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VOL. 11.
“MILT” MALONE.
THE LAST ACT IX THE TRAGEDY.
Tlie Prisoner Commits Suicide—l lie in
sanity Commission—His Confession of
Failll—His Last Words—How lie Hid
the Poison—The Telegram to Neal—The
Anonymous hotter—The Vote to Wise,
On Thureday morning a Herald reporter called at
Fulton County Jail and found Malone still unchanged
in appearance, and not in chains, as wo incorrectly
stated on Wednesday morning, and instead of being
debared any privileges, he was allowed more liberties
than any other prisoner in confinement. In conse
quence of the Governor’s refusing to commute his
sentence, he, as well as all the other prisoners, were
confined to their cells so as to prevent any communi
cation whatever between the prisoners, the officers
allowing Malone’s friends to call on him during the
day.
The officers considered that they had already taken
sufficient precautions to prevent escape, did not
DOUBLE THE GUARD
or put him in chains. Late Wednesday evening Capt.
John A. Wise, the jailor, accompanied by a guard,
called Malone from his cell without giving him any
notice, carried him into another cell and made a close,
and what was then thought a thorough search of his
clothes, to sec if he had any poison or anything else
with which he could destroy himself concealed about
his person. They found nothing on his person but a
email pocket knife which they had allowed him to
keep up to that time to clean his finger nails and for
other purposes. While they were prosecuting the
search he laughingly said their search was useless.
If he had determined to
COMMIT SUICIDE,
he would have concealed whatever he had decided to
use where it would be impossible for them to find it.
This only created suspicion and they made the search
closer if possible than they had oiiginally intended,
striping him entirely to the skin and examining all
the seams iu his clothes, but their search was of no
avail. The sequel shows Uiat Malone was right in his
conclusions about being able to secrete about bis per
son a medium by which be could take life so as to
defy detection. According to the deceased’s statement
he had accumulated the morphia used by saving at
different times the doses that had been given him by
the officers. They only allowing w hat was prescribed
by physicians.
THIS MORPHINE
he bad sew<d upon the inside of his under-shirt in
such a manner as to deceive the officers searching.
During the day (Thursday) many of his friends
were allowed to see him. His mother and father re
mained in the cell with him almost all day.
Among tboEO who called were Gen. A. H. Colquitt,
Gen. Gartrell, Rev. Dr. Wills and Dr. Warren, Rev.
R. B. Elliott, Rector of St. Phillip’s Church,two Cath
olic Priests, and others.
The reporter had a short conversation with Mr. Ell
iott immediately after ho left Malone’s cell. He raid
that, taking the circumstances into consideration,
Malone w as
THE COOLEST MAN
it had ever been bis fortune to see, and that his case
was a peculiar one—that he has affirmed in soberness j
that he did not believe in the bible, and that it was
lull of contradictions; but that he believed there was j
a God, and that he had prayed for strength to meet
qis fate, and, aa he felt strey , iiened, he believed bis
vrerebwrd.
Dr. Wills said that he had written out and sent to
him a confession of his faith, which, in consequence
of a request made by the reporter, be furnished for
publication. The confession we append:
HIS CONFESSION.
Fulton County Jail, Nov. 24, 1873.
Rev. Dr. D. Wills, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—As my end draws near I write you this to
let you know my views of religion. I believe my
ideas are different from most people’s. Ido not be
lieve in any one doctrine. I believe there are as good
people in one church as another. Ido not believe
that a man is obliged to belong to any church to be
saved. I do.not think he is obliged to be baptized to
be saved. I think that if a man goes to God with an
humble and contrite heart, begging his pardon and
asking forgiveness for his sins, that he will hear his
prayers and answer them. I do not believe in the
Bible. It is a contradiction and a mystery all the
way through. There is no man can explain
it. It is a mystery to all ; and if God is the all-wise
and merciful God that I think he is, he would not lay
down ruleß and commandments that are impossible
for us to understand or strictly obey ; for Ido not
believe there is a man living who strictly obeys the
Ten Commandments ; and if I believe the Bible I
should believe that no man could be saved, for the
Bible says, “He that is guilty of one is guilty of all.”
Ido not believe there is any Christ. Ido uot believe
there is any intermediate Savior. I believe in the
ONE GREAT GOD ALONE.
I know that you and almost every one else, outside
cf the Jewish faith or doctrine, will think and say
that it is a terrible tliiog not to believe there is a
Christ or an intermediate Savior ; but let me illus
trate the case. Suppose yourself in command of
a regiment of soldiers where
you had power to reward or
punish, just as the case might be, would you like to
have an Intermediate officer, that your men would go
to where they did wrong and apologize to him, and
excite his sympathy, and he forgive them, knowing
that he was your favorite, and that you loved him
and would eudorso what he had done. Had you uot
rather they would como direct to you, confess their
faults, and ask your forgiveness? I think that you
would prefer it that way. I should.
Ido not believe there is a burning hell. I believe
that we are punished to a very great extent here on
this earth for our sins. I believe there are different
degrees of reward and punishment, and that wo are
rewarded or punished according to the deeds done
here on earth. I believe that when we arc born that
God has marked out a course through life for us, and
that He has set a time, and a way, for us to die, and
no act of ours can change it one way or the other.
