. The teachings of Con
fucius are deeper than all other moral
laws. Twenty-five hundred years of ly
ing and bearing " false witness," found
ed on religion, and supported by the
" Thus saith the sovereign teacher," are
not to be superseded by the platitudes
and sophisms uttered by 'he mouths of
American politicians and lawyers. The
Chinese of to-day consider themselves
either absolute in fact, or of right, mas
ters of the world, and if their religion
permits them to perjure themselves in
their courts of Justice at home, they will
not hesitate to do the same In the courts
of California.—aolden City.
A Terrible Threat
"I'll Set the Padlle Ocean In Flame■
Myxterious Murder
In the Sacramento Daily Union of a
recent date appears the extraordinary
statement of one Leonidas Parker,
written before his death, and giving
what purports to be the true account of
his connection with the murder of Greg
ory Summerfleld. The latter
Indlvid
md had been known l'or many years its
"'rile Man with a secret," and he met
with a horrible death, al the age of sev
enty years, by being pushed from the
platform of a train upon the Union Pa
old(' Railroad, near the North Fork of
the American river, at a place called
Cape Horn, The unfortunate wretch
was hurled downward a distance of over
uuo thousand feet, upon the bristling
rusks at the foot of the declivity. Park
er, who was 1111011 LIIII I/lath/1111 with
Sumtnerlield at the time of the catas
trophe, wits twice arrested and tried fur
the alleged murder, but WILe un 121%011
ncruslou mysteriously acquitted, once
by a Justice and the second lime by a
, Grand Jury.
Parker was himself a distinguished
lawyer ()I' Sacrauu•tnto, and was widely
respected. lie always remained client
voncerning the eircumstances of lice
imputed crime, but shortly before hie
death he placed in the Windsor a friend
a document, the gist or which we give
below, the entire story taking up clear
ly a page of the
Referring to Gregory Suminerfield,
the murdered man, Mr, Parker speaks
of him as having been one of the deep-
est (dientical students of the age, and
mall of excellent general literary at
tainments. Parker had known sum
merlleld for over twenty years, their
acquaintance having been formed in
Texas during the days of the Republic.
Continuing his account, Parker says:
'• One day towards the close of last
September, an old Mall rapped at my
ollice-door, and on Invitation came in,
and advaneing, called Inc by name.—
Perceiving Hutt I did not at first recog
nize him, he introduced himself as
Gregory Summertield. After inviting
him to a seat 1 scrutinized his features
more closely and quickly Identified him
as the same person whom I had met
twenty-two years before. lie was great
ly altered in appearance, but there was
the old charm of intellectual superiori
ty in his conversation, and 1 welcomed
him to California as an important ad
dition to her mental wealth.
" It was not many minutes before he
requested a private interview. He fol
lowed me into toy back Mike, carefully
closed the door after him and locked it.
Llic
We had scarcely seated ourselves before
he inquired of ine if 1 had noticed any
recent articles in the newspapers re
specting the discovery of the art of de
composing water so as to lit it for use
as a fuel for ordinary purposes
" I replied that I had observed noth
ing new upon that subject since the ex
periment of Agassiz and Prof. Henry,
and added that in my opinion the ex
pensive mode of reduction would al
ways prevent its use.
" lu a few words be then informed me
that lie had made the discovery that the
art was extremely simple, and the ex
pense attending decomposition so slight
as to lie insignificant.
" Presuming that the object of his
visit to me was to procure the necessary
forms to get out a patent for the right, I
congratulated him upon his good for
tune, and was about to branch forth
with a description of some of the great
benefits that must ensue to the commu
nity, when he suddenly and somewhat
uncivilly requested me to' be silent ' and
listen to what he had to say.
" Ile began with some general re
marks about the unequality of fortune
amongst mankind, and instanced him
self as a striking - example of the fate of
those men who, according to all the
rules of right, ought to be near the top,
instead of at the foot of the ladder of
fortune. 'llut,' said he, springing to
his feet with impulsive energy, ' I have
now the menus at my command of
rising superior to fate, or of inflicting
incalculable ills upon the whole human
rave.'
'• Looking at him more closely, I
thought l could detect in his eye the
gleam of madness; but I remained si
lent and awaited further developments.
Rut my scrutiny, storen us it was, had
been detected, and he replied at once to
the expression of Inv face "No, sir, I
ant neither drunk nor a maniac; 1 am
in deep earliest ill all that I say; and I
:1111 fully prepared, by actual exprri
ment, to demonstrate beyond 1111 doubt
the truth of all I claim."
" For the first time 1 noticed that he
carried asinall portmanteau In his hand;
this he placed On the table, and unlock
ed It, and took out two or three small
volumes, a pamphlet or two, a small,
square, wide-mouthed phial, hermeti
cally sealed
I watched him with profound curi
osity and took note of his slightest move
ments. Having arranged hie books to
suit him, and placed the phial in a con
spicuous position, he drew up his chair
closely to my own, and uttered, in at
half•hissing tone :
" ' I demand one million dollars for
the contents of that bottle; and you
must raise it for me In the city of San
Francisco within one month, or scenes
too terrible for even the imagination to
conceive, will surely be witnessed by
every living human being on the face of
the globe."
" The tone, the manner, and the ab
surd extravagance of the demand, ex
cited a faint smile upon my lips, which
he observed, but disdained to notice.
'My mind was fully made up that I
had a maniac to deal with, and I pre
pared to act accordingly. But I ascer
tained at once that my inmost thoughts
were read by the remarkable nun before
me, and seemed to be anticipated by
him in advance of their expression.
"'Perhaps,' said I, 'Mr. Summerlield,
you would oblige me by informing me
fully of the grounds of your claim, and
the nature of your discovery.'
" 'That Is the object of my visit,' he
replied. 'I claim to have discovered the
key which unlocks the constituent gases
of water, and frees each from the em
brace of the other, at a single touch.'
"'You mean to assert,' I rejoined,
'that you can make water burn itself
up '.'
'Nothing more nor less,' he respond
ed, 'except this—to insist upon the con
sequences of the secret, if my demand
be not at once complied with.
" ' Now, suppose I fling the contents
of this small phial into the Pacific
Ocean, what would be thb result? Dare
you contemplate it for an instant? I do
not assert that the entire surface of the
sea would instantaneously bubble up
into insufferable flames; no, but from
the nucleus of a circle, of which this
phial would be the centre, lurid radii of
flames would gradually shoot outward,
until the blazing circumference would
roll in vast billows of lire, upon the ut
termost shores. Not all the dripping
clouds of the deluge could extinguisu it.
Not all the tears of saints and angels
could for an instant check its progress.
Onward and onward it would sweep,
with the steady gait of destiny, until
the continents would melt with fervent
heat, the atmosphere glare with the
ominous conflagration, and all living
creatures in laud, and sea, and air per
ish in one universal catastrophe.
"Then suddenly starting to his feet
he drew himself to his full height, and
murmured solemnly, 'I feel like a God!
and recognize my fellow-men but as
pigmies that I spurn beneath my feet.'
