, 1873-12-30

n very thin young man, with an honoot Johtl-
nMl! look. DcsidoR pierropont wna Bparkr. tho
! White. star agent, nnotior 1sngHhmni,, Of moro
aplo,nl,, auavity,. and a1droHs. but ballt II good
deal liko q el,ort brig md ns yol'ow as n Skye
terrier with boiled akin.
Tito nllntlnt OF ObtuBoI,cgB that tleso Eng1tal,
mon could nas1lF1c when the argument bocan,o
ctoHc waH remarkable to ace. Their American
lawyors wero nnsty .glib. aolf-suilciont mon,
nervous, and apparently lacking powers of bal.
aver 80 fast and chirplngIy. and weigh litt'o
Doth lawyers havo lind considerable record.
plerrapont stool up ln group With BILL Twood
and Hwee,,y. wllet, tloY wore all Taminany
rogatia. flo prosecuted Jon Surrntt, md IL ro-
ported to have ncarly succeeded Hamilton Fish
| as sccretary Of State.
SHOWED that 1t liad moro ships in TIM
tho Whto Star Limo; sailod by o moro 1ogltt-
mate II aornowhat longer parallel showed e1tial
speed. II loss l'nsto waa " patriotic, being, En-
glisl,, to America. .-;hsving once disoboyoa tle
| homo lRws aid carried nrnB for rB; mud could
hayo had as many mercantile signatrrca to ita
petition FOR tile mails as tho Wllito Sar Com
pany, had 1t put forth tho 1eeeHsary nhao-
Thon arose ricrropont, dyed, grandoae 1uul--
tum in paryo. and fond Of tic Bos1nd Of lliu aomo-
what cracked voico, which Hcenlod to mo to linvo
bec,i bestowed in Now England and finished Off
i'nmedatoiy. awhoro aro 81 tho origital ss" sgns"
turos to your application ?" lo safd. Word Of
honor won't tlu. You don't possess them u
Horo thcro waB n groat moral superiority In
Pierrepont. 1lo loom,etl. 90 to sponk Tho other
tures wa8 not to bo found.
"Show mo ono signature Of responsible bank
org, such as l,avo read On our parer," cried
Just at this timo, howcver, tho papor was
found, ind, upon comparing tho sgnaturcu. 1t
| was Heon TINT such nristocrastc houses az Brown
Irothors, Drcxcl Il Morgan. and Duncan Il Sher-
mar had willingly slgned Tho application Of both
parties for tllo Bano contract, t,-nBi0.ing, they
did &C. that urlcas oach company gosit grent loss
would ous,le to tho public Interest. Tho moral
grandeur Of Mr; ps1rropqnt'a chaliengo, suffered
S '2ps9 Par nan ns' v.ySoy Sn T. ba said sa
Certainly" said Mr.. Croawell, s'thoro ia no
forco IN all thoso signatures ss tho Department,
In giving out mail-contract. becomes its own
| 1nocchnnt."
| THE RIVALS
There was a great deal moro. Of this sort Of
argument, md f1orroront read from tile pro.
cecdings Of Parliamentary Committees to show
that the 1nman Company had disdained our
t!!en,. Tho npshot Of the matter was. that the
White Star Company showed the quickest logs
in the marinc service, talon In the nggre-
cato; while tho 1nma,i Line promised great
performances for two now ships which they bud
launched. 1t seemed to bo apparent that thore
waa general feeling Of jealousy against tho
newcomers who had snatchod tho malls from tho
older companies, aud, with coatly shipa and
improved machinery. hnd compoe led general
rc-e4uipment Of tho passenger marine service.
THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
would have forced tsBt.clasR pasaage-rateH OF
oycry limo, including the Cnnarl. down to 500
American currency hut for tho loss Of tho Atlantic
WHICH nvailcd to giro some confirmation to tho in-
| genfola theory tlat tho Star yesscls wcro built
too long, aud would hrcak in two Tho Iuman
Company Lad hardly got this legend into good
shape whom tlloy lost \ ship of their own. Next,
the Fronch Iinc-which alwnys struck mo e.
manned with waitors and pastry-cooka instead
OF noa!ncr, and in which crossed Oil QUO occa-
sion, aud heard remarkable amount Of coa-
ycrsation botween tho rggors III tue shrouds
and tho officers on tho bridgo--complotod tho
1niefort,ncs Of the fear by croHsing tho bows Of
II brig, and nnling tho night and Tho len fright
enod at tho superior mercllcnsuess OF nun.
THE GERMAN SHIPPING AGENTS
| nt thHconforouco showed nluro Diplomatic ability
than the less manageable Englshmon. solwab,
OF tho Dromou Line, made better argument
than csthcr Of .he lawyors. Ho Hpenks English
with elegance, but without flaency, 50 that te ~
had mover falet1 to dispatch It's s.eamors ut tho
designated hour, and lind mover loat a Afo. An
other German represented tho new Eaglo Line,
In which tho steamers have literary nomoo-
claturG and are called for the German poets.
Tho 1ru1nburg- American Company, which lias the
Englo Limo for its competitor, alHo wanted to
laud the Eusst muil at Plymouth. Young
Francklil', Of tle Cnnard faulty, snid fow words
i'll favor OF that great Company
Tho postmastur- General ANNOUNCED hiR de-
cision to he, TINT ho should aend tho mails by
EhlpB, mud not by companies. 10 II to insure
speed, security. aud fidelity: aud rulo the mere
tubs mud tenderA out Of tho nlail-Horyice, no
matter what line owned them.
! THE STEAM En1rPISu
on tho North Atlantic has probably roached the
highest perfection an to tho comfort OF the vea-
sells, a,ld their speed, size, aud number; there
are ut present u Scotch Line; Welsh Line
n Pr,'saiun Liuo for the Baltic; Bolyic Lue; II
Trench Linn; double service to Hamburg and
! Bremen; quintNplo service to Queonstown
and Liverpool; Ho,ytce to London,
Plymontl, southampton. and Londonderry. All
tho above are from New York rloue. Thoro il
san1i-wcekly service from Atontroa which, i'll
y service from Philadelphia to Liverpool by ono
line, and weekly by another; two lines run from
baltimore to Bremen mud Liverpool. III al
this tloet, which probably nurnbe1s about
saven-scoro frst-cass ships, worth, perhaps
'sG0. 0.U00,000, there aro but two shipB undol
American colors. Our service oil the Pa.
ci'ic has bcon in:deserlbahly hea,nili.
procurement Of subsidy from Congress. BY
disastcrs to tue Hhips. and by the unscrupulott
und rl,i.ous spcculationa Of Stockwel and otllort
in pncie Mail stock. The Brazil Line Of three
slips, ia bottcr known when itH Commodorcs poke
around Congresn for subsidy thnn when they put
to sea. Hereafter VIC are to hayo steamship.
service from New Orleans to Vera Cruz. md. af
can 10 at present from Chicago to the City oi
Mexico III about one week. GATH.
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An Outrage In Minnesota.
Fr0al lie ~. J'aHf Pioneer.
| Eleven 1yoor struggling SWeucs, settled upon