Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1879 — Page 1

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YOL. XXVIII- NO 9. IOTIAKAPOLIS, 17EBNESDAY MORNIKG, FEBRUABY 26. 1879. WHOLE 10. 271.

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NEAEIXG THE ESI).

The Present Session of Congress Rapidly Drawing to a Close. Passage by the House of Sundry Citi! Bill. tie A Long and Important Session' thfc Senate. ; : of ThB Western Union Telegraph Company Defeated at Last - - Passage by the Senate of the Jones Bail- , -. road Telegraph : Bill. T Democratic-' Caucus Held, but Little of v r Importance Pone. The Potter Committee Bringing its Inves2"' tigation to a Olose. ' SEK8Y MOTES FROM THE tirilAI Pumk or the Sundry Civil Bill la lb Bouse An Extra session Not Ukely The Western fJnlon Telea-raph Company Beaten-iThe Corbin-Butler Case Democrat tic Caucus Boorheeper Polk Onl la a letter.; Special to the Sentinel: ' The pssage of tne sundry civil bill by the House, under the suspension of the rales, lessens the chances of an extra session very materially. This bill appropriates $17,OuO,UiM), and the whipping of it through under a rule which acts as a gag upon any who mlglit desire to dis. cuss it It Is regarded as dangerous legislation. Its passage a Oder a two-third Vote, shows that tbe committee in charge of it log-rolled to some purpose, -: the opponents of it being about equally divided ; between Tiomocrats and Republicans. ' . , The Bntler amendment to Mr. Jones' rail road telegraph bill passed the Senate.uotwlthstanding nearly all of the loading senators opposed it. It 19 regarded as a crushing defea for the Western Union company, and it was not thought it could pass., ) q It was expected that tbe Senate won.M take op the Corbin-Butler case,-bn t the delay comes from the Republicans, who feel there is, no chance of seating" tbx-lr maw. It seems lobe understood; thet Angus, CMneron, Conover j in this matter.'" ' The Democrats were in caucus this evening and considered the question of the abolishment of the (Tovernment printing office and letting out the work by contract. This is a scheme that ha? big money in it for the projectors, it it can be success'nl'y carried out. Ex-Doorkeeper Polk i out in uu open letter in which be severely criticise the conduct ot his Democratic brethren in the matter of his dismiss!. , ,'J, James Martin has received the nominatioD of postmaster at Attica, Ind. . Affidavit of C. W. Woolley Sent to tbe ' " Potter Committee. WASHram, Feb. 2L When the Hotter committee met to-day the chairman read the following letter: ' . . ' . , , ... , . . CixcixSATr, Feb. 1Z. , Hon. Clarksot N. Potter, Chairman: Your affiant, Charles W. Woolley, says he is l years of age, acitizen of Cincinnati, lawyer by profession and a tax-payer by occupation ; t hat he never Indulges in alcoholic drink, nor does he ever engage in gainesof hazard. The affiant has been ill. for more than a week and is now confined to- bis bed and cjmi not leave it without probably endangeriug bis life. The affiant has read the evidence f one John F. Coyfe. before before your committee on the 17th Inst., and swears, without condition, equivocation or exception, that so far as the statements of said .Coyle, purported, say of him (the affiant),' the same are utterly false;-that he' n : not otherwise better describ.bis estimate of them than by straply saying they are absolutely untrue. As the allium is unaole-to go to your committee and the committee can not come to r.ira, he respectfully asks that this affidavit be allowed a place with the records of tw committee. Tbe affiant says that i your committee wf' receive and tile a sworn statement from hit) as to all h ts transactions in political matters ii Louisiana and Florida in Vi'-n, he will have lit amannensis prepare the- same at once. Th affiant promises that In such statement )i will respond fully and fairly to every point ol the attack made apon his conduel fnmau and every responsible source, so far as Uu same has come under his observation. - ; - C. W. WoftUCT, Sworn to and 'srrbscribed In my presence by Charles W. Woollev, this 22d day of Febrnary, I6l),r. . iHHJ A, JOll.KtlOX, s . . Justice of the Peace Mx.THiscoek . moved the affidavit le not re- . oeived.and the motion prevailed. Tbe chairman said he. would 'communicate with Woollev, and. tell hint to' attend M earlyas possible. . , ,- . ' ( .. . J.' , , Theebairman also read a letter from Alex Shain, who according to Coyle's testimony, of fered to sell the Florida returning board for 10(MX. He asks pnrmlsslott to relute before the committee, the charges against hiui. Xo actloD was taken upon the letter, f , . Wm., K." Chandler asked . leave to place !n the ' hands of ' the committee some papers InX the i Jlaad.wriUnic . ..of General Barlow. .