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THE COURTS.
Another of the Boberts-Gleason Gang
of Forgers on TriaL
How Wall Street Broken Wen Tietimiied
by Forced Bondi.
A BOStOII JEWELLER IK A BAD FIX.
Right of Assessing *the Roosevelt
Hospital.
Charles J. Williamson, alias CUarles J. Perrlo, alias
Charles E. Farnham, an aliased member of the nolo
rloua Roberta-Uieuson gang of lorgors whose oper
ations startled the country two years ago, was belore
Jadgo Sutherland at the bar of the Court of General
Beaalons yesterday, prosecuted by Assistant District
Attorneys Lyon and Rollins. Thore are about forty
Ore Indictrannu tor forgery pending against tbe pris
oner, besides several for burglary and receiving stolen
goods, ana the case will probably occupy the time of
the Court during tbe wholo ol next week. Tbe pris
oner Is delended by Mr. A. Oakey Hall and ex-Judge
William M. Curtis. Tbe story of Williamson's counec.
tion with the operations ol the gang, as detailed by Mr.
Lyon In his opening, arc substantially these:?The
prisoner had, In the summer of 1873, an olDco In the
?ame building with Louis i. Keopers aud one Joseph
r. If ran kiln, by both ot whom he was introduced to
(r. Hardenberg, of tho firm of Lauders & Hardenberg,
irokers, at No. 113 Broadway. Williamson and his
iwo Iriends had many conversations with that gontle
nan, in which It was mado to appear that tho former
Had been unlortunaie In business, but bad a
wealthy and indulgent mother who was willing
to lead huu bonds upon which to raise advances
ind take a iresb start. Deceived by these representa
tions, Mr. Hardenberg on the 2d of Auguat loaned to
the prisoner $12,700 upon twenty-two forged $1,000
bonds of tbe New York, Butlalo and Erie Railroad, on
luguat 26 Williamson brought thirty $1,000 bonds of
the New York Central Railroad, upon which bo ro
:elved $25,000. Two days altcrward ho went to the
ifflce or Haskins Ac Braine, No. 12 Broad street, and
raised about $18,000 upon twenty torged $1,000 bonds
ol the New York, Buffalo and Erie Company, and later
on the aame day he appeared in the ottlcc ol' Eddy &
Ca, No. 26 Pine street, with thirty Central Railroad
bonds of tbe samo description as those furnhshod to
Mr. Hardenberg. Mr. Holbrook. of that lirm, exam
ined the bonds and stated Incidentally that be was per
loctly familiar with the issue, most ol which had passod
through his hands. After a minute ot couversution ho
picked out one of the bonds and started out to uogo
Uate It. Williamson seemed very much frightened to
learn that Mr. Holbrook was so familiar with tho
bonds, and when mat gculleuian lelt the
DtUce he suddenly recollected an engagement
elsewhere, and departed, leaving bis securities behind.
Mr. Holbrook on his return bad bis suspicions aroused
by tbe prolonged absence ot bis customer, aud closely
actutlnixing the documents lelt in his hands, found
every one of tho thirty bonds a forgery. The investi
gation which followod this discovery showed that >te
tweon $300,000 aud $400,000 ol theao bonds had been
put upon the market between tbe 2d and 26th days of
August, 1873. Tbe excitement which followed Is,
doubtless, well remembered by the readers of tho
Bkralu. Meanwhile, every exertion was made to
?ecure the arrest or Williamson, but without success.
It has subsequently been discovered tbat he was ar
rested in Philadelphia in 1875 under an indictment lor
teceiving stoieh goods, under the name or Pornn, and
ronUned in tho Tombs far a week. Nobody discovered
his identity except tbe lawyer who delendod him and
who procured bis roleaso. Nothing was seen or him
by the authorities again till February ol this year,
when under tho name of Charles E. Farnham
he delivered to the Messrs. Rollins, bankers,
eighty-eight New York Central Railroad bonds
and seventeen or tho Union Pacific and
Calllorma and Oregon Railroad Tor negotiation.
Tho elder Mr. Rollins took some $60,000 worth of
tbem to Europe to disposo of them. The authorities
there discovered them to bo forgeries, and arrested
Mr. Rollius, who had some dlfliculty lu ejecting bis
reloaso. He Is now on his way to this country. After
this discovery the pollco wero put upou Williamson's
track, and he was caught one duy In Wall street, and
lockod up, under Ills uew name, in the Tombs, where
he has siuce lain. His alleged confederates, Roberts
and Uleason, are lyina in Ludlow Street Jail awaiting
trial on a civil suit, tlio juries having disagreed when
they wero prosecuted criminully.
Edwin D. Wooater, Secretary of the Now York Cen
tral Railroad, and Charles G. Miller, President ol the
Buffalo and Erie, wero examined yesterday in refereuoo
to tho bonda purporting to beisaued by their respective
companies which were regotiatod by the prisoner.
They each examined lar^e numbers of bonds and pro
nounced them forgeries. The next witness was Louis
J. Keepers, who testified to his share in tbe trunaao
tiou substantially ua stated above. The ease was then
adjourned till Monday morning.
BAD FOR A BOSTON JEWELLER.
George Foye, formerly a Jeweller In Boston, tailed In
January, 1874, and ollercd a compromise or sixty conta
on the dollar. A committee ol croditors appointed Mr.
Elseman, a leading Jewcllor, to examino into tho case.
Mr. Elseman went to Boston and reported in ravor oi
tho compromise. Tho first instalments became due in
ioptember last, but wero not paid. Foye fled to Cali
fornia, but three woeks ago ho arrived here, and h!a
goods wero seized by Custom Houso ofllcors lor non
payment ol duty. ' be Custom Houso olilcials took the
goods to the leading jewelry nouses or the city, and
Mr. Elseman recognized some of them as solJ by biui
In 1874. General M. Uauo Dunn, counsel lor the cred
itor*, under au act whioh mukos it a misdemeanor lor a
bankrupt not to turn ovor ull bis goods to the assignee,
obtained Irom United StulesComuiissioncr Duel! a war
rant of arrest, and Foye was arrested at the Windsor
Hotel, where he was living In splendid style. The pris
oner at first re I used to tell where his diamonds wore. but,
after a writ of habeas corpus had been grunted by Judge
Barrett, he chauged his mind and produced the dia
monds ycsterJay afternoon, when they wire "sampled"
by experts Tbey are about $3,000 in valuo, and are
mostly diamond rings. Subsequently tho prisoner was
turned over to a United Statos Marsha! to be taken to
Boston for triaL
THE ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL.
The late Jan.es H. Roosevelt, as is well known, bo.
lueathed $1,000,000 to tho city for tho purpose of
founding a hospital. The legacy was made conditional,
that If tbe Legislature did not within two years grants
liberal charter tbe amount of the bequest should be paid
uver to the United States governmeut. Within the time
ipecitiod an act of incorporation was paraod by the
Legislature exempting tho hospital from taxation and
sonlcrrlng on it other benefits vouchsafed to cbarita
Die institution?. Tho hosoital was tberoupon built,
mth accommodation, as la well known, tor some
1,500 patients. Last year an assessment of $?,835 was
imposed by the city upon the hospital lor the construc
tion of a sewer, and in consequence of a failure to pay
such assessment the city threatened to sell tho institu
tion. This Drought the matter Into the courts, and
titer passing through various stages or litigation (re
ported irom time to tlmo in tne Hkrald) tbe ease
tame up lor argument yesterday In the Supreme
Court, General Term, on an appeal by tho trustees
Irom an order deuylug a Judgment on the pleadings
Tbe wholo question is whether under the act or incor
poration tho Institution is exempt trom assessment for
local Improvements. The Court took the papers, re
serving decision.
THE CONVICTED BOND FORGERS.
Valentine Gleaaon and Andrew Roberta, the convicted
bond forgers, are becoming wearlod of their continuous
wjoora in Ludlow Street Jail. Sometime ago an effort
vaa made In the Superior Court to obtain their release,
vhioh proved unaueeessluL A motion is now peudlng
in the Court of Common Pleas, belore Judge J. F.
