The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-11-26
Committee of Publication.

Special to the Times Democrat
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-The publication OF
the following letter in the New York TRIBUNE OF
to-day has created profound sensation. The
letter itself was sent to Congressman King on
Wednesday in three different ways. One copy
was delivered at the Office of the Arlington by
Mr. Cuthbert Jones, in company with two
friends, another copy was sent by express. and
another by mail, registered 1t is regarded as
the most severe personal denunciation that has
been seen in print for many years. and on every
hand the expectation is expressed that trouble
must result.
Mr.. Jones is here, and until to-day he sup
posed Gen. King was also. He will remain un-
til the latter returns The letter goes out to-
night by special to half the leading papers of the
country:
81 FJoyd King, the arlington.
"a year or more ago came here and applied
to be appointed in the consular service. You
gave me your Endorsement You went ito Sec
fetary of State Frelnghuysen and strongly urged
my appointment When the administration of
Mr. Cleveland came into power, l being in po-
litical accord with it, thought my chance of ap-
pointment would be good.
II am something of lnguist. speaking
French, German. Italian, Spanish and Arabic,
as well as English. had five years experience
in the consular service. A tragedy, or series
of tragedies, for which was in no wise response
BILE, had determined me to exile myself and live
abroad till the lapse of years had cooled passion
and healed resentment. This did at the sacri-
fee Of wealth and prosperity. applied to you
to aid me with Secretary Bayard. You prom
ised to do so. l had the Endorsement of Sena-
tors Gibson and Eusts, and of many other infu-
tial of
too, would aid me. Instead Of doing so you be-
gan a systematic and cowardly course OF lying
against me. You lied to the President you lied
to the Secretary of State. you lied to the newspa
pers. Your false and venal tongue assailed me,
not with open courage, but secretly, like an as
sassin.
Growing holder, your vanity led you to your
favorite mode of introducing your filthy person
upon the public in the shape Of an interview, in
which you not only assailed me as a murderer,
but with the instincts of jackal and the appe-
tite of vulture you assailed my mother and
Mrs. Liddell, the one living, old, heart broken,
the other dead for eighteen years, both OF whom
were spotless in their lives and characters. The
interview was published. The enormty of
your crime finally became obvious to even your
idiotc sensibility and you tried 10 Ire out Of your
chosen position of venal slanderer Of good wo
men. The journalist (Mr. Chas F. Murray
rammed the lie down your throat and you were
silent.
"Do you imagine that you and your antece-
dents are unknown! The public begin to know
you at last as l know you. Protesting to be a
large planter, you went to Louisiana as Overseer
Of negro workmen; protesting to be large land
owner, you never owned foot OF land in your
life protesting to rave been a General in the
Southern army, you we're a subaltern of artillery;
protesting to be statesman, you are greeted
with ridicule whenever you attempt to address
Congress; protesting to have done much good
for the Mississippi river the friends of that meas
ure declare that your assinine stupidity on that
question has been great obstacle in the way of
this measure of river improvement, and that on
more than one occasion your silly speeches and
frivolous bills have defeated all their efforts pro-
Tossing to be fighting man, you backed down
from Murray, you ran from Houston, and when
met you at the Presidents some three weeks
ago your cowardly eye dare not look into mine
and you evaded me, quailing from the punish
ment you 80 richly merit; protesting to be an
honorable man, you give expensive lunches TO
young ladies at watering places or 10 =" snObs,"
and refuse to pay small bills to men whose cloth
ing you wear, and to clerks whose hard services
you have had.
you are a warrior among Quakers, and q
Quaker among warriors; fraud, a sham, a
standing disgrace to the State that bore you, and
to the State that you misrepresent, and /, there
FORE publicly and deliberately pronounce you 10
be liar and coward, a poltroon and q scoun-
drel.
~ have sent you one copy Of this by express,
one by mail, and one by registered letter.
"CUTHBERT B. JONES.
"WAsHINaToN, D. G., Nov. 16, 1885,"
Special to the Times Union.
WASHINGTON, November 23.-General ].
Floyd King, of Louisiana, to night furnished for
publication, the following:
WASHINGTON, D. c., November %, 1885.
have to-day read the letter of Cuthbert B.
Jones, of the 18th inst, published in the New
York Tribune of the Goth, and republished in the
New Orleans Times Democrat of the 2lst and
elsew here, and deem ii proper only to say that
I regard Mr.. Jones as an assassin, and in support
of my conclusion, publish the following uuso-
licited telegram from General Will T. Martin
NATCHEz, MISS, June 49, 1885,
To J. Floyd King. Warrington
If the Jones appointed to Callao. Is Cuthbert
Built Jones, second son OF Charles Jones, of
Cataloula, ii can be proved beyond question that
he was one OF the assassns of General Liddell,
and fed the country to avoid the consequence
of the murder.
(Signed) WILL T. MARTIN
As Representative in Congress from the fifth
Louisiana District, in which the murder occurred,
my opposition to Mr.. Jones' appointment to Of
fee has been earnest and uncOmprOmisng !
can have no controversy with man of his char
acter, nor can l notice the assault he makes up
on me 10 such way as the public might expect
il it had come from any reputable source:
(Sgped) J. FLOYD KING.