WE ABE OBLIGED TO DIE
when the time comes, and not until then.
I am sitting writing this, and next Friday is the day
appointed by the Judge of an earthly court for me to
die. I have no fears, and do not dread that day any
more than I do to-morrow, for if it is God’s will I shall
diebefore that, and if it be His will I shall neither
die before nor on that day, and not until it is His will;
and I thank God that such is my belief, for I fear and
trust Him, and nothing else.
You now aek if I do uot believe in the Bible what do
I get my belief from ? I get it from nature. Naturo
teaches us that there is au all-wise and au all-seeing
being—that there is ono great hand that moves
and directs all things. You will say that
nature does not teach us to know right from wrong.
I think tbayt does, for there is no one ever commits
a wrong act but what there is a little monitor within
his breast that upbraids him, and ho knows and feels
that he has committed a sin, and no one will ever
commit sin that follows the dictates of his little mon
itor, and our monitor is nothing but nature—it is
natural for everybody to have one, therefore it is
nature and nothing more.
Now Doctor, I have explained my ideas and views
of religion as well as I know how, and lam in
hopes that you will not condemn me because they
do not agree with yourself and the generality of
educated mankind. Yours, truly,
Milton Malone.
His attorneys, it seemed, were determined to make
every effort to save him. About five o’clock on Thurs
day afternoon, Judge Pittman, the Ordinary, received
a petition of W. H. Betts praying that his Honor, in
concurrence with ilio Sheriff, would have a jury im-
ATLANTA WEEKLY HERALD.
panneled to try the question of the insanity of said
convict, Malone, signed Gartrcll k Siphons and D.
P. Hill,'attorneys for petitioner.
Accompanying the petition, was the following affi j
davit:
affidavit of w. n. betts.
State of Georgia, Fulton County.
Personally appeared before me, W. H. Betts, who,
being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he has
known Milton Malone many years, and that he was
with him when ho received the wound on his head
fracturing his skull, and that since ho received said
wound he has never been in bis right mind and of
proper judgment Deponent further says, that he
has seen said Milton Malone to-day, and that said Ma
lone is now insane and not in his proper mind.
W. H. Betts.
Sworn to an I subscribed before me November 27th,
1873. Daniel Pittman, Ordinary.
judge pittman’s reply.
The petitioner's attorneys requested the Ordinary
and Sheriff to make a decision as to whether or not
they would impanel a jury as soon as possible aud ad
vise them of their decision. Judge Pittmau inform
ed them that it was a grave matter, and that if the
prisoner had become insane since his sentence bad
been beard, ihe hanging ought to be suspended; but
in order to satisfy himself, that ho, in company with
the Sheriff and a prominent physician, would visit
the prisoner that night. Acco-dingly, at 7 o’clock
that evening he met Mr. A. S. Perkerson, th 6 Sheriff,
at the jail, and sent for Dr. Joseph P. Logan. They
spent one hour in the cell with the prisoner, and
when they left him they decided to meet on the next
morniDg (Friday), at the Ordinary’s offi e at 8 o’clock
to make a decision regarding the propriety of grant
ing the request of impanelling a jury to try the ques
tion of insanity in said petition alleged.
The taking of morphine during tLe night by the
wretched prisoner rendered the meeting of the in
sanity commissioners unnecessary. It was the gener
al opinion that the commissioners would have de
cided he was not insane. In fact we are justified in
asserting this fact positively.
THE LAST EFFORT.
Later in tho afternoon Mr. Jno. T. Cooper, the
clerk of the Ordinary, was sent for who went to the
jail and witnessed the affidavits made by Milt Malone
and Captain Anderson, which will be found published
below. These affidavits, together with an anonymous
letter spoken of and an affidavit made by Morris be
fore Justice E. W. Munday were sent to Governor
Smith about B,‘£ or 9 o’clock Thursday night. We ap
pend the affidavits, the letter and Governor Smith’s
answer:
MALONE’S AFFIDAVIT.
Georgia—Fulton County.
Personally appeared before me Milton Malone, who,
after being duly sworn, on oath says that the annexed
letter was received by him, through the mail, this
morning.
That he did not know this v itcess, (Neal,) and
never heard cf him until the receipt of this letter, and
that he did not, therefore, know upon his trial and at
the time of his application for executive clemency that
he could make this proof by this witness.
Deponent further says that he has learned, since
the receipt of this letter, that said Neal stated these
factstoMr. Norris and John Neal, Jr., both of this
city.
Deponent further says that he is informed that said
G. B. Neal is now at Warrenton, Ga.; and not being
able to get the affidavit of said Neal before the time
j fixed for the execution of the sentence of the court,
j he therefore asks your Excellency to grant him a re
| spite, to enable him to procure the affidavit of this
witness.
M. Malone.
Sworn to and subaoritx'd before mo ih/ November
27th, 1873. 3so. T. Cooper,
Notary Public, Fulton county, Ga.
the anonymous letter.
Atlanta, November 26, 1873.