At this Parker states that he attempt
ed to reason with Summerfield upon
the absurdity of believing that he held
in his hands power so mighty, at which.
the latter retorted with quotations from
the Scriptures, Humboldt's 'Cosmos,'
and the works of famous astronomical
writers, proving that it was not only
possible for entire planets to be destroy
ed by fire, but that such terrible events
had actually often occurred. This an
swer concluded, he lianded Parker a,
small phial, requesting him to open and
smell of its contents, the result being
that a strong odor of potassium was ob
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 28, 1871
served. At this Summerfleld continued,
'Of course,' 'said he, 'you are familiar
with the chief characteristic of that sub
stance. It ignites instantly when
brought into contact with water. With
in that little globule of potassium I have
imbedded a pill of my own composition
and discovery. The moment it is liber
ated from the potassium, it commences
the work of decomposing the fluid on
which it floats. The potassium at once
ignites the liberated oxygen, and the
conflagration of this mighty globe is
begun.
Yes,' said 1, ' begun, if you please,
but your little pill soon evaporates or
sinks, or melts In the surrounding seas,
and your conflagration ends just where
it began.'
But,' sneered he, ' the elementary
substances in that small phial recreate
themselves; they are self-generating,
and when once fairly under wuy, must
necessarily sweep onward, until the
waters In all the seas are exhausted.'
" Rising front my seat I went to the
wash-stand In the corner of the apart•
men t, and drawing a bowl full of Spring
valley water, I turned to Sum nierfield
and remarked, ' Words are empty,
th conies are ideal—but facts are things."
" 'I take you at your word.' So say
ing lie approached the bowl, emptied it
of nine•tenths of Its con tents, and silent
ly dropped the potassium coated pill into
the liquid. The potassium danced trolled [
the edge of the vessel, fumlng, ,hiseing
rind blazing, as it always does, and seem
ed on the point of expiring, when to my
astonishment and alarm a sharp ex plo•
slim Bank place, and in a second of thou
the water was blazing lo a red, lurid
column half•way to the
" 'For ( foil's make,' I eried,l'exlinguish
the flames or wu shall set the building
on fire!'
. 11ad I dropped the potassium into
the bowl as you prepared it,' he quietly
remarked, 'the building would indeed
have been consumed.' Lower and lower
fell the flickering flames, paler and paler
grow the blaze, until finally the fire
went out, and I rushed up to see the ef
fect of the combustion.
" Not a drop of water remained in the
vessel ! Astonished beyond measure at
what I had witnessed arid terri fi ed
almost to the verve of insanity, I ap
roached Summerfield and tremblingly
inquired : "ro whom, sir, is this tre
mendous secret known "10 myself
alone,' he responded; ' and now an
swer me a question, is it worth the
money
It Is entirely unnecessary to relate
in detail tile subsequent events con
nected with the transaction, I will
only add a general statement, showing
the results of toy negotiation. I laving
fully satisfied myself that Summertield
actually held in his hands the fate of
the whole world, with Its millions of
human beings, and by experiment
having tested the combustion of sea
water, with equal facility as fresh, I
.next deemed it my duty to call the at
tention of a few of the principal men In
San Francisco to the extreme Impor
tance of Summertield's discovery.
"A leading banker, a bishop, a chem
ist, two State University professors, a
physician, a judge, and two Protestant
divines were selected by me to witness
the experiment on a large scale. This
was done at a small sandhill lake near
the seashore, but separated from it by a
ridge of lofty mountains, distant not
more than ten miles from San Francisco.
Every single drop of water in the pool
was burnt up in lees than fifteen min
utes. We next did all we could to pac
ify Summerfield, and endeavored to in
duce him to lower his price and bring it
within the bounds of a reasonable pos
sibility. But without avail. He began
to grow urgent in his demands.
"The sub-committee soon commenced
work amongst the wealthiest citizens of
San Francisco, and by appealing to the
terrors of a few and the sympathies of
all, succeeded in raising one-half the
amount within the prescribed period. I
shall never forget the woe-begone faces
of California street during the month of
October. The outside world and the
newspapers spoke most learnedly of a
money panic—a pressure in business,
and the disturbances in the New York
gold-room. But to the initiated there
was an easier solution of the enigma.
The pale spectre of death looked
down upon them all, and pointed
with his bony finger to the fiery tomb
of the whole race, already looming up
in the distance before them. Day af-
ter day I could see the dreadful ravages
of this secret horror, doubly terrible,
since they dare not divulge it. Still, do
all that they could, the money could
not be obtained. The day preceding the
last one given, Summertield was sum
moned before the committee, and full
information given hits of the state
of affairs. Obdurate, hard and cruel
he still continued. Finally, a proposi
tion was started that an attempt should
be made to raise the other half of the
money in the City of New York. To
this proposition Sumtnerfield ultimately
yielded, but with extreme reluclance.—
It was agreed in committee that I should
accompany hint hither, and take with
me, in my own possession, evidences of
the sums subscribed here; that a proper
appeal should be made to the leading
capitalists, scholars and clergymen of
that metropolis, and that, when the
whole amount was raised, it should be
paid over to Sununertield and a bond
taken from him never to divulge his aw
ul secret to any human being.
. " With this he seemed to be satisfied,
and left us to prepare for his going the
next morning.
"As soon as he left the apartment, the
bishop arose, and "deprecated the action
that had been taken, and characterized
it as childish and absurd.' He declared
that no man was safe one moment whilst
'that diabolical wretch' still lived ; that
the only security for us all was in his
immediate extirpation from the face of
the earth, and that no amount of money
could seal his lips or close his hands. ft
would be no crime, he said, to deprive
him of the means of assassinating the
whole human family, and as for hint
ed( he was for dooming him to immedi
ate death.
"With a unanimity that was extraor
dinary the entire committee coincided.
" A great many plans were proposed,
discussed and rejewted, laving in view
the extermination of Summertleld. In
them all there was the want of that
proper caution which would lull the ap
prehension of an enemy ; for should he
•for an instant suspect treachery we
knew his nature well enough to be sat
isfied that he would waive all ceremo
nies and carry his threats into imme
diate execution.
" It was finally resolved that the trip
to New York should not be abandoned,
apparently. But that we were to start
out in accordance with the original
programme; that, during the journey,
some proper means should be resorted
to by me to carry out the final
intentions of the committee, and that
whatever I did would be sanctioned by
them all and full protection, both in law
and conscience, afforded me in any
stage of the proceeding.
"Nothing was wanting but my own
consent. 1 asked the privilege of med
itation for one hour at the hands of the
committee before I would render a de
cision either way. During that recess
the above argumentation occupied my
thoughts. The time expired and I agaiu
presented myself before them. I did
not deem it requisite to state the grounds
of my decision ; I briefly signified my
assent and made instant preparations to
carry the plan into execution.
"Having passed on the line of the
Pacific railway more than once, I was
perfectly familiar with all its windings,
gorges and precipices.
" I selected Cape Horn as the beet
adapted to the purpose, and *
the public knows the rest.
" Having been fully acquitted by two
tribunals of the law, I make this final
appeal to my fellow-men throughout
the State, and ask them confidently not
to reverse the judgment already pro
nounced."
il.
George S wyer (colored), the Evans
ville wife- urderer, in answer to a cler
gyman who sked him if he didn't want
to go to , en, said he guessed not ;
that Lize (his wife) had gone to the oth
er place, and he wanted to go there and
torment her as much as he could. How's
that for total depravity?
A Woman's Rights woman writes to
the Chicago Mail in behalf of Mrs. Fair,
the California murderess. She thinks
she ought not to be hung, because she
had no voice in making the law, which
prescribes a death penalty. She pro
poses to commute herpunishment to the
next lower grade—that is, condemn her
to live with a man uncongenial to her,
and if that don't fill the bill, let her
have no husband at all. The editor ap
proves of the commutation, but declines
to be the uncongenial mau.
The Paris Plotters.
