Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-04
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Mb Cyrus Field gss IA lis private
eiles az 30, i45 BfoadEsy, At az ssfl.
hesF ibis m9FRiBg He Was h a. aH
usually hsppg mood The strike 0
de gstemeh ana other highlyspsis
employees on the elsFatsd failEal
seemed sYeflea, BPS gstsfsd steekl
we're bHeysat, hs hsa received foul
competitive proposals from imp9yef
lshed country steneseHttsfs tef fsst9fi
iag DE Inscriptions % ths AldFs
monument, lie was "efammiRe up
eB > aee'sarsg s9pg Of gifsil that h.
might learn thst The i,stig quotation
On the monument, with which eyer,
school boz Is fanlilisF, gss not from
Horses, as be had previously stated e
ths wsmbsrs u The press, ~ bali
past : g'el0ek be gpeged rear dosf d
bis once and received classical tutor,
gbe hsd privately come 40 a pair 81
back stairs 10 give him ~ easy lesson
II the classics, he was just thinking
how be would be able 70 gg0te . LstiA
sentence 70 The neat EBglish dean
who came along and stopped ~ Ianys
l9WB, and VIII what haeHgy be would
be abls 10 read tbs Latin inscription
9R lhe monument upon its bslHg fe
stored
AZ this moment 4 pale faced mes
seBgef boz Gsms 10 With . dispatch,
Cyrus saw that something eHigogs
was coming lie hastily Tore opsH ths
envelope ana gsB bis eyes over Che
nessage. A Wild l9ok came 70 bis
eyes tie gratts1 his teeth, stamped
! foot upon lhs hooF, and efelsimed
"Ihs monument Is gone w this
fWe ~
A Press reporter called upon M.
field VI aeon, by which time be had
somsBbst recovered from tbs shock
The scribe asked him il be bsd 8 elgs
" the aathefs 9f tbs explosion, M
field replied that be dil not Wish N
sey anything On tbe subject, bat be-
fslt quite sure that he kaeW who had
committed he act The monument
bad NOT been repaired since DE dan
age which 4 TeeeiFed some time since
FgRfHER PARTICULARS.
Prom what another Press reporter,
who WAS sent " TaBpsR, Was able %
gather, u appears that during the
night Che slgmbeIing residents fof
oyer . mile GROUND che vicinity NJ tbe
monument Wege aroused from thslf
sleep ~ : lead report, and some pear
est ihs plsea hastily dressed and ran
gRt % see what bad happened Il gas
believed " have been semeNbefe near
midnight 10 strange person could
be seen about the village, and II Ess
some time before u became apparent
that the cease " Ihe report was 90
attempt 70 blow ~ the Andre m9nu-
meBt,
The amount Of dsmsge was not Is
eeftained before daybfesk, when l.
was found that the base bad been
blown nP aBd badly shattered, bat the
Stone itself had mol been injured,
One person YVES asked bg Tho reporter
whether there d sHg III feeling IN
lapnaa aad the gtlihitg against the
monument, cad gave lhe answer that
all lleeklsad county was
BITTERLY OPPOSED
% both 10 erection aud maintansBoe
When told that MF, field claimed
that tho monument was intended
merely 20 point out The place where
Malaf Andre vas executed az q sRy,
the aalne 90 The 'laffglowH monument
marked Tho SPOT Of his capture, Tho
person questioned responded, h'ihaH
why did not MI, Field give tho m9aH.
meat 90 the lt9gk land caaaly llist9f
iaal aaeielyW The gentleman e0BiiHs
ned that The residents Ut 1appsB,
spafk hill, 49,, say that theg wish tbs
Andre monument had been sHak IN
lhe sea before 4 had been erected 10
the patriotic ground u 'isppsH, ba
Meath the soil Of whiah rests ibe bones
Of those who had persisted ia the vafk
Of Iegelaiienisiag The eeuhtfg
The attempt 70 destroy the m0aai
meat Vas tho pflheiBsl topic et con
Fsfsali9n among passengers coming "
town this morning ever The Northern
railway, The news was received on
The train with
eHtfhs AAn MANIFESTATIONS ~
10Y,
=the only reWat Of the people fisni
lappsh and Vicinity being, MOI thai
lhe attempt Was msda % blow 40 fha
monument, hnt that il had not sua
eeeded ~ blowing u 90 atoms SO that
" Wnul1 DO necessary a. erect a nag
aAe, 4 Mf Field was determined a
perpptnaia Andres lame, On Tathal
lRAmg aud the siaia allowed hin h
ia s9r added 600 al tho speakers,
Another resident Of apaTkhili ssid
ha Thought ihe sirene manifestation
lai leelRg which had been sh0wr
AGAINST tho monument ought 20 ht
saiipiept "a Induce MI, Field 20 lax
THE back Track aud remove The abiea
~ % iaaeh antpaihY and adverse afit
leism, lie did not like vandalism
but DO theught the monument shoulc
net 10 there, and ielt certain that il h
maintenance Was persisted Ia, thil
geNld act be the last aiiempt made /,
destroy \ lie supposed the eharH
MAS tee light &C Il weuld eegiaial
have been DESTROYED last aight, M.
Rekt attempt would, 40 doubt h
mere successful,
Tbs ready mliei given ia asthm
aud summer eelds M hmwga irel
llittsls Y 81 satisfactory that man
speAk 20 II asa complete cure,
i, Mansfield \ %, W, N, Nilker
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