New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-18

But there viii come . time. my love.
When. if read our stSrs arights
shall not liDgey by this porch
with IN, sdiels. Till then. good night
You wish che time were now And J.
You do not blush to wish it sol
You would have bluslled yourself TO Geatn
what. both these snowy hands. al. then
III have to say good light again:
Old Scandals.
Anoop the recent discoveries made by
DIR. Schliemann on the site Of ancient Troy
ia one which not only fully confirms the
Ho,neric legend. but which is IN itself 80
extraordinary rs to seem almost incredible.
1t ia nothing less than the discovery among
the socalled 'treasures Of Priam" Of sc.
ries of papyri containing full account OF
the abduction of Helen. The preservation
of these papyri is to be accounted tor by
the fact tnat they were inclosed III
chest formed Of thick slabs Of asbestos.
which resisted the fire which consumed
Troy They include copies Of several
of the leading Greek and Trojan journals of
the day, thus refuting the popular theory
that journalism was unknown to the an
clients. have been permitted, through the
kindness of Herr Won Schweinhunn, late
German consul at Constantinopfe. to geo
the original documents-all Of which are
written in Greek-and 70 make TRANSACTIONS
of tho most interesting facts set forth by
them. ] am. therefore. in position to give
your readers tho first trustworthy account
of the great Trojan scandal which has ap'
peared for 5000 years.
The identity OF the Homeric characters Is
fully confirmed. and the legend that Paris
visited Menelaus at Messene is substantial.
ed in all it's nam features. Paris was,
however. not the mere handsome guards.
man whom Homer has described, but q
Young prince Of great promise, who had
already written number of popular works.
and who was engaged while at Messene on
q "Life Of Prometheus."
Menelaus does not eeem IL hare sus.
Dec:ed any intimacy between the handsome
Trojan and his wife until the latter, in =
moment Of remOrse, caused by over.
indulgence in weak tea, made q confession
to him. He therefore met Paris ut the
house Of Ajax, who was che friend OF both.
and after obtaining q confession from HIM,
agreed to hush the matter up.
Unfortunately q retired priest Of DeIphos.
with q strong desire for mischief. got wind
of the matter-doubtless through one Of the
Pithonesses-and began to abuse Menelaus
in the columns of the Messenean Eers.
About the same time Paris returned TO
Troy, taking Helen with him. and Meme
laus. in his indignation. made the whole
story public.
The excitement created was enormous,
and Paris, to save his reputation. demanded
an investigation, selecting six troopers of
his own regiment as committee. The in
yestigatiOn was conducted with the most
perfect fairness, q company OF archers be-
ing stationed outside the door Of the COM
mittee room, with orders to shoot every
witness who did not testify in Paris favor.
They failed, however, to hit Menelaus, and
were obliged to content themselves with
instigating the camp followers TO throw
mud at him.
Menelaus told straightforward story,
which, when published by the Trojan and
Grecian papers, convinced nearly every in
telligent person of its truth, especially as it
contained letters written by Paris, in which
he expressed his guilty attachment, and re.
marked that "Menelaus had conducted him
self most generously toward him." but that
he should nevertheless be very nervous
until be could carry Helen away to Troy
with him. Paris, of course, denied that he
was guilty. Helen, he admitted, came to
Troy with him, but 1t was in order to read
the proof sheets of his Life of Prometheus."
His expressions as to nervousness in
certain of his letters were due to the
fact that his father, the venerable Priam,
had frequently been troubled with deaf
ness, while he himself had for years be-
lieved that he was in danger of receiving
blow on the head from q cOcoanut in Gaze
he should ever visit the South Sea islands.
As to the rest of his letters, he could not at
that distance Of time remember what they
meant, but rather faneied they alluded to
an attack of measles, from which his little
bOyhOod had suffered. In closing his testi-
mony, he remarked that he considered Ajax
a liar and q thief on general principles, and
informed him that. whatever he might say,
no intelligent trooper would believe him.
Now Ajax was-as Homer represented
him-One of the bravest of the brave. He
was greatly incensed against Paris. and
proceeded to crush him, by making full
statement of the facts in the case. He pub.
lished letters from Paris, from his sister
Cassandra-whO knew him to be guilty
and from numerous other persons. The
guilt of Paris was made as clear as noon.
the matter hastily brought
verdict to the effect that, inasmuch as
Menelaus and Ajax had proved Paris guilty
OF a shameful crime, he was unluestionably
innocent.
The report of the committee was followed
by a general publication Of statements on
the part of everybody. Ajax and Menelaus
each made new statements more terrible
than their original ones. The Pythoness,
VINO 0du Deeu away on voyage TO EEVpCs
and made weekly statement for
three months without intermission. Cas-.
aandra made her statement claiming that
Paris was innocent because che had origin.
ally called him guilty. Helen and her
waiting maid both made statements, but
they were SO full of impossibilities that
they were hooted at. The mother Of
Helen made her little statement, occu.
plying forty-eight closely printed
columns of the Troy Wing, impair.
tally calling everybody concerned in the
scandal horse thieves and drunkards, and
ending with the request that come one
would appoint her brother collector at Cor
NTH. Public opinion, which had at first
been somewhat favorable to Paris, com.
Dletely changed. There was a demand that
the IN IN who had been the cause of so many
statements should die. The coalition of the
Greek chiefs was the result of this demand,
and Homer tells US how the great ven.
geance of heaven fell upon Paris and in.
volved his whole army OF supporters in his
ruin.
The original papyri from which have
taken these facts are on their way to Der.
lin, and in few weeks will doubtless be
published in full.-Letter to .Ne,y York
Graphic.
How the Son of n Laundress Won His
Way to Fame.
Mention was made in the San Francisco
Chronicle of the appointment Dv Congress.