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I SCIHMOND COUNTY ADVANCE. J. raifPOM, Jr., FlHtttr aiii Pioirielof. AUv*. ~ •iiDonunmmi' veab. CT .^ptiscb . SUDSUUrllUB CUPT, 3 CBTnu VOL. 1. WEST NEW BRIGHTON, S. I., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1886. NO. 36. wjwnttB. BS PXB-rtXAX. WlM eoDt<iniplat«s this world of mirt. of all ita wondnma efawsM. It* Mtent and Itii latont power 'l*^ throush alt nataro'* Ttsta rasgei. Iho bro^ealng plain, the nuhlDCrtTar. aatfthe mountnln top, Allthiima bot man go on fore-rer: The natural forces never stop. • T^oeean wide, the monntain lake. Tb« awe-inspiring sauimer et W The Tarying changes th ' \ As they taair wondroi iges that they make part;! perform. Man is a puny stripling hero. Tbe sport of every wind that blows; Th* changes in each coming year Are man's hereditary foes. The mind that set this world in motion And gavo to every forco its laws. • Tbat set the boundaries to the ocean. Is Berl«rt Spencer's 'greathrstcause.' I view the sky so bright and clear. 1 see the beanties of the sod: The great first cause that I revere Is king of heaven and earth, oar \God.\ 'i'heru ms no other amou? tKo fifty vitb those iiiitbkis; I know it, for 1 had likened atlentirely to the loll-call th^ praceded ibedrawiog. Bat I forbear to say more ol mv feebugs m that moment; the asonToC a l^etime wai crowded into them. Major Tomer went on with his efforta tc read the name. \Thera'a an F . in the middle, plain enoQgh; that next capital looka like a P— \ -dif thataiu'tanF . Flyn too. Captain Fljan, A REMARKABLE ESCAPE. Among the many gallant officers who a the Slate of New York gave to the Union •rmy was Captain John F . Portor, of the Foartoeuth Itefnment New York Voloateet Cavalry. It was not my good fortnno tc meet him until April, 18U-1, altboagh w€ were both Ber\ ing in the Deportment of the Onif, nnd on the Aome day. Jtmo 14» 18G3. each of us hod on experience before the Confederate ml^ol of Port Hudson, the memory of whrn^ill be life-long. Mine related to tho snngninary ond nusiiccessful assault, wheu the columns of Grover and Wcitzel were burled onainst those iaiprcc- noble fortiBcations; his to o eaj>tivity there begun, which, with his subsetiuent experi- ence iu Uichmond, and *bis daring and wunderfut escaiie, will make a uarrotiTe which the whole nupublished records of individaal heroism in the great struggle may be well challenged to excel. He bears the remarkable distinction of having tho first Union oHicer who escaped from Libbr Prison. Coptain Porter is ns moclest as dariug; ond, well knowing that the nar- ratiro would olways remain unpublished il be were depended upon to write it, his old friend and comrade pmys him to toke no ofTens'j if be crsujs the task, putting the oarmtive iu thu first person, a s its intense interest seems to deuiond: Burly ou the morning of June 14 I was Bent out with my company up the Jackson road, to watch for the a|ipearance of the enemy's covulrj', it being expected thot they would tuke odrnutnge of our assault on the works to make a dash at our lines About two miles up th£- road we were sud' denly surrounded and taken prisoners by a battalion of gmj-co.its who (lashed out of the woods on iMth sides of the road, rrgret that the limiU which are prescribed for thi-) occouut will not permit me to relate tlit hundred interesting incidents of that dii3', wben I was held n captive, with my ompany , almost iu sight of the Unio? ^.tacking colomus. ond listened to tb<. (ITumor of the assnult; nor the mcidents of (be following two weeks, ns we were slowly tmnsported to Kichmnnd in close and filthy caltle>car8. -I find it necessary to save npoce by beginning, at once, with m; finement iu the Libby; first mentioning that before we were searched tliere in the woodn. iieor Port Hudson, I was fortunat enough to l)o able to secrete beneath th buttons of my coot three double eagles that v.ere in my pocket. To these three gold picces, nnd the forethought that sui gcsted their concealment, 1 was final! indebted, iu a great measure, for my cni»o. At the time when the doors of the old tobacco warehouse dosed upon mo almost two hundred Union olHcers were inside it, of every grode, from Brigadier down. They had been captured in every part of tho military situation, represented every loyal State, and all arms of tho service, and had collectively fought in the greatest battles of tho war, np to that time. Those of the number who arc best known to fame were General Neal Dow, Colodel Btreight. and Lieutenant Colonel Irvine. We were conliued in large rooms up-stairs, with guards in tho halls, Mniirds outside, and n regular visit and '^11-call twice a day by the commandant, ^'hot I saw and heonl in that place would fill o book. That I snfTered, I need not say; b.id fo<M], and litUe of it; bod air, Alth, vermin, and the dreary, irksome con- finement, need hanlly be named in proof rf that. Yet our captivity was somewhat lishtened by the fnemlsbips that grew up Within those dreary wolh. Those of ns who were confined in the same room conld talk tOKether, although subject to constant watch. Some of us worked very cantiously for a long tfme to remove several bricks fiom the parUtion-wall between us and the next room, wheu we g^nld stealthilT con- verse with its occuoantB. I n thia w^ I diacovered some old friends, and cheered myself and them by givinffand inxohni but—no, P m d- Now I have it: standout there!