Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-14

The king pardoned her, and Sir Ed
ward Coke eXtOlled the royal sagacity,
observing that 'the kings instructions
deserved to be written in sunbeam"
Sir Francis Bacon, great and corrupt,
| assisted in this monstrous injustice. Rank,
wealth, family, and beauty, fought for the
countess, and she escaped the gallows.
Some people are severe enough to say that
those friends often stand by a woman now
who, but for family and money, would
be deeply condemned; but that cannot be
true, nous arons change tout cela.
| The countess, in her "cobweb ruff"
showed what a meritOrious thing it is to
be pretty. She also showed heaself very
woman; for, in going to Mrs. Turner's for
the poisons, she also bought love philters
of her, "tO cool the love of her first hus-
band Essex, and to intlame that of her
second husband Somerset, which articles
consisted of enchanted papers and pup
pets, piece of human skin, and black
scarf full of white crosses"
She did not need them. She had the
best of love-philters in her beauty, ego
tism, and unscrupulOusness. What pic
ture could be painted of that scene =
Essex furtively watching her, and glover
ing at the wretch Somerset whom she
| loved
One hundred years after there occurs a
story in much humber sphere, which
shows how differently justice was meted
out to a lady of rank, and to one who had
no rank.
There was pretty young girl, named
Blandy, living with her father and mother
at Henley on-Thames, in the year 1852.
They were rich people, and very fond of
the society of the young officers quar-
tered near them. A certain Captain
Cranstoun became great favorite in the
family, and finally made love to the young
lady, offered himself and was accepted.
Mr.. Blandy, however, in looking into the
captains antecedents, found decided
objection to his proposed son-in-law in
the fact that he already possessed wife.
Owing to this embarrassment he turned
the captain out of the house.
OF course the young lady sided with
her lover-what young lady does not!
Her mother, too, was almost as much in
love with the captain as she was, but
before the matter went further, Mrs.
Blandy died, and the relations be-
tween father and daughter became
very much cmbittered. The captain
kept up vigorous correspondence,
and offered to explain everything. He
induced the unlucky Mrs. Cranstoun to
write letter saying she was not his wife.
This he did by assuring her privately that
he should have more ready advancement
if he were supposed to be single. This
letter of Mrs. Cranstoun's was, of course,
forwarded to the Blandys, but it failed
to move Mr.. Blandy. To the poor girl it
was confirmation enough. She continued
on unhappy terms with her father, who
seems to have been severe to her natu-
rally, and she corresponded with the cap
tain, who was all love and Establishment.
Finally came letter containing some
powders marked 80 clean Scotch peb-
bles" He wrote to the young lady that
these were of the nature of love-philters,
that she must administer them to her IA
ther in his cruel, and they would turn his
Obdurate heart in favor of their marriage
The poor, unhappy girl obeyed him, and
soon had the agony of knowing that she
had poisoned her father. She rushed into
his presence, confessed all, denied all
knowledge of the fatal character of the
medicine, and, falling on her knees, be-
sought his forgiveness. She nursed him
until he died, and then gave herself up to
the ministers of justice. She was SEN
fenced to death; behaved with great de-
cency and penitence. She eloquently pro-
tested her innocent intent to the last.
She went to the scaffold in deep mourn
ing, and was long noted for her neat and
careful appearance, and her sincere re-
pentance.
The gallant captain ran away to France,
| lived a while on the bounty of female
| relative, then on the charity of his de-
serted wife, was seized with severe i'll
ness Clet us hope that it racked him), be-
came devout Catholic, died, and was
buried with pomp and circumstance by
the monks and friars, who considered the
| conversion of this sinner as worthy OF a
solemn mass, and he was followed to the
grave by the highest ecclesiastics and
magistrates of the town.
When we think of that happy home on
the Thames, to which this son of Belial
brought guilt, destruction, and infamy,
and turn from Miss Blandy on the scat
fold to the illustrious penitent and his
splendid funeral, think of his protected
and religious DEATH and of her kneeling
among the straw in Henley Jail, how can
we help saying, "How long, o LordT
| Another very interesting lady, in our
own virtuous New England, was hanged,
and behaved very picturesquely on the
scaffold. This was Bathsheba Spooner,
nee Ruggles, brilliant, handsome, I'M
manageable creature, the favorite daugh-
ter of old Brigadier Ruggles, who
has left, in his turn, no enviable rep
utation as well-governed parsonage
Bathsheba grew up amid the very extra
ordinary luxuries of her fathers house,
for the old brigadier was colonial aris-
tocrat. A pack of hounds, park of deer
and other unusual signs of wealth and
luxury, surrounded the mansion, wherein
was accumulated such uncolonial luxu
ries as gold service, handsome mirrors
pictures, sets of mahogany furniture, ant
dat sssest a ~ IRARSiaaab 2 aRiaast szzs<
4 man In hfa way, and : stf1 Tory He hnf
/ = large family and quArrolcd with hti
wife. Bathelebs was his beautiful, ia
vorfte, wfIlfnl daughter, and II Il strange
that he allowed her to marry old Joshua
1 Spooner, much older than herself, and
entirely beneath her in every respect.
Perhaps the internecine war made the