Daly, to obtain their discbarge, on tho ground tbat tbey
are pauper debtors. The case came up lor argument
yesterday. Tbe application was strenuously resisted by
Mr. William Wert Howitt, who appeared against tnetn
In tho suits In tbe Suporlor Court, in which henry vor
tlota were obtained against tbem, In consequence or
which they are now languishing in JaU. Ill* claimed
that tbey nave conveyed large sums of money to their
friends in traod or their creditors. The further hesr
lag tn tbe ease waa adjourned until next Friday.
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.
Tho trial ol William D. Burehard, the Florida (Orange
wonty) Postmaster, waa resumed yesterday morning
eetoro Judge Benedict and rosulted in a verdict of
(Ullty. Burehard waa allowed to go on bail to appear
M tbe end of tbe term tor sentence.
Felicia Monteil, a French milliner, obtained yester
day belore Judge Vaa Brunt, In tho Court of Common
Pltea, a verdict for $'.203 against Mathilda Sjahl, In
whose millinery establishment ahe was employed.
lu the caoe of Dr. Edward B. Foote, indicted on a
charge of sonding Improper article* tbrongb the mails,
ilio trial or which was set down lor yeatorday, a motion
*.ia made by his eounsol, Mr. A. H. Purdy, tor post
ponement on the ground ol the absence or an important
aituess. Judgo Benedict denied the motion. Tho case
?rill be proceedod with at once
- Patrick U. Murray brought snit belore Judge Van
lloesen, in the Court of Common Pleaa, against Jamea
Carson, lor non-lultllment ol a contract in regard to
Mono used in the erection of a building at tho etynor of
Worth street and West Broadway, the defence waa
?on-meaaurcminl of the stones alter tbey were in tho
building, whioh waa declared to bo an Impoesiiaitty. A
verdict wao given lor tho plalntltl tor $318 4k
Tho trial ol tho suit of Tread well va. Pomeroy and
?than, tavdlvlnf Dm validity ol a eontraot tar tho
bollding of tbe Central Branch of the Cnlofl Pacific
Kailroau, waa resumed yesterday before Judge Larre
tuore in tbe Special Term of the Supreme Court No
new evidence of any Importance waa elicited, and tbe
Eroceediuga ware dry and uninteresting. The trial will
? continued on Monday.
The Arm or Baronl k Lindeman, shirt maker*, gold
through Springer k Co. tbe note* they received front
their Western customer*. Five notes, drawn ou a
California house, aud which It afterward turned out
were forged by Suronl, were sold by Springer k Co. tor
*17,00Ql Saronl fled to Mexico, and the brokers now
sne the firm ol Saroni k Lindeman. Tbe trial ol the
case was commenced yesterday before Judge Van
Hoesen. Mr. Lindeman repudiate* any liability, aa It
was not a partnership transaction.
Tho Supreme Court, General Term, is harrying
through Its May calendar with commendable activity.
An unusual number ol cases was argued yesterday, the
facts or which have already been published. Among
tbose argued was tbe cane of tbe People ex ret. Morgan
Jonas vs. Allan Campbell, Commissioner; the People
ex reL Martin Freiiogh vs. George W. Mataell, and tho
claim of William Thompson for $U2 salary as attend
ant of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. As usual tho
Court took the papers In each rase.
Before Judge Dykman, holding Supreme Court Cir
cuit, there was tried yesterday a suit brought by the
Mutual Life Insurance Company against William H.
Florence to recover the sntn or 18.000, the deficiency
on a mortgage which the plulntlfls allege Florence as
sumed by accepting a certain deed Irom Thomas C
Fields. Tho defence was tbat the deed, which was ex
ecuted by Fields in Havana, was never delivered to or
accepted by Florence. Tbe Jury were directed to bring
In a sealed verdict this morning. Messrs. George W.
Coitereli and Wlllard Uartleit appeared for the plain
tifTs ?ud Messrs. Turner, Kirkland and McCluro for tbe
defendants.
DECISIONS.
8UPUBME COUBT? CH1VBIM.
By Judge Brady.
TldJT*,u?^n!.pe,u?*be d'acoutlnuance will be
sustained, which deposes or this case on tho payment
ol $10 cost*; such an order will in effect discharge the
M"".1."- on<l^U ca"e- Cw,u are given bocatise
tne diacontlnuance did not occur until the motion ?u
no I iced.
Plummer vs. Boldcn.?This motion is denied because
it is apparent that the grouuda on which it is bnsod
were parsed on or should huvc been presented whon
J"? ?r^r otyocted to was applied for; $10 costs to
abide the event.
>oster vs. Ellis.?Receiver appointed.
bills vs. Footer.?Opinion.
Gsrset vs. Clark.?Memorandum.
_ Uy Judge Danlola
Tsylorva Ashley.?Order granted.
6UPBEMK COUBT?SPECIAL TEBM.
*OTIC* TO THE BAK.
during this (May) term In which
points wero to have been submitted and havo not been
counsel aro requested to hand them in to tho Clerk on
or bolore H edneaday, May M 1S7?. nv order of
R. L. LARRtsMORE, Justice.
COMMON PLEAS?SPECIAL TFBM,
_ _ Br Van Brunt.
Sage vs. Vermilye et aL?Findings settled.
MABINE COUBT?CHAMBEBS.
, . By Judge McAdam.
?Icming vs. Amoa?Default opened conditionally.
Mcknerney vs. O Counor.?Motion granted on div*
ment, within three days, of $lo coats!
murre?' **" Burn?-?Jndgmont lor defendant on de
ln ro E. S. Caldwell?I.eava to sue granted.
BchnfTor vs. Meyer. ?Complaint dismissed
Schoror vs. Dccktnger.?Motion denied
Delano vs. Boyntoa? Motion <lenled, without costs,
clulmod Applin.?Judgment for amount
Brummer vs. Cohn?JudgmenPlor $8.
\ an Uusklrk va Smith; Edson va Smith.?Edward
W. A very appointed receivor.
granted."1 **" C?hn' ileynold, Tl Erhard.? Motion
te.n0prd0n:^.NeWbUrg,r --M0tl0n t0 ???>*
refeTve?an 01,ver?G??rge N. Hale appointed
Clarin va Delaney; Williams va Mapes;'Sanxay va
Caro.?Receiver's liond approved.
Scbnltz va Funser.? Default opened ou terma
on demurrer" **" (,ootlolb-?Judgment lor defendant
Downs va Newberger.-Mollon for new trial denied. '
Hanson va May.?Au Indorsement ou papera
Motions defied!""5 A",e,l?" >elUa?
Marun vs. Martin.?Motiou denied.
W'lsou va Looser. ?Default opened conditionally.
In ro Kellly.?Defendant adjudged to pay S&&
_ By Chief Justice Shea
Swiuter vs. Hariinan.?Case settled.
TOMBS POLICE COURT.
Boiore Justice WandelL
LEONTIFF DISCHARGED.
Dr. LoontilT, tho Russian physician, who allogos that j
Mra Olga Tchetchnlui baa abducted his two children, |
had an interview on Thursduy afternoon with tho lady,
at the Russian Consul General's oiUoe. Mr. Bodlnco'
the consul, endeavorod to smooth matters over. After
the interview had coucluded, and as tho lady and the
two children were going into the stroet, Loontllf at
tempted to get posseasiou of thorn. He was proven tod,
however. He then commenced to harrangue a crowd
who bad gathered to see tho tun, saying that he wau an
American citizen and claiming protection. Ho becamo
violent and boisterous and wUg vociferously cheered bv
Mm Cr.?u Ho,wa"ordere<1 ?*?y ?*"ce or three tunes by
Officer Hogan, but roiusod to go. Ho was then arreted
Ou being brought to the Tomba tbo Court hail been
adjourned, consequently ho was takeu back to tho Now
street police station, where he passed Thursday night.
d?n ? f ra?ro,U|t "r T" *rr"'?Dcd Mon> Justice Wan
dell on a charge of disorderly conduct. His Honor
?ii0iri Tn.*H cv,denco' discharged him, ?oncludiui
that he had been more sinned against than siunlug.