\ The corrected name was B. F. Flvnn. The two doomed Captains bade as fa>«. well manftilly as they were taken away by the guard; and we were returned to oui and them by giving i jfohnatfon from home. During the first few montha of my im- prisonment, there was reiy IMtla whisper- .!ng among ns on the subject of eacape. Tho seaabn progreaaed; and whan Oenaral Jieade withdrew from Mine Bun. We on- darstood that there was to be a n invest* m»ni of Bichmond that winter. Then our ' kopea and our talk tamed t o that wiU-o^ ' the-wisp, \exchange.\ Ah, how many poor hearts grew sick and weaiy, how many brave men have died, waiting for that hope Oelipned! Time passed; thero was no ex- -ohanite; we realised that we most not put great faith in the ability of oor Oovein- •Mnt to Uberato ua. After thi^ over oor miaerable rationa, or la the Axkmtv o t winter nichla^aawe lay ahivering od tho cold floor, aastoiniag crar <lroopiiic aptnta with what foHitade we conld command, we liegan to conaalt together about the choncea of eeeape, and to watoh oarrowly hy daf for t^ way to aeeompHsh it. Ou r vita — ^ 1 by hanger and —»— by'th^ lhatiaallt ittairtt o thee The names of Flynn and Sawyer ought to go into historv; and if mental STiflTering, the dreadful aoKuish of soul endured foi their country, can count anything in the making of heroes, they surely should be honored as such. Though thev were nevei executed, tbey lived for weeks in the hourly expectation of the summons to go out to their death. Bravely did they endare it.\ On leaving the prison they were taken be- fore General Winder, the commandant of tbe citT, who ordered them confined in irons. Thia they suffered for several weeks, until the Richmond aathorities were in- formed by our War Department that twc Confederate officers of nigh ranir, includ- ing one of tbe Ijee familv, who were then prisoners, were held as iiostagcs for these men, and would certainly share their fate. Then tbe irons were removed, and the day of the execution was indefinitely deferred. They were at last returned to tbe Libby; and it was a joyfnl greeting that their old comrades gave them. Another remarkable incident which hap- pened before any attempt at escape was mode, was the release of Lieutenant Colonel Irviu, of the Tenth X. Y. Cavalry. It was as imcxpected to him as to any of us, nnd ha]>peued in a singular way. John 9kIor- gan's Adjutant General had been Pome time before this captured in Kentucky, imd taken to Washington. His name I do not re- member; but he'was a Lieutenant Colonel, and was fortunate enough to discover old friends among high military authorities at Washington. On his word of honor that he would procure the exchange of an Union officer of like rank for him-^elf, or, failing; in that, would himself return, to captivity, be was released from the Old C.i])itol Prison, and Kent by flag-of-truce to Itichmond. Tho result wa^ the release ond exchange of Lieutenant Colonel Irvine. I shall not attempt to paint the scene when oue of the prit>on officers entered one mom- iuK in January, and, calling for Colonel Irvine, communicated the good new:*, and bade. him get ready to leave at once. We crowded around him; wo wrung his bauds, some with tears in their eyes, con- gratulating him on hts good fortune, and bidding him not to forget us. \You may be sure I will not,\ the good- hearted and brave man replied. \I'll not let them alone in AVashington till they do something for yon.\ None of the inmates of the Libbv at that time have ever doubted that the Colonel did •ill tbat man could do for us. Upod his urgent request Secrotniy Stanton made him a special agent of exchanges, and he trav- eled several times from Washington to City Point to effect our liberation. It \\a>< no fault of his tbat his neRotiutions failed. One dny a letter was handed into our room from Colonel Irvine, written at City I'oint. He told us how he had labored for U'. »u«l that he saw no prescut hope. **Bnt keep Hp your courage,'*he concluded, \and await the logic of accomplished events.\ From (hat moment tbe thoughts of all of UK were tiirned more ardently toward our plan of escape. It was a good plnn. and met with a surprising degree of success, tonsiderin;; the difficulties under which it WHS prosecuted. But I soon disco**eied that the plan of my comrades could not be mine. Lou r before I saw the ontside of the prison, the famous \underground tnn- nel\ was commenced; in fact, 1 worked nt it frequenUy myself by night, being willing to give my comrades the benefit of my labor while I was with them, though the work was not likely to be of any use to me. At the time of my capture 1 had received a wound from a carbine- ball iu tbe leg which was so slight as to give me no trouble till some weeks after I reached tbe Libby. Something aggravated it—bad air or water, or the debility of tho system under confinement—and it became sore and infiame<1. This lasted for some time, oud then the leg grew better; but my night-labors with tho others on the tunnel developed its weakness, and I perfectly re- alized tbat I was not vigorous enough to take my cbances mt h them in the wild and