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Federal Union Established in 1829.
UTIIERN liEOORDEK “ “1810.
Consolidated 1872
Milledgeville. Ga., March 22. 1887
Number 37
m UNION & RECORDER,
"rffSScoHE:“‘
oncloimraml nfty cents a year in
six months for seventy-five ccnts.-
»«.; vpa r tf not p»t*l in advance.
of Ool. Jams M. SMYTHE.are en-
*B?nK*BAli0Nl0N ,, '«ndtlie"801JTHERN
iVnvu'’were consolidated, August 1st, 1872,
«?L„V5 »» Forty-Third Volume and
lll0 . n .,linn its Fifty-Third volume.
Milledgeville
a t She Has And What She Wants.
, unniviu.s's near tlic geographical centre
atV-latitude :i? deg. 4 min. 41 sec.; west
liln
gton, D. 0., e deg. 19
State _ .
ude front Wash
situated on the west and south aide of the
p nver which utreum at this polut and Tor
ainllles above, being rapid and Hhoally, at
“‘“erior advantages for the use of water
, mul meantime creates no local cause for
' 7 indeed, the city has Tor a long num-
ve'ars enjoyed an enviable reputation for
itv of' climate, purity and abundance of
kud the general health of its iuhabl-
. country around Is undulating In charac-
.ml in all direettous, especially from the
juice on which the College is located, pre-
rarc and picturesque combination of
‘Sw oftnecity and at a convenient distance,
. i-state Lunatic Asylum," an edifice Impos-
In its architectural proportions, and replete
every appliance Important to the humane
isea of such an institution,
city Is named in honor of the Hon. John
me who before and during tbe Revolution-
ur 'was noted for his firmness and valor in
ause of independence; and who afterwards,
i member of Congress in both brauchw,
nor of tbe State, and occupied other pub-
tees of trust and responsibility, in each
II of which he was conspicuous for wisdom,
nlsm. justice nnd liberality.
WHAT SHE HAS.
cltv is accessible by the central and Geor-
diroads—six passenger trains arrive and
■t daily.
Middle Georgia Military and Agrlcultnrul
ie-a branch of tbe State University—Is lo-
liere, General 1). II. Hill, President. Over
lumlr'ed pupils in attendance. No liquor Is
j the county.
filiation, including Midway, between iooo
poo.
state Lunatic Asylum, with 1250 patients
63 employees.
Igood hotel ami numerous boarding
lOS.
Bo weekly newspaper*.
Business Union.
■adding and Loan Association,
and Machinery Works,
ckyard, with Improved machinery.
Ining Mills.
In water and two steam grist mills,
jtton gins and saw mills In and near
the city.
Irble Yard,
tlsprlng factory,
lltery and candy factory.
Kga quantities of oak, hickory, pine,
Jir and other timher on Ithe river Im-
jlieclty.
Jvens Pottery, 8 miles S. of the city,
lolesale and retail dry goods and gro-
i cerles.
|o Livery stables, blacksmith and
shops.
WHAT SUM WANTS,
ctrlc Lights and Water Works.
Dttiin factory and a cotton compress,
lion seed oil mill.
Iriiitund vegetable canning factory,
tannery and shoe manufactory.
Irniture factory und steam wood shops,
fctroet railroad from the Georgia 11. It.
It to the Lunatic Asylum,
steamboat to run on the Oconee river.
By manor company who will contri-
1 money or brains to establish these or
lothef industries In this city will re-
l the hsnrt.y co-operation and help of
business Union.
H’uit Canning.
lbcit sensor Milledgeville desire the Fruit
“‘I'J cunning business established in this
any person or company understanding the
J, 11,111 wishing a favorable location are lu-
|tb correspond with
„ W. T. CONN, of the
Milledgeville Business Union.
