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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. ikkk.-TWELVE PAGES.
Can this be true?
~F.Y-.lTmUK FORD, CONVICT, WRITES
TO THF. 8HBEVEPOBT TIMES.
Ha Declares That Ills Alleged ConTrulcn
TVs. a Lie Invented to Help UU
. Brother Kscape the Gallows—
III. Pride In Ills ltecord.
The following remarkable letter appears
in the Shreveport (La.) Timea of September
16th:
1’enitentiaiiy, Baton Bocoe, September
10, 1880.—Charlea MoD. Puckett, Editor
S lire vi port Timea: Dear Sir—In to-day'a
issue ot the New Orleans Picayune, and in
its issue of a few days back, and also in the
Baton Bouge Capitolian-Advocate, I read
some extracts of editorials in your valuable
paper, in which, unfortunately for me, my
name appears and my official record is
seriously criticised.
I do not know yon personally, but I do
know of you by reputation, and the charac
ter in which I have heard )ou represeuted,
and which I believe to be a correct represen
tation, presents you to be an honorable and
npright man, too brave to do anybody an
injury, and charitable to a degree.
As a newspaper man it is your right to
criticise public officials and do all you can
to assist your political party, and I am sure
that in the editorials I refer to you were
perfectly conscientious in what you wrote,
and were actuated by no other desire than
what you believed to be for the public good.
1 presume, acting on the meagre informa
tion yon had on the subject, you represent
ed my i fficial course in anything but a fa
vorable light, and did me a great in ustice,
and my object in writing you is to ask, to
beg of you, a correction.
It may appear to yon and all readers of
this, very presumptuous in me to write you
thus, and possibly many wilt think, that 1
have no right in the premises; but my God!
1 must do something to stop the tirade of
abuse which is daily heaped upon me, and
when all emanates from a tierce, vindictive
THE PROHIBITION ISSUE.
enemy, whose persistency in persecuting
me is worthy of a better cause. I simply
ask of yon and all other proprietors and
editors of papers to leave me alone
in my misery, and accord mo the same
chance for life and liberty that -you would
an ordinary criminal.
I am a poor unfortunate wretch, forsaken
by friends and actually being hounded
down to death by my enemies. I am daily
suffering the tortures of the damned and
am perfectly innocent of the crime of which
I was unjustly convicted. The alleged
confession that I made since my incarcera
tion was made for a pardon, and upon rep
resentation that it would benefit my
Brother. I did not kill Cap Murphy. My
brother’s dying words exonerated me. The
judge, jury and lawyers on both sides ot
t te case, and all connected with the prose
cution know, and the State, on both trials
ot the case admitted that I was not present
and took no active part in the killing. I
can give you, if yon solicit it, undoubted
proof of'these facts.
' 1 foil convinced that if you were ac
quainted with all the true facts in my cose
yon would uot enroll yourself among the
number of persecutors who are so persist-
»itly seeking my destruction. I have no
desire now to burden you with my life of
woe, but I wish to correct the wrong im
pression that you have of my record aa a
public official.
If I do say it myaelf, none filled the office
of judge ot the second recorder's court of
Now Orleans better than I did, and but few
could favorably compare with mo. In proof
ot which I herewith enclose copies of some
of the oditoriala ot the New Orleans press
on the eve of the last general, election, and
hut a fow months prior to my trouble.
I would also reter you to the good people
of New Orleans, none of whom ever found
fault with my administration of the aflsiis
of my office, and even the I'icaynne, with
all its bitterness end fierceness, never said
aught sgsiust my official character, but did,
iu its Usue of Murch Kith, 1880, give me
faint pra'se for my course as recorder.
The record that I made as a public offi-
vial 1 have always prized very highly, and
it is the only consolation I have now left in
my dire distress, and I wish to preserve it
intact so as to hand it down to my chil-
dren, it being the only legacy I have to
Jesre then to off set the terrible stain pot
■upon lay Lame by the result of the fearful
persecution I have been subjected to,not by
law officers, tint in reality by interested
personal and political politicians.
A great deal of injustice has been done
me in the public press, and a great many ot
the (landers uttered against me have been
believed, because of no contradiction, op-
portunitv to do so being invaiiably denied
me, and knowing the iufinence of your pa
per in the State, and having among its
readers men whose sympathy and friend
ship I am desirous of retair<Dg, and being
anxious to let the uurth Louisiana pnblic
know the character I bore previous to my
trouble, I aak you to publish the editorial,
relating thereto, with or without this letter,
and I trust you will do me this act of char
ity add justice,
I will, aa toon aa circumstance* permit,
make known the story of my wrongs, and
conclusive proof that I am the victim of i
huge conspiracy, and that 1 am entirely iu
IX >cent of the crime I have been unjustly
oo ivicted of, and for which 1 now laugniah
iu a felon's cell.
Hoping for good results, I remain, with
great respect, yours truly, T. J. Eouo.
CLauncey Black Takes Definite Position on
the Question.
Black’s letter of acceptance of the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor of Penn
sylvania: There is, I believe, but one other
distinct quaation of State policy involved
in the election of this year. One of the
poUBetl parties has avowed ite purpose to
pass through two successive Legislatures
and submit to the people a constitutional
amendment forbidding the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors in this
commonwealth. A third party, constitu
ting in themselves that “respectable por
tion of the psople" referred to by the others
in their platform, insist upon immediate
and total prohibition by legislative enact
ment, without waiting upon the neodless
and tedious process of amendment.
