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har hecu nsaf1v unanimous; admiration and RS

har heeu nearly unanimous admiration and rs-
tject for Miss D!ckonron have been hot losr ao.
| Tue cl,.bs hro supposed to ba The hone of cycal
! tkepticiems nbent "ni,lop, hit ercn in ahe ctuhA
| t!Is tame Of shAt llciu.c anA stainless
gIrl has been trcntca with rtrt'"cs. Tie morst
| thing ever heard sad #s'nas her was HAT
elie ought % have rcen Nl,ns Col. Baker rncaut
to1nrr. sud hare stopped tafkliis With lm-thnt
ho "osl'i mol have lost his llsatl If nho had
toHn that rllc SUSPECTED him trfute the attempt
~a. made, Ttle comment I. absurd. fer all ift
| evidence shows that Hakcr'a conduct changed
All In = moment and that AfisH nickeue,a H.
! ecnied tho first approach TO familiarity. III.
! put dtxn tho criticism as ths only pus
'nadc. Tho Judge who sricd lilo caro-
shouRht shen ho tepallcd TIM 4urs4 tt.,p that
thls llhettlno attempt had ,1etIct i:.r. .. ta-
tlssincty It has not; and that p|e walls nut "
sh1a Court AZ pure nnd aa innocent ~ fht oyer
more that tho courage and spirit rhe sl'si'h
ihvo added now ray nf eoFy to her snutl. her
innocenco, and her hcsntr." IN oatbfeak II
tnany feeling Nl,1.li not oven t!,n rririt Of deco
rum rcrynding M EifelIAh Court coull prevent
tho audience from apl latdhg.
THO scn:cnco asred on 1l"ker il thought
to err IN tito stlo Of mercy. Tho rnaeanb
winch Ar; iussxo 1,rett givcs for mt
10 amos most rco;:te ren,Ons tho ".ncr wss. ~.
liich ,ank. brilliant reputation, aerrces 10 ohoe
cnantFs. arc alt roasonh that ought to havo saved
to'. i'ahor frn1 crime. but not roasors whicn
rlrar. Int It il idle to dcn1 that eoclat Jn-
t,urncas arc strong with lilo English Keuch>
Tho constatlk diarinjneF nf then, wtu,1t t,rnva
it, 4 Jutl4o thinks tw,,o brforo ho sentrrros
mi. officer and = gentleman" Ia uujto lilo
ra1no fato which ho would unhceltetiuriy in.
frt On y 1ann who waA neither. Aui. uay-
ing thought twice. le dues not do It. To
Cot baler himself it cannot make much ,llIcs-
enee. With or without ERtd labor, twelve months
in inil means rui1I to him, 1t ,leaus of cuurxo.
LuiuE eaHLiercd fruu thu army. His rareer il
sndcd though Dir. Justlco I,rctt WAS wcak
enough to tnt!matp auue sort Of lone that #
tnlHhI not bo Society dare not recclyn him.
Even friends muBt fall Oh from hiIn,.-tlo yoIy
friends who vrourfuly but brnr,1y. aton!t
bcs4ds him in tho douE, Tho uno thing ti,oy
felncn,ber to his credit in bus coirurt after
;I,s outrage M a1tturt was malu TO
Ilscrctlit Miss Dlckensop, A1r, liawkius was
careful 10 tell tho Jury that tho instructioua ha
Ind received GU ttjs ropt caplu from, Col.
Dskn:'s own lips. liz a;1Ie,l in baro Justice to
llnlself, that lad tho icfelllans InAtrloted uttn
to tako different course, L1a services vuuid
yo. it had battGt have bucn left ullsaid. In
curry had shown at ouco that Mrs Dlckonsou's
character WIS absolutely ,,ll1ssai1ape, aud the
HliEGteHt lint iu contrary nrnso would have
beon destructive to whoever made ii.
Lt'4doa D1uiy Ist.cs, .!ua. j.
for more than threo hours subsequent to tho
verdict eud sentence being prono,,,tceti III tlo
tho excitement in tho High ttreut te1o wa4 tn.
tense; and It is affirmed that at no previous as-
srzs iu thu county haA 70 ,puch pullic intereFt
Lcen shown. From tho IaF.;u cruwti that uay as-
aeuihlcl outside tho i,alI a,nl in tue vicinity Of
the !ilgl, STRUT, tho officials wero aoi,awhat
psrl'sxc.l ny to tho best course 10 Le
ndopted in the removal Ut the prisoner; AMI