The National tribune., 1883-05-31

letter was received by my friend the very day
the Philadelphia courts granted him divorce
from her on the plea of deserti0n. Three days
later he was married to this other woman.
have been Nickerson's friend for years and
sincerely hope he viii be sent TO the peniten-
tiary for this thing and kept there until he
has served out the extreme penalty"
General Drum has ordered Nickerson not TO
leave Washington without permission from the
War Department, and he is practically under
arrest.
The British minister, Sackville West, gave
magnificent banquet on the evening of the
24th in honor of the Queens birthday. The
occasion, however pleasant TO the guests, was
tempered by fear on the part of the host. Mr.
West seems to live in terror of being blown I'D
by dynamite, and on the night of the banquet
squad of policemen was stationed in and ab0ut
the house to watch for iueendiaries. No less
than two officers were kept constantly on guard
at the legation, day and night, for week prior
TO the event. OF course nothing happened TO
justify the minister's fears and he simply had
the poor consolation of contemplating the fool
ish fright he had suffered after it was all over.
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Nothing has been heard from Crook yet with
regard to his Mexican campaign. 1t is thought
among diplomats that he Is much more likely
10 be censured for making campaign into
Mexico IN violation of the treaty than he is to
be roughly handled by the hostile Apaches.
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Colonel IngersOlPs fye-day speech Ia the
star-route case will take its place among the
greatest efforts in jury trial III the history OF
the American bar. The jury, which is rather
a stOlid body of men, three Of them coIored,
have been in the habit of sleeping part of the
time under the Oratory of the other lawyers,
which has lasted now nearly a month. They
have listened with undated interest, how
ever to every word uttered by the Pagan phil
Osopher. His inimitable style was able TO fix
the wearied attention of the most indifferent
juror IN the box. He accomplished this by his
wonderful versatility of speech and the facility
with which he turns from pathos to p1ngent
sarcasm, from pOnder0us reasoning to fOwery
ornament His strong points ne brings Gus
with the power of the most majestic periods
and with the certainty of logical demonstration.
AT other points where he is not quite SO sure
he throws IN some entertaining Jest or ludic-
rous comparison OF epithets, he has an end
less store, and the witnesses of the prosecution
are held up as wretehes, despicable for all that
Is detested on earth or OstraciZed from Heaven.
he IS always picturesque and original in his
uTterances, and never seems to tire but viii
keep on from morning until night with volleys
OF denuneiatiOn rapidly succeeding arguments,
or passages OF sentiment that mOisten the eyes
OF his hearers The court room has been
crowded 70 sufOcation, and if he has not car
RED the jury with him he certainly has won
the audience. An experienced lawyer who left
the court room at the close of IngersolFs
speech remarked: A jury is the most uncer-
tain thing in the world but it is utterly impO5-
sible for those twelve men ever to agree against
lngersolPs clients after listening to such an
argument