Neither of these parties looks toward in
demnification for the large amounts of pri
vate property which must be measurably
destroyed by the enactment of such a law
or the adoption of such an amendment.
The Democratic party has, on tho other
hand, from its formation, consistently op
posed sumptuary laws, “which vex the
citizen and interfere with individual lib
erty."
But this denial of the right of prohibition
imp'ies Ibe duty of regulation; and though
the just power of the State does not exleod
to the prescription of the drink, diet or
dress ot the individual man, rt does extend
to the prevention of any abuse of his pri
vate right affecting his neighbor or society
at large, and I favor the enactment of any
laws, however stringent, which may be uec
essary to that purpose, and, in any event,
the rigid enforcement of those now in ex st-
ence. Conscious of the terrible evils of ex
cessive indulgence, we do not attempt to
eradicate them by a species of legislation
which has never failed to increase them,
but which inevitably brings on the deeper
ate resistance of the citi/ens who feels him
self deprived of a natural right, and with it
a train of illicit crimes and ruinous disor
ders. I cannot hotter conclude this para
graph than by the following passage from
the hand of the illustrious Tilden:
Such legislation springs from a miscon-
ception of the proper sphere of the govern
ment It is no part of the duty of the
State to coerce the individual man except
so far os his conduct may affect others, not
remotely and consequentially, but by vio
lating rights which legislation can recog
nize and nntertske to protect. The oppo
site principle leaves no room for individu
al reason and conscience, trusts nothing to
sclf-cnltnre and substitutes the wisdom of
the Senate nod Assembly for the plan of
moral government ordained by Providence.
The whole progress of society consists in
learning how to attain, by the independent
action or voluntary association of individu
ids, those objects which are at first at
tempted only through the agency of gov
ernment, and in lessening the sphere of
legislation and enlarging that of the
individual reason and conscience. Our
American institutions have recognized this
idea more completely than it has yet been
recognized by the institutions of any other
people, and tho Democratic party has
fenerally bten the fuithfnl guardian of its
progressive development. * * * To
day, while it is in favor of sobriety and
good morals, it disowns a system ot co
ercive legislation which cannot produce
them, but must create many tenons evils,
which violates constitutional guarantees
and Bound principles of legislation, in
vades the lightfnl domain of tho individal
judgment and conscience, and takes s step
backward toward that barbarian age wheu
the wages of labor, the prioes of commodi
ties, a man's food aud clothing, were dic
tated to him by a government calling itaol'
paternal.”
THE BRITISH SEAL PIRATES
CONVICTED AND PUNISHED BY THE
ALASKA COURT.
Their Capture Within the Boundary of the
lulled States—A Flue aud luiprUon-
rnent Imposed—The Oir,nce '
I.lktnrd to Piracy.
New York Times,
Washinoton, September 20.—Captain
THE TKAOEDY OF “VIRGINIU3.”
DRUNKENNESS NO EXCUSE.
BLAINE RAISED HIS HAT.
Bow lie Received the Suggestion that lie
Would be It. nominal «l.
Euiiba, N. Y., September 19 —During
recent visit to New England, Colonel La
ther Caldwell held an extended intervios
with Bon. James G. Blaine, who is a dis
taut relative. Speaking of hia visit to N-
York State prior to the last election, Mr
Blaine was prompted to ask, “Doyou thir'
the visit was* mistake?'
Colonel Caldwell earnestly replied, "I do,
indeed, a serious mistake; but I trust tin
year 1888 will have rectified those mistake!-,
when you ere again the popular conoid si.
of the great Republican parly,”
To this prophecy, clearly and unmistska
bly made, Mr. Bl rue stepped back end men
deliberately and gracefully lifted bis ha’,
and iu an impreeaive manner bowed most
courteously. In hia look or bearing then
was hollies to show that such a consumma
tion w. uld be diataanful, nothing in word
or gesrn.t- to indicate that the honor would
be put aside i r that the suggestion could not
be entertained Taken altogether, it was
the moat significant incident yet made pub
lic uf Mr. Blaine's desire to run agsin for the
Presidency in 1888.
Colonel Caldwell, in relating this incident,
added: “I have no doubt but Urct Mr. Blaine
will be our nominee. He will be nominated
on the first ballot. The lb publican senti
ment of New York ia for bun to-dey, and
New England is for him now and wilt be in
lt)88. In 1881 the Republicans were lake-
wun*i or wavering. We have no other
available man save, perhaps, Oun. Sherman;
but Blaine, all things considered, ia prefer
able and sttnngesL He can cany New York
another time. It was not so mu.h the
Buchard blonder aa the tern yierance vote
that fioond us in 1884.
No Bight or Ksense to Uet Drunk and Com
mit Murder.
Courier Journal 8pecial.
Fa.vsKroRT, September 18.—There waa,a
caso decided by tho Court of Appeals to-day
which is calculated to have a salutary effect
on checking the disposition of a class ot men
to get drunk in order that they may commit
crimes they would not dare tooommit when
sober. In January, 1881, K. F. Burchett,
whilo a passenger on the train from Ashland,
killed Albert Augtiu, iu Carter county, for
which he was sentenced to the penitentiary
tor life.
