Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1887, Page 12

i2 o THE OMAHA DAILY BE D Yl SUNDAY, - THOMASON & GOOS ADDITION Lies just south of Hanscom Park,only 2 miles from the court house, on high and sightly ground. 176 beautiful residence lots. 27 LOTS SOLLD, 27 Events are of SURE PR shafii‘ng that will make these lots an investment OFI1T. - $800 to $1,000 will Buy Lots Now, but one dogs. Its . Year from Today You will Pay $1,800 $2,000 and $2,500 for Them Ten months _ago we told you there was big money in SOUTH OMAHA operty. You were skeptical and waited, and what did you miss? ome people say, "Oh! its all luck. this making money.” Luck to the - Foresight, Judgment and dand These are the elements that go to make up the sum of prosp erity. Tak a square look at the case of Thomason & Go0s’ addition, who own the 600 acres adjoining it on the south. . A RICH AND POWERFUL SYNDICATE Who, without an years for ONE further _effort, could peddle it out in the next two ILLION DOLLARS. Do you su.fif enough to do this?, No! They will either buil CABLE LINE and realize three millions from it. I TXAKEK & TUMBLEKE!Y toyourselves, do a little investigating and figurin, that there are the "‘Greatest Bargains on Earth, in Omaha and South Omaha, ose they are Idiots or subscribe to A g and fyou will see Tots in‘this “Key tu Remember, that this is no washings of the Missouri River, nor farm lands diverted from their natural uses, years too soon, but choice suburban residence property, situated on the, Hills, midway between two cities, mighty metropolis. everlas zing to one soli COTHAN CAB AND COSSIP. The Bullion-Bloated Astors Gazo on a Sea of Upturned Noses. THE AFFECTATIONS OF SOCIETY. A Delmonico Waiter Drops Onto a Roll—Amateur Swells on the Stage — Clara Belle's Lively Letter, NEw YoRrk, April 16.--[Special Corre- spondence of the B Some of the noses in Fifth avenue are turned up at the Aslors. That 1s astounding news, 1f not actually important, and it is true. The residences of the senior Astors are on the Llock between Thirty-third and ‘Tmiety-fourth streets. The progress of trade up the avenue has frequently been commented on dyring the past few years; but it has been said that, of course, the Invasion would get a check when it came tothe Astor houses. Well, it got to the corner of Thirty:third street with the present year, when a wine importer bought three houses and began to turn them into stores:!' The contrast is sharp. (8 On the onecide of the street is the re- modelled building with the big sign- board of a restaurant on it, and plentiful Tabels of “to let.* On the other stands in dignifiea sobriety one of the Astor domi- ciles. But this week the swells havesecn o strange sight. Right across Fifth ave- nue, directly facing the Astors’ homes, is » row of brown stone houses, belonging to the Astor estate, and for a quarter of a century rented to pretentious families. A force of masons and carpenters have taken possession and are rapidly turning the premises intostores. Thatthe Astors should themselves commit the offense of ating their own select block, is ‘what tip tilts the nose of those who do . not like it. SOCIETY 18 WIDE AWAKE After the fast asleep periud of Lent, and the fun began with ¢ ry on horse- A masquerade wa en b, members of an equestrian cluss, and for Shree hours the participants wore char- acter costumes in their saddles. Bold knights and ladies fair abounded, natur- ally; but several of the male riders imper- cowboys, Indiang and clowns, while one venturesome girl became a eireus performer,standing on the padded baek of her steed us sho cantered around the ring. This curiousscene was at Dick- el's academy, and the acting hostess was J. M. Colton, a matron of potent so- clal influence. The maiden of fancy free enough to enact a circus rider wore a maak, and her identity was not revealed, though guesses were easy. THE BSTATE OF A MAN who shrewdly observed high society's - ways turns out to be $200,000 in amount. ‘Ib fi.“ was Emm;lmuelu Soluri, and ly-five yoars ago he was a common -'33'; in flelmoulco'; restaurant. At that time, and long after, Delmonico’s was the only really exquisite eating house 1n town, There are now a dozen a8 fuvored, and several that are even bigher priced. Solari did the waiting in two or three of the private supper rooms up stairs, and he observed that the guests resented the positive rule of the house | that no doors be fastened and that the aurl drop in on every party at inter- of not more than five minul It ‘wasn't 80 much that they were that they disliked to be sehool children. Solari thos | over and over, and he decided w0 open l'\;'.hunmt where seclusion shoutd be accorded to those who to dine or sup in private. He his scheme. Solari’s therc: e ' unique position in tashionable 3 L, It muq nnn.hl‘ establishment, _Seb M farc was first rate, and after onca & " . hat are tast closing in M. A. UPTON & CO. Pharmacy Building, South Omaha and 1509 Farnam, Telephone 73 serving the meal as ordered, the wa entered the rooms again only in ros to the tap of a bell. - The price of iter se this kindly inattention was added to the reg- ular charges, though not specifically, and so Solari died werth a vast fortune. His restaurant was rcrumhle, and yeta visit by a not sedulously chaperoned party was in the nature of an adventure, that gave zest to muny an innocent but prankish supper indulged in by wealth and fashion. THE AFFECTATION of ‘‘our best society’’ are comical, per- haps, but they are nevertheless a part and parcel of social history. You may recall the generally printed roj hecy, at the outset of the Cleveland administration, that the appointment of Whitney to the secretaryship of the navy meant much of- fulgence for Washington life. The Whit- neys had for several years been first and foremost among New York entertainers 1n the Astor clique. Their mansion had held more fine assemblages than any other in town, Mrs. Whitney's tact and enterprise had been phenomenal, It w therefore anticipated that the old pr dice against Washington would be oblit- erated from the minds of the Astors and their kind, and that for the first time the “exclusives” of the metropolis would go over to mingle with the semi-official peo- ple of the capital. 1t hasnot proved so. A very few intimate friends of the Whit- neys have occasionally visited Washing- ton, but that section of our society whicl denominates itself all there is of real so- ciety has kept up the taboo. IT 1S REMARKABLE, ii not surprising, how offaotlye daslama- {lon is upon thestago. The whole Gur- rent of a drama is stopped for several minutes to allow one of the actors to narrate some episode foreign to the story, and only interesting as it is made so by his declamatory powers. Itoccurs again and again in modern plays: in ‘‘Monte Cristo,’” in *“The Shaugraun,” in ‘‘Lon- don Assurance,” and in many other less famous ; and 1t rarely fails to bring down the house. An instance of the kind was seen in A play produced for the first time in this city this week. Mrs. Rankin, as ““The Heroine,”” a typical hoyden, has been fishing for trout. She comes upon the scene with a pole over her shoulder and a large fish, that might be a Spamsh mackerel for all that a city audience knows, attached to a birch switch in her hand, hershoes wet and Ler gown soiled with - mud. Her fishing ~éxpedition has nothing. whatever to do with the story, but it becomes necessary for her to account for her condition to an elder brother, and that ive 8 the cue for a spirited ec: lamation. With mln{nmugh and gig- le, intended to put her brother in good humor, she tells how she went to the brook, cast in her line, and sat for hours without a bite. She was about {0 give it up and return home, when she saw a big trout jump at some distanee from her. Then, with an exlzg;nund stride across the stage, she shows how she approached the spol._and threw her line upon the water. Her long pole swings around in iminent danger of seruping the orchestra leader's bald head, The swaying of her body waves her skirts just enough to DISPLAY THE COLOR OF HER HOSE Above her dilapidated shoes, Her eyes open wide with that fictitious ex- citement of the narration, and an im- wtive spectator would aver that the color on her rouged cheeks was height- ened from the same cause. The trout jumped for the fly, caughtitand ran, and the actress unwound the reel vigorously to show how the whole length of the line xd away. She had even to fol- low the fish into” the water, because he ran so far, and the exaggerated stride was repeated to indicate how she stepped into the tide. Further and further went the escaping trout, and deeper und deeper waded the fisher maiden, until the witer wasup to her wrist; and as this is | told the actress raises Lo pole ubove her to show that s 'ms out of the i she “just played and pl-a-a-a) < ih that fish,” until she got upon th bunk again, and after many manauvres, during which the vole fans the air and the reel 1s wound up again, she landed ber victim, and the 1 to keep her declamation is at an end. It took at least five minutes, and yet the audience hung in rapt attention all through 1t and broke into enthusiastic applause at its conclu- sion. If there had been in dramatic pe formance, as there is in operatic, tl habit of encoring, she would certainly have had to repeat the story. In fact, such a feature of drama can be compared only to a popular air interloped in a musical drama—an air that though ad- mittedly out of place, and ridiculous to the prevailing sentiment, is yet received with more pleasure than any other indi- vidual number of the