-Ooewas a letter written byJumto James BolV&C MouUcello, i'ia in trotiucing H. C Hopkins, of the postoffice departmeHt, as a man fit to bn trusted The other paper iws is. meidoituidundafed December 6, JK76, to Miles, one of the. Republi can collectors. These letters were pnt in evi dence - to ' sriow" that at the time they were written General Barlow was acting in Ihe Re publican Interest. Chandler informed tbe committee that his Florida cipher and numerous telegrams sent by him to Florida were In possession of John I. Davenport. James 11. Maddox, replying to Wharton statements, said: Wharton knew Governo Wells was for sale, and he proposed the; should see Packard la regard to it. They talk? the matter over with him; $30,000 , was met tloned as the earn that would be require Packard did not decline to pnt up the mone; but said he would take the matter into consid eration. A lew days afterward it was suggested by Wharton that Packard should promise office to Wells. Packard said he could not promise him office at that time, but he had done Wells many other acts of kindness, and he must .. Judge from',, the past what he would do In the future Maddox reported the conversation to Wells who decHned the offer. - He said - he might want to leave i'e Orleans, and did not wan an office, bat money, Wharton, proposed that Jhe (Maddox) should keep np the negotiations

wlih Wells, to prevent his entering Into any

other, but the witness declined, ;. , , Dr. J. M. Jewett, who acted as secretary to the Republican campaign committee of Louisiana, in 1K7G, testified to false protests made from several parishes of Louisiana: The witness was requested to give an account of the Bazier massacre of 18fiS, at the close of which : General Butler, referring to Jack Wharton, asked, "And the commander of the rioters In that massacre is no United States Marshal?" A. Yes. .. ! (i. By appointment of Mr. Hayes, of Ohio, he Is that? , ,, . Witness did not reply. Other details were given by the witness as to the drawing up of protests. The protests were drawn up upon the evidence and affidavits of supervisors. and they were obtained In some instances only by dint of considerable pressure. Win. E. Anderson refused to make his protest when he arrived, but subsequently on the same day he made one. . On the following day he repudiated it; on the 17th he made auother and it was adopted, and on the 3d it was transmitted by letter to the returning board.. The witness testified that he had the original of the Richland protest, and that it was drawn up by Kellogg. In the contested election case of Frost versus Metcalf, from tbe Thlid Missouri district, the committee on elections decided unanimously to report in favor of Metcalfe, the sitting member. The witness said on the evening he was asked, to attend a meeting in. the private office of the post office department, and he did so. He met there Mr. Geo L. Smith, a member of Congress from that district, and a number of supervisors. Smith stated to him that they wished him to draft protests for one or two parishes, the vault in the postoffice was unlocked and a number of packages taken out, which proved to be tne consolidated statements and legal lndoners. of DeBolo, Webster Boissier and Caddo- parishes. The several supervisors from these parish s were present- . The witnesses .drew up the protests, referring ; to . the . second electoral certiflcates;lhe witness stated his belief that Blanohard had no complicity in it. He (witness) received a letter from H. D. Clark, during last summer.who wasalsocharged with being guilty of forging the names of those certificates. -He assured General he well, tins young fellow's fni her-iu-law, that it was his Impiession. it had been done by Thomas S. Kelley. He had not a copy of any of those letters. House again asked what lersons . ,'were in '" Uie postoffice at the time tiie returns were opened and the protests put in the witness named the following: K.D. .Smith, cashier of the postoffice, who had