The circumstances of the case are recited
iu the following extrsots from the opinion
of Jndge Fry or, who takes occasion to
dwell at same length on the weakness ot
tho nUft ot drunkenness as a mitigating ex
cuse in behalf ot the appellant:
There is no effou at self-defense, end the
only reason assigned for the cruel and rock-
less rnnrdcr ia that at the time of the killing
the accused was under tho ir flueuee of li-
(itor. This is no excuse for cr we, and to
bold that the commission of one wrongful
act ta au excuse or mitigation of a still
greater offense would be to liceuse the reck
less violator i of tho law to seek revenge in
akiog the lives of those who had indicted
upon them actual or imaginary ir juries.
Insauity, when established, constitutes a
defense, * ’ * but when using stim
ulants that inflame the passions tor
the time being and embolden one
to do that which be would not do if sober,
affords no excuse, nor does it lessen the de
gree of tho offense. Iu this ease the ap
pellant boarded the train that was leaving
the city of Ashland with pistol iu hand,
threatening the couductor if bo put any of
his friends off, ami holding it in such a pn
s-lion cocked h« endangered the lives uf the
passengers. He filed se.’eral shots from
the tram, and wheu pos-ing his own depot
he declined to get off until he accomplish! d
bis purpose, and that was to take the lifeuf
the conductor. The latter hail put him off
the cars si me time previous be cause he dr-
llued to puy bis fare, aud he announced
hispnrpoae prior to the Ashland fair that
he would settle it with turn at that time aud
p'ace.
Augtiu, the murdered man, was on the
train going to bis home, and hail expottu
lan d with the accused es to bis conduct,
and from ihr proof rcsembl-il theconductor
both iu dress and appearance, and wheu
shot the proof goes to sbuw that the accused
nppoacit he was shooting at theconductor.
When Anglin left the train and was stand
ing oa the depot, the accused, without a
word rt warning in any wav, shot the
deceased through the body from the car
door, causing death in a short time.
* There is no mitigating feature in this
case, bnt a reckless disregard of human lift-
on the part of the accused from the rime be
boarded the train at Ashland until he took
the life of the unfortunate Anglin. Where
fore, judgment affirmed.
A Tricycle Cab.
E-lmud Yales in New York World.
The new tricycle cab or three-wheeler has
just passed the usual police inspection and
ia now duly licensed for hire in the streets.
I am told that the new vehicle is comfort
able end roomy and that lathes' dresses can
not get spoiled by coming intoconta-t with
the nmduy wheel. The driver can be com
municated with without any dislocation o:
the neck, and all that i* needed for its suc
cess ia that the said passengers should be
satisfied that its old-looking single whs I in
front Is by no means dangerous.
Should Have Bten “It* Pint."
The latest: “Bayard for Secretary of the
Treasury and Lamar for Secretary of State.”
Abbey, of the revenue cutter Corwin, tele
graphed to-day from Nanoimo to the Treas
ury Department that he had arrived at that
dace, at the request of Gov. bwineford and
udge Dawson, bringing twenty-two Brit
ish seamen, released from the sealers seiz -d
iu Alaska waters. He was to land the re
maining American seamen at Port Towns
end. He report! that the masters and mates
of the seized crafts were-tonvlctedand sen
tenced to lines or imprisonment or both,
aud that he made full depositions for the
libel suit before he left Sitka. It ia also
learned at the Treasury Department that
the seizures were made, as has
been assumed, upon the ground that
the United States had jurisdiction
over all the Ataskian waters described in
the treaty of cession. It was after repeat
ed complaints that large numbers of ves
sels wero engaged in the seal fisheries that
the Corwin was ordered to cruise u. search
of offenders. Captain Abbey's Instructions
received at San Francisco were positive. He
was to seize and deliver to the United States
District Court of Alaska, for condemnation
and seizure, all vessels found engaged in
the business, and notices to that effect and
defining the Alaskan waters as including all
of Behring Sea east of the line from Beh
ring Strait to the point west of the most
western of tho Aleutian Islands wero pub
lished by the Collector of Customs of all the
districts on the Pacifio coast. The com-
plaints|came from the Alaska Fur Seal Com
pany, and were coupled with the suggestion
thnt the indiscriminate slaughter by the in
truders was impairing the value of their
lease, for which they pay the government
$317,000 annually.
The Corwin captured the schooner San
Diego on July 17, a few miles from the Al
eutian chain of islands, with 500 sealskins
iu cargo. Ou the 27th and 28th site caught
two others, with full crews, salt boats,
and a large supply of breech-loading arms
aud ammunition, for which uo permits had
been obtained. On August 1st, two more
vessels, the British schooners Thornton and
Carolina, were taken in tho act of seat
catching, and on August 21, the British
schooner Onward was overhauled. The
vessels were taken to Ounalaska and the
2,100 sealskins captured were left in ohargo
of the deputy marshal. While conveying
his prizes to Ounalaska, Captain Abbey
sighted five other vessels evidently
engaged sealing, as some of them were rec
ognized by his prisoners.
The officers prosecuted at Sitka arc
James Ogilvie, master, and James Blake,
mate, of the British schooner Carolina;
Hans Gattormsen, master, and Henry Nor
man, mate,-of the British schooner Thorn
ton; Daniel Monroe, master, and J. Mar-
kctich, mate of the British schooner Onward,
and O. A. Raynor, master, and John John
son, mate, of the American schooner San
Diego. At the trials, which began on Au
gust 30, the cuse of the wen Gnttorwseu
and Norman, uf the British schooner Thorn
ton. was fits! taken up. Captain Abbey iuhis
testimony said that be took the Thornton
about sev nl.v milea south-southeast of St.