du'^perate flight, and that I should surely luf^ behind and be recaptured by the cavalry patrols. -An effort \ on my own hook,\ tlu'refore, before the .general break, was what I decided upon. But what hope conld I possibly have of getting outside the prison, past all these guards? And what hope of evading re- capture, if I did? - I suppose that, considering? the condition of my leg, any of my comrades wonld have pronounced my chance of escape the very poorest of the lot. It so appeared to me: and stiU mora by that yearning ta t titerty tha ia all it air to th prWmer: and • overy plan thai ofltored £e faintest •rhop^eeiamined aa d diMmeSi^ ftm oiM «M inaUy ndopled. as who had money were accustomed to purchase garmenta of the Confederate gray from the negroes or guarda to whom we had acccas; and the necessity of the case waa so apparent that there was neithei snspicion nor interfmnce on the part of the officers of the prison. I made my plan known to some of my comrades, and with their help, and the use of my cherished gold-pieces, it waa not long before I had a complete uniform for a Confederate pri- vate stowed away behind the bricks at the comer of the room. Next I bought a razor and a pair of scissors—for even these could be got with monev, of the hucksters that were occasionally admitted to the prison. On the night befora the morning that I had fixed for my bold attempt, I lay down with the bundle of clothing nndet my head, and tried in vain t o sleep. Long t>efore daylight I was np; nobody else was astir in the room, but I heard the guards tramping back and forth in the halls. I went to the window, and, trusting a great ileal to the sense of feeling, I sheared off my luxuriant hair, beard, and drooping mnstacbe, and with the aid of a small piece of soap and some water that was left tn my can I made a lather and shoved my face. Tben with some ink lent me by a .\omrade I dyed my eyebrows; and takiu'^ off and concealing my old clothes I put on h e gray uniform, buttoning tbe coat up to tne chin, that I might look like an orderly -itliout arms. /Stationing myself near tho door, I waited with fast-t>eating heart. Presently the morning allowance of food was brought in. n sci^eant anfl several loldiers entering to see to its distribution. K guard stood at the door with musket and ixed bayonet. I walked straight up to oim. remarking, ^'There's enough here, -ithout me.\ He stepped aside and al- lowed me to pass without a word. With a Srm step I walked through the hall nod lescended the stairs. I observed that he kwked after me carelessly. In the hall dow I passed another guard; he looked at ate, but said nothing, .\ctmg in exact lursuanoe of tbe plan I hod marked out, [ stopped at the prison office at tbe end of :he lower hall, and asked the clerk the time. **Nearly seven,\ he replied, looking at tbe slock, and then indifferently a t me. He did not know me, and never sus- pected that tbe man before him was other ;han what he seemed to be; aud yet—so istounding were the incidentb of my escape—I Instantly recognized in !hiB clerk an old friend of ante- bellum days in New York city, trho had come South, where his sympathies lay, when war became imminent! I thanked bim, and, turning to leave the office, met 5Iajor Tame r at the door. I promptly sa- luted him: he retumed it. and on I went, between tbe muskets nt the outer door, Dast the senUnels: and the relief-guard, some of whom were waiting for tbeii breakfast near by—nobody challenging me, aobody appearing to imagine that I was other than an orderly from the prison, go- ing on some early errand. In two minutes [ had tumed corners enough to remove me from sight of the Libby. I hurried along with no other thought than to get outside tbe citv OS fast a s possible, forgetting foi :be time both the weakness of my leg and the promts > of the Union lady. Near th< eastern suburbs of the city I stopped at i oegro quarter: and, knowing from previou: sxperience the fidelity of tho blncks to the Union cause, I did not hesitate to disclose tnyself to a venerable darky, and ask foi directions. \You'll nebber Ret ont dis way. sab.\ he said, with a grave shake of his woolly head. *De rebels hab all de roods out heah, and Jey'll find you out an' cotch you, sunh.\ I pressed on; but tbe negro's waraiug- «ras speedily verified; and, had I been less circumB{>ect in my reconnoitering. I should >iave probably reached the Libby agaii beforj noon of tbat dav. On tbat road, o: :wo other roads that I tried, I discovered at % distance mounted patrols or infantry ^[uards. I sat down on some abandoned jarth-works, and refiected. My leg was getting painful, nnd I was in the midst of >nemies. If I should succeed in passing Uie pickets—and this was not certain—1 had not the strength nor the endurance to Inrk in the woods daytimes and prosecut mv escape nights, as would be necessary. There was nothing at tho end of this but recapture, and the Libby again. There \ [ne but to turn back [»nd,lookmg back now t Om of tho i _ of befove owr plan of I ean nevor reeidl AU thoCatf. ^^r. fcTOf.: Ik* Man •I Ik. aul .Up dm^ liatimmt. nchnff ^mbination of circamstanc. that belpetl me throaitb, it t<eeii» n . if iLwas mn lUtempt that coald not sncceetlouee in teatbonsand limes. I .