VEnsAll.Llis, June 6.—The Gaulois
gives a recital of how the Commune
narrowly escaped falling, through the
treason of a few of its members on two
different occasions, previous to the en
try of the Versaillists near the gate of
St. Cloud. This recital agrees with in
formation I received from a high source
while the second siege was going on,
and which I was then only at liberty to
indicate vaguely. That turning point
in the operations of Marshal McMahon,
the definite sale of the Forts of Van
vres and Issy, is not mentioned. The
Communal military chief who negotia
ted It is one of the few insurgent lead
ers that escaped the vengeance of the
Assembly's forces and there are cogent
reasons why the persons who furnish
the Uoldui.l with the tale of treason
which:lt publishes, should not fling too
much dirt at hint. The leading agent
of M. Tillers at the Hotel de Ville was
a Lyons pot-house politician of the
name of Bourget, who was tried before
a court-martial and before sentence was
passed contrived to escape to Paris. lie
lay for some weeks concealed in a low
lodging•house at Montrogue, near the
gate of Chatillon. When, on the 15th
of March, some members of the Inter
national, whom he had seen in the
character of agitators at Lyons, rose to
power, he 'ante as n friend of Cluseret
to tiller them his services. Bourget
thirsted less for political renown than
for wealth. Ile did not believe that
the Commune was born to long life,
and he resolved, from the moment it
was evident to all that \I. 'Tillers would
enter Into no compromise to betray It
for a sum of money' large enough to
place him forever beyond the reach or
poverty'. With this end In view lie
went to (Iowa! Valentin, the military
Prefect of Police or the Department of
Seine-et-Oime,and offered to serve as his
agent at the lintel de Ville, in connec
tion with Billioray, all Influential mcin.
ber both of the Commune told the Cen
tral Committee. This Itillloray had re
sided some years at Lyons, where he
and Bourget were on terms of Intima•
cy. They were both poor and lazy, and,
under the Empire, they both meditated
turning their demagoguic Influengo to
account iu obtaining employment From
the police. Bourget was, therefore, sure
of his 1111111 front the first, and did not
hesitate to reveal to him his plan for
making a fortune, and his Interview
with (len. Valentin. 'l'lle next time
Bourget saw Valentin he received the
of of a large sum—the Uaulois does
not state the figure, but I heard a few
weeks ago that It was :100,000 francs—if
he would Iltld means to place the Fort
of Isify In the hands of the Versaillists.
To do this it wairnecessury to corrupt a
Commune Cfeneral.
Itillioray at once thought or Endes,
who, he said, was young, weak-minded,
and could be easily persuaded that the
Commune, being already lost, the only
thing that remained for its members
was to think or how they might best
. . .
get out of the dangerous position in
which they had placed themselves. The
conspirators sent word to unfortunate
Endes through a common friend, that
they wanted to see hint on important
business. He appointed a rendezvous
at his own house at 2 o'clock next morn•
tug. After preparing the way for a
treasonable proposal by deploring the
follies of which the Commune had been
guilty, and the hopelessness of further
resistance to the regular army, they ad
vised Eudes to think of making friends
with the mammon of unrighteousness
while there was yet time. lie said he
(lid not see his way to getting out of the
scrape. Bourget, in reply, told him not
to fear, for that he had struck upon a
plan which would save the lives of the
three, and enable them to pass a com
fortable old:age at the,cost of " that little
scoundrel Foutriquet " (the nick-name
for " Foutriquet," Bourget
went on to say, fancied the affairs of the
Commune were in a more flourishing
state than he 113ourget. knew them to
be, and they would do well to profit by
his ignorance in asking a high price for
the services he imagined they could
render him. Of course, if any hope
remained of holding Paris for even
a couple of months longer, Bourget and
lhllioray would be the last persons to
enter into negotiations with Versailles.
But as the case stood they were, in sell
ing themselves, simply spoiling their
enemies without dontg material injury
to their friends. Enures at length was
talked over. lint he said that he must,
before lending himself to the scheme of
Bourget and Billioray, apprise his wife
of it. Now, Madame,liudes, at present
a prisoner at Satory, is a very young and
enthusiastic woman, and an ardent Re
publican. When Eudes was eondemned
to death last August Mr attempting to
set Belleville in open rebellion against
the Empire, she said to his advocate :
"You need not conceal from me your
fear that no further hope remains of say
ing hint. I cannot but rejoice to know
that he will die a martyr fur a just
cause." Billioray, knowing of what
stuff Elides' wife was made, endeavor-
ed, but without success, to prevent her
being admitted into the secret. She
was, however, called by Endes, and told
of the brilliant oiler of Gen. Valentin by
the other two. But, as was feared, in •
stead of being dazzled, she became en
raged at the false Communists, and at
Etudes for not arresting them the in
stant they made him such a disgraceful
proposal, and ended by turning them
out of her house.
Not finding it possible to get anything
out of Eudes, who, however, was him
self too much compromised to denounce
the conspirators, Bourget and Billio
ray thought of managing the full of lacy
and other strategic polnts,each of which
were to be separately paid for through
a fellow by the name of Cerisier, a for
mer member of the French Police at
Tours and Bordeaux, and to all appear
ance a violent advocate of the Com
mune. This Cerlsier was a bloated sot.
He had been a soldier under the Em
pire, and passed the period of his mili
itary service In the disciplinary corps
in Africa. Mistaking his unruly, tur
bulent character for an innate hatred of
tyranny, and the fruit of Irrepressible
democratic aspirations, Cerisier, on
leaving the Army, came to Paris, and
set himself up at the public meet
hugs as a martyr of despotism. He
easily suceeded in imparting this
opinion of himself to Belleville, in
whose pot-houses he energetically
supported the Irreconcilable candi
dature of Gam bean. Cerlsier, on
returning from Bordeaux, after the fall
of the ( iambetta (iovernment, got in
with the Delescluze party and obtained
the command of the 101st Battalion,
since notorious for the part it took in
slaying the A reueil Dominicans. There
was no difficulty in striking up a cor
dial understanding with a ruffian of
this stamp. For nearly a week he and
the other two conspirators held nightly
meetings in a cafe of low repute in the
Rue Rochouart. It was there agreed
that Billioray, in his quality of Dele
gate of War upending Cluseret's im
prisonment), was to send Cerisier to
command tile points which the Versail
lists wanted severally to capture. lie
was to drug the brandy of his men, and,
when they were snoring in a lethargic
slumber, signal to the enemy to cuter,
slip off himself to Paris, and there raise
the cry of " The cowards have sold
me." Moulin-Saquet and a post at
Cachan were taken in this way, and
every one of the drugged Nationals shot
by:the:heroic troops who captured them.
Au unexpected change in the direction
of the War Office rendered it impossible
for Versailles to obtain Issy through
Billioray, or through Cerisier, who was
sent to defend the enceinte near the Bois
de Boulogne. The conspirators had al
ready received considerable sums from
Thiers; and the Chief of the Execu
tive, through General Valentin, inti
mated to Bourget at St. Denis, the dis
gust he felt at not getting the full value
of his money. Billioray, on receiving
this message, sent his excuses to M.
Thiers, 'and promised that he would
shortly render valuable services. He did
not hope to gain over any of his Com
munal colleagues; but he thought it
might be well to take into his confidence
one Pilotell, who had been turned out of
the Hotel de Ville for "indelicate con
duct" in seizing on SOO francs belonging
to Madame Chaudey, when he was sent
to arrest herhusband. Bourgetdescribed
this fellow as "corroded with envy, un
scrupulous, poor, luxurious, and suffer
ing from disappointed ambition." He
was a native of Poictiers, and had come
to Paris on the speculation of making a
fortune as a caricaturist and painter of
genre pictures. Naturally, he would be
glad to do any mischief in his power to
the Commune, which had put him in a
pillory, but had made the mistake of al
lowing him to retain his post in the
Police, under Raoul Rigault.
