Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-12


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NEW YORK. October 10-In former letter
wrote something about the great Methodist
camp meeting place, Ocean Grove, N. J. 1t is
called very strongly to mind to-day by the
presence of one Of its preachers in the Tombs,
where he has been put for swindling, or rather.
should say. on the charge of swindling
woman out of $4,000. Doubtless, some of the
readers Of this letter have heard more or less
about the case and, of the female ac-
complice, Carrie Ward, who. arrested as he has
been. mas been able TO find bail. To me the
matter has deeper interest than belongs to
the ordinary cases Of sw1ndling with which the
Police Courts TEEN every day. 1t is a story of
itself very remarkable, and will tellit:
When the Salvation Army landed in this
country two or three years ago it included ia its
ranks half a dozen women among whom there
were several very bright and smart although
ignorant-young and handsome ones. They all
wore dark-blue dresses and black felt hats, with
red bands about them, on which, printed in
large gold letters, were the words Salvation
Army" All of them had military titles. One
was Miss Capt. Westbrook, another Lieut. Cole
man, and so on but the youngest brightest and
prettiest, and at the same time apparently the
war against sin, was Miss Adjutant Hethering-
ton, aged sixteen or seventeen, and the only
one of the entire number who could write. ex-
cept Major Gen. Railton, Commander-in- Chief
of the army operating in America. The plan
of these English wonders was to preach in the
streets and public places, but the Mayor would
not accord them permission to do that, and
they made the best Of the situation by invading
saloons and holding services at Harry Hills
song and dance and sparring and wrestling
theatre. In this way they accumulated quite
reputation. but they soon got in trouble.
The Major General sought to occupy
not altogether official relations with the senior
Captain, and failing with her created mutiny
which she herself led. The pretty little Adju-
tant remained with him, however, and was de-
nonnced by the Captain, whereupon she forth
with hed the field and found place of tempo
rary fety and the expense of lasting dis
grace in a bagnio on Thirty-third street, near
Sixth avenue There she lived, drinking wine
and becoming Zealot in vice quite as great as
she was in religion Well, the story
became noi>ed abroad, and she was visited
by other members of the army who exhorted
her to repent, reform and do good with such
poor effect that she converted two of them to
her own line Of life and they Joined her. At
this time Miss Ward took an interest in the
situation. and. as it ha since become known,
visited the trio in their new and infamous
relations. Prayers and entreaties, the promise
of a good home and an eminence among the
camp meeting exhorters of New Jersey had
no effect. The renegade salvation army
in rich silks and satinS, danced the
can-can about the missionary.
pledged her in libations of wine, and kicked
the gas globes that were higher than her head
OF the chandelier, and said they would make
it pleasant for her. In despair she threatened
to expose them in England 1T really didn't
NATTER explained the Adiutant, for have
been exposed there already" but the others
were more particular. They didn't want to be
thought i'll of in their own land. In this spirit
Miss Ward addressed a communication to a
certain great daily, in which she sought to
publish the threats she had made.
The fact that the Salvation Army had suffered
such disruption was news enough to publish,
but to include the names and habitat of those
who had so gTievously back-slid was trif1e too
much. 1t was at this time Miss Ward began
life as an exhorter, in order, as she said, ito
hereafter be always in a condition to pray for
the three poor women" In this capacity she
served at Ocean Grove last season, and thereto
came the Reverend (the irony of the word) j.
A Lansing, who preached and talked to the
one hundred thousand people who came on the
shore to bathe in its surf and be preached
to by its preachers. Among this number was
Mrs. Thomas G. Upham, widow lady of
MEANS who, seeking to extend her good work
Of charity and evangelzatiou, listened to
project propounded by Miss Ward and Ian
sing to invest her money in a cologne manu-
fa0tory, which would yield profit enough in
interest for her to do good with, and secure
her ability to do good forever if necessary and
she lived so long. She surrendered to this
for their face. She got the interest for while,
andthen it ceased to be paid, and she demand
ed an account In answer, the preacher wrote
as follows:
when we took your money the plans and
arrangements were made in God and can
only move as He commands Can you not
follow the Word of God as it came first in
Carrie Ward, and know it as you did thenf
The papers are all drawn in God, and are at
His disposal. Yours, in Christ Jesus the Lord
God. Amen. J. A. LANSING"
Fortunately, Mrs Upham declined that secu-
rity. and she had the pair arrested l saw j.
