Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-23
A GOOD JOKE on ARTHUR.
TRAVELLING INCOGN1rO AN IM.
POSSIBILITY.

How the Presidents Identity was Dis
covered Way Up in Massachusetts,
Forced to Submit to an Impromptu
Reception all Against His VILLA
Little Bit of Gossip.
WASHINGTON, March a2-Mr. Fred.
Phillips, the Presidents private secre-
tary, was talking to-day about the Presi-
dents movements. 'EYes,'f he said, Ssthe
President will go to Florida soon without
much doubt. When he viii start do not
know. 1 must confess that 1 am never
certain when the President will leave or
where he will 90 until / see him on his
way. And the President generally man
ages to go in just the manner
that suits him. | do not remember
his having been frustrated but once in
this. have to laugh about it when think
of It," asked Tor an account of that par
ticular day and got it. II was last sum-
mer. The President was making trip to
New England in the United States steam
er Dispatch. He was keepA8g ais move
ments very quiet. He wanted to take
things easy. One morning the Dispatch
quietly steamed into Marblehead, Massa-
chusetts. The President, accompanied by
his private secretary, went ashore to
see the place. The President was
anxious to examine thoroughly old New
England towns. Unrecognized, he ''did'
Marblehead. Salem, where Hawthorne's
'HOuse with the Seven Gables" is located,
is only six miles from Marblehead. The
President and his secretary took car
riage to make trip to Salem. They got
through Salem all unrecogniZed, and were
cOngratulating themselves upon the nice
quiet time they were having. They started
back to Marblehead to again go aboard
the Dispatch. When within a mile of
Marblehead they were met by guant
specimen of the Yankee. He stopped
the carriage. He said: EEMr. President,
we people at Marblehead have found you
out. We are determined that you cannot
leave us without having been received as
you should be in the town hall They are
getting ready now. My name is Captain
Benjamin Pitman, and / have been ap-
pointed a committee of one to escort you
to the town hail."
But" said the President ''I am travel
ing very quietly. / do not wish for any
public reception. | thank you people for
thinking of me, but l must decline to ac-
cept the honor of a public reception"
Captain Pitman was as obstinate as his
tribe generally is. He said: 81 will guar
antee that we will not detain you for more
than ten minutes"
''It is time," responded the President,
''that we were on board our boat now.
We certainly cannot stay in your town
for even so short a time as ten minutes"
81 am sorry for it," was the reply, "but
L guess you will have to submit. l am
the committee, and | am going to carry
out my Instructions" Captain Pitman
then got up beside the driver of the car
riage. He told him to drive on. The
President said 'tO the wharf" Pitman
knew the driver. He told him to go past
the town hall. When Marblehead was
re-entered there were thousands of
people on the streets which had 4
before been almost deserted. The
town crier was going about ringing his
bell. The people shouted and yelled. The
President was driven along. He took off
his hat to the multitude. just before the
town hall was reached the carriage had
to stop. There had been drawn across
the street all the fire apparatus of the
town. 1t was impossible for the carriage
to pass. There was complete barricade.
Captain Pitman, who had remained all
the while on the seat with the driver in
proud dignity, got down and said 'Mr.
President, l told you that you would have
to submit. You might as we'll
come ON i'll now without being
carried bodily" The people yelled. The
President had to accept the -f7eVitable.
But he had hearty reception, the enjoy
ment of which was not diminished by the
thought of how it had all been brought
about. The people followed him to the
wharf, many Of them took boats and fol-
lowed him out to the Dispatch. Two
small boys padding in small boat hung
on the side of the Dispatch until the Presi-
dent had climbed the companion ladder
One of them shouted out, Goodbye Mr.. !
President; come and see us again. We
will give you another reception"
1t is rather sad story that Mr.. j. T.
Brown, Sr., chichester, Pennsylvania, will
hear in few days about. his son j. T.
Brown, Jr. The former is President of a
bank in Chester. A few years ago the
latter was the cashier of the bank. Be.
tween $4,000 and $1,000 was missing one
day. 1t had been taken by the son in
small sums from time to time. The son
promised to reform. He did become
most exemplary citizen. He went to Ar
kansas and BECAME. Chief Deputy
United States Marshal He Join |
ed the church. He led in all !
charities. He often lectured on godliness
of Sunday evenings. His chief, the Mar |
shall, died. j. T. Brown, Jr., was a short |
time ago, upon the recommendation of the |
United States Judge for that circuit and |
many others, appointed to succeed him. |
He continued to be superatively good to |
all appearances. He has just rendered |
his hrst accounts. They looked |
crooked. They were investi- |
gated. 1t is developed that all of his ac- |
counts are cheats and all of his vouchers, |
with but one or two exceptions, fOrgeries. |
He fell again at the very first opportunity |
which presented itself. He will be re- |
moved at an early day.
The Treasury Department has Just |
completed paying this years appropria- |
tiOn to men whose seats in the House were |
contested or who We're themselves con-
testants. The sums paid were as fol- |
lows: j. Floyd King, Louisiana, $500; d. |
Wyatt Aiken, South Carolina, $7O8; NJ. E. |
Cults, Iowa, $1,000; j. c. Cook, 1000; |
Gustavus Sessinghaus, Missouri. $4,000; |
r. Graham Frost, Missouri, $1,000; f. |
w. Robertson, 500; A. A, MADISON, |
$500; j.. w, Jones, $500, and c, NJ, Shell |
ley, $500. This makes total of $9,50S.
HOratio Bisbee, Jr., of Florida, was the |
other day paid $525 for mileage and sta
tionery for the first regular session of the |
Forty-sixth Congress.
Blaine and the present administration |
don't get better recOnciled as the DAYS 90 |
on. 1t is said that being asked the other |
day what was his opinion of Arthur's |
administration, Blaine responded by |
telling story, 1t was that President |
Tyler once consulted his cOachman Pat |
about purchasing very fine barouche |
which had been imported and owned by |
the French Minister. Hesitating, Tyler |
said: pat it would not look we'll for the |
President of the United States to be riding |
around in second hand barouche, would |
it?'
''But, your honor" replied Pat, ''you /
see, you are q sort of a second hand /
President" Potomac.