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GENERAL WADE HAMPTON IN BAL
TIXORE.
His Views of State and Federal Politics
Thinks the Alliance is Dying-Brief
Review of theTillman Movement
Out of Public Life Forever.
[Baltimore Sun.]
Gen. Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, came to Baltimor yester
day, and is the guest of Gen. Bradley
T. Johnson. General Hampton said
his visit was especially to Mrs.
Johnson, as nothing gives him more
pleasure when near Baltimore than to
come here and try conclusions with her
at euchre. He regretted that his visit
this time was on Sunday, as it pre
vented him trying his skill with her at
his favorite game. The General is ex
pected to be present at the banquet of
the sons of the American Revolution
to-night.
General Hampton retains his robust
figure, and his complexion stili has the
ruddy glow of health that has always
been his strong characteristic. His
flowing side whiskers and his busby
moustache have, perhaps, grown a
shade lighter since his last visit to Bal
timore, though his curly gray hair
shows a shade of its early color and
still lies thick and heavy above his
high forehead. His eyes are bright
and. quick and penetrating, and when
he turns them on those with whom he
is conversing his glauce seems to read
thoughts and feelings of the person
talking. He is full of anecdotes and
reminiscences of his public career and
is especially fond of relating the jokes
that have been told about his late com
panions in the United State Senate.
He said that_,on one occasion Senator
Blackburn came to South Carolina, at
his request, to make a speech. In the
course of the speech, Senator Black
burn referred in complimentary terms
to Senator Hampton, and in his en
thusiasm said that if Senator Hamp
ton would go to Kentucky to live he
would guarantee his election to the
United States Senate for life. At this
the crowd cheered so long and so lusti
ly that Senator Blackburn got very
angry, taking the undue applause as a
reflection on his own ability as a Sen
ator.
Ex-Senator Hampton says he is out
of politics. He has retired, he says,
and intends for the future to keep in
the back ground. The Farmers' Alli
ance, he said, is rapidly disintegrating
in the outb, and within the next
'ears it will completely disappear
to live only in the memory of those
who have benefited by the upheaval.
"This will be the case not only in
Sonth Carolina, but throughout the
whole South. The people there -
rapidly awakening to the absurdity of
the demands that the organization has
promulgated, and are gradually drop
ping off'and forswearing all allegiance
to the Alliance. In my own State the
Governor who was elected by the sen
timent that secured my defeat for re
election to the Senate has already
broken away in a great measure from
the alliance measures and is catering
in his administration of the affairs of
the State to the conservative and bet
ter thinking element.
The uprising was founded on dema
gogery and fanaticism, and therefore
caa not have a long existence. More
over, the history of this country has
shown that no secret political orgauii
zation can live or retain any lasting
hold on the public. We are too con
servative a people, and too fair mninded
in our judgment of right and wrong in
popular societies. In my opinion it is
folly for any one in this country to en
ter into a controversy with a Farmers'
Alliance adherent on the sub-treasury
plan. The measure is so palpably
wrong on its face as to make it absurd
to all who have the prosperity and
welfare of the country at heart. It
can never become a law until passed
by Congress, and its absurdity will
prevent this, no matter how much
demagogues may urge its enactment.
This feature of the Alliance has never
been fully accepted in the South, and
I have too much confidence in our peo
ple to think that it ever will be.''
-Referring to the contest for the
'y. -ship of the next house of repre
s. General Hampton thought
~'a'didates would be Mr.
2% Mr. Mills, of Texas,
ofTen nessee. All
~well equipped
ig,and any
-id conser
t,' he
Sof this
mii
~th
otun
s-efital was
'got.direction.
I 96 always to
nrs t t)emocratic
a ( e national
Ijr alambi
~especially, we
ilo do no thing that
national success of
- th Cleveland is unques
e choice of the people for
t. His honesty and fearless
have endeared him to our people,
nd the mass of them will stand by
him for the democratic nomination.
Sc.rcely any other name is considered
among us except, possibly, an occasion
al suggestion from the politicians. The
politicians are not for Cleveland in the
i South, but the people are with him
heart and soul. Not only is this true
in my section, but I find that the same
sentiment exists elsewhere, notably in
the We-t. During a recent visit to
Chicago I met Gen. John C. Black, a
leading public official sn Illinois. Gen
eral Black is not particularly friendly
to Cleveland, but he said that if
Cleveland was renominated he believed
he would carry Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon
sin and Indiana. The West is for
Cleveland as strong as the South, and
if, through bis instrumentality, the
Democrats win the election in New
York this year nothing can keep the
nomination from him."
General Hampton will go to Wash
ington from Baltimore. He will re
main there several days and then re
turn to his home in South Carolina.
HOW SILVER NOTES STAND.
