Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1881, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ‘Northwest Oorner Pennsylvania Ave. and 1ith &8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. ity by on it 10 cents Sek oft ce month. Goyies atthe con ft See sear, $6: 2s monte, Ge 88 cents am ‘Tue Wurxtr Srax—pub'ishod on Friday—$2 a year, ene ‘Six months, $1: 10 copes for $13; 20 Che —_——— pening Star, —— anes a eeetetcan amt be paid in advance; Waten of advertising made know on application, —— ne ee Ve: 58—N®: 8,849. WASHI NGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881. TWO CENTS. | CHEAP COAL AND SON OF 1681 FIRST EXTRA. 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. THE PRESIDENT BETTER. THE MORNING BULLETIN FAVORABLE. PULSE, 110; TEMPERATURE, 98.3. Musical Tastee: Paints, Oils, Glass, sod are ts, et rersintor = Cards of per can be had from any of the original mem- bers, or of the Secretary, for $1, and a yearly eubserip- tion of 25 cents. The Society is not running any storer, has no liabilities, no debts, and is square with the Notld, ‘The, following-named. wentlemen will reeeive orders for Coal and Wood until October 1, 1: drew Giass, Agricultural Dey 1354 southwest: C. S. Trevitt, Secretary's office, Treasury Department, 1335 Uo street northwest; E. Mint Buresa, 3 4 artermiaster This morning the doctors announce that the President is much better than he was yesterday. He has had a good night without vomiting. The official bulletin issued by the doctors is as follows: EXECUTIVE Mansioy, 8:30 a.M., August 17. The President has passed a tranquil night, sleeping most of the time. He continues to re- tain the enemata and has not vomited since the last bulletin. His general condition appears more hopeful than this time yesterday. Pulse 110, temperature 98.3, respiration 18. Frank H. HAMILTON, J. J. Woopwarp, . Secretary, Fourth 2th street northwest. CAMP MEETING, ¥, Aveust lite, and Mri ©. Depot for Camp at 8:10, 8:40 a. m.. and 4:45, 6:05 p. 1. oi > Will leave Camp at 7:21, 8:44 a. m., 3:38, 228 p.m. Round Trip Tickets, 80 cents. 10-12t 3 WEDNESDAY, Ai ‘Trains will leave 'B. oe QEEICE OF THE F THE | 1. HAYES AGNEW, J. K. Barwes, Wasmixetox, D.C., July 28, 188) tice ishereby | D. W. BLiss, RopertT REYBURN. given to all deporitots and odner creditors of the Pree. How the Patient Passed the Night. After the issuance of the bulletin of last night (printed below), the President did not grow worse. At midnight, he retained upon his stomach cracked ice, and Doctor Bliss said that in the dressing of the wound an area of gran- Man's Savings and Trust Company, who have not sp- Plied for the dividends heretofore declared, that all < st said Company must be presented at, or forwarded to this office on or before August 21, 1881, or |. and the amounts distributed among company, as provided in the act of February 21, 1881. Depositors who have not al- Beads received dividends, ahould immediately forward ir books by meil or express, or through some respon | Slots bank or benkas, sctompasied witt trek nitions, i Depositors who have received the three dividendsalready | ulation was found, which was surprising, in seteeed ae Sot foreamatts bokemtt a furtae| Vey or ‘ne President's condition. Towards 3529-208 JOHN JAY KNOX, Commissioner. about the White House was quiet. Doctor Hamilton arrived at 10 o'clock last night, and is the guest of Attor- ney General MaqVeagh. The fact thatthe Presi- dent has had no disturbance through the night, xe one o'clock everything Attorney-at-Law, ice to Rooms 6 and 3, Gunton Law venue, near City Hall. jy25-3m cw. EUREKA SPRINGS WATER (from Arkansas), eS N. H. MILLER, Has removed his o' Building, Louisian: heeds, Bine Lick, Bedford, ‘Salurian, Michisan, Con- | encourages the doctors to say that they hope Seacabaae nr norn | ss day will prove more.cneourazing Gian yes MILBURN’S PHARMACY, m5 1429 Pennsylvania avenue. fe O48 FixtoRes. EF. BROOKS, with Mitchell, Vance & Co.'s goods | aad a quarter of a century practical experience, can meet afl competition and sell at LOWEST RATES. | tine menee Stock. Fine selection. Gas Stoves, Te mt E. F. BROOKS, 531 15th street. _____ AMUSEMENTS. RIVER'S SUMMER GARDEN CONCERTS. NEW ATTRACTIONS. Mr. Frank i : | Mille Minneta | tenor; Mr. | alien, the oly Duteliman ; ‘soloists, and Marine Band. Bo charge for Admission. Great success of mud day Lanch at popular prices. = _al3 GonInEERs BICYCLE AND TRICYCLE EX > CHANGE AND RID! SCHOOL, ‘Tallmadge Hall (945¢x40 feet), 928 F street northwest, on Ground Floor. Sole Agency for English Bicycles and Trieycles. Any style (either English or Ameri- | terday THE SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST NIGHT were a repetition of those of the night before. There was, however, a deeper intensity appa- Tent in the gloom and anxiety of members of the Cabinet and other prominent officials within doors, and in the:wistful watching of the thous- ands of the populace who keep vigil on the pavement in front of the grounds. The same crowd of bureau officers, heads or departments, prominent army and navy men and members of the medical fraternity of Wash- ington, which crowded Secretary Brown’s room Monday night were present there last night. Out of doors, immediately in front of the White House, and at every place a bulletin was displayed, the assembled crowds were even less confident as they were still more outspoken. The eagerness with whieh they watched every ap- pearance from the White House, and