ALLEGED FBAUDCLEM CONVEttSION OF PBOP
XBTT.
John A. Macbado, Jr., was yesterday arraigned on a
chargo of perjury. In August, 1875, the defendant and
h,H '?i*>er boaraed with a Mrs. Isabella Borrand, at Na
479 West Twenty-second^treet Somo months' subse
quently the latter died and Machado, It Is alleged, look
out letters of administration lor bor property, which
was valued at something bctwoen $8,000 and $10,000,
swearing that he was her nephew and her nearest of
k,.n; , this way ho got possession of the property
which, it Is charged, he converted to his own use!
Robert 1-ulia, ol No. 1259 West Forty-third strret aD
peared and taatiOed that ho was tbo only lawful brother
of tho deceased, Mra Berrand, and that Maehado in
swearing that be was her nearest of kin was guilty of
deliberate perjury. *1' ?'
Tho lutlier of tho prisoner, who is an old slave
trader. Is now under >6,000 ball on two obarites of nor
jury. Machudo was held in $2,000 bail to an.^r! ^
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT.
Bolore Judge Kilbroth.
DEFBAUDED OX HIS FBIEND.
Seme time ago Thomas Logan, oi Na 63 Spring
stroet, was sent to the Island on a chargo of Intoxica
tion. In the meantime bis irlond, John Smith ob
talned possession of his bank book and by moans of it
made out a check on tbo Dry Dock Bank for $8 to
which he forged Logan's nam". He got the money ind
with it went to see tbo Centonnial. Yesterday be waa
arrested and at this court was committed lor trial.
A HOB8K THIEF COMMITTED.
Frank Campbell, of Na 400 West Seventeenth street,
was held lor trial on a chargo of being implicated in
the theft of a horse belonging to Isaac Doorman of No.
S^. ^5wic,t "root Skiff, of Na .140 West
sa?m? churga^
WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT.
Before Judgs Dully.
A TOCSO HORSE THIEF.
Ernest Felt, agod eleven years, ol No. 240 West
Thirty-sixth stroet, was charged by Officer Caaey. of
the Ninth preclnet, with stealing a horaa About six
o'cIock on Thursday evening tbo officer arrested Felt
!2i ?? J?n on complaint of Wolf Rogers, of No.
641 Hudsou street, who stated that young Felt oflored
to sell him a horse lor $100, and flasliy reduced fh?
price to $11 When asked 'where he" Yuio an'ml he
sua that be found it running loose In .Spring street
Felt was remanded to await an owner tor the bor?
A SELF-CONFESSED THIEF.
For some time past valuable goods havo been disap
pearlng Irom the Appraiser's olllco, No. 403 Washing,
ton street. A watch was set. and on tbo loth mil a
man named Henry C. McCabe, a loiterer around the
place, was seen to leave the olllco after having con
cealcd three Pieces ot embroidery valued at $8 60 under
b e coat. A warrant was nt once procured and on
Thursday Roundsman Warlow, or theCeurt squad ar
rosted McCabe at bis residence. No. 648 Uroome >umi
h";D '"'ought before Judse DuO v, yesterday McCalie
confessed b.s crime, and aiso suted that he had olun
stoleu goods irom the olllco of Mr. (ilbson, and be ne
deeply pen.tent restored a ,H,rti.?n of them Ih!
Court held him ?n $600 ball to answer.
POLICE COURT NOTES.
Feur Flaherty, or Na ? Baiavla street, was yester
dsy committed to the Tombs by Ju.uoo Wandell to
r?-'? ?" Injuries inflicted by blm on hia
THE HEMPSTEAD RESERVOIR.
Yestordsy lor the third time this week the case of
William C. Kingslcy and Abner C. Keeney to recover
$178,000 from tno cuy ol Brooklyn for labor and ma
terial furnished In the Hempstead storsge rosorvoir
wss called in the City Court, Fnrt 1, before Judge
McCue. Mr. J. M. Parsons, who appeared as rep
resentative or tho Attorney Oencral, in conjunction
with Corporation Couusei De Witt, for the defence
asked that tbo esse stsnd over until he shauld na ro'
lleved ol his engagements In New York, l" 11 w? nut
?ir u souli *?"
*"? ? aisa Mr. J. M. Van Oott, counsel
SlcuUt^M"i?*tSf-i?* ,lh#r* WW* MO.WO different
?aid Lv .;^ . w ?pr?d * reference. Mr. Pareone
rucv ?if ^> pr?btbly naka an iuue oq iho accu
ran be tried ^STITl*'*' b"' h* be"?vwl <?so
more .: ,dfJTof?rVidS,/" .i**"*?1 Mld "would be
aland towTteuf .'?PmbothIt *??, .to the ?N to
the renDoiiKihu..^ir woeld relieve the Court of
ax?SSusSlS!!pi's'
COURT OP APPEALS.
Court of Appeals da,
?, 48, 177, 17?, 180, l5| T&
BOARD OP POLICE
At a meeting ot the Board of Police held yeeterday a
communication waa received from the Secretary of the
Grand Army of the Republic asking for a police escort
rn.r?r,IIOn 1>,y' ,0d ,Uo 'eque-tinu the Board to
jF*-"msjassr
e remanded to poai duty.
! !SL.te...y "????"? ?? "Tr.S.fflirS3;
TRIAL OP CAPTAIN, WARD.
JST- Ww^ of tb# Tw#nty-socond precinct, waa
yesterday arraigned on the charge ol allowing liquor to
be sold on Sunday m (he Central Park (Jardon. The
no?h"ng?n the ?^on^T.6ha'rttCr tb?* <" ??
violation oftuo taw * d'y ?P*C'??? * '"J'cate a
cision. CM? WU* 11,00 wfcrrod t0 lho luU Board for de
naval intelligence
Admiral Rowan, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, will be relieved from duty by Commodore Nichol
son on the 1st of June noxt.
The Unltod States steamer Alert, Commander I D,
Marvin, will shortly proceed to Gibraltar
The .toreah|p Suppiy, whJch hu arrlvod ,t ph||#.
delphla with Centennial goods, will aot as a tender to
ie^ o^,DarUl "d Uk0 th0 ?PP"???s of that
T!n.r,n n,T for ? P"^"00 cruise.
the NaW \'lnl?^h0tnm*r,d,nK ,ho guanl at
rankWeth/Vor^'anuwy Va^ha.8'/''1? UUn r?"
n^nlng hToh.ro oft
^te^a'T"^"0'^^0"^ *Mi%U$SSZ
?^f. J *d0 18 a cred" *? the service. U**"
fcverytning is exceedingly dull at the Vanr v?~i
operutious being generully suspended. * '
, i1,1*1"? Trenton, concerning which there arn
rw*hor mw s
?S5?3?S
^tsyrcfrsi ',r ?"?jS
CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES.
Several hundred cigars and cigarettes, and a quantity
of aguardiente, smuggled ashore at pier 18 North
River, and captured by Customs Insp^.or Dumont
were turned Into the Seizure Room yesterday Two
t??cd?ifn.0'garet,e* " f0r Havr?. ?Uo
Nq disposition has yet been made of the six trunks
of silks and laces which belonged to Mme Mo
ntn seised by Special Treasury Agent Captain
turcd ??t and valuod wncn ??!>
cated lo the government" but ^wrlt'of11"Y **?? conUH
granted has'caui^ th. gids .o .w.u i?^W.b'C(h w""
:ro1h^U'PWM nrt:oles of Mme!?lloran's
Thfl foil?-Tr?*JArr TRIU><UR>' dscihiox.
