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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. NO 15