the earn- estness with which they plied each fresh arrival with questions, were as strongly marked last ‘G | night as on the night of the shooting. ig. Admis LAST NIGHT'S BULLETIN, +4 | as published in our fourth extra at 8 o'clock last evening was as follows : Executive Maxsion, August 16, 6:30 p.m. The President's symptoms are still grave, y he seems to have lost no ground during the day. can) furnished. Second-hand Machines for sale Cheap. E METERS Male aud Fer hours to give instruction in sion, 25 cents. SUMMER RESORTS. t. Buy tickets via” | His condition is, on the whole, rather ito iie | better than yesterday. He has vomited | Cores HOTEL, but once during the afternoon. The enemata | Be Oo ed are retained. At present his pulse is 120, tem- perature 98.9, respiration 19. No foi or O1a Punt per D. W. Buss, J. J. Woor "ysume every Monday. af : 4 = Me Dr. Wm. Stoakley. of Northampton Con Vax, wil be J. K. Barnes, Rosser I in sGandance to render medical sid. For farther in- D. Hayes AGNew. ia EI J. T. SPADY, Proprietor. See ic —- = : Tae Mrvt IxvEstication.—In the mint inves- poiclypavinn tigation at San Francisco Monday a telegram from A. E. Preston, acting director at Washing- ton, to Director Burchard was read to the effect | that he did not tell Page he was delayi | settlement of Dodge's accounts to investigat | but on account of the loss ofcertain vouchers the auditor's clerk; that Page did request him ot tosettle the account till an investigation uld be had. Page objected to the telegram as idence, but the matter was allowed to pass. O. Sereh, adjuster of the accounts of the mint, pr , Leonardtown, Md. ‘NITED STATES HOTEL, Isnow open for the SEASON of Io” oven for UW. WHITNEY, Mancger. THOS. CHASE, Cashier." D. T. MORGAN, Musical Director. BROWN & WOELPPER, Proprictors. JelB-c0,3¥d,auseo AWARE ave- END 01 4 | was examined, and testified that the allowances J. An unobstructed by Congress for the expenses of the mint have Je ae OO | been gradually decreasing since 1876. ie YONGRESS HALL, ee Tne Crvise or THE Corwix.—The Alaska QCEAN CITY, MD. A Commercial pan) Paul, which of Tae ei oper rane SEP mtuents. Beason VERY | arrived at Francisco Monday morning, Proprietor; THOS. FARLEY, | brought advices concerning the revenue cutter Corwin. The sledge party which Capt. Hooper sent out to look for relics from the lost whalers Vigilant and Moant Wollaston fell in with a | party of natives about one hundred miles from | Cape Serdze, who had in their possession a, number of articles taken from the wrecks. They consisted principally of carpenters’ tools, &¢. It is supposed the vessel was wrecked as far back as 1879. The sledze party, being unable to proceed further westward on account of the melting of the snow, proceeded to Cape Serdze and were picked up by the Corwin. They trav- eled in all about 130 or 140 miles. The last intelligence of the cutter’s movements is up to July 9, when she sailed from Norton's sound to Gorulovil bay, thence to proceed northward to Katzebue sound and Point Barrow to look after revenue matters, and then westward to Wrangel Land before the ice closed in the search for the Jeannette. The mildness of the previous winter and the thinness of the ice encountered by the DAR GROVE.—This p farm revigence is | ‘ vlearan| J open for suminer boarders. Within two, miles of S.V.R.R. | Five miles to B. & O.R.R. For particulars address f J. LUTHER BOW JelT-cow2m Clarke County, Berryville, Va. Dell HOTEL, OCEAN CITY, MD. on the coast. New Directly on the Ocean. Capacity, 600 questa. iments. nest fury bathing -roop! andorchestra. Four daily mails and y 100 yards f1 isn $15.90 por weds Cisse, TRACY, Proprietor. Jyis-im | 8. C. KY ue (= ‘BRIGHTON,” ATLANTIC CITY. OPEN ALL THE YEAR. Hot and Cold Sea Water Baths and all modern com- | Corwin gave Capt. Hooper strong hopes of being wee HW HEMSERER OUEST cy eet cae expleee tak lana reenere Taras or dent MARYMAN AGAIN IN TROUBLE.—A warrant VIRGINIA. PETRY | was tasued at the Police Court,” yesterday, inst Horatio Maryman, ex-Col le, Famphiets at the Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Star —, him with the larceny of a lot of j-teepth E. C. JORDAN. | pictures and several other articles from a colored man, who charges that Maryman came to his house when he was not at home and took the jeaty of fruit Bact ek ee articles away without a writ of restitution. ges, Deca 1-25 tor da pa Out-ofDoor Sports. Gown Post Office aia TE F- BLACI The Flizabeth Boat Club, of Portsmouth, has appointed a crew to enter the national regatta weevEE Tice at Washihgton in September. ie crew com- FHA 48d & HvTCHINsoN, menced practleing yecverday. $17 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, The Richmond base ball club have accepted a _ es challenge from the Peabody club, of Baltimore, GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO and will play at the Richmond base ball park to- IZING DEFECTIVE PI UMBING IN morrow for the southern championship. pa ResIDENGES ne Base ball yesterday :--At Philadelphia—Metro- 5 a politans of New York 9, Athletics 8; at Cleve- AND HAVING 4 LARGL FORCE OF land—Clevelands 8, Detroits 5; at Worcester— COMPETENT WORKMEN, Providences 7, Worcesters 2, (thirteen innings;) ATTEND PROMPTLY ALL JOBBING GKDERS. at Chicago—Chicago 13, Buffalo 9; at Boston— poll ey NEW stock crry } Troy 12, Boston 3. = A Free Boss KILLep.