The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-11

mon By the frencn minister oi Wal, 10 t"o
Fertilization or Scissors upon q large scale.
Dnrtag tha last war Scissors was not prepared
to offer any serious resistance, and so capitn-
listed Misunderstanding to stand a siege.
-Of. bishop Gibbons the Wilmington jour
mil says:sThis eminent divine lefeherelast
nlehtefesEa,0hEaond to assume charge OF that
Zen ThS msuibefs OF the church In this
Mace. 10 whcmsh has. not only provena faith
iufIijp,oGadises, taf aas earnest and devoted friend
as Esii. 1pssGstsa WIN hIm,with The. most sincere
regret 4s 8 earnest p the esteem and al.
fiction With. which he was regarded, 1t was
determined. ~ present him with 2 memento OF
Observation-Disclosures, and to thastend he was
tenderedl "a handsome silver pitcher, asalver
ana agsbless,e and q: black marble clock and
pairtof. mantelsornamenss.n = --iS2 i5tH
The TRIAL of Charles J. Proctor and Frank
Deuman, on the charge Of being thu leaders
OF tkS gang that attempted to. break open the
Jersey City Fret National Bank. last June,
and take away with them $780, 600, recalls
the details, of that, almost: successful transac-
ton. The. story has been told OF their hiring
rooms adjoining the bank; their mysterious
midnight operations, which excited the sus-
pIcions of the lady who rented the rooms, and
the plans which shes assisted By Q Juvenile de-
tectiVe, successfully laid for their capture.
The ,hdy,s name Is Miss Jane Beamer, aportly
and genial single woman, generally known as
Aunty Jane, her business being that Of q
clearinghouse keeper. For her timely watch
fnlIess she was rewarded with one thousand
dollars by the officers of the bank. and she
occnpattfacchspicdons place at the trial. The
.wopRtbe. eraeksmen, Including one Foley,
WIZ confessed few days previously, are all
burglars Of the white hand and kid glove or
der, and were as well dressed when appearing
for trial as any who participated or acted as
spectators The: trial did not last long after q
jury was impapelled before convicting the
prisoners, their guilt being already estab-
lished. vs.E a
The case OF Mr.. Samuel G.. Brown, now
,conilpad.as a:Ku-Klux prisoner at Albany, has
been frequently alluded to already. additional
faotssare now at hand which show that the
case Is still moro cruel and revolving than was
al inst Represented. It appears that shortly
after the arrest and sentence Of. Brown, Rev.
David Wills, President OF Oglethorpe Unlver-
sJty, heard or the affair, and investigated 1t.
Having satisfied himself that The prisoner was
An honest, upright, patriotic, and law-abIding
man, and that the sentence was arbitrarily
imposed AFTER a mock trial, by Judge Bond,
thereverend gentleman related the facts to
Mrs. Maria Jordan Westmorelsnd, an estimable
lady Of Atlanta, and begged her to intercede
in Browns behalf, She accordingly wrote to
Mrs. Governor Hoffman, ct New York, and
also to 9 clergyman at Albany; and both these
parties at once lent all their influnecs In the
direction desired. The remainder of the story
is well known. Notwithstanding the inter
cesaonand tesllmony of thess %clergymen and
Christian women, and In disregard even OF the
Recommendation Of Colonel Whlteley and
Gerrit smllh, the President obstinately refused
to release Mr.. Brown, and continues to eonHne
INA penltentlary, contrary to all law, human
ity and common sense, an aged, inhrm and
innocent citizen of the United States. This Is
what General Grant calls ..politlcal necessity
The suicidal mania claims for lis own
three Young men who recklessly sent them.
selves out Of The world, at about the came
time, without any sufficient motive for 80
doing Peter Blomme, a young Belgian, ar.
rived something over week ago In New York
City, and took quarters ut the New York
HOTEL wherein remained o couple OF days.
In the evening of the third or fourth day, he
was seen to ge>down the street throwing at
intervals handfuls Of gold coin about him,
and, as If not able to scatter his treasure pro.
fusely enough, he was about to hurl his rich
hnd- expensive gold watch into the gutter
when a policeman arrested him. He wa
takeinn to the station, and, being there de.
cIded insane, was conveyed ut last to St
Vincent Hospital. Ills firearms. with which
he was we'll supplied, were all taken from
aim, as was supposed, but he managed Il
secrete a pistol, with which he took his life
Papers about him showed that he had been al
officer 10 the Belgian service. but resigned OF
account Of ~unreqaited love and met his SAT
fste In this country. Mr. Levlson, a wealth!
Hebrew merchant, formerly Of San Francisco
took q fatal dose of prusslc acid at Stanwi1
Ha1lss.Abany, on account of the loss of some
valuable diamonds, and Isaac Corkey; garden
er John Stephenson, the iamous street cal
builder, at New Rochelle, while ln a at of de-
lirium, wandered away into a thicket and Gu,
his head nearly off with a pruning hook, all
Of which makes a sad and slckening aggre,
gate :s:z
"A scientific experiment wa made BIZ med.
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