George. He nh o> ed the place of capture
by the map, <lrlineiit<il the treaty lines,
said he ha t instructions as to wbui the
bound irius cf A!a-k» were, and tbnt every
thing inside the waters were ao included
lie said his orders Were printed, sod speed-
really directed him to seize all persona vio
lating tue law. Other evidence was brought
out to show thnt the seizure wits made
about 500 miles oast of the Alaskan boon
bary line, iu Behring sea. Tne defendant,
Gattormsen, testified that he inquired of
the owners of the vessel before leavingas to
the legality of the business, and was assur
ed it was legal. lie also said he had a let
ter from Washington giving permission,
but when the paper was offered m evidence
it was found to contain no attestation or
verification aa an official document, and
was ruled out. In his charge to the jury
Judge Dawson defined the boundary line aa
aot forth by the treaty of eeasion ot 1807,
and added that “all the waters within the
bo rndary set forth in this treaty, io the
western end of the Aleutian Archipelago
end chain of island) are to be considered aa
comprised within the waters of Alaska, and
all the penallies prescribed by law against
the killing of fur-bearing animals most,
therefore, attach against any violation of
law within the limits before described." As
matter of international law the jury were
further instmo'ed that it made no diflereuoe
that one or both of the accused persona
might be subjects of Great Brituio. Russia
had claimed and exercised jurisdiction over
all that p< rti< n of Behring Sea erabruetd iu
tho boundary tinea set forth in the treaty,
ami that claim had been t icitiy recognized
and acquiesced in by the other maritime
powers ot the world for a long eyries ot
; rears prior to tt e treaty of Mr “ch 30, 18(17.
do held that the jurisdiction hud bec-u
transferred, and that the United States hod
acquired absolute control and dominion
over the area described in the treaty, and
that British vesrelt, mauned by British
subjects, hail no right to navigate the wa
ters for the purpose of killing fur-beating
animate.
The jury rendered a verdict the same
night aud submitted it next morning. The
finding was “guilty” aa to both defendants.
G utormaen was sentenced to pay a floe of
$500 and be imprisoned for thirty days.
Norman was fined $309. In passing sin
tence Judge Dawson likened the offense tt
piracy, ami told the prisoners that they bad
no more right to go into the waters of an
other nation to interfere with iis industries
than they had to go upon another man'
laud and appropriate hia crops.
The captain and mate of the American
schooner Sun Diego were tri<d by the eonrt
iu consequence of Ibe difficulty of getting a
new jarj, the ilrtendaot* consenting. The
court found them guilty and sentenced
Capluiu ltiynor to imprisonment for two
months aud Ma’c Johnson to uuprisonruee.
for thirty da; a. It is a<aumed that the tines
and sentences of imprisonment in the re
maining cases were amitl -r (o those given.
Bomothlug of the History of This Old Bat
Ever Fopalar rlay.
All the Year Bound.
Gn May 17, 1820, “Virginiua" was pro
duced for the first time. Groat expectations
concerning its merits were entertained by
the town, and a crowded honse gathered to
witness the performance. And in the pit
eat Sheridan Knowles, by turns radiant
with hope and dejected by fear. The first
act fell fiat on an audience filled with high
anticipations; even the second act failed to
affect the house, principally because Charles
Kemble, who suffered from a cold, could
scarcely be heard; but, suddenly rep
his voice, iu the third act he aroused inter
est and gained applause. Macready, in
spired by enthusiasm, acted with unusual
fervor. In tte character o f “Virgimus," to
quote the Times of the following morning,
“he touched the passions with a more mas
terly baud, and evinced deeper pathos than
on any former occasion." Interest now
deepened to enthusiasm; cheers greeted the
conclusion of every act; sobe and exclamu-
tiona attended the great catastrophe where
“Viruiniriii” afnltu hia rlntHftitnr ami tho
A MILLIONAIRE'S GIFT.
A DROVE OF Posies'
The New Club Bouse for ilie Vanderbilt Cause Oi,n„ . 1
Employes—An Extensive Structure. Q “ ,te Accl<, «"‘ -- is. 8omv
!W York Herald. western Rallro.u. 5 nth -
The public has already learned from re- dnv niornlno Ti? a, i. rat ' J e <nly vest
cent articles published St Uo Herald that I frc,h“rom h?s Pon/l^'
Mr. Cornelius \ anderbilt intends erecting the Georgia locomotive 1 ^ 11 ’ * a no to »'tchfiw
in this city a club house for the benefit of Mr. Joo Ilrow^G th» h .i f
tho employes of the railroads over which tral railroad and vc»ra^ St er,or Nte Cm
his control extends. To give them some of twelve flat can? nm d J y .P ull ed a h,?'