—David Daveson, fre boss at bee, ire colliery, Schuykill county, (Pa.) in making his customary examinaticn, before the men went to work yesterday morn- ing, encountered a heavy body of gas, which ex- GENTLEMEN'S JACONET SHIRTS AND DRAWERs. | W. 8. TEEL, ploded from some unknown cause, and he was ais 995 Pennsylvania avenue. | instantly killed. Tue PENINSULAR PRESS ASSOCIATION, com- MOS WEBSTER, dy prising representatives of newspapers of Dela- A ATIORYEY AND COUNSELOR, ware, Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, ton: Botlding Room 10. | met at Congress Hall hotel, in Ocean City, yes- Practice before the Court, and testamentary The chairman ot a committee appointed hws a a6-1m/one year ago on the subject of advertising p= BBs. PIANOS, agencies, reported verbally they were very BURDETT ORGANS. eles. eee ‘The best now made. A PackaGe For HaRTMANN.—A small G. H. KUHN, Sole Agent, _| StTived yesterday at the Hamilton (Ontario) cus- a 407 lorm Srexet Xow: “west. Astoria, New York, the nihilist. ABRESTED ON HIS ARRIVAL Di colt & Ge; of New Y soaen a hts of about $80, — Se onan | addressed toe. Block, toe aamntet mame of Leo | cocamae WINDOW a Hartmann, Er era 000 worth of securi- 2d Extra. 1:20 O'CLOCK P. M. THE NOON BULLETIN. THE PRESIDENT HOLDS HIS OWN. ——— : THE PHYSICIANS MUCH ENCOURAGED. ee The Doctors all Agree that the President is Better To-iay. The medical attendants generally agree that the President is better to-day. Not only does Dr. Bliss say that the patient is somewhat bet- ter, but Dr. Agnew assumes the responsibility of authorizing the same statement. Dr. Boynton, who has been conservative in all his utterances touching the President's condition.saysthat while the case is undoubtedly critical, it isby no means hopeless. Sincethe night bulletin wasissued upto 11 o'clock to-day the President nad not again vomited. Most of the time the patient sleeps. All that has been given him, however, for nearly thirty-six hours, except an occasional piece of cracked ice or water, has been administered by injection. The doctors feel now assured that the enemas are sustaining life, and that the rest which is given the stomach will fit it for holding food when it is decided to administer it in the natural way. DR. BLIS3 DENIES THAT THERE IS ANY BLOOD- POISONING. Certain outside “medical experts” having vouchsafed the theory that the President is suffering with pyemia or blood-poisoning, Doc- tor Bliss feels it incumbent upon him te vigor- ously deny it. The President has no such symp- toms. If he had, the medical men in attendance say, it would be made manifest by the color of the skin and the breath. Dr. Bliss says there is no connection whatever between the wourd and the present troubles; that the unfavorable symp- toms are due entirely to the condition of the pa- tient’s stomach, and himself and the other at- tending surgeons are confident that the treat- ment adopted would soon remedy this. In speaking of the President's appearance he said that when he was shot he weighed 210 pounds, but his continement had reduced him to nearly 140 pounds. REVIVING HOPS. While it is not conceded by those nearest the President that he is not in a critical condition, the fact that he is better than he was 24 hours ago inspires hope. Indeed, the faot that he is still alive, of itself inspires hope. It is trae he is now in a cructcal stage of his iliness, but in- stead of growing worse, he is growing, as Dr. Agnew says, “much better.” AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING there was exceeding quiet. Up to noon there were few callers, among them all the members of the Cabinet except Secretary Blaine. Rev. Dr. Power also came early in the morning and remained an hour or so. Capt. Henry, the mar- shal of the District, also called. Yesterday Capt. Henry left Mrs. Garfield, THE MOTHER OF THE PRESIDENT, at Mentor. He says while she is apprehensive e is hopeful of the President’s recovery. “The letter the President wrote his mother,” the Cap- tain says, ‘‘gave her much assurance.” 10:30 a.m.—Further Encouraging Reports from the Doctors. In conversation this morning on the Presi- dent's condition, Dr. Boynton said the prospects were considerably brighter, and that the pa- tient is resting comfortably. In reply to an in- quiry, the doctor explained that the enemata, which were being administered, consisted : prin- cipally of diluted extract of beef, a yolk of an egg and whiskey, the whole being dis- solved and slightly heated. Dr. Bliss, in conversation on the same __ subject, stated that a small portion of muriatic acid was also a part of the enema. The latter gentleman expressed the opinion that the President's stom- ach was- gradually becoming stronger, and re- ferred to the fact that the nourishment was being retained as proof thereof The doctor still remains hopeful, and says there is no reason for giving ie President’s case up yet. Dr. Boynton, in response to a question, regarding the President’s taking nourishment in the regular manner, said it was possible that a yery small quantity of diluted beef extract, probably a teaspoonful, would be given him about noon; it would depend, however, upon the patient’s condition at that hour. He has not been troubled with nausea since yesterday after- noon, at which time he threw off about a gill of liquid matter containing a quantity of bile. Dr. Boynton says a MRS. GARFIELD CONTINUES VERY HOPEFUL, and feels rather more encouraged to-day than she did yesterday. UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK there was nothing communicated from the sick room of a discouraging character. Col. Rock- well, as he was passing into the White House about noon, safff to THE STaR representative: “The President slept like a breeze last night, and he is going to get well.” At noon Dr. Bliss said: “The President is better than he was yes- | side that terday. The bulletin shows that.” AT THE MORNING EXAMINATION of the wound its eharacter was found to be sat- isfactory, and the discharge, although dimin- ished, healthy. When Dr. Hamilton looked at the President this morning he said he looked really better than he expected to find him. ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC ANXIETY. Throughout the city to-day there was less anx- fety than yesterday, but everything that came from the White House was received with intense interest. The morning bulletin seemed to be accepted as offering more encouragement than that of yesterday. Soon after 12 o'clock Assist- ant Secretary Hitt, called at the White House with the announcement that Secretary Blaine was in New York this morning, and would be here this afternoon. UP TO THE TIME THE NOON BULLETIN WAS I88UED the doctors had not attempted to try the state of the President's stomach. It is probable they will, however, this afternoon with a preparation of beef in a weak state. The doctors think the stomach has improved in tone, but, of course, do not know if it will exercise its functions until the experiment is actually made. All the indi- cations up to noon indicated that on the whole to-day would be a better day with the President than yesterday. ~ The Official Bulletin—12:30 p.m. A PAVORABLE REPORT FROM THE DOCTORS. ‘The President’s condition has not materially changed since the last bulletin. He has beén tranquil and slept some. Has not vomited, and the nutritive enemata are still retained. Pulse 112, temperature 98.7, respiration 18° F. H. Hammon, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woopwaxp, Rosr. Rerscrw. ‘The doctors say this Gulletin is a favo : KEEPING HOPB The members ot the Coking | beginning to regain hope under the e@ from the Doc- tors, that the President has @n @ven chance for his life. The only medication which is given the patient is the sub. nitrate of bismuth to restore the stémach. VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR was found at his house in New York last night surrounded by General Grant, ex-Senator Conkling and others. During the evening the Vice President received some private dispatches from Washington, the nature of which he would net divulge. He said that he had not received any summons to go to the capital, and that he would not go until he was requested. * DR. HAMMOND AGAIN. The New York Evening Express contains a lengthy interview had with ex-Surgeon General Wm. A. Hammond yesterday morning. Dr. Ham- mond said he had anticipated the last relapse of President Garfield as a natural consequence of his debilitated condition, and that it would lead almost directly to his decease. Continuing, Dr. Hammond is quoted as saying: “The case does, and has throughout its various developments, point to all the symptoms of py@mia. The low respiration, the increased but fluttering pulee, the growing temperature, the inability of the patient’s stomach to sustain food, the gradual wasting away of the body, the pinched appearance of the features, and espe- cially of the nose, the comatose state in which his waking hours are passed, and the general disintegration of the system, are conclusive in- dications that the patient ‘is fatally poisoned and cannot live. The attending physicians have neglected this view of the case entirely. They have been treating him in the anticipation of the development of peritonitis, and have, ac- cording to this hypothesis, been reducing him in flesh by a most ascetic diet, where they should have given him nutritious food to build his sys- | tem up to the highest standard. This dieting business has induced this collapse, for it ap- proaches that more than a I think that this relapse is the final one, although I hope I am mistaken, and that, instead of recuperating, his condition will continue to be grievous unto death. The longest time recorded for a patient to live when suffering from pyemia is three months, and because of the President’s weakened condition he will not last even that long. I think that the conclusion of the attending physicians that the President is suffering from dyspepture is the most ridiculous one they could arrive at. He is suffering from dyspepture no more than I am—he is dying from pywmia, and nothing under beayen can save him. The fact that the surgeons did not imme- diately ascertain the President's exact condition has done more than anything to killhim. It is neglect, inhuman negleot, that will kili Presi- dent Garfield.” GUITEAU ASSAULTS:A GUARD. a EXCITEMENT AT THE JAIL AN ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF THE PRIS- ONER TO ESCAPE EARLY THIS MORNING. — ee Considerable excitement was created this morning by a report that Guiteau Yad murder- ously assaulted one of the jail guards with the shank ofashoe. The truth of the story, a learned by a Srar reporter at the jail, is a follows: About half-past four o'clock this morning, one of the guards—Wm. C. McGill—looked into Guiteau’s cell, and saw him in a very unusual position at his cell window. McGill, thinking that the man was attempting to escape or to injure himself, asked what he was doing, and getting no answer, went into the cell. Guiteau turned and clinched with the prisoner. There was a