-as Bt«B(lingby the grateU window, one dav, loukmK out into tb . ynnl, waiting till one of the sentinola below should see mo and order me awajr. when a lady passed on the other sid3 of the street, followed bj a negro. She saw me at tbe window, aud »ith n quick mojon of ber band pnt aside her shawl, citing me • glimpep of • sn^l Union flag in the boaom of ber diesa, in- afauiUy covniAg it agaia. It waa a pleas- ant and unusual incident; but I did not dream of beacing more of it. than a week after, a negro waa aUowed t o com. i n among ns t o seU fndt; ^ I reoi^iiod m him the same who waa followmic the lady. Ve had many oppoctuuMe. to exchange mob.. wUh the guaids. and I had long lie- fol* Inoken one of Bjr gold-pijcM. 1 fS^r^b. and* MI* rfway^jMtehi* Errt iKk &e.: Imt tUa tnOHacti^ •m^sMSOkat Ik* writrt w** Caioa srsrwiitK was no course open to me id seek my unknown fri€ a heavy heart; yet, as tb quel proved, 1 was then taking the that led to home and freedom. Soldier or civil- r that c I found the lady's bouse with little d; 5uUy, and was welcomed in a way that left doubt of her fidelity to the Union cause. During the next ^onth, that nobltii^^jman concealed me, watched over my safety, and at lost provided for my transit to our lines, in the manner presently to bo described, but fo surprising were the discoveries that t made while in this refuge, and so novel will their relation be to most people nt (he Sorth, that I will pause a moment to speak of them. This lady was one of a large num- ber of Unionists in Bichmond, who, a t the greatest risk to themselves, were coustnutly engaged in helping the cause. They tmns- mitted important news to Washington, aud sought every opportunity t o aid our pris- oners. Her houae was the headquarters of of a loyal leagn< which she^d me embraced the names of >ral thousand in the city. All of them, of coarse, were not active; but all were sympathizers. .1 know it to be a fact that these men had arms concealed in their cellara and garrets; and in the ^vioua iprinir* dorinR the CbaacelloTsviUe cam- MisB, when btooemaa was Bearing Bick« -•ond vtth hia cavaiij, they anitoaalj waited the certainty of hiaeo^iM toriae, themselves, open the priaoB doors, and poesesaion dt/for him. Bot a preaataro diaelosue of UMneelTee wonld mean instant death; ao tbey were boond t o great canttoo. Thoae vera stnng e limes— in d stranger than anything X have lated, bnt i far: but not an Item'of intelligence had been brought back. Of coarse, the natural inference of Uajor Tame r was that I Wiu< probably still in Kiehmoad; and thereaftei redoubled pains were taken by my friend^ to prevent discovery. I was only permitted to go' out after nightfall, xmd then always in my salt of gray, and under tl ^ guidance of some one who knew where I coald take my exer^-ise without danger. One morning, the gratif|ying intelligence was brought me of the escape of Colonel Streisht and more than a hunilred of my late companions, through the tunnel. They were hotly chased, by the rebel cavalry, over the peninsula: about half of them were recaptured, and the others sncceeded, after dreadfnl fatigue and exposure, in reaching the relief parties that were sent out from Fortress Monroe at tbe first tid- inKS of the escape. The near approach of Colonel Dablgren and his little command caused the wildest constercatioa iu the city ttmong the Confederates, as well as great ex- ultation among my good friends, .\fter these occurrences tbe excitement ran so high, and the scrutiny became so rigid, that the latter declared that I must defer all thoughts of getting away until the depatt- uv of another train; and this I reluctantly, u}il still wisely, consented to do. At last the long-expected day came. I was furnished with a pa«iiq>ort bearing the name of Moses Parish, a real person, who was on the list of drivers, but who wa< anable to go with the train, on account of lickness. I was to personate him, and all tbat the forethought of myself or my friends conld provide for as to questions tbat might b e asked me on tbe ex]>editiou [ did not lack. I was to go with tbe train as far as it went toward the Poto- mac, and then take my chances to desert and make my way across the rivt-r. It was full of risk—yet what escape from raptivitv is not?—and I may say that it was vith a light heart tbat I bade farewell that morning to tbat noble woman and a few others of oar loyal frieuds, and walke 1 jverto the rendezvous. The officer iu com- mand of the train looked ot my pasjspo: t. and then at my face. I was auticipat n • :i close scrutiny, and I certainly got .t. Cverybodv was suspected' loses Parish, is it? ian?\ Civilian, sir.\ How about that uniform. Iben?' Picked it up, sir. It was eitbe: go naked.\ Hum! Who ore yo a, anyway ?\ A Marylander; enlisted in tbe Yankee armv, and deserted antl came hero through the lines, after Chancellorsville.\ \Where did von enlist?\ '•AtlJallimofe.\ **Ever lived there?\ \All my life, sir.\ I was BO well acquainted with that city that I could safely make this answer. \Ho—you have, have you? Well see about t£at. Now, my fine fellow, I baj)- pen to be a Baltimorean myself, and if you've been lying to me, I sball tind it out.