idea of the munificence of the millionaire's pnrnose of runnier, < a' t °* f^ e yard fo/ft 1
gift a Herald reporter yesterday obMned
the details of the extensive plans that have be loaded with wood d the
been made for tho work, which ia to com- Some time during Tea
mence at once. I m Dg , llles uay a
No name hae yet been given to the estab- drove of Texas poni£ A^m 1 * M *««> »
lishment, save the title of its River, nml not eat corn thev were TelM P° 0 J will
among those most interested it is talked of Mr. Jere Hollis afew mil° W 101,18 pS
abouthh “Mr.Vanderbilt’s new clubhouse.” to nibble the grass thin if. ™ om °<
I rom tho conception of the railroad branch- lie's fields ^ ° at B row * on Mr, Hoi’
es of the Young Men's Christian Association When Engineer „
rn 1876 Mr. Vanderbilt has interested him- steaming down the road wito Ms
sell in the growth of the society. Through engine, the the tend™ beToo to #
his efforts the basement under the waiting twenty-five ponies thet a a - front - “boul
rooms of the Central road on Vanderbilt wire fLcetfflTd together
avenne, were obtained and fitted out for near the bridge over Tobe«nft 0n “ 8 Dick
the benefit of all who desired to join the refused to bulge ThevXodV'^
Virginias" stabs bis daughter, aud the 0 “? tlce ?L 6 f » ct that °£ the waiting to test their strength with'ia ** 1
m I 81lt y~«8 ht 1 branches throughout the coun- horse. The engineer blew his 1101
try, twenty-seven are on the Vanderbilt versed his engiSe and tried to "
rn,u '“ 1 train wentonT Tbetenderstrocl°tw tt!l '
killing three of them and thro*?n
The subject of the new bnilding for the bodies down the embankment 8 tu
accommodation of the society, which bee otht-rs were tangled up in ojxw, Abre<
entirely outgrown its present quarters, has nnder the engine and cars nnT
been discussed by Mr. Vanderbilt for some carried through the bridu« ^? r
time past. With the consent of the officials train did not stop until on the oth!i>
ot the various roads operated by the Vander- the creek, when the tender was 11 e °
bilt interetts, the property npon which to from the track. In the meantime p d
erect the new building was appropriated, neer Brown and Fireman Kennedy inm gl
Ibe first step made was to appoint a board from their engine. The former wmV ; H
of trnstees, consisting of the following: about the leg, aud complained of a ru?<e ^
named gentlemen: Cornelius Vanderbilt, in his back. The fireman was unhi
chairman of the board of direotors of the T * - ”
car turn fell on a house excited by terror
and delight. The tragedy took the town
by storm. “Peals of approbation,” says
the European Magazine, “attended the an*
nouncement of this successful tragedy." it
was played for fourteen nights, and was re
ceived next season wijh unabated interest.
Knowles was advised to have it printed im
mediately, that he might reap remunera
tion from ita sale. To aid him iu this re
spect Macready called on his friend John
Murray, and requested that he would pub
lish “Virginius/’ Mr. Murray promised he
would give it his consideration, but acting
on the advice of bis reader, the Rev. H.
Milman, afterwards dean of St Paul’s, ho
returned the manuscript in a few days with
thanks. Knowles then offered it to Ridg-
wiiy, of Piccadilly, who at once accepted it,
and in the coarse of a couple of months it
passed into several editions. It was dedi
cated to Macready in the form of a letter,
which ran as follows: “My Dear Sir: What
can I do less than dedicate this tragedy to
iron? This is a question you cannot answer,
bnt I can. I cannot do less, and if I could
do moro I ought and wonld. I was a per
fect stranger to you; you read my play, and
at once committed yourself respecting its
merits. This, perhaps, is not saying much
for your head, but it says a great deal for
your heart, and that is the consideration
w hich above all others makes me feel happy
and proud in subscribing myself your grate
ful friend and servant,
“James Sheridan Knowles.”
wrencl
„ - It waa discovered that seven ofth^L •
Central and Harlem roads; Frederick VV. had been killed and three or four oriS
Vanderbilt, of the board of directors; Word was at once sent to town .mV 1
suuueront, or rue Hoard or directors; »ora was at once sent to town ,nS -
Chauncey M. Depew, president short whilo a force of hands waa «„, ln
of the Centra! rosd, J Pier. I and the tender righted on the track °'
>ont Morgan, of the board of directors; J. j The accident caused only”a’sliehtri.i
d. Tox-cey, general superintendent; C. C. I to the passenger train due at 9:20. h ™
_The ponies are said to be worth »t
Clarke, first vice-president, and George H.
Watrons, president of the New York, New *50 apiece. They were unbroken!
Haven and Hartford railroad. Mr. Cor- were intended for tho Macon market'
nelius Vanderbilt then offered to erect and accident waa one of the most peculiar
furnish the building at his own expense, has ever happened on a road in Geomi.
and immediately set about to have com- ’
>lete plans of the proposed structure made,
n this mat'
the officers
Taylor- Davl-.
matter h« consulted with some of m
,„ c8r y ,f ‘a 8 (i ' ,0iet ?' -““I together K . W. W.riin!^ tlleI~T™t B.^"'cu„^; b) '
With them formed a committee of manage- The ceremony vu performiHl at the reiidun
ment. Mr. Depew and Mr. Toucey were I 5 J r * °* M the father of the bride, on oun
also made members of the committee.
•ti 3*>t, at 8 o’clock, in the presence of the ftm
ami a few immediate friend*. The preten'i ?'
numerous, and were not only valuable but |
AN EXTENSIVE ESTABLISHMENT. .
The plans of w hieh Messrs. Robertson aV: I
Manning, the architects, furnished were utfifgittw?
accented and orders worn oiven Rnmn <1nvu I nil th$tmiii<i i,.. juImiI tuner, b«
THREE REPRESENTATIVE MEN. accepted and orders were given some days all that could be deelred! -
llreoher, Ppurgeon and Canon Farrar as
lt»jv. M. M. AlBiigasarlun Sow Them
In London.
Philadelphia Timea.
Rev. M. M. Mangosarhn chose for his
talk in St. George’s Hall last night: “Three
Representative Men Whom I Met in Eu
rope.” After announcing his subject he
saul:
“The first of these is Charles Spurgeon.