desperate struggle, during which the guard’s pistol was discharged. The ball passed out of the door and lodged in the wall opposite. Another guard, J. W. Jones, hearing the noise, quickly came to McGill's assistance and parted the struggling men. Guiteau was again secured in the cell. Neither of the men were injured. THE MILITARY GUARDING THE ASSASSIN. A few days after the assassin, Chas. J. Guitean, ‘was committed to jail, and after the popular ex- citement had somewhat subsided, the force of regular artillery stationed in Lincoln Park and about the prison was withdrawn, except a de- tachment stationed inside the building, and hay- ing their quarters in what: was built for the chapel. Recently since the condition of the President has become, precarious, the guard has been increased, and .on the streets leading to the building several picket pests have been set. These: pone were estab- lished on Sunday, and they will remainuntil the President is entirely out: of danger, for in the event of his death the excitement may become 80 great that it will require an armed force to protect the assassin from popular indignation. GUITEAU'S PRISON CELL. In the meantime Guiteau repains in his prison cell. So far as is known he 4s ignorant of the condition of the President, He occupies the cell in which he was first placed, which is 90 situated that whenever he comes to the window he is seen by one or more of the fall officers, and bya soldier stationed about 15 feet from it. When- ever the prisoner goes to the door he is seen the officer in charge of the gate; also by a stationed near it, and by other officers direct line of vision. He ig so ever, that he may be out of some officer. GUITEAU AS 4 GORGER. THE HORTON-MORGAN SCANDAL, Testimony of the Plaintiff in the Sait for Dam- Dashed ‘SOME INTERESTING LETTERS. It was mentioned in Tae Star of last week that the case of Lucy W. R. Horton against John H. Morgan, son of Senator Morgan, action for seduction and breach of promise, some testi- mony had been taken. This was at the office of Messrs. Cook & Cole, plaintiff's attorneys, after notice that the plaintiff, Miss Horton, wonld be examined. The defendant and his father, Gen. Morgan, were present, with Mr. L. G. Hine, counsel for defendant. The plaintiff, Miss Horton, testified that she made the acquain- tance of John H. Morgan at Selma in 1877 about the ist of March, when she was at her cousin's, Mrs. Tripps; saw him daily thereafter for some time, he pretending to be in love with her and conversing freely with her on’ the sub- Ject of marriage. “It was about the last of May, 1877, that she promised to marry him. In the spring and summer of 1877, he wrote her several notes and letters, and she produced several with coples, which had been compared with the origi- nais. MORGAN'S LETTERS. The first four letters, the dates of which coy- ered the time from June 4th to July 34, inclusive, were formal notes, notifying her that he would call or inviting himself to play croquet with her. The fifth letter, which was undated, was writ- ten from ‘Country Place, 20 miles from Selma,” | and reproached her for writing a letter “unjust { to yourself and cruel to me.” Another letter written by her about the same time seems to have been more agreeable to him, for he says: “If the dated letter was written last, 1 am to believe that you sincerely love and trust me, but | if the other one is last I'am exceedingly doubt- ful whether you really love me or not.” Fur- ther on he says: ‘I believe that love is very mortal and liable to burn out and die away, especially when it blazes and flames too much in the beginning (nothing per- sonal intended,) but I don’t peebise to give you an essay on love. I simply sat down to say ‘Lucy, I do love you.’” In the next letter, dated August 19, he saya: ‘There is no use in our | making ourselves miserable and others unhappy because we love and cannot be together,” and “remember that you can trust me implicitly and need not fear me in any way.” In this letter he also reproaches her for Jealous. In the next letter, August 30, 1877, he calls her to task for bringing groundiess accusations against him, and says: “I don't think I have ever given you cause to treat mein this manner, norcan I see why you do so, unless it is because you are tired of ime and wish to rid yourself of a dull, tiresome fellow that can’t write nice love letters.” The next letter of this series was dated August 17, 1877, at Selma, and was addressed to “Dear Sweetheart,” and was an ordinary sweetheart. HER INTIMACY WITH MORGAN. Miss Horton continuing her testimony said after she left Selma in 77 to talk tohim. She was very- intimate with him then for she thought she was going to veri, pes He told her one night that he wanted and his dear father to and intended tc she thought this was in July: he used the same expressions the night she left said, “he had his arms around me and then—I don’t know how exactly it happened, but I said——I commenced crying. He said if I loved him I would not care what he did, and he said if any one saw me he would leave Selma and never come back, and that he wished to marry me and that he would marry me and nobody would know it.” It was on the bank of the river, in the evening, about 9 o'clock. He used this expression about marrying after she had returned to her cousin’s house, because she was crying, “and,” she added, “I WISH I HAD SHOT HIM that night. I have said it, and you may put it down.” After she left Selma she frequently