Secretary Foster Tells the Difference Be
tween Certificates and Treasury Notes.
[New York Herald.1
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 18, 1891.-A few
days ago Secretary Hayes, of the Re
publican Club of Massachusetts, wrote
Secretary Foster, propounding to him
certain questions relative to the pres
ent silver coinage law. He has re
ceived this reply, which will be found
of general interest.
Mr. Hayes' letter says: The Republi
can club of Massachusetts will be great
ly obliged if you kindly answer the
following questions for publication.
First-Is it true that the act of July
14 increases two and a half times the
coinage of eighty cents worth of silver
into a dollar?
Second-Is the government at pres
ent coining silver? if not, when was
the coinage stoppedi?
Third--Upon what are the present
Treasury notes based ? Are they se
cured by a coined silver dollar or upon
100 cents' worth of siiver bullion pur
chased at ics market value in gold ?
Fourth-How does the basis of the
present notes differ from the silver eer
tificates formerly issued?
Fifth-Are not the present notes re
deemable in either gold or silver coin
at the United States Treasury ? Does
the government so redeem them when
presented.
The reply was as follows:
"First-The act of July 14, 1890, does
not increase the coinage of silver dol
lars, but since the 1st of July of the
present year has practically stopped
such coinage.
"Second-The mints are engaged in
.o.ming Zhe silver bullion resuting from
the redemption of trade- dollars as re
quired Ly the act of March 3, 1891, and
in recoining the subsidiary silver coins
in the Treasury. The mandatory coin
age of silver dollars under the act of
July 14, 1890, ceased July 1, 1891. The
total coinage of silver dollars under the
act of July 14, 1890, from July 1 to
October 1, 1891, has been only 366,000,
mainly for use on the Pacific coast.
"Third-The'present Treasury notes
are issued, in the first instance, under
the purchase of silver bullion-4,500,000
ounces a month--at its market value.
The Law requires that the cost of the
silver bullion and the silver dollars
coined therefrom held in the Treasury,
shall Always equal the amount of
Treasury notes outstanding, so that
these notes have practically behind
them a g(jd dollar's worth of silver
bullion.
"Fourth-The Treasury notes differ
from the silver certificates in that they
are redeemable in either gold or silver
coin, at the discretion of the Secretary
of the Treasury, with a provision of
law to the effect that these two dollars
shall be maintained at parity, which
is a virtual promise that the notes shall
alway be redeemed in gold or its exact
equivalent. The silver certificates are a
promise to pay a silver dollar, which
has been deposited in the Treasury at
the time the certificate was issued, and
they are receivable for government
dues.
"Fif th-Treasury notes are redeemed
in gold when so presented for redemp
tion at the Treasury or any Assistant
Treasury of the United States."
a White Man Lynched by White Men for
Murdering a Negro.
NEw ORLEANS, October 20.-The
first white man ever executed either
by the law or a mob for the m
>f a negro, was lynched
ni Caldwell parish,~
uight.
n(hi . an old negro
aed Hagar Stirling was
.d murdered by a white man
'amed John Reese. A mob of white
tasked men put in their appearance
te last night at the parish jail, coin
alled the jailer to surrender the keys,
.ook Reese from the jail and hanged
:im to a tree.
"Life is an ocean,
Each one has his bark,"
Some have a bark they would gladly
e rid of--a ceaseless, persistent, de
termined cough ! present by day, not1
ibsent by night. If you take the wings
f the morning and fiy to the utter.
rnost parts of the earth, it will go with
you . There is just one thing to do;
begim a thorough treatment with Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and'
the problem is solved ! You will'soon I
wonder where it is gone, and when it I
went! The picture is not overdrawn-.
colds, lingering and obstinate coughs
and even Consumption, in its early
stages, yield to this potent vegetable
conmpound. Large bottles, one dollar,4
at druggists, and guaranteed to ben
etorcr,in every case, or money re
A BIG FAMILY.
A Remarkable Story of a Family Life Told
By Bill Arp.
"Princess and lords may flourish or may fad(,
Breath can make them-as a breati has
made,
But a bold peasantry-our country's pride
When once destroyed can never be supplied,"
I thought of this at Warren, for
there stood before us 100 unpretending
honest people all from one family. The
fair had offered a premium of a large
and beautiful family Bible to the head
of the largest family thaL assembled
upon the grounds. Mr. Benjamin H.
Parnell and his good wife were there
with ninety-eight living descendants.
Did you ever see 100 people in a flock'?
Just think of a military company of
eighty men and you can imagine what
a show 100 people make. It was a rare
and novel spectacle. The old patriarch
was a clean-shaven, active, erect man,
with a ruddy, honest face, and his wife
a modest, well-preserved woman, who
looked as though she would rather be
at home, and had doubts about the
propriety of exhibiting herself to the
curious gaze of so many wondering
people. She was a good-looking ma
tron without the usual signs of decay.
