St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-11-20
STANLEY IN NEW YORK.
4 Description of the Great African
ExpIOrer-SOufherne in New York
CITY.
[From our Regular Correspondent


CITY.
[From our Regular Correspondent
The lecture given by Henry M.
Stanley at the Metropolitan Opera
House few nights ago has been the
talk of the town ever since. The
great amphitheatre was crowded as
it has seldom been before and the
great explorer delighted and thrilled
the hearts of thousands as he told
the wonderful story of THE rescue
of Emin Pacha" and described 1.-THE
forests, pygrnies and march across
Africa"
Mr.. Stanley has with him his wife,
her mother, Mrs. Tenant, and a
host of male and female servants.
The most prominent of these is
very dark African, who delights in
the possession of a bright scarlet
Turkish 'fez This man is Stanley's
body servant.
After all the stories and pictures of
Stanley that Americans have enjoyed
in the last three years 1t seemed
strange to see him standing before
an audience of civilization and cul
ture, clad in the conventional dress
suit, talking in an easy, quiet fash
ion and yet with most graphic Ian
guage, of his experiences. The nearer
found it difficult to realize that for
many hundreds of days, this man
had been lost to the eyes of the civil
lized world, suffering hunger and
privations and danger of all kinds
such as few men could have encoun-
tered and successfully overcome.
1t is true, they have left their traces
upon him, for his hair is gray and
his face is scanned with the lines of
suffering and care. But he does not
look old. He is short, compact, with
piercing eyes that shine from under
bushy eyebrows aud his whole man
ner bespeaks tremendous concen-
trated energy of mind and body.
The recent elections in this city
have brought out some interesting
facts concerning Southerners who
occupy positions of honor in New
York. One of the most interesting
of these men is General Roger A
Pryor, who before the late war, was
an editor in the south. He is known
to have fought number of duels and
it is remarkable that he is now a
Judge in the court of common pleas
in this city. He was a general in
the Confederate army during the
Rebellion.
Another prominent Southerner is
Colonel John r. Fellows, now the
district attorney of New York. The
assistant district attorney is also a
Southerner and was a hot "rebel"
He is colonel A. A. H. Dawson. John
H. Inman, a prominent railroad man
of this city, L. c. Murray and j. P.
St. John, both bank presidents, are
strong Southerners, while the news
paper forces are largely composed of
men from the South. On the Trib-
une, are Mr. St. Clair, Mr.. Bradford, |
Mr.. Victor Smith, Mr.. Stegman and
Mr.. Stackhouse, all prominent wri-
tiers. On the World are Mr.. Ballard |
On the Herald, Mr.. Bodley is lead
ing writer.
A New York city police court is
curious place. 1t is where all petty
criminals are brought, where all the
''drunks" and ''disorderlies" are cor
rected, and where more serious
criminals are remanded for trial in
the higher courts. The cityis divided
into six districts, and one police
court covers each district, as follows:
Tombs court, Jefferson Market court,
Essex Market court, Harlem court,
YOrkville court and MOrrisania
court.
The writer went into the Essex
court few days ago and watched
the proceedings for a while Justice
Duffy, red-faced Irishman, sat on
his throne welding the majesty of
the law, and sentencing a lot of
drunkards to Blackwell's Island.
The room was dark and foul smell
ing, the seats were crowded with
dirty evil-faced men and women,
many of whom had friends among
the crowd Of prisoners who were
confined in the pen and who were
guarded by a number of policemen
The usual hum-drum of the early
hours of the court was broken as a
policeman led forward an interesting
prisoner. He was very little man
with a very big red nose, and his
name was Mr.. Patrick Doyle.
Mr.. Patrick Doyle considered him
self much abused man, and as he
stepped up before the justice, he
shattered the atmosphere with his