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Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-30

THE FOLLOWING TARIFT OF rms SANITARY
DUES " raK OTTOHAN EnPIRR wHET
INTO OPERATION on TnE ist OF sKPTEm.
MN Last.
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-30
A HNUAL BAL MAsoUR
MASONIC TEMPLE,
"Wednesday, January n.

sSss 9asfs g., e ,Ss.s :: had "a A. n. A,dn, S .eho
date In dAnelnG until Ailsr u o,elook i,all
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18
Mental Prodigies:
come

A correspondent Of New York paper
gives the following:
A wonderful mental calculator in Scotland,
who is port-runner between Main and Cav
dor, is said to have Carried out" the fol-
lowing entries in less than one minute:
Q chests tea, 80 lbs each, at 3s 63d u fb.
II bars soap, 81 lbs. each, OF AID % 10.
II bars soap, Ids. each, at sid o fb.
bag ssago, q lbs. each, at AID y tb.
bags barley, 10 lbs, each, at I'D u h.
He answered the following questions in a
few seconds, without noting down single
figure; "Find the amount of 95OO from
March 1st to January 1st, both days in
cluded, at 4 8 per cent. interest" Ho
was as ked how many letters there would be
in years file of daily newspaper of eight
pages, each page having seven columns, each
column 100 lines, each line 80 letters !?
The true answer, 139 973 440, was given in
ten seconds.
Among the interesting things the wonder
seeking public is called upon from time to
time to admire, mental prodigies are not un-
frequent Each generation produces ab-
normal specimens of intuitive talent which
cannot be accounted for. But, setting a.
side calculating boys, infant musicians, baby
elocutionists and child chess-players, who
traverse America and Europe on exhibition,
there is another class who make no parade
of their powers, whatever value they may
attach to them. Let me cite some cases
which have come under my observation.
The first is that of an illiterate man, live
ing twenty years ago in New Hampshire
Beyond the capacity Of fluent reading, ne ne
was wholly uneducatcd-could not spell,
write his own name, or do the simplest sum
in arithmetic. He was regarded in his own
neighborhood as an "innocent," wanting in
responsibility, and utterly shiftless He was
the associate of boys, who made him con
slant object of ridcule. Yet the poor fellow
had memory that was amazing. In town
containing upwards Of six hundred houses
he could repeat the name of every house
holder, going through street by street, ane
reciting them in the order in which they
dwelt, and giving the names and ages of th'
children in the homes he was accustomed tt
visit. After reading through column O
newspaper advertisement, he would recit'
the whole in the order they stood, or in th'
inverse order, or beginning atany given lip
going to the foot of the column, then dowl
from the top to the column, then down from
the top to the starting-point. At times 0
agricultural fairs or circus exhibitions,
was "a not unusual to see him surrounded by
crowd of people, for whose amusement h
would read the placards on the walls, an
then turning his back, repeat the content
word by word. His memory was purel
/. mechanical. lie derived no informatio
from what had read. Of the simplcstproce:
of reasoning he was incapable. His min
was blank. And yet this one talent, had
been united to intelligence, might have raise
/ him to renoWn. -, :. :,
, Another case was that of a cobblor, livin
I in London, England, who worked at his trae
0 from morning till night: lie was man
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18

