Grant And Sumner

"Wnat I gay is that Mr. Sumner's temper and nature were snch that he believed Lis own illusions without regard to the facts. It realiy almost amounted to a mental delusion, aDd, bo far as his feelinga towurd Gov. Fish and myself were concerned, it is most charitable to feel that it was a mental delusion. Thus, in the later years of his life, whenever my name was mentioned in Mr. Sumner's presence, ho would lose all control of himself, and say things about me of the severest and most outrageous nature - things of which he cóuld not by any possibility havo had a knowledge, even if they had been true. I told Mr. Curtis of ono incident showing how Mr. Sumner's temper and nature were affected. This is nn incident which can also be verified. A House bill had passed Congress during reconstruction times. The bill was popular with the admirers of Mr. Sumner, and it originated in the committee of which Mr. Boutwell was Chairman. It happened that Mr. Boutwell, who, you will remember, took a leading pait in the legislation upon reconstrnction, was almost, if not altogether, tho author of this bill, and had written it out without consulting anyone, except, perhaps, another member of his committee. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Sumner told Mr. Boutwell that he (Mr. Sumner) had prepared that bill, every word and every line, himself, and had passed it through Congress. Now, this is not the conduct of a liar, but that oí a man whose mina, by sorrow or suffering or some visitation of Providence, had become distempered; and I have always so interpreted the condition of Mi. Sunmer towaid me. I have no animosity toward liim nor his memory; but his admirers, or people who now pretend to be his admirers, use his name and memory to attack me. The pretext, said tho General, that I disliked Mr. Motley, is a pretext invented by people, some of whom, like Mr. Jay, hated him when living, and now only uso him, when dead, to wound Gov. Fish and myself. Other friends of Mr. Sumner seem to regard him as made cf different materiel from other men. It is proper cnough forMr. Sumner, when living, and his admirers, when dead, to attack Gov. Dix and myself - to fill the airwithmaledietions and execratioiis. But when one word of defenco is made against abuse is not to be tolerated. Itis proper to say of me that I killed Mr. Motley, or that I made war on Mr. Sumner for not suppoiting the annexation of St. Domingo. Bat if I dare to answer tkat I removed Mr. Motley from the highest considerations of duty as an Executive, if I presume to say that he made a mistake in his oflico that mado him no longer useful to the country, if Gov. Fisk has the temerity to hint that Mr. Sumner's temper was 80 unfortunate that business relations -with him became impossible, we are slanderiDg the dead. If respect is due to the dead, trutk and justice are due to the living, and I only spoke in self-defence, and after many years of silent submission to the assaults from Mr. Sumner aad his friends, only in the interest of trutk and justice. A Deadwood Turnout. A traveler in Deadwood says that he saw such a pioturesque turnout as tliis : "The half-breed horses in harneas were shaggy, unkempt fellows ; and the longhaired saddle pony, hitched to the rear of the wagon by a striped horse-hair lariat, tugged and pulled, now this way and now that, as though the experience was a new oneto him. Upon tbe wagon was a pile of elkdeer and antelope ; while from on top, and frowning down upon you was the ugly mug of a grizzly. " The driver "sat with careless ease and grace, using Bruin's broadside for a seat ; one leg crossing the other ; a shapely little moccasined foot resting upon the side of the wagon box ; one gloved hand holding the Unes, and the other caressing the polished barrel of a revolver." This attractive personwas a youngwoman of the following descriptiou : " Rather sniall of size, with anexquisitely rounded and beautiful figure, showing to advantage iu the soft, ornamented buckskin snit. The iaco was one hard to describe; itmightbelong to a well-developed beardless youth, or in otlier garments and places to a comely lass of 20 years. In the finely-rounded outlines, ripe red lips and dimpled chin lurked a suspicion of femininity which was heigutened by the big bro'wn eyes and the long lashes which swept the cheeks, which wero as brown as a scout's." She said she was from Chicago, and had settled with her father near Deadwood. Why Popes Change Their Ñames. It is a fact generally known, says the Boston Journal, that monks and nuns on assuming their vows, and on ascenüing t-h e Pontifical tlirone, usually change their ñames. Thereasonof thís change, in the cnse of the Popos, is a superstitious belief that unless this is dono the new Pontiff rill not live long. The custom has prevailed since it was inauguratcd in 956 by Octavian Conti, who assumed the name, and title of John XII. Jxilius Medici wonld have made a breach had he been permitted, but his friends prevailed upon him to take the name of Clement, he being the scventh Pope to bear that name. Thirty-two years later, in 107?, Marcellus Servius was eleoted, and insisted upon retaiuing his own name. As Marcollus IL, therefore, he ascended the throue on the 9th of April. He was a young man and in robust healtli, and yet he lived but twenty-one days af ter bis elevation. Bince that timo no Pope has ventured to offend againpt the trad ition. It is a little singular that while the name of John bas been a favorite one, no less tlian twouty-one Popes having chosen it, none have chosen it since the death of John XXII., in 1416. The first Pope bearing the name of Pius was chosen 142, and the name did not reappear after his death tUl 1468. The Brave, Bank Offlcer. The melancholy fate of Treasurer Barrou of the Dexter (Mass.) Savings Bank will not, we trust, bo altogether without benefit to the commnnity. Circumstances lead te the belief that he was threatened wit! death by a gang of robbers, in order to compel him to open for thetn tlie safe of his bank, that he refuscd, thus effectually protectiug the bank's property, and that they wcre afraid to carry out their tkreat, though they beat him and left him tied and gagged in such a niauner that death áunlly ensued. His experience, tragicul as was its termination, proves tljat a determined resistance on tho part of men placed in lus situation will defeat the purposed robbery without nenessarily rr snlting in the loss of life. ihe ruffians who assailed Mr. Barron lacked the nervo to kill inm on the spot, and probobly did not intend to do so. They merely sought to work upon his fears in order to induce him to revoal the combination of the safe lock, and his bravery was too much for thera. - New York Sun. A Fighting Mousc. Mr. W. Kirkpatrick, of Anna, Dl., keeps quite a large number of snakes, which he capturad in various parta of tho country, among them a number of rattlosnakes. One day he determined to try how a monsc diet would agree with bis serpentine pels, and placed a lively mouso in one of bis boxea, containing throe rattlesnakes. To his surprise he f omití, on visiting the boxes after a littlo yip, that the mousa had attacked and killfi ono oí the raíesnaa, and liad actually begun to eat it, the flesh being entirely gone írom one side of the snake's hend and neck, and the bones exposed. The two remaining rattlesnakes evidenoed by their movementa tho terror which thoy íelt toward their littlo enemy, whose every move cansed them to display intenso fear.