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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09

violent temper, which often fell upon his
dearest friends; j; of hronstrom vanity, and
Of ungoverned passionS.
81 was never engaged to hfx n, mar.
riage;I never loved him." said Alice
Cary to me. 81 could not have loved
such man, though learned him in his
best phases. As friend I owed him
much, and before his death found it In.
my power to pay back in part my Large
d,bt of gratitude. When 10 retlfatd to-
New York, poor and sick, with certain
death before him, I, with Miss, hired
room and nurse for him. From that
they have the roman tic stoty Of tty nur-
sing him from unrequlted love. It was
old Betsy Who nursed him. You know
how big and strong she is; yet even she'
became worn out, for his sickness was
long and very painful. Many unkind,:
even cruel things have been said because
he willed to me his personal effects. Be-
sides the books and pictures which he BE-
queathed to the Historical Society, these
were all that he possessed, and left to me
not more out Of personal regard than from
desire to repay as far as he was able
the money which had expended for his.
comfort during his long sickness. az
In the profoundest sense Alice Cary
never loved but once. The man whom
she loved is still alive; yet gossip with the
keenest scent, has never foud or named
him. With all her fullness Of affection,
hers was an electric and solitary soul.
He who, by the very presence of his be<.
ing, was more to her than any other mors
tai could be, might passed from her lifsft
but no other could ever take his place.
A proud and prosperous family brought;
all their pride and power to bear on SON
to prevent his marrying girl uneduca- =
ted, rustic, and poor. 81 waited for one
who never came back" she said, 'syet
believe he would come until read in q,
paper his marriage to another. Can you
think what life would believing one,
waiting for one who would never come"
He did come at last. I saw him. His
wife had died. Alice was dying. Tho
gray-haired man sat down beside the gray
haired moman. Life hsd dealt prosper
ously with him, as is its wont with men.
Suffering and death had all from her save
the luster Of her wortrors eyes. From
her wan and wasted face they shone upon
him full Of tenderness and youth. Thus
they met, with life behind them-they
who parted plighted lovers when life wss
young. He was the man whom she for
gave for her blighted and weary life, with
smile Of parting as divine as ever Lit tho
face Of woman.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09
Woodruff on the RamSage.

She Attempts to seduce Steamboat Clerk
A Second Joseph Andrews.
The Albany Times gives the following
very amusing account of Victoria Wood
hull's journey up from New York on the
Troy boat:
Just before the steamer Connecticut left
her dock in New York the night before
last, carriage drove up to the wharf,
and from it emerged three persons, two
wearing the garb of women and one dress
ed in the habiliments of the sterner sex;
but nature or custom seemed reversed in
this instance, for one of the seeming fe-
males gave orders to the coachman, paid
the fare, attended to the baggage, pur-
chased the passage tickets, and then gave
her arm to the healthy mortal who had
stood by holding poodle and carrying a
parasol, marched him into the cabin of the
steamer and seated him upon cushioned
chair, while she went in search of state
room. Her female companion, she found,
had alreany purchased a room, but it was
in gangway, and it made the first lady
very angry to find that her friend had
been so sadly imposed upon. So with
flashing eye and scowling visage she
marched straight to the clerk and de-
manded that the room be changed for q
better one, "for," said the lady, as she
stood on her tiptoes and glared in furious
ly at the clerk, 81 am Victoria G. Wood
hull, of A Broad street, New York.
"Ohl" murmured the clerk, with the
greatest timidity, 81 was not aware of
that; you shall have the best room on the
boat, your great financial head shall re-
pose on the same downy pillows upon
which the noble Fisk did slumber just
one month ago to-night;;" and he handed
the lady the key of the bridal chamber.
Over her face there stole smile as
bright as the sun at MONDAY, and she cast
look of such ineffable tenderness upon
the clerk that he actually wilted. Yet be
managed to ask:
"Who is that male spinster that is with
your"
"That is my" but the crowd push
ed her forward, and the rest of the SEN
tence was lost in the noise of the departure
of the boat. But in few moments q
waiter brought down to the clerk beau
tiful boquet with a card attached, upon
which was written: ''Compliments OF
Victoria G. Woodruff" In moment
another waiter appeared; he brought set
of elegantly bound books for the clerk.
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dorsement by the party through which he
made it, but not 80 with Tweed. There
amt no vanity about him. So long ez he
hez control NV the party, he don't care a
cent whether he is publicly recognized OF
not. Ez he remarkt to me eff the way to
my continuashen in power is in denuncia-
shen Nv me, very good, denounce me. l
kin stand it. I amt the first man who,
to get on, hez trampled over the dead
body Nv his reputashen. I'd jist ez soon
pull the wires behind the curtain ez to
manipulate the pupits in front Nv it. I
amt agoin to let personal vanity stand in
the way Nv the grand success. I'm hop
ing for next year. I'm rather heavy
load for the party to carry just now, and
Pm goin to leleeve 'em-till after the
Presidenshel elecshen."
Then l saw wat motive wuz actooatin
the Amerikin Napoleon, and I wuz agin
lost in wonder. Whoever the Democrat
ic nominee is, he will simply be shadder,
Nv wich Tweed will be the substance.
Tweed will be the power behind the
throne, wich is greater than throne itself.
And wat glorious prospek opens to US
Think Nv Democratic President in 1873,
with Tweed behind him Think Nv
Tweed maxim collectors, and assessors,
and postmasters, and all Nv 'em bein re-
sponsible solely to him ! Eff he hez made
Nv himself the revenues Nv one city, wat
will he do when he hez the nashen to
bleed =?
I shell to wunst cultivate pleasant re-
lashens with Tweed.
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY, P. M,
(Wich wuz Postmaster).
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09
Fire.Proof Buildings.

