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The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-11-29

grove one morning, and the post -n,orten,
examination decided that she died of
fright. This was the daughter of Lady
Hampden. In preparing the papers
which were subsequently published un-
der the title of THE Night Side of Ma
ture," Mrs. Grove, for some reason, re-
jected one which, in attempting to
throw a new light upon "The White
Lady of Watford." brought to the sur
face number of extraordinary facts.
This paper, prepared by physician
who has since become eminent in psyco-
logic science, was afterward read before
the British Pneumatological Society,
and is at present part of their archives.
It purports to show that the origin oi
the stories of the " White Lady of Wat
ford" and the cause of the death oi
Lady Hampden's daughter are to be
found. not in an apparition, nor yet in
somnambulism, but in what he calls
cutimania, and he proceeds to give @
number of cases similar to that already
narrated, in which an irresistible desire
(amounting often to disease) to free the
body from its conventional covering,
has given rise to the most ridiculous
and unwarranted stories.
He also declares that while this manis
has oftenest manifested itself in women
it is not necessarily associated with i'm
modesty or indiscretion. It is an organic
impulse which is in some way connected
with the health of the individual, and
may be transmitted through a whole
generation. He says that several mem
bers of the Hampden family were vel
aware of Lady Hampden's nocturnal
excursions and that they did not attempt
to interfere with them, but merely tool
such precautions as prevented her e1
posure. This reads curiously enough
but when the doctor declares that she
could not have lived if she had not beer
allowed to take this bath of freedom
our astonishment is softened into pity
for the eccentric invalid.
How far the misadventure with the
savages in the Marquesas may have in
fuenced the progeny of the Hampder
can safely be left to DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes to determine in fiction.
Those who are interested in an entire
ly new field of psychologist inquiry-wh.
have often experienced in sleep the ex
auisite delight of wandering disrobed
or iu waking hours have, at the seaside
or elsewhere, been lifted into new condi
tions of existence as the elements com,
in contact with the body, will find in tn.
paper just alluded to a curious mass o.
suggestion. World.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-11-29
Money No Object to Him.

"Winter is drawing NIGH" mused q
Chicago chap, while jumping into his
garments one keen edged morning.
Yes, winter is drawing nigh, he re-
peated, as he gazed out npon the frosty
sidewalk, "and I must immediately
lay in supplies for the cold weather.
order up coal, provisions, new furniturs
for the house, new upholstery, new cur
tains, q new sleighing rig, new suit of
clothes for myself, new dresses and furs
for my wife, fresh set Of diamonds
apiece, etc.
Then he looked into his pockotbook
and discovered that he had just 81 to
his name in the world.
But he sent out .he orders just the
same.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-11-29

CAMPAIGN ColfPLnnNTs-" would
rather vote for the devil than for you, "
was what an American sovereign told q
candidate just before the election. "But
In case your friend should not come for
ward" said tho unabashed aspirant for
ofhoe, "might I then count upon your
assistance y The glass glanced from off
his cheek and he passed out.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
:iDOD WORK Foe nEERE NCes-
MENE.

LII Congress Is really anxious TO earn
lie good opinion of the country. says
he Republican New York Eccning
Post, the way for it to do SO il plain:
Let it advance in the path of economy
rud retrench nent pointed out by Mr..
Eandall's report upon the Legislative
and Executive Appropriation bill. The
mount appropriated to the same pur-
poses last year was S19, 734 224 20, and
the amount estimated by the several
departments this year was $40, 773,-
3l6 90. The bill as reported yesterday
appropriates $l2, 797, 803 Ga reduc
ton of this years estimates by ST, 975, :
432 50, AID saving upon last years
actual appropriations of So, 936, $40 50.
This IS au encouragingly large CON-
tr!bUtlOu to the whole sum which
onght to he saved from the federal ex-
penditures.' A large part of the saving
is to be ctft cted by transferring the
Indian Bureau and tue PeLsion Blu
r"au to the Department.
Some of the pan ticulsrs of this re :
trenchment are as gratifying as its
general result. The Agricultural D, :
p"rtment, for example, got in round
numbers one hundred and eighty five
thousand dollars last year, and asked
for two hundred au nineteen thousand
this year. The bill gives it but one
hundred and fifty three thousand
That ought TO pay for distribution, q"
. vii Oh IS all the valuable work the
bureau pretends to do. Here should
be 10 further initiation of the seed
circulation Of the country. Congress
might enforce still gI eater contrac-
innd yet leave enough to satisfy .sthe
business wants of the community. >"
In he contingent ex penses of the Senate
the reduction is more than ne-hnlf-
from SlGS,Gl0 last year to SO, 100 this
year. In the contingent expen es OF
the Fl 'use of Representatives,, also.
the reduction is large from S2O8 $50
last year to $l21 .679 this year. Mem
beers of Congress do we'll to remem-
her that economy. like charity, ought
to begin at home. ..5 ...-:.
Other reductions are, in the Execu
tive, about twenty-five thousand dol
lars, in colle citing internal revenue
about million and half, in the War
Department about three hundred and
fifty Thousand, y in the Navy Depart.
ment about thirty six thousand. The
Estimates for expenses and judgments
of tue Court of Cnims were s., O35, $40.
The bill cuts off more than two million
of dollars, leaving $31, $40. s..l
The Committee on Appropriations
are uDani nous in sustaining this meas
nre of retrenchment except as to the
KIP nses of collecting internal revenue.
Ii proportionate reductions are made
In all the appropriations, the way will
he made easier for the execution of a
wise tina cial policy. Now let us have
the policy. .-.I
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
THE lEi,k ~ FIRE BELs&N4P
lNIE,siGEE NEWT