railroad company with Jay Gould, and his
career eversince has been perhaps. the most
notorious of any man in the United States.-
The Vanderbilt and Belmont Erie litigations
and the immense and daring gold conspiracy
Of 1869, the bold push to gain possession OF
the Albany and Susquehannarail which
almost involved the State in civil war, the
contest with the English stock holders of
the Erie railway, the prologue of which is
just drawing to close by the restoration of
the English stock seized-alI are familiar,
but all, fer the vast amount that has been
written and talked about them in the courts,
the legislatures and the newspapers still re-
tain much of the mysterious. They have
fixed the reputation of the chief actor how
ever, as q man remarkable for patriotism or
philanthropy in the ends at which he aimed,
or scrupulous in the means by which he car
ried them out.
AN INCIDENT IN HIS LIFE.
James Fisk Jr. conceived and executed a
brilliant stroke at the close of the late war
between the States, the particulars of which
never have been published. With that sa-
gacity that distinguished him in all his ca
recr Fisk saw that when on the I'd Of April,
1865, Genl Lee was driven from Petersburg
his surrender could not be far distant. He
Immediately went to Boston, consulted some
Of his financial friends and made them part
ners in his scheme. This was to get the
news Of the collapse of the Southern Confed
eracy for use on change in London in ad-
vance Of the mails. 1t will be remembered
that the Atlantic cable was not then laid
A small, swift steamer, formerly blockade
runner, was purchased, fitted out and sent to
Halifax in ballast. Neither the captain nor
officers of the steamer knew her destination.
The secret of her mission was conGded to an
agent of Mr.. Fisk's who Was the only Passen-
ger on board.
Steam was kept up day and night, and ev-
erything was in readiness for start across
the Atlantic. Days went BY and still the
vessel lay quietly in the harbor Of Halifax
awaiting the expected message from Fisk.
At length it came If James Fisk Jr,, had
tried his best, he could not have indited
shorter dispatch. 1t was dated at Boston,
signed Fisk, and contained but one word
"Go p The blockade runner started imme-
diately for Queenstown, and got there two
days before the mail steamer. Tho agent
speeded across Ireland to London and cou-
menced his operations. Before twenty-four
hours had elapsed, he sold short, (that is, he
sold what he had not gotO s5,00O,OOO in
Confederate bonds. He .had orders from
Fisk to sell as long as he could get buyers,
but was restrained by partner of one Of
the Boston men, who was cursed with pru-
dence. But the operation was pretty sue
cessful the s'sindicate," as the story goes, di-
vided between three and four millions, the
proceeds of the Speculation" This was a
lift for james Fisk j., which MssssEy Eets
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18

A TERRIBLE PENMAN.-We P do not vouch
for the truth of the following which we clip
from an exchange:
There is a banker in Philadelphia by the
side of whose hand writing even the penman.
ship of Horace Greely looks symetrlcal and
beautiful. Well this banker was prosecuted
by life insurance agent who wanted him
to take policy in the company. The vlct-
i'm stood it for while, but finally he one
day kicked the agent out Of the office The
tormentor began to send notes to the unhap-
py wretch, explaining the endowment prln-
ciple, and asking if any one of his aunts ever
suffered from torpidity Of the liver. At last
the banker wrote to the heart!css tend as
follows:
.sYou diabolical scoundrol if you write an
other line to me, I will come round to your
Office and blow out what little brains you
have !"
When the life insurance man received this
he turned it up aud down and held it side
WAYS, and stood before mirror with it, and
examined it with a microscope and called III
six or seven experts, but after ali he couldn
determine with any degree of certainty what
it meant 10 ascertain, he presented it at
the paying tellcrs desk at the bank, and that
worthy without hesitation paid $4,000 on it,
believing it to be check for that amount
There is one less agent in this city than there
was a week ago and one more banker who
bctrays symptoms of finsanity when tho sub
ioct of life insurance is broachcd in his pres
ence.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18
Sketch Of James Fisk Jr.

