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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-23

Mr.. Beecher likes . joke. On his
secest visit Of the Brooklyn regiment to
Montreal the horses for the staff were
furnished at Hartford, Conn. When the
stout. soiid-iookiDg bay assigned to the
chaplain was led out, Mr.. Bescher asked
tbs stable proprietor IL he was reliable
and ssfe, Perfectly So" was the an
swsr. sHe win go anywhere, 10 mot
afraid OF the military on ears. "There
Isn't mean thing In hi u" Mr.. Baecher
looked the animal over for q moment.
and quietly remarked; 81 wish he
belonged 10 my chureh,D
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-23

In 8 siek reom; All, my dear
friend, you are too kind to eonae and
spend the evening with me, though Of
course IL can be little pleasure to you"
q on, noDsense; yoa mustn't talk like
shst~-naustB't think anything Of the sort.
Lite isn't SD pleasure. We eaa't always
expect 10 10 WHIST would be aest sgEeee
sbie for " 70 do. bome one had 70 com
and see you, you know"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-23

my father, what Il an IsrasIits ~
/. My son, an Isrselite Il = rich Jss.n
" And what u Jew, my fatherf" ga.
poor Isrselite. "--j Puck.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-23
JOHN BROWN.
"a. ExecutsOn Described my am Eye-wu.
," Mesa
Cincinnati Enuuirer.

HT.E E1tC"ss@--~ - ---- " " "a
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
By the kindness of the gentleman to
rbon ] had letters, I was the only
pevspsper man inside the guards that
ur-ounded the scaHold. The newspaper
eporters were placed on q slight rise OF
.round, in perfect view, but where they
,suld hear nothing. The reason ass,gn>
n for this was that Brown had deter
mined to make speech of an incendiary
rhsrscter. To prevent this they deter
mined, if speech he made, it would be
b the military and to the officials who
would be within hearing distance. 1t
vss thought best that some one of The
northern residents in the shape of q
newspaper correspondent should be
prsssut, to the end that, if a speech was
concocted for Brown, and published as if
he had spoken it, there might be written
evidence of its falsity. happened to
be the person selected, and stood within
few feet of the rsllows when the exc
cutiun took place. Brown WIS brought
10 the place of execution-an open field
nesr the town-in a wagon, seated on
biz cofn. He was neatly dressed In his
every dsy apparel. His long, white
bss-d and his fine face-for hfhad fine
one-gsve him truly pstriarchial ap-
psarance. No one seeing him at that
moment could suppose him to be bound
mslstactor on his way to the gallows.
without hope of a reprieve. None of
/ the early martyrs of the Christian
/ church ever met death with more of
seeming stoieal indifference. Brought
NJ with fixed and firm belief that he
had been doing Gods work, he believed
the course he pursued, the shedding OF
innocent blood, the taking the property
Of his enemies, end that the death he
would die had been traced by an
Almighty hand In the beginning, and
nought could change that decree and
hence he would pass from earth to
heaven as one that God had selected for
this particular work and the change
from earth to bliss immortal would
more than compensate him for the
pain Of strangulstion. The gallows was
surrounded Ia front by the cadets of the
military institute, the West Point of
Virginia. They were fine looking youths
Of from sixteen to twenty years Of age,
dressed In blue pants and red flannel
ahirss. Behind them were picked COM
psniss Of volunteer infantry, other com
psnies forming the sides and rear of the
hollow square in the centre of which |
IVES the gailows. At proper points |
the artillery was placed in position, the |
guns loaded and pointed at portion |
of the field occupied exclusively by |
strangers and those suspected of mot |
being true to the Old Dominion. In
case o. an emeute or hostile disturbance,
.'s ''uo1e ua' "''A1is - aaOvl D' ~
&c " prevent = heScus' willie lns esnD0n'
sea an0 ihaanify we're 70 nie On ins gus
ee'sa crowd Inc cnhyng p'e.en
ano ane reserve guano' sislaoneo si1nin
proper 0islanee' were 70 hanK tne
resources ana fhe cavalry 70 cnarge up
% lnem' ana TO nnlsn those fnsf ine
cannon ana mnskefry tailed 10 sena 70
klneoom come.
II Brown anticipated . rescue, q glance
h. 1890 = - = ..sasn 49, !.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