There is much talk now about the
hitch in the BeIknap Impeachment
brought about by the fight of the wit
ness, Marsh, to Canada. Tho wiIuess
was driven from the cJuLtry By the
fear of prosecution aud punishmen'
for his part in Belknap's crime, and
that fear being removed, there is little
reason TO think he will not return and
| testify before the Courts with truth
fulnpss equal to that manifested by
hinl In testifying before the Committee
of Investigation. There is Que indi-
vidnaf in the country who has it in
his power TO remove that fear and his
name is Ulysses 5. Grant, President of
the United States. He can make Marsh
safe by a word. Will he do it or
will he continue to cry ''let no guilty
man csc ape. and I us kaepthe witness
in terror We shall see what
we Shall see Meanwhile. the Judi
House of Representative is invoking
the power of Congress to do at length
what Grant could do in brief. To that
end the House has passed the follow
ing bill for the protection of Witnesses:
\ bill to protC CT witnesses Who shall
be required to testify Iii certai', cases.
Be II cylucted. That when any per
sou shall DE required to testify against
his protest befot e either House of Com
gress, or any committee thereof, or the
Seuate sitting as a Court of Impeach-
ment. and shall SO testify under pro-
test, he shall not thereafter be held to
answer criminaIly i'll any co1rt CT
justice, or subject to any penalty or
forfeiture on account of any act con
corning which he shall be so required
to testify; PrOoided, that nothing
herein contained shall be so construed
IA to relieve any person from liability
to lmpeachme, t.
Be it enacted. ETC., Every person
who shall wlifully absent himself from
his place of residence or conceal him
self or absent himself from the United
States, or bel g absent shall wilfully
remain absent, or shall flee or attempt
to do SO. for the purpose and with the
intent to escape The service Of any
lawful writ or process, requiring him
to appear and testify or give evidence
or. produce books, letters, documents
or papers, or for the purpose aud with
the intent to avoid being required to
testify or give evidence or to become
witness shall be deemed guilty of a
crime. and punishable by a fine not ex-
ceediug 81 900, or by Imprisonment
not exceeding three years, or by
both, of said punishments. Nothing
herein shall be construed to exempt
any such person from lawful punish
ment as for contempt.
If the Radical Senate shall act ~
promptly a. did the Democratlo House
tie delay will lot DO long. There is
no dagger of Belkuaps escape. JuIs
ment day upon EaGicalism can be de-
ferred only for brief space. And
then
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
rz.- Co.nisfn 1IbvENEiSs &
WARE SE>$!gsi.z: VIEWS.

