The daily gazette., 1878-06-24
SECOND EDITION
A Capital Sensation.

YOUNG coNGREssMAN's OUTRAGEOUS
CONDUCT TOWARDS YOUNG AND BEAU
T1FUL LADY-sHE FINDS A CHAMPION
IN AN EX-CoNFEDERATE OFFICER.
The full succeeding the adjournment
of Congress, writes the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Herald, un-
der date of yesterday, was suddenly in
terrupted to-day by the disclosure of a
scandal, the details of which are the uni
versal theme of discussion here tonight.
The person figuring most couspicuously
In the affair is young Congressman
from one Of the Southern States, an al
most boy in years and almost Adonis in
form. He has been famous among his
fellow-members for his lavish expendi-
ture of the wealth which he inherited as
the scion of one of the Oldest and most
aristocratic families in the State of Ten
nessee. Always dressed faultlessly, and
carrying himself with most stylish air,
his acknowledged beauty made him
everywhere a welcome guest in WASH
ington society, and gave him from the
very outset of his appearance in the capi-
tai the entree of the highest and most
refined circles.
The story of the outrage, for such the
scandal amounts TO, as narrated by Gen
eral Rosser and others who were actors
or. eye witnesses of the occurrence, is as
follows:-On Tuesday night last, between
10 and IL o'clock, General Rosser escor-
ted lady to a fashionable and we'll
known restaurant on Fifteenth street,
above the Treasury Department, for the
purpose of getting supper. They took
their seats and were perusing The bill of
fare when the General noticed on with
drawing his gloves that his hands were
slightly soiled with the dust of an after
noon walk. Excusing himself, he step
ped into an adjoining passage-way and
washed his hands at the ever. Upon re-
turning, after an absence of only few
minutes, he noticed that his lady friend
was pale and greatly agitated. He asked
her excitedly what was the matter. She
exclaimed-
ooh, General, take me out of this place;
just listen"
Thus commanded, he listened, and
they both heard the noise of woman in
the adjoining supper-room crying and
moaning, Eventually the words sFor
shame;, oh, do not, pray you, let me go
away; help" came successively and dis
tinctly through the intervening wall.
"There, General, you ought to go and
see what is the matter" said the alright
ed lady listener on the outside, and promp-
ted by the suggestion, the chivalric Ros-
ser went around to the door of the room
and finding it locked, and hearing still
the sounds of struggle, burst it in. To
his great Indignation he discovered the |
Congressman above described, all flush |
ed with wine, offering lady a most gross
insult. The General. who is man of
great stature and strength, seized the
offender, who is of barely medium height
and of dandy figure, and hurled him
against the wall, knocking him almost
senseless. The lady so CALAMITY rescued
tainted at her delivery, but was soon
brought to with the aid of restoratives
and taken home IN carriage. She Is a
most estimable and beautiful person and
is the sister-in-law of Northern Con-
gresham, whose wife, her sister, is also
famous for her beauty. Her adventure
is the unfortunate consequence of an in
nocent acquaintance of a man whose
character was concealed from her in the
glare and brilliancy of the society in
which she encountered him. In the gay
ETY. of the capital the artless wife, away
from her hus band, saw no danger in the |
attentions of a man who was fellow |
Congressman and often companion of |
her brother-in-law.
Owing to the eminent respectability of |
all the parties concerned, the affair was /
hushed up, and would, perhaps. escaped |
the present revelation, had not a few |
words concerning it escaped one of these |
parties at breakfast table this morning. |
From the breakfast table it spread abroad |
and was soon whispered about the city,
and is on every lip to night.
General Rosser, the rescuer of the lady /
has returned to st. Paul to the headquar-l
tiers of the Northern Pacific Railroad, of |
which he is the civil engineer. He is
West Pointer, but entered the Rebel ser
vice as captain of one of the batteries of |
the Washington Artillery Battalion of
New Orleans. He rose to the rank of
and will be remem bered |
as one of the famous cavalry chieftains
on the Rebel side.