TROUBLES OF BOTH AT FALL RIVER -AssIGN-
MENTs OF LARGE MANUFACTURERS.
FALL RIVER. Mass. Oct. Z. 1879.
Thomas j. Borden, treasurer Of tho American Print
Works. and Richard b. Borden. treasurer the Troy
and Richard Borden Manufacturing companies, it is
reported to-day. propose making assignments.
and have prepared statements of their liabilities
and assets, which they had laid before some of
their creditors. A. s. Tripp. Cashier of the
Mettacomet Bank, is named assignee
for Thomas J. Borden and Guilford II. Hatha-
way and Charles J. Holmes. cashier OF
the Second National Bank. assgnees for
Richard b. Borden. Their unpedged assets
understood to be small having been generally
pledged to secure individual indebtedness. The
Liabilities by Endorsements of Thomas j. Borden on
paper of the insolvsnt American Print Works
very large. Richard b. Borden was also
large indorser paper of other corpo-
ratons. 1t is stated that the personal la-
biiites Of Thomas J. Borden about
5000; his endorsements about 81. 100 900. and
his unpledged assets about $4O.0O Richard B.
$500 900; endorsements about $5O0,O0O. and un-
pledged assets at about $55, 900.
ATTACHMENTS DISsoLvRD. .
All the creditors OF the Montauk Mill having
signed papers granting extension, the attach-
ments on the property OF william Lawton Slade. OF
Somerset its president, have been dissolved
LABOR TROUBLES.
The striking spinners to-day, at large meetfnRs
voted to resume work in the Troy, Borden and Dur
fee mills the only mills in the vicinity which
not fully supplied. or nearly so. with -knobstick"
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
SEEKING A PASTOR.

The members of the Classon Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Brooklyn, of which Rev. Dr. Duryea WAS
formerly pastor. met last evening to take action
upon the letter from Rev. Dr. Herrck Johnson, Pro-
fessor to the Auburn Theological Seminary declining
the call issued to him by the congregation. After
DIR. Johnsons letter had been read q motion was
made to discharge the committee, which carried.
Mr.. r. wynckoop asserted that letter from the
former pastor. Rev. DIR. Duryea-supposed to be
his letter Of resignation-sent to the clerk of
the session February II, did nos
reach the session until February &C. The members
the session informed of the letter pre-
vously, and in consequence considerable misunder-
standing ensued Mr.. wynckoop proposed that a
committee be appointed to investigate the matter.
Considerable confusion followed, and the meeting
was abruptly adjourned.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08

of deceased officer. The resolution was referred Z.
u committee who reported thereon that the trustees
had no lawful power expend money for any snch
purpose. have also received letters from savings
bank officers which expressed their satisfaction
that trustees be held to strict responsipity
for the discharge OF their duties. Inc
president of national bank has written
to me thanking me for my inquiry and statins .nat
bank in which he Interested as stockholaer
had subscribed $500 to the Seventh hegimehe
Armory Upon his asking the President whether
that money had been paid out of the bank FUNDS. ne
received an inso lent reply from clerk asking nov
he supposed the subscription paid II not from
the bank funds. This president Of q national BANK
says:-'I hope you will push this matter to
the extreme The people will stand by you.
CoRREsPoNDENT-Are you making any special ex-
animation of these matters
Mr.. LAMB-No; / have ordered special examt-
nations of any savings banks on account of these
appropriations Of deposits. Statements that have
done are incorrect.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
NIHILISTS IN MINNESOTA.

From the st. Paul (Minn.l Press, Oct. IL
Yesterday forenoon there arrived IN st. Psul in
company of some of the returning party Of tho
English investigating committee who have just been
trip into Winnipeg. Mr. A. W. stifrcl. of Odessa.
Russia. . genuine nihiist. who. to escape banish-
ment to Siberia. perhaps death. was compelled 10
fee to America. reporter of the Pioneer Press met
this prominent Russian. who formerly owned over
ninety Of land in the southern part of
his native country. and embraced this opportunity
for AN interview. am coming. he said. To Mnne-
sofa to open big farm of 10000 acres. our colony
will consist of four couples. hve unmarried young
men. widow and twelve Children. all OF whom
have bcen compelled to leave Russia. We are going
to have model farm. aud raise not only wheat but
all kinds Of produce possible II any OF our friends
want to ioin us from Russia, and will apply to the
nihilist committee in England. we will gladly seno
them money 70 pay their passage.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
SATURDAY OR MONDAY?