Her hair was silvered over, but there
were no wrinkles or crow's feet or
sunken cheeks. She had her husband's
arm in the good old way, and it was
with a timid shyness that she occasion
ally raised her eyes to look upon the
speaker who was introducing her and
her offspring in the multitude. The good
Dr. Martin said : "My friends, here is
a man and woman who are the heads
of a family of ninety-eight liv! rig de
scendants. Seven girls and six boys
were born to them, and there has never
been a death under their roof. Their
children are all happily married. This
couple have lived together in loving
and peaceful relation for forty-seven
years. They and their children have
given the public no trouble. They
have been diligent in busiuess and
eaten honest bread. Young men, we
commend to you their good example.
Go thou and do likewise, and let us
abolish the imgratien bureau."
Their Bible was made to order, and
had plenty of blank leaves to register
the names and marriages and deaths
in their order. It was a remarkable
scene. Some of the mothers and fath
ers had infants in their arms, and all
had children gathered around them in
separate flocks, and all were dressed in
clean and comfortable clothes. It was 1
a pleasure to me to be introduced to
them, and, of course, I had to quote t
some scripture and tell what David
said:
"Children are an heritage of the Lord
As arrows In the hand of a mighty 'ian so are
childre 9( the youth. 0.
saiy's the mani t~iiT l'it6hs q~uuve-r-u-.~'
They shall not be ashamed, but shall speak
with enemies in the gate." t
That is, they shall be the ambassa
dors to make treaties for peace. A
man with numerous children and I
grandchildren has more at stake andC
feels more concern for good govern
ment. He ought to be the man to
speak with the enemy. If I live to see
another war impending I sball speak a
little myself.
And I recited David's prayer, "That
our sons may be as plants grown up in
their youth. And our daughters be as
corner stones polished after the simili
tude of a palace.
"That our garners may be full andt
our oxen strong, and there be no comn
plaining in our streets. .
"Happy is that people that is in such
a case. Yea, happy is that people
whose God is the Lord."
That is splendid-isn't it.
WVell, I had a pleasant talk with the
old gentleman. He is quick of appre
hension and said: "You may put downI
that there is nothing against me nor
my people. None of us have ever beenC
accused of anything wrong or brought
into court. Me and my wife have be
longed to the Baptist church for nigh
onto fifty years, and I have voted the
Democratic ticket all that time. I
moved here 'before there was any rail-0
road in this country and the people
were powerful scattering. I have made
a good, fair living and am doing it yet.
The Lord has been good to us and
blessed us. Not a coffin has ever been
brought to my house."
There is a record of good citizenship.
No jails or courthouses for that family.
They have served on the jury and
worked the public roads, and been
kind to their nabors and have stood byr
their state and their country. Their &h
industry has earned something for w
veupon every year.1 G
* lsi esI '
isk that good mother how many pairs w
>f socks and stockings she has knit in L
:he years gone by; how many quilts a
:overlets she and her girls had made.
The ought to have a pension and be b
dlowed to rest the remainder of her bi
ife. But no she wouldent rest. I have ~
een it tried. I wouldent change their o1
iabits nor their religion nor their y<
>olitics if I could. Some of these days r
here will be a death-two deaths
mnder that roof, but theirgood example
vill not die. It never dies. And while of
ruminated about this family another r'
e
hat fits them: b
Far frorn the madding crowd's ignoble lo
strife,.p
'heir sober wishes never learned to stray w
cng the cool, sequestered vale of life,
Ibey kept the noiseless tenor of their way.'' ci
Somietimes I think we are doing ~
vroug in exciting our children to more Y
ambitious things and pointing them to p1
he high places of the earth. Ambition
s a sordid, selfish word. It comes from
'ambio" to walk around hunting for e3
rotes. That is what my big dictionary ea
.sys. Better not aspire too high or
xpect too much. As Cobe says, "it
THE FARMERS OF FLORIDA.
Annual Meeting of the State Alliance a
Dade City.
DADE CITY, FLA., October 20.-Th(
State Farmers' AllianC, of Florida
met in annual session here at noon to
day. No business of impnrtance wa
transacted, most of the afternoon being
taken up in disposing of contestin;
delegations. Only four of the forty
five counties in the State are withou
representation.
At the close of the afternoon seslo:
aa adjournment was had till 9 o'cloel
to-morrow morning, when Presideni
Rogers will deliver his annual address.
It is said here to-night that this wil
contain a strong condemnation of the
Third Party movement, but will advo
eate the endorsement of the Ocala de
mands in toto, including the sub-treas
ury scheme. The city is full of politi
cians.