Mr. Milt. Malone—You are a stranger to me, but I
hate to see you suffer rongfully. Mr. G. B. Neal says
ho was at the House where you shot Philups, and saw
the Difuculty ho says you shot Philups in self Defence
as Philups was Pretending to draw a Pistol before you
shot he lives in Warenton waren co. Ga. or Augusta
Ga. I aint sirtan which Chap Norris might tell yon as
ho stayed at his house at the time I will not sine my
name as it might ca use hard feelings and I can do you
no Good myself.
WHIT ANDERSON’S AFFIDAVIT.
Georgia—Fulton County.
Personally appeared before me G. W. Anderson
who, after being duly 6Worn. on oath says that he is
one of the Deputy Sheriffs of said county, and as such
has charge of the Fulton county jail, and that the an
nexed letter was regularly received through the jail
mail, and that the same was given to Milton Malone
tnia morning.
G. W. Anderson.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this November
27tb, 1873.
Jno. T. Cooper. j
Notary Public, Fulton county, Ga. j
L. N. NORRIS’ AFFIDAVIT.
State of Georgia, Fulton County.
Personally appeared before me, L. N. Norris, who,
after being duly sworn on oath, says that be knew G.
B. Neal, of Warrenton, Georgia; that on the night
Pranklin P. Phillips was killed, said Neal was in the
ciiy of Atlanta, and stopping at the house of depo
nent’s father, and that three or four days after the
homicide, said Neal informed' deponent that ho was
at the house where and when Phillips was killed,
and that he saw the difficulty, but gave deponent
none of the particulars of the difficulty. Deponent
never has, until to-day, communicated this fact t<>
Malone or his counsed, for the reasons: Ist. That he
did not know that the information would benefit
Malone. 2d. Deponent was requested to say nothing
of it by Neal, as be (Neal) did not want it publicly
known that he visited such disreputable places.
L. N. Norris.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, Novem
ber 27, 1873. E. W. Munday.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF GEORGIA,
Atlanta, November 27, 1873.
Messrs. Gartrell k Stephens, Attorneys, etc., Atlanta,
Georgia:
Gentlemen— lhe affidavit of Miiton Malono and,
the anonymous letter attached thereto, with tho affi
davits of G. W. Anderson, Jailor, and of L. N. Norris*
offered in support of Malone’s affidavit, all handed to !
me to-night by yourselves, with the request that I
will answer at my earliest convenience, have been
duly considered.
I flud nothing iu them calling for a grant of the
respite of Malone’s execution. They ought not to be
sufficient to cause even the postponement of his trial
were bo now arraigned, much less would they war
rant the exercise of the Executive clemency.
I am, gentlemoD, yours, respectfully,
James M. Smith.
Tho following dispatch was sent late Thursday after
noon, the answer to which was received after G6v.
Smith had sent his answer to the petitioners:
Atlanta, Ga., November 27, 1873.
Geo. B. Neal, Postmaster, Warrenton, Ga.:
Milteu Malone is sentenced to be bung to-morrow.
We have just learneu chat you saw Mahne when he
shot Phillips. Please Bend by telegraph the acts of
the parties at the timo of the shooting.
Gartrell k Stephens,
1 Attorneys at Law.
George B. Neal’s answer was, in substance, that he
1 was uot present at the time Malone killed Phillips,
but be heard tho reports of tyo pistol, Tiud believed
that Malone shot Phillips in solf-defense.
Governor Smith's answer was convoyed to Malone
by Captain Wise, tho Jailor, between ten and eleven
o’clock at night. Then it was that the discovery was
made that he had attempted self-destruction.
As soon as Wise entered his coll and made known
; the object of his visit, Malone said “bo wished he
i had brought the paper ten minutes sooner. It was
. too late new, ho hid taken his dose.”
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1873.
He was walking the room at the time, smoking
his pipe. He took the paper, and after holding it
a moment without reading, he threw it aside, re
i marking, “if you had come five minutes sooner, you
would have caught me taking my dose.” He had
played bis first card. “I had it here,” he said, point
ing to the binding on the front of his under shirt,
at the same time he handed Mr. Wise the following
note, which was written on a scrap of paper some
three inches square, such a one as is used by drug
gists inputting up a powder:
WHERE HE HID THE POISON.
“How badly fooled so many will be to-day, (the
28th.) Judge H. and all of his blood-sucking clan
will be fooled. This little paper I hava worn round
my neck for weeks, and it will not let tho rope
take’ its plare. John, you looked as well as you
knew how, but I told you I was not fool enough to
be caught. Milt.”
Immediately Dr. Logan was sent for, who arrived in
about twenty**'minutes. Dr. Logan examined him
and then sent for Dr. Westmoreland, who dtd not
reach the iail till after twelve o’clock. In the mean
time no antidotes were given the prisoner, for the
reason that he conld not be induced to take any, nor
could he be forced to take anything. After having
been with him for an hour or more, the physicians
concluded the danger was over, and left him. He had
gotten up and was walking around conversing wit J
the parties who were present. He drank a cup of
water about the time the doctors were leaving, first
refusing to drink the water handed him by one of the
parties present, preferring to get It himself.
