Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-05

": II,
"oh, 1 will get through there nicely. Il
does one good 70 be tested and tried By
storm occasionally. I have seem other great
storms in my time" He added, "Geod
night, sirln a. our hand grasp leosensd, and
the words leaped involuntsrily from ny lips:
81 saw you In one when II came something
like this-in 1SS0-at the Chicago Exposi-
tion building. There were three hundred
and ak of you in political 'Unien Square |
then" He turned instantly, took my hand |
again, gave 1t quick, frm pressure, and
while fancied his face was triAs palsr fer
the memory, responded: "Yes, sir, there
was something of the blizzard about that CO.
oasion. But think kept my feet and head
then. Good night, sgainl"
Grand, great, ever-heroic Conklingl BE
did keep his feet and his head then. Te Il
those who saw him, as did, enemies or /
friends, his indomitable presence can only
recall great. lone, white wall Of rock, sur L
rounded, engulfsd, overwhelmed, but never l
overthrown, and as tremulouslees rs the very /
earth's core before and beneath tidal wave
of the sea. He kept his feet and his head
somehow that awful night in Union Square.
But that last battle killed Roscoe Conkling.
No place excepting Tsrrytowns dreAmfnl
Sleepy Hollow was made more famous by the |
association, or writings, of Washington II
wing than "Cockloft Hail." one of bis 6rst
'tSalmagurdin papers. II has bean allowed
to pass completely from sight and almost an |
tirely from memory. It stood upon the
banks of the then beautiful Passaic, within
the limits of the present resident portion OF
Newark, New jersey. I like to 60 TO the |
place and identify 1t now and than even
though the glorious old "Halln itself has
disappeared forever, fsncying hear Irving.
Pauiding and their jolly crew still engaged
| in their innocent revels. "Coekloft Hall"
was simply queer summer house overhang-
| ing the PassAic on the old aud noted "Gouv-
| erneur place" IL was the property of the
Kembles as late as 1924. It was then sue
mans, and finally by the Writings. whose
heirs now live in the veritable mausion, dis
guised from recognition by expensive remod-
cling, to which the ancient summer house
was attached. The structure was an odd
conceit of an eccentric owner. II was octa-
gonsl In shape, eighteen feet In diamster,
containing but one apartment, with door
facing the Passaic on the east, and with sim
gle windows opening to each of the three
other cardinal points; for, says Geofrey
Crayon, 1t was one Of Cecklofts idiosyncra-
/ cies "to have all his own views on his OWE
land, and be beholden to no man for pros
| pect.n Il was In this quaint place, not tys
hundred feet from the corner of Newsrk's
| present Mount Pleasant street and Gouver'
neur avenue, that the mirth, wit and satire
| which stirred the American literary world In
| the FIRST quarter of our century through
"Salmagundi" we're born. first enjoyed and
finally contrived for public fessting.
A few weeks since, whilssen route by
steamer from Marseilles to Algiers, tne ships
second officer, several Algerian officials and
myself were enjoying the balmy night at
late hour on deck, relating instances OF tnd!'
| viduel bravery and noble sacrifice having
i ~ nur rcrannaf 0hearvatt0n- Eher
} the second officer gave rs this incident;
IL ION the 14th of October, 1881, j witnessed
, | an act of supreme heroism and sacrifice a
sea. / wss a passenger on board the steam
3 ship sCyprian,' of the Lsylsnd, Lvsrpoo
l | and Mediterranean line, which was wrecked
| Wales. She struck In great gale, somstira
during the frst watch, between eight an
3 twelve at night, and, breaking up fast, wen
q to pieces long before daylight. As We wer
!, passing Holyhead, an hour OF so before fh
aesident, stowawsy, pale. trembling, hal
a hauled from the coal bunkers, and set
Il some meniaf employment. No ships bos
/. could be manned tho storm was 30 friehtfu
70 the shore life-bost could not get to rs; an
one by one several on board had plunge
g into the sea, rreferring their chances ct &c.
n ting ashore 70 death on the rocks when th
!. 'Cyprian' finally went to pieces. Abou
y whoee name was J. a. Straohsn, half doz
% en- under officers and men, and the ittl
10 stowawsy, were huddled together on dee
a awaiting the final struggle. The dssperas
fear and despair of the lad were frightfal 3
e behold. Noticing this Captain Strachan re
b and, fastening 1t about the boy, said quietl,
= 'Here, my poor lad, you've more need of th
~ than l! Shortly aster the 'Oyprisn' went
n pieces with crash. Idon't know how man
Ig of that last little group of us were saved.