asked him to be present; C. L. Ferguson, of Desoto, F. H. Huttou, or Jiaisier, J. W. Morrow, supervisors; Fred G. Heath, candidate for the legislature, aud General Gardiner and Percy Baker, State senator for Basier, were also present. He , remembered ". meeting with Weber and asking him if he had filed bis protest. Toeicply in substance was "My head is a damned sight more important to me than Packard being returned," . . ;. The clialriiirtn then produced the JeweltKeliogs letter, but having asked the witness if it was his hand writing, and the witness having replied iu the aiHrmative, the document was laid on the table without further question being put him in regard to it. The committee went into secret session, during which it was resolved to take no more oral evidence, with the exception of Woolley and Solomon, if they can be brought here. To-morrow, the committee will meet for a long secret session, at which certain docu mentary evidence will be produced and the question of the committee's report upon the testimony collected probardy be discussed. . Boinars of th Beinoeratie Caneiu. Washington,- Feb. 21. A Democratic cau cus was hcli I In the hall of the House this afternoon, to take action on a subject previously ntrortuced letting out public printing by contract to private parties, thus abolls'ilng the public printing office. But little Interest was manifested in the proceedings, there being only 28 members present. A bill was, however agreed on, with the above named object, and will be introduced In the House. The vote In favor of it was ayes 1!', noes 9. Several who were present at the caucus said privately that they did not, with so few in attendance, regard the proceedings as of the least consequence, and certainly of no binding effect on those who were absent ; besides It -as too late In the session to take action on a measure of sncb importance. ,. ,. . - : - . -, . The Teller Committer. , Washington, Feb. 21. At a meeting of the Teller committee the chairman ntd if it was desired to investigate the manner of 'conduct ing elections In Pennsylvania, New York, Jl assachnsitts, Vermont nnd Colorado, it would be necessary for the committee to alt during rtcess. To do this it would be neces sary to obtain the anUiority of the Senate, and as charges came from the minority of. the committee, the minority ought, to designate the States in which the committee- should continue the examination. -'Senator Garland replied that the minority would do this at the next meeting on Thursday, when they wonld be prepared to agree upon the terms of redue Uon to be offered to the Senate with a view of conducting the investigation during recess, i : Another Call for 3-20 Band, . i Washington, Feb.21. The secretary of tbe treasury has called the following -5-20K, princi pal and interest to be paid on and after the 24th of May next: ' '' ' ' ' ' ' CouMn bonds, dated July 1, 1S7, KO, No, 9JW1 to No. 100,0fitj, both Inclusive; SJHI0, NO, V.C01 to No. lt),0fJ0, both Inclusive; 1500, No. S(,0Q1 to No. 31)0,1X0, both inclusive; f 1,000, No. 158,001 to No. 170,000, both. inclusive; total con pon,130,MXM)00. , ,., ., ... ., i Registered bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after the 1st of July, 1X72 50, No. 8.2-3 to No. 8,210, both inclusive; (100, No. 23,501 to No. 23,030, both inclusive; $500, No lt,457toXo. 11,520, both inclusive; $1,090, No. 41,201 to No. 44,400, both inclusive; 5,iW0.-No. 14.001 to No. 11 ,330, both Inclusive; 110,0(10, No, 2-VJ01 to No. 2H.950, both inclusive. .Total regis tered, 7,009,1X10; aggregate, $20,000,000. , . More Trouble In New Mexico. : - MALrssTON, Feb. 24. Tne News, special from Santa Fe, N. M.. announces more tiwuble In Lincoln county, it. J. Chapman, a lawyer, the head of the Mc3ween faction, was shot dead In front of the Court House at Lincoln, ' A Fort Worth special says that at 6 o'clock Sunday morning, the stage hence for Fort Yuma was halted Inside of the city limits by three masked highwaymen, und two passengers compelled to give np their money. Tbe mail bags were robbed of 14 registered pack ages. ; '-' 'i . , ' Gone ruder, .. Cincinnati, Feb. 24. The Gazette's McCon nellsrille (O.) gpeoial says:, "H. M. Cochran, tobacconist, and. Cochran, Bogman A Co, fonndrymen, assigned. Saturday. Liabilities of both establishment nearly $60,000. Cochran was the leading man In both institutions," j

SENTINEL SPECIALS.