Mr. Spurgeon is one of the sights of Lon
don, and no man should visit that country
nidi flLavinr* Vvtrrv Tin la nnn nf I’tinian.!'..
Aniona tho friend. pruMnt who am. no i
lawhinevlltn will. up i
Hawkln.vllle with th. groom, w.m kim v
ago to have the work commenced immedi-
The piece of property on the northeast I l! BmUh’u'?} c°i
corner ol Madison avenne and Forty-fifth Cormtck
street, which was appropriated, is admira- M “
-FF.uF..,.sru, so ax.kAca- , Mrt ;,^to-<Jay for Utwki:
bly suited to ita purpose, being easy of «c- white, wfi wiu'thi ,"^ Fiooal^cfl
cess and of a sufficient size to penult» u ex-1 homo. 8 ” ule “
tensive building. Th« exterior of the club 3'h.y will curry with thorn i
hou .e will tie ot pleased Philadelphia brick. I lo, “ 1 * ,rlM “ u “*
decorat d with terra cotta, nnd will have
frontage ot s-venty-uine feet on Madi.son A - I,0 '!“ T W *!’ ,Dvt '* , - rt Kuliil. a chart
avenue and of forty feet on ,he side str.et. o”bSlSJay «i
The house will b© built iu two sections, To'edo, o.. r«mx>aeu nufio abed for u,i hS
with hearing him. Ho ia one of England'') or more properly, a main building three toffi “
institution*, and over a vast number of peo- " t0 J ,e '' m he, « ht «nrmonnted by a tower, ”«“ on d 1 e.V, *'
lie he wields an almost magio influence. ' l , D< 1,11 lim “‘ x two atones in height, iron. fia,ocoinluoLor.i.nam~.lottery«
I© commenced life in an humble position , ^Btiuncc on Madison avenue access is I is a meub«r of tut church (Rev. a. u.
obtained to the reception room, whero the I tor >* >oa w ‘‘ l ,0 » a kt »low no® Uiii SS.oooto
desks of the secretary and his assistants, f™
the letter-boxes and the usual club para-1 yu- ^ 0 id - ;-i it>i. cotim*/ iw.my ji"» hm*
phernaha will be located. Opening from ~ ' ~
e commenced life in an hnmble position
i one of the villages of England and grad-
nail ascended the ladder of fame until to
day he is the leader of the famous taber
nacle iu London. YVhat is the secret of
Mr. Spurgeon's success, which gives
him such tremendous influence with
tho masses? It is not hts physical
appearance, for he might nse the
confession of the Apostle Paul and say that
his bodily presence is weak nnd there ia no
comeliness in him. It ia not iu his oratory,
for hia speech is oommonplace. It is iu
hia great earneatneis. If there be a preacher
in Christendom who believes in every word
he uttora, it is Charles Spurgeon.
“The next man of note is a man belong'
ing to tljis country, Henry Ward Beecher.
While in London I went and heard him in
Exeter Hall, and waa ainoerely pleased with
his large thoughts and pleasant religion.
To-day he stand, ent loose from alt the
evrugelical or organized cbnrcees of the
world, in an independent pulpit in Brook
lyn.
“Canon Farrar is the third man of mark
and he haa made himself so by his dating
denial of the doctrine of eternal damna
tion. I asked an English clergyman how
the doctrines of the English Chnrch recon
ciled with those of Canon Farrar aud in an
awerhe said: That doctrine is decaying
very fast in onr churches. ’ The foundation
of all these men's doctrines ia that God is
greater than sin.”
very ‘popular wbrr*
The Covii gtem and Macon.
In a few minute®' tvlk with Col. B. W. Frob*H
th* Covington and Macon railroad, jeaterdir
this will be the meeting and committee, , . -
rooms, fully furnished with all necessary eoou tObte) Kad,, July «,
appliances for elub gatherings. Passing
through a wide doorway to tho left an en
trance is obtained into the reading-room, ^
which is quite independent of the library, I w.t k.niMi th.t tbr rei*jrt uirniioi”-: inVi','
and furnished only with files of the daily rimuura iu rrf.nnc. to Col. j.oim a.
Dftliers inauayinea and ti.iiaillral. , - ,,, I so corn-ct. Colonel Smith he. t.k.o th. c
w? «» b u»0 th. robbed or th* roll hnneo ge.ua
nocted with this room will be found the I anil Atheu., a distance of about nrtj-flY. nils
■octal hall, where various pastimes ia the -HI mtahiuh cam{i. end go to work wtih ha
way of chess, checkers and dominos will be | Yl T t ,, f ” r , c8 h a J,:"f°'
furnished.
Til) C Ll’n s SPLENDID LIIIKABY.
Turning to the tight the library opens to I ''•• *• certain to bo uu'lt."
the visitor. It ia intended by Mr. Vander- {S’ Jf h ,
bilt to make this room one of the chief fea- me ibey have plenty of uon.y to build ud .
tares of the institution. The full length of 11 end meet th.fr bill, promptly. The littu m
the build tig on Forty-fifth street will be bme tewk w.e with tbe oonlre-lon. »d
tok-n nn Mild nrnnml !hr»« eidao n.ll.,:., I lL* road They bare now the roedted fn
_ i ? ° P -’ . . aro u nn “ * me * ?»»•*»«• nearly to Vad.eon. end will prob»bly «nl»b »
will be erected. Space will be provided fur I that town by rate ireek. Ibe bend, wilt thru
over seven thousand volumes, whicu Mr ' "
Vand- rhilt's generosity will also supply.