editorial glimpses
e first State Pair ever held by
Bred people in Florida, opened at
^sonville last Tuesday
ffe iH notliingso cheap about the
on Recorder, as the subscription
year,—only one dollar and a
to 0 ?. lost 8 friend In
V„J‘ °f Joseph F. Mayes, who for 23
nmi ttfi 8 J, U8tl ce of the 1’enee at West
t m.i ' 'y.^hriKlon county, Pu. We
li»J ,i. , ,mt he united three thousand
I. • ‘hiring Ids official career. They
° , u, kte and put up a handsome
L, , 1 : to perpetuate the memory of
i«.iaut services,
Ittedtim'J ,? tttt ® 8 cou,t 1,88 Virtually
I. - that the stranger 6ect, the S.il-
>>’, lots a right to parade in the
° 1 ! 1 ' ul ties. The town authori-
Its of
I'f f’hn .1 * 1 I1C3
•s Michigan, arrested Oapt.
imt an n, C u U t f , or parading the streets
lltv Inr «, d n e L° f U| 0 OOlHICil. He sued
It to whinl? s 00 und M ie United States
1 his^n! le , a PP p, d‘'d. awarded him
|i iMsmif, ! UltJ caSH acii these sin-
IsirwSn’ Wl1 have the right to parade
Ided hi- tiT l? 8 this decision shall bo
| u the Supreme Court.
*V 0u j ] « Argosy, published
let N v Muksky , 81 Warren
ew * °t'lt, makes some very
Tn,7. n fk n . ouncumeilt8 f or the cur-
I honth. including sereals by Ho-
L^ lger ’ Jr -, Edward S. Ellis, and
fc e tho mber . for March the 10th con-
K ’»t°i Pe -?, 1 . n,! chapter of “Pirate
r,.,’..-* llln gstory of a shipwreck-
adventures in the Southern
ire the serials, of which
F ooniii hed encl1 the Ar-
,1.17 s numerous shorter sto-
,, t( 'hes and articles, both inter-
-, and instructive.
kev , ;^‘‘ nKN .Argosy’s circulation
llitv ^^ lug with phenomenal
>d * ’ U U lt8 , success is well! de-
-1 P , ls h er spares no effort
1 ito., "f.hest literature in the
line ‘.‘• lctl ve form, and there is
Mhr r a , P .i Rbout U except the
f toree dollars a year.
The Wrongs of Ireland.
For years past, the struggle of the
Irish to obtain relief from the distress
anil i overty which have like a dark
pall overshadowed that beautiful is
land, has excited the interest and
sympathy of the people of this coun-
U*y- But the immediate causes of the
discontent and passionate revolt of
the Irish against the British govern
ment and its laws have been very im
perfectly understood on this side of
tbe ocean and the partisan state
ments and arguments by which each
party has endeavored to sustain its
claim to be in the right, have left us
to a considerable extent in doubt as
to the real merits of the controversy
which has been waged with so much
heat and persistance for years past.
It has seemed almost impossible to
get a calm and strictly unbiassed
statement of the “true inwardness”
of the bitter controversy which has
long ago become ctironic and which
has had as its too frequent incidents,
assassinations, boycottings and other
crimes, which were inconsistent with
the character of a brave and gener
ous people, such as the Irish have
long been conceded to be. Just at
this time however some light has been
thrown upon the situation in Ireland
by n statement made by a distin
guished soldier who has been station
ed in Ireland to command—we sup
pose—the strong military force which
the government has found it necessa
ry to keep there to sustain the civil
authorities. This gentleman, an
Englishman, with doubtless the pre
judices of his class and people, which
are so strong and general as regards
the Irish, comes out publicly in a
statement that seems to have caused
quite a sensation in England and
which may open the eyes of those
who are inclined to be governed by
the principles of bare equity and jus
tice. We give below iji dispatch, re
lating to this matter as follows:
“A sensation has been caused by
the publication of General Sir Red-
vers Buffer's evidence before the land
commission. It appears that General
Buffer testified that what law there
was in Counties Kerry, Clare and
Cork was on the side of the rich, and
he expressed the opinion that it
would be a serious matter with their
grievances unredressed to attempt to
suppress by force tenants’ right to
openly associate lor the protection of
their interests. A majority of ten
ants, lie said, struggled to pay their
rents, and where they could did pay,
but in a great many cases, the rents
were too high, and such as tenants
could not pay. He said there would
never be peace in Ireland until thei—
had been established a court having
strong coercive powers over bad land
lords and protective powers over poor
tenants.”