Shortly after two o’clock the prisoner called for Mr- j
Wise, who had retired to bed, and gave him the infor.
mation that he had taken from three to five more
grains of morphine, and told him “to send for the
doctors again, and let them see what effect it has on
him.” He then bid those around him “good bye,’
and lay down.
He was heard to talk to himself some time after he
took the first dose—after the persons had left his cell;
and, after he took the second dose, he spoke to his
little dog, saying:
“JUMP UP INTO THE BED.”
These were the last words he was heard to utter*
The guard, observing that bo was becoming more
stupefied, called Capt. Anderson, the Deputy Sheriff,
who was sleeping in the jail. He sent off again for
Dr. Logan. The doctor arrived about daylight, and
administered, as well as be could, antidotes. Bella
donna was given in Urge doses, but withou
apparent effect. Malone was perfectly heroic in his
determination to die before the time for the execu
tion arrived. He bore his suffering without flinching
and without amurmer. His only struggle seemed to
be to hurry death rather than shrink from it. He told
the doctors repeatedly that they could not save him,
and said he had more to take if they did. He says, “I
am a weak man, but I have a terrible clamp, and any
of you will find it out if you put your hands to my
mouth to force a pump in it.” It was a curious sight,
as well as a terrible one. This emaciated man, with i
life apparently fled from every part of his body, save j
bis eyes, which glittered like coals of fire, elutebiug
at death, praying for it to avoid the disgrace cf the
gallows. He was lying on his bed gasping for j
breath, perfectly unconscious, and continued in this
condition till shortly before he died, only the gaspß j
for breath becoming farther apart and louder. A few
minutes before nefiied be seemed to revive somewhat
and the physicians who were with him thought he
might get over it, but such was not the case. At five
minutes before eleven o’clock he expired without a
struggle or a groan. Thus
/fHEATIKO THE GALLOWS
and adding another crime, that of Belf-murder, to the
already terrible catalogue.
Drs. Pinkney and Jesse Boring were with him when j
he died. They oommunicatod the tact to persona
outside and the Sheriff immediately sent off for the
Coroner of the county.
About one o’clock Mr. Wm. Kile, the coroner, ar
rived, accompanied by the following persons, who .
had been summoned to serve as a jury of inquest; j
W. H. Freeman, foreman, R. S. Eubanks, F. M. Cook,
E. H. Chambers, L. H. Alexander, D. B. Levy, J. D. .
Wells, S. J. Perry, E. M. Berry, F. M. Simpson, J. S.
Lumpkin, and W. B. Stephens. Dr. E. J. Roach was
called in to make a post mortem examination.
The physicians who had been with Malone from the
time that it was first discovered he had taken poison
up to the time of his death, were each examined aid
testified as to the cause of his death, and tho fol
lowing is the
verdict of the jury :
State of Georgia, County of Fulton, j
We, the Coroner’s Jury this day summoned by
Coroner Wm. Kile to hold au inquest over the body of
Miit. Malone, now lying dead in the jail of Fulton
county, in the presence of said coroner and Dr. E. J.
Roach, and from the evidence adduced before us we
are of the opinion that the said Milt. Malone came
to his death from morphine administered by himself,
Tlie following certificate was signed by Dr. Roach:
I certify, that having been summoned by Coroner
Wm. Kile to make a post mortem in the above case, I
am of tbe opinion that said Milton Malone came to
hi3 death in accordance with the verdict of the jury, j
E. J. Roach, M. D.
The body of the deceased was then turned over to
his friends for interment. It was taken to a house on
.Loyd street, where it was properly cared for and
clothed in tho habiliments of the grave, preparatory
to beiDg carried to Columbus. The corpse was taken
down on tho train which leit this morning at one
o’clock.
HOW HF. OBTAINED THE POISON.
Various speculations were made as to the manner in
which Malone procured the morphia that caused his
death. The statement he made that he had been j
carefully saving it for a long time from the 9malJ j
loses which had been given to him j
1 y prescription from tho attending physicians, j
in order to make him sleep, is probably \
the most plausible one, though ho was '
not without opportunity to get from someone of the
many persons allowed to visit him in his cell. The |
officers in charge of the jail afforded him every com
fort aud privilege that they could accord to him iu
justice to themselves, aud notwithstanding he had,
timo and again said, that “the gallows should never
end his career.”
We know that at the time O’Noal was hung, he had
morphia secreted on his person, and which he said
he had obtained in the same way. This Malono
knew, aud at the time, became exasperated, because
lie, O’Neal, declined to make use of it.
The question of his insanity, which was under
consideration tho night before, was probably bis last 1
hope for a stay of proceedings, aud though those
present were careful not to make known what their
conclusion would be, ho may have possibly gotten
some intimation that their opinion would bo adverse
to him, and therefore he hastened his action.
Just a short while previous to the time he took the
dose he made a verbal disposition of bis effects which \
were in tbe cell with him. He desired that his dog :
which he prized so highly and was his constant com
panion In his confinement, to be given to the Sisters
of Mercy who had visited him.
