The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-01
Our New York Letter.
Vanderbilt VIII Case and a
Vanderbilt Weddins-FasIa-
iOns-CiEar Makers Strike
War Against E2uIn-TiRtOn.
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War Against E2kaIn-TiEtOn.
NEw YORK, Nov. "a, 1877.
EDITOR CHIEF
The Vanderbilt will case continues
to be the engrossing topic of couver-
satien here. Scott Lord, attorney
for the contestants, is very busy get
ting up the testimony, and pretty
array of it he has. He asserts that he
can prove every point mentioned in
my last, aud has mass beside that
will not be necessary to introduce.
For instance, as far as 1854, there
was check signed Cornelius VAN
derl'ilt," paid for lot of groceries
to be shipped to California. The sig
nature was forged. William H., i'm
pressed his father with the belief that
it was Cornelius who had uttered it,
the two family physicians got out a
writ of lunacy, and Cornelius was
seized and hurried..off to the Bloom
ingdale asylum. Fortunately the chief
of that asylum knew Cornelius and
refused to accept him, knowing him
to be entirely sane. The conspirators
excused themselves with the plea
that they did it to save him from
criminal prosecution for forgery.
Cornelius demanded legal investi-
cation, but at the urgent request of
the Commodore the matter was drop
ped. Mr.. Lord expects to show that
for twenty years William systemati-
cally and continually conspired with
his tools to blacken Cornelius and
keep him in disfavor with his father,
that in the end the vast property the
old man had accumulated would come
to him. It is probable that the will
will be broken, in which case the
Vanderbilt power will be gone. 1t is
well. 800, 600 is too much for
one man to control, and the most i'm
portant railroad line from East to
West ought not to be owned by one
n,An2 The public have an interest in
the issue of this battle. Sympathy
runs almost entirely with the contest
ants.
Speaking of the Vanderbllts, the
great social event of the season. was
the Vanderbilt wedding. The daugll-
fer of William Fl. Vanderbilt was
married with great pomp and eircum
stance last Wednesday evening at st.
Bartholomew's, the nltra fashionable
church of New York. Probably no
wedding that could be announced
would he the subject of more curiosi-
ty, and the display was designed To
reflect the consequence of the bside's
family in u manner suitable to for
tune of $lO0 N00 ,000. But one order
was given regarding the dress that
it should be the costliest that ever
passed from the bands of tho fashion
able RsOdiste who furnished the we'd
ding dresses for Miss Grant and Boss
Tweed's daughter. Numbers were
hidden to witness the wedding at the
church, but the reception at the
house was very select. The bride is
about twenty, and blonde. She mar
! ried a Boston gentleman named
Twombley. The father of the bride
performed his part by giving his
daughter tliameud necklace worth
O,00O, and checks and other securi-
ties for nearly million, which will
take the young couple comfortably )
through the wiater.
The fashions of the season are
more for sense than for show. One oil
the stylish morning garments for ont
doors is long cloak of gray cheviot
covering the entire dress, aud gored
as closely as possible in front and be-
hind. A highly sensible addition faI
walking is cloth gaiteF strapped
over the boot, precisely like those
worn by men, to keep the dust from
entering the shoes. Embroidered
waists of light blue or pink oper'
flannel are worn uHder the dress fo
cold weather. Bright red and blu'
shawls of plain cashmere or Stella
shawls with borders are again worI
as sort of half dress, and adj
touches OF pleasing bright color t
the streets.
The cigar makers atrike continues
and though the strikers affect to hay