The Pall Mall Gazette declares that
the facts attested by General Buffer
come like a Hash of vivid lightning,
revealing the naked horrors of organ
ized injustice in Ireland. It says: ‘.No
crime which moonlighters or dyna
miters cun commit will be comparable
to the criminality of giving another
day’s grace to the foul fabric of le
galized wrong erected on Irish soil—a
fabric which the Tories now seek to
buttress by further misdeeds.’
New Freight Rates on Railroads.
We have received Irora Mr. Allle Nisbet,
Atf<*nt, ft card from the chief officials of the
Ontral Railroad, notifying the public that
all freight rates of that large system of
railways, on articles shipped in any one
State to a point In another State, will, by
reason of the requirements of what 1»
known as the Inter-State commerce act.
recently enacted by Congress, be null and
void after the Oth of April next. It seems
that the wording of the act in question is
such as to render the true meaning of the
same so obscure as to give great trouble
to those who are greatly Interested In get
ting at the truo Intent and msaning of the
law. The card however goes on to say it
is hoped that before tlio 5th of April the
true meaning and interpretation of the act
will become known and established and a
new freight list, in accordance therewith
will bo issued so as to go into effect at that
date.
Youth's Companion.
Our attention Inis been recently called to
tbe excellencies of tbe Youth's Companion
as a family paper, by a subscriber. And we
are glad to know that this pure weekly
has a considerable circulation in this sec
tion. To 1 hose who are taking it "f •M'*
miliar with its pages, we have nothing to
say as we are sure that it speaks lor itsell
to nil appreciative minds. But to those oi
our renders who tiro not familiar with it,
will say Unit you cannot find anytnmg
tlint so fully and properly meets the wants
and suits the tastes of youag and old, an
does the Youth’s Companion. 1 ublisheo
by Perry, Mason A Co., 41 Temple 1 lace,
Boston, Mass. Subscription $1.75.
22 Street Railway Drivers in Luck.
The Lombard and South Sts. Rail
way, Philadelphia, boasts oi a
bine” which has just made $15,000.
The “combine” consists of twenty-
two drivers and conductors, and tbe
rules of the association require the
payment of $1 per month by each
member to the transfer agent at
Twenty-third and South Sts., wl *°
invests the sum in Louisiana State
Lottery tickets. The first monthly
investment of the club resulted in the
purchase of ticket No 73,987,which won
a $15,000 prize on Feb. 8th. The mem
bers of tlie “combine’’ are wild with
delight.—Philadelphia Herald, Feb.
14.
Small notes and silver certificates will
be a groat convenience to tne public gen
erally. We see it stated that the Treasu
ry Department is making arrangements
to supply them in ample quantities
rneit the great demand for them.
Another Tariff Artiole by Hon.
Samuel Barnett.
We add a few thoughts by way of
an accompaniment to another tariff
article from the pen of Mr. Barnett.
Our readers have seen that lie hand
les the subject with striking and in
cisive power and clearness. The pro
tectionists, almost uniformly, refer to
the opponents of the high tariff, as
Free Traders. We do not know a
single Democrat who is a free trader.
The anti-protective tariflltes of the’
Democratic party are merely contend
ing for a gradual reduction of the
high duties imposed upon foreign
goods brought to this country for sale.
They believe the tariff, as it now
stands, taxes the people, annually, at
the leust one billion of dollars, and
this heavy tax faffs with peculiar and
crushing weight upon the farmers.
In opposing this policy, this immense
sum does not go into the United
States Treasury, but enures to the
benefit of the mauufucturers. As to
real free trade, in our opinion, it
would work wonders in relieving the
people and promoting the general
prosperity.