wrote to him of what occurred, and he would alwayswrite as though she was angry and wrote him mean letters. She had two of his letters which he returned hers. He requested her to return the letters he had written her, or rather to destroy them, saying that he had destroyed hers; this was ‘by letter, (showing the letter.) He wrote her from Washington that his feelings had undergone a change; but she had not the letter with her. She had been examined as a witness in -Alabama against Mr. Morgan in a case of seduction. He has twice been indicted there, both times by a democratic Alabama jury, and she attended four times, twice in ’78, once in °79, and once in’80. This case is pending there yet. While in Alabama in 1881 she received a letter from the Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Pitts, which was introduced in evidence. Witness first came to Washington in 1878, and returned to Alabama, but came back to Washington in 1879. Went to Alabama again in 1880 to appear as a witness for the state; Gen. Morgan was so anxious for the case to be tried, that he offered to pay her expenses there and back, and he got her ticket for there, but not back. Gen. Morgan paid her expenses there. She remained there from May, 1880, to March 1881, and there were two terms of the court held. Gen. Morgan and her father, who died in Sep- tember, 1865, were friends, and Gen. Morgan visited him a few days before his death in No- vember, 1865. A letter from Gen. Morgan was perieet to show the friendly relations of the milies. This letter is addressed to Mrs. Nan- nie Horton, and professes the a ympathy and tenderest regards for her ant her children, THE ADAM BEDE OF THE CASE. Miss Horton was questioned as to her acquaint- ance with W. B. Walton, and said she had known him all her life, up to the time she left Dayton ety and seit ee he died in Wash- ington county, Miss., anc corresponded with him up to sileee "1880. She denied that she had ever made a similar charge to that made against defendant Mr. Walton, and she was asked about letters she had received from him to show that his relations with her were of | allowed his co: the most honorable character. She said that she considered Walton the most perfect gentleman ee had ever met. One of these letters is as fol- lows : WALTON’S DENIALS. With the exception of a short spell of indispo- | trated sition (malaria), the prisoner tps held his own in flesh, and indeed at one time appeared to be fattening up on the jail diet. He had been on sick diet for eight or ten day up to a few days ago, butis rept wealth again, and seems to be quite ch Hig appetite is good, and he eats a larger quantity oF than the average for s man of hig weight. He fre e cerns all his Stappre inte to the sul of his meals,-and int in hay a full stomach than otner ie So are the orders pie A case that with the exception of the an, deputy, cian and the officers in 'no one has en- is necessary, the cell, ‘ec, of LOOKS LIKE 4 He is not improving in one said by the few people who have: to have the cut of a pirate, his*unprepossessing look, aided by his style of dress—black with a colored sreolien ES him the look of a ion, however, his voice ig In conversa- rather soft and low, and his : words are well chosen, Ke baijecrem pry INT have you ever, inany way, triedtomakememarry you. On the contrary, for about five years I have wanted to marry you. Poor little how much I wish I could assist you more than is now in my power. I can not cease loving sweet.” My heart aches with sympathy for you, and I would do any thing to serve you. Oh, Miss Lucy, if I could live over my wasted, misspent life, if you had never met John Morgan, how we might now have been. “God us and us all ‘ J vainly che arcane of youth recall, sad words of ton; are these, It might have been.” een him Iately | $8 atigH it 5 i i ib uch be his witness that he expected to marry her | Selma. They were then sitting down, and she | she never met defendant again in Alabama | soon this street will be paved with a good cou- | son taboray aceatein is At January 6th, 3880. On one occasion, when I was in Linden attend ing a fair, Wilkins came up to me with George | Morgan, but Iam too unwell to write more this | “eve.” bes. Pad iL | To contradict the testimony already taken and to show plaintiff's friendly relations with Walton | to his death, and to contradict defendant's testi- mony the copies of the several letters from him | were introduced as testimony. The defendant | also filed a number of pieces of music she had received from Walton. j CONTRADICTING MORGAN'S WITNESSES. | The question was asked if she had examined the depositions taken by defendant of A. R. | Lightfoot, P. J. Glover, Mary Glover, John C. Walton, Hugh Nelson and others, and she said she that Lightfoot's was false and that for four monzhs he was very attentive to her, and | she spoke of some letters of Lightfoot's she and = which Lightfoot —_ denied These letters are introduced in The testimony of P. J. Glover, the _witne: F s ali false, as also that of Mary Glover. Jehu . White's testimony is false. He wanted to prosecute Mr. Morgan for her, and he pro- posed to take her deposition, but she did not give it. She denied that she wrote the letters to Mr. Skelly, to which he had testitied, and said he had forged them as he had done before. She kept copies of the letters she wrote him. but they were now in Mr. Shellabarger’s The letters, he (Skelly) says she wrote him asto her having made a charge of seduction against him, and she nevermade any such charze. She did not desire to say anything of Gen. Mor- | gan’s deposition until Mr. Sheilabarger returned | home, as he had some letters she wished to ave. eas Ixcexpiary Fire Last Nicut.