" Pilotell's assistance would be chiefly
useful burking denunciations, and
$/ltteltig/end
in lulling the suspicions which Raoul
Rigault entertained about Cerisier. His
complicity was rated at a high figure.
The Versailles Government readily
agreed to pay what was asked, and sent
a remittance to Bourget, to secure Pilo
tell and a Federalist major of the name
of Mortier, who, with Cerisier, was to
open the gates of Dauphine and La
Muette to the troops of order. Forty
thousand men were sent across the Seine
between 11 o'clock on the night of Tues
day and 2 o'clock on the morning of
Wednesday, the 17th of May, to rush in
through the enceinte when a certain
signal was made by the traitorous Ma
jors. Thesoldiers forming the vanguard
were disguised as Paris Nationals. This
was done, at once, to facilitate the en
trance and to protect Cerisier and Mor
tier front the suspicion of treason and
the vengeance of their own men. 1t
was agreed that the false Nationals were
to come running along the ditch as If
pursued by an enemy; relate hurriedly
how they had made an unsuccessful
sortie In the direction of the Ternes, and
Implore the patriots Inside the wall to
lower quickly the drawbridge and let
them in.
But this, like !natty another artfully I
laid plan, broke down through the Infi
delity of a messenger, Cerisier hail re
fused to take less than rio,ooo francs and
a full pardon ac his share for the sale of
l'orte Dauphine. The money was sent.
But the mercury of the Prefecture, who,
IL apears had managed to worm him
self Into the confidence of the Com
mune, pocketed half the remittance,
and told Cerlsier that, In consequence
of some of ids previous operations hav
ing fulled, M. Tillers would only pay
the remaining 2.'000 frame when the
gate was In ilk possession. Cerisler was
furious. "Does that rascally Pout ri
uet," he cried, "take me fora swindler?
I'll teach the little wretch that cheese
paring is bad policy, and that great ends
are to be secured by liberality." The
unfaithful messenger naturally did not
repeat the saying of the angry major at
Versailles, and the consequence was that
they continued in high spirits thereabout
the little stroke of business they hail
done up to four o'clock on the morning
of the 17th. Mortier, who was not quite
satisfied with the division of the spell
which fell to him, encouraged his wor
thy brother-in-arms to avenge the sup
posed slight, so that when, at two in the
morning, the false Nationals came run
ning to ask admittance, they were met
by a hailstorm of tnltraille. This inci
dent greatly increased the voltildellee of
their superiors In Cerlsier and Monier.
It was trumpeted in the Ofileirl-Journat
as a grand success, and afterwards en
abled the three traitors to materially aid
the Versaillists In advancing quietly
through the enceinte into the very heart
of the intramural defenses. It Is by no
means certain that Bilhoray and I'llo
tell were slain by the troops of order.—
As fur Cerisier and Mortier, they were
shot by their own men near the barri
cades of the Place de la Concorde, where
they were crying that all was lost.
Courageous Conduct of a Citizen.
!Purls (Juno 6) Cur. 0( the Loudon
The papers have related how a M.
Clement, whose name was afterward
found to be Duranel, let the army into
Auteuil by the St. Cloud gate. With
out, however, being altogether incor
rect, the account of it is not complete,
and does not fully explain the events
which preceded and followed the hon
orable action of this brave citizen. M.
Duranel was overseer of roads and
bridges in the service of Mr. Alphant,
chief engineer of the works for the em
bellishment of the town, and under
this name has been for a long time ill
charge of the works about Auteuil and
fussy. M. Duranel, who was tormerly
a non-commissioned ollicer of Marines,
is a man of rare energy. Instead of al
lowing himself to be carried away by
the stream of emigration, he never left
oil communicating with his chief, who
was at Versailles. Being gifted with
superior talents he tv eta able to re
member the fortifications ereetec
by the insurgents, made plans of them
and took them to M. Alphant, whosub•
witted them to the Chief of the Execu
tive Power. He went on with this till
the works being sufficiently advanced,
he felt that the hour had come when it
would lie possible to do more active ser
vice. When the time seemed near he
was put in direct comlllUlliCatioll With
the military authorities, and more es
pecially with Gen. Douai, Commander
in-Chief of the Fourth Corps, which
was encamped at Villeneuve l'Etanis
and Marne, and was to enter Paris by
l'assy and Auteuil. After several at
tempts Duranel signaled that the ram
parts were abandoned, and that the con
fusion in the army of the Party of Dis
order was increasing. 'l'lle more and
more energetic leaders who succeeded
each other in the command did not long
leave this part of the C11 , ;(illiC undefend
ed ; but when the batteries of Montre
tout had destroyed all the houses which
skirt the ramparts at the back, and the
St. Cloud gate was in ruins, its defense
had become impracticable. It had
been almost abandoned for two days,
and the Federal soldiers had taken up
their position at the foot of the bights
of Pussy, when M. Alphant's bold
assistant saw that all the defenders
of the Commune had disappeared
on that side, or, at least, that their num
bers were insignificant. This wits on
Sunday, the '.2lst of May. At:any cost it
was necessary to inform the commander
of the Fourth Corps what was the state
of affairs. M. Duranel could only get at
the General by going through St. Denis,
so he started for the Chemin de Fer du
Nord. It was about 3ln the afternoon.
Thinking over the precious time he was
losing while going this roundabout way,
he was seized with fear lest the Com
munists should re-occupy the ramparts.
He ordered the carriage to turn round,
and alighted as near as possible to the
St. Cloud gate. He was intimately ac
quainted with all this part of Paris, and
was able to avoid the posts of the Insur
gents, and evade the vigilance of the
citizens placed in the houses. The brave
citizen got as far as the ramparts, where
the shells of Montretout were falling
ceaseless. Braving this danger lie mount
ed the salient angle of the bastion,
waving his white handkerchief. About
yards from the glacis, were 3J sailors,
commanded by Commander Treves.
They had their orders, and were per
manently established there, ready at
any moment to avail themselves of an
opportunity. The officer heard Duranel
calling him ; lie raised his head care
fully. A voice called out, "There is no
one left, come on quickly." The officer
fearing some new treachery, answered
" Come on yourself." Duranel imme
diately ran to the gate. The bridges
were broken down, and to pass appeared
impossible. Making use, however, of
some fragments of beams, Duranel con
trived to cross the ditch. lie informed
the officer of the state of affairs ; but the
latter, still on his guard, had him con
ducted undera close escort to Gen. Douai,
who had received notice by telegraph,
and had set out, soon followed by 13er
taut's and L'llerilliers
The meeting between Durunel and
the General was at Billancourt. What
ever confidence (len. Douai may have
had in M. Alphant's brave assistant, he
warned him that if his troops met with
a serious resistance in their entry he
would blow his brainsout. In the mean
time 000 men had been hastily got to
gether. Thirty sailors marched in front;
a body of Suppers had hurriedly placed
planks across the ditch. Ilertaut's 1)i
-vision followed immediately. It was
about k o'clock in the evening. The
Federal post tied, firing their muskets,
and some weak battalions advanced to
resist; but the movement had been so
sudden that they were surrounded or
dispersed, and at 7 o'clock the two first
divisions already held Upper and Low
er Pussy, threatening the Trocadero.
