The National tribune., 1882-04-22

/ nary papers as Ecrineu by the result. 20
tar rs I know or believe orr UNPARALLELED
victories on the Tennessee and Cumberland
Rivers may be traced TO her sagacioiIs oh
soryatlons and intelligence. Hcr views were
rs broad and sagacious as the field to be oc-
cupicd. In selecting the Tennessee and
Cumberland Rivers instead OF the Misss-
sippi, she set at naught the opinions of
civilians, Of military and naval men. Justice
should he done her patriotic disccrnmcnt
She labors for her country and for her whole
country. ELISHA WHITTLEsEY."
The indefatigable stratcgist continued her
literary labors for the Union cause during the
war, and when finally it closed triumphantly
she endeavorcd 10 obtain some recognition
from Congress, which had scattered commits
si0ns with lavish hand and elevated gen
erals to the most exalted positions. Hon. Ben
Wade, Chairman Of the Military Committee
of the Senate, Secretary Stanton, Col, Scott,
and others who knew that she was really
the originator Of the plan that produced
such mOmentous results, saving millions of
treasure and thousands of lives, certified to
the righteousness of the claim. But Mr
Lincoln was dead and Miss Carrol's assist
ance was no longer needed. Her memorial
to Congress asking for modestTemuneration
was continued from one session to another
opposed mainly by army influence, until,
worn out in u fruitless effort to induce the
Government to pay an honest debt she sank
into the grave The great name of Carroll
received new luster from the noble woman
who inherited it, Like her famous grand
sire she stalcd her all in defense of her
country and deserves that a monument COM
memorating a Nations love and gratitude
should be erected to her memory.
a ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE IN GEORGIA.
Five years ago there lived in Picllens
county, among the mountains, as fair lass
as such a region is proverbaI for producing;
a rosy-cheeked, brown-haired, blue-eyed
maiden, with the form of a model and the
grace of a gezelle. She was the daughter Of
well-to-do farmer, and her smiles were courted
by the bravc-hearted young mountaineers,
who engaged in honorable competition for a
monopoly Of her society. Among these was
dashing young man, handsome, of princely
carriage, and whose fame for courage made
him known in all the counties around.
Dauntless in love, as in all things else he laid
siege to the heart OF this mountain belle, to
whom she capitulated, and though but
girl in years seventeen she was s. they
were married. She idolized her husband,
and chung to him with worshipful devo-
tion, happy only when with him, and ready
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he feeling secure in her love, repaid her at
tachment with indifference and gave more
attention to another, 4 former rival of his
wife, than was consistent with his obligation
as husband.
She bore this long in silence and tried
to persuade herself that there was nothing
wrong in her husbands conduct. But the
seed of jealousy was planted III her heart
and found nourishment IN the buoyancy
that once existed there. Ere many months
the bloom on her cheeks faded, the bril-
liancy Of her eye departed, her merry
laugh was no longer heard, and the once
lght-hearted and happy girl was changed
to the disconsolate and brooding woman.
And still no complaint of her husband. lie
would come back to her, she thought. But
her confidence was misplaced; and at last,
when one night dancing party was given
at her fathers house, where she lived, and
the source other unhappiness was among the
invited, she approached her husband, and
atiectionately entwining her arms about his
neck, begged him, for her sake, not to dance
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chidng her for her jealousy, he gave her his
promise that her request should be granted.
She did not engage in the festivities, but,
pleading illness, retired-though not to
sleep, however; for she saw that her huS-
band and her rival were under the same
roof With weary eyes and aching heart
she watched the dancers, but nothing oc-
Cured on the part Of her husband to excite
her jealousy until midnight when believing
her to be asleep, he took his position in the
next quadrille with the woman he had
promised his wife to avoid as a partner
Stung to the heart at this exhibition of
perfdy under tt } roof that sheltered her
home, she watched the dance for while,
her senses seemed to desert her, and then
she left the room and sought her father,
from whom she borrowed q poclet-knife
under the pretext Of wanting to cut tooth
brush. Securing the knife she returned to
the room in which the dancing was going on,
reachiEg it just as the last set ended, and go
ing up to her rival, who was moving towards
seat, seized her by the shoulder, and, frensied
with Jealous rage, said "You have dranced
long enough" at the same time drawing
the open knife from the fold of her dress and
plunging it deep into the woman's neck,
making a horrible cash which penetrated
nearly to the heart, from which the blood
spurted several feet in the air and spattered
over the late dancer. Again the deadly
blade was uphfteG, and again it descended,
plunged into the left breast in search of the
heart and yet another blow, when the victim
sank to the foor-dead. So quickly and so
quietly was the awful tragedy enacted that
not until the woman fell and the blood from
her wounds was discovered did any one know
what had happened.
When the discovery was made, a rush was
made toward the PROSTATE form, and voices
cried: Where is the man that struck that
woman?" To which the answer came in a |
tone and an attitude Of proud defiance from
the wronged wife, 81 am the man that did |
itn The Or-Strickcn crowd surpnd about !