James Fisk Jr, was born at Bennington
Vermont, in 1882, and began his business
life us an attendant on Van Amburg' menag
erie. His father was pedler, driving one
of those capacious wagons still so common in
the rural districts of New England, stored
with calicoes, tin ware, laces, trinkets and
household utensils, at which the farmers
wife and daughter do the most of their shop
ping. From Bennington they removed to
Brattleboro, where James obtained all the
little education he ever got, at district
school. 1t was nothing more than mode
rate acquaintance with the alphabet and the
copy book. He never mastered the art of
spelling and to the end Of his lite had COM
ical contempt for grammar. The elder Fisk
had the same commercial instincts and the
same tact for variety in his enterprises which
afterwards distinguished the son. He built
an inn, and in default of a satisfactory tenant
used often to manage it himself; the son at
such times was employed as waiter. But
his ambition was to be pedler. He began
by travelling with his father. Pretty soon
he was entrusted with a separate wagon, and
he ended by buying out the business, taking
his worthy sil Q as hired man to drive one
of the vehicles. With the biggeet wagons,
the showiest harness and and the best hors
es in the State and with an. abundance Of
that ready wit and good natured impudence
for which he afterwards became SO famous
he prospered so fast that he was soon one Of
the principle jobbers in the whole of the
State of Vermont.
i The Boston firm of Jordan Marsh g. Co
were glad to receive him as partner. Sub
sequently they bought his interest in thei
fem, and in 1853 he came to New York
where he was employed by Daniel Drew II
negotirte the sale Of the stoungton line 0!
steamers. Under the patronage Of Mr. Drew
he went into Wall street speculation wit
varied success, and formed in 1866 the stocI
brokers' firm of Fisk & Belden. In 1S6
be entered into the directory Of the Fri
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18

A German doctor in New York, who is
now having more patients than he can at
tend d, obtained his wife, few years ago, ago,
in curious way. 4 mechanic called upon
him to obtain treatment for his wife, fec
bic lady who accompanied him. Her case
was pronounced consumption: The man, in
dismay, iIr inquired if she could be e cured. Il
can cure her." says the doctor, "but not for
you-I want her myself: =. will give you
81 600 for her if you will leave her to be
my wife" The dumbfOunded husband hosi7
tatod.l I It was death to his wife on the one
hand, and life to her and loss to him on the
other Then he said, but | have two
children" every we'll" replied the doc,
tor, II will take them too" The lady con-
sen,ed, the necessary arrangements were
made. and she has since been the happy wife
of devoted but eccentric husband.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18
Sayings ofPrentis.

Gan editor in Michigan, talking of corn,
processes to have two ears fifteen inches long.
Some folks are remarkable for the length Of
their two ears"
"Doctor, what do you think is this rush Of
blood to the head?'
"Oh you know its nothing but an effort
of nature Nature you know abhors vac
uum."
The editor of the c., says he hopes
to reach the truth. He is laying out for
himself long journey. He had better make
his will before he starts.
"Will you have the kindness to hand me
the butter before you" said gentleman to
an ancient maiden politely. II am no waiter
sir" "Is that so &? thought from your
appearance that you had been waiting long
tine"
AWestern rhymer says he writes only
when an angel troubles his soul. We don't
know that the fact of his own soul being
troubled gives him the right to trouble other
peoples souls" :,
IYou seem to walk more erect than usual
my.friend." "Ycs, 1 have been straitencd
by circumstances lately.T
"a we'll known writer says that fine
coas asHeoSers multitude of sins. 1t IS still
truer that such coats cover multitude Of
sinners.
"Laudlord, you do me too much honor
you let me sleep among the big bugs las
night 90 don't be too modest, my deal
lod ger.I doubt not they have your own blooc
running in their veins"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18

A man in Ohio who had sometime ago
voluntarily offered and paid to tho chief a . OF
police, of Cincinnati, O., q reward CT Slo0
for the recovery of certain stolen goods, and
the arrest of the thief, got the amount back
in law suit, in Cincinnati Ohio. on
Tuesday of last week. The Judge OF the
court held that the officer being under the
nav of the city expressly for the performance
Of Of such service, had no right to ask tor nor
receive additional compensation from a rob
bed citizen, whom the authorities are pound
to nrotcct. Which is good law and goodserse
though it may seem cthorwiss to the dlS,ap'
uointed r officer, who appears Il have acted il
GOOD faith in this particular Instance: -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-26
SKETCH OF GEORGE WILCOX. THE CELE.
BRATED BOHEMIAN SPY.

