, 1873-06-16

1ows ho will do martyr to tho religion Of his
lifo,-a saoriac!al offering to q divine love-"
with such aonr-buhblo nonsense as this, .sho
parrtotdo's champion oomos to Lis roscuc. Tho
champion Of tho dooeased, however, is hardly
less ridiculous. Wo learn from him that tho
novels Of Wa1worth havo long "rtvetod tho
Interest" OF tho parvenus Of Saratoga;
thet ho was ono Of tho handsonoat mon
in tho world; that ho was courteous, largo
hoartod, and ohiya1rous gontlo1nnn TINT his
homo was an Edon Of purity and "bliHp, which
was broken up by clique Of aoandal-mongera;
TINT llo WAS hoart-brokon man that lis fato
was ono Of tho sad inhoritances OF goniua aud
30 on through column or moro Of silly enlogy.
Amidst all tho gushing otfusionB, pro md con,
which would Ill many columns, we find but ono
porson who scems to recognize tho fact that
there 4s a corpao II, tho caso, and that somebody
is responsible for 1t. This person ia tho barber
who uaod to Bhaye tho docoasod and ho acoms to
DO aware TINT somebody has boon killed. But
oven tho barber gets maullin boforo he finishes
lis communication, and goes of in flood Of toars.
He souchingly tells Of 8 Christmas dinner Of
duckaand gocso to which ho invited Mr. Walworth
upon which occasion Mr.. Walworth provided tho
vino, and thon tho barbor goes of IN rhapsody
ovor ""hla gentle md rofned nnturo." Ho
reaches tho climax Of his grief In tho following
outburpt: II assuro you whom board Of hia
death was struck dumb,-I was sick at heart.
For throo days could not keep the toara from
r <xt~
for $500 II could aee him back In that chair
Now this is to tho point. Hero we have man
who recognizes tho fact that hIs whilom patron
is dead, and measures bis regard for him BY
$500.
Summing up tho at atemcnts Of all tho diBpu-
tants, no have tho rare spectacle Of martyr to
tho religion Of his lifc and Haorinoial offering
to divine love about to bo tried for the killing Of
giftod genius and chiyalrous, puro-uinded
gentleman who, In tho capacity Of q father, Ind
disturbed certain domestic Bliss This Is
surely the most refined and elegant murder Of
tho century; tho very creme do Ia creme Of br,1-
tality; gi1t-adgod piatol-hring by gontlo hand
into the gifted bosom Of genius a murder no
reddor than roso-loaf a crime which should
60 unpunishod because Of tho high-tonod mo-
tivca that prompted It. Mono Of tho harlot sur~
roundipgs OF stokos nnd Fisk, but truly good
murder Of n father by his eldoBt non.
Tho public, however, which doea not move In
this elevated circ1o Of Saratoga society,
and therefore docs not inyost this crime
with such rosy hue, will DO dis
posed to ana1yzo it without sentiment
al notions. It may bo that Mansfield
Tracy Walvorth was bud man that ho had
abused his family; TINT ho had writton throat
ening lottors that lo had dono I'll that his ono
mics lay at his door. Ho is dead, and cannot
! speak for himaolf. Admitting everything, how
| ever, what apology has tho son for his horrid
| oct ? BY his own confession, his father Ind
promised to cease writing any moro lettors and
| to atop any furthor abuao. Els family wore,
therefore, presumably secure from his poraecu-
| tions, fanccd or rea1 as tho caao may DO. Tho
| difficulty was settled, md thonceforth there
| might havo boon peace between them. But the
| young man WIS not disposed to have peace. He
| continued tho conversation, and provoked IN
| insult to himself, and then shot his TN
| armed father, emptying barrel aftor barrel
| Of his pistol, until ho bud completed tho bloody
work. He t4on walked away, Satisfied with his
deed, as careless md light-heartod aa possible,
ind when his mother mot him, wo aro informed
by still another correspondent, that :" ahe
! laughed and ohattod with her son Frank as 1t
tho present situation WAS worry pleasant ono."
And this is what member Of Saratoga society
blasphemoue1y cals "a sacrifcial offering to
divine love-" Stripped Of its tinsel and its illu-
siops, admitting all that may bo alleged against
tho doceaaod, the public will only regard 1t as q
coasso, brutal murder, for which the murderer
should bo held aternly Responsible, according to
| the letter and spirit Of tho law.