The protectionists themselves say,
that if it were not for the high tariff
our country would bo filled witli for
eign goods and that prices would fall
to ruinously low rates. YVell if they
did, it would furnish the people with
cheap blankets, cheap clothing of all
kinds, chenp implements of husband
ry, cheap medicines and cheap every
thing that the people need. But the
protectionists say this would break
down our home manufacturing estab
lishments. Is not this a clear admis
sion that the high tariff imposed
heavy taxes upon the people? Doubt
less free trade, suddenly adopted,
would greatly injure the home manu
facturing establishments. Our lead
ing Democratic statesmen admit this,
and instead of contending for free
trade, suddenly, pure and simple, they
simply propose a gradual reduction of
tlie duties. They would reduce them
from 43 per cent, to some smaller fig
ure. This would o""'- 1 - *“
facturers to adapt their business to
the lower figures. At an appropriate
time a further reduction would be re
quired, and to meet this gradual
change, the anti-high tariff party
would insist upon reviving our com
mercial marine, opening tlie com
merce, which is now closed, and put
ting our country upon an honorable
footing with other nations in seeking
commercial association with them.
How much nobler that would be than
to tax our people a billion of dollars,
annually, to keep up our manufactu
rers l^y a system of legislative robbery
of the people. What right have the
manufacturers of our country to claim
protection by the robbery of their fel
low-citizens? Can they justify it by
saying they do it under the license of
their government? We do not say
tlie government licenses them to rob
them, but we do say the tariff, estab
lished by tlie government, enables
tlie manufacturers to obtain an im
mense amount annually from the peo
ple without affording them an equiv
alent for it, and this is done in palpa
ble violation of the constitution. YVe
do not hesitate to say that the present
protective tariff violates every great
and sacred principle upon which the
constitution was based “to promote
the general welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves und
our posterity,” first, because it de
thrones the principles of “Justice,”
which should penetrate all tlie na
tionalities of earth; and secondly, be
cause it tends, in an extraordinary de
gree to destroy tlie domestic tranquil
ity so necessary to maintain the prin
ciples of liberty as we inherited them
from our Revolutionary Fathers. YVe
simply allude to these political dog
mas at preseut, but will await some
future occasion for their unanswera
ble illustration.
Washington Letter,
From Our Regular Correspondout.
Washington, March 14, 1887.
Editor Union-Recorder:
Lent and the adjournment of Con
gress have made a gi oat oalin in the
erst-whiie busy social world of the
Capital. The change is especially no
ticeable at the White House, which
lias been tlie scene of almost constant
and brilliant official hospitalities since
tlie beginning of the season. Its mis
tress (since tlie departure of her
mother and the deatn of her grand
mother) lias spent most of the time
at tlieir country home, to which the
President drives after tlie duties of
the day ure over, returning in tlie
morning.
Mrs. Cleveland is a remarkably
amiable woman, and she lias constant
need of this attribute in her present
position. Every day during the past
winter she received quantities of
notes, cards, letters, anti everything
else intheshupe of u communication,
and, as a young lady visiting at the
White House at that time remarked,
“she really tried to answer them all."
Then people would come to see her at
all sorts of.inoonvenient hours and she
would sometimes ask the usher if they
were old or young. If they were old
people she would go down to see them,
no matter when they came.
The President is now giving his at
tention to the selection of Inter State
ComOiorce Commissioners Jrom among
the hundreds of names that have been
recommended to him. Much of the
delay jn announcing the appointments
is due to his desire to select the best
possible men for tbe positions, and in
tills he lias been considerably restrict
ed by not being able to get the best
qualified men to serve at the moder
ate salaries fixed by the law.
The law provides that it shall go in
to effect sixty days after its passage.
The time will expire on the fourth of
April, and as it is desirable that tlie
Commissioners should have some time
for organization and consultation be
fore that time, it is probable that the
appointments will be announced
some time this week. Nothing lias
been made known at tlie YVhite
House as to who will constitute the
Commission, but it is the belief that
Col. Morrison, of Illinois; Judge
Cooley, of Michigan, and Col. Bragg,
of Alabama, will be three of the men
selected.
Some of tlie most energetic and
public spirited citizens of Washington
are discussing the feasibility of holil-
of°tNational drill in May, sucji ns
annually takes place on Mardi Gras in
New Orleans. Advocates of tlie
scheme urge that unless the carnival
be pushed through now it will be im
possible to hold one for four years.
The Presidential campaign and tlie
inauguration ceremonies will furnish
displays and draw upon private purse
strings sufficiently for the next two
J'ears, and the third year will witness
the Grand Knights Templar conclave.
