, 1873-01-04

exercised about thoso froquo11t murders by no.
BrooB
ANOTHER GREELEY LETTER.
Chnrlos Summer pnBAoBgnB n letter from Horace
uroo!ey, written but short limo hoForo tllo
election. llo thanks Air. Salnuor fur l,iB curlial
support, nn,1 Hays that his aoo object III accept
rnrty Which would liarmonizo tho buoks and tho
wl.itcB III tho South, so ns 10 mako tl.o former
tolerant aud to givo tho latter tolerance.
rlsr1cuFFs.
Atgront expenHe lnyo yoobtaincd coupletenar-
ratiyo Of tho celebrntod fight botwoon tic Hon.
Zncli. Chandler, OF Michigan and Mr.. 1IMMega1l,
OF 1nlEana gon or ex-senator IIannoga1,, who was
hlilBtor to Prussia. It llapponodi Iii tho Na!ion-
81 Hotol, ut rnealtfmo. Zaoh. took advantage Of
nbmao Voorhees, loudly while in hia PRESENCE.
Hia remarks rcAoundcd all over tho lining room,
a,lch aa "Iraltor," scoundro" etc., plonti-
fully conHortod with oatH.
"Dan.," Raid flanagan, II wouldn't stand
TINT foul-moot1lo!l vituporation."
won't," said Dam, and he Walked oyer to
Chandler and struck him n baol-handod blow
which roaouudod like wllip-crnck.
inediatoy au sroK s oas IT, At ytSE Voorees o Mr.
flanagan, intorposlnyt remarked: "dontlomoll,
this IL not tho p1aco for personal colfiBton,-n'
dinfng-room whore you disturb oLher pooplo
Think Of yenr poistt'ons a do not aiSsrace
"Who in hi nro you ?" exclaimed Chandler,
and with TINT ho struck A1r. Hnnnogan with all
hlH forco oil tho eido OF Lis face.
11annogan was stunned by tho blow, which lie
Ind not expected, botng ponccmnkor mud not n
fightcr; but llo picaod up a molnsses-pitchor,
aid brought it down on zacl..'s forehead 30 TINT
lio WAS covorod with blood and nolasaeH, Which,
strango as 1t may appear, scemed to improve llH
could find to strike uannognn withit; but Hau-
nagan duckod his head and Zach. struck m on
tirely harmlcaa person in tho abdomen, who
forthwith got tho cramps and walked out Of tho
Il III to1Ix that
Id now undorBtood TINT Zach meant business;
60 forthwith 1o took that great patriot by tho
top-knot, and, pushing his hoad down towards
tho iioor, dragged him along, planting blows all
tolligont countenanco out Of the Senator: Mucl,-
spcnt, gasping, and frothng, Zaoharinh fol-
lowed his hair acroBa tho floor, and aoyoral Ia
dies. rushing in, crcd:
"Oht don't kill tint man II
"No, Iadies," said 1Ianncgan,, II just want to
keep him from iniuring mo, alsu If you will tnko
caro- Of him, shall lot him so immediately.
With this, HannoFan gHvo Zach . last ahot,
Ajax rolled over on his back, and was wllcel-
barrowod away by some Of The servants.
STILLSON.
by tho rosignaton of D. G. Croly, tho man
| aging editor of the New York World, Mr Jo~
rome 3. StillBon as riHon naturally to that iul-
portant leBk. Mr. Cso1y is to bocomo the editor
Of an illustrated daily JOURNAL for which tho Oil
cravings arc to bo nlatlo hy somo nowly patented
procoss, md tho capital is said TO have boon
contributed by Londonors. Nlr. stillaon hns
bccn in tho service Of tho World for about ten
yenrH and in tint time hes nado two journeys
| to Moxico, ono to Europe, and lo was with Tho
| Sixth CorpB ns correspondent in aomo Of tho
most activo ana bloody. campaigns Of the War.