During his confinement he was frequently visited
by ministers of every denomination, who earnestly
endeavored to form religious impressions upon liia
mind. Though always treating them with the great
est courtesy, aud saying that he was glad to see them,
he had his own peculiar notions on the subject of re
ligion, and would allow no argument to change them.
His piide seemed always to have tho ascendancy over
every other feeling and sentiment. Ho would often
givo way to tears in the company of his mother, when
she had earnestly prayed with hiai, but as soon as
she was gone it was all over, and the same old, hard
ened composure and levity would take tbelr place.
® The Mobile Register appeals for aid for the
widow aud seven children of Capt. Fry of the
Virginius, in destitute circumstances in New
Orleans. The Register speaks highly of Fry’s
behavior during the war, and says that his
bravery in resisting the attack on Spanish
Fort won the admiration even of the Federate.
NO WAR !
“ THE WIIHSE- WINGED MESSENGERS
OF PEACE."
Tlie Demands of the United States to be
Complied 'Willi—Spain’s Concessions—
Tlie Officers of tlie Tornado to be Pun
ished— span lsli Humiliation.
New York, November 29, 1873.
A double leaded editorial in the Times treats of
I peace, as a foregone conclusion, and praises what it
calls the good temper and tact of Admiral Palo and
! Secretary Fish in having effected it. It adds that
there can be no impropriety in mentioning that Ad
miral Palo has endeavored, by all honorable means, to
bring about a peaceable solution, without forgettiDg
for a moment the claims of his country.
The Herald's diipatch says Secretary Fish has no
doubt that tho Spanish Government will bo able to
enforce its orders restoring the Virginius to the United
States.
Colonial Minister Soler, now in Havana, will person
ally see that the orders of the Home Government are
carried out.
AU the Washington specials in the morning journals
unite in asserting that Spain has conceded to our de
mands, and peace is assured.
The Tribune dispatch says tbe dispatch deciding the
grave question whether there should be peace or war
between the United States and Spain was received by
Mr. Fish to-night, and communicated to the President
and Cabinet. It is of tbe most satisfactory character,
and concedes all demands made by the United States.
These demands, as Las heretofore been stated, were
as follows:
First, the release of the officers aud crew of tlie
Virginias yet living; second, the return of the Vir
ginius; third, a salute of tbe Hag, and provisions for
the families of the slain captives. The only reserva
tion on the part of Spain is with reference to firing
the salute. To enable future investigations to be
made, the date'for this salute has been fixed at the
25th of December, and to provide for the contingen
cy of Spain’s not being abie to enforce tbe promised
concessions, work on naval constructions are not to
be interrupted.
A dispatch to the Times, in addition to the above,
says Spain also agrees to bring to trial and punish
ment, the officers who perpetrated the horrible
butchery.
Madrid, November 29, 1873.
The Spanish Cabinet has agreed upon the delivery
to the United States Government tho steamship Vir
ginius and all persons remaining alive who were cap
tured with her, leayiDg the question whether the seiz
ure of the vessel was legal or not to be settled here
after by a mixed tribunal; the question whether dam
ages shall be paid to tbe families or relatives of the
prisoners who were shot, is also to be settled in a
similar manner. This decision was not arrived at by
tho Spanish Government before it had confidentially
consulted with the powers of Europe, and was in
formed by all of them that reparation was due for the
capture of the steamer and execution of the captives.
Tbe decision is also in conformity with the opinion
of leading Spanish statesmen of all parties to whom
the question was submitted by the Government.
THE PROTOCOL..
THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT
OF THE DIFFICULT T.
j!
Delivery of the v irgimus—A Salute to the
United States Flag—Proceedings against 1
the Virginias in Cerlulu Events — (
tion for Damages—Congratulations to Fish
and Palo.
Washington, Noven-ber 29, 1873.
The negotiations between the United States and
Spain with regard to the questions growing out of
the capture of tho Virginius were brought to
a conclusion to-day. Secretary Fish and Admira
Palo having agreed upon and signed a protocol, whichl
the latter soon after telegraphed to his Government.
As conflicting statements have appeared in the
newspapers regarding tho intelligence received last
night and also to day, it can now be positively stated
that the terms are substantially as follows:
let. The immediate delivery to the United States of
the ship Virginius and all the surviving passengers
and crew,
2nd. A salute to our flag on the 25th of December
next, unless in the meantime Spain shall satisfy the
United States that the American flag was improperly
borne on that vessel; and further, that Blie had no
right to the American flag or American papers.
In this event, the salute is to be spontaneously with
drawn, and Spain is to formally disclaim any inten
tional indignity to the flag in the acts committed by
Spain against the Virginius.
3d. If it shall be shown thus: That the Virginius had
no right to carry the American flag and papers, the
| United States will institute proceedings against tbe
vessel, aud the surviving parties who have violated j
the laws of the United States and Spain, and guaran
tees to institute proceedings against any of her au- !
thorities who may have violated either law or treaty
stipulations.
j 4th. The matter of reclamations for damages was
j preserved for future consideration.