Republican Ballot-Box Stuffing . Brought to Light in This ;.:T State. , . , How Judge Jewett and Other Democrats Were Swindled Out of Office. James Brennen, a' Noted Republican Sneak, Shown Up By His Wife. Ha Skips Out With the Township Funds and Another Man's Wife. An Effactintj Soene at Andersen Two Children Taken Away Frcm Their j. Mother. A Destructive Fire at St. Paul Yeaterday. HADISON. Tbe Warn or Hin James Brennen. Who Took One Falae Step In October, Very Katarally Takes Many More, aa Well ' aa Part of tbe Public Funds and All of Anotber . Man's Wire--Tbe Other Hearts tbst Ache" Aside Irons Those of Ills Family. Special to the Sentinel : . , . Matmskn, Ind., Feb. 21. The city Is intenselyexcited over matters which have come to the surface within the past 43 hours, and which throw a flood of light upon the way in which the large Republican tntijority in this conuty at .fhe last election was obtained. James Brennen, the trustee of this township, left home more than two weeks ago, telling his wife thai he was going to attend a meeting of trustees at Terre Haute. His long and unexplained absence occasioned much uneasiness among his relatives and securities, and finally led to an Investigation of the circumstances surrounding his departure, and resulted in the discovery of the fact that he had for some time been making systematic preparations tor flight, and had carried witli him a large sum of the township funds. Brennen was last seen at Indianapolis, where he registi..dl nnrfo,. ff,d D m O gf TT Onllt-,- ...1 I lzrAa siinrtlv aftfrr lnlned hv a woman who registered as Mrs. H. Sullivan, St. Louis. The twain lett together, and from the route taken are believed to have gone to Canada. A Mrs. Thomas, of Little Rock, Ark., who was formerly very intimate with Brennen, also left her home a day or two before Brennen left here, and is believed tobatbeone who shares his exile. The amount of the defalcation is not known, but is thought to be large, and falls on the National Branch b'tnk, or this place. This Republican institution , took Brennen In after the Democrats refused to have anything further to do with him, and he has in return taken it in most completely-. Brennen Is the mau who was accused of stuffing the ballot-box here Inst fill, and yesterday his wile made a clean breast of all she knew about the affair. According to . her statement, Brennen wns waited on by four or five Republicans, at Jeast, one of whom now holds an Important office .here, und paid J5 to steal Democratic votes ont of tbe ballot-box and put Republican votes in iustead. She siya Brennen told her he did this until he changed the result in his precinct over UOO Mrs. B. attributes all her trouble to this con - duct on the part of her husband who she says has never been the same man since. There is no longer any doubl. but that a large portion of the Democratic ticket was fairly elected by majorities ranging from 50 for Rogers, for rep resentative, up to 200 for Jewett,for Judge. A successor will probably be appointed by the auditor as the ' commissioners have .been called together. The general opinion Is that noeffort for the -arrest and extradition of Brennen will be made by those In authority, tney fear be might dlscloie the guilt of the saintly hypocrites who tempted hlin to jhls ruin. ' - ' - " HEW. Al.Bs.HT. OAT for the Everglades A Hew Railroad Onena up a Hew Business Fleld-Beath f m Pioneer Operations f the Blvorce Mill Too Much Harried Sins;' lar Accident. - : , Special to the Sentinel : j i New Albany, Feb. 21. Mr. Eph Holtls, well known youugmau of this city, to-day folded his tent, like the Arab, and as quleUy stole away to the everglades of Florida, leav ing a beautiful young German girl, of this city, to monrn like the dove and chatter like the swallow. ' "' . " The notorious Duggaus, accuted of incend iarism and stealing, and a noted character in Harrison county, U on trial to-day in the cir cuit court at Coydon. Accused Is a bad One. The completion of the Rockport and Cincin raU railroad to Jasper, the county-seat of lmBols county, has opened a new field to the enterprise of New Albany business men, and large quantities of wheat, Hour and other prodace are now reaching here from Dubois and Pike counties, shipped by mil from Jasper and ' Hunlingsburg to Rockport, and thenoe jeshlpped by river to New Albany. The completion of the road will be of immense advantage to Dubois conuty, as opening to her farmers markets heretofore Inaccessible to tbemv . . Judith St. John, a pioneer of this city, agec. Jt

72, and wei. known in Floyd and Washington' counties, died yesterday at Salem, and Will be. bnrled in this city to-morrow. . , 1 When all other kinds of business drags in our circuit court, then the mismatched get in their work for' divorce. To-day John! and Nancy - Norman, Paulina and Conrad . Helm, ' and Helen and George Sherrer, : Jr., joined the innumerable" caravan of the divorced by fiat of Jndge Davis, and encouraged thereat, Henry Blaker filed a peUUon for divorce from bis wife, Margaret. And now let Chicago step down to the footr lights and shoot off her horse-pistol. Ellas Ash worth is a too-much married man j On October. 23, 1S73, he married Julia Ann Pnllpot, 'Squire Slider, of this city, performs log the ceremony, and Julia Ann still survives this marriage and has never, to her knowU edge, been divorced. And now comes liaa Ashworth, to-wit, on the 12th day cJ Febrnary . . ' .". t

IK, and is married to Rosa lthlnebart, of this cify. To day, Rosa put in an appearance at the county clerk's office and wanted to know, yon know, what Ellas was going to do about It, and the grand jury will probably desire information on Abe same subject, as New Albany has thirty odd churches, nary one of which Is of the Mormon persuasion. ' Frank Stephens, son of. W. H. Stephens, superintendent of the New . Albany Rail mill, was caught In a belt or the machinery of the mill this forenoon, aud was whirled round a large and high shaft l& times before the engine could be stopped ami bis release secured. The strangest part of Uve affair was that he was only slightly brulseri about the legs. . The Spiritualists have organized In this city at what they call Harmonlal Hall. The proceedings of their meeting last night were ot the usual character used In tbe manufacture of lunatics, aid you may look for an early increase In the population of the Statu Insane Asylum from New Albany.