Yesterday we published wa"t aGeof-
gia contemporary had to say about the
coIored movement. To-day we publish
a portion Of what Il North Carolina CO.
Temporary. that thoroughly reliable "nd
most highly esteemed paper, the Dup
lin Record, has to say on the suhIecF.
Il saws: In our humble opinion, I"
make a bargain with negroes, to divide
political offices and SPOTS, Is 81 crime
against ourselves, wrong to them ana
an outrage uron the interests 0f the
country at large. Ii Is also, we thlhk:
Il step towards socia, equality, for II Is
impossible to cOnsOrt with the negro,
on terms OF perfect political equality
without. to some extent, recognizing
him as Il social equal. We know lie is
not fit for office; we know 1t is degra-
dation to the whites Of any community
to have linn in office over them;
we know that white men oughf
to rule IN this land. Why, then.
should we think of making auy
such bargain? The reply Is ''to
defeat the Radicals" We rejoin, If
that is to be the price of victory, 1T is
altogether too high. We cannot nj
ford to pay it. Besides, *rca al at
tempt will drive from Us, r render
lukcwarm, a great many more whit"
votes than such course would Secure
of black ones. No, it viii not d" If
the material interests OF the negro do
not bind him to Us and make him vote
with us, let him stay where he has
always been. Do not think Of offer
ing any division Of spoils and offices.
1t would be wrong. 1t would ruin the
party. The mission of the Democratic
party is to preserve the principles OF
liberty, the parity of the government,
and the purity of the white race. One
of its cordial principles is "a. white
mans government.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
uoxE CONGRATULATIONS

Pinchback and Babcock have come |
to grief. The President of tLe Senate
has C ;ed all the doorkrep r. of til"
Senate to be notified that Pincis has ~"
right to appear npon the 'or OF that
august body 1t WAS quick work hnt
doubtless President Ferry thought
If it were done, when It's done, then 'tweI c
we'll
1t were done quickly. an 4
In that, however, he was unlike the
Senate for it took that body near three
years to find out VIII 1t it took him less
than tnree.daYs to discover. a...U
And Babcook, too. has stepped
down and out7of. the White House
into his Engineers officeaHEle proII
tests that he did = not steal the
Attorney Generals letter; that is to
say, that he did not take it secretly,
but that it came to him in the regular
dispatch of public official business,
without any injunction of secrecy at
tached to it, He does not care, hoW-
ever, to raise any issue with the
Attorney General about the matter;
indeed, we are quite sure he thinks too
much has been said about it already.
Grant attends strictlyto the matter in
hand. Wien the Attorney Generals
letter was published Grant was saving
Babcock. Exit letter. Now Grant is
| saving himself Exit Babcock. .asr..
Aud now two more Radical Congress-
men are ''in trouble, ".thetis to say they
are charged With bribery and icorrup-
non One of these is carpet bag
vagabond named Pur'uan and 'affi'cts
| the State O. Florida. He is notorious
in that State as q sc1undrel of the first
water. The charge against him, that
is about to undergo investigation by
order of the House of Representatives.,
isthe corrupt sale of a naval cadet
ship" The other ''unfortnnate" Con
gressman is not carpet Dagger but
/ Il Southern born rascal who disgraces
| the state of Alabama in Particular
His name is Char es Hayes but he is
better known as Annanias Hays from
the we'll known proficiency in lying to
which he has attained. AnnaniaS is
charged with selling cadetship 10 the
army to cadet B9ardsley for So, 900.
1, certified in his appointment: that
Beardsley had been a resident OF
Alabama two years, when be was il fact Il
resident of Herkimer county, New
York. The. transaction is clearly
proven, it is said, a member of the
House having in his possession the
draft for the amount paid.
Verify the world moves The right
Of the people to have honest pnbiit
servants is at last right that ever
Radical Congressman are bound t.
respect. Good But who wouiG
have thought it would so soon have
been admitted
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

There died in hospital at Milan,
last week, a man who was lineal de-
scendant of the CRUSADER Kings and
by birth C,>mnenus and GusIgnan.
He was the monarch of Khorasson,
known as Leo XII. and deposed by
Russia. We read i'll foreign dispatches
THAT he was in state of utter destitu-
ton, leaving a widow and six children
dependent on public charity. His al
lowance had been squandered. He
was wounded at Solferiuo when serv-
ing as Major in the French army. aud
was buried on Monday last without a
shirt, his body being huddled between
four boards roughly nailed.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
HANCOCK AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERALS LEsEEi,

The Attorney Generals explanation
of his course IN the whisky cases dis
closes one fact. The Attorney Gen
eral says plainly that General Babcock
took the letter, or caused it to be
taken, from tie Presidents papers
without the Presidents knowledge,
and used it for his own purposes. In
q word, Babcock stole it. Is not this
"conduct uubecomiug an officer and Il
gentleman pointedly asks the New
York EUcaing Post, and should not his
brother officers demand that Babcock
be cashiered for this, if not for his as
sociation in with members of the
whisky ring? Before Grantism be-
came the recognized standard Of
honor, the question would, ere now,
have been answered by demand for
court martial. As it is, however, ii
viii be safer to await results.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
Mhnt Fort >iGi Is.