It is estimated that any creditable
Carnival will necessitate an outlay
of $25,000, and in order to save ex
pense it is proposed to buy or hire
the costumes and cars of the New Or
leans Knights of Moinusand Proteus.
Capt. Eads, who was one of the best
known men in America, has been es
pecially well known in Washington
for some years past. The Eads “Jetty
system” which figured before Con
gress for so many yekrs, attracted
more attention than any other private
or corporate business before that
body in the last decade and a half.
It is said at the Mexican Legation
here that tlie death of Capt. Eads will
not interfere with the status of the
concession made to him by the Mexi
can Government for a ship railway
across the Peninsula of Tehuantepec.
The concession included both Capt.
Eads and his associates in the enter
prise, and remains in force for a peri
od of ninety-nine years. Of course
his death causes some speculation as
to tlie probable fjite of the scheme, as
it may he very difficult to find some
one equally well qualified to carry out
the project.
Mr. Connery, who lias just _ been
appointed to the Mexican mission,
lias not declined tlie honor, as was re
ported, but lias accepted that posi
tion. The rumor about his refusal
originated in the. dissatisfaction of his
friends, who are averse to his going
there on what they consider such in
adequate compensation. He himself,
insists that American Diplomatists
should be better paid. 8aid lie “the
pay of these positions is just about
enough to provide decent house rent.
I expect to be bankrupted before I
return.”j “But,” continued he (laugh
ing) “money is not everything in this
world, you know.”
For tlie Union-Recorder.
Found Dead on theTr&ok.
BY L. a. SMYTHK.
Out in tke dnrknrsA in tlie pitiless gleet,
With great plies of snow on his most nakofi feet,
A Lunelle nr rags wit h gaunt.poverty’s stamp,
A semblance of man Unit the workTcalls a tramp.
2nd.
Pale, haggard and worn, for a long wear; way.
In the winter storm he had Journeyed that day;
In vain lie had said lie was hungry and poor—
The country folks none bade him enter their door.
3d.
A child of humanity riiluod by sin,
Rags hanging about him, pain gnnwlng within,
Wrecked, stranded he was, but Judge him aa we
cun,
That bumllc of rnga hid the soul of a man.
4TH.
And that eotil stirred within as a glowing light,
Foil bright upon meadows amt hillocks ho white;
Worn, tired and weary lie hoped ho would flud
Hearts not quite grown cold to the wants of man
kind.
5TH.
Ho he hurried onward with cold aching feet,
ills eyes on the light shining bright through tho
sleet,
A dream of the past that for years had seemed
dead.
Like a vision came back with hopss that bad
fled.
flTH.
That cot In the distance he think la his own;
And ho Is a lad, not the man gaunt and worn,
Tlio tong of the kectle the bountiful spread
And mother’! white hand resting sort un his
head.
7th.
And lingers of fancy unlatch the door,
And mother comeH to him as in days of yore;
Peace reigneth around and a warm living glow
Is oast fur outside on the glistening enow.
8th.
He stands on the track now with motionless feet,
And tears ou his checks mingle them with the
sleet,
And ho muttered a name with a sad drooping
head
The name of the wife that so long had been dead.
9th.
An nngulBh comes o'er him, he shivers with pain,
Not caused by tbe storm, tlie snow or the rain,
.Soft urms seemed to circle to lovingly twine,
I’oor urms he forgot for the demon culled wine.
10TH.
He wonders bewildered, thd snow seems a shroud,
Aiul Just, for a moment to brain comes a cloud;
He mutters low, hoarsely 01 Katie come back,
Ami fails white und faint like one dead on tho
track.
11th.
Ol mother and wife from the shadows sodlin,—
Can you keep oirtlic fate that's coming to him,
Pure angels beud o’er him with pitying breath
And save lilm, oh save, him from a terrible death.
Edison’s Memento of Beecher.
12th
OI God; round the poor ,
AhIT’was u.o
Igiuto-a'diiip Thy mercy be east,
Ing past.
What is It" said one as the train hands came
back?
’Tis a tramp we have found crushed to deatli
on the track."