| An Interview with Supervising Architect
| MulIett.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial has recently had a
conversation with Mr.. Mullett, supervis-
ing architect of the Treasury Department,
on the subject of are-proof buildings. In
answer to a remark made by the CORES
pondent, he said:
"Why, my friend; you don't know what
you're talking about. You now know that
there was not fre-proof building in Chi
cago. 1 could have told you that before
hand"
"Why the Tribune office was regarded
as fire proof, and other marble and granite
buildings were so regarded. I believe they
only lacked iron shutters" ventured to
reply.
eIron fiddlesti:ks," he answered snap
pishly. Il hope you don't think that a
granite or marble building is fire-proof.
Don't you know that granite, when sub.
iected to strong heat, crumbles like dry
plaster. 1t is the best building stone in
the world; it will resist time, and damp,
and rain, and everything else, but it won't
resist fire. Marble is not much better,
but it is some; marble will not burn up as
soon as granite. Sandstone is about the
same, with some few exceptional varieties.
Now, good many blessed idiots think
that if a vault is built of granite it is fire
and burglar-proof. Nothing of the sort.
If wanted to make a secure vault, l
shouldn't make it of granite. A skillful
burglar can get into granite vault IN no
time. With large blow-pipe and small
sharp blaze well handled burglar can
crack block of granite to pieces before
you'd know it. When subjected to se-
we're heat it cracks and splits off in flakes,
and you can crash it into sand with your
fingers. Oh, no, a granite building is not
fre-proof."
"Well, what sort of building is fire.
proof"
GA granite building" he answered,
without apparently noticing the question,
'swill stand heat great while, so will
marble a great while. But wooden
cupola, or steeple, or tower, must not be
put on top of it, like that on the Chicago
Courthouse. A man must be fool to do
a thing like that. I'd also like to know
how sensible man could be such fool
(the language is Mullett's) as to think the
Chicago Tribune office was ire.proof when
more than half the windows did not have
iron shutters? 1t don't take fire long to
crash through glass and sash. People
ought to understand these things when
building what they call fre-proof build
ings; for fre-proof building that isn't
fre-proof is no better than one that isn't.
Do you understand? Now / can't always
do as l want to in the erection of public
buildings. Sometimes 1 have to leave
iron shutters off, and sometimes have to
put wood in places where stone or iron
ought to be, but it isn't because don't
know better. Congress never thinks OF
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09

