New-York tribune., 1879-06-04

,,,r reirhhors governed as they have been ny
houy5tsm minds to have as clear perception Oh 'ae
natb they should follow" -
senator Zebulon Vance, of North Caronha'
,a-sa IN the Senate fortnight ago that nc " Knew
osr,isan school books existed in the south. and
Go, Gordon said "M Mr.. Blaine. like the rest OF
-, ,o.s hack dozen years for bis Illustrations
,,rs 10 say that he can't find one such school book
- IN The hands OF any Southern child and We have
. ooo OoO using books every day" These gentlemen
ovisensly know little Of what they are talking about
Probahlv the old firm Of Branson Farrer oi kaeifh
does not now publish it, Confederate School Books
bns uch books are s used and printed IN considerable
numbers. They are handsomer than the former "C'n-
fedeate school books were, because they are printed
in the North-in Now-York CITY soon after the
war the Uuiver fly Publishing Company was organ
ised here for thc purpose Of supplying southern
schools with books by Southern authors These were
sent out 10 the trade late 1875. The
were prepared by Lieutenant MauTy, commah"e' 'n
the Rebel Navy. 10 might be ex ected thaI des'rp
ton Of the surface Of the earth woud ne toleiapN n
partisan but even here the doctrine Of State soVeresnS
A. clerlv rofectod The Reader Is Of course sil more
esrce I, Lands Confederate Brgaders and those who
signed the ordinance OF secession 10 euoczas t1berl ~
lee 10 bewas the terrors or " negro 09mlst,ol: ,5
has "A chant headed The Caucasian X &C Must hule
Amcrica" The " Lost Cause is otpi"ied' dh'
,trotien IS ly OMITTED from this southern
studa anf'. Handbook Instead OF Gjllg Oich u'~.n
Van =.
a. 20 back one year for these books. aud there
are doubtless thousands Of them n the hands 0f SOUTH
y0uih.'
The PocomOke homicide promises to be one
n The most celebrated criminal OF the year That
a respectable young girl Of twenty should Xii her
scbool-companion Of seventeen with revolver evil
den obtained FOR the purpose, il in itself strange but
when n is alleged by the friends Of both parties that the
two We're not only in innate friends but passionatcy de-
voted 20 elch other and were happy out Of eacn
others sight aud when of the offered evidence
goes 10 show that Miss Lillian Duer kill-d Miss Eia
Hearu merely because Of jealousy of other girls ana
Young men, the event becomes. perhaps unpreceoeneu
ana is certainly very bewilderug indeed. To all this
there be added the allegation of Baltimore pat'I
uaf gentleman who Is q relative by marriage Of Miss
D,er called last Friday on young girl, Maggie Webb
who Is one OF the chief witnesses for the prosecution
ana offered 70 pay her well " II she Won run away
and refuse 10 qpuear at the trial This u is SAID, was
f ser,u5 overture and was by ppomtment, and wnon
the offer OF bribery complete the father OF Eli'
Hea-n who had been Informed Of the inter-
view spraug from behind door with re-
volver. and was prevented from killing the man only
by Tie Interference Of others. This deepens the
mean NJ of tho tragedy for 10 nfc-cutay adds new
element 90 IT, What evidence is it that this IelalNe
sought ta su0Dress9 J. is claimed that Miss N'pD
was present 40 the killing, that she ever heard MISS
Duer threaten Miss Hearn but only that she knew Of
the assinpate affection hch they entertained for each
nj ar How can Do bp worth bribery suppress EnOW-
r4.s of this4 PocOmoke is Iaint and generally uhu-
ter.~u- Htre town the Eastern -IOre OF war NiaAu
and uoi at al place as would DC suspected OF
originating strange Ieuze' or EIu.eS4le c.luVs,
not very uncommon Tor young A4ils U" cou-'I,5l
prv. affection FOR one another ou Tor Aonii- kltl
10 kl.. her companion because at thal houchl sue
t-.t 90 k,s ler s sort oi Tragedy ha' is ye 10 DC