The finishing of this, »ud, in fact, all the
rooms on tbu ground floor, will bo of hard
wood.
In the basement will be placed a thor
oughly fitted up gymnasium, and connect
ed with it a number of large baths. In ad
The Ath.ni Danner bee thl.i “R«v. J. W.
of Macon, wee In onr oflU-e y.ilerdar, ud
naked him In regard to the Meaoa .ud Alban.r
wa- th. raply, 'end!
money i
do tk« 1
gin between Athena end Ihel point Youru.
ebnnld have uo rear, about tble railroad, for It
e aura foundation. It will be el gnat tentft
your city. All the freight aud ira».l lieu
wear Oeerzla will go vie Athene for the Souk.
Mr. Iiiiimu’. IWstsmatlor.
Mr. John U. Inman, wbu haa bun IdnU
with theconatinctloD of tbe Ma.-on anlCcvlu
railroad announces that be he. .ivered all cue
SHOT HIS BltUTUER.
George rinkahon Blew Hie Younger Broth
er'e Itralna Our.
Didham, Mass., September 22.—Max
Pinks hou, 17 years of age, son of Moses
Pinkshon, residing with his parents on Ba
ker street, in that part of Dedham, known
aa “Jerusalem,''retired to bis chamber, after
partaking of hia breakfast this morning,
to shave. While making hie prep
arations, hia brother George, three years
hia senior, came into the room, having in
I a hands an old Russian musket. George
haa for several nights been drilling with
others, with the Intention of representing
Continental Gnards in the parade on Tues
day next, on the occasion of this
town’s 250h anniversary. On
entering the room this
morning, he began to go through tb« tuan
nal, while Max stood beiorutiis mirror at
work. Suddenly he cocked the musket,
placed it at hi - .boulder, aimed it at Mux
and polled the trigger, and, although it ia
stated that there waa no cap npon the nip
pie, the weapon was dis barged, and Us
charge of heavy shot entered the bark
a:,:..- .. ;u i;.... ■ rauroau wnuuuncei mat oe nai iiwroaou tv
dition there will be two bowling allej a. tlon wUh , hu etlU .p rt ,» and that th. HIc&l
rbe fioors and ceilings of tbe bath-rooms and Dauvilte Company has uo latemt wbtw
will be built of tile and glazed brick, with rhu road,
marble partitions. *
HALLS AND SLEEPINO ROOMS.
A Urge hall for all aorta of gatherings,
various entertainments and religious aer-,. . _ . . w „,.
vices will, together with a good sized class lE* S m «h"atchu.o»a
room, occupy tue first lloor above ifio I l>*&viil > ruad‘« iutcreat in it, thatro*! wwh
street. It is intended that a complete I tout ia U.”
corrseof commercial studies, as well as the 1
usnai branches tauiaht at the Young Men’s
Th® above from tb® ConatiUUca was rto«n»
II. W. Fro bell. vlc®-i>rMUl®ot and ceMr»'
of tbe Covington aud Macon rtilt*d
and h® ®Aid:
••If Mr. In man waa ®v®» connected In abt*»J
he const!uctiou o* the Covin*ton nod
THE BELLS OF ST. MICHAEL'S
th. ...a,cry of .TSSitmi CM--
outiou of *11 the member* of the club free
of ebsr^e.
On rt.e mxt floor will bo tlio apartments
of tbr j itaitor .lirtl
ftiri.i* bed
rest tuny be obtained
» the Atlantic.
.Iourn»y* Aero
Waabtnston Foal
Tho belts of St. M ! chael A have • e™
,<! a lame l..iir,L’imr room T he Della of St. M’cnael i nave • —
cuches, wh.re tom norar/history. They were originally m«»
turned at any hour. Twelve ,D Engl.ud, and! *ere • J . 6 J;
small sleeping apartments will bo con- p°luny. \\ hen tho British during
■ducted in tho to Air and will bo let to otionurywar captund the city
meiulii-n. for u nominal rental.
bells, ami- on their
Al> the most modern improvements fnr|*Dey packed them up
— - - ■ - — ■ - | them to England. After
I gl t, ventilation and heating will tc fur- *“*“* ,0 England. Airer .
uiahrd, und the entire bnilding ia to becon- of peace had been f or
Ktiu.t-d with a view toward making it as J gotiationa were opened in Loc
bright and cheery aa good will end unliui- ,a * n . ti J oJ , tb ® !?!. “n.sncceeJal
iled means can procure. The management ‘V 10 !" 1 .'/ to Gieat ton snJ'
ul the clnb will devolve npon tho committee the bells were .ent to Char « . •
Max's head, near tbe baaa of tbe brain.
With a shriek, Max fell to tbe floor, while
hia bruins and life blood oozed forth from a
ghastly wound. George, npon realizing
what he had dope, fell npon Iho prostrate
■arm and bagged his brother to sp.sk. But
it was too l-te, for in a abort time Mux
bieutbtd hia last.
or rue ciun wm uevuive npon mo committee T. > . — :—triumP
of manag.ment and Mr. G. A. Warburton, arrival weie received with
the general secreUry of th. aocUty. 1b2f^®
ere repUced.
Duriug the late dyil wtr the
Uawwu Niw« Note*.