IA | was rescued; the stowawsy was picked q
alongshore aud resuscitated; but the des
'e body of that greatest and ,noblest hero evi
nj knew or read of, Captain Strachsn, WI
10 washed ashore some days afterward. He d,
"A | libsrately gave his life to save that of
. | helpless stowawsyT
~ This would bs pathetic tale even were
(, | q romance But took the trouble in Liz
,e erpool, recently, of going to the Lsylsnd o.
m fce, at the foot of James street, and secu
ing proof of its truthfulness In every pa
ticular.
r, When one recalls the fact that millio
at upon millions of dollars In gold annual
ic seek Europe to provide for the necessities
re our import trade, the question of how 60
re is shipped to Europe becomes an interesiil
t. one. The Bank of America is the large
n single shipper of gold from New York, al
ID indeed from the United States Shipmen
re- are made in stout kegs, very much like q
be ordinary beer keg. Every one contains q
of ty Thousand dollars in coin or bar gol
The latter is the favorite for these shi
ut ments, since the government has permits
is the sub treasury TO exchange coin for b
at gold, as coin, in a single million doll
D. shipment, is liable to. loss by abrasion,
q from eight to twenty ounces, of from ol
ct hundred and twenty-eight to three hundrt
be and twenty dollars; while the bars on
- roaa thraa. 0f that vain
oh Where coin ia sent double eagles are pr
n ferred. They are put in stout canvas bag
ng each one containing one hundred and tive
nd ty-five double eagles, or 1--WE thousand dc
lly lars; and ten bags fill each keg. Abo
n- the only precaution taken against tanpe
IN ing with kegs is q treatment of ksg-en
he technically known as "red-taping." Fo
lit holes are bored a. equal intervals in {
nv projecting rin of the slaves above {
fer head. Red tape is run through thei
he crossing on the kegs head, the ends meeti
oh as the center, where they are sealed 10 {
Is head by the hardest of wax, and stamp
OIL With the consignor's name. The average
,us surauee is about fifteen hundred dollars I
he one million dollars. Then there is an
ng peuse of about two dollars per keg for pat
X ing and carriage aboard ship, or two hundi
Ids dollars for the same sum, and the inevital
In loss by abrasion, whatever 10 may prove
gh be. There ere great Wall street firms sk
4
of lars annually. Some OF Ihess have for yel
ng insured themselves. and assert that the sl
all ing has been Sufficient to replscs q loss
nd ens million doilArs. These are large 6gur
is bus This has become q country of large
Its ures and affairs.
are
IN II is an exceedingly nimbls fellow citil
N that ever gets the advantage of Mr.. J
ay. Gould. And yet have myself on two 90
sions seen him, in a sense, at the mercy
AN the most God forssken of human beirl
ok One was quite recent. when on walking fro
rm his Office Co his home, as is his custom
in exercise, being for a moment without the Z
AN cor. of young George Gould, who had halt
it's to speak To q friend, he was 80 importuns
q a hustled and Extensively pushed to the wall
ils | a foul old beggar woman, evidently hayt
rst no idea who the little big man was, that
TO rid himself of the bag he pumped q pre-,
a heavy niece of coin into her rheumy al
me trembling hand. The other was the mc
Ia. | remarkable Dives Lazarus scene ever e
M: pect to look upon; one strong, unexpscb
he and dramatic enough for o great situation
me fiction or upon the stage. II occurred In .
he summer of 1882, in the open upper, or
on Sale street, roiunda of the Grand Paci
to hotel, in Chicago. There was then In th