what che Confedrit 4 Roads EI-Postmas-
ter Saw at the T.mmany State Conven-
tion.
~ - From Tie T0sedo Blode.
..,-. CoNFEDRrr x ROADS.
,s.,. (xHlch is In the state OF Kentucky
October IA, 1871.
lam in the sere and yeller leaf, and
hev seen much Of politics, but never in
my life did / ever see a convenshun so
beautifully managed ez the late Demo
cratic Convenshun at Rochester, Moo
York. waz there by speshel invitation
NV my old Brick Dennis O'Slaughnessy,
Nv the Sixth Ward, Moo York, who, since
left the Harp Nv Erin Sloon has i'm
proved wonderfully in a worldly pint nv
view. He was then hod-carrier by pro-
fession and repeater by practice. He
attracted the attention Nv Mr.. Tweed by
iszesl in votiu and his bravery in knock
in down opposishen voters, and was wv
course rewarded. He is now Assistant
Inspector Nv Musket Triggers nv the
Ninth Regimental Armory, at salary Nv
$500 per month, Skool Inspector in the
Sixth ward, at q salary of $400 per month,
and Thirty.second Assistant Law Advis-
er TO the commission for condemning pri-
vate property, for streets and sich, at a
salary Nv three thousand dollars per year,
besides which he hez tenth interest in
the contract for keepin the glass in repair
Nv the two back winders Nv two Armor-
les, out NJ which be made SIC, 900 in the
first six months He waz tu hey he'd the
contrack for the two front winders in ad-
dition, out the raid the people made on
the Ring busted that. He hez, however,
invested largely in city lots, and wears
kid gloves and diamond ez big ez a
peechstone. Dennis said that eff the in
fernal Amerikens and Germans kin be
beat down and the control Nv Moo York
left with the Irish, where it belongs, he
will be tolerably well off in a year or two.
Dennis, being nv consequence in the
party wuz, Nv course, in the private coun-
sells Nv the managers Nv the State Conven-
shun. He and Tweed, Sweeny, Mayor
Hall, Keyser, Garwin, and the entire con-
yocashen was at Rochester though nobody
knowed it. They went in a speshel pri-
vate car, and he'd private rooms at the Os-
borne House, with private wire runnin
directly to the hall in wich the Conven-
shun wuz held. 1t wuz the most impres-
siye scene ever witnesst; one wlch these
old eyes will probably never look onto
agin. Their in an esy chair sot one man
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09

The Facts About Her heiatiohs WIFI k>o-
fus w. GrIswold.
A story under title of the "Unknown
Love of Alice Cary" in the newspapers,
ia still travelling through the length OF
the land. 1t asserts that in her youth she
was affianced to Rufus W. Griswold; that
he was false to her-forsaklng her for
woman of the world; that hong after,
when he return to New York friendless,
poor, and sick, she forgave him the great
wrong that he had done, and nursed him
till he died. This story, in many conflict
ing phases, was often to her great annoy
ance told of her during her life: The fact
that Rufus w. Griswold did in his last
will bequeath to her his personal effects
was made much Of in printed and private
circles, and used as an unanswerable
proof that at one time he had beer
her lover. Within week I have read,
in letter to the New York Euening Post,
that the will proved the love and relation
ship between the two persons beyond
doubt. Yet no less, in its foundation the
story is fa!se. Referring to it at once,
while we two sat alone together, Alice
said to me: 81 will tell you just the truth.
Ifyou ever think it necessary. you can
tell" I believe it to but justice to her sa-
cred life, with which idle gossip is yet
too busy, to tell it now. Bereavement in
death and in life had made her Western
home too desolate to be borne. These
with the impulse of the brave will that
served her to the last, brought her to
New York to make not the life that she
would have chosen for herself, yet life
worthy to be lived.
Ignorance stood me in the stead Of
courage" she said. Had I known the
great world as 1 have learnd it since, l
should not dared, but I didn't. Thus l
came" The leading Etterateur at that
time was DR.. Rufus Griswoh. He had
complied the books called "The Female
Prose writers'' and "The Female Poets
of America" He was sharply on the
lookout for every new genious in litera-
ture that appeared. He had visited the
sisters in their Ohio home, and in 1850 had
obtain publisher for their first volume,
and had added both their names, with
selections from their poems, to his own
"Poets of America" He knew every
thing necessary totheir success in the
sphere oflabor which they had chosen,
while they practically knew next to moth
ing. He encouraged and helped them
in many ways, and thus command their
gratitude. For Alice to incur a debt of
gratitude was to pay it, even at the cost
of her life. Yet even the good will Of one
type of man to a woman is often mis-
fortune. Her soul may be white as snow;
vet he cannot take her innocent name
upon his lips without smircbing it with
somewhat of his own vileness. His van
ity has been flattered by idle women, till
conquest has not only become the habit,
but the necessity, Of his morbid and mise
rable soul; till, where he knows he has
not won it, he yet is base enough to boast
of it. Such a man Judging of every
record left Of him) was Rufus W. Girls
wold.
He was a man of poetic temperament,
of fine scholarship, of generous impulses,
and in certain directions of rare gifts; yet
no less he was man Of tickle fancies, Of
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09
Fashionable WeaaSs Prayer.

