Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
Scene of q Royal Cure.

"Detacheu ClerkenWell'-6 acres or
land owned by the parish Of Clerkenwell
OF Muswell Hills now reported to be
laid out for building purposes. New roads
have been formed, and there are now 76
houses and pieces of land in assessment.
The history of this little tract of land is
interesting. 1t was originally given to the
nunnery Of Clerkenwell by Beauvais,
bishop of London, about the year 1112,
and the spot having become famous
through q Legendary tale Of a great cure
performed upon king of Scots, who was
by some divine intelligence advised to take
the water of we'll in England called Mus
we'll, @ chapel was erected on the spot
bearing the name of Our Lady of Mns.
| we'll. aere was placed an Image OF Our
Lady, whereunto was continual resort
in the way Of pilgrimage"
This chapel-an appendage to the Clerk
enwell nunnery-had disappeared before
the reign of Elizabeth, and at later Pc
riod Alderman Ross is said to have "a
proper house occupying the SITE" History
tells that the wells, whence the tract and
the hill derive their name were two In
number, and that, though few yards on.
ly asunder their waters differed in quail
| ty. Now romantic, detached Clerkenwell
is the prey Of the speculative builder, and
the Clerkenwell vestry records with salts
faction In Its annual report that 1t con-
tains rs properties assessable for ratAng
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Mr.. Labouchere's Filibustering Confessions
During the Crimean war was an at.
taohe at the Washington legation, and as
this was above 40 years ago do not sup
pose that am disclosing secrets in saying
what then occurred. We received orders tG
recruit force for the Crimea. This was @
fad of Lord Panmure's, S, who was then wal
minister Sir John Champion, our minis
ter, vainly wrote to explain that this might
get us into trouble with the United States
government. The only reply was an order
to obey. So we did. I was sent to New
York to look after the recruiting there
We had chip in the harbor, and we found
no difficulty in filling it. A recruiter go
IS per man, and the man S5, accompanied
with many promises of good things. Wher
the ship was full, 1t was sent to Nova SEQ
tia, where we had as governor an old sol
dier with the reputation Of being able tt
knock any regiment into shape. The gov
ernment of the United States soon got
wind of oGr proceedings at New York ant
at Niagara, where we had Hungarian
employed to slip recruits across tho from
tier. The result was that the members o
the legation at Washington and the con
suls at New York and one OF two othe
places received their passports What par
ticularly amused me was that the consu
at New York had had nothing to do will
the matter.
But we had elaborated far grande
scheme. We had found sort of flibuster
ing general, who had agreed to provide u
with several thousand men who were T.
be recruited in Texas and the adjoining
southern states. These were to be com
manded by the general. The negotiation
went off because, while we were prepare
to give him the local rank Of general Il
the Crimea, he insisted upon being mad
what he called full general in the BIRTHS
army. To this we could not assent.
never could discover what became c
my New York recruits. They were lande
in Nova Scotia, and shortly afterward th
governor telegraphed that they had re
bellsd and that he was going to take steE
to reduce them to fitting state of disc
pline. This was the last heard Of them.-
London Truth.