If this position could be gained the
insurrection was crushed. It was to be
feared that, the alarm being given, con
siderable forces would be met there. It
was necessary to make sure. Duranel
again undertook this perilous mission.
He made his way across the little streets
to the terraces, and returned immedi
ately to say that the troops might ad
vance. As before, (ten. Douai warned
him that be would blow his brains out
if compelled to retreat. Duranel did
not hesitate, although the Commune
might have rallied and returned to the
attack during the march. He was ready
to give his life for the good of the city. An
hour later the Fourth Corps occupied
the terraces which command the Troca
dero, and established themselves strong.
ly, ready the next day to take the Arc
de l'Etoile, the Pare Monceau, the Fau
bourg St. Honore, and the St. Lazare
railway station. They had surprised
the insurgents in the houses and behind
their barricades, without the latter be
ing able to do any material harm to the
troops. There is no doubt that the army
would have entered Paris easily with
out Duranel's courageous act, but it
would have entered after a breach had
been made two or three days later. It
is impossible to calculate what disasters
three days of delay might have entailed
on the City of Paris.
flow the Old German Emperors Were
Crowned.
The Golden Bull of the Emperor Carl
IV., made hi 1356, fixed upon Frank
fort as the place where the election of
the Emperors should take place; Aach
en, or Aix-la-Chapelle, was to be the
place of coronation, and Nuremberg
was to preserve the coronation jewels.
Aachen was found to be too near the
borders and too far away from the cen
tre of the Empire. The last Emperor
crowned there was Ferdinand 1., in
and all the Emperors since Max
imilian I I , were crowned ut Frank
fort; Aachen receiving compensation
in the shape of a good SUM of money at
every ceremony.
For almost three centuries Frankfort
became the coronation city of the Emu
perms, thu. , gaining at once great polit
ical iumortanee. That the ceremonies
had originally something Magnificent
shout them Is very probable ; thin stilt
ed the character of the times In which
they originated ; but towards the last
they had too much the appearance of a
vast masquerade to he pleasing.
The business of electing the Emperor
was arranged to eollllllellee 011 the
of August. The Hereditary Chancellor
or the Empir,, the Archbishop of flay
core, had already arrived, and the elect
ors of Mayence and Treves, and of the
Palatinate, wore there In person. The
electors or Saxony, Brandenburg, Bo
hemia and Ilamover had sent represen
tatives, while those of Bavaria anti Co•
loame were considered 104 10141 or
Fem.., The Hereditary Marshal of
the Empire opened the ceremonies,
lee receiving the customary present of
a cask or wine from the city, by going
out to fetch lii the lereditary Chancel
lor the Archbishop of Mayetn , 1, who
arrived timid the ringing of bells anti
thunder of cannon, with a train of six
hundred followers, clerical and worldly,
noble youths with their court, fencing
and lancing masters, chamberlains,
lackeys, coo rt-tallors, besides nearly
five hundred horses and a vast number
carriages. 'then followed the Arch
bishop of Treves with a smaller retinue
then the Elector of the Palatinate, the
grandest of them till.
At last the day of decision came ; all
strangers were compelled to leave the
city on the day before the election was
completed; the Jews dare not show
themselves upon the street; at five
o'clock In the evening the gales of the
city were closed, and the keys handed
over to the Hereditary Chancellor of
the Empire; the black mourning of the
electing MOM Wits now ChlllllZell into
drapery of red velvet, rich In gold or
namentation ; magnificent Nether
lands tapestry W 11.5 suspended from the
walls; the last day of the election in
the Romer was over ; the E2th of (lobo
her was set apart for the grand gala
procession of the electors, ecclesiastical
and secular, to the cathedral, where, in
the little electoral chapel, the final act
of election was to be consummated.
The bells of the city rang loud, the
streets were alive with the populace,the
equipages and gay liveries made the
people stare. Finally, the electors
reached the Dunt ; mass was read, the
Electors were then taken into the
Electoral Chapel, the door being fasten
ed, and the key handed over to the
Hereditary Marshal of the Empire,
who, it is audit, kept it until the Electors
were unanimous. Romer-Buchner says
that originally the custom was to wall
in the Electors in this chapel until they
were 1/11111111110M4 in their
_choice, food
being given to them through openings
in the wall! The Archbishop of May
enee now asked his co-Electors, super
fluous enough, if they hail any objec
tions to the election of King Carl of
Spain. Very naturally they answered
No, and he was elected, unconsciously,
as the Emperor Carl VI. The result
was quickly made known; trumpets,
drums, church-bells, cannon-tiring and
loud hurrahing almost deafened the
spectators ; the Electors then went on
horseback front the cathedral to the
Romer, and thence to their residences,
the closed gates were opened, strangers
sped in front all sides, the Jews crept
out of their houses, and couriers sped in
hundreds to take the news to the cities
of the Empire.
Then canto the coronation ceremonies.
The King WaS expected to arrive front
Spain about the middle of December,
which interval was used by the electors,
princes and the rest, in amusements of
any kind they liked. A multitude of
princes, counts and noblemen came
with their followers to congratulate the
new Empertir; the deputies front Aix
la-Chapelle came with the obi insignia
there preserved ; the deputies from Nu
remberg, with the insignia there pre
served; from Aix-la-Chapelle was
brought the sword of Charlemagne, the
costly book of the Evangelists, being
the four gospels in golden letters, left on
earth by the Evangelists; mot, finally,
a little casket, with earth upon which
the blood of Stephen had flowed
—both front the grave of Charle
magne; from Nuremberg was brought
another sword of Charlemagne, the
sword of St. Mauritius, the golden scep
tre, imperial apple, imperial mantle, the
dalmaticia, stela, stockings, sandals,
gloves and two girtlets, The new Em
peror arrived on the Illth of December
with an endless retinue--cavillers,
horse-guards,heyducks, lackeys,eighty
n six-span carriages, fifteen two-spun
carriages with the Frankfort magis
trates and ten with Frankfort citizens,
the latter having gone out to meet the
King in order to present hint with the
keys of the city and to bring their con
gratulations. Amid the Ilringof cannon
and the shouts of the people, " Es lebe
Carolus VI.:" the King approached the
cathedral, where he attended mass,
swearing to the electoral constitution,
and then to his palace, where audiences.
festivities and gala promenades occupied
his time until the :22d of December, the
day of coronation.
The :20th her , • hied it to the people.
On Sunday the historic ox, which was
to oe rousted whole on the great square
before the Romer, for the coronation
meal, was led around the city, preceded
by drum and fife, anti' decorated with
ribbons. The Nuremberg deputies also
went In procession through the streets
to the Emperor's palace, where Carl was
to try on the garments of Charlemagne,
Court tailors being in attendance to see
what alterations would be necessary.
The Frankfort magistrate brought the
customary present of a large gilded sil
ver wash-basin and jug, besides a purse
filled with five hundred double ducats,
two large butts of Rhine wine, and two
wagon loads of oats. The coronation
day dawned at last, the people being
awakened early by the bells calling the
garrison to their posts at the city
gates, Which were to remain closed dur
ing the ceremonies, and to form the es
palier front the imperial palace to the
Romer, and from the Romer to the cath
edral. At eight the two Archbishops,
accompanied by a Multitude of prelates,
want to the cathedral,:in readiness to re
ceive the Emperor. They were follow
ed by the Aix-la-Chapelle and Nurem
berg deputies to guard the insignia
which had been placed by the assistant
clergy upon the altar. Meanwhile the
two swords of Charlemagne had been
taken in solemn procession to the im
perial palace, and front here the impe
rial procession started for the cathedral,
the high personages mounted, the King
on a Neapolitan full-blood under a can
opy borne by ten members of the Imper
ial Diet, and followed by an immense
train, with trumpeters and black drum
mers. Arriving at the cathedral the re
ligious ceremonies commenced. The
clergy greeted the Emperor, led him to
the coronation altar and then to the
"prayer chair," which was surrounded
byLthe high officials, while the heralds,
vvithl Um Hereditary Marshal of the
Empire, arrayed themselves before the
throne.