Strengthen my husband, and may biz
faith and his money hold out to the last
Draw the lambs wool ov unsaspicious
twilight over his eyes, that mi firtationg
may look to him like viktorys, and that
mi bills may strengthen his pride to me.
Bless, o Fortune, my krimps, rats and
frizzers, and let thi glory shine on mi
paint and po *der.
When 1 walk out before the gaze Of
vulger men, regulate my wiggle, and add
nu grace to mi CATERS.
When I bow miself in worship, grant
that may do it With ravishing elegence,
and preserve into ths last the lily white
of mi flesh and the taper Of my fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gaul Of
jealos y, and eat thou up with the teeth
of envy all those who gaze at mi style.
Save me from wrinkles, and foster my
plumpness.
Fill my both eyes, oh Fortune with
the plaintive pizon ov infatuashun, that
1 may lay out my victims, the men, as
knub as images craven.
Let the lily and the rose strive together
on mi cheek and may mi neck swim like q
goose on the buzzum Of EFystai water.
Enable me, Oh Fortune, to wear shoes
still little smaller and save from all
korns and bunyons.
Bless Fanny, mi lapdog, end rain down
bezoms Of destruchuR upon these who
would hurt a hair ov Hector, ni Kitten.
Smile, oh Fortune, most sweetly upon
Dick, mi kanary, and watch over, with
the fondness Of mother, mi two lfly~
white mice with red eyes.
Enable the poor to shirk for them
selves, and save me from all missionary
beggars.
Shed the light Of thi countenanes on
mi kammel's hair shawl, mi lavender silk
mi point lace and mi necklace ov dia-
monds, and keep the moths out ov my
sable, I beseech thee, oh Fortuaet
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BEAUFORT. S. c., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1871

Next came box of bonbons, then an in
vitation to attend the lady at supper,
which the clerk had to decline. This was
not all. All through the early part of the
night came messages from the charming
Victoria 10 the handsome clerk, Frank
Baker, until, in sheer desperation, he
barred his door, and refused admittance
to any one; still the messages were all of
the most ladylike character.
By daylight next morning, the lady was
at his window, but the boat had arrived
at Albany, and the clerk slipped unobserv-
ed out of his room and ran away. Our
reporter saw him running, and the cause
of his haste. Wildly he answered, that it
was from some one who claimed him as
her affinity, and then, as his excitement
subsided, he related in the strictest conf
dence the above horrible tale. W G. w.,
is now in Troy attending the Spiritualists'
Convention, and poor Frank Baker is in
the most abject misery, fearful that ne
may be again beset by the attentions and
Establishments Of Victoria, on her finan-
cial bower of Broad street, and the house
top of Murray Hill, where she communes
wide Theodore Tilton's biography with
Demosthenes and other guardian spirits,
in untrammelled affinity.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09
Ths gsanfurt gspablieats,
THURSDAY NovEMBER.7s, 1871.
POETRY.
MF INBIMuLOYE.
BIZ JOAQUIN MILLER.