The next anniversary Of Decoration Day will fall
upon Sunday. and remote as is the holiday. some
concern is already manifested by members OF the
Grand Army of the Republic regarding the proper
day to celebrate itviz.. to whether it should be
the preceding Saturday the succeeding Monday.
This concern has been occasioned by the bylaws of
the Grand Army. which provide that the observance
of the day shall take place on the preceding day
when Decoration Day falls on Sunday. and special
importance is given the occasion of the next
anniversary by reason of the proposed visit
of Canadian soldiers in return for the visit
of the Thirteenth Brooklyn to Montreal last
summer. This bylaw of the society seems to have
been adopted when the 3Oth OF May was a national
and not State legal holiday, and when doubt
less. the society did not contemp plate the possibility
of its incorporation in the list of holidays enacted
as such by statute. Its successive observance from
year to led however its eventual recognition
by the Legislature. and in 1873 it made legal
law designating public holidays to be observed i'll
THIS State so Us to read AZ ollows:-
January, commonly called New Years Day; the I'D day
February the ih day Of July the 25th day December
BY the ii this state or hs Posdsns of
day Of May be known Decoration D4y-snali all
Tea. e or me ard 1f the proostns and giving mo-
promtssor notes made after the OF this DO
and a. the frs. day Of the Week.
h s % y e ss @ in
Sunday. the Monday following shall deemed and
considered tho first day Of the week, Sunday u
public holiday for all Of the aforesaid
Doubtless when the attention of the Executive
Committee of the Grand Army Is called to this dis
crepaucy the bylaws will be amended in the point
Of the day of celebration to allow it to coin
eide with the legal holiday. Otherwise. IT the
society should insist upon the letter of their by
laws and keep the observance the preceding
Saturday when all the public would be wrapt in
business, they might realize the experience Of the
strong minded young ladies who went upon pic
mic by themselves and had solitary and dismal
time of ii.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
BILLIARDS..

Owing to the number OF expert billiard players
outside of the recognized professionals who arc
anxious to enter the tournament to be held next
month and the inability Of the projectors to
modato them all. preliminary tournament
was arranged. the winner to have the
privilege of entering tho regular list. Tho
preliminary bout brought together j. Ran
dolph Heiser. of Boston; Lion" Morris, and
Eugene Carter. of Toledo. On Monday night Heiscr
defeated Morris by score of GOO to 45i. and last
night Carter defeated him by of 600 to 81. In
tho latter game Carter finished with OF 225 and
an average of 80. The result throws Morris out of
the tournament Cater and Hciser play tonight for
first and second place in the division of the
money. amounting in all to SIS. The first man
takes $50 and the second saves his stake.
The New York herald., 1879-10-08

The hearing the order to show why
George II. Atkinson, the representative Of Sir John
H. Astley. should not be punished for contempt
OF Court in having. in violation Of order
OF the Court. paid some $1,360. Wes-
toms share of the gate money. was had
yesterday before Judge Beach in tho Special Term of
the Court Of Common Pleas. Mr.. Atkinson was
represented by Mr.. Rufus F. Andrews and
the judgment creditors OF Weston by Mr..
Jutson. When the called Mr.. Andrews
made preliminary objection that the Court had no
jurisdiction to punish Mr. Atkinson for contempt.
nasmuch there question Of title involved.
which could not be tried i'll this way Mr.. Judson
urged that Mr.. Atkinson clearly guilty OF con-
tempt in having paid over the money ut all
Judge Beach was inclined to favor Mr.. Andrews
view the matter and clearly intimated that the at
tachment could not be issued. He said
that as Mrs. Weston claimed the money
it could only be determined by an action
whether Mr.. Atkinson had committed contempt or
not since to judge him guilty of such contempt was
in effect deciding that the money belonged to Weston.
At the end of the argument. however. upon sugges-
ton of counsel, he allowed them until this morning
to tile their briefs
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
OBITUARY.