\ I saw tbat I was suspected; but, knowing.; that I was perfectly equal to the catechism he proposed. I faw d him boldl.v. From Druid HiU Park to Patterson Park, and from Fort Federal HiU to the nattl»> Moun- meut, he led me all over Ualtiuiore. and was not very Ions ia discovering that I knew quite as much about that citv as be did. -Well, I can't fool with you any louBer.\ be said, testily. \Get up on that wogou; you can drive it, aud take care of the inules; but, by , if we catch you in any tricks, you'll get a ball through you! D'ye bear?\ \Yes sir—all riRhtl\ I cheerfully re- sponded, and climbed up to my seat. Tho train left the city, the empty wogous stringingiOUt over a mile of. tho road, vintil thev were closed up, with three conipanifs of cavalry for escort, and wended slowly ^on g toward the Lower Potomac. There were incident and excitement enongb hap- pening every day on this tonr to make a story of itself; but I must omit everything save what related to my own fortunes. AVe crossed several rivers; the water was high, and the crossing was usually made on. boats. As we were th\is passing the Po- munkey, while I was shxnding by myself and looking into the water, a rt^sounding slap fell on my shoulder, and a familiar voice exclaimed: \Halloo Porterl why. who'd bavo thought to see yon bere'r\ 5Iv forethought hod carefnlly provided for just such on incident as this. For o week before I left Richmond my friends had called me nothing but Mr. Parish, in order to familiarize me with tbe name; and I had schooled myself not to betray tbe slightest sign of recognition utx>n — «nv own name. I turned now, slow-3?and deliberately. There stood my friend, tbe wagon-ma^r , with a simulated smile on his faee, holding out his hand. \That's not my name, sir,\ I said; \bat F m on hand for duty.\ ''The deace it isn't! and the deuce yott are!\ he exclaimed, snappishly. \Yoa needn't deny the truth, sir; you are C> tain Porter, of the Y'ankee army escaped from the Libby a few weeks ago. \So.. 1 - r>nt I shoald really have liked to hear what the rebel trM-master bejond the IS>ii>pahannock said, vbe n he camj around that morning and found me missing !— Jatnrm Franklin J^itto tw Ckieago Udare. WOMAS (iOSSlP. PU. The pie has sometimes been treated with disrespwt. Iu antiquity and high position on the bill of fare ot this nation make the instilt most atrocious. This aacrilegious state of things has been brought about by the iniquities of bad pie- makers. Xot everv cook knows how to buUd a good pie. It is a scientific art. It requires practice as well as knowle>lge. A girl may know all about astronomy, metaphysics and philosophy, and not have \the knack\ of making a whole-sonled pie. Yonng women of tbe middle classes in .\merica are full of ambition, nothiuK is exempt from their aspiratiou. and they ore not so dtill as the average girl of jiny other nationally, yet they have been found lack- ing the requisite ability for good pie-mak- ing. The best pie the writer ever ate wa^; made by a well-known aud successful actress. She is a favorite with the front parquettc seats, eqtmlly with the gallery gods. The fascinations of her sparkling eyes do onlv less havoc than ber well-trained Aotce. In private life she is the good «-ife of ber husband, and during vacation i»resides over a charming home just across from New York. It is her greatest deli^^ht to prepare with her own hands some dL-^h for her table, when entertaining a good friend. The dish she made for us was a whole- some, thick-with-fruit, honest pie. It was so delectable and delirious that her hus- band's mother told us^confidentially, it was the finest she ever ate. This httle actress has a conoeulnited mind, cheerful nnd soulful, which ts u Itet- ter guide to pie-bnilding than all your chemical cbicaneiy. Sir Joshua Reynolds, when asked bow he mixed his colors, replied \with gump- tion.\ Mix your pie in the same way. Gumption is a homely word, but ex;\ctly expresses a good idea. One of the chief ingredients of ^um]>tion is single-mindedness. The old story of washing dishes and paring |>otatoes with poems or lessons ])iuued above tbe kitchen Lible is rubbish. If von trv that on pies, the les;;on will be a failure and the pie a total \kTeek on the shores of time. The additional dancer from pie wrecks is tbat they are a kind of loosened Lulls, fio.iting mdderles!*, devastating all thatnn- fortunately comes near tbeni. N'o, my pretty fiirl, with long l/r«>wn eyes and deliciotis dimples, put on a blue cotton gown and go thoroughly to work when it comes to pies; do tbe constnictiug with single-m ndedness and be sure that t^ome day, when yon have acted ui>on ont sjJggestions, you will blct^s the »lay yon teamed to make a good pie. Tbe oldprov- erb is just as tme as it is cynical, nbont the road to a man'ti heart lying throujib bis stomach.