, 1881-09-16

COL. rEYTOY SOLICITING RUD9CHffTt0Sa.
spsctat Dispufeh ia The Chtraqo Tribune.
Nrw YonH, Sept. t5.-Col. j. e. Peyton,
Of Virginia, tho General Superintendent Of
tha Yorktown Centennial Association, isnow
here. Thu 0b}cct 0f Ills visit to tho North Is
TO sttmu!nte the efforts Of tho various
committees which Rre engaged In secur-
Ing subscriptions to tho stock Of tho
Centennial Association. Tic sars he wants
to mike strong appeal tt every ma,l who is
abin to contribute to the expense of tho
coming celebration at Yorktown to TO SO
literally. It is only by securing n liberal
amount OF money that the association can
mike tlie celebration Of the grand
event which 1t serves to commemorate
worthy ot the Nation and OF future history.
Col. I'eyton Is ]lcre to appeal 10 the banks,
bankers, and business men Of this city to nil
this event, and le says lie Is happy to say
that tho
INDICATIONS or Ills PROBABLE SUCCESS
arc very favorable indeed. "For every $40
subscribed" continued Col. I'eyton, III
speaking on tho subject today to n Tfnca re-
porter, "tho association issues certificate
of stock; und these certificates nrc very elab-
crate, ind niNy be termed c0inplete history OF
tho achievement of American Independence.
The certificate is designed to bo framed and
preserved rs u souvenir Of the Centennial.
Hut 1000 sllnres Of stock will be Issued, md
subscribers cnn have them Issued in tho
1,ame OF their children It they so de-
sire. Tha French residents Of tho
country layc without exception when called
upon subscribed for from one to ten shares.
lit nenrIy all cases thay have Ind their ,ce r
ticntes Issued III tho names Of their chlldro1l,
thus lnaklnx them
AN ELEoANr PRESENT
md enabling them to Md In thetlorktown
celebration. nnly regret that the sallo. sell-
a!alls tlafa An,orlcan @ cltizens. Wa haye raise!!
altogether atHt,lt $4,000. and with Ss5 600
yet nlonR very wull. It would reallyrc0ntro
from S15,O00 tn sl0U.U00 to nlake tho cGTten-
nlal what We orlsnaliy Intended 1t to ba-a
brilliant credit 10 tic Natloli nlltl source Of
tofEnsS II Fase 1'i'%esn' ai e'e United states eqse Gat
| VIC can nlnkn u worry crcdltabla. showing with
| tho NANCY TINT we now nsk for. Not q
si1lgl0 State Inns extended its Md to III, and
| wg llny0 been
FOIlCEn TO DEFEND ENTIRELY on PRIVATE
| srllaCNttrIoNs.
hostntes have appropriated altogether about
ssaN0. .tklo, but this wns simply for the trains
purlatlo. Of their troops, rflcy llaye not cyell
nroyideI tor maintaining tic soldiers on the
"Tts nrra,,gcu,snts for the religious sery'
lees to ba held oil Sunday, Oct. 1D,' sald Col
l'eytur, "hnye now bcen completed. The
services will l,H lluld IN the larRe pavilion on
tho Hold. and In tliu .nnrnislg bishop King, tllt
Catholic, bishop of Virginia. will ufl!eiato
Tho choir Will he that of st. .t0seph's Rnmal
Cntl,olie Church nf Philadelphia. In which
tlt officers alut soldiers Of thu Fro,,cIl urn,
attended high nllas 100 ycAra ng0 Whlln 0l
tl,o!r !nreh to tho lloadqlarters Of thu Elk
uni Also Nh tllelr return I1nfeh Aftor
THE VIcrOHY At YORKTOWN.
Tho morning. serytee ltas been assigned t,
the IsGll.au Catholic Church hecansa Ills MOS
uhrIstinn hniesty t.0uis XVI. ha4 nearl
twice tho nlliii6ur Ut trUNpx IN tho field at til
siego Of Yorktown that the Culul,sts llad. all,
tAoY Wern NIL Catholics. TlIo uftornoHl
service Will be conducted! by the Trotestall
denominations, allu tho Roy. DR.. John Hal!
0f this city. who Is ,loW III Europe, bus beel
invited to ollcinte. Samuel L. NabcocG
President 1f tue New York Chamber Of Con
lMerco, hns been lnyitttl to make All address 0
the advance nf commerce during the lns
hundred years on the morning 6i Monday
tha l1tll, and OH tho afternoon Of tint tia
tliB Hon. Hamilton Fish l,as consented to al
druas the Society OF thu Cincinnati. and the IL
seei,dants of revolutionary officers MD so
llerB."