Ills descriptions OF tho bnttleB Of Cedar Creek
| Hatchor's nnn, otc., wcro solno Of tho fnoat
nccorntH written in tho Wnr. Ills good luck
in the world will hayo aadod n young man Of
fuo temperament, dignity, and Intelligence to
| tho profession which ho has already adorned 10
| long.
TIE UNDERonoUNn RAILROAD.
Amongst tho pleasing books Which have boon
| printed since tho war, mono occupies quainter
10 tho work OF William Still, long tic man Of
| all work at the Pennsylvania Anti-sayery Onlce.
and at tho head Of tho systom by which fugitive
! elayee we're paused from Delaware, Maryland,
a and Hl.1hrs the 9sre y y,y, Of Wngo s 9o1
acquainted with Still, aud suggested that tho
| tno would como when lie could mako good
book upon tho ilairbreadth oBcapog pursuits,
concoalnlonts, ote., Which wore episodes on the
Underground Limo From looking ovor this
book, which Is nearly 300 pages long, and
re,narkably full and circumstantal, it aoenls
plain that tho whole underground business on
tho border East was managed by QuakerH, with
their : general headquarters at Whining
| ton, Delaware. Thomns Garrott, who
| died lttlo more than n year ago, was porhapa
! bcttor known III maintaining station on tho
! road than my other man. llo waa tricd before
| Chief Jnntico 1aney, in 1913, and flnod to tho
extent Of hlB whole property, 10 that ho had to
begin anew In bis Goth yoar; and tho first thing
| ho did WAS to add story to his back building,
80 that lo might ontottan moro fugitiyos than
boforo. Another leading, patron Of .runawaya
in Delaware, surrounded by shareholders; and he
also was mulctcd, with Garrett, for gcYoral
thousand dollars. William Whippor, a negro
lumbor merchant at Columbia, Pa, n,aintaiiicd
fu ,lrl. H.
ground Limos, and that town is associated with
tho fact Of the conccaltnont and salvation Of
many a.. poor, dusty tramp flying
toward toward! til tho =, North oa..o,. stir yory many
keopors on the Underground Road, nearly NIL Of
whom wero either Quakers, or Of Quaker
stock. n wealthy nogro, who kept bis Loraes
and toams ready to forward fugitiyos, wns
Robert purvis, who lived about twonty mlon
north Of rhilado'pa i and j. q mingled u; Gan, r
much Of tho travel on tho Underground Hond
was Of simple mud trudging kind, there woso
sometimes desperate comintB, as at Chriytlhna,
Pa., and oven On tho ohesapeake Bay, where
these memoirs to have had pitched battle at tho
loss Of lifo. miller McKm WAS probably
supcrintondont-in-C OF tho Underground
Railroad. uo was nativc OF CarliHlo, Pennsyl-
scent, aud lo escorted Mrs. John Brown
froln Charleston just boforo tho exc
cntion Of husband. TO look buck upon
tho days Of Anti:slayory -, asitsstiiogg
people nurturng their little conyonticlo lifo aud
recoiying inordinato quantitios Of publicity,
| Whereas tho lnrgcst Of thoir meanings wore gen-
! orally no bigger than Il moro Methodist claaB-
meeting. Iuned to take great delight in running
! on to konnet Square, Longwooa, and the throo
| or fnls Ittle 11ickaite meoting-housoa where it
was tllo custom Of the frienin Of freedom to
drink ten, bring their knitting, and thllrdor
away ut tho Man Of Sin. This bright eyes OF
| Lllcretia Mott, and tho sta1nlncriug speech Of
James Mott, tho lnusieal voice of Mary Grow,
and the wild-oyed look Of Coates, Garrett, etc.,
1nado Berics OF sensations which will DO long
| remembered with tho overthrow Of Slavery. Wo
shalI DO unable to measure tho precise eifoct OF
these Abolition meetings upon t1lo war OF cnlail-
cipation which followed. II III common for tlieHo
| old co1Gers to ronson out tho Whole iaguo OF
| tho war from their littlo roadside gatherings
but wo may vol ask whether tlloro was much
logical connection botwoon more fuulnation and
tho great and angry war which, for noarly two
| years. fought uut itH way without giving tho