LOOCOOIEE. V. lles ol a Wicked Han Tbe WKe mt a Hon or Ex-OoTrrnvr Baunlnir Takes Fp With a Ntransrer. Special to the Sen Unel: '' LonfioOTEic, Ind., Feb. 21. There Is con-f-iderab'e excitement here over the reported elopement or the wife of a son of Ex-Governor Paris C. Dunning with a man named Summers. The facts in the case are as follows: About a month ago, young Dunning left Jefiersouvirle In company with his wife for Indianapolis, where he expected to find employment, but .failins, went thence to Terre Haute and from there to Vlncennes, with like results. ' At Vlncennes bis money ran out, and he and his wire started on loot for Mitchell where he had relatives; but arriving at the house - of one Summers uar Caonelburg (ifcnr miles east of Loogootee) his wife give enUrely out was . so exhausted' she could go no farther, and he was compelled to leave her at the house of Summers nntll he co'ild go on to Mitchell and get money and send for her. He went on to Mitchell got what little money he could raise, and sent It to her. After waiting, pel haps a wtjek, and his wire, not putting In her appear ance, be became alarmed and retinced hl steps here, only to find that she had just left in company with Summers. When the facts in the case became known, it was found that his wife, in company with Summers, had roomed together over night at the Loogootec1 To use aud disappeared early the next morning. ' Dunning, on bearing this, went nearly wild with grief, and raved around town like a mad man. All efforts to find the guilty cou ple have proved futile so far, aud Dunning received enough money from citizens to tnSe him back to Mitchell, where he went. Mar shal Waggoner has the case in hand, and should the guilty pair be found will vigorously deal with them. , A1DERSOHY A ISfart-RendinK Scene Two. Children Torn From tbe Arms of Tbelr Mother By Command of the l.aw. Special to the Sentinel : Amtikkhon, Ind., Feb. 24. About the ' 1st of January last a woman by the name of Wormley came to this city from Hamilton county with two children, a boy about 10 years of age, and a daughter about 12. She came here to free herself from her husband, whom she had decided, for good and sufficient reasons, to abandon. The husband made application recently, to the Hamilton county courts to have the boy sent to the House of Refuge, aud the girl to be given into his custody to be educated, nnd, - ou - au ex parte hearing, the court 'made an order accordingly. Armed with the proer author ity, the husband came to thiscitytnd on Sun day evening lat procured the assistance of Marshal Couurn to guln possession of the children, which was soon accomplished. The scene that followed beggar description. The weeping mother would not part with hi-r children, but followed her heart-broken sou and daughter to the train, where they continued their loud and heart-rendiug lamentations' locked in each other's embrace.until the arriv al of the o'clock train on the Bee LI ne road, when the cruel hand of Ihe law took from this wretched mother all that, was dear to her on earth her chUtlreu and they were taken by force Into the Westward-bound cars. The mother claims - that Uie never had any notice of Uie pendency of 'the suit In any rnauner, oi she could have established the fact that her husband was not the proper per son to have the custody of the children. Officer Cobnrn says that when he went to take possession of the children, he foundthe little girl playing an organ, which she. handled admirably, and singing very sweet indeed; and it was all be could do to summon courage nongb to mar the pleasure of that happy home. "' . . , ' " ' .. .. Rixuvii. : . . Beatb of Two OM Ladiea. Special to the Sentinel: ... SCLUTAX, I No., Feb. 24. Mrs. Barbara Cookie, an old and highly respected lady, and well known in this and. adjoining counties, was buried from the Presbyterian church at 2 p. in. yesterday. Mrs. ConkU was aged 86, nnd was tbe mother of N. F. Cookie, Esq., of Farmersburg, and mother-in-law ot Prof. Crawford, principal of the Washington Normal school.' . Miss Shields, a wealthy old maid, who lived a very quite lite in the suburbs, of the town. also died Saturday. '"':',' PBIHCETOS. The Clarion Man's Twins and the 1 . marks of Six-year-old Bay Thereos Special to the 8entine!i i u I pRiNi-ETos, Ind., Feb. .24. GM ft, stounant, editor of the Clarion, became the proud parent of twins, Th th boys, on Friday last. Oil feels elated over the prospect of a gain of two Re publican votes in ltfljO. While we admire the enterprise displayed in seeking to build np and perpetuate a falling party as a matter of precaution, we trust some vigorous, enthusias tic and.enterprialng young Democrat will rise to the occasion and duplicate the deed. We would undertake the contract onrself if we were not a confirmed bachelor. A si xy ear-old son of one of the. neighbors, who was at the house viewing the twins and talking to the family, electrified all hands by saying,"You need not be so proud; we are going to have three at our bouse before long." ST. PAUL. Steam Flour Mi 111 and Ware bonne . Burned. Special to the Sentinel: Sr. Paul, Ind., Feb. 24. The steam floor mill and warehonse.belonglng to James F. Johnson, was burned early this morning by an In cendiary. Loss, 1 1,500; insured for $X00, In the Home of Now Vork.roO in the British Ameri can, and $609 In five other companies.