performance. AN ELEGANTLY D} ) LADY of middle age, in company with her daughter, procured permits from an u| town agency to view several first-class French abartments. ‘They soon reached a building in Sixty-third street that has a stunning amount of fine gilt metal work and_ bulls-eye gluss in the Queen Ann vestibule “and Louis XIV decora- tions. They entered the elevator and arose to inspect the fourth flat, which for $1,800 0 year could be enjoyed with all the privileges House hunting begins here in February though no one moves till May. The purty I am telling you about were the wife and daughter of a sohd Wall street man, not wholly connected with the slaughtering interests of Chi- cago. They presented their permit at the door of the fourth suite and were admitted, ‘They inspected the closet like rooms and had'got as far as the parlor when the French maid who was escorting them round went to seeif her mistress wus ml”)f bed. e . T8y iatics ssveyed the elegantly fur- nishod slico or ffmwh\'g‘ foom througn the halt open door. Suddenly, the elder grasped the youager's arm, and whis- P {1 hoarsely: 00k on that easel,’’ The girl did so, and beheld a large crayon bead of her respected old father. “It’s pa!” she exclaimed. In o moment more they had a nearer view of the fatal picture, as the French maid took them into the private suite of the occupant. SHE WAS A BLEACHED BLONDE of a very loud typse She begged that that the” disorder might be excused, as she alwavs slept late. The butts of cigars and half-burned cigarettes lay on rich books, and empty wine bottles hob- nobbed with elegant articles of ornament. Mrs, House Hunter had eyes for only one thing—the picture on the easel; but it was the daughter who put on the thumb screws, with: ‘‘The apartment is smali for a family with children,” Madam had none; so it was big enough for her; but she was going to Europe in June, and would vacate the place in ay. “Your father 1s very like Henry Ward Beecher, " said the girl, motioning toward the easel. “That’s my husband, but he's old enough to be my father,” returned the flattered madam. ‘Then Mrs. Hunter got lwn{ in an ex- n cited state, d took counsel in a neigh- bor‘%u street. *‘When did pa go west?" “‘Saturday night.” *‘This is Monday afternoon. I think it would be well to come back here at five," suggested the ready-witted daughter, "Sodol. I'll go round to Dr. Cold- cream at once. I'm in such a state of mind.”” To the fashionable physician went the }:alr; and, leaving ma under treatment or nerves, Hannah Maria went to the dressmakers to see about #'r Easter finery. She told ma 80; but she flew 1in u cab down to Pine street at a fearful pace, sought her father's partner and said: "I suppose pa is in Chicago?” Yes, my dear; left Saturday night.” ‘‘Ma has discovered all; if 1 don’t see him 1 can't say what will hnppen. THERE WAS'A SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENT behind a glass door, a fat and floria head was stuck in, and a choking voice said: “‘Come here, at once, Hannuh Mar: The father and daughter were closeted together foran hour. Then Hannah re- joined ma and the pair went up to Sixty-third strect and asked a druggist to let them wait for friends. ‘Till darkness fell on the street, poor deluded ma kept ONL PRIL 17, 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. ONE MAN OMAHA Who has any connection with the American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association and hence he possesses facilities for buying WALL PAPER Over all others, and now he proposes to give you the benefit of this advantage. We open for sale on Monday a large invoice of goods just received, comprising numer- ous patterns for parlors, dining rooms, and halls, for TEN CENTS PER ROLL. Hundreds of New Designs from 12%c to 15¢ Per Roll. A large assortment Rich and Artistic in Designs, suitable for fine residences at 25¢ to 35¢ Per Roll. We invite special attention to the wonderful decorative material callled LINCRUSTA WALTOINS Uncxceptionally beautiful and artistic in design and finish. HENRY LEH MAN, 1508 logue of this material FREE; A descriptive cata- Douglas-st., Between 15th and 16th, North Side. = Qhieen Ann nl Hannah ind jars, anc ent thome dis- lier weather eye on the vestibule s the wa studied labels on on bott ! Then they W 3 and discouraged. About U o'clock Mr. Corker, the partser of Mr. Hunter, made a eall. He was tired to death, He had been hunt- ing up a swindling woman who had variously represented herself as Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Corker, and imposcd on tradespeople. Bilis had been sent to the oftice. He had wired Hunter n Chicago to come directiy on. Peovle had been to the home seen Crocker’ features on her wall. What a coinci dencer Ma had struck that very woman at afternoon, and her husband’s picture