Then followed chanting and mass;
the chief court master then took the
Bohemian crown from ofrthe Emperor's
head, the Archbishop of Mayence then
read the litany over him, held a sort of
examination in the Latin language
about the duties of regents, then asked
the Electors if they would be subject to
the new ruler, a question which was, of
course, not negatived. After a prayer,
the Archbishop anointed the Emperor
with the sacred oil, "first," says a Dior
ium of the coronation, "upon the crown
of the head, to the proper accomplish
ment of which the ambassador of the
Elector of Brandenburg held up his
Majesty's peruke a little;" then between
the shoulders, on the chest, on the right
arm, between the hand and ,wrists and
finally — on the flat hand, with the
NUMBER 2G
words: "This hand must be anointed
with the same sacred oil with which
the kings and prophets were anoint
ed, like as Samuel anointed David
to be King!' Then came the task of
the Nuremberg deputies to accompany
the Emperor into the conclave, In order
to clothe his majesty with the imperial
garments and jewel ; this done, follow
ing his ornamented majesty back, to the
altar, where the sword of Charlemagne
was placed in his hands with the words :
"Take this sword from the unworthy,
though, by the administration of the
Apostles, consecrated hands, and use
it by virtue of our blessings, In the pro
tectipu of the holy church, to which
;odlias ordained It, and remember what
David says, ' (tin thy sword about thy
loins!' The sword was then put in lis
sheath, girded about the Emperor's loins
by the Elector of the Palatinate, the
Archbishop then placed a ring upon the
linger of his Majesty, as a sign of royal
dignity, the sceptre and imperial apple
were handed to him, then the Nurem
berg deputies placed the mantle over
his shoulders, Lind livally the two Arch
bishopsplaced the imperial crown upon
his head, and received front him the
oath of adelity. The sacrament was
then administered; after divine worship
the eccleslastival blessing wee admin
istered, and the congratulations of the
people outside the church found vent In
wild hurrahing, Kaiser Is crown-
Subsequent ceremonies more more
popular In character. From the cathe
dral to the Romer. where the eoronation
banquet was to take place, and In tried
of which the popular festivities were to
he held, an elevated causeway had been
erected, and this covered with orange
and white cloth, upon which the Em
peror would tread, the distance living
probably two hundred yards. The en
tire way was tilled to excess by the
crowd, which waited now expectantly
for Its share of the festivities, wide!' con
sisted in scrambling and lighting for
pieces of the cloth lei soon to the Em
peror and the procession had passed over
I. They fell upon it like tigers, cutting
and tearing and shouting with all their
might. People had thus an opportunity
given to study at ease the appearance
presented by the cortege, t he ornament
ed garments of such antiquated fashion,
the gold and silver embroidery, the
variegated coats and stall's of the heralds,
and, most interesting of all, the old
royal garments of Charlemagne upon
the forms of hie successors. Goethe
relates that when :tlarla Theresa
saw her consort, Francis the First,
returning from the cathedral elm! In
the strange costume, looking like a
ghost of Charlemagne, and he, "ua if
in Jest, raised both his hands, and show
ed her the imperial globe, the sceptre
and the curious gloves, she broke out
Into immoderate laughter, to the great
delight and edification of the crowd."
Ile also narrates that when Joseph I I.
wits frowned, and made this memora
ble Journey from the cathedral to the
ltomer, lie laughed outright when he
saw Ills father gazing at him, mince the
old Carolingian garments, in spite of all
tucks and hems, would not sit well."
Such, In outline, were the ancient
ceremonies connected with the corona
tion of the old German lilllperors.
Strength. Power, and Influent , of the
International-The Mont Wontlerlul
Organization of Modern 'rimes.
I have before too an elaborate account, of
this society, from which it would appear
that although only nine years have elapsed
since its foundation, it counts upwards of
2,500,000 members. lint even this does not
include all the affiliated societies which as
sisted in their various political and revolu
tionary enterprises by the International,
and which comprise the Fenians, the Mar
ianne, the Brothers of the Republic at
Lyons and Marseilles, the numerous secret
societies of Russia and Poland, and the
Carbonari generally all over Europe. The
Central Coinmitteo of this association,
which has a branch in America, is in
London, and its presiding spirit is a Ger
man, who conceived the idea of organiz
ing in Berlin, in a definite and tangibly
form, the theories of Bab , cut', Diebneck,
Jacobi, Proudhon, and others. There is
to President, but the central office is coin
',ism' or a Secretary-General and filletal
Item hers. Each country composes ub ran 01,
if the association. Each britech is divided
nto sections. Each important centre I'
tub-divided into other sections, with aces ,
nit bureau. Every week each ,•entra
bureau sends to the London office-1.0 de
tailed report on the political and cominer•
,dal events of the neighborhood; 2, a state
ment of additional members; 3, a !Malicia
statement; 4, a statement by name 0
the principal merchants and trades
men: 5, x statement by 1111010 of the
principal proprietors and capitalist,
ii, collies of !Mouton of meetings held.—
'Pifer° are, of course, many other se
cret rules regarding the expulsion of mem
tiers, and the means of pressure to be OM
ployed in cases of strikes, &v., which
have no means or obtaining; hot it will up
pear from the above that the organizatim
is one conceived 011 a scale capable of in
definite expansion, and appealing to the
sympathies of the largest mid least reputa
ble class or thecommenity in all countries
The catastrophe of Paris, so far 144 opera
ing as a check to its growth, will probably
give It a powerful impetus, as, unhappily.
the more infamous the notoriety of such all
association becomes the more attractive
will it prove to that large section of society
over whom such a celebrity exercises an
irresistible fascination. It is to ha regret
ted there should also be a large chins of
persona, with such singularly perverted
notions, that they coniscientiously believe
the reformation of humanity can only he
worked out by slaughter and ineendistrism
on a vast scale. Such men were Deles•
close, M iot, Coubet, and many other, ol
tile leaders of the late moven' un t, one it
the most sanguinary of whom—M.lllore
who had probably ordered the execution o
noire innocent persons than any of his col
leagues—when he was shot shouted witl
his last breath, " Vivo Pliumanite." Thu!
may "the enthusiasm of humanity" In
verted become absolutely fatal to It. The
philanthropic Ideas of Lafrancals, also an
honest enthusiast, took another form ; he
advocated the burning of all the pu blue
buildings In Paris in order to erect In their
places civil hospitals. 'rho peculiarity of
this association is, therefore, that while It
appeals to the whole working classes of the
civilized world by an argument which the
simplest can comprehend, and offers a
refuge and support to the revolutionisus of
every country, it has a pl/110,40pily and a
political economy of Its own sufficiently
specious to attract theorists and would-be
reformers. It reaches the loftiest and the
basest natures, those who unsel [Wily wish
to raise other', and those who selfishly de
sire to rise themselves at the expense of
others. It embraces in it, threefold politi
cal, social, and moral character political
agitators, paupers, and philosophers—a
combination of forces which imparts to
this organization altogether special powers
of action.. As it raises its head in one ' o il
try after another, we shall 000 how far the
special conditions of political morals and
society which exists In each aro calculated
to cope with it.—London Timr.v.
