The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
QUESTIONS AND "


Can you inform me when the man coach running
diSoousInued; the points o. destination. how often
run and any other matter: q interest appe.ta,n,ns
thereto. also the names Of driversf W.. W.
The mail coaches stopped running about the
time that the railroad was opened 10 Greenport,
In July. iAt According 10 Gabriel Furman.s
Antiquities OF Long Island 7" tho mall coach lefl
Brooklyn every Thursday about y In the morn
Ing. The place OF departure Is not given by MI
Fuman. but II was probably near the Post once,
which for some years. and perhaps up TO i4'. was
at Fulton and Front streets. A. Hampstead the
coach stopped to let is passengers dine; and AZ
Babylon II stopped for the night. leaving fhoy-
Ion early on Friday the coach stopped at Pstch
oguc TO allow It's paSseng, rs q late breakfast; then
with no delay for dinner. u reached 'ouaee
tQuogue) about sunset on a summer day. on
Saturday the coach started early. and after pass
Ing through a pine forest. In a portion OF which
from the early hour and blindness OF the road. a
guide would probably be required TO 60 ahead OF
the horses with a lighted lantern" would reach
Southampton In time for breakfast sag haroor
would be reached In time for dinner; and then the
coach would 20 to Easthampton. arriving there
Jus, before sunset on Saturday Afternoon The
Grsenport malls and passengers must have been
taken from sag HArbor by . wagon. We do not
md the name Is Of any OF the drivers. perhaps some
old Long Islander can furnish them.
or bureau do people who run them have any
license. or can any license be obtained 70 run such
an agency: loNohANSh
II Is not ,Ilegal to run such an agency. hut II
mus, be conducted honestly or the Post once
authorities will stop It's mall, The trouble-or one
trouble with such agencies has been that thry
were used largely to defraud their clients no
license Is necessary.
Did the onrcers OF the Confederate Army wear
the same shoulder straps indicating corresponding
rank as the Union officers worel II they differed,
In what way did they diner ~ E'N =
Rank In the Confederate Army was Indicated
generally not by shoulder straps. but by rows or
braid on the sleeves and devices on the collar
General officers wore three stars and lace on their
collars. and double knots OF braid on their sleeves.
Colonies wore three stars and nve rows OF brald
without the knots: Lieutenant Colonies wore TWO
stars and four rows OF braid: Majors, one star
and three rows. Captains wore three horizontal
bars on their collars aud two rows OF braid; Lieu
tenants, two bars and one row OF braid Second
I.ieutenants. one bar and no braid, Non com
mlSSoned ofhcerS wore chcVrons As In the Federal
Army. OniccrS OF the Union Army wore shoulder
straps and row OF braid on their sleeves; their
rank was shown thus: General of1cers, from one
10 four stars on their straps, and double knots Of
braid: their coat buttons were In pairs. In thrceS.
IN fours. Coloucls wore eagles on their shoulder
straps and braid In a single knot. Lieutenant
Colonies, two silver oak leaves on their straps
Majors. gold oak leaves; Captains. four bars In
pairs on their straps: Llcutcnants, two single bars;
Second Lieutenants, shoulder straps without bars.
lines OF which, az | RENE mber them, are as follows:
Here's a health, my bonnie lasslei Here's a
VITA lnlne eyt so bright, ny. form 50 lish, and thy
step 80 rrm and free" &c. IL J.. y.
What was the Broadway Railroad Scandal"
involved in ~ in 4.
The Broad was Railroad Scandal was the man
ncr In which the Broadway Surface Railroad Com
pany obtained from the Board Of Aldermen the
righ, 10 run car, on Broadway below Fifteenth
street. In the summer OF 1874 the Aldermen held a
snap" meeting. at which the hight TO run ears on
lower Broadway was given to the company. Later.
suspicious Of bribery became current. and grew
stronger until In March and April. 1883, thirteen
Aldermen were Indicted for taking brides; Others
were Indicted later. un ~ twenty two were indicted.
together with the Gle rl Of the board and nve men
for giving brides. Tn rec were convicted. OF whom
two served their terms In prison. ono az least was
acquitted By a country juy. three turned States
evidence. some died. the cases against the others
were dropped The railroad proved 80 uSefu! that
It was dIrhcul, to get a jury, finally the lnformerS
left the jurisdiction and the matter dropped. Only
the Aldermen and their clerks and private parties
vera implicated none OF the executive ohcerS
OF the city was mixed up in the scandal.
which Lincoln was associate counsel with Logan
and during vac trisi !, oecsm nece.sary for I'm
OF he Court. As remember the StoD from a clip
P S AMI. Y, ,9Id ,l is2s iAS %sIt g,ei fcIIoS s%d'a when tsffr L I2tsf1
demonstrated that the Court wa In thr wrong
We do not recall this story, or by whom n Is
told, u, Is, Of course. not IN Nlcnlay and HAS
History OF Lincoln. nor i Il IA the 'Remlni'
cenCes" of Lincoln.
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he was. he must have been acquitted for MS dufy
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untl he became a Rear Admiral
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