PARENTAL BKUTALITY.

A Father Locks Up His Daughter for an Act of Disobedience. Her Incarceration Extending ; Over Period of Sixteen Yean. A Fair Tonna; ttirl Reduced to a Cnn- , dltlon or Wretched Imbecility. f Memloia i 111.) Cor. Chicago Tribune. A case of cruelty and inhumanity is being brought to light in a section ot tbe country a few miles south of this city, which, it is to be hoped, is without parallel in this generation, K not in this century. It is that of a yonog woman named Margaret Reck, daughter of L'eter Reck, a wealthy farmer of Troy Grove, who was shut np in a room over 10 years ago, and kept there to this day in solitary confinement without ever having left ir. Though the nimors were both vague and meager, yet they were sufficenctly astounding to induce your correspondent to endeavor if possible to get at the facts, and although his purpose was attended with much difficulty and necessiated tbe interviewing of many persons who were supposed to be acquainted, more or less, with' the circumstances in the case, he succeeded, though the parties all assumed a certain air of mystery, accompanied with such grave shakes of the head that were expressive of their reluctance to tell what they knew, lest they should be called upon to appear In court and testify against persons with whom they bad been on terms of intimacy and friendship for many years. : The object, however, was finally achieved, and the following are the facts as gathered, not only through neighbors, but near relatives of the unfortunate victim herself. As a stepmother figures in the drama, it is necessary to go into THE E.VELV ntSTORV Ol' THK AKFAiX. A few years after Peter Reek's arrival in this country, and previous to bis locating on a farm in Troy Grove, his wife died, leaving him seven children, Gve diugbters and two sons. He married aealn, and had two daughters by bis second wife. The daugh ters ol the nrsi wue becoming onnoxtous to her, and he, for tbe sake of peace and quiet having to submit to her will, tbey were driven from their homes and made to seek Employment and shelter where best they . , l . i : l 2 i , . C0U1O. juargarei, luegin in uuesuou, oemg too young to shift for herself, was, in order to get her away from the stepmother's barah treatment, taken to Peru and. placed in a school kept by the Sisters of Charity. While there she is said to nave given proots ot acquiring the branches taught with facility.and to have evinced quite a taste for drawing, in which she excelled. When she returned home she was the belle of the neighborhood; lull of life and ran; courteous and kind to all : and possessed of so beautiful a voice the young and the old wonld often go to hear Margaret sinr. The estimation in which she was held oy tne people was not calculated to raise her in the estimation of tbe stepmother, who looked upon her with jealjnsy as possessing advantages and attractions which she herself lacked. She insisted that it would be much more in keepmp; with her position in life to go out like her sister?, and work for an honest living, than to put on sucb airs, which, as she predicted, would result in no good. Margarets education did not tit her to do menial work for outsiders, though she was willing to do any thin? at home, and the result was thai she was SCBJFCTEn TO ALL THK . KTTTV TYE.VS.MKa that some step mothers are able and willing to heap. The oftense for which tbe unfor tunate girl was made to pay so dear a pen alty is thus described : same lb years ago or better a marrags loose place in tne vicinity. to which all tbe Keck family were invited. She dressed to go with the father?, but on some pretext or other she was forbidden to go, and ordered to remain at home and take care of tbe bouse. She felt hurt, and de termined to go and visit the Bisters of Charity at Peru.' She wrote a note to that effect, adding that thry need not ba uneasy about her, left it on the table ana started ou on foot. The Tueedsv following she was brought back to her home, locked into a rooai, and. as the rumor only too correctly bad it, "' SHIt TS THERE TO THIS DAT, without ever having left it since. Through all these weary years of solitary confinement not a living soul was permitted to see her. save