''packed packages'? lor /ore an^vV,? lhe of
; ?.*. .u.'i^u?;,agjrr-r?gp^
'?so Otiikss:
I >u.w*d^,,;irin,^r?:f,,:Bur^:sd M" *?? p?k
eAsassfe-ai* -r
tlve" J
a(fc? conui'ii'a'in ?n'(m?u?!', ?tU,rc'k"?i ?f ?,,,ro PMk
?lulled te .me Importer or ?nXn?? eon
p?k,d nl7n:;rn<"*Whkl1 '
*?lue Iim heeti recelv.-d. Kverv nmh ^S. .L ,c.or
decUratiou or tlir wholx nuniUr 2 *
porter. eiieel?aeee7Kfto dllKL ? . "'e Qa
?oniMUMUnTSithTSs2I,lwr"in. ,b"t
, wbereof ?-?It niuter TronT '"'P"f??d In U.i I
. which oath ?? niodi!u.d Ii,?n i.TT' f *ec<""" of
on the entry or one or more paekaow^eoiuine'd^h .
nal DNckase, Hot nntblni? In tW. . /" W' i
coimnie'l to rellrva the Importer cou?t.rn? '"all be
producing the oath of the owner* or^i?Hn??r ,ro,,,
"<"J e?M new reqalredbyUw eTto liSLuZ .1,1
pnrtfttion iumj cuti?i?t of Icrh tham Xm ihl j1?1*1 ?*
parei-U contained in aay packed o.rlri number of
a(t?? e?ii?i|rned in on^o?al aioua^ tlnf<? ?*" p,ck."d '"'ck
con?l)fnoeora?ent " tlmo lo ouo Importer,
^"b-4b";^p{ldPro^40,U ? '?* hieo?al?teBt herewith
Oflic?r? of tfc. cuatom. will be gnran^ ,tc,ordl.cly.
? *? LOXA.NT. Aetlug Meeretary.
MUNICIPAL NOTES..
Alderman Lysaght, who Is suffering from consump
ttoa, bu boon unable to In oat lor soma dajri owing to
the state of tbe weather. For a ihorl Ume yostsrday
he waa about the City Hall sipong hit eonfrtret, look
ing quite ill It la uM that bo contemplates a trip to
Florida.
Tbo bitter word-war boiwcon lomo of tbo republican
and Tanmaay Aldermen on Thursday was tbo excite
mcnt about tbo City Hall yesterday, and there la danger
that there may be blow* struck yet, growing oat of tbo
eulogy by Uooeral Piaekney ol too colored troops, who
fougut nobly.
The private secretary of Commissioner Campbsll
wishes it oil.cmlly announced thai hi* cblol has no idea
ol resigning tbe ofBce or Public Works Commissioner.
Thin settles an abaurd rumor.
Preeident I-ewia, ol tbo Board of Aldermen, acted as
Mayor yesterday.
The full test of Ueorgo Tlcknor Curtis' opinion as to
tbo rights of tbe eity in the ferry of tbo Now England
Transportation Company from Molt Haveb to J?r*ey
City and the ferry from tbe toot of liberty street to Jer
sey City had a circulation yesterday among forty-seven
taxpayers who read tbe City Record, Tbo Aldermeu,
at tbeir next meeting, will likely order legal proceed
ings to be commcncod against the companies interested,
with a view of preventing th?i running or through
i sleeping cars between Boston aad Philadelphia, Balti
more and waablngtoo.
INVESTIGATION NEEDED.
On the 1Mb of February last Mr. Hoary Hanks, a
bachelor, about seventy years of age, committed sui
cide at ooo of our etty Jiotei*, and toe latprosatoa was
I at tbo time that It waa on account of pecuniary embar
1 raasssent. Since that time friends oi his who know
| him intimately bare appeared and have been looking
I lalo tbe deceased gentleman's aOaira. It la their im
prosion that hs Icit $150,000 In United Slates coupon
j liotida, but though they have searched through all the
Mile rioi>oelt companies' piaees In tbe city
I tbey bare been unable to Ond them. 8omo
lew days before his desth It Is said that
I Mr. Hsnks mado a will, Imt what has become of (ho
1 will te not known. At tbe time of his death his collects
! were ssarcbed. but beyond a few memoranda of Income
tax puymeuta and bin clothing nothing waa found to
show what liad boeomo of hi* money.
Tbe following Personal in to-day's paper Is lo connec
tion with this subject"Parties having had any busi
ness connection with, or knowledge or tbe altars of
Henry Hsnks, late of New York city, will coaler a
favor by addressing ft J., box Ml Post offloe."
A CORRECTION.
To rna Kuioa or tna Hnuui?
In year edition of Um 1Mb Inst, you made an error
similar to oae mado In tbo C'tfy Record of 17th lost,
which waa serrooted la that paper this morning, as fol
lows:? ?
In the qaartarly report of tbe Department of Pobtks
Works, publisaed In the CUm Record of tbo 17tb Inst,
by a typographical error the Commiasioaer of Public
Works was made to say that by a modification made by
blm in an existing eoairaot for supplying tbo olty with
Croton pipes s saving bad boon effected of "more than
$4,000." Tbe report should have read that tbo amount
saved to tbo city waa $00,000
Please Insert tbo eorreottoa aad oblige, very reapect
fully, Ml'BKJtT U THOMPSON,
Secretary to tbo Camm?lao of PaMw Work*
Maw Took, May l$t UN
OUR OLD PEOPLE.
The Life and Recollections of a Sailor
and Soldier of 1812.
A Delaware Lady at Ninety-One Discussing
Revolutionary Matters.
HOXKB LIFE AND TBAYMU IN ALABAMA, 1816.
WILLIAM BATCHELOR.
the blessing or the father or his coun
try?BALTIMOUB AS IT WAB ? JEFFEBSON,
LUTHEB MABT1N, BUSB AND BLENNEBHA8
axrr.
Baltimore, M<L, May 17, 1870.
William Batcholor Is uluety yearn old, bat no one
would suppose so from bis appoarauco. He stand* six
feet in bis stocking foot and is as straight as a ramrod.
Be baa a bold, dery look out of the eyes utterly incon
sistent with senility, and when bo talks It Is with a
conflilent voice, sucb as oue would expect to hear from
s man Jast starting out In life. His laugh is a perfect
guffaw, ringing clear and distinct, as though bo meant
to caioj tbe Joko and be didn't caro who Joiuod in.
No person In tbe State of Maryland is better outitlod
to speak of bis ancestors In tbe Revolution. Bis
fkther lost lour brothers, slain at German town and
Brandywlne, as did also his mother, and the loriner,
after fighting through tbe Revolutionary War, w as at
length killed at Port George, Canada, In the war of
1812. Mr. Ratchelor was born at Fort McBcnry, In the
harbor of Baltlnioro.
A XO.NAUKXASIAX OX TUB CXXTXNKIAL.
When asked his views with referonco to the Centen
nial, ho said:?lal am an Amorlcan, and I think the
celebration ought to be grand. It over thero was an
oocssion for thankfulness and rejoicing it will be when
this groat Republic roaches the hundredth year of its
?xistenco. I have sailed pretty much ovor the world,
have been Into nearly all the ports of any Importance,
snd have bad abundant opportunlt'es to observo the
workings of other politicul ay stoma, and novor yet bavo
I had occasion to regrot that 1 am an Araoricau cltlxen.
WASIIIMITOX'S BLKHMI.SU.
"I havo seen Goncral Washington. Ho put his hands
on mr head und blessed me ut West Point KorL (Here
the Old gentleman wus movod to tears.) It was some
whore about 1708. West Point was nothing liko what
It is now. Washington w.is on a visit to the fort. Ho
sat In a chair and the childrou were brought up to blm.
When told that a child was the son of un old soldier, bo
would pUoe both his hands ou his head and say, 'God
bless the child,' wltb tlio greatest fervor; but if noth
ing was said about its paruutugo, ho would simply say,
'Bless tbo child.'