In addition to tho above, it can also be positively
1 stated that within the next two days Secretary Fish
aud the Spanish Minister witl determine the port at
j which the Virginius and the surviving passengers
' and crew shall be delivered to the United States. The
i words “immediate release,” as applicable to the de
i livery of the Virginius and the surviving passengers
| and crew implies of course a reasonable timo for its
I execution, as some days must elapse before Havana
' and Santiago de Cuba can be reached. The
agreement is regarded iu official quarters
as covering all the points of our original demands,
! though iu a modified form, while it is considered re- |
spectful and honorable to both countries. The fixing j
| of the 25th of December as the time for saluting our i
| flag is to allow the necessary opportunity to Spain to !
j show that tho Virginius improperly carried the Amer- j
| ican flag and American papers.
There is a sensible belief iu alt quarters that tho |
; negotiations have thus peaceably ended. Both Sec- ;
retary Fish aud Admiral Palo had for two weeks past
! boen engaged in progressing tho result,on which they
receive the congratulations of their respective
friends.
What tlie Ei Cronista, of New York, has to !
Say—Cuba Indifferent—Continued Activity !
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
New Yobk, November 29, 1873.
El Croui6ta publishes a letter from Havana, dated
J tho 22nd, in which Ihe writer breathes forth ven
j geance and slaughter. He says that Cuba is perfectly
) indifferent as to whether the United States attempts
an invasion of the island. If she does she must take
j the consequences.
Tho same number of El Cronista publishes a long
i and inflammatory article urgiDg the Spanish Goveru
; ment to maintain a bold attitude toward this country,
and to show itself capable of governing Cuba. For,
the editor asserts, that the United States would oth
erwise invade Cuba without declaring war against
Spain, and on the pretext of re-establishing in the
Island (ho authority of the Peninsula, the five
points w’-tch our Government las presented
to Spain are denounced as humiliating and iuadmies
able.
In spite of the assurances of a peaceful climax to
the Spanish difficulty, there is no change iu affairs at
the Brooklin navy yard, aud great activity in piepara
tions for sea of all tho war ships continue. The
work of painting the exterior of the frigate Colorado
was finished early this evening, and all three of hor
masts are now in their proper positions.
The Colorado is literally covered with workmen.
She will bo finished and ready to leave the yard by the
latter fart of next week.
I* MRS. WESTMORELAND.
1 1 HER LECTURE.
i
‘ SUota at Social -Her Success—
Where Stic hives, anti How —\Y It a t Site
Expects to Do, ami What She Probably
Will Do—Tlie Auspices Cutler Which
She Makes Her Debut as a Lecturer—
Iler Literary Prlentls—Tile Late “ Wo
man's Congress"—lts Ureat Mission—
Its Refusal to Admit Free-Lovers to
MemlieisliipT]ie Internationale, uml
Mestiames W'ootlhull anti Clafln—Ex
press Repudiation of Free-Lovclsm, anti
Several Other Isins.
New Yobk, Nov. 22, 1873.
I have just returned from Mrs. Westmore
land's lecture, and hasten to write you of her
complete aud most gratifying success. The
lecture was given at the Union Leagne Hall.
This is the prettiest little hall in the city.
Everything about it, the carpet, the rich
hangings, the dark furniture, everything
seems to be enveloped in that indefinable at
mosphere of
EEPOSE AND REFINEMENT,
that makes so much of the true asthetics of
life. Everything was in keeping. The hall,
proper, will seat about three hundred and
fifty people; but then there is a cosy little
parlor that opens into the hall which can
seat about fifty more. To-night both were
filled. Adcl I doubt if ever there gathered,
even in the Union League Hall, a more re
fined, more cultivated, or more appreciative
audience. Her subject was
“SHOTS AT SOCIAL MYTHS.”
Before to-night her friends had felt but one
slight fear—that her delivery might not be as
good as they knew the subject matter of i
the lecture was. It is safe to say !
that the lecturer had not spoken
twenty words before this fear was entirely
dissipated. She spoke without manuscript
or notes. Her manner was graceful and easy,
her style epigramatic. And while there was
a vein of quiet yet spicy sarcasm running
through tbe whole lecture, which was very
agreeable, her voice was like the words of
Beatrice, “Tuneful sweet.” The lecture was
a decided success; and Mrs. Westmoreland
has already been asked to go to Boston and
deliver it under the auspices of the “Woman's
Club.” She thinks of going one day next
week.
The American people are mostly feminine—
decidedly curious. The people must know
what is going on upon this old footstool.
Everybody gets on so poorly here below
that ” everybody wants to know how other
people are getting on—hoping the while that
maybe they are worse off than themselves.