—The alarm of fire last night about half-past 11 o'clock was for the burning of a vacant frame house, 1452 N street northwest, belonging to the Hilton es- tate. This house and the one adjacent were badly damaged. The house, No. 1434, ocenpied | by Morris Marbury, was also damaged. The fire got such headway that a special alarm was | sounded for No.2 Company. The whole loss will probably be about $1,000. The fire is be- lieved to have been the work of an incendiary. peeaend an Street ImPROVEMENTS.—The work of resur- facing Pennsylvania avenue with asphalt east of | the Capitol has been commenced by Messrs. Baily & Fletcher, and is progressing favorably. This is on the north side of the railroad track, and a stone gutter is also being made there. The work of rezrading 437 street southwest has been commenced by the contractor, Mr. P. Ma- lony. The granite blocks do not arrive so fast as could be wished, but it is not thought that work will be delayed for want of stone, much of it being now in transit. The repairing of 24 | street northwest is progressing favorably, and | crete in place of the old retten wood. and a sub- stantial gutter of granite blocks iaid in concrete. | This plan of making stone gutters will hereafte be observed when concrete or asphalt pavements | are used. i Marriack Lice Brown ‘i ze’s county, Md.; J. French + Rudd, both of Alexandria. —— ALL’s WELL Tuat Enxps .—There was quite a commotion caused at the Center market Monday night by a countryman named Norbec! attempting to assault Special Policeman Chas. M. Ford. Norbeck was very much excited, and | had been waiting aroand the market for several | hours watching Ford, and on secing him speak to his (Norbeck’s) wife he went for him.and | some one might have got hurt had it not been | tor an officer arresting Norbeck. The prisoner stated that he nad been informed that his wife | was too intimate with Ford. and he came up | from Prince George county, Md., to watch them. He was taken to the Central station house and locked up and charged in the Police Court yes- terday with disorderly conduct and fined $5 or 15 days in the work house. His wife subse- quently paid his fine and he was released. j afterwards came to the station house and told Sergeant Heffner that he had foun it thatthe | woman who told him about his with Ford did it to make trouble, and he wa: satisfied that all was right and he and his wife | were going home to their farm together last | night, which they di | a AN AssauLT Which May Resvct Fatatty.— In the Police Court yesterday afternoon Mr. | Blunt called Judge Bundy’s attention to the case, mentioned in yesterday's STar, of the dispute at the National Fair grounds between two colored | men employed there named Henry Warren and Samuel Anderson, which culminated in an affray | in which Warran struck Anderson on the head | with a bar of iron, felling him insensible. Mr. Blunt said that Warren was in the custody of | the court, charged with assault and battery with | intent to kill, but he thought there was some | danger of Anderson's dying, and asked that the prisoner be held without bail to await the result of the injuries, and the court complied with the | request. Feo Carter and Sa- rah V Beaten Because He Covip Nor Pay.—A young man named James, alias Shanty Connor was badly beaten last night in George Mantz’s liquor saloon, corner C and 11th streets, it is allezed by Mantz himself, for ordering drinks and having no money to pay. The unfortunate fellow’s head was badly cut, and was a mass of clotted blood when he arrived at the station house. Drs. Parsons and Markriter, of the Emergency ros age attended him and sewed up the cuts. Mi was not arrested last night. Connors asserted that Mantz and a man named Coffee had beaten him inthe saloon. He re- fused positively to ite his assailants, claiming that he would mete out justice himself to them and was fully able to do it. He also re- fased to have the doctors any attention to his ~ oeer Sergeant Johnson home. ee ee The Courts, Pouice Covrt——Judge Bundy pro tem, ating @x-Constabe Sim on doseph by aiking saulting ex- imon by striki him on the head with a cane. . oe was unable to appear, and the case was continued ~ two ates old jatar ye Sio cb , two six-year were ee with assault another colored boy named Thos. M. Swan. by cutting him on the hip with a knife. The court dismissed the bors on account of their extreme youthfulness. Ella Boston, colored, was cl with stealing a $5 bill from a white man named Jos. who in the “Division last night, and robbed. = ” , and was of his money there. The testimony was not con- clusive, and the case was dismissed. Em | well at | Was sung there was a | here were | was taken to Fire Island id. \3 | signed by Condensed Locals. Street lamps will be lighted to-night at 7:30 Pp-m.. and extinguished at 1:00 a.m. Painters are at work brushing over the iron grounds from fence separating the Smithsonian B street. ‘The proposed National Rifle’s excursion down the river to-nizht, postponed en ac- count of the critical condition of the President. Complaints are made t the game laws are being violsted by a gang of mea who are shoot- Branch ing the early ortolan in the Eastern be- fore Septea = The Camp Mecting at Washington Grove. ANXIETY CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT—TESTER> W's SERVICES. 