"I subsequently returned to Fort ycHonry with my
paronts. Tho fort Is very dltrcroot now Irom what It
used to bo. The star fort which was there then still
remains; but all else Is changod. At that time it was
said to be llireo milos from tbo city, and wo bad to
wnlk down to It Now, 1 believe, tho city extends
nearly, if not qui to, to tbo fort. Jones' Falls at that
time emptied into tho river, about forty yards below
Pratt street bridge. There wore no wharves and piers
in those days, and I have soon ships come up to tbo
foot of Gay street and take in cargi.os. They wuro
small In comparison with those which now plx between
Baltimore aud foreign pons.
KXTI.NUT MORALITY.
"There was an old woodon thoatre bora The first
circus 1 have any rocolloction of exhibited at tho cor
ner of Lombard aud Kxotor streets. I bavo novcr
danced or played u gamo of any kind In my lite. 1
went to ses lor twenty-lour years, Imt never touched a
drop of liquor ui.d don't know the tusio of it. My wilo
there, who Is eighty-six years old, is tbe same way."
At this point iho old lady, who is slightly doaf,
thought wo were speakiug of tbe colorod population,
Snd burst in with "Out upon 'em, the nasty, dirty,
treacherous wretches. 1 never allow Vin to come into
the house. 1 always detested 'em," aud sho walked
wot of tho room, evidently highly lucensed ut tbo
rocoileotion, perhaps, ot some oonoxiou.-. olauso of the
Ctvll Rights bill. "There Mere noue of theso lager
beer shops or dauce houses In old tunes. Wo used lo
have bear tights sometimes out hero ou Landuushiger's
Hill, generally about Christinas. Old Landen.iiager
kept a graggery up thcro. You run soe the old house
now, and tuoy would chain the bear up and ?et iho
dogs ou him, Some thought it rare sport, but 1 uever
could soe the fun or it. 1 suppose IjtDdemtluger did It
to draw custom to his shop. 1'eople were uibrv friendly
then, it appeare lo we, than they a re now. Wo hud no
to-do about religion. Pretty much all thought the
same thing. There was uo talk about slaver*?it was
all right then. fHere the old lady took another shy at
the Airicans and was goud-buinorediy reproved by her
lord aud mostor). We had uo woman's rights nor
Mprituaiism ?the people had more sense. The old
womon used to behove iu wiiclicrall, but as they did
not net on it It was perfectly harm less.
baltimohb'h kakly roMXKKI'K.
"The trade of liultimoro was large both In flour and
tobucco. Thomas Tenant, Billy l'ailersou and tin
chaunu were tho prumlueut men in the city about
1MJ1, 180* and 180& Puttersou lived on I'hilpol street,
whore the negroes bavo a manufacturing establishment
now. 1 ivmeuiber when his daughter married Bona
par lo. There was a good deal said about it st tho time.
rnoxixsxT rtocsxs or t>ik past.
"The house wiioro Luther Martin used to llvo is still
standing out on Monument street. I have seen him
often, but I do not know that 1 ever saw lum sober.
He generally hid a black fellow to lollow him arouud
aud take care or him, I recollect when ho was counsol
lor Burr und Blennerhuasott. 1 have often .seen Wil
kinson, who look Burr prisoner. I have soon Mr.
Jetlersou many u time in tbo city here. Bo used lo
stop at BrlUen's Hotel. Ho was a plain-looking old
cltizeu. He used to look like a country tanner. Ho
generally rode to Balllmoro > n horseback. I served
with Pinckney in the war ol 1812. He had command
ot tbo rille battalion. He bad a squeaky voice, not
verv well suited for a commander. 1 have often seen
William Wirt, Robert Uoodloe Harper and General
Strieker.
"1 was In tbe neighborhood when tbe riot took place
In 1812, at the time General Luigan was killed. I havo
alwuys regarded it as a bad aflair. 1 uever had any
taste for rioting. Tbo "old town' boys aud tbo 'new
town' boys used to have stone lights, but 1 always got
away I rum them as far as possible.
rtoimxo ix 1812. *
"At tbe breaking out of the war In 1812 many of tbe
ships were turned into privateers. 1 was maiuly en
gaged in this business during tho war. ' 1 served ou the
Comet and the Chasseur. Iho last light 1 had on tho
water was with tbe St. Lawrence. She was a Balti
more built vessel, aud at one time belouged to Mr.
Tenant, hhe wsm captured by tbe British and recap
tured by us. 1 reached hero Irom New York Just as
martial law was declared In 1*14. 1 hud not been In
the houae twenty minutes before i was summoned to
tbe Uoid. 1 pieked up a gun and Joined tho Filty-tlfst
regiment Massachusetts volunteers. The lulls sround
the city were covcreu with soldiers, hot they had no
arms to give them. We marched down to North Point
and fought the battle. 1 thought it rather slow. I
bad been used to going into battle wltb sword and pis
tol at close qasrtor*. As soon as the fight was over 1
roturnod to New York and went lo sea so tbe Chas
seur.
"I took very lltUo interest In elections; never both
ered myself BOout politics; bat this 1 will say, I never
voted for General Jaekson." ,
Mr. Baloheior talked with volubility, and bis recol
lection seemed to he very clear ol tbe scenes through
which he had passed; hoi as he is an attacud or a bank
tbo interview was cut short by tbe hour striking for
blm to resume his duties.
MRS. ROBERTS.
RECOLLECTION'S OF AX OU) DELAWARE LADY
AX ENOUSH MISSIONARY WHO CLUN'O TO TXX
CEOWX?W ASHIJt OTOX AS PEES ID EXT OF THX
CIXCXXXATL
Mibdlktowx, DeL, May 18, is78.
Mrs Roberts, of this place, is olnety-one /ears of
age, bale snd hearty, snd bids fair to heboid tbo dawn
ing of the twentieth century. She told mo to-day that
she was born about flity miles from Middlotown, in tbe
oentre of Kent county. Msny ol the houso* new
standing here were old snd decayed then. St. Anne's
ehorcb was built of English brick lu 170ft.
"Tbe flrst missionary that I ever beard ol as sent to
the cbureh from England," continued the old lady,
"was Philip Redding, He preaohed for some years
before the Revolution, bat whon tbo war broko out his
allogtance wss so strong to the Crowu that ho couldn't
give up praying for tho King, so he was requested to
?step down and oat,' My grsadfsther, whom 1 re
member very distinctly, wore small clothes to
the day ot his death; that* Is, knee breeches
and a cocked bat. He died la 1800. John
Vance Hyatt, a lieutenant la tae army daring
the Rsvolatloa, wss sn undo ol mine. He was n
prisoner for sixteen months mi Long Island. Oar
ing that time be mado for himself some clothes, smell
otothoe snd a vest, in which he wae buried. He was
buried at Drawycr's church in 1806. (This is s very
old Presbyterian church n few miles irom Middle
town.) My uncle took s pretty active part in politics
ap to the day or bis death snd was sn elder to the
l>is>yterlw cbureh. It didn't talk much about
the mr, thoogh ho mast Iwt seen a great ?Nlxl
It I know ha wm ib * good many battle*. Bo
wo a number of (tieCincinnati."
a OBriyirATB or tub ciscixxati.
At thi* point tho old lady produced t certificate
of membership siguad by General Washington in 1781.
It ran thus: ?