two or three inmates of the house. Not even her own sisters, nor her cousin, a Roman Catholic priest, could obtain that privilege, notwithstanding their oft repeated demands. In answer to inquiries - by tbe neighbors, they were first told that Margaret was unwell, later on, wai ane was lntane, and that, las she would wear no clothes, they were not allowed to see her. That she became insane is now beyond all question ot dispute: but that she was so when first ma nned is not generally crtaitea. it is tnougnt that, being a high-spirited girl, she revolted against such harsh and on just treatment, and that her father, in his obstinate tenacity of parental authority, determined that she should be the first to yield. Neither waver ed in tbe determination not to be the first to acknowledge the wrong; so Margaret a con finement continued, and with nothtng to re lieve the motony but the bare whitewashed walls of a - small room; her food passed in thnfngh a square aperture in the wallplaced on a shelf, the shutter replaced, and not a word spoken. . Days rolled on into weeks and months, when at length the long beBtsirony of mental sufferiag culminated In bereft reason.- Then it was too - late for the stubborn old man to repent- In atone ment, and to ease his troubled mind, '. 'HE ERECTED A CBWBCH '' and superintended it construction. Tbe step-mother died last - April. Peter Reck survived her till September, when be died very suddenly, and, among other romors, it Is thought that his death .was accelerated by foul play. By the will tbe heirs were to get 40 acres of land each. Mary, the youngest daughter, was appointed custodian over Margaret, with the use of tbe house and 80 acres of land, while she (Margaret) should live. There were three , trustees aod an executor appointed. The trustees visited the room in which Margaret was confined and found the unfortunate creature, whom tbey had known 16 years before as the belle of tbe place, crouched in a corner on tbe floor perfectly naked, save an old army blanket that she had drawn over her. - A tear of compassion . trickled down their manly- cheeks as they contemplated that sickening sight and thought of the manyyears of untold misery she was tbe victim or. There were no pictures, no books, no table, no chair or stool, no bed, no, not even a mat to lav those poor, weary limbs on. The room was destitute of every thing; there were only the bar boards and, the white . washed, walla, and. the barred window, and

tbe little square hole with its sliding shutter and the abelf underneath it where tbe food was placed, and the stove pipe that came up from the kitchen stove. THE TRUSTEES PISAOBEKD as to the improvements that should be made to ameliorate tbe unfortunate creature's condition, one of them maintaining that she should remain In the condition her father had kept her. Tbe - more humane men, fearing that she would freeze to death, consulted Dr. Corbus, who, in his capacity as commissioner of lunacy and pnblic charities, visited her in company with Dr. t.tok, and ordered her clothing, a bed, and a hardcoal stove, and the room to be kept at a temperature of 70 degrees. Your eorrespondent applied to tbe humane trustefs for permission to see their charge in the interest of tbe Tribune, that the pnbl:c may get a true statement of the existing state of things in connection with the sad c&se. Aftersome reluctance they kindly consented, and appointed tbe dsy and hour. After anything but a plessant drive through snowdrifts deep ruts and plowed tieUls.Igot to the house in time to see the tors ees leave without beingabie to gain admission themselves. They told me that as Mary, the custodian, was absent at a wedding there was no possibilty of my accomplishing my object that day; that the? could do nothing for me, being refused admission themseve?, and that I should have to defer it until some day when Mary would be back. 1 did not sigh for another such drive, and so determined to try my eloquenco on tbe inmates in charge. After an hour of parley and a score or more of rebuffs they finally yielded, and I was conducted up a narrow stairs and through a bedroom that communicated by a door with, the room in which Margaret Reck , , HAD 8PK5T SIXTEEN TEAKS.

