Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09

observe - among The witnesses be.
fore the Potter Investigating Commit
tee one II. Conquess Clarke, Who ap-
pears 10 have beso . private secretary
to Governor Kellogg ct the the time Of
the Louisiana election. ! had lost
sight Of Clarke for some time, but be has
acurious history OF vicissitudes worth
recalling. He vas the sou OF the edi-
tor Of the Manchester (Englandl GSar.
dia~. and left home ami parental guar
dianship in 1854 on account Of his mar.
riage against his fathers wish. He
came 10 New York without Q dollar,
got employment on the Herald ct once,
but had no opportunity TO display his
talents until . few months later. when
young Bennett, Who Vas then freshly
in Hudson's place - managing editor
Of the Herald, ordered him 10 Mexico
By the influence Of James 3. Steed.
man, Of Ohio. Clarke Vas engaged -
private secretary BY Lewis Csmpbell.
Who Vas then on his way to Mexico -
Minister. Campbell vas 10 pay nothing:
il was only . scheme 70 help the Herald.
Clarke thus got aboard the man-of-
waf which vas 10 take Campbell and
General W. T. Sherman to Very Cruz.
to look after the lettering throne Of the
Emperor Mcmillan. On the voyage
Campbell con6de.i to Sherman that he
had q Herald correspondent on board
a. his private secretary. Sherman,
with his great aversion to correspon-
dents, put Clarke ashore Ut Havana.
CLARKE at once took steamer 70 Vera
Cruz. and reached there several days
ahead OF Sherman and Campbell.
While waiting their arrival Clarke took
stTolls about the country round Vera
Cruz, and in one of these fell in with Q
gentleman who was, a. was Clarke also,
q fine French scholar. They strolled
for miles one day in conversation, and
Clarke was finally invited by the gen
tleman to enter his residence, about
five mile sfrom the city. Here Clarke was
astonished to find his agreeable com.
panion addressed as "Your Majesty"
and to learn that it was the Emperor
Max himself. Clarke became incident.
ally connected with the Emperor's
household and accompanied him to the
City of Mexico, and subsequently to
Qneretaro. where The Emperor was
captured aud shot. Clarke obtained
his release on the plea that he vas an
English subject. and riding hastily
across the country, carried the news of
Maxmilian's death to General Sheridan,
at New Orleans. Sheridan paid him
81 900 for his information. Clarke
was subsequently stsnographer, and
also Herald correspondent with Gener
al Steedman and General Fullerton, in
1865, whom they were sent by Prssi-
dent johnson to investiga'e the work
ing of the Freedmsn's Bureau in the
South. He left the commission in
New Orl ans, and appears to have re.
NAMED thore until it became advisable
for all connected with Kellogg
and Packard to move North. As an illus
tration Of the journalistic vicissitudes.
Clarke's career is not without interest.
His wife was a very beautiful woman.
His parents subsequently became REQ
onciled to the pair, and few years ago.
while Clarke's mother was on visit to
them in New Orleans, she expressed .
wish to have them married in church
according to the Episcopal rites. The
marriage, or re-msrrisge, was attend
ed by Kellogg, Durrell. Norton, Pack.
ard, and all the then shining lights Of
New Orleans.