d been on a gilded eisel. Then they 1 a beautiful plan to@o next day and interview this bleached bl 4 they did. They found the j: ing up the premises, E: i ¥ ul all, had been curted out at Maria's wardrobe S nd Long 2 ' Hannah stonish folks at & Branch next summer, has the dead wood on the old man. CLARA BELLE, - BIALITIES, At a Chicazo wedding they used a catapuit to thirow the'slippor after the bride, John Bach MeMaster, the hisjorian, will be married next Thursday tw-Miss Mary Ger- trude Stevenson, of Motristown, N - Mr. and Mrs, Blodgett, of Gilrpy, Cul., are suppased to be the oldest married coupie in thatstate, ‘Uheir ages are ninty-nine and ninty-seven respectively, and they have been married seventy-nine years. . | Richard Nixon, formerly of Shelbyville, “Lennessee, and at_present the Washington correspondent of the New Orieans Times- Demacrat, will be united in_mirriage next month to’ Miss Agnes Dolph, daughter of Senator Dolph of Oregon. 1t 1s now stated that there is alcoldness ex- Isting hetween Mrs, Jim Brows) Potter and lier husband, who was bitterly obposed to her eoing on the stave, Her husband’s family are in hope that her London fgilure wil discourage her that she will reafize that s was not cut out for an actress. ; ‘The report that Theodore Tilfon is coming back from Europe seems to be Well founded. He has lived In Paris for _eightfor ten years. e It is said that there {s a woman! in thé case. She is Mrs. Louise Curtis Bullhrd, who in- herited a fourth interest in the fainous pro- prietary medicine known as Mfs Winslow's soothing syrup, She was an extremely fas- cinating woman of high position'in New York city society, with whow Mr. Tilton became infatuated, and whom he followed abroad where she has been llving for years. It is sald that he has been so poor at times on ac- count of his Bohemlanism that he has been obliged to araw upon Mrs. Bullard’s purse for subsistence, and now that she has re- turned to New York he is oaming back in ber train. Atlanta Constitution: Dr. F. L. Constan- tine who resides at 55 Wheat stieet, is a re- ar] man in wany respects, e is 84 ?‘é& m‘m‘fl @ Las preunarried sixty years. ative ot @18 8 I rance. H@ mln,r;l hig wife, Miss Hamlett, in Green county, Ain., in 1827, ‘They have had eleven children, six of whom are now living. ‘TI'hey have twenty- four grandchildren. Ten dyelru mfl" they celebrated their golden wedding in Birming- ham, where they then resided. The affair was the soclal sensation of the day, and at- tracted widespread attentton. Many readers will recollect the doctor as the founder of the city of L'Orient, near Blount Springs, Ala., but for some years past he has been a resident of this city, ~ He is still erect, and walks with an elastic step. His countenance indicates vigorous health, and the fact that he is able to read without vlasses speaks for itself. It 1s to be hoped that the doctor and his wife may have many pleasant years be- fore them yet. A singular marriaga took place April 12 at 8t. Vincent's church, Loulisville, " The con- tracting parties were Mr. Peter Nichter and Miss Lizzie Dunhow. Mr. Nichier is seventy- two vears of ace,a widower, and has nine erown children. He has been married three times and all his wives are dead. He now lives at No. 718 Camp street, between Clay and Shelby, on which street he owns five houses. Miss Dunhow is thirty-one years of age, very pretty and lives with her ‘parents on Twenty-sixth and Portland avenues, Their engagement was a very remantic one. About two weeks ago Miss Dunhow, who, by the way, had never seen Mr. Niehter before, went ugw his house to collest abill. While there they became pretty well acquainted. and when Mr. Nichter asked if he could call upon her she told him he might He called the very mext day, proposed and was ac- cevted. Hoth seemn to be very much in love With each other, and their friends think the union will be a happy one, Mrs. Eleanor Stillwell Clapd, she venerable mother of Russell P, Clapp, secretary of the People's Line, and of Rev. Wm. 8. Olapp, of Carmel, N. Y,, dled at her home in Ballston pa, N. Y., Saturday afterneon of diseases incident to extreme old age. She was the daughter ot Hon, William™ Stiliwell, one of the pioneers of Saratoga county, who filled among other offices that of judge of common pleas and county clerk, in the the early years of the century In the *Freehold Settlement,” now the town of Chariton, and moved in her father's houseliola when but six years old, to the Stillwell homestead, in the town of Balls- ton, just south of the village, that was her home as child,” maiden and wife for over eighty-one years, until it was destroyed by fire late In the autumn of 1885, She was mar- ried March 31, 1817, to Chester Clapp, and the oriod of their happy wedlock lacked but welve days of having existed for the almost unprecedented termn of seventy years. Her husband suryives her in his binty-fourt! year, been born July 20, 1793, They were the 5ldent members of the Baptist ehurch in Ballston Spa, in which they were baptised on the same n‘. in 1819, “She Is also survived by a dauzhter, Mrs. Dr. C. T, Hauris, of Syracuse, and_three sons, Russell P. and Rev. William 8. Clapp, above named, and ¥dward Clapp, of Nanlstique, Mich. TWENTY-TWO YEARS' TALK. General Ord in Richmond on the Murky James River. CONCERNING THE CONFEDRATES Lincoln's Assassination—Plots and Plans—Robert E. and Fitzhugh Lee —Interesting After tho War—Gossip. NEW Yo April 14.