?'?k" J**1** Hyatt, a lieutsnsnt in the
r?w S; ! ' Luu,d Males, N a im tubar ul ilia >oci?ly
e?M' Afml >?* ?h* "?>'-? ?f the Ameri
can Army at the period uf iu dissolution, as wall to
coMwamurata tha great evcut which gave tadepeadeaoe
to*th^H??iiyV'*i"" Ibe laudable purpose .,f Inculeal
if-. * "i 'fylnf ?"*? 10 I""**" ?"?? :???nn>ed lor pub
lie defence and of uniting In acta of brother)? affection ?nd
bmids ot perpetual friendship tbe members constituting the
In testimony whereof I. tlia President of said society have
hereunto ??t my hand at Mouut Vernon. in the male ,',r \lr
??,J?U d?y "I April, in tbe ye?r ol ou, J^.r.l
one tlioumnd It-vun hundred and eightv?evc:i slid in tbe
eleventh year of tbe Independence of tbe L'nlicd Slate* Uy
"g'Vas.HNOTOX, Pra.ld.nt. J" ^ruU^
Tbo signature ol Geueral Washington. in a hold
rouuil hand, is iu tho loft baud coruor ol tbe docu
ment, while that of Joliu Knox U on tbe right. In the
centre la the Amorlcan eagle. In Mio loll hand coruor
la a man in armor, hearing the I'uitod Statos flag; u lot
ol cbutiia are ut hi* leet, ih? linli.,h lion la couching,
white tbo oagle is in the ucl of pouncing down. Beltculh
all slum!* a woman with tlio Hritn.li er..wu hiding Irom
hor lieail, Al the loot and In tho coairo of thu certlll
ii u Dumber ot nhiiw ivprcbcoiitig cowiuorce.
while on tho right Kama blows bur trumpet.
In either corner is tbo obverse seal of the
wcloly. Tho whole Is beautifully executed
I ho paper Is yellow with ago aud ol r'athor coarser
material Iban would be employed nowadays lor tho
Mine purpose. Tbo old lady prued the rolic very
highly. She bad It framed and covered with glass nud
wu* ovidontly somewhat alarmed when it luiasod tutu
otbor hands than her own. Slio also showod tho writer
a painted inedalllou ol John Vance Uyatt, with a guard
made ol bis hair, also a portrait dono in India ink ; but
what seemed to bo hor treasure aud what, no doubt is
a valuable relic, wu* a man lie ol silk aud linen ' in
which her Krundlnlhcr was baptized. It was lined w lib
white satin, trimmed with pink, mid was made ospee
taHy for that occasion. It wa? 147 ycurs oi.l aud in an
excellent stnto ol preservation, though here and tbcro
in tbe folds and crease* fine had made its inarlc. the
satin wiu yellow with age and the pink had almost
laded lUto wiuie. It wus a curious relic, us showing
the customs ibat prevailed with regard to baptism 147
years ago. Ii is styled a mantle because there Is no
other numo to give it, but It is utterly unlike any gar
went in use now lor the satno purpose.
HKLAWAKK'h OAV DAYH.
The old lady said that iu her day Ciecar Kodncy, tho i
Hayards und Claytons and old Georgo Head were tho
prumineni men. This country wore a far different as j
|>ect then Irom wliut It does now. During the Kevolu- '
tlou ihey were so near tho wutor that there was no pro- i
ticlion, aud there wai alino.?i a cessation ol Indu-trv
j Iho people woro gay aud lively when sho was young: I
in iact, that was tbo reputatiou Deiuwuro bore, or this
part ot it, up to the nmo of tho wur. Hut hard times
had couie; tho country was impoverished, and the spirit
Had in a great measure died out. She had he>rd thai
beller times woro coming, aud sho trusted this might i
bo the case, as the hundredth anniversary of American !
independence should be celebrated in a manner bellt
tiug ibo Impurtauco of tho event.
"CAPTAIN" FITZ PATXUC K.
INTJ5HESTIXG KKMIXIHCENCEH BY AN OLD ALA
BAMA PIOXEEll?SAD TliAVKLLlNO EXPK1U
XMCE OENEK1L JACKSON OUTDONE IN
BBAVCBX BY BILL WEATHEBFOBD.
Montgomery, Ala., May 14, 1676.
"Captain" Byrd Kiiapatrick wag boru in Qrceue
county, Georgia, in 17U8, und la one ol tbo ploucors of :
Alabama. Ho residos now In a solitary farm house, I
nino miles northwest of Union Springs, and your cor'- '
respondent, In his Irip thither, had quite a rongh '
horseback rldo ovor prairie roads, in whose sticky I
mud and treacherous wire bis horse sunk knoe doop at
almost every step. Tbe KiUpatrick family has taken j
au active part In tbo dovolopiucut of tbe State, und Is 1
well known throughout Alabama Tho youngest |
brother of tho old gentleman ou whom 1 called was
tbo Hon. Benjamin Kltxpatrick, who dlod in Novem
ber, 186U. Ho had served two terms as Governor of ;
Alabama. l)n tho death of Senator Lewis in 1848,
Governor KiUpatrick was appointed by Governor
Chapman to 1111 tbe unexpired term In tho Senato of
tbe Initod States. In 185a ho succeeded Cjlouol King !
in tho Souate, by tho uppointmout of Uovcrunr Collier, i
and was elected by tbe Legislature to Oil tho unexpirod I
term. In 1850 ho wus rc elocted to the United States ;
Senate lor m term of six years. The
highest honor of tho Honate was coufcrrod
upon him, lu his eloclion as President of the Senato
pro tan., in w hich capacity ho servod iu four sessions
ol Congress. At tbo Democratic Convention at Bal
timore, In 18(30, bo was nominated for V'lco Prosident
or tho United States on tho ticket with Mr. Douglas,
but declined the nomination. Whenever, during my
mtervlew with Captain Kltxpatrick, auy allusion was
made to bis uooeaaed brother, ho si>oko of him in a tone
which showod how fondly he cherishes his memory.
DKCKPTIVK AITKAKA.VCKH.
I found Captain Kltxpatrick well presorvod tor his
ago and possessed or a remurkably tenacious metnor y.
He was attired In a suit ot common homespun, cou.
sidorably patcbod up, and noithor his dross nor his man*
ners, which had still a lingo of tbo early pioneer liro,
would have betrayed a member of tho distinguished
family. Uowevor, nndor tbo discolored and thread
bare coal beat a warm, sympathetic hoart, and in his
eyes, dimmed by age, was still an occasional gtnrta ftf
tho old lire.
Captain Kltxpatrick camo to Alabama in 1810, and ho
and tho other pioneers that accompanied him first set
tled at tbo jnuction ol tho Tallapoosa and Coosa rivors,
Ave miles abovo tbe prcsont site of the city of Mont
gomery. Tho following wore the brat settlors in that
locality, all of whom had cotno from Georgia: Jesso
Evans, a brother-in law of Kltxpatrick; Benjamin Bald
win, also a brother-in-law, and tbo father of Colonel B.
J. Baldwin; Steven Hawkins, "old man" Hall and tho
brothers l'billp, Joseph, Byrd and lt?njamin Kltxpat
rick.
TUK HOLTS or TUX I'iOMKKH.
"We travelled"?I bore use Captain Kitxpatriok's
exact words?"lu old lasbioned wagons, with linos cov
erings, with four horses to each wagon. Wo had to go
through the Creek Nation, who wero thou tolerably
lrlendly to tho wbltoa. Wo travelled over tho old
State road, which ran from oast to west, and was odly
a blind wagon trull, and as wo drovo our catllo and
bogs with us wo could mako an average of only
twenty miles a day. Wo had to awim creeks
and make bridges; tho Indians frequently as
sisted us In making bridges. Wo first crossed tho
Ocmulgeo River, which was men the dividing lino be
tween Georgia and the Creek Xilloa. We constructed
a Hut aud crossed on It. Wo next crossed Kltnt Bivor
on a ferryboat. There was a regular ferry kept thoro
by a ball-breed named Marshall. We theu readied ibo
Chattahoocbeo Hivor, which wo crossod at tbo present
site of the city of Columbus. No whito people wero !
living there at that time. A half-breed, naniod Mcin
tosh, kept a regular ferryboat ou the Chattahoochee
Some twenty ycurs later Ibis >111110 Mclntos.i was killed
by th* order ul a Creek chief, named Oputhlcoboio lor
havitiK sold to Georgia a tract of Creok lauds oxleudiuir
rrom the Ocmulgeo 10 tbe Klint Hivor. We uuxl lorded
Line Creek, which was then tbe dividing line between
tbe Creek Nation aud Mississippi 'territory lino
Creek is twoiity miles distant Irom ibo Junction of tbo
Coosa aud Tallapoosa rivers, where wo settl-d Wo
mado 200 miles in about ten daya. We camped out
every night. There was lota of game along ourrouto
such as laiurs, deer aud turkeys, out wo bau no tlmo to
go hunting. Ou our wbolo route wo passed not a sin
gle white settlement. Indian settlement*, however
were quite frequent. It was only the Kltxpatrick fa-n! I
lly that travelled together; the others lollowett on be
biud on our truiL
sw?w. TRniorn AND rATiociso
as was the mode of truvol iu 18W, stilt 11 was ah .m- I
pruvement on travelling only Ulteen years previous.
