Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-10

DIamonds-Mr. TIIden and Ghe
Presidency -SIBdFsm.t the Murderer
The Jewish Refugees.
NEw YORK, March LENT has full posses
sion OF New York as far as appearances go,
but in reality there is as much frivolity as ever
except in dancing way. There are no more
balls or dancing parties, but series of elabo-
rate dinners. whist parties. cat Homes re-
ceptions and suppers keep things moving. The
ladies appear in the streets in greater numbers
as the season advances and the effect OF the
aesthetic craze on their costumes is very striE-
ing. Medici collars. very high RIFFS. antique
Fourteenth century brocades, pulled sleeves
and sharp-pointed, stiff. whalebone bodices
are the rule The little girls look like four
year old parodies on the ladies of Qleen
EHzabeth's court. Their older sisters are in
quandary about dressing because Of the con
f1ict between two very influential 'sets." There
is a very influential circle that insists upon the
adoption OF the principles set down by Oscar
Wilde. but the tendency among the other swell
people OF the city is to copy or ape the English.
The extent to which this particular form of
snobbishness is carried would astOnish
any one familiar with New York ten or
fifteen years ago. There are three well
thew are all supported by Americans who have
all their clothes made in London and ride to
hounds in scarlet coats just as Englishmen DO.
They all say ''cawrt' for cant, CLAWS for
glass and the ike. and wear the colors Of the
Prince of Wales or some English nobleman.
They hunt three or four times a week,
spending the on nights in the Knicker-
booker Club. where they exchange their AIneri-
can money for English and bet sovereigns
with one another. These young men are snobS
| and csds. perhaps, hut they are the leaders Of
81 rn-Hn M ha = mo
women naturally want to please them: hence
they ride to hounds one day and droop ssstheti-
cally the next. By the-way. I was very much
surprised TO see'the coats farms that were
sported in all Of the spring turn outs on Fifth
avenue this wear. It was a great increase over
ayear ago. Everybody seems to have a coat-of-
arms nowadays, and they are engraved on the
doors or carriages, blankets and harness,
and indicated in the ccckades on the foot
mems hats A California millionaire. who
lives three doors above Thirty-flfth
street, on Fifth avenue. even has his coat
| of-arms delicately worked into the lace Of
his curtains. AS he was born the son of Con-
| necticut labOrer, and was an unsuccessful bar
| Der until he struck gold, these evidences OF his
| heraldic antiquity OF family look little bit
| flimsy.
PATHS success has been phenomenal Her
support was fair, her acting superb, and her
/ singing divine. Such audiences as greet her at
| Wallack's old theatre have never before assem-
bled in New York. The enthusiasm Wss great
| and the critics went almost daft over her. but
ENTHUSIASTICALLY IQe greatest sensation caused
/ by her appearance was the diamonds she wore.
/ In the first act of La Traviatan she wore en-
| eralds and diamonds in the second act tur-
| QuOises and diamonds and in the third act dia-
/ mOnds only. Before her display in the last act
/ the diamond wealth of New York sinks out Of
sight. Ia each ear a solitaire the size Of a wal
/ nut dazzled like fire. diamond butterfly Of
| INN ense size huttered from her shoulder,
| eleven diamond necklaces rainbowed around
| her neck aud the front of her cOrsage, her
| fingers were impeded by flashing stones, and
| her arms were covered with bracelet after
bracelet of blazing stones. Bands of selected
| diamonds of fabulous value glistened around
| the upper arm and shone in thousand ways
/ from the folds Of her hair The people held
| their breath. No wonder: it was the most
| striking thing the stage has ever seen.
| viii Mr. Tilden accept the nomination in
| 1884 il offered TO him!"
| asked this question OF man who was
| den campaign Of 1875.
| Il don't know" was the answer.
| Does anybody"
| Nobody but Mr. TiIden himself
| Why nobody elsef'
Because he doesn't commit himself to
| others"
Then you don't credit the report that he
| wrote letter proposing himself?''
| His intimate friends laugh at the idea. 1
| for myself know that he would not do such a
1 thing 1t isn't his way. All bis years as a rail
/ road lawyer and politician with nearly every
| Democratic committee in the State, and many
interests Of the party all over the country, have
|
/ is simply ludicrous to think off,
| Have you heard him say anything Of late in
| effect that he would not acceptSf
| Il have not; but there is much to lead to the
/ opinion that he would decline to run again.
| HIS whole life now IS at variance with the the
| Dry he is no longer public man. Instead of
| living at Gramercy Park in his town house, he
| lives at Greystone, upon the Hudson, almost
every month OF the year. When he was boy
| he was used to rural surroundings and he is
now finding delight in his old pursuits. He
1 e. 4 To-
! cattle-which are Of the best stock-pigs and
chickens. Why his henhouse is the envy of his
| neighbors."
