New-York tribune., 1874-04-24

1t may be necessary to premise, however well
secured personal property may generally be in the
Earthly Paradise Of Mississippi, that the noble steed
is sometimes stolen there and stolen too by the noble
cOored man. We are not aware that the Personal
Liberty bill authorizes any man, whatever tho tint
of his cutice thus TO mount himself however neces
sary it may be for him to travel But through some
misapprehension of the provisions of that cele-
brated article, colored was lately put trial
in Hernando Miss, for horse stealing Now. there
Is another luxury which has come with the new or
der Of things to be INDUCED in in those faro
regions-the luxury of temporary insanity. 1t was
pleaded that the horsestealer Of African descent
not in his right mind when he did the deed. Where
upon ex-GOv. Clarke, who acting as District
Attorney, argued thus to the jury: If the prisoner is
insane he should be sent to Jackson to the unatic
asylum If he is a thief he should be sent there to
the State Penitentiary. If he is partly thief and
partly an IDIOT he should be sent there to the State
LEGISLATURE" We do not know exactly how they
settled it, but any rate they sent the to jack
son. He may be pining In the asylum, with straws
in his hair. He may be State prisoner in coat of
two coors. He may be an honOred member Of the
State Government. What is odd is that nobody sug-
gested sending him to Washington. IL those whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make mad, the
Mississippi maniac would have found plenty Of
mad people in the capital; aspecallv after tha
Connecticut election. If he wanted to practice the
golden precept of Honor among thieves" he would
have found an opportunity there, And il he merely
wanted to talk horse. being himself Judge of the
animal, he might have found at certain end of the
avenue man to talk horse with him to his hearts
content.
Several days ago we referred TO Miss Carrolls
claim for compensation for the plan of the Tennessee
campaign. We referred to her memorial and to the
remarkable array of evidence which she brings for
ward to sustain her assertion that she presented to
the Government the plan of the movement upon the
Tennessee River which was afterward carried into
effect. The TRIBUNE said nothing in advocacy of
the claim but merely called attention to the of
the memoralst, sThs ST. Louis Democrat is therefore
in in regarding as assuming the justice of
Miss CAROLS cause That paper presents the name
of Capt Charles NJ. Scott of st. Louis as the true
author of the plan Of campaign in question, stating
that he had long been thoroughly familiar with the
Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers and believed that
an advance by the former stream would flank the
enemy's strongest defenses. Learning that Miss
Carroll was in St. Louis aud was in relations with
prominent persons in Washington who would pay
attention to what she proposed he sought an inter-
view with her and communicated his plan in detail.
We give this story as we gave the other, but in
justice to both claimants we must say that Miss
Carroll in her memorial gives Capt. Scott full credit
for his suggestions, while naturally claiming for
herself priority III the ideas involved.
Lovers of good and rare books will not neglect the
sale of large portion of the working library Of
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sale excites good deal Of interest among collectors
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