Import ..I Stilt..-Test Case on a Lire-
Innuranee,Poiley.
INDIANAPOLIS, Juno Ili,—A suit or con
siderable importance, which has been in
progress in the United States Court for SUMP
days, Was decided last week. 'rho facts are
as follows: John T. Martin against the
Guardian Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of New York—suit upon a if,, insurance
contract. In the year IsOS, the plaintiff,
Martin, was residing in this city with his
toothier, a widow. She was keeping house
for her son and be was providing the memos
of living. In October, 114101, tlio defendant
was in tile employ of the defendants as
solicitor and agent. Gilbert WWI their gen
eral agent for the State of Indiana, and
Martin a sub-agent. Martin applied to the
company, through f'hil bort, for a Joint policy
upon his life and the lite of his mother, or
the sum of $2,1510, payable to tile survivor
upon the death of either. The applications
were made out, and Gilbert agreed that
the insurance should commence when the
policy was issued, and within sixty days
thereafter he would deduct front the plain
tiff's salary an amount su Ilicient to pay the
first semi-annual premium.
Martin assented to this, and on the 20th
of ()ember, Isos, Gilbert forwarded the ap
plications to the company. They were re
ceived there on the 22d, and a policy issued
the Maine day. The policy was forwarded
to Gilbert and reached him on the 2.5 th.—
On the 24th Mrs. Martin was taken sick,
and Gilbert, learning it, concealed the fact
that the policy had arrived. Ott the 27th
Mrs. Martin died and on the same
day Gilbert returned the policy to the
Company, when it was destroyed. On
the Slat the plaintiff called upon Gilbert for
his policy. Gilbert said he had heard
nothing from the Company in reference to
it.. He denied that he had received the
policy, and continued to deny it up to the
time this suit was brought. 'rho plaintiff
charged that Gilbert and the officers in Now
York made false entries on their books,
and on the original applications, and anti
dated entries, destroyed letters that passed
between Gilbert and the Company, that
Gilbert has torn out and destroyed the
pages from his letter-book, upon which
some of these letters were copied.
The defense do not deny the above, but
aver that because the policy was not deliv
ered and the premium paid, there was no
consummation of the contract, and they are
consequently not liable.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict for the
full amount claimed with interest. A for
midable array of counsel appeared on both
aides.
Collision on the
ilroad New 'York Central
Ra.
A Rochester despatch to the Trims c gives
the details of the accident on the New York
Central Road, mentioned on Tuesday :
A collision occurred on the Central Rail
road, at Fairport Station, ten miles east of
this city, at o'clock this morning, between
an accommodation freight and paasergur
train bound west, and a freight train going
in the same direedon. The freight should
have preceded the accommodation train
from Syracuse, but was three hours behind
time. The latter left Syracuse on time, and
was on time at Fairport. At the time of the
accident the passenger train stood at the
station, and the engineer was engaged in
taking water front the tank, when an
alarm was given by a switchman that the
freight train was coming ifround a sharp
curve just east of the station. The conduc
tor, 1.. S. Ryser, ordered tho engineer to
start, which was obeyed instantly, but too
late to prevent a collision. The freight en
gine struck the rear passenger car, in which
were ton passengers, and lifted it from the
track, leaving it and breaking the nest two
ears. The third car of the freight train
mounted the second at right angles with it
and was going at such a rate of speed that,
striking the station wood shed, It swept
away the facing eaves and lower portion of
the roof of the wood-shed for its
length, 300 feet, until it came in contact with
the brick water-buck at the west end of the
shed, which is completely demolished--
litre rho wreck became general, dm ems
piling upon each other in confusion, block
lug the tracks and delaying trains for sev
eral liourA.
•
All the passengers In the passenger ear
were more or less injured. 0110 old gen
llenniti, when the alarm was given, ran out
on the pint (11111, 1111t1 when the crash vaine
evict caught between the ears. 01111 01 lily
WlL4ill+rribly crushed, and lie mutter
ed internal injorlll4. 110 was taken to
the village, and lie. ?bore amputat
ed his leg. II is name Is l'yrns
Andrew., anii he iv a liroiltive tun•-
'hant 111 Sac 1111111111, N. V. This allernoon
he was In an ox , ssslingly critical condition,
1111t1 011 M.Ollllll Of 1114 age, to-dap being his
115th birthday, his recovery Is very doubt
ful. Or the oilier 111144111114111 , 1, Sumner 1..
Deputy hated Staley
Malaita, and Dr. the place, wore
severely bruised and cut about 010 11011,1
111111 41111111i111f4. TllO 110111'104 4114 1 / 1 111011 by
the others were not siivarti, aupl they were
able In proveoll.
1 . 11111.311/•1 1 4 lhut Ind to 1110 111.01110111 W111"11
nn utter disregard of all rules 1 , 11 11w part
of the 011141111 W of the Freight train. Ile
know that the passenger trail was 101011/1a
111111, 111111 11'10111110 lit 11111111110 nt Fairport,
311t1 1111 4110111t1 1011.11 110011 011 1110
I . lll* 11, 041111011111 y 114 111111'11 Is n 41111111 11111%,
.11114 inlet 1411111 41311011. 1111 Nl'llll also run
ning ut 11111111'11 11114110 r rate t.r sprod than
In allowed. 111111 1110 11131111 111/1 110011 given
111111 11111 111144011141-r train started, not a
~,,111 wuulll have escaped. The 01110111111 em
11111110 14 11114. 110 1111.1 1111114141 40V0ral
11110111111114 rllolllll.ly, 1111 111411111yillg I.llok •
104411044, and groat 1111111.1111111011 14 11/11. 01111-
110(11111g 111111, and the entire blame or the
11111110111•11i141.141 1./1 111111, It should be 4111111
also, 111111 IL 14 011410111111'y I . ol' the passenger
tra
in
about live tulle, east. a Fairport, hilt 1101110
Jaya SlllOOlllO rtlltil tll4OOlllllllllllllllO Witlllll
- 1.110111, deeming it ail cinnovoio.ary ex
pense. The result woe that the 00101111014
teak 11ro there bast night, and were ilestro) , -
ed. 111111(1114 tot areiirreii, the liamnanitor
train would have 131(1111 He Wood and wale r
thero, and have lugo , i this \ray 1,101
freight tram.. -S. I'. Tribune.
A Veritable hill ,r
Marvelous stork's aro told of the ores that
are loam; taken out of tho Silver Island ro
gion, un (ho norther' shore Loh, Soper-
Tho Chicago 7'elbsole In Informed that
front a mimeo or only ahout sixty lona nylon ,
a Detroit company last 101 l took out otglay
tons of oro Olat worked out e , s0, 000 ; that
during . the Whiter tlsoo,ooo In t 41.000,000
worth of era was minid and noun) really
for shipment; that on the reopening of nay-
Igallot. a single vessel brought down
Detroit, In one cargo, ;32)10,000 In ore; hint
good deal ..f the ore taken cult during the
winter will turn out. $7,0111 and 5,11110 of It
81,0011 per ton, anti that smaller tplantitlel
liaVe produced at the ritto of $17,0111) per toll.
NO ouch yield an that reported front this
Luke Superior region Ims over before been
reported on the A inericati ,ffitinout.
average paying return of the l'onistoek and
f l olorado min.'s Is from es() to per ton.