Dawson, September 32.—Mrs. OHal */■»»» mw«**"**»» —
Brown, the wife of Hr. 8. V. Brown, of I Oharlcston were dwnrou* of P^w^ •
o*ir city, urns buried here ou tm Tuf'uHy | bylU from daoRer, andM
our cuy, was ounea uere on ir-»t lufuitiy I * , **neiroTj n:iu^er, wiuw-.— » #«* the
morning. Mrs. Brown poiuF bed xunuy ex- Michael’s wiw made tbe tergetw* t
cdl-ut trait* of character.
non of the bt$it|
Th.h'r. Aialu.il V.M..
Labouctwra In Kew York World.
lowly Burton states in the proapee-
tna of her e.intenipiated edition of her hus
band's translation of the “Aralian Nights:’’
“I want to give the English public tor fatu
ity reading tbe real thing and not tbe
dmwmg-room tales which have beau pnt
b- forr them as the “Arabian Nights" since
the days of Professor Gallant. The home
student will thus tor tho tint time realize
what Arab life really is, and will be be lter
able to understand these people of whi
lira behind the ecenc* Brunts know
tat little." I am glad that this re vised
edition ia to be published, for it would be
greatly to bo regretted if a certain broad-
n<uui of cspre.Fi n, which U necessary io
litoral translation from the Arabia, should
deprive many of so accurate a rendering of
Arab thonghto.
Elibn Root ia the new chairmen of the
New York County Republican committee.
Sullivan “Ageing- Fast.
Sew York kuu.
‘1 was asionihsed Io know how old John
looked,” sold Newell, the referee, ami the
man who claim, to have bronght Sullivan
luto public notice first. ‘ He ia a young
man, to be .ure, nut he’s ageing faal.
Why, when he first cams out hia broad
•bonlder blades looked like two big milk
pans, and you ■ onld sro every movement
tbrongh their l> ngli hut delicate covering.
Now be has grown thiekrr. and li st feature
of hia powt-fni name ha. dinappeared
Then hia waist nse.t to tie trim aim pliable,
now be is filling out in tn.t region, ami
he's lust much of hia old time s, ring and
elasticity. John noed to !<• as supple
fellow aa there waa in tho land, but time is
piling on the fitwh, and bis form baa under
gone a marked change. Or course hia
cheat W aa broad, and bis arm is almost
strong ns ever, hat time is rapidly handi
capping him, and be mnat take era of hint-
self in future. Ilearld is a Uuw-looking
fellow, aud if it had not been for hia nerv-
onaoaaa I think ho would bars worried th
ing follow. Sullivan scans then, nil, and
they lose their heads.”
liev a. u. Loney, or Fort Games, u“-d 1 uownaou.—niwuiiuuii-"- -
tbe pulpit at the li-tptiat chnrch here last I Wuen Sheiim..''*army took L
night l.hedein the »a..l < ‘ *he State a®'»
H-n. 11 G. Tnroer, nominee for C^Dgre«J wMch tbebclU haa t. :• ^
iu ihiH diet He:, ui.d CV! .u. 1 It. A. Turnip- contained t».« w ■* r|e “Vi 0fl
i*a» of the Uth »culpturta imeu.it<1 tot u.® ^
A»N>d, UGUllrnt r* fe.r tfi« Sem*4
Senatorial district, are bota in onr city, cnpitol, vrere broken into
They will melie tpfM-hca to tb»ir crnatitn I NUd belle were urn* »«ed into
ents nt the opem h> U4o thismoruinv. I theshed* wereth** • ► -
Our city nuthoiUi«;s have about com pie-1 At the ccuclmrton ottnc w»
4..I .. a - . _ *L. .$ 'a I tla.alw.11^ .wrarw- It’ Y *
a u..; au>ri«iiiiv i unic i'uuuv vUlUIJIO- I ... ...w _ ,v, r , I 10R*
ted h hose tow»*r, fur the one of onr fire bill* were cert: irly mu*
company I b«»x«d i»cil >oipped y u *f r 0 (
We ■ ■•tie. a gr-at many impr v. m<-n'i. I hou-w of Frazier, Treub'da' '
going on in our city. Me-sra 11.1- ‘ . I —.,~r» *t.h avirae.
no., and Orii “ wiilsorn have
thw nrasidva building t.» be u -ni as . a.-itty
works.
We h*’ 1 a go» d r-i" a a.v or two n-n, .ml
evrn thing iu. L. a. .-■• - j .i u..
Gotten is coming in rapidly, and the sta
ple is commanding good prijea.
’ TrlQ^D'll I uuh'v >16 siM'Yif tntBl
Id -in A I erpool, togetuir wiih’ „]
i *u pi, r..l cords of Si. Michai-1 >, ‘ n ' l L, a
*s .aattr bell- were east end the l ,p 'F®V -
1 ' metals remit g ri.e'r
oral
Th- New Latte r 90w«t Is B.taaud.
W.-hln.lon Star.
For the first month the I’ost-Offica De
partment ordena l.USi.CJO of the double
postal card or combined letter sheet and
.lamp ami additional orders from |kmtmas
ters have been receivnt for 7U8.UJU. It waa
about one month ago that the card went in
.--U» IU LO..-U l>» uBl.
bell-(bonders, nuchaugrd m —J,
eoneiatiog of the dractndonu ^ ,
pnelora at the tiroe the betu, j.
The records of thr* firm contamv“ cU
turns ot ibe betlo, andthept^ 1 ^
? mn were foond to eottrapo 0 "
urcished from Chortoden. ^
wero made anew, thera.' ^’ . ..rr 1
metal, and for the filth tj» ^ni'
nid across the Atlantic n uB aA.
At Chute.ton. Their rriara itf
occasion of greet rejoicing i" “•