The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-09

left, but Mr.. Bowen stated it was sent to
10,5C0 post offices throughout the country
when l went into the Independent Mr..
Bowen told me its circulation was about
| 17,000 my salary at various times in the
Independent office varied from 700 year
to 1000 year, and was advanced by sue
cesslve steps to the latter sum from 1869
1t was fixed at 7,000, before that it was 5000
and per cent. of the profits in Decem-
Der 1870, abandoned lecturipg and took
charge Of the Brooklyn Union, ut which
time was also for few months editor of
the Independent my salary on the Brook
Ign Union was 100 week, think, in JAN
uary, 1871 do not believe that any of
my property brought inc an emolument,
except some money had at deposit my
house at that time was worth about
$17, 800, and there was mortgage of Sl0,-
500; was offered for my share in the
Tribune $1,000; my property in Llcwelyn
park was valued at $4,000 then, and there
was not any mortgage on It; l endeavored
W BCt WI. NiOuitOu w DulthboC II, but III
preferred to lend me money; never re-
member being offered $4,000 for it (;
there Is also a lot of mine
in Prospect park unless somebody has run
off with 1t Qaughtcr) l understand Mr..
Sherman was making inquiries about it
the other day; Increased laughter) Mr..
Bowen, in or about the month of Novem-
Der 1870, told me that for various reasons
lie wanted to become chief editor of the
Independent / resolved that | would be
no longer on the paper Mr.. Bowen gave
notice in December that he wanted to con-
duct his own paper six months hence
required contract with Mr. Bowenlto be-
come editor of the Brooklyn Union for
five years and signed another contract with
him TO be special contributor to the indie
pendent at salary of 5000 year my
salary on the Union was.the.same, with an
these contracts were terminated with arbi-
tration my valedictory was published in
the Independent on the 22d of September,
1870 these contracts remained unbroken
until the 3lst of December l had an inter-
view with MIR. Bowen on Dec. 20, but it
did not relate to my continuance of these
contracts ; this, think, was the first in
terview had with him after the signing
of the contracts Mr.. Johnston
came over to see me shortly after
this and told me stories that some per-
sons were circulating; we went
over to communicate with Bowen on the
subject Johnston was there during the
greater part of the interview but not du-
ring the more important part | do not
remember what | said to Bowen at the out
set, nor can tell what Johnston said
Bowen said stories were circulating about
me and threatening to sweep me away like
an avalanche-stories of my immortality,
he said which came to him from all parts
of the world he said If they were true
ought not to live day longer, and agreed
with him; never heard these stories about
my connections with women until Mr.
Bowen told me was threatened with an
avalanche there was small newspaper
published in New York which came out al
this time with a story about my going tc
elope with lady to Europe there had
been before this a story published about
my living with woman who was not my
wife during political campaign out west
the relation of these stories to me by Mr.
Bowen was quite surprise and source
of establishment to me.