Don’t Get in the way.—If you
are satisfied to play the part of
a bump on tlie log, and don’t
want tho increased prosperity,
which follows in the wake of en
terprise get your log and fasten
on to it, but don’t undertake to
pile tho log up in front of the
procession in an effort to block
the progress of your neighbors.
If you don’t want to march, drop
out of the line and look on, but
don’t throw stones.
Nnw York, March 12.—Special—In tlie
house "f Thomas A. Edison, at Llewellyn
Park, is a aiemento of Beecher. Tho in
ventor's phonograph for impressing on
n Rnft metal sheet the utterances of the
human voice and then emitting it again
by the turning of a crank, has never been
put to any very valuable use, and Edison
has only gained from it a few thousand
dollars in royalties from exhibltore. But
tie utilized it to make a collection of fa
mous voices. Since he became famous Ids
visitors have included hundreds of cele
brities. Instead of asking them for their
autographs or photographs, he has in two
or three hundred instances requested them
to speak a few sentences into a phono
graph. He has kept the plates in a cabi
net, end occasionally he runs some of
them through tho ruaetdne, which sends
out the words exactly as uttered. Edison
Is probably the only man who can revive
the silenced voice of the great preacher.
VINCENT CAUGHT IN TEXAS.
Recognized by an Old Alabama Ac
quaintance.
Montgomery, Ala., March 15.—
Montgomery was startled this morn
ing by the unexpected arrival of Ike
Vincent, Alabama’* notorious default
ing treasurer, in custody of Mr. E. C.
Ray. The prisoner was taken to the
county jail and given a cell. In a few
moments the news spread like wild
fire over the city, and the jail was
surrounded by a great throng of peo
ple, eager to get a look at tho de
faulter. Tho sheriff refused to ad
mit any persons except intimate ac
quaintances of Vincent and represen
tatives of newspapers. Y’incent was
captured at Big Handy, Parker
County, Texas, Hurulay morning, by
Mr. ltay, who is a deputy sheriff.
Ray told the story of tlie capture to
your corresponded as follows: “I
was raised in Randolph oounty, Ala
bama, and knew YTnccnt in tins State
several years of my boyhood and
early manhood. A few weeks ago I
was at the depot and saw Vincent
come in on a train from Mexico, and
recognized him at. once, but 1 had no
papers and no authority to arrest
him. I learned that he had relatives
near Big Handy and lmd come over to
visitthem. I said nothing, but tele
graphed Governor Seay, of Alabama;
found that the reward was still out
standing, and got authority to make
tho arrest, and quietly waited for an
opportunity. I watched the trains
every day and went through them.
Sunday morning, when the train
came in from Mexico, I was at the
dapot, and as I went to get on tlie
train Vincent stepped off. I faced
him, told him he was iny prisoner
and ordered “hands up.” He thought 1
was going to rob him, and saul he
had no money. He thought that be
cause I presented a gun i was a rob
ber. I told him that I meant to
bnug him to Alabama, and wou d
have to put him in jail until I could
get a requisition. He begged mo not
to put him in irons, and ho would
come along quietly without that for
mality. He had no money, and 1
purchased tickets for two, and we
started for Montgomery loss than Imlf
an hour after the arrest. On tlie trip
he would not talk, except when he
asked for food and water. He broke
down when he found himself a prison
er, and wept freely at intervals on the
trip. The arrest was accidental and
not tlie result of any special detective
work. 1 *
Isaac H. Vincent, os the Wtatc
Treasurer, was serving his third
term in that responsible office when
lie skipped the town, January LJtti,
1883. The Legislature was in session
at the time, and an examination of
ills books by a committee of that
body revealed the fact that he was
short in his cash about $213,000. This
revelation spread consternation
Among his friends, who were numer
ous and influential, and carried dis
may to the sonl of the hayseed legis
lator, who thought the State would
§ o into bankruptcy by reason of this
efault. A few speculators made an
assault upon the credit of the State
and attempted to beat down tlie bonds
of Alabama in the New York mar
kets. They sueoeeded in depressing
securities the first day the default was
announced, but they quickly recover
ed under the influence of strong buy
ing orders, and the State safely pass
ed the financial orisis and probably met
all her obligations.