8) ecial Correspondence of Tar Fvexrxe Sran. Wastineron ® Camp, Moxroourry Co., Mp., August 16, 1881. To-day has been a delightful one on the camp grounds, th only thing that marred the plea- sure being the dust. The country about the camp needs rain very much, especially for the corn and other crops. SYMPATHY POR TRE PRESIDENT. Great anxiety was felt here this morning for the President, and a large number of the gen- tlemen went into town, so that they could bet- ter hear the news, and many were the prayers | that were offered by those that remained that his life might be spared to his family and the country at large. In fact, all through this county there is a deep feeling of sympathy for him. “A telegram was received here about 10 a. m. from Hon. T. P. Morgan stating that the President was somewhat better. As soon as it was read the doxology was sung. and each and every one breathed a silent prayer for his speedy recovery. Ay ° The attendance to-day has not been as in former Keeping t : Ruckville drawin, he county Quite a ent to Rock- reus, it is stated, ainly Went to see the anhnals, THE SERVICES. a.m. family prayer meeting was very ded. considering it was the first service of the kind this year. The 8:30 a.m. prayer and experience meeting was one of unusual interest. and was led by Thomas Woodward, of 10: Dr. Ames preached trom Acts. ch 4; the subject wx the day of Pentacost jose of the sermon the Rey. Dr. J. H. Dashiels, who is well known in Washington, delivered an earnest and impressive exhortatic ft but The 6: dining tents and satisfy and for an hour in the limits of the circle. neeting was omitted to-day le’s meeting was ce prevai led usual children’s and in its stead a held in the large tent. ‘This was in charge of the Rev. H.S. France and was largely attended —both by old and young—as yesterday, the exerei ed of singing, prayer and the relating the people took At 3 p.n. an able sermon was preaclied by the Rev. N. F. B. Rice, of Martinsburg, Va. He took for his text Ephesians, chapte et: “To the praise of the glory of His ; The evening train brouzht but few to the grounds outside of the rezw who came were besouzht fo dition of the Pr Downs, words,’ + to die for sinners, There were no p ing. Amcng t! ho arrived to-day were the J i liaverstown, Md.; Rew. F. Schriner, Falls cireuit, Me ot the 12th Pri rs Fague and wife. B. H Meed. scarce here to-day—the one to the show in “t, who did stay king sume vehicle to Thurs- ce them a wedding Th will take names of { been made > A Young Couple's Separation. THE BRIDEGROOM DIES OF Gf AND THE BRIDE BECOMES INSANE. From the N. ¥. Times, The separation of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wes- ley Ayres within the period of their honeymoon, about three weeks caused a stir in fashi ircumstance which nable circles in Astoria, ation in the death of the ‘oom, which occurred at Fire Island morning. When his wife left se so abruptly, leaving ler nd, Mr. Ayres went home to . his father, Mr. Theodore V. tle became yery ill, and was attended by Smallwood and Trask. As he gradually grew worse, he the 8th inst. for a He, however, did not improve, to grow weaker daily until is constitution became thoroughly debilitated, 1 resulted in his death as above stated. His body was brought from Fire Island yesterday afternoon to the Ayres resid the Crescent, in Astoria. M. res, nee Miss Cole, is well- known in this city and Brooklyn, as well as change of air. but continued hi other places, as being a ent piano player. Since the separation she has been most of the time at her father's residence. Owing to her strange demeanor it was her father intention, after advising w place her in the asylum a she would have al and rest, but he learned that his daughter conld not be received in that institution unless a certificate signed by two qualified physicians and counter- judge of a court of record was pro- duced certifying to the young |. Mrs. Ayres had nearly equilibrium when she receiv death of her husband, but th is said to have been avery severe shoc oe Scxpay a house near Jerusalem, Southamp- ton county, Va., occupied by a colored man named Mathews, was struck by lightning, and himself and child instantly killed. tirst h the physicians, to ale, where DEATH OF A CLeRGYMAN.—Rey. Eph- raim Lawson, a well-known colored clergyman, died suddenly yesterday at Upper Marlboro’, Prince George's county, Md., aged about @ years. He was a native of Frederick county, Md., being born a slave and educated by his master. In early life he was a local preacher, and joined the Washington conference of the M. E. Church, when it was organized in 1864. He was presiding elder of Wytheville district from 1868 to 1872. In 1879 he was pastor of Ames M. E. Church, on Division street, this city.—Balt. Be resipnem eee Tae Lanp Bit FixaL.y Passep.—The English House of Lords last Petey By ag to the i by the amendments made to the land House of Commons. Lord Salisbury gave jon to the statement of Mr. Gladstone that there had been no ent between the two sides, and said the House of Commons was responsible for the effects of the measure. final —— ings of the Lords consisted principally of mutual ‘on the satisfactory ending of the —____—_<e.—___—_— —The record of tm- from Liverpool, lows: The City of Chester, from Liv brought 646; the Egypt, 566; the Arizona, also from Liverpool, 543. A lange number of the im- to go west as “weavers with hands.”—WN. ¥.