Total depravity, and their prominence also
has its penalties duly annexed and fulminated, j
One penalty is to §;* jvui*i/ aiw ,
papers; fortunate if j?pu can keep the rllus-1
trated ones off of you. F° r example, there |
stand the people of yotl r State, with
UPLIFTED HA.'O and threatening mien, j
demanding that you. correspondent shall
tell them all about rheir distinguished j
countrywoman, Mrs. Westmoreland. Bien j
vox populi! Allons. Mrs. Westmoreland lives .
at the Sturdevant House. The Sturdevant is .
au uptown hotel on Broairtvay, three or four :
stree'ts above Madison Square; it is one of
the most elegant and luxurious houses in the
city. She has a suit of rooms here; one of!
the nicest, quietest, cosiest little parlors .
imaginable, into which she receives you with
a charming grace and elegance all her
awn. The morning and the after
4>on till five, which is dinner hour,
she devotes to her literary work. She is
working very hard. The afternoon, from
five o’clock, and the evening she devotes to
receiving her friends, Willie, her bright lit
tle boy, is with her. Her daughter, Carrie, a
graceful, brown-eyed girl, much like her
mother, say’ half a score of y’ears ago, is at
Miss Bracket’s school.
WHAT SHE INTENDS TO DO.
As to what she expects to do, why she ex
pects to lecture here, in Boston, and other
Northern cities, during the winter. In the
spring she will go South and lecture. In a
word, she means to make lecturing her pro
fession. Does she lecture on “Woman’s
Bights?” Not at all. What then?, Subjects
of general interest. Is not “Woman’s Bights’'
a subject of general interest? No. Why?
Because, in this notable Itepnblic there are
three millions of grown up while people—twe
thirds of them beirg women —who have uot
yet learned the art of spelling printed letters;
also, there are somo thirty odd millions,
counting all without regard to race, color, or
previous condition, who have scarcely learned
more. Manifestly a miserable set to deal with.
I have just been quarreling with Mrs. West
moreland. She says the Southern women are
not ready for the ballot. BieD. I say the ;
women of tho “latter-day saints” arc not
ready for Monogamy, either. Correct!
The lecture field is crow ded, and there are
many difficulties in the road to success. Mrs.
W. is very confident of success; so also are
her friends. But iu any case she will still
have book-making to fall back upon. Her
publisher is now urging her to write another j
novel. In any event her success here is
assured. She makes her debut as a lecturer
under the most favorable auspices. The
“Union League Club,” under whose auspices
her first lecture was given, is the most prom
inent literary club not only in this city hut
in America. Among her
PEOMINENT LITEBAKY EMENDS
I may mention Whitelaw Died, editor of the
Tribune; James Parton, biographer of Horace
Greeley; Mr. Perkins, Kate Field, Mrs. Liv
ermore, Mrs. Stanton, G. \V. Carlton, 0. B.
1 Frothingham, the most learned and polished
!of all our pulpit orators. I might mention
[ many more, but I only mention these to
I show to certain noble editors who have
thought it consistent with their code of
morals to manufacture and publish extracts,
and not repugnant to their several codes of
honor to refuse to correct said extracts when
their attention has been called to them, that
her success here is quite assured. It was
necessary to say this much in order that they
might duly prepare themselves to he her
staunch friends.
Let me sav a word here about tbe late"wo
man’s Congress. ” I hope it is not unknown
to the American people that the “Woman’s
Congress” expressly, and the strongest terms,
repudiate what you have heard of as freelove.
I hope this is kuown, at least to all the grown
up white ones, except, indeed, the three mil
lions— two-thirds of them women—who have
no more idea ©1 printed letters than a crab
has of gymnastics. It was even necessary
that the most virtuous, the most learned, the
most cultured, ihe most devoted body of wo
men that ever ass-mbled in America should
make such a declaration.
so SHAMELESS AND SO TEItSISTENI
had been tho misrepresentations and slan
ders of the public press and the liveried
slaves of a groveling and barbarous past. I
can see from the papers that even now it is
common in the rural distiicts to class such
women as Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Livermore, and
others who figured in the Congress, along
with Mesdames Woodhnll ,fc Claffin. “Wo
man suffragists and freelovers;” that, I be
lieve, is the way they put it. What stupid
ignorance! or what besotted vicionsness ! The
j “Woman's Congress” proposes to itself
a very noble mission : the intellectual and
1 moral elevation of woman. In the polished
language of the historian Gibbon, women are
now tanght that the female sex was created to
.“please and obey.” For my part, I think
they are mainly taught to tie their garters
above the knee, and similarly provide for the
| comforts of mankind. As for the “Woman’s
! Congress” and freelove, Mesdames Woodhnll
| end Claflin, and all other freelovers were re
; fused admission.
THE INTERNATIONALE
i has also received at the hands of the press of
j this city only unmitigated slander. The
j press is subsidized. It must speak what in
its blindness it sees as the interest of the
bourgeoise, the capitalist, the middle man.