—| Correspondence of the BEk. ]—-Twenty-two years ago the 12th of this month, I accompanied Gen- eral Ord, when he entered Richmond, after the fall of L It was Ord’s troops bat had first o tal, and nine d afterward he took teommand there in person, when the final campaign of the war had closed. He was in full aceord with the magnanimous policy ot Grant, and shared the belief that eyerything possible should be done to in- duce the south to return, not only sub- missively, but loyally and cordially to the union. He had heard me express a simi- lar sentiment, and asked General Grant to detail me for awhile, to assist him in creating a good fecling in Richmond. The order was made, and on the 13th day of April, 1865, I stood by Ord’s side when be sailed up the James in front of the ilent batteries, and ded with him at he confederate capital. The fires that had destroyed so large a portion of the city on the night before its capture, were still smouldering here and there; the rooms which the confederate government had occupied for oflices were strewn with public and historical docu- ments left ungathered in the hasty flight; the paroled soldiers from Appomatox had not returned, and the conquered city was garrisoned with negro troops, col- ored sentinels pacing the streets toguard the public buildings, or the headquarters of union generals. Ord took up his ea cupied the captured capi- s b quarters at the houce that had been occu- pied by the fallen president of the south- ern confederacy, and as he invited me to join his mess, I also had my rooms in the Jefferson Davis mansion, " As it was my object to make myself ac- ceptable to the southerners whom [ was instructed to induce to be loyal, or at least submissive, I asked to be aliowed to superyjse fhigduty of di:tri_bmiuq food, and the ¢ m'hq fl‘% committed to maé, No inhabitant of ichmond, black or’ white, soldler or civilian, would be fed from army stores except on present; at the commissary’s office of a signed by me. The labor thus enta | for m“"f‘; thousands of rations sued daily, but it brought me into direct contact with every class of the population. THE WEALTHIEST FAMILIES of other times, were obliged to send for the ulms of the government, and the great functionarics of the fallen state who had remained or returned,were thus fed from the northern stores. When General Lee arrived irom Appomattox, I had already learned the condition of the city, and sent at oncc to inquire if I could furnish him and his staff’ with sup- plies. He replied through an aide de camp that he was ;ircuny obliged, ane did not know what "he should kave done had the offer not been mude; for he found of course, nothing in his house tv eat. There was one way in which I could carry out the intention. Printed tickets were prescribed by law on the presenta- tion of which the food would be supplied. ‘Ihe ration was_pluin and course, hardly equal to the private soldiers’ fare; it was the same we furnished to the freed slave who escaped to our armies from the p tation or the swamp, and when 1 the number in the houschold of the ca tive general, and then wrote on the shabby little ticket, the commissary will supply GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE with so many destitute rations, I could not but remember that this modern Beli sarius had commanded armies, and stood in the way for years of the nation whose clemency and whose bread, fate com- pelled him to receive The rooms that I occupied officially were thronged with applicants, where those who were i,;uurnul came to obtain the requisite information, or others to perform the prescribed formalities, La- dies of refinement and gentlemen of dis- tinction sometimes had lost their ser- vants, or were unwilling to trust them, and came in person on the painful er- rand; and many a curious conversation 1 had over these tickets, many a discus- sion about the causes of the war and the principlgs of the participants; many a statenient was made of the past or pres- ent fechng of soldiers and “civilians on either side; many an inquiry exchanged for the fate. of former friends. For I had visited Richmond before the .oftered when I had visite