The investigation that followed
showed that Vincent had dealt heavi
ly in cotton futures and lost many
thousands of dollars in suoh specula
tions, being generally successful in
finding the wrong side of tho market.
He lived high, keeping up an expen
sive house; frequented the clubs, had
fine diamonds and silverware, and
was also fond of the seductive game
of draw poker. A gambler in town
reported at the time that he knew of
Vincent losing $10,000 at a sitting in
a New York gambling house, and en
deavored to tnduee him to play at his
home in Montgomery, but that. Vin
cent would never gamble in public
houses, except when away from
home.
In an interview with vour corres
pondent this afternoon Vincent tolii
the story of his departure from Mont
gomery and his life tlie past three
years. He said: “I found that I
could not regain the heavy losses I
had sustained, and left to go to New
York to try and fix the matter up. I
may have been a fool to think so, but
I did. I got as far as Cincinnati,
where I woke in the morning and
read all about the affair in the pa
pers, with Governor O’Neil’s telegram
giving the world notice that I was a
defaulter. I saw the game was up.
I'conldnot come home, and there was
no use going on to New York. From
Cincinnati I went to St. Louis, where
I remained some weeks, and then,
made my way by rail to Mexico,
where I have resided most of the
time since. I had only four or five
hundred dollars in my pocket when I
left Montgomery. In Mexico I have
struggled hard for a living for
myself and family, working for
twenty-five cents a day. I have been
to Panama and came over into Tex
as frequently, and last year made
a trip to New York. It 'would not
have been so bad with me if I had
been civen proper showing ‘.’Y
dog’s chance.”
Vincent looks somewhat seedy anil
dejected, but very little older than
when lie left Alabama. His beard
has grown iron gray, but 11is hair is
still black. Ho declines to talk about
ills case and prospects for tiie future.
Thirty-two indictments hang over
him.
Mr. Ray got a receipt, from tlie
sheriff for the deliverance of tlie pri
soner and received the reward of $5,-
000. Col. J. M. Falkrier and Capt.
Walter L. Bragg have been employed
to defend Vincent.. This afternoon
Probate Judge Randolph sent a com
fortable cot to the jail for the prisoner
to sleep on, and Vincent broke down
and wept like a child.
Henry Clay in a Duel.
It may seem curious to many that
the two greatest statesmen of tlie first
half of the nineteenth century should
have been induced to settle personal
difficulties by exchanging cartels to
fight a duel. On the Virginia bank
of tlie Potomac, across from Wash
ington, Henry Clay, Secretary of tlie
State, and John Randolph, Senator
from Virginia, met in 1820, on account
of political disagreement. The two
are inseparable on the pages of Amer
ican history. They were staunch
personal friends, though bitter polit
ical enemies. On tlie eve of the en
counter, when told of the uncon
sciousness of tlie meeting of the child
and wife of his opponent, the Virgin
ian replied with a smile, “I will do
nothing on the morrow to disturb the
repose or sleep of child or mother.
While arranging the preliminary
details at the scene of tlie encouuter,
and before Mr. Clay took his position,
tlie pistol of Randolph was acciden
tally discharged. This was very hu
miliating to his sense of honor, as lie
well knew that it would give rise to
unpleasant reports by his enemies,
and his reputation as a gentleman
would be assailed, but Clay magnani
mously came forward and said that it
was an accident. When the details
were finally arranged tlie two princi
pals took their positions. There was
a stump just behind Clay and a grav
el wa k behind. Randolph. The sec
onds and attendants retired, and_ the
word given, the report of pistols
sounded simultaneously, and Clay ad
vanced quickly toward Randolph,
exclaiming: “I trust in God, my dear
sir, you are untouched; 1 would not
have harmed you for a thousand
worlds.” Randolph had fired in the
air, but Clay’s bullet went through
Randolph’s coat. “You owe me a
coat, Mr. Clay,” jocosely remarked
Randolph, when, tie saw tlie rent
made by the bullet. "I am glad the
debt is no greater,” replied Clay.
Then they shook hands and returned
to tho city the very best of friends.—
Washington Capitol.