A bed was on the floor just by the door, and 1 looked into it. My conductors noticing me, said: "Why, she ain't there; she is lying in that corner yonder." I approached the indicated spot. There, in tbe northeast corner of the room, close as she could crawl to tbe walls, on tbe bsre, cold boards, with the limbs drawn closely up to the body, in a comatose state, lay a form covered with an old army blanket which did not seem as large aa a two year-old child. Stooping down, I tjok that pale, emaciated hand ia mine. It was cold, not exceeding a temperature of 4.5. The pulse was about lii. Tbe body was quite warm, the temperature being between US and 102. The contour of the head Is shapely, the forehead high, broad and stijrgestive of intelligence rather than dementia or frenied insanity. The eyes, that were once large, blue and expresjive. are now sunken in their sockets and hare lost their luster forever. The lids are relaxed; the function, of tbe optic nerve seem to have been destroyed. The skin is still soft, white and delicate looking, though the . morbid condition of the nerves will be apparent from the fact that . A PIN CAS IIE STUCK. ISTO IT Quite deep without any evidence of pa;n. The lower limbs are much contiacted, and devoid of muscular power. The feet are much deformed, and bent back as if by mus cular contraction, acquired through long ac customed crawling, vv hen tola by tne in mates that she had been like that for vears; that she crawls three times a day as recrnlar- . ly as clock-work, to the shell for her food; that she consumes at each meal a goodly quantity of sopped bread, milk and coffee, and sometimes meat; that she is strong and would tear oft any clothing put on her, and teat she is quite lively at night, one has to be credulous indeed not to doubt it, for she did not look as if she could tear tissue paper. she won t stay in that bed," said her halteister; "she is just as obstinate as she caa be: she will era i out of it, as if it did not feel good to ber. end go into tbe corner where she is now; she always goes there; she likes the cola boards best. ' She was visited yesterday by Irs. Corbus and Cook for tbe purpose of clothing her and administering to her comforts. She resisted the proccsi of dressing with all the force she could command. She was then placed in the bed, and remained quiet whiie they were in the room, but scarcely had they adjourned to the next room when she crawled lo the northeast corner ot the foot of the bed similar to ber accustomed position on the Moor getting underneath, and drawing tbe tick and clothing over ber from the bead as she instinctively draws hf r accustomed blanket. Not stem'iDgly Irking that position, she did not stay to long, but, gliding over the lido rail, she wriggled diagonally across the II oor, pot into her old cor ner, pulled her dress otr by getting it over her head in an instant, drew the old blanket around her. and settled down in her nsusl way. Ir. Corbus describes her manner of moving s thit of a wriggling ore tin riling gait at tbe hips, propelled by tbe feet, tbe hands taking little or no pyrt- He has left orders that she is to be dressed several times dav until she becomes accustomed to clothing, and that the bed be so constructed that she can not get out- Ine doctor speaks of her case as being not only the worst ne ever saw, out tne worst ne ever heard of. How long she has been kept in a nude condition no one can ascertain. It is thought by some that she was divested of clothing at tbe time she was first confined. lest she would make her escape tnrougn tne window. The bars that are there would cer tainly not have prevented her, for a child could tear them dpwn as tbey now are. nOW SHE HAS STOOP THE COLD OF WINTER iaamrstery in itself that is difficult to solve, for even allowing that a fire might have been kept in the kitchen both day aud night which Is very improbable tne stovepipe coming from it could not throw off sufficient heat to warm the room, and most assuredly the cold has been often sufficiently intense to freeze a pail of water solid. But how she bss survived that, and why ner rel atives have not called attention to her con finement, knowing-, as tbey must, that she should, if insane, nave been ssnt to an asy- . lum, m one of those questions into wruea, in all probability, the proper authorities w ill feel called upon to inquire. . ,. A LOJtESOal RIDE. Bound ter ParaarMla The Adventure ' BngtfafMnaui Pawn (lis Trans. 'IT. St. Patrick Tudor. Ktq.. tbe gentleman who proposes to ride to South. America from New York, saddled his horses, h:-.s summoned his attendant, bade adieu to new made friends, and without one longing, lingering look behind moved on toWaihiogton. Mr. Tudor has been agreeably disappointed about u people oi me i iiueu owio. saying "He was not bothered a great deal with blooming, oiooay questions, you know.; about-' where he was going, and what be ' was going for, aud what ticket he wasn't going to vote at the next election, you know, lilarat me bloody eyes, if I know one ticket from another, you know." lie seems to taint that nis journey willbe made principally alone, as his present body guard o! one, though firm In his ex pressed intention to hold out to the last, lives in Washington, and Mr. Tudor thinks he will "want to see his ma ana pa ' too long for the adventurer to wait. It is reported that aside from tbe - novelty of the trip, Mr. Tudor is the sgsnt of an E a slush, company, who, upon the representation) made by him on his return, will - either withhold or invest large sains pf money in the guano and silver .mines of South America. ..,.,,. . .