the contractor. Of course it must denounce
the Internationale. The Interuationalo sees
enough iu this world to make all of God's
creatures at least comfortable; and it pro
poses a plan by which this grand result may
be aeeomplised. But the rich, aud their
j subsidized press, want to sustain the present
: infamous system, a system of the
EAEUAEOUS AND BUCTAL PAST,
worthy only of the homage of a miserable
slave; a system under which one hundredth
of tho human race are surrounded with
all the untold luxuries of the universe,
luxuries which they do not deserve because
they never work-d for ;hem directly or in
directly. which t ey cai.not consume, and
which rot in tL.-ir sight, while the other
ninety-nine hundredths of God’s creatures,
after doing ail they can, are still reduced to
drudgery, poverty, wretchedness and dis
grace ! To call life a boon is irony. To call
it a burden is only commonplace "truth, that
needs no demonstration. I declare to you
that there are ten thousand men iu this city
who have worked and drudged for a score of
years, who have been called sober and indus
trious, who will go to bed this night
WITHOUT SITPEE,
: and many cf them wake in the morning with
| out any hope of finding breakfast. And
most of these men have families. J'ice h
Internationale ? Yes, vice anything that wili
make such a state of affairs impossible in the
future. The Internationale is too good in i:.-
demands and aims for the subsidized press to
tell the truth about it. If the truth is known,
the people will embrace it. What then ; Its
enemies must resort to misrepresentation and
slander. The Internationale is charged by a
subsidized press wi th
ATHEISM, FEEELOVETSM, INCXNDIAEISK.
What besotted ignorance must it require to
believe such stupid lies ! Does not all the
world know that it was for preaching such
doctrines that .Section Twelves of this city,
to whom belonged Woodhnll, Claflin, Train
and Banks, was expelled from the Interna
tionale. I have not space here, but in a future
letter I will tell you what the Internationale
does demand, and what it means to have—
“peaceably if we can, foiceahlv
The Tweed Verdict.
THE PEOPLE .TUMLANT —MOVEMENTS 01 THE
rmsoNEi:.
The excitement created throughout the city
by the intelligence of Tweed's conviction con
tinues unabated. The result of the trial was
yesterdry the universal topic of conversation
iu all quarters, and seemed to have tempora ■
rily banished from the public mind the massa
cre at Santiago de Cuba. Bnt one sentiment
is entertained in regard to the jurors—that of
admiration of their courage and firmness in
rendering the verdict they did, a verdict
which was hailed everywhere as a triumphant
vindication of the institution of trial by jury,
which recent criminal trials had tended to
bring into disrepute.
Many people were surprised that Tweed was
not committed to the City Prison like other
criminals, after his conviction. His wherea
bouts was a matter of general interest, and it
was believed by many that he would make
his escape by the connivance ot the Sheriff 's
officers, and would not appear to receive his
sentence to-morrow. It was ascertained by a
Times reporter last evening that Tweed left
his Duane street office on Wednesday after
noon at 5 o'clock, and proceeded to his house
on Fifth avenue at night. He did not leave
his house until 10 a. m. yesterday, aud from
! thence he went to his office in Duane street,
where he remained until 7 r. M., when belt'.;
his office and went to his Fifth avenue house
where he passed the night. Warden Johnson,
of the Tombs, said that he had heard th E
Tweed had been committed to his custody,
but he was not certain that it was tho fa
The proprietors of the Metropolitan Ho Li
were grieved at the reporls that their hole!
was now being made a headquarters by
Tweed, and deny that he has been stopping
there. Since his conviction, Mr. J. F ster
Dewey, Tweed's private Secretrry, now .-top
ping at the Hoffman House, said last evening
that Tweed had slept at his own house on
Wednesday night, and was at home last even
ing. He stated further that Mr. Tweed
would certainly appear iu court on Saturday
evening next, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding. Au intimate friend of Tweed,
who conversed with him on Wednesday, says
that the “Boss” was in excellent spirits, arid
i thought that his counsel would succeed in
' getting a stay of proceedings.
During the day the prisoner had a confer
ence with his counsel. They are, it is stated,
working hard preparing arguments in favor
of a postponement of the sentence. They
also, it is rumored, are employing every ef
fort to obtain from someone of the thirty-two
Judges of the Supreme Court an order grant
ing a stay of proceedings and anew trial. In
these efforts, however, they are not likely to
be very successful, as the general opinion is,
that in the present state of popular sentiment,
no Judge can be found who will care to face the
odium that will inevitably attach to whoever
nullifies the righteous verdict of the jury,aud
rescues the arch plunderer from the merited
punishment of his crimes.
In giving tho names of the jurors iu tho
Times of yesterday, a mistake was made by
substituting the name of Ellis 11. Luby for
that of Mr. W. Sloane. Mr. Sloaua is th
senior member of the firm of W. & J. Sloan, ,
carpet manufacturers, No. C 53 Broadway.
Assistant District Attorney Allen yesterday
afternoon said that the order iu which the
King indictments will be pressed for trial has
not yet been determined upon. The ques
tion of what case will be taken up after the
trial of Ingersoll, will be decided, he said, in a
great measure by the result of that trial, as it
may bo necessary to try him on another in
dictment in the event ot a failure to convict.
The order in which the various King indict
ments were found will not, he said, have any
influence on the order of their trial, which
will take place as it may seem best suited to
secure a verdict against "the defendants. It is
designed, Mr. Allen said, to press the trial of
all the indictments as rapidly as possible.
The annual report of the Postmaster Gen
eral shows that during the year ending June
30, 1873, the revenues were $22,990,741, and
the expenditures, $28,084,945, leaving a de
ficit of $0,088,204. During the previous year
ths deficit was only $4,742,704.
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