A. Lansing in the Tombs to day. He looked
like the Rev Stiggins, of Pickwick Papers,
barring the nose of red; but his hang-dog man
ner and his covert ways distinguished him for
avillainous appearance above any prisoner, and
there were three hundred of them then, includ-
ing twenty-t three men charged with murder, in
the prison.
markable place, and. like many other Of our
public institutions, is a disgrace to
the city. In the first place, it was
designed for a reservoir to distribute
water through the lower part of the to n. Be-
fore it was completed it was concluded to
make prison out of it, and it was done. The
site was not good one, being actually on the
lowest ground in the city, and the authorities,
imbued with the hardness Of feeling which
took form in every relation they had with men
and women charged with crime, built it as I'M
comfortable as possible. and with no regard
for the health of the unfortunates who were
to occupy it. They carried the idea
even further, and they made its exte-
rior architecture SO forhidding that
the name attached to it in derision was so
appropriate that it became its official appella-
ton, and on the commitments and warrants
that issue from the court attached. The
Tombs is printed. Its cells are small and
dirty, and three and four persons are confined
in each of them. The food supplied to the
prisoners is simply villalnous, being not fit to
eat and the discipline of a convict camp in
Georgia is pampered luxury for its sub
hot
people have. The Commissioners of Charities
and Corrections have this institution under
their control. They also have the Bellevue
Hospital, the penal and pauper establishments
on Blackwell's Island, the Boys and Girls Re-
formatory under their charge, and in fact,
everything that is indicated by their official
titles All of them are run for political pur-
poses, more than for any other object; and
right handily are they managed, too, in that
interest Ii is a matter OF regret that the city
should be such football OF political schemers
but it is more's the pity
Do you know that the people and the poll
ticians of New York have not vet made up
their minds who won and who lost in the con
vention last Wednesday Briefly, the situa
ton was, the anti-Conkling men or half breeds
dictated the terms of the situation to the stall
warts and humiliated Mr.. Conkling more seri=
ousy that he was ever degraded before
They constructed the platform, controlled
the organization and made the ticket, and
in that way indicat their strength to the ad-
ministration, so that Mr.. Arthur won't know
which way to turn insNew York for Republi-
can majority il he don't recognize them.
NOTES.
The elevated railroads are in litigation again.
think l wrote you about sample steal of
some smart men, who Joined the two com
De Ries by means of lease to a company which
they made, and on the strength OF that con-
nection issued thirteen millions in the name of
the company leasing. Then they sold those
bonds, and now they seek to abrogate the
lease. whereby the bonds Nill have a value
no long r, because they represent nothing
The litigation is to complete this nefarious
steal.
Collector Robertson. Garfleld's man in the
custom house, has a nice thing of it. Salary
350.0OO per annum, sure Of his Office now for
four years. and easy duties to perform. Ger
tainly he is all right. see him on broadway
nearly every day.
Speaking about this elevated railroad busi-
ness and keeping the paragraphs apart IN or
der that no name may be associated with the
word steal, I am reminded to add that jay
Gould is rumored to be at work to get Cyrus
Field is wary man. and has made many
millions OF dollars Three million is MANY
million when applied to dollars. but Cyrus w.
Field is worth five times that Russell Sage
stands in with Gould in his enterprise, and the
fight Is being watched with interest,
senator Malone, OF Virginia, has been at
the Gilsey House for a week. Even on Broadway,
where there may be seen such eccentricities
in dress and manner as Joe Howard, Jr., Joa-
quin Miller, and such Dotabilities at intervals
as Jack Haverly, the entire family Of Lelands.
Wash Nathan, and Laura Fair. who shot and
killed Chittenden in California some years ago,
he attracted great attention, His slim Agure.
lacedin waist, almost womanly sized feet and
hands. together with long hair and flow
ing beard, made him more stared at
than anything that has walked the street for
many long day.
Politicians are keeping bright eye on
pennsylvania. The independent candidacy OF
Wolfe threateus many things to the Camerons