troubles, who had suffered all the horrors of the siege. On the duy of my arrival I went to look for MRS, EDWARD MAYO, the stepdaughter of James Brooks, the well-known member of congress' and editor, and one of the most prominent leaders of the democratic y i the war, w party dur Mrs. Brog ghter, Miss time ‘very popular in New y, but had married and re- turned to ‘Richmond. L had be timate with the family, and was to know how M ayo had endu miseries of the capture. I found he living with her hushand’s sister, Mrs. ibald Gracie, whom I hac Josephine Mayo. Mrs, ( purning for her hus| eral Gracie, of the confed army, killed only a fortnight be: 0o did not know where her husband was: he had marched off with the troops on the night that Rich- mond fell, The ladies recerved me as an old friend, and without a shade of bitterness; the were glad, indeed, of such protection an ofticer of the conquering army could afford. There was a negro guard over the house which they had applied for,and they told me that the ';lorulj troops had behaved with ) othing tne; id to com- plain of personaliy. But I inquired how they were ofl' for food, and then they con- fessed their anxiety. I offered to send them the ‘destitute ration’ which they gratefully accepte I could tell them of their northern relatives, and we had an interesting interview, as the close of which THEY ASKED ME TO DIN! off of the suplyhus. they said, which [ to furnish. 1 fortunately thought to in quire if they had fuel; they admitted t had none, and unless this also had been the rations would have been , 50 I sent some wood and went to dinner. There were black beans, had remained in the house from e, rice, coffec and 4 piece of veal; ed on rare china and ancient sil ver. The children of Mrs. Mayo, four or five years old, were not permitted to e to table, but they remained in the room, and when they saw that meat was served they cried for it. Their mother told me they had seen none for months; the meat in Richmond went to the sol- diers. These same childrenof thé petted heiress I had known, were barefooted; they had not known a shoe for a year; there were none to be bought. While we sat at table, Mrs. Allen, a neighbor, and one of the most important personages of the high society of Rich- mond, who had learncd that her friends were entertaining u “federal officer,” sentin a contribution to the menu—a dish of apple fritters, cooked in not very delectable stvle. It was the bost chg couid offcr, nd 56é did st wish that Richmond ~hostesse: en, should fail in hospitality:- Z a bit of southern and gentle pride as I witnessed during the war, Indeed, no costly enter- tainment that these same Indies had ever Richmond in other times seemed more significant of breeding or of dignity than this, made of the bitter bread of the iquerors. But the scanty feast had a peculiar savor to me, for it in ed thut the harshness which might have naturally lingered 1n those who had lost 86 much was about to be dis- pelled; that war and disaster and defeat had not crushed out all the old kindly feeling, and it sccmed to me that 1f one Union soldier met with such a reception, others would do the same, and the work of reconciliation might go on, The men in Richmond at this time were for the most part very sensible. Thae) felt that all hud been lost, and some Y doubt not, had long been wishing for the inevitable end. I often met Judge Camp- bell, once of the United States supreme court, but afterward in the confederate fiavcl'nmull;thu mayor of the city, Mr. Mayo; Mr. Lyons, the eminent lawyer, whom all who knew Richmond twenty five or thirty years ugo will remember; and others quite as eminent, and I was able to report their sentiments and opin- 1008 to General Ord, or by letter to Gen- | eral Grant, as they' frequently desired. After a while the confederate soldiers began to come in, most of them footsore, from Appomattox,all of course unarmed, paroled. Someindeed who had not captured made haste to surreneer 1l themselves of the conaitions graated at the famous court house. I recollect t paid to General Pi interviews with other 5. All were humble then; all pgnized that the war was ended; all wondered whether they wonld be allowed to hold property again. They were gr; ndeed for their liberty, and the i none dreamed that they could evel eligible to office, and if any had predieted that FITZ HUGH LEE would be governor of Virginia, under the union, and Mahone United States senator, he would have been thought a madman, But they were manly, not maudlin; they behaved like men who had | awl and lost; and were ready to debt of honor. — As for me I was ous then as they, that they should tored to their old posison, and the spect and almost kind- . and had not a few friends | brothersh aving quarrelled and been ree- onciled, should live together as