Mr.. George Wilcox is young man about twenty
seven years OF age. He has the appearance OF re.
spectabty and is well connected. He Is always
neatly dressed, boards at first class hotels, and
when he removes his nat has that placid, calm ap-
pearance about his brow that Is sometimes charac-
teristic OF church deacons. 1t ID said that well
known sexton OF fashionable church up town finds
his gentemanly appearance useful that Mr. wilcox
is sometimes called upon to supply a vacant place
ut the dinner table In the houses Of woud.be fash
ionable people. Mr.. Wilcox commenced his
business career as a clerk In coal merchant's
Office but this occupation neither suited his health
nor his tastes and he sought employment on 'rhe
press" He acquired some distinction as q writer
of fashionable gossip, and ultimately endeav0red TO
turn his reputation 10 some pecunlary advantage
by establishing fashionable weekly journal In this
city. Our Society was the result OF this idea. This
Journal mas not, however, had very peaceful
career, and Mr.. Wilcox ceased mis- connection with
1t after 1t had been published about six months.
crease his income by q "Bohemian'' connection
with newspapers. His specially Is '.socley"
writing, description OF wedding. or the
Rssembage OF a cluster OF ''high toned people
at an evening party, where Jenkins
Is Indispensable, is quite in Mr. Wllcox's line. HIS
ambition, however, Is to be a 'funny man." He
frequently remarks that he has ''peculia kind of
humOr," and most people think that IS very pecu-
liar, inasmuch rs the fun is never very perceptoe
Failing to find anything to do on a newspaper he
Will cOndescend to guide stranger In the city
through the labyrinth OF It's wonders, and may Oc
casonallv be seen enjoying himself with his coun.
try friends In some OF the broadway divesr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-26
STATEMENT OF A HERALD ATTACKE.
The Last Man Needed to Complete VIII
cOX'S Little Game.
Lanes Suspicion that the Attache
Was Already "Fixed."
Is He Under the Pay of the
English stockholders?
A Retainer of Five Hundred
Dollars.
THE MANAGER OF THE HERALD POSTED.
A Bombshell in the Camp Of the
COnspirai0rs.
"Can't You Smooth 1t Over ?"---HOw
the Thing was SmOothed.
Lane stops Payment and
Wilcox willis.
Lane stops Payment and
Wilcox willis.
THE THING HAS BUSTED-SAu H."

An Appendix to the Tale Of n Bobeminn.
The story 80 cleverly told by the back'mail Bohe.
milan, Wilcox, would not be complete without the
appendix OF a statement OF an attacne or the HER
AID, who was the last man necessary TO be liked"
IN order to render the little plot in winch the
adventurer was engaged a glorious success. on
saturday. February 8, the attache in ques-
ton was approached by mysterious indi-
vidual In the passage OF the HERALD
editorial rooms and asked when he could
be spoken to privately matter OF great interest
That evening was fixed for an interview, and the
attache In the meantime discovered that the name
OF the person who protested to have an important
communication to make to him was wilcox; that ne
was not and never had been an employs OF the
HERALD, but was sort Of hanger-on, who obtained
entrance to the oices by OF occasional little
Jobs which he was permitted to pick up IN the city
department. Agreeaby with his appointment
Wilcox appeared apopl tep O'clock at the aoSr VI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-26