DCALA PLATFORM AND DEMOCRATI(
PRINCI PLES.
DADE CITY, Fla., October 21.-The
;econd day's session of the State Alli
ance opened at 10 o'clock this morning.
President Rogers appointed at the com.
ittes for the routine work of the Con
vention and delivered his annual ad
dress. In this he referred sharply tc
the dissessions in the Order, arisiog
3hiefly from the admission to member
3bip of persons who gain admittance
ror the purpose of office or political in
luence. The sub-treasury scheme was
warmly endorsed. The president closed
his address as follows:
"It is a fact that the partisan press
his distorted the truth in reference to
the Ocala platform and sub-treasury
Dlan. In our State the Democratic
press is wont to read every man out of
he party advocates the Ocala platform
ind the sub-treasury plan. The result
)f such an onslaught upon the Alliance
2as caused many of our members to
Ldvocate a third party. This condition
>f affairs is to -be deplored. Myjudg
nent is that the Ocala platform con
:ains not a syllable which cannot
eadily be endorsed by every true De
nocrat throughout the country."
The reports of the State secretary
and other officers followed the delivery
>f the annual address. United States
enator Pasco is a delegate from the
refferson County Alliance, and there is
trong opposition to seating him. The
)pposition is based upon the theory
hat he is a lawyer and not a farmer.
3e Is duly accredited, however, and
he president says be will be seated,
SUB-TREASURY ADOPTED.
DADE CITY, Fla., Oct. '. -The State
armers' Alliance at 1 o'clock this
norning, after a discussion lasting from
P- eday night, endorsed
he Ocala demands by a vote or 71 t
5enator Pasco voted against the endor
ement, being opposed to the sub-treas
try bill. To-day was devoted to work
en amendments to the constitution.
A CONDEMNED MAN'S REQUEST.
e Asks Gov. Francis to Let Him be
Hanged in Public.
SEDALIA, Mo., October 20.-Thomas
L Willianson. the Salvation Army
nurderer of the Moores, father and
on, and who is to be hanged on Octo
er 31st, has written the following note
o Gov. Francis:
"DEAR GOVERNOR: I want to ask
ou for a favor. Will you let me hang
a public? Your friend.
THOMAS A. WILLIAMSON.
"People have expressed the fear that
will break down," said the con
emned man. "To such I will say
bat life has no charms for me, and I
ill accept such as fate has ordained
ke a man who is ready and willing to
ie. I have spent the greater part of
'y life behind iron bars and stone
rals, and it would only be a very
bort time that I would have on this
.rth confined in the prison, so I pre
r hanging. If allowed the privilege
n the gallows, I will tell the people of
2e treatment I received at thc hands
~one whose duty it was to stay by
a to the last."
GOV. HILL AT GREENVILLE.
e Makes a Short States Rights Speech
and l'ays a Compliment to Cleveland.
[Special to Nows and Courier.1
GREENVILLE, October 20.-Governor
avid B. Hill, of New York, and party
tssed through here to-day at 12.40
clock on their way to Atlanta. There
as an impromptu gathering of the
reenville Democrats at the depot, and
hen the train stopped the cries of
E-Iill" induced the Governor to come
Sthe rear platform of his car. He
as introduced to the crowd by Ex
ieutenan t Governor Mauld in. He
oke briefly, but, among other things,
id:
"I am a State Rights .Democrat. I
lieve in the sovereignty of the States,
it in the perpetuity of the Unmon. I
joice in the reconciliation which has
,ken place between the two sections
the grand country. I passed through
>ur city two years ago, but I do not
member whether I met any of you
en. I hope to have the pleasure of
eeting you again.
"We all rejoice in the great prosperiry
the South. All prejudices have been
moved and we all are proud of your
eat State. The system of the Gov
nment under which we live is the
st under the sun. I bope you are
oking- after the interest of the great
rty to which you belong, the party
bich gave the country four years of
aan government. Our cause is the
~ople's cause."
Three cheers were given for New
ork's great Governor as the train
lled away.
As a family medicine, Ayer's Pills
cel all others. They are suited to
ery age and, being sugar-coated, are
sy to take. Though searching and
orough in effect, they~arTmild and
easant in action, and their use is at
nded with io injurious results. -
A REFORM VICTORY.
t Charleston Reformers Elect Their May
and Fifteen Aldermen.
CHARLESTON, 6. C., October 21.
The missing ballot box in the four
- ward has turned up and the offici
count of ballots is finished. The
were two reform managers and oi
regular in these wards and the regul
refused to count the ballots because I
said his reform confreres tried to bu:
doze him. The commissioners to(
charge at 4 a. m., and to-day completo
the count.