love
A forest maiden; she Is mine;
And on Sierras slopes Of pine,
The vines below, the SHOWS above,
a solitary lodge is set
Within fringe Of watered fire;
And there my wigwam fires burn,
Fed by O round brown hand
That small brown faithfd hand Of hers
That never rests till my return.
The yellow smoke Is rising yeti
Tfptoe and see 1t where you stand
LIN like column from lie land.
There sea gems in her hair
No jewels fret her dimpled hands,
And half her bronzed limbs are bare;
But round brown arms have golden bands,
Broad rich, and BY her cunning hands
Cut from the yellow virgin ore,
And she does not desire more.
J. wear the beaded wampum belt
That shshas;woyes the sable pels
That she has fringsd red threads around;
And In the morn, when men are out,
j wake the valley with the shot
That brings the brown deer TO the ground;
And she beside the lodge at noon
Sings with the wind, while baby swings
In shell cradle by the bough;
Sings low-so like tae clover sings
With swarms Of bees hear them now;
see her sad face through the moon
Such songs would earth had more Of such!
She has not much to say; and she
Lifts never voice 10 question me
In aught do -. . and that is much
lore her for her patient trust
And my loves forty fold return
A value have not to learn
As you. .. at least as many must ..-...
.... She Is not over tall nor fair;
Her ble sts are curtaned by her hair;
And sometimes through the silken fringe,
see her bosom's wealth, like wine,
Burst through, in luscious ruddy tnge-
And all its wealth and worth are mine.
know not that one drop Of blood
OF prince or chief is in her veins;
simply say that she is good
And loves me with pure womanhood
..... When that is said, why. what remains?
-!Songs of Ae !SieuTas."
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Alice Cary's Love.

The Facts About Her Relations with Ru-
fus w. GrIswold.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09

what the Confedrft Roads Ex-Postmas-
ter Saw at the T.mmany State Conven-
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-11-09

She Attempts to seduce a Steamboat Clerk
"A Second Joseph Andrews.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-10
CABBAGE WORMS.

In speaking to friend a few DAYS
since as to the best method of protecting
cabbage from worms, he suggested that
if planted with tobacco, each alternate
hill in cabbage, the cabbage worm would
not make its appearance, nor would the
horned worm trouble the tobacco. He
stated that he had tried it on small scale
and found it to work admirably. We
suggest it to our readers and trust thew
will find the suggestion a valuable one.
We should by every means in our power
strive to prevent the repetition of the hu-
initiating spectacle of seeing large crates
of cabbage brought to our State from the
North and sod at twenty, five cents per
head. Five thousand heads of cabbage
can be grown on an acre of land. At
ten cents per head an acre would make
five hundred dollars. Can't we keep this
money al homel Nothing that we see
prevents but the worms. For winter use
IN this climate the plants should not be
set out earlier than the middle of June.
and they can be set out as late as the first
of August.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-10

Exposition Managers,

The Board of Managers of the Industrial
Exposition viii, we are informed, have a
meeting during the present week, looking
to the great interests they are delegated
to subserve. Matters ofvery great interest
will present themselves for consideration
and discussion at the meeting. Among
other things, we understand tina. delegates
will be appointed to attend the Exposition
IN Cincinnati in September. 1t is the de-
sign of the Board thai in The interests CT
our Exposition some of our best and most
experienced men should be in attendance
there. Besides the advantages accruine
from being represented in such large and
important industrial sssemblage, the bene.
hts TO be derived from such observations
as would be made in furtheriug the at
ira ,tions of our own next Exposition vonld
lie incslculable. Our Board will certainly
lie properly represented at the Cincinnati
Fx POSITION.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-10
WINE MAKING.

AS Mr.. Rogers, of Beersheba, Grundy
county, Tenn, has been thirty years en-
gagged in grape raising and wine making,
his experience in these matters is of great
value. His method of making wine is to
let the grapes hang until they are thor
oughly ripe; gather them and take to the
press Immediately. If high colored wine
is desired they should be in piles and so
undergo fermentation for few days.
After the juice has been expressed be puts
1t In air tight casks to ferment with COP
per bungs made with a valve, SO as to
permit the gas to escape without admit
ting the atmospheric air. The same pur-
pose is accomplished by suffering the gas
to escape through bent tube into a YES
sci of water. The advantage of the val
vular bungs is that the moment fermen-
tAtion ceases the cask is effectuslly closed.
If champagne is wanted the valves are
weighted down as much as the casks will
bear the pressure of.