— Aunie E. in Chu'nyo Uttger. RC3IIMSt*EXCE.S OF PUBLIC MESL UY UEN: I'EBLEV POOBE. met FroL Agassiz at » dinne r gives in lua honor at the house of Senntor Morrill, of Vermont. Although tii>- vard of aixty rear s of ace, his faco was roTind and smooth, h e had a'toler- al»le head of hair, and his small erea twinkled when h e spoke, with a pi(]uant foreign accent. He was re- murkably genial and earnest in his ap- pneals t o the Senators an d llej»resenta- tives present t o exempt alcohol tised for scientitic ptirposes fro m th e revenue tax. After Theobald Wolf Tone, th e hris i patriot, perished on th e scafl'o^ld. his son served i n th e Frenc h arm y \daring thre e campaigns. After th e battle ot Waterloo h e resigned and came to Washington citr, where be settled with his mother at Georgetown and received Ciovernmentemployment. He married th e daughter of Mr. William Sampson, who was the ear r friend of his father. Sh e sun-ived him, and had, in the latter years of her life, two large truuka filled with manuscripts of th e greatest value. After he r death great efforts were made t o obtain them, but without success. It is t o b e feared that they were destroyed. Kext 'to Mouut Yemen , the rural home of Washington, where his re- mains rest, n o spot on this wide conti- nent is more consecrated and moreveu- erated than Marahtield. where l^aniel W*eb8ter lived, and died, and was buried. I t was my good fortun e t o visit Marshfield durin g th e lifetime of its illustrious owner, and to enjoy his hospitality. I t was just such an ostate as \a tine old English gentleman\ wonld select as a home, comprising al>out :i,0«J acres of undulating land on the green shore of MarshfieM. bor- dered oil one side by th e ocean, ^\'hen Mr. Webster l>egau to practice law in Boston, h e used t o go every summe r t o the town of Sandwich, on th e Cai»e, aud pa.s.s several weeks there in shoot- ing aud iishing. Th e establishment of a glass foundry at Sandwich bpoiled the si>orts there, and Mr. Webste r next weut t o Marshfield, where h e liad been told that the gunning and fishing Avere excellent. H e was so well pleased with the })lace that h e purchased the far m of his host, Captain Thomas whose father, Nathaniel liav Thomas, a noted lovalist, had followed th e !'ritish troo])S to Nova Scotia. Mr. Webster had th e which begun t o shoot out not for above the ^ounJ, an d fc-rmad a large, sm- metrical canopy. It was soon afterth e nomination of Gezu Taylor, and Vr . \Welieter had not l>oen over pleased wit h th e course of th e Boston-iifoa, with which I was thtoi connected ao its VTashin^on correspradent. Some of his criticisms on leading Whigs wh o ha d deserted him at the Dtmiinating convention, for the hero of Buena Vis- ta, were not complimentarr, but h e did Ther e not compla • was something singularly winning and attractive t o me, then a youn g man. i n his rich, flexible voice, and his dignified, { ful manner. Indeed— .To Kive the w<.rli ^.•^^craii.-i- of a. maa. It was a t Marsh^eld tbat he plsnned many of his most celebrated and'it may b e well to say that sJl ol his speeches were t-arefully prepared. Bis famous address on Kunker Hill was though t over, it is asserted, while he Htii i III 9liir»l l»e«^r3itiuM . too. ion of Young bousekcepers, and old ones for that m.itter. often find tbe decorati walls and ceiliugs a bard nut to cKick. wheu the bouse is their own and a moilerat expenditure of money »iuite within theii reach for the purpose. IJnt wheu the apartments are rented, says an Eastern ex- change, with the pros}->ert of a fiittlug to some others at no very remote period star- ing one in the face, the question what to «lo with the blank white walls is a puzider. It is worse still when an attempt at di-cora- tion, resulting in an atrocious rombinutiun of colors, had been made. To the young housekeeper who has her furnishings yet to buy the solution comparatively simple. She will, if f be be wise, determine the color or effect which she wishes to carry ont, and will then pro- ceed with an eve single to th tt idea. 'Hie walls will l>e d^lt with first, aud tbe c:in>ft and hangings and npbolst .'ly selected with reference to it. Where economy is the object, distemper may be resorted to, or lUtted oil paint, which, on account of the re{»f1»- ness with which it lends itself to cleansing with soap and water, is Vtcom- mended as preferable to distemper. Hav- ing settled upon either one or the other, the question of tint suggests itself. Here the situation of the loom, its size and height, enter in. Shall it be light or dark in tone, a pos'tive or a broken color? \\'hat is U»e color of the wood-work? Thes^e are questions which each one must ask ami answer for herself; but it is safe, in <>ni climate, t o decide upon a warm rather than a cold tint, ox a me^u m depth of tone ami a broken rather than a positive color. .\notber safeguard is to moke the trail the wood-work, and the K' to become l>gbt< have yet '—durtog aojoam at this hooae I ^ one of ita Tiaitoni, mmmn in thorough sym- pathy iHth the national caose, who was a high oAclalte one ot the Confederate ha- xma^-'M ^ sagsestioa 1 oceompaniea him one day e s an orderly, riding a horse which'he provided for Me, o o • to«r of in- spection of the dafeaws of the eity. The ff party included a hOMd of OMlaeeie and im^ piOMiaoDt Geneials oT lhe Coo- yjy. who _>'o sir, I amno L Well, you're a Yankee out of the Libby. whatever yoar name is.\ \No sin and I beg yqu won't accuse \ *'0, boah! don't put on airs with tne. Who are vou? the tmtb; mind!\ **Jast what I told you at Iticbmond, sir. My name is Moses Parish; I am from \ -There, there—enough of tbat stntf: If yoa're not a knave, then I'm a fool; we'll try to find out which.