Ficken has a majority o,,er Bryt
for mayor of 217. The reformers ele
fifteen aldermen and the regulars nin
The aldermen re-elected are C. S. Gad
den, J. A. Smythe, A. J. Riley and I
L. Cade, all regulars.
Smythe and Gadsden are re-electe
by majorities of 2 and 28 respectivel:
Reform aldermen have majorities ran
ing from 4 (R. S. Cathcart) to 292. (J
Baer). The reformers elected four oi
of six School Commissioners, Rev. D
Tbompson, reform candidate in ti
first district, being defeated by 31
majority. On the board of alderme
are seven Germans, two Irishmen an
the rest natives. There are only thr(
Roman Catholics on the board. T1
total vote polled was about 3,400 out 4
a total club list of 6,571. The regulai
failed to poll their full strength b
about 1,800 votes and the reformers b
about 800. The regulars take their d
feat cheerfully and there Is no talk of
bolt.
THE NEW MAYOR.
The following brief sketch of Ma
John F. Ficken's public life will ,
interesting to his friends:
Maj Ficken was born and educate
in the city of Charleston; graduated a
the College of Charleston; spent tw
years abroad and pursued a course ,
study at the University of Berlin; ha
practiced law in Charleston for u
wards of twenty years, a large portio:
of the time in partnership with the lat
Isaac Hayne; was sent as a delegat
from this State to the National Demc
cratic Convention, which met at S1
Louis Mo., in 1877, as a representativ
from Charleston County in the Stat
Legislature, and has served contin
uously from that date to the presen
time; has been a member of the way
and means committee in the Hous
during the entire period; is one of th
commissioners of the State Institute c
the deaf and dumb and blind; is ;
trustee of the College of Charleston; i
also a trustee of the William Enstoi
annuitant fund.
TILLMAN AND THE/ALLIANCE.
Attorney General Pope Talks to the Wash
InctonX
[Washington Post.]
"Gov. Tillman is making a good gov
ernor, one of the best we ever had," saii
Attorney General Y. J. Pope, of thi
Paimetto State, at the Metropolitan
"He is fearless and prompt in the dis
charge of his duty, and when principle
is involved never hesitates. He believe
in the enforcement of law and order, as
was seen in his command to the sherif
of Spartanburg in regard to protecting
the negro murderer of Mayor Henne
man of that city.
"I can't say whether he will be
candidate for another term, but it il
possible the people may insist on hi:
serving them again."
"Hasn't he placed himself in opposi
tion to the Alliance element by speak
ing against the sub-treasury plan?"
"He has spoken against that proposi
tion, but the farmers, when they in
dulge Tin Bober second thought, arn
never found as advocates of extreim
measures. They are our most coa.
servative class. For that reason yot
will not see South Carolina goin.g of]
after any third party candidate in the
Presidential struggle next year. ThE
old State will keep in line, and thE
Democratic ticket will win as usual.'
MAIL DELIVERED TO FARMERS.
A Scheme to Come up Betore the Next Con.
gress.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-An organized
effort in under way among the farmers
to secure from congress free mail de
livery in country towns. The Farmers'
Alliance, the Patrons of Husbandry and
other orders are canvaissing the matter.
Letters are being written to the con
gressmen in favor of the object, and
petitions to congress for free delivery
are being circulated in many parts of
the country. The farmers assert that
the daily mail delivery to their door
will add perfectly to the money value
of their farms, and will be worth still
more because it will keep them in touch
with the markets and outside world,
and rob farm life of its isolation and
monotony. The farmers are writing to
the agricultural press that this conven
ience would enable them quite gener
ally to take the daily papers, as well as
to subscribe for local papers more liber
ally. In the American Agriculturist
for November, Postmaster General
Wanamaker states definitely for the
first time that experiments by the post
office department for free delivery in
the farming districts show that the in
crease of revenue more than pays all
increased expense. He believes that
universal free delivery would, therefore,
be self-sustaining.
The first successful blood-purifier
ever offered to the publie was Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. Imitators have had their
day, but soon abandoned the field,
while the demand for this incompara
ble medicine increases year by year
and wna never so grreat a at present.
HIS SHIP AGAINST SEVEN.
or Capt. lugraham Demanded Justice for an
American and Got it-His Batteries
Twice Trained on the Arch
duke's Ship-A Story of
the Early Days
11 of Our Navy.
al - -
re [From the New York Sun.]
e In these days of the rehabilitation of
ir the United States navy we may recall
Ie with pride unalloyed with regret the
k good old days of yore when all the
world knew and respected the prowess
of American war vessels. And the
death of Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham
,n in Charleston, S. C., on Friday, gives a
proper opport,inity to recall those days.