THE EARL OF CLANwILLIAM, @. c. H., d. c. L.
The death is announced by cable Of the death of
Richard Charles Francis Meade. Earl. viscount and
Baron Clanwillian and Baron Clifford. He was born
in Ireland. August Is. 1876. being the
of the second Earl by daughter of the
Austrian statesman. Count Thun. He succeeded his
father in the earldom in 1905 and had consequently
borne the family title for above seventy years. He
entered the diplomatic service at early age, and
after passing through the usual round Of residence
attache aud secretary of legation
Envoy at Berlin. 1823-27 On retiring from
the diplomatic service he was created in 1928
baron of the United Kingdom to enable him to take
u seat in the House of Peers. He married in 1880.
daughter OF the eleventh Earl OF Pembroke. His
eldest son, Richard James Meade. born in 1882. has
acquired celebrity in the naval service Under his
courtesy title of Lord Clifford. having become
The New York herald., 1879-10-08

and bringing down cheers from the house. A
OF silk clothes for the neatest man on thetrack
Mr. W. b. Cnrtis will decide on Saturday who IL to
receive it, There were many more ladies' present
than on any evening yet. and they seemed to ENJOY
the sport more than the men and were more enthu-
sastc. Murphy, who had been walking rapidly
for some time at ten o'clock started to run, and ac
complished his 200th mile in eleven minutes ana
thirteen seconds. While he there was I'M
mense cheering. the ladies applauding and waving
their handkerchiefs. and the audience in both gai-
leries their feet. When Murphy went to his room
areporter of the HERALD went to see HIM.
MURPHY's CONFIDENCE.
We'll. Murphy. how do you feelY'
very well. thanks; nothing the matter with me;
am just going to lie down couple OF hours ana
then shall go back on the track"
will you he able to remain thereY'
We'll. barring accidents think will
81 think there is no doubt about that" said his
doctor. with the exception of little blister on
one of the toes. he is in sound condition."
last the six days but you'll see me there Saturday
and il don't wear that belt Sunday don't un-
derstand my own power and constitution, SAID
Murphy.
''If you win this belt will you challenge Rowell ?"
"Why not? There's no law against one man hold
ing two belts. wouldn't care much for the other
because this is great deal handsomer; bnt think
it is the duty of An American to and fetch that
one back"
81 see the ladies are sending lots of flowers"
Its very kind OF them. and appreciate it
assure you. It's great help to man along dull.
weary tramp like this to get little encouragement
from the ladies'"
What you think of tho other men the track
WIFI you!
They good men. As good any who ever
walked on track, and that will be next Satur-
day next. OF course it to be expected that u
good many would drop out. 1t would be very diff
fcult II not impossible. to find thirtyfve men who
could last six day race, but several really valuable
pedestrians will be turned out of this contest"
Behrman went round like shadow. He had
made wager that he wonld walk 100 miles. and he
IL doing his best to keep his word. He was the
subject of considerable merriment to the III the
audience. When Murphy retired the audience gave
its attention to Faber. He has curious
awkward gait and an uninviting appearance. but
his endurance is remarkable and he seems nothing
wanting in courage. Eleven struck OH new au-
dience taking the place of those who had left after
Murphy went to bed. and in half hour the build
ing we'll filled it had been before.
Pierce had many friends there The
colored people evidently interested
in their representative. Briody his 17lst niile
aud Fox close behind his heels. Faber won't to
his room. of the first after Murphy, and
Behmsn followed his example, Nearly half
the audience left the building at midnight while the
remainder settled down to nights enjoy OF
the
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS.
The score for the first forty-eight hours was as
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
TREASURER RENPRoE ACQUITTED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ]

By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
ATLANTA, Ca. Oct. 7. 1872
In the impeachment trial Of State Treasurer Rem
froc before the state Senate to-day he acquitted
on every article the lowest vote being seventeen
guilty to twenty-five guilty. and the highest being
thirty-fve not guilty to guilty. The
vote on the .gcneral article twenty-four
not guilty to eighteen guilty. II required twothirds
TO convict. On his smallest vote he had two votes
to spare. The result crcates great excitement. In
the House this evening resolutions of censure we're
offered and q resolution calling for the re-
movs Of the Capitol from Atlanta be-
cause Of alleged sympathy with Renfroe
passed by 80 to 60. 1t requires two-thrds vote of
the Legislature and a popular ratification to move
the Capitol. Tho general impression is that the
issue raised will seriously split the party In Georgia
The senate Is . very strong aud impartial body,
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
Two to was offered that mono Of the compet-
tors would make 500 miles.