An army officer who was stat oned
ne Fort Sitil for ii nun Der Of Years until
unite recently, says 1t Is located IN the
southwestern tract Of the lad IAN Ter
riiory, about forty-five miles from
TIN. T, xas border and one hundred and
sixty miles from Atoka, the present
teI minus of the Missouri, Kansas &
E.xas PailroaI. It was built in 1868
bv General GriersOn, of the Tenth q.
: Cavalry, and is eiiila'ed in beau
tifui country The land is well tim
bered and wat. red, and nature has
N uie it one of the fa;lCst spots III the
south west. rAe 20 t was established
FOR the accom- mediation of SIX cJmpa-
mics. but at pr. S mt there are twelve,
ten of cavalry and two of Infantry on
tho ground. It is situated on bluff
Two hundred feet high, overlooking
Medicine Bluff Creek. 1t discloses the
fertile plaius, dotted with the tents of
he ,oldiers and the smoke curling
from the wigwams OF the Indians To-
cst, d in large numb RS bat haif mile
off. The fort derives it's name from
romantic stoiy told i,y the. natives.
Miss Sll. iu ky damsel, b.
coming chegrined at the attentions
paid by stalwart brave to another
local coGuette IN the far-distant past,
made Tarptian rock of the bluff and
ended her car eer In the neighborood
of 5000 or 5000 Indians, mostly
Kiowas and Commanches, are stationed
within eye-sight of the post, and a
brisk business is carried on between
the trader and them The latter dis
pose of their furs for a small remu-
Iteration, but receive mos ly necessa-
ries for their products. West of
Fort Sill is the largest
post and biggest plum at the DISPOSE
Jion of the War Department, said the
army officer. Sat one time MIR. Evans
the post trader, Informed me that he
had over 500. 600 worth of goods on
hand. His store is quite large, well
built and surmounted by an iron roof.
There are no white settlements around,
and the nearest stations are Camp
in Texas about 900 miles,
and Camp Supply, 2Ot miles to the
north. We were all acquainted with
the management by which Evans OBJ
tanned his leadership. and the bonus he
was paying, as far back as four years
ago. The affair was no secret.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
A VIEW TRIAL role avEssY

Inc We" 1OlA Express says:
'':5ince the acquittaI$of Babsock, the
friends of ex-Chlef Clerk avery ars
sanguine that q new trial viii b.,
granted to him and that an sacquittaI
viii be the result.
''Cortainly--whyn not? asks the st.
Louis Re21u6ticon. Since his convic-
ton, which should at least have sent
HIM to keep company with Mcdonald,
he has been enjoying ell the sweets OF
Liberty; has furnished Babcock with
valuable advice and encouragement,
both in Washington ami st. Louis,
aud after assisting to obtain Lis lends
acquittal has now gone back to share
that friends triumph. Of course
Avery should have a new trial; SO
should Mckee, SO should Mcdonald,
so should Joyce, SO should all the
chiefs and all the understrappers of
the ring, which Is {" bigger than the
government" Are they not all honor
able men? Who dare doubt it? Why
then prosecute them longer? Let
every guilty man escape, and then ring
down the curtain and order the band
to play Hail Columbia" while the
audience go to the box-office and get
their money back"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