round upon the men he had been
vicumizlng and take his revenge out OF them. lg.
n0rant. or course, that his whole operations h ad
ceen exposed 10 the manager or the HERALD, ana,
pelevlng ne had sy mpathlzing ally in the writer,
ne Immediately despatched.a second telegram as
Mr.. -, Delavan House.
The thing has busted. Sail In. WILCOX.
He was right. The thing had indeed "busted,"
and so had The Bohemian Wilcox.
PERSEvERING OPERATOR.
But IL soon became evident that wilcox was not
to be so easily beaten Cut on from one source or
pront ne was not slow TO seek another. HIS great
ldea OF controlling the HERALD by bribing editors and
reporters VINO had no more power over Its columns
ne hit upon the expedlent OF turning me
anair TO account In another way by pretending 10
nave played all along the role OF the stool pigeon,
and so imposing upon the manager OF the HER AID
the story that ne had only been enirapplng the
Erie "Rng'' in order TO expose their INSCRIPTIONS:
more difficult task TO perform than when ne per.
suaded Fisk and Gould that characteress Bohemian
could exercise any sort or influence nOnest or
dishonest credltable or dsgraceiu over the columns
OF the leading journal OF the nation. His story mas
been used by the HERALD for the purpose OF expos
ing all the rascals who have been concernsd IN
mean ana dishonorable conspiracy; OF showing the
corruption and prodlgacy, as Wen as
the stupidity Of the men who form
to disgrace their offices, and OF cautIoning future
Fisks and Lanes against the confidence r0gues who
pretend to be able TO influence control the col
umns OF reputable journals. This appendix VIII
prove the falsty OF WcOx's present version or MS
intentions when vlctimizng his Erie dupes; his own
story will show Lane and his associates with how
despicable a Ol,they have been seeking to carry
out their disgraceful and rascay plots.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-26

signature Obtained from Those Who Did
and Those Who Didn't sign BefOre-A
Different Petition tn Those Who Didn't, But
the Same to Those Who Did-Empl0yes
Expect to Lose their Places If the Manages
ment Chanxes-One Man Signs Four Times.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE
SIR-Pettiops to the State Legislature IN behalf Of
the present Erie managers are again in circulation.
Tney are very shrewdly gotten up. The
heading covers o multitude OF sins. Erie
employees come again to those VINO
would not sign the first petition circulated,
and say, 'This Is another thing; this Is asking the
Legislature not to repeal the Classification act and
has nothing to do with the stockholders interests
TO whI na n ae IN
Erie clerks, and each OF their friends, have petl-
ton. They tell their friends II the management is
changed they will lose their places. SO they induce
many to sign (who say they are opposed to it) as
particular favor TO them. They present the petition
Company favors those who favor them" they
present 1t to all transfers, who slgn as they are de-
Of the or IN
and care nothing about the matter. They
get men to sign three or four different copies
"rhe men at Albany will never notice IT; but they
will act as so many different names" One man
tells me he has signed four petitions OF the same
kind on this ground and ne did 1t as a favor to his
Erie friends and not because he thought 1t right
nave not yet seen petition circulated except bv
persons who are recipients OF fav0rs OF the Erie
Company or Erie employees. wish to present these
facts to your readers, which think can be substan
uated by statements from every town along the
line Of the Erie Railway. The sentiment OF the
people in this locality will be grossly misrepresented
by the petitions going from here. me general de-
mand Is let justice be done. write this as pro.
against the OF the names oil the c1tzcbs OF
this place. fraudulently obtained, In such way as
will give outsiders the impression that all OF Bing-
hamton Is bought up as cheapy as one OF our daily
papers, and set In false light before the people.
The voice Of Bngnamton is, give every man equal
rights, whether his property be In Erie stock or
elsewhere. "
BINGu ANTON, N. Y, Feb. IL, 1872.
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rms check was OF course handed at once to Mr..
Bennett Jr, the manager or the HERALD as had
Mr. Bennett at once gave orders for the reOpenlng
OF the HERALD batteries upon the Erie rascalltes
waiting his own time to make this last piece OF
meanness, roguery ana stupidity pubic.
TRIP TO ALBANY.
The HERALD attacne, who had been thus ''Seen,N
Ia the expressive slang OF Erie lett on The evening
OF tue I'm Tor Albany, and on the following morn
ing, which the check was payable, an article
appeared III the HERALD severely reviewing the
notorious LOBBY operations OF the Erie Ring Ut the
State capital. On the following day Wilcox was
evidently taken 20 task by the teIooled ana
astonlshed Lane, and, no DOUBT, pledged himself 10
have the thing
'sMOoTHED OVER AT oNCE.v
Accordingly The recipient OF the $500 check was
favored the 18TH with the following telegram,
pau either by the Dewdered Wilcox out OF his own
pocket or by the stockholders OF the Erie Road