*ben it took a party of emigrants 1'JO days to reacn
the section ol couutry soutuwoai or this place from
North Carolina, lu December, Ibol, a party ?ot out
froui North Carolin 1, consisting ol Thomas Malum- u
young clerk lu the land ..like m Huleigh; John Murrel
uiiU Ins lamily, Jaines Moore, Otiodway Myriek, (.eoruo
Nmworthy, itobert Caller, William Murrel and sixty
negroea. with groat difllculiy they ascended the lilue
K.dgo with lUeir wagous, aud descended through its
durk gorges into tb<> valley of the I'ennessee. Con
structing llat boats ut Kiioxville they floated down the
river to ibe head ol the Mur-sel r'houis, where they dis
embarked at the wigwam ol a Cherokee chief named
Doubio Head. Placing ibelr ellects upon the horses,
which had been bronchi down from Kuoxville by lana
they departed on loot for thu "Bigby settlements''
about 01. Mephen'a. some eighty nuica above Mobile,
aud to wtich not a solitary direct |attb led. After a
fatiguing niareli tbey reaclietl the place ol IxjvI Cut
bert, a celobraled Cbicknaaw chief, who gave them the
necessary directions They then camo u|.on the Tom
blgbec, at the cotton gin which bad. not long before
been erected by the American government to encour
age Ui? Chlckasaws In the cultivation ofcolion.
PISASTKOt'S VOTAUS ID A CA.VOK
"To lessen the fatigues of tho long and painful trip the
party constructed two canoes at this poiut, each forty
foot in length and very large, but of miserable work
man imp, being built with uo other tools than axe* and
grubblug bee*. These they launched on the river in
paruUl positions, five feel *|>art. They were con
uectcd by a plaiform made of cane, upon which
wer* Oepo*il*d the effects of tbe party, aud piled 11 o
high .bote tlM heads of the emigrants, who r.t ..own
in long row* 111 tho two eanoca. A row ot thu men
went by land with the horses toward St. Stephen's to
mako preparations tor the arrival of the main part*
Thia rudo and singular craft, then quite common in
savagu region*, had proceeded but two miles down tho
?i?h\I?^ swollen stream, whon It struck
t72*22Lie^fc2Sl * '"g Whlcb , bair
I?^ii t-h?nn?l, and imine^liatoly disappeared The
csne ligament which Is,und the cauo?a bur.t asunder?
5!?? J_u?' w- overboard. Those who
mm Th? pr**ytiy "" ?Waggling with th* tor
rent *m!d tb* wreck, now to***d abjut la th* larjr ot
the waters. Kami hm, hot there tu In blsanMtfe*
lifeleas body o( his daughter. Ills wife ul-o camp M
ttio surface, with a babe at bar breast, both happttp
lllfi Maione and others, swimming ashore, be< una
activo In assisting many or the parly in reaching
llmba of troaa by e*teudiag to ilium grape vines and
eanea. At length all who survived huddled u]>ou a
i>mall piece o( land, surrounded by water.
X IIUMT <>r TKKIto*.
"It waa now nltchC No succor came to the wrecked
part/. Benumbed with cold, they hovered together,
shivuring aad knocking their limbs agaiusieaeh other,
while their wet apparel aeutned to Ireuzo ui?n than.
It ?aa two miles back to their last camping place, aad
the routo lay through thick cane and water and oval
email inland*. A resolute young negro volunteered U
And thair laat camping place, lie plunged Into the low
groundii and gropod bis way toward the camp. Two
long hours passed away, when the cheerful holloa
of the negro waa heard. It waa ausvered by a shoal
from the whole party. In the darkness was seen an
indistiuct light, which shone over the tops or the dla
taut nines. It was a brand of Ore, which tha cour
ageous negro had brought from the deserted camp. 1U
pushed on. with a cracking, crashing noiso, lamlliai
only to those who have walked through the dense
hwaiups of the Southwest. Fires wcro kindled with
dry cuiie, and urouud them sat the sufferers until the
morning sun dispelled the horrid night. It was now
ascertained that <>uo white child and twenty oni
negroes were eutombed In tha waters of tha TonbigbM
Til* SUKVIVOIU
groped their way to the cotton frin without provision*
without huts, without tools, without firearms, without
money, uud with no clothea except those wblcB
drooped upon thoir weary limbs. They were Iricndlesi
and alone tu a saMUte eouutry, far trom their point oi
destination, and still lurther from their aativo hunt
They wore only saved Irom starvation by their dogs,
who hunted rubbim, opossums and raccoons lor theti
lauiwliod owners."
"When you arrived at the junction of the Cooka aM
Tallapoosa river*," asked the curiMpoadoat of Captall
Fitzpatrick, ''how did lite eouutry look f "
"There was only wild lorest aud denso csno brakei
Alter having secured some little comlort?and It wal
mighty little in those rough tunes -wo proceeded to
cut down the cane, which, ufter it had remained on tha
ground ior about two weeks to dry, waa burned. Altor
the ground had thus been cleared wo planted euro. We
only had ono plough bctweeu us. so we dux holes with
our hoes aud plautod ihe corn in the holes. Tha
Indian*, who lived on iho west Hide oi the rivor, ware
friendly aud good neighbors. They sold us vonlaOD,
fish, turkey and honey, and wo paid thorn In ailver
com or In spoiled Hour. Wo got tho damaged Hour (ram
the i|uartcruiostcr at Fort Jackson, and paid $1 a barrul
for It,"
FOKT jaokmox in 1810.
"How was the lort provisioned at that time *"
"The provisions wort brought up irom Mobile la
barges, which wore about four woeics eomliiu."
"Was there much of a garrison, Captain r"
"The garrison consisted of 160 regular United Slatoi
troops-, and was commanded by Major Cuvuimugh. In
181U, wtwu the Slate was admitted luto the Itnou, thli
same Muior Cuvunuiuh ran ior the I.ugl*laturo, but
was deli ated by iny brother, Philip Filitpalrick. II
was at Fort Jackson where I llrai saw the celebrated
Creek chief, William Weatberlord. He was a man oi
powerful frame and very commanding in hla appear- '
auce."
The following is Pickett's account of Woathorford'i
surrender after iho battle of the Horseshoe. It it
characteristic ol the man who, lor so Ions a time,
bad proved a terror to tho American settlers:?
Deputations of chliil* continually arrived, and submitted,
in behalf oftheinselves and their peoplo, to Mich term* at
Central Jacksou thought proper to impose. Among tin
mint conspicuous ot those wit* William Weathnrtord. whs
led the Indians at Kort Mini* mid at the battle* of I'alebci
and Holy Cround. Jackson bad directed that lie should be
captured, il possible, ami brought to hint, conflued, to re
ceive *ueh piiiilsluiioiit a* hi* crimes merited. Weather
ford, a man without lear, boldly resolved to appear
at the American camp voluntarily. Mounting the saiu?
soli mild irrav steed which had burue in in over the bluff at
the Holy lirouud, lie rode within a few mile* of Kort Jackson,
when a Hue deer cruised his path ami stopped within about'
inir distance, which lie tired at aud killed Keloadinir hi*
rilie with two balls, for the purpose of snooting the Big War.
riur, should ho give htm any cause, at the fort, he placed the
deer behlud hi- suddle aud advanced to tho American out
post*. Home soldiers, of whom he politely imiuirud lor Jack
eon's whereat out*, gave him aome unsatisfactory and rude
replies, when a grey-headed man, a tew step* l>evond,
pniiiled him to the marquee. Wuatln-rlbrd rode up to it anti
checked hi* hone immediately at the cutrauce, where sat
the llig Warrior, who exultinglv exclaimed?