ings on them would bring their value
up to 5000, 900; but then. yon know.
his salary as Major of Engineers is |
above So 900, and then thay have only |
kept one girl, and she did most Of the |
washiug.'
fhis morning bad occasion to call
upon TIE Secretary of the Horse
Nj nine Department.. / reached the
department few minutes before
ten, ard having the Gittree en-
tered tho Stcroiars's private
room almost "a soon as [ knocked at
TIN, door. Cou Il l credit my eyes ?
There stood the Sc resary. III his shirt
sleeves, with his back 10 me; he had
on a flannel shirt. concealed III front
by a hickey; paper collar; pair OF
black pants with a conspicuous brown
batch on the Neutrality-suspicious.; lie wa
ia his stocking feet, and was assldu-
ously polishing one OF ms boots ny
entrances disturbed him ana he turned.
Haven't anything for You to-day"
ha mutterel; charity begins at home.
IF you are dying of hunger go over the
hills TO the poor house.
"Mr. Secretary said.
''Bless my soul, remarked that
| official, as he spat on the boot and
| rubbed it vigorously, 81 never thought
| it was you. Sit down. The fact is my
b5o.s get confoundedly dirty walking
Town to the department. L have
| Thought it welt to retrench my land
| aulet, a id Mr.. Holman quite agrees
with me-and clean them myself,
Saves dime, you see. Ia this centennial
year. you know, we should endeayor
] to ieturn~ to Republican simplicity
and the economy of our forefathers.
Besides there is nothing disgraceful IN
| it. If YOU will say anything about it
| in the valuable columns of the World
land You newspaper people arc
terrible men fer picking up personal
gossip even in despite Of the wishes of
| those Of whom you wri e-you might
say that Louis Philippe blackened his
own boots and Aieck Hamilton, when
he was Secretary of the Treasury, ono
had to borrow $40 instead of going
into gold just Def, re ne announced his
purchases for the month If we are
ever to return to gpecie basis it will
only be through the efforts of indi-
viduals. You couldn't oblige me with
drop of spittle, could you?'
1"Why, Mr.. Secretary. said in sur
prise,- .'iust wet your brush under the
water tap in the basin over there"
''Sir," said the Secretary with dig
nifty, "that water is paid for by the
United States, and I should deserve
impeachment If I dIverte it to the
private purpose of cleaning my
boots"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
QQljIll,II)gtoll yoltrnal,
WILMINGTON, n. c.,
FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1876.
..rr,E ga IsorsssINs, cAsE.,,

The Washington City Republican
has published to the world the fact
that Mr.. W. IL Robbins, nov =" Rep
reecntative in Congress from the Sails
bury Districs, III this State, received
the sum Of twenty dollars as Il fee Tor
his services in securing t!te passage O
a resolution by the Senate OF Norm
Carolina il favor Of John ". Sc
phens, DIr. Robbins bsing at the TIME
a member of the Senate.
The only thing that Causes us an5
surprise id relation TO this publication
is that it was not sooner made. All the
facts in the case have been known for
wears. having been spread upon the
Journals of the Senate seven years ago
fhis spring. No Democrat IL North
Carolina, not even Mr. Robbins him
self. defended his conduct then, AMI
no one defends it now. He was for
,aallv censured by the Senate, and at
his own request, not for being guilty OF
an act of corruption, but OF one that
tended to corruption. There the record
stands. and has stood, unchanged dur
inc the six years that the Democrats
have had control Of the Senate and Us
records end there we presume it ever
will stand.
Ii is onr purpose to speak plainly
obont this matter. Upon any qneS-
tion involving rectitude Of oflicI'' con
drct the Democratic party must relthe'
give nor take quarter. The set q
STr Robbins was utterly lnd''
fensible and so declared 10 be at th'
+ir,a hit while we say this it Is bn'
inst to say also that no one be!ieTe"
TIr Robbins received the fee with A"y
corrupt intent. And it was because
they SO believed, added to the tact 'H''
tbey knew him to be man Of ao'''s>
that the people ia LIS District Sent
b,n to Congress. Whether 1t VS.
wise poiicv il his constituents thaS %
lo,or hin, and whether it was e'thet
GOOD policy or good taste II h'm L
hermit himself thus to 1e mace 4 III
get it q question for him and ioi
them to decide and not tor Us.
Upon the one irdefensible act OF W :
Robbins thu people Of North C'f"lll''
nromptlr set the seal Of their cond"n-
nation and there It yet remains nm
broken. Have the Radicals doIe q
much fortheir people? Letth" 'oi& il''
IF vhitewashed scoun!rola from Gotta
+oR.hoock answer. Let Grant h1in -e'i
Who besitated not 10 avow the ''gre'
reqret" he felt at parting with Be!kh&l
the corrupt, sodil bribe-taher WI
sought TO save himself by exposing III
shame OF q hy,ng wife and the d!si''ho
of a dead one, let linn answer!
The Radical party is welcome to 3"
# can make out Of the Robbins case
AS well attempt t. dam up tilc MI
with bulru>hes as to stay the eurFei
of popular Indignation Row setting
AGAINST the corruptiuns OF kadicaii7i
and Gral.tis1n, by amy side ISSUE.