\ He tamed abruptly away. My position was BOW critical indeed, after what had happened. I m'ght be pat under gnard at any moment. We croased the Mattapony, and, after proeeedinr some distance toward tb* Bappafiannock, the train turned down the peninsola. I t waa now or never with me; every hoar now removed me faithei from the ITnioo lines. I resolved that 1 woold dessrt tbe train that ni^t. Evefytting aeeM d to favor se. Tbe gaairta vera skspy;.thero was no dancer to be apiirehended hj them fro* •' . I foond it mTBtoIes.. I iee. and then. rode hias'wilh aU the n>eed 1 Wt Willi Mad.inMi Maljrtep M a^ ot iiwtM B M Bjr cflktal I ou of bim towmd th. K.; HdaairtiM. TMy di- is ft a w m'l^ittm driw'ot lae'ol mA iamwM• • ii|11 wii• IBIIITIIiI to il» Bidlw. IM STg^ eoiiMMl Cm thaint .b Iho ^telkelia wd with llM h^ of n sjapalhiam g negro and his boat l^odaooa pot that stream between myself and tbe trmixu TLen away I eped tote hcoad Potomac. My ffigbt «M wSkeM aai iaeideot .wotth narrating. Mid with tbe filingy help of amUber M^wdMi skiff lmftartod oeroaato yqo^oeogiiy.? It ia ISISSfutiiSiSiettol^ StoSSfS^ftSRUlfeU^ m Ibo —i 1 «»siMd bandfals of it, aad cfied aload* *lfaiytond, my Mmyr iLiir . l BsnM. 4wid. and poaaiUy rat ttMk God! . . eanr vieini^ welcomed With te B bter than t I to. have the colori wood-work, and the goldei .... Ting as it ascends must not bs lost sight of. Thus, if the frieze is strong and deep in coloring the walls must be much darker, and the carpet or other floor covering darker itill. It is better to lean toward harmonv ot uialogy than to contrasts when dealiuKwith targe surfaces, especially if one is not sure of herself. A CaauBM^laor MilliMalre**. Tbe recent death of Cornelia Stewart servws t o point the moral that money does ni^ alone give sopreme nappiness. Great wealth wa^ ber only enviable possession. It is Reported that she lived and died worth twentv to thitty millions of doUars. She eonld not at anv time in ber bfe a«pire to b e called beantiful in face or form. Her features were irregular and Urge, tier form tbio and light. She was neither fond of literatnre nor art. 8bo Bevar rcwl boeks, and only, acted as custodian ot the snberb art coUeetton bei d made dorinit his life-time. She bad no ebUdrso to s Sa\o n \land greed,\ aud not only en- larged the boundaries of the Thoma s farm, bu t greatly improved it. Ho increased and resuscitated th e old weather-l>eaten orchards, an d h e pro- tected his buildings and gardens fro m the cold winds of winter b y planting belts of forest trees around the law-n of some twenty acres before his hotise. Tiie seed which produced many_ of tliese trees was planted by Mr. Wel.- btcr's own hands, and other trees were sent to him by friends. Between the liuildings and '*he oi-eau were thre e l»onds, fed from springs, the smaller ones tised by a large numbe r of ducks of diflerent varieties, while in th e larger one was a flock of wild geese, well do- mesticated, although it was uecessArr to cut off the pinions of their wings to ,, keep them from migrating a s flocks flew ^ overhead in the spring and falL Breakfast, in accordance with th e English custom, was served a break- fast-room which overlooked th e ocean, and on the walls of which hun g a series of si)irited engravings, representing the different phases of a fox hunt. The cook was a colored woman named Monica McCartv, who was bom and raised as the slave of .Judge C'raoch, of Washington. Mr. Webster purchased her fre^om for Sl>Oi», with the under- stauding that she was to work it out. He paid her wages, however, with- out anv reference t o thia indebtedness, and as she received many jiresents from tho family and visitors, sh e had. when Mr. Webster died, about in th e savings bank. Sh e was certain- Iv an admirable cook, as everyon e who enjoyed Mr. Webster's hospitality could testify. True, she knew bu t little about Frenc h dishes, entremets and releves, but no one conld send to the table roast meat, or fish, or game, cooked bettor than that from the kitch- en over which Aun t Monica presided. He r bread was remarkably excellent, and she was well -versed in the ar t of making griddle cakes, waflles. biscuits, an d other Maryland delicacies. In the guest chaml>er at Marshfield, wheu I was there, wras a set of mahog- any furniture which had evidently been used by Mr. Webster at his house in Boston, ponderous, and massive, and respecUble in appearance, as wa? its . owner. Bat th e comfortable bed afforded m e n o morning nap, for soon after sunrise ther e was a rap at the door, and a well-known aonoroaa voice asked if I woald no t like t o get up and go aniT see th e cattle. I . of course, harrie d on into th e . Mr. Websto). tuckc d into a pair of thick, hig h boo t se e tn e caxue . .i, o i course , o n mr clothes, and going down aapaciotis linll waa joined by ebator , wh o had hia trousers was trou t fishing near Marshfield, and the following well-known exclamation was, it i s saitl, first heard l)v a »-ouple of hug e trout, immtnliately on their be- ing transferred t o his fishing l^a^ket, as it subsequently was heard at Iluaker Hill by man y thousands of his fellow- citizens: \Venerable men I You whw have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bcuuteously lengthened out yotir lives that you might behold this joyous dar.