The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-15
WANT COURIER.
A Hing for an Hour.

On the 1lti of December. 1854. lit 8 o'clock
In the morning the Dpy of Algiers was dis
trihuting pay 10 his soldiers iii the court-y arc
of his palace. The Grand Treasurer was Will
him. sbesideitis secretaries anil the usual III
van; and { c number nf soldiers was about
three handred. 1t wa, understood that these
were all ur.armetl. as 1t was theit cusfoln sft
be on Such occasions Though there was no
suspicion Of any disaffecfion among them)
and when one Of them. after receiving his
pay, and kissing the Dey's b nd. sudden
drew a dagger. itprosluced great sensation
in the court. When, instead Of repenting
him cf this indiscretion. and putting it back
again into his girdle, he proceeded to shfathe
it in the Dey's breast. and then to shoot him
with pistol. stlfe excitement re Dubbed.
Yet. seriously enough, nobody stirred. ex-
cepf himself He rose. and = walked a few
yards IL well recoIlect the bold description
of tile writer in that gazette -. calling out
TO his attendants I: Among 50 many of you.
can YOU NOT DESTROY such q villain as this ? :
and then dropped" If his Highness could
do no more. it i scarcely Imaginable to eon-
ceivr how hecnula have done much less but
his assassin was as prompt In action az the
other was slow; he no sooner had his v ctim
OF the ground. than he Snatched oft he Dey's
turban, dlapped it on his own head. and seat
ed himself on the throne. In the meantime.
friend of this audaciOlls character had lodg-
ed pistol-ball in the High Treasurer collar
bone. given him two sabre cuts over the head.
and cut his right hand off; while four aiore
consisirators-t"r they were only six IN all
were hard at work with their pistols and
sabres " among the company generally. Ina
recent American description of a free fight.
we readiliat !. crowbars and other sedatives'
were used and that pistols aud sabres sernl-
ell In this case also to have had narcotic in
iluence. tor the company actually listened
with patience. during all these anarchical
proceedings, to,a speech FROM the throne, a
sort of programme issued by the new Dey
respecting the system OF government that
would lie pursued in future (for the man on
the throne had all idea that the Virtue Of SOW
ereignty lies in watit sits ON. and really inn
agined that he was firmly seated in that SUI
preme pow er. which he had himself showntn
be so pr.4carinus even lii Legitimate posses
sor ut it, He told them that he Was hence
forth about to govern the country on good
principles, and especially that he would de-
clare sar against good many people who
fancied that no danger was hanging over their
heads. 1.-The country is at peace.'' said he
with a good deal to- many ~ AMI he es-
pecialIy babe them to unders tandl that he was
sovereign ''who would do Justice to ALL
at which obscrvalionhe brandisIietl his sword
about his head in what was, doubtless. felt to
be significant manner.
Then he ordered the drums to beat. and
the cannon TO b. fire q. tt give notice 0 the
city - u changed dynasty. While thi- wes
being done. anet the chauses. or nessen.-
err. ut the palace took Heart Of grace. and
suddenly sllatching Up a carbine. shot the
uslrprr dead. at which action everyday
seemed TO recover from their stnpnr. and the
work If cutting his five accompiices to pieces
after the Eastern manner. at once commence
ed. Even All BaShaw. The new Dey. ac-
knowliged that II this ndieioiis rebel had
kept his seat hut few minutes longer. and
until the cannon were iii ed. the Government
would have been siibv rtetl. Never was tre,-I
son Oh such Il humble scale 80 near success.
These six mer We're the sole cunspratorS
but the hl;ietionnf The surroufnli I. oldiery
10 whom they themselves helongedl is ex-
planned By their gnnr.ii-e 1T tile extent Of
thtrplot. and their far afsbeing supposed 10
b.. mix, Il up in If. As il was. the chief re!,el
was thu. shortest Der on recortl--a king for al
quarter Of an t,onr.-CHambers Joaraai.
GRATIS Only TNCI E.-The Cincinnati
Enquirer. Drnfncrotic paper, Of December
27ti, las the annexed:
The only living uncle Of the President
arriv'din Coyhgton yesterday morniI z via
tho Kentucky Central railroad. lie is a lar
ner. living near Mayslick. Mason omty
KY. but Was in early life a tanner. lie is Il
Years old. and. what is remarkable. consider
ing the existing condition of atf irs. and The
strong Inducements of so near a relative TO be
a Republican. and consequently an office
holder. be las meyer during the fifty wears he
has b ~n-i VOTER. cast anything bnta Demo-
cratic vote. lie has been ii subscriber to the
E"qairer since the first year Of its life. and
took extra pains 20 procure it during the
III heHtutky.
This gentleman, whose name is Roosevelt NJ.
Grant. refused to vote tor his nephew. for
President. although entertaining strong feel
| Is of affection for hini--a decided proof OF
mwavering and settled principle. Grants
business III t'ovington is to see his brother
Jessie II. GRAFT. who is Frustrated by paral-
ySis. He bears a decided resemblance to his
brother He atfirms Uncle Jesses love for
the Muse, hi ing read much Of his !. poiery"
III his Younger laMF, and says he would not
accept n office from his nephew. and GER
tainly not ut the expense f his political SEN
timents or tn, expression of them.
Personal SJorRNALIsrs.-Captai Henry
King said in lecture before The Kansas Ed
iforialt convention /" believe in personali-
ties. The Journalist i never so powerful us
when he Is personal. 10 proclaim truth in |
general way IL well. but to give IL personal