For, as was suggested in the obituary
notice published in the Sun of Saturday
morning, this Duncan Nathaniel In
graham was the hero of one of those
d remarkable episodes which made other
nations understand that the tail of the
American bird could not be pulled,
plucked, twisted, trod upon, or other
it wise disrespectfully used under the guns
r. of an American war vessel.
e There had been Capt. Paul Jones and
12 Commodore Perry and old Admiral
1 Porter, who had fought English and
d French aid Portuguese and the Bar
e bary States, and all mtnner of craft
e flying flags legitimate or illegitimate,
and all of them had come off conquer
ers. Those were the days of wooden
y ships and sailing craft, when the ele
y ment of romance was enhanced by the
big sails and the swarming over the
a sides with cutlasses. and halberds and
all that sort of thing. A good- part of
the officers then were of Southern fam
ilies-scions of houses that upheld
e themselves in something like f;:udal
state. These young men came of excel
lent ancestry, of which they were ex
t ceeding proud. Of these Duncan Na
thaniel Ingraham was one of the best
examples.
His father had been a naval officer, a
~ friend of Paul Jones and one of his
2 companions in that famous fight be
e tween the Serapis and the Bon Homme
Richard. It was quite natural that the
son should enter the navy. He was
born in 1802, and when 10 years old was
already a midshipmite. Promotion in
those days was as slow as now, perhaps
t a little slower. So although this young
man fought through the war of 1812,
3 he was still a midshipman. In 1818 or
thereabouts, when the original David
Porter went down to the Southern
watejs of the United States to attend
to the pirates who infested the small
3 islands and the mysterious inlets of the
Gulf and the Caribbean Sea, young
Ingraham was aboard his vessels and
saw pirates hanged at the yard arm,
and learned to be vigilant, quick, reso
lute, and unflinching in the bet school
ever naval officer had.
Ingraham, risen to a commander,
mZr in41t iex can war, and a few
years after its close jt
squadron of the Mediterranean. He
~. was in command of the St. Louis,
which is said to have been the pride of
the American navy, and which was
certainly a formidable ship for those
days. It was a sloop of war armed
with two 50-pounders. On June 22,
r 18.53, he sailed into the harbor of Smyr
na, in Asiatic Turkey. He found that
he was just in the nick o' time to take
advantage of one of those chances for
fame which come to every man, so it is
said.
In the revolution of Hungary against
Austria in 174S-'49, which Louis Kos
suth led, Martin Koszta was a conspic
uous figure. When the revolution was
put down, Kossuth, Koszta, and sever
al others fled to Turkey and stopped in
Smyrna. After long negotiation th.e
Turkish Government refu~sed to give
them up. Then Kossuth and Koszta
went to the United States, where
Koszta decided to settle. He engaged
in business in New York, and in July,
18.52, declared under oath his intentiont
of becoming a citizen of the United
States. The next year, having business
in Smyrna, Koszta went tbere and
remained for some time undisturbed,a
as indeed he might have oxpected, since
Smyrna was not on Austrian soil But '
Koszta had so infiamed the Austrian f
Government against him that a plot ~
batched to capture him.~ On June 21, e
1853, a band of Greek mercenaries in e
Smyrna, hired by the Austrian Consul, ti
overpowered Koszta, hu'stled him into
a boat, and took him aboard an Aus- ij
tian ship of war, the Huzzar, ,hich ~
was in command of no less a person a
than the Archduke John, brother of a
the Emperor and Admiral of the Aus
trian navy. 5
At any rate, Martin Koszta was put o:
in irons and otherwise treated as a ca
criminal and dangerous person. The 11
next day, when all Smyrna was talk- c.
ing about this, a sloop of war, the St. u
Louis, Commander Ingraham, sailed F
into the harbor. Capt. Ingrahamn, J,
who had been in a war in which the tl
United States had taught Great Britian A
a few lessons of respect for A merican re
citizens, was up in arms at once. He A
went aboard the Huzzar and very ft
courteously asked permission to see rr
Koszta. The Austrian commander,
after some hesitation, granted the re ti
quest. Commander Ingraham assured
himself that Koszta was entitled to the a]
protection of the American flag. He
demanded his release of the Austrian"
commander, and, when it was refused, cc
sent a note to the nearest United States re
official, Consul Brown, at Constantino
pie. While he was awaiting an answer tc
six Austrian war sbips sailed into the c<
harbor and took up positions near the tl
Huzzar. On June 29, before any an- p<
swer had come from Consul Brown,
the St. Louis noticed unusual signs of pi
activity on board the Huzzar, and of
pretty soon she began to get under
way. ..TJ
CapL. Ingraham straightway put the
St. Louis is such a position that the
Huzzar could not pass, and cleared his
decks for action. The Huzzar hove to,
and then Capt Ingraham went aboard
and said to the Austrian commander,
who received him with great courte.
sy:
"What is the meaning of this move
on your part?"