of old. had, of course, no authority to speak for my superiors, and could’ not predict their action, but I hoped for a speedy restoration of that condition of the country under which I had been born. This, of course, made them feel amiable toward me, and 1 welecome among them. They —how I cannot magine—some very good whisky and made excellent juleps at Mayor Mayo's house, and we talked of the u?ll times at the White Sulphur springs, and at Saratoga, when south- erners and northerners were part of one union, and hoped for them again. In the midst of allthis came the news of ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINA N It was a terribl 1 could hardly be beliey < of it by Colonel Forney, who was visiting ichiond at the time. He came into my ing just left General Ord, who t moment received the news, Of course 1 went at once to Ord's head- quarters, for what this might presage no one could tell. It might mean wide- spread conspiricy; it might require ex- traordinary measures of ppression or even reprisul, and certainly of eau- tion. t put aside, of course, for days, any further amicabie confers ences, for each side at once suspected the ‘I'he southerners, however, ex- pressod 5o much horror’ and concern, disclaiming so enrnestly any connivance or connection with the act; it was so plain 1t wuas they who must saff from the murderous ate tack, that in time we who were with !.hena threw aside our first indignant, thoug not unnatural suspicions: but of cours the effect lingered at the north: and even in Richmond we were obliged to be more onour guard. What had happened in instance might ocecur in another;if even the president, the great friend and protector of the south, was murdered by a supporter of the, not only lesser indi- viduals might be in d. a city or an It was too soon af- A that involved the safet, army were possible. ter o tremendous civil war for the catas— trophe not to leaye terrible traces. I doubt if the fecling toward the vart of the army that was retained at Richmond and the I"’""“m n, made up as it was more and more every day of return ed confederate soldiers, was ever so genial after thus act of Booth, while any union troops remained One day I heard a noisc in the streets, as every disturbance at that time might have a meaning, I sent to inquir the cause. An orderly brought wor that General Lee and his staff” were re- turning to their homes, and I went out tq the streetto see. The great chief of the fallen cause, who had ridden trinmph-% antly through these streets after so many, battles, who had so often repelled the. union army from the fearthen gvnlls .ol‘; Richniond, was indeen ie-cniciing tidy captured capital, himself a m\ro]urprl& oner, going to his home by permission of his enemics: his armies all disbanded at the bidding of his conqueror, not aly lowed to carry flags orarms; he himselfy wore his sword and rode his horse because his captor had allowed. He was not in a prison, because the terms he recelve were generous. But he had not lost the love of those for whom he had fought, As he rode up the hill and approached his own door the crowds that had fol- lowed him clung closer; the cheers were not vociferous, for they were the ex- pression of sympathy, not of victory, but the people touched his horse and his hand to assure him that in disaster and submission he was T CHIEF STILL. He suppressed their demonstrations lest they should provoke the wrath of the successful, for he was loyal to his parola a8 he had been to the cause which was lost. He dismounted, turncd and took off his counfederate cap, bade them good bye, and Robert E. Lee had entered hi own house a prisoner. 1 called on him there on some official errand, and he received me with dignity and cuur(esf‘ though my presence must have reminded him of the final scene of, the war, when he gave up his armies to’ Grant; for there too I had been present, But his room was filled with fresh and fragrant flowers, evidently the gifts of, those who still revered him; and at thig W i to request of he desir before the end, A been accorded captivity and his his anxieties were still for Avay Baveauv, d been cap! the same terms whi at Apjic humiliution s soldiers, - net often noticed, that one dis- 5 ofte followed by another of like character,has new proof in the report ol that o givl of 12 has just to death by a toy “'squaw- she had in her mouth. This fol- upon the death of the little boy in Newark from the same cuuse. - - A woman seventy-five years old is living in Wallingford, Conn.. who lias raised a tam- 1 ily of fifteen childre nd had six husbands,s tiiree of her weddings having occurred after | she had passed her 60th birthday. She now lives alone at South Plains. having provided Lerselt with a eoftin and & complete_burial futit, which ' keot in tho -house roady for u i