\ On another oi'casioc. s.o the story goea t.when Sei-retary of State, l»ut at home on a brief visit h e hai'i^ened t o be out fishing for mackerel iu his «mack off Marshfield. Th e fish were abun- dant, and ther e were quite a nuuilier of local fishermen on the ground. While th e sport was at its ijeiuht, however, Mr. Webste r discovered in the ofling, rapidly approaching, what he supjtosed to b e a strange sail. H e jTn^^tiooed Set h Peterson in regard to the mailer, and was couvincod that his f^uspicioni and fears were corrett. wliereujK'n Li* impatiently demanded in what «lire«*- tion, with th e j>rrsjout wind, the buiack could sail the fastest. The reply \With her eye toward I'rovincetown when ^Ir. Webster exclaimed, \It's a hard case, skiiqu-r. l>nt press X«.>rw»ird with all siteed, for the master of yondej vessel is evidently an oaice-seeker.\ Th e trut h wa«. there lived a man i n the neighboring town of Scituate who had for month s past been bothering him for an appointment as a li^rhtbousc keeper, so that th e fi-ars cf th e Secre- tary were well grcmided- yo t>onifn l>orEer< lu ( uui . The Cubans are th e cleanest }keo}i> regarding their dro-^s I ever saw. A stevedore will load molasses on a xos- sel a whole w eek. aud you wUl hardly find a spi»t ujKm hia wiiite linen suit when Saturday night comes. Some- how your sense of i'ri«j»riety ij, nt-t offendfd when you see «-ash Ikivs. er- rand Ikjvs. und keei>er8 of all ^orts of skin-tight, loosely woven cotton Khirta an-J. airy brceches and sitpiHTS. Often, too, foT stand three • four necagy * i»ackers or iKJxerB or imething .tSii^ sort, with Iiare feet, ipoUess white r2»;^oons held by a ga y sanh. and with waists, arms, and shoulderri. Bu t tut-y all fit naturally into these shop scenes, an d nolK>dv faints away bu t an o - wisional xi^itor out of those few wonderful American women who are natnrallv horrified at this, ba t wImsms tea-party fortitude i s etjual t o aKhistinp in stripping character t o th e skin—and unde r it. On e class yon will nus.-i in Cuba—not only iu shops but everj - w.Here else—is* th e women workers. The most sensible and the hand- somest women can b e found occu- pying places of public trust in American establishments an d offices, and it is not rar e tha t these same women ar c brighter mentally tha n those who em- ploy them, an d in every respect truer ladies than a good proi»ortioa of the females wh o throng faah.ouable e-rtab- lishmeuts t o par ou t their money and fine airs t o those of their own »ex w;ho to-day happen t o b e on the other side of the founter , but wh o a year heuo« have in ever r good, womanly way outdistanced them . In all Havana Imt one establishment was noticed where women are emploved. Tha t was a modiste^son Obispo street. Theyotrnj?: women her e wer e n scraggy lot, indeed. Women in Cnlta ar e ladies, washer- women, or demi-monde. The shopping is don e by the senoras an d senor.tas in th e afternoon, an d one will certunl y th« i see beautiful women. The y ar e not flippant o r trifling in their pnr- diaaes as i n some cozxntries. X o sales- man would dare gossip with them, o r ejiter into their, afiaim. 3for do ihej inform shopkeep^s of th^ own neigii- intentiouK. Th^ seem t o know juKt wha t the y want an d go straight- way and ge t i^ The turnouts ai e v«ry gar; thousands of women meet, nungle and pass greet-ngs, bu t ther e seems to be on understanding her e th^ taiy life, and society atlarge had no chor^ for her. tShepoaaessedaoneo^heauaU- to iAine in its realiv and he^ great wealth shut oal ^ ambitions. She Gved alone with bar aervant« in her five afllint Mlar palaee. Her table, we are told, famished only tte plainest dUhw, and ^ these abe partook i n sohcary grand- ear. / CUT. H«rh*i« , ho«wr, mart fc»v. Iimh Undlj lowud \a nlsUTM, u uteeo. « broad-brimmed felt hftt on his head, an d in his faimd a lon g malacca stalL Goin g t o th e bams ve fonnd the fore- man . Mr. Wright , wh o seemed t o enjoy SIK Webale r s entire confidence. The cows were Devona an d AyT« hires, the latter bree d predominating, with a few Alderncn, the n jnM coming into buhion , an d some Hnneanan cattle Mr. Webste r rathe r uologixed fo r no t keeping Shorthorns , but said timt the soll a t Manhiiel d wa s faardiT ap t o tbe Sboithom atudard. WhUeiaEii- giudhe had beeooie impfeMed with tbe Taloe of tumipa a s food krcattb. whasM, •nr im die qaiet ill wad< am be a a is - •Ihm as'cniwda. is not just tb e pUoe in whidb . •hooia entertain one another. Tfaia n ms 7 arise fro m the fact tha t SpaniA women ar e welt-bred, and wdHwad women set aome atore Tipon the liw. —Cor, Chicago Xetcs. laoiuwUIiha nafcatmyat' ' A •0'««UB D tfOK l a Babrae. The hogs •«!• si j tarn, •adafkmayol Chwter Ceaalrpiip 1 t o ba fmi famirilM «ith Ber. whaaentclMd thMaadtk WMmi- x Mabs taSMMfl.^ Merchant - O. Sfa. J me.bntwheraiathatittaal nq'liil v.. I to liarge agmaat X Co. ' LjidT bookkeei*c—Why. ;aa aaa., ^r. these wsKt BOX aMK roo* am . tl.e:r page o l the ledger, s o l 'Imd , un t i t OB tbe neit page. Waan\» tM richt ? (Anxioady. bat coql i Itnlilji , —Don't »eU me Tre m \ ja » tlo»iaiTJ— and—<retiie.«,*o( « Uag^b^omeaan^ inc h aao _ v>wnt>aee.—FMck. good qaaliiaca wit h sriaMt pole. Tha aattthioaghthagwaafc gro aa lamBO W apiMtila te lireakint.ai •aaa UaeSk whidilli^ Welister ha d •aa^tha^rbatoaa taM .heMac, I thak.ttaB aarKAoftMkXteMam