"We propose to sail for home," re
plied the Austrian. "The Consul has
ordered us to take our prisoner to Aus
tria."
"You will pardon me," said Capt.
Ingraham very camly. "But I hope
you will not leave thi! harbor with the
American gentleman you have kid
napped. If your do I shall be com
pelled to resort to extreme measures."
The Austrian look around the harbor
at the line of friendly war ships and
then looked at the St. Louis with her
decks cleared, and then smiled pleas
antly at Capt. Ingraham and said that
the Huzzar would do as she pleased.
Capt. Ingraham bowed and betook
himself to the St. Louis. He had no
sooner got aboard than he said:
"Clear the guns for action!"
And the Archduke had the pleasuze
of seeing the batteries of the St. Louis
turued upon him. He realized that
having the wrong side of the matte-*. he
had put himself in a very bad position.
Huzzar was put about and sailed back
to her old anchorage. The Archduke
sent word to Capt. Ingrahp.m that he
would await the arrival of the note
from Mr.Brown.
On the afternoon of July 1 Capt. In
graham got his reply. The Consul at
Constantinople commended his course,
and told him to do whatever he thought
best to prevent an outrage to an Ameri
can. Late that evening Capt. Ingra
ham sent an officer aboard the Huzzar
with a note. The note formally de
mAnded the release of Mr. Koszta, and
said that unless the prisoner was de
livered aboard the St. Louis by 4
o'clock the next afternoon Capt. In
graham would take him from the Aus
trians by force. The Archduke sent
back a formal refusal. At 8 o'clock on
the next morning, July 2, Capt. Ingra
nam once more cleared his decks for
action and trained his batteries so that
the Huzzar would get their full force
at the first discharge. The seven Aus
trian war vessels cleared their decks
aLd put their men at the guns.
All this while great excitement had
prevailed in Smyrna, and, when the
,itizens saw these last hostile demon
itrations, they crowded the shores,
easer to see this one-sided battle which
all knew would not end so long as the
American flag floated above water.
At 10 o'clock the Austrian sent an
)fficer to Capt. Ingraham. This offi
3er tried to temporize, but Capt. Ingra
bam refused to listen to him. Hesaid:
"To avoid the worst, I will agree to let
t man be delivered to the French
_o___S_rn until your Govern
Inent has a chni ct. But he
ziust be delivered there or I wi
3im. I cannot fail. My cause is just.
[ have stated the time."
Again the Austrian sent a man to
rapt. Ingraham. but this time Capt.
[ngraham refused to receive him.
['hen the Austian Consul-General
:ame out from Smyrna and tried his
liplomacy. Capt. Ingraham simply
epeated that that the French Consul
nust have Koszta by 4 o'clock or there
vould be trouble.
At 12 o'clock a boat left the side of
:he Huzzar with Koszta on it, and one
iour awterwa,rd the French Consul
ent word that Koszta was in his keep
ng. Later in the day several of the
Austrian war vessels sailed out of the
iarbor. Then camne long negotiations
etween Secretary of State William L.
f1arcy and the Austrian Charge d'Af
airs at Washington, M. Hulsemann,
t the end of which Austria admitted
hat the United States was right, apolo
~ized, and released all claim upon Mr.
Coszta.
Capt. Ingraham got a gold medal
nd a vote of thanks from Congress, a
old medal from the citizens of New
ork, medals and other testimonials
om several American citizens, and a
resent of a fine chronometer and an.
ngrossed letter from the workingmen
f England, raised by a penny subscrip
on.
As a sort of addition to this incident
i the story of how J. Clancy Jones
sed Commander ingraham 's name in
similar episode in 1859. Mr. Jones
as then minister to Austria. The
.ustrian Government was most anx
>us that no plans of the fortifications
E Vienna t>e made. A young Ameri
an, studying medicine in Vienna, was
raking some sketches of these fortifi
itions, one day ia an idle spirit and in
tter igu'orance of the law against it.
[e was arrested and locked up. Mr.
:>nes inquired into it and foun d out
e truth, ant' splained it fully to the
ustrian M..ster, at the same time
questing the release of the young
merican. The Prime Minister re
ised to listen, and said that Lhe young
tan should and would be punished.
When Mr: Jones saw that the Aus
ian wa set he said:
"Then I regret very much -that I
iall have to bid you farewell."
"A re you going?" said the Austrian.1
[ am indeed sorry, and hope that yourI
>nn try will be as ably and agreeably
presented by your successor."
"I fear there will not be a successor
'me ver.v soon," said Mr. Jones, I am
impelled to':demand an audien.ce with
e Emperor. I wish to get my pass
>rts."