tors would make oOO miles.
CONDITION OF THE MEN.
Tho general condition of the was excellent
though lew were evidently destined not to remain
the track to the end. but even these making
determined struggle to keep pace with their fellows
Brondgeest III very good form and did excellent
work. his hard iron showing scarcely any trace
Of fatigue Walker was limping slightly and going
with apparently some pain, but he kept up good
pace. maintaining respectable position on tho
score board McIeavy looked fresher than he
did twelve hours before. and was walking rapidly
with graceful. springy step. Faber. who stood
the track and the fresh color in his cheek
told that his seventy mile score had not
done him much damage. while the funny
of the walk. Behrman. with his solemn aspect.
plodded round the track pilng up useless miles for
some purpose only known to himself.
There's q man whose position in the race Is
assured" remarked q spectator.
True for you" replied son of Erin; "he's SO
cured back safe an he howlds on to it,
Maloney, though far behind, did good work and
was in excellent condition. While he was making
his l29th mile some lady friends presented him
carried round the track with evident pride
Allen. who had been regarded the possible winner
of the contest began to show signs of fatigue. but
he WAS very plucky and tried hard to close up
the gap between himself aud the leading men.
On his 15Oth mile he did some excellent
running. Spellacy. whose tall. gaunt form
excited some derision in the earlier hours Of the
race. during the day proved that there was consid-
passed. q number of men. forcing himself into the
NTH place by five o'clock. after severe tusslc with
Walker. About two Z. NJ. 1t was announced that
Mclean had decided on retiring.
There several spirited races between indvid-
uals, the most noticeable however. was trial Of
speed between Kammerer and McLeavy. i'll which
both men drove at their fullest speed. The Scotch
man, however, proved tho victor in very short
time, and none OF the other walkers ventured
to again put him on his mettle. Little Fox worked
like u Trojan, but his pace is slow aud he fell more
and moro behind the leading the day ad-
vanced. Ho appears, however to have good staying
power and may yet catch up. Dickinson was tho
freshest looking man on tho track but his rate Of
speed Is too slow. At Ave o'clock Curran. Kcm-
merer and Murphy ran . close race. Curran
evidently anxious to close the gap between him aud
the boy. but Murphy was equally resolved to mann
tain his advantage and held on to his gray headed
opponent with q doggcd tenacity that finally con-
vnced Curran his squirting would bring him no al
vantage. At ivc O'Clock the OF the men who
remained tho track as follows
The New York herald., 1879-10-08


The attendance in the Garden thinned out about
moro than two thousand people looking at the
These amply repaid for their
attention by somo of the best work Of
the day the track. Murphy fresh
cncd up, Curran got squirting with him every
now and again when they happened to meet. and
the others made up little races among themselves.
At eight o'clock. the forty-hird hour of tho contest
Murphy was several miles in advance of what
O'Leary was Mt the same time when ho
tho Ashley belt. Pierce. the colored man, who
not expected by anyone to be on the track,
was doing well and apparently nothing injured
by the tramp 30 far He going along in
tho same methodical manner he has main
tanned since tho start. lie rarely ran, and
only once during tho evening engaged In a match
with his companions III the race. Toward eight
o'clock the people began TO como in rapidly and be-
fore nine there were Ave thousand persons in the
effect of rousing the pedestrians their lethargy
and urging them to faster movements. Racing bo-
came general at nine o'clock and some fine spurts
made. Walker ran Fabcr twice around the
building and Murphy engaged Curran, keeping the
'longshoreman at the top of his speed
for mile. Brondgccst and Brody appeared
to have recovered new pace. They Tor half an
hour, only resting twice. Buody's little short stop
contrasting strangely with the long swinging sweep
of Brondgeest. Brand acted as IL an cleo
trio battery had been slipped into his sys-
TEN somehow. lie broko loose from the
even, measured gait he has adopted since he
first set out the six days go-as-you-pleasc, aud
tor the first time showed he not doomed to
creep ON at snail's pace forever. Fabcr, Fox and
Howard wore pushing one another vigorously
The New York herald., 1879-10-08
DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TION

L. A. WILL NOMINATED FOB GOVERNOR ON THE
FIRST BALLOT.
BATON ROUGE. Oct. z. 1879.
In the Democratic State Convention to-day the
Committee Credentials asked for further times
and the Convention took a recess until Ave p. M.
The Convention reasscmbled at five p. NJ
The report of the Committee on Credentials was
adopted
Felix Poche. of st. James, was elected permanent
chairman.
After appointing a committee of fifteen plat
form and resolutions the Convention proceeded to
ballot for Governor l.. A. Wiltz WAS nominated on
the first ballot receiving 276 votes, against 174 fox
General Fred. n. Ogden.
The Convention then adjourned until tomorrow
morning.