What effect has this outdoor life had on his
health?"
1T has greatly improved it. There is hardly
day this winter that he has not been out on
/ his bob tail nag for jolt"
| Does he see many friends ia his retire
| ment?"
MANY parties go up from the city, and he
| entertains them in handsome manner"
| Conkling's refusal to accept the Associate JUS
| ticeship offered him by his old lieutenant did
| not create any surprise here whatever. The
| fact is, COnkling's followers here have been
| sulking ever since the nomination was made
| For one thing they have resented it as an
| attempt on the part Of the President to dis
| charge an obligation, and they have not ac
| cepted it as an act performed ia good faith.
| Some have said that 1t was move made for
| the purpose of slowing the ex-senator away in
| a cupboard, where he would be powerleSs to do
| further hurt to his party. This being the case,
/
| great yet; always was greater than his enc
| mics, and that he was to be preserved for a
| day in the future when he could rise up in his
| strength lie a giant. According to these
/ throwing the Pkilistines to their destruction
sgain. It is needless to add that the half breeds
| look at the great man through the reverse end
| Of the telescope.
| The great walking match ended in a blaze Of
/ glory one way and painful rumor of fizzle
the other. Hazaers score OF six hundred miles
| in less than six days is magnificent, but now it
is asserted that his hackers take nearly all of
! the twenty thousand dollars prize money, Civ
| ing the poor devil himself only few beggarly
| hundreds The same thing is said of the other
| men to a greater or less extent, and the large
| hearted public is usual highly indignant
| The most remarkable thing about these walk
ing matches is the ease with which the con-
testants recover. On Saturday they will be
pallid, thin and lame-the pictures of woe, but
Sunday finds them up and well, and looking as
though six hundred miles week was only a
matter Of necessary exercise.
He'll keep so to the last" said one of the
deputies at the Tombs yesterday. He was
speaking of Sindram, the murderer. Per
haps he will; it looks like it, At this time he
was quietly conversing with his old mother.
who goes every day to see him. l tried hard
to see some shade of regret pass over his face;
some moistening OF the eye; some quivering Of
the lip, in the face OF death | found none.
The GOODNESS and Indifference he has main
tanned from the first have been phenomenal.
Other murderers have been racked by re-
| morse. clDQfdm JuSLueS 0lmS6U. lie SlOt
his landlady because she refused to keep him
in her house longer without pay. I do not
believe In future life" he said, when asked
why he did not prepare for death. Il am a
disciple Of Bob Ingersoll. 1t would be mock
cry, believing as / do that there is no God
You have said that you prefer death to i'm
prisonment for life. Do you feel so still p
II like life as well as anybody. 1t would be
delightful to live; but to 90 to prison for life
would leave no object-nothing to live for
would rather die. But there is one thing that
l would like to live for and that is for the sake
Of my mother" Here was touch Of human
nature at least, but there was so little concern
in his face that you were led almost to doubt
his sincerity. When left him he was as much
Of an enigma to me ever.
To 90 through murderers row makes me feel
that life is insecure. There are seventeen men
under the charge Of murder, and the youngest
of them, who has hardly attained manhood,
| has just been found guilty of murder In the
first degree, and will be hanged in April. His
name is Michael McGloin. He shot French
man while attempting to commit burglary
Three thousand Russian Jews have already
arrived, and we are promised 10000 within
thirty days. They come here for shelter and
| protection, and they get it, 1t is the thing just
| now to express the warmest sympathy and
| pity for Them and ungraciOus remarks are out
| of order, but must at least speak of their
| appearance in the street. met about thirty
! of them on Broadway to-day. They are
| SO small as to seem dwarfed, are as round
| shouldered SO hunchbacks, and as
dirty as it Is possible to imagine
| human beings to be and live. They
cringe and shrink in way that thousands Of