"Ah! Bill Weatberlord. have we grit yon at last!" The
fearless chieftain cast his keen eye* at the llijr Warrior and
said in a determined tone, "You damned traitor. II you civ#
me any insolence I will blow a ball through your cowardl)
heart. Usneral Jackson now name ruunliig out of th?
marquee with Colonel Hawkins, and iu a lurlous msiiiiM
exclaimed, "How dare you, sir, to ride up to my tent, altei
having murdered the women and childrenat Kort Minis! '
Weatberlord *aid 1"Oeneral Jackson, I am not aflraid ol
you. I roar no in su, fori am a Creok warrior. I have
nothing to request iu behalf of myself; you eau kill matt
you desire. But I ootne to bog you tu send tor tlte woasa
and chiidreu of the war party who are now starving In the
wood*. Their Held* and crib* have been destroyed by your
people, who bave driven thea to the wood* without an ear
of corn. I hope that you will send out parties who will
safely conduct them hero In order that they may be fed. t
exerted myself in vain to prevent tho massacre ot tha
women and children at Fort Minis. I am now done light
ing. Tho Ked Sticks are nearly all killed. If I could light
you any louger 1 would most lieaitily do so. Head for the
women and children. They never did you any harm. But
kill mo if the white people want It doue."
At the conclusion of those word* many porsons who bad
surrounded tho marquoe oxelaimed, "Kill him ! Kill himl
Kill himl" Ueneral Jackson commanded silence, aud in as
emphatic manner said, "Any man who would kill a* brave a
man ns this would roh tho dead."
He then invited Weatberlord to alight, drank a glass ol
brandy with him, and entered Into a cheerful conversation
under hi* hoapitable marquee. Weatherford gave him tha
deer, and they aero then good friend*, lie took no lurlhai
part In tha war oxcept to influence his warriors to surra adet
I'iomkkk PAaTmaa.
In the course of our conversation Captain Fta
patrlck alludod to bis hunting expeditions at tna very
pluce where now tho city of Montgoniory Is situated,
and which theu (181(1-17) was a wilderness of forest
and swamp. Hunting and fishing wure thfl only
pastimes, and oven Indulged In on tho Sabbath. There
wure no ladies toe young men oould visit. "There
warn't wonieu enough to court," said the old pioneer,
with a humorous twlnklo in his eye. There were ae
preachers and no |>renching then; and not until the au
tumn of 1H18 did some lew Methodist and Baptist
preachers from Georgia venture into the vastneased
'of the Alabama wilderness.
DANGEBS OF LUMBERING.
CBUSHED TO DEATH 1JKNEATH TWO UUNDBEV
BULLING BOOB?DBOWXEO WHILE BUNNINfl
LOOS?KILLED BY A LOO JUMPING* A SHUT*
MAXsriKLD, Pa., May 10, 18 74
Tho running of lumber down tbo precipitous and
rocky mountain tributaries ot tbo Snsqaehanna and
Ita brunches la ono of the moat perilous o( vocation*,
and only tbo most during and actlvo of the lumbering
clusses engage In It. Some of tbeao siruums are little
bolter tban wild torrent*, dashing over beda of hno?
jutting rocks, and the guiding of log* ovor theli
preclploca and through their roariog chasms la at*
tended with no llttlo loaa of Itfo during the course ol
a season, whilo the itartlng of a "rolling" or logs
from ita placo on their ateep banks frequently rcaulti
In ono or moro of tbo "runnera" being caught In tbs
avalancbo and cruabed to doatb. Rcporla of three uu*
uaunlly ahocking casualties among the lutnbormon
have been received here, all having occurred on Sat
urday.
A gang of men woro running the logs piled on the
Bleep banks til Slate Hun down Hint stream tu thelargoi
stream of 1'ino Creek. Several "rollings" had bi-on
successfully started Into ibe water, when an extraordi
narily large one, containing over 200 log*, wax oneoun
toroil about a milo above tin' mouth of tho creek. The
bead runnor ordered Oeorgo ttbampuue and Abruai
soiicronkc, two of bia beat men, to ruloaae iho forward
log ami atari tbo rolling into the crock. The former
Hiartcd the bead log, the latter t uniting noor by. Tho
bank waa uncommonly ateep. and inore logs were preen
ing directly on tbe one releaaco tban tho runner sup*
po.-od. Tiio consequence wait that before Sham pane
could get out ol the way the whole 2:x) cnhie thuuiler*
tng down tbe bIo|m>. Ho was knocked down by tlM
head log and each of tbo*e lolloping It rolled over hifli
In succession. Ho whs crushed into a shapelo s mas&
Bencrease wus caught by one of the logs and had one leg,
an arm and his shoulder blado broken .Sbutnpana wal
a young mun, but one of tbe most daring and skilful tu|
runners In the Musquobanns region.
Saturday aiternoon a yan?' was running logs dowd
Hriery (iuicli Hun, whon s bad Jam occurred at thg
head of Old Jako's Fulls. Tins Is a s(>ot where tho
water has a fall ol twoniy-Qvo icet in a di.siauco of 100,
and got* Its immn from a noted lumber loan known aa
"Old Jake" Hooper, who rodo tbe lulls eomo years ago
on a two-loot pino log. When the Jam mentioned
above occurred two men. named Oscar Shelp and Frank
(Jodley, jumped on tbo logs with their pike poles aaf
began disenxsgiug tbe bead logs forming the ousiroo*
lion. Having started some ot theui they were about
to take a position less dangerous, when tbe logs they
wore standing on became loosenod and started lor tbia
lulls. Hoih men sprung for a lodged stick of timber,
but missed It, and were the next luatant swept with
ibe rolling sn<l crashing logs through tbo (alls. Thotr
bodies were recovered a mile and a naif below, emailed
and mangled bvvond all recognition.
Ai some point- along tbe streams tho bonks ore ao
high that shiitcs ure msdo trom the lop to the bottoio
by which the logsare carried to ibe stream. It is not
sn uncommon thing for them in their rapid passage M
Jump from tho situ to. On Saturday, on Pino Creek,
logs were being carried to tbe water in this way. Will
lam Jea. a chopper, was chopping o few tool away from
tbe shale. Suddenly a large pine log, meeting with
some obstruct ion In its psssage, jam pea the ahato,
and, flying with greet velocity through the sir. struck
Joa In the back and carried him with it to tbe wotor
below. Kvery hone to the unfortunate man's body
was broken.
STATEN ISLAND MJDOC&
Four notorious ruHana, known M "Rooky Hollow
Modoct," named James Jokey, William and James
WbelUuut and Jones Martin, attacked Frank Frean last
night M Staple too. Frean la ao ex-po!iperoan and has
the reputation of lielng a shoulder-hitter. He wss get*
ting worsted, when bo drew a pistol, aod as bis assail*
ants fled bo tired several shots alter them, bat without
efleot The fonr were soon afterward arrosted aod or*
reigned heforo J oat we Kashner, who held them in 9AM
boil each to appear for trial.
U. A. M., OF HOBOKEK
Star Council, No. 40, of the Order sf F. A. M., of
Hobo ken, boa postponed Its grand eeoteoolol oolobro
jon lor ooe week. The selebrstlob Wll take piaeoat Iho
First Methodist Episcopal church on Monday evening,
May SO. There will be vooal ant instrumental Hits to
and aa aidrsao by Mayor lagf?, of roagkkoof>%