New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-01

told BY Mr. Lancaster, Virginia banker He ~. A..
of a committee OF prominent Of thai state vn.,
called johnson to requsst modification OF one Of NJ.
against the SOUTH Tho President told th
II had his way entirely ho would order csnssca
on Of the property Of every man In the sonth who wa
have prevented the war;" lie SAID, and would mao
them suffer its consequences. would hang good
at this time toward the south replaced B, an az
IRENE feeling against the Northern men when he ansly
became the ally OF the Democratic In speech thai ~
made in Washington just after he shifted groa1d he oh
jcted to tho g n,o s qn soldiers
nocenty and against their Will were left to stary Hs
advocated the payment OF pensions TO both IL either
Assistant Secretary Coon, who has just been asked IA
resign by Secretary Manning in order to make place
for Democrat, In the city last week consider An
offer that has been made to him to undertake bankp.
enterprise here. Mr.. Coon has been twenty years IN TIA
Treasury Department service He had servei tva
years the army when the closed and he secured
81 200 cerkship His promotion to the position Of A.
sant Secretary of the Treasury Of ous
familiarity with aud gradual mastering Of the WORT a.
the Department His nomination to his last place wa.
hailed as Civil Service reform aa
vanoement of the purest and best typa
a hard earned promotion. Bis forced resis
nation amounts to yetsr nor sHs spos system and
Mr.. Coon himself Ia not anxious to retain Office. he
said yesterday For long time have felt thar
could do better for myself In private life than in
the Treasury service. have been there for twenty
should ne had the courage resign and get ous
of niy own notion though often tai ed doing IL
In such ~ position you have no Idea how a man neal.
tates and in his hesitation Is iOsthat is he does moth
ing Ii better for e TO be out OF tho public serylce'
There is ono DRIFT the affairs Of the world of which
the people Of the United States wifully ignorant
but OF which they become appraised very soon nv
force Of circumstances 1t Is the tendency toward thu
unIcation OF the human family That Is CON-
ing more rapidly than students have ever dreamed.
The gentleman who said this to me was John w. Book
walter OF Ohio 1 met him just OF the steamer on hi.
return from years travel in the Ottoman Empire
Egypt and India He continued his train of thought
| follows: "Nine days ago was in Liverpool One Of
| those days, by tho way. was occupied In gsttins
| into the finest harbor In the word-ths Bay Of
New-York What disgrace 1t is to this country that IA
takes as much time to re. into this hsbor
pool could talk with my friends in this country BY the
aid OF electricity direct my business affairs ascertain all
had been at home TeIegrapny. railroads. stesmships
electricity bringing the people OF the earth closer
and closer together until the very distant future
We shall considering not tho welfare OF individual
nations but OF all meu. The nations Of the globe are
OF blood relationship That It will wiped
| out OF consideration by statesmen"
lacked Mr. Bookwalter about his observations abroad
| He said ." have made most OF them for my personal
information. don't believe I to repeat my OF,
perence Of two three years ago On my return thea
from foreign trip expressed the belief that India
would outstrp the United States wheat producing
country. / roundy and soundly berated as un-
patriotic Yet the growth Of the Indian wheat produc
ton has justified my prediction, which made purely
for the benefit or the people OF this country that
| they might know what coming Within few week.
the announcement Of foods In the vicinity OF Bengal
sent price Of grain up Or cents the Chicago
| and Milwaukee exchanges The operators have learned
that the wheat fields OF the world not In America
India Egypt and Australia are 10 he the great wheat
producing Countries or Ut the globe. The agrcaltur
al abOrer Ia India works for about six cents day The
American farm hand no more compete with him than
q Ocke shell could stein ocean tide. have had
experiences among the laborers of Europe hays
among them as laborer eaten and worried with
them for days at time. 1 ran sawmill in Bohemia
with them for three weeks and have all phases Of
what learned But IL all tends strengthen my relief
ia the ultimate unifcation OF the human family"
Mr. Bookwalter told me that what impressed him mos.
in Europe the enormous amount and accumulation
of wealth everywhere. at is piled up everywhere
There end to it. The great bulk OF 1t is idle aud
dormant seeking investment. Why when the Egyptian
| loan WAS offered they lad q hundred times much
money as wanted offered before they ready for
| It. Tho Manchester Ship Canal is being built under
plans that acknowledged will not be largely ronaa-
erative to Investors yet they have had money literally
| thrust at them. Lancashire alone subscribed
$4,000. 600 sterling They are eaten up with morsy
Ex-Congressuau Richard Crowley. OF Lockport. has
made number OF speeches In the campaign just closing
He has law Office In this city and has settled down
here TO the practice OF his profession Western New
York said to me yesterday: II there is man in
the State OF NewYork who honestly lay claim
title OF a self made 1t Is Dick Crowley. His
poor. His surroundings calculated to
take him downward instead OF upward Yet he seemed
TO have purpose frem his earliest manhood
that took biu out Of the path that his life
was cast u aud carried him along In different way.
why chairman of the Claims Committee OF Congress
lie had opportunities to enrich himself that have daZzd
aud destroyed many man Yet he left Congress as pool
when he entered IT. He has heart generous rs hf
nature IL honest and for that will always be pcGr
though he should make fortunes Ia his profession"
CONGRESSMAN Burlsigh told OF incident which
occurred at TcOnderogi 10 counting the ballots cast IN
the Presidential election OF $780, $50 appeared
the tally sheet and S6i ballots turned up In the box
1t became necessary to bndfod judge of election aud
let him draw ballot. He drew Prohibition vote
NheL the count was finished t found that this was
the only Prohibition that had In the town.
and OF course by the law IL was not counted
Colonel Gabriel Wharton, the Oil srici.AtOrney OF
Kentucky told the that in looking up FOR Client
he decision Ia the California Courts that WAS
OF an interesting character His client had agreed TO
make aud deliver the Pacific certain number OF
within given time suffer forrest OF much
per ear perday as long ~ their delivery was delayed
beyond the period named In the contract. He was not
aoe "a complete tho contract time and looked for
loOphoe TO escape the penalty II was found IN ease
In which the widow Of ames Lick. the California million
sire aud founder Of Lick University and Observatory
the defendant she made contract with Its!ias
sculptor with the Corkoniaa or Muldoon 10 carve
monument FOR her husbans grave at cos OF 3,OOJ
IL agreed that the should he finished ona
given date and 10 vere6 In San Francisco or an allow
should be made OF ten dollars per day for the delay
When the shaft finished 10 found I'm possible 10
snip By OF the vessels then IN the Med
Before q large ship could be procured 100 days hh
elapsed. The shaft was set up aud accepted by MIS-
Lack. but when payment was asked she demanded
reduction OF $1,000. The sculptor sued for the ian
amount and recovered Judgment which was ratified by
the court OF last RESORT