Sliver Island is situated In Thunder Bay,
a fearful and wonderful region, where In
cipient thunder and lightning roar and
flash around preelpiLeils, • 'oraggy 1•Iiils
tholisalla feet in height, indicating the
presence in enormous quantities of mineral
deposits a
The vein which crosses Silver Island had
been traced across the wain Niel a tlisianve
Of 500111 Miles, and it is said to be .• !early
defined from the surrounding rocks by
being several feet in width and two or three
feet high, anil of a wholly different Lind
harder material. Tttn or three other coin
ninnies have prospected and obtained, as
they think, lands fully us promising as
those occupied by Om Detroit company.
Ho great, however, is the confidence of the
astute capitalists of the latter company that
they are erecting reduction works near
lietroit, and al ready have knit hundred until
employed in getting out theme. It is very
seldom that the first adventurers in such
fields procure the whole Of the 11111,11. Vilin
ablo of the treasure. It is evidently not a
pocket deposit, but a fissure vein id argon
titerous galens, or silver and lead-bearing
rock, of which the lowest yet tillinn nut
troves the richest.
An A nnerlean Ael rerer yr an Eng;
Int!nM
About fifteen years ago a very Ilnalook
ug yoiing wiithati appeared till the slag.
thii \•arieties ithen OW (iltait.4) I,l' this
ity, under tho management or !holt
Ituurl
snit. There wits the usual story respect
mg this attractive lady -that she wan of :In
.X4l'llolll family in Philadelphia, hail sill-
lered great reverse of fortune, and, being
I,ll.4st,Sed Ida great love a the I
tirally ',ought a theaLric.il engagement.•
This she !procured ill this iiIV from r.
H(wejvault, whn justly culcu bated that '4llO
would prove a great hit. In this he was
not disappointed, no her as the Lady ' s phy
sical charms and graces were concerned.
Iler drainatie talents, however, did not.
prove SO 4III . 1•0,1,11111.
Thu rierrubrate at Llie Gaieties "owl 111 , 1!allla
a great card, and the front seals of the par
quet, were id Icuyn secured, when she ap
peared, by Millllll f)f our solid mon, who
were regarded lISIrr,/1/11,1.1.yri//, in OM spacial
line of attractiveness in which she Ivan no
highly endowed. ' rho ',nano', pa,nnc:l, buss
ever, without any special 1,11,11 , 111,q1111 or
result of these Ittlent.ll,llM, and 11111 lady die
appeared from the scene. And, Wit
with others, had settled down an the
bOallllllll Wirt, A , llllO wealthy gentleman
who tilts Capahla of appreciating so much
[wanly and elegance.
Ilia the lato,t
from tho ()Id shown that thi4 way
an orrenoeum eoneltodon. Thor:et,/ .Ther
lot/ of London 1111111J11,10,1 Um recent mar
riago of Um elegant NI 1:44 .1 00410 Nle Loan to
Lord Cowper, tho stop4en or tho lato Lord
l'itlineroLon, the pesminmer Lho hinelonnio
Meow° M . .1:140,000, Tlio"boe'lnl" walking
lady the Listietiom 111,4 new boverno Lim
oLately and elegant Lady Caw a ir. Silo will
adorn Lilo brilliant circle which oho Mei on
tored, and will, we doubt net., worthily till
the Mae(' ono(' noon Mud with Mn, much ',tat
by. Lho aeomnpll.holl Engittiol'n
tannin Seto firteno.l l'oretr,
Avant.%la Doe Me Government from Eli,
Itervollo Pollee to rn.
Statements having been published to Lb.,
ehleet that an amount exceeding thirty• II ye
millions at dollars In 1 1 11,11 wan 111111 10 1.1111
iffivernment from ex-collectors of internal
revenue, which IIIIIIII.IIIL WOlllll !MVO, prob
ably be collected, Commissioner Pleasan
ton has recently caused an 1101111111111.111111 to
Ire made of the books of the Internal Have
n Lie Bureau, for the purpose ffiascertaiiiing
the exaet amount due in cash from these
ex-officers, and linik that It reaches n total
of $2,5111,105 29, distributed aiming the sev
eral States as 1 . 1/1111W14:
Alabama, ; Ark an sits, 8130,(154
311 ; Delaware $5,51.1 20; lieergin, $13,5911.-
; Idaho, 82-1,105.00 ; Illinois, $11,19)1.1U;
Indiana, S:,X, Ina, - 1I; lowa, $2,04 1 ,1,70; Kllll
- $11.1,133.33; Louisiana, $1.1011,7.15.1,7;
91 aryland, Lk - 01,1 , 15..10 ; Mlehigan.BlB,o2l4lol;
91 innesida, $1:0111.1.1; 91in50ur1,t5116:66.91;
Montana, P,591.32; NoVada, 811,1;55.02;
Now Mexico, $11.15,4011 all; Now York, 821i
-713.0U; Ohio, t 1119,1115.57 ; T•tx,.,;3.16,5 . 2.0.0; ;
Virginia, $.00,1190.511; Nebraska, VlO,-
h 59,00 ; Ytiw Jersey, $3O 933.79; North Car
olina, $74,511.111; Pennsylvania, 8'217,001.11;
Virginia, i31:i5500,1.1; NVisconsiii,Ll.23,7ll.ll,oo;
total, 2,513,105.:1ii,
The large amount due in the State of
Louisiana is attributable to the cumbrous
machinery which the law provided for col
leetion of tax On 1 . 1/Lton, correct returns
not having been revel veil from States until
many of the officers hail been removed
from their positions. This statement has
been prepared with greateare, and it is be
lieved to be vory nearly correct. Snits for
the roil, very of the amounts due have been
commenced In every instance, and judg
ment In !nanny cases Obtltl ned. IL Is
thought that the Ili vernment will ma
lose any considerable Mlllll, as bonds in
most cases are considered good, and ample
paytnents are being made into the 'creasury
almost daily upon thrive accounts, and at
the expiration of the present year the
amount remaining unpaid will be very ma
, turially lessened.
Nape In Herk,• Conn
Alderman Richards nn outlay evening
nonninitted Joseph 11. Jackson, to answer
the charge of rape upon Mrs. Selina
Jackson is an agent for a picture firm on
Seventh street, near Franklin. lie is a
married man, and about 40 years of age.—
He went to thu residence of Mrs. Huber,
No. 232 Orange street, yesterday afternoon],
to collect a but of $2 due on a picture, which
she had purchased from him. Mrs. Hu
ber alleges that he knocked at the front
door, which One opened, and upon seeing
Who it was she went to get the money for
him, when he entered the room, turned the
key in the lock and committed the offense.
The plaintiff is a respectable married lady,
who moved to Reading front Montgomery
county a short time since.
A party of six young men have been ar
rested and held to bail before a Justice of
the Peace, for committing an outrageous
assault upon a young girl, Miss Princen
hoff, at Lobachsville, in Pike township,
Berko county. The details of the affair aro
not lit for publication. The scoundrels we
hear, attacked her, tied her hands, gagged
her, and then misused her person in a bru
tal manner, injuring her so severely as to
confine her to her bed for some time. The
girl is about 20 years of age. The young
men engaged in the affair are, wo aro sur
prised to hear, respectably connected, and
themselves and their friends have raised a
considerable amountof money with a view
of obtaining a settlement. The girl's rela
tives, however, are determined that the full
punishment of the law shall be meted out
.o the miserable rascals.