"What!" said the Austrian," youri
issports? You do not intend to make1
this episode so serio.us a matter?"
"It is a serious matter," said Mr.
case. Capt. Ingraham is still cruising
in the Mediterranean, by the way, and
I shall be able to put him in immedi
ate knowledge of this affair also. I
have the honor to bid you farewell."
The Austrian minister did not know
what to make of this. But he felt that
Americans were not proper persons to
punish as examples,and; after-delaying
a day or two, released the young med
ical student.
With the outbreak of the civil war
Capt. Ingraham resigned, and in
March, 1861, entered the Confederate
service. He was then 59 years old, and
was assigned first to the navy yard at
Pensacola and then toCharleston,where
he distinguished .himself by break
ing the blockade. Since the war he
had lived very quietly in his birthplace,
Charleston. He was married.toa grand
daughter of Henry Laurens and John
Randolph, and through his wife was
connected with some of the greatest
officers in the British navy.
HER IDEA OF A MODEL HUSBAND.
A Newspaper Prize Brings About a Boman
tIc Marriage in Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 20.--Last w' the
Sunday Times of this city o
prize of $20 to the young woman who
should write the best letter or essay on
"The Model Husband." Mis Lillian
B. Perry, of Covington, 30 miles north
of this city, won the prize.
The letter was copied in the Minne
apolis Tribute, where Fremont Reed, a
banker and rich business man of that
city, saw it. He much admired the
beautiful sentiments.
Going to New York, he came across
the letter reprinted in one of the met
ropolital journals. Reaching Chicago
on his return, he read the prize letter
in a Chicago paper. By this time he
felt sure that his fate was interwoven
with that of the fair unknown essay
ist.
Mr. Reed wrote to her asking to be
allowed to correspond. She answered no
letters of this kind, having received
many. Mr. Reed was persistent, and
wrote a second letter, and enclosed en
dorsements, and Miss Perry then con
sented to correspond wither.unknown
admirer. Later Mr. Reed visited her.
A second visit ended in a promise to
be his wife. To-day he arrived'In this
city, and this afternoon they were
married at the bride's home. Mr. Beed
is 35 years old and handsome. The
bride is a 4pical Southern beauty, the
daughter of a once wealthy family Im.
poverished by the war and, though
reared In a country town, is a young
woman o, rare accomplishments .
'GENE PEATHER'S DEATH.
The Suicide Apparently b Sudden Inpuls
-A Telegram Asking Help Found
In his Pocket.
LAtlanta JournaL]
The young t71urI**ned in yse
dose of laudanum was Eugene H. Pra
ther.
He breathed his last about 5 o'clock
in the afternoon, all efforts by physi
cians to save his life being in vain.
Prather was a printer by trade anid
camne to Atlanta two weeks ago from
Williamston, S. C., where his mother,
the matron of.the Williamston Female
College, resides.
It is thought that he came to At
lanta to enter the Keeley institute to be
cured of the whiskey habit; that he
got on a spree sand spent the money
which had been given him to pay his
expenses at the institute.
A telegram was found in his pocket
in which he asked A. B. Williams,
editor of the Greenville, 8. C., News:
"Is there any help for me? Send to the
Keeley institute." This, probably,,.was
a request for more money. Before the
telegram was sent, de.spair came and
suicide followed.
An inquest was held by the coroner
this morning and a verdict of suicide
rendered.
The remains of Eugene Prather, the
unfortunate printer who committed
suicide in Atlanta Tuesday, arrived in
Greenville from Atlanta Thursday
morning and were sent to Hones Path,
ver the Columbia & Greenville road,
for burial. The remains were notseccom
panied by any one.
Dr. Bond of Corpse Trust Fame Pardoned
COLTIMBIA, Oct. 21.-.Dr. John H.
Bond, who was convicted before Judge
Norton in June 1888, and who will be
remembered as a member of the
'corpse trust," or conspiracy to defraud
mn insurance company in two cases
mnd was sentenced to imprisonment In
he penitentiary four years, was par
loned by the Governor to-day. The
aardon was recommended by the board
f directors and officers of the peni
entiary.
"Give Us a Llft!"
"Do send down something to help
Is ?" "Those little Pleaant Pellets,
ou sent before, were just what we
vanted !" ."They helped right where
ve were weakest !" "Don't send any
hing else !"
Nature, abused and neglected, does
ier best to overcome exhaustion and
yard off threatening disease, but some.
imes calls for help, and knows just
w'hat she's about. The sysemtakes
mindly to the mild, wholesome ldou
~nce of Pierce's P.Ieasant Pellets, and
>ften their timely assistance corrects
~viis -which would soon lead to serious
~esults. With the first o
enng her reguest- T10an. -
muid, easily tired, bad tasto in uh
owels irregular or constipt4 I
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