The daily gazette., 1880-01-07

THEoDosIA ALsToN, daughter of
Aaron Burr, sailed from Charleston for
New York in the schooner Patriot, De-
cember 80, 1912. The schooner was never
heard of again. And now a retired
pirate, who for years and years past has
been living unostentatiousIy out In
Michigan (in the Cassapolis County
Poor House), up and says that In his
bold, bad youth he was one of the crew
Of long, low, black, rakish craft that
was engaged in the pirating line Of busi-
ness that on the Sd Of January, 1873
and the retired pirate is to be commend
ed for his exactness in his dates-the
rakish craft fell in with the schooner
Patriot; that '.chase was Immediately
given, the vessel captured and every
thing Of value taken out of her," and
that the pirates "then compelled the cap
tain, crew and every passenger on board
to walk the plank into the sea, and all
perished." Not content with this asser-
tion In gross, the new aspirant for the
dubious honor of having murdered poor
Mrs. Alston goes on to NJ AXE statement
in detail. He tells how Mrs. Alston
''asked for few moments grace when
her turn for walking the plank came >
how, her request being "gruffiy granted"
she "retired to her berth, aud In q few
m Jments reappeared upon deck clad in
pure white garments and carrying q
Bible In her hand !" how, "as she was
taking the fatal steps, she folded her
hands over her bosom and raised her
eyes to heaven" and how, finally, oshe
fell and sank without a murmur or a
sigh" BY way of clincher the retired
pirate winds up his confession by say
ing: alt was my unhappy lot to be
delegated by my captain to pull the
plank from beneath her"-and just here
the dear old retired pirate gives proof
unholy profession long, long ago, for in
plank-walking the plank attends to it
self-"and her pale face has haunted
me ever since, and l can see 1t now as
plainly as could upon that terrible
day." All this comes from the Battle
Creek correspondent of the Chichgo
Inter Ocean. Comment is unnecessary.
Senator Coke, of Texas, in speaking
of the Maine muddle, says that be met
Governor Garcelon last winter and was
struck with the character" in his face.
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such q countenance could do a wrong
act, even to benefit his party, but that he
is one who, when his mind is made up
that he Is in the right, 10 bound to ego
ahead" and cannot be turned by any
man or combination of men. Barring
the character" he is tall, dlgnified
gentleman of the old school, the very
soul OF punctilious politeness. His
daughter, a rather handsome young lady
of great culture and accomplishments, Is
in Washington, the guest of Congress-
man Frye.
An eccentric gentleman recently made
a wager of $4,000 that he could remain
on the top of the Arc de Triompbe in
Paris for four hours with nothing on
but a suit of thin canvass. The cold
weather came on, and the bet was won
on a day when the Thermometer was
fifteen degrees above zero. 1t is quite
unnecessary to add that the man was
an Englishman.
Scene at Continental Kursaal: En-
glish party at card-table-Hello, we are
two to two. English party at opposite
table-We are two to two too Ger
man spectator, who "speaks English, -
to compatriot who is acquiring the lam
guage-"Vell, now, you see how dot Is.
OFF you want to gife expression to your
self in English all You haze to do is to
blay init der French hornp
By a singular coincidence 1t was in
the heat of deer hunt that the son and
namesake Of Senator Wade Hampton of
South Carolina contracted the disease
which resulted In his death few days
ago in Mississippi, and deer hunt was
also the occasion of the accident which
necessitated the amputation of one of
the Senator's legs and for long time
endanOarpd his life.