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8 “A WASHINGTON EXECUTED ‘tinal Hanging of the Violator of Little Frances Otte. - AT THE SCENE HORRIBLE GALLOWS. Resume of the Crime and the Chase for the Criminal. [BY TELEGKAPH TO THE HERALD.] Loursvinxe, Ky., Feb, 21, 1879. George Washington, convicted of an outrage upon the person of Frances Otte and sentenced to be banged here, was executed a few minutes before noon to-day. He spent last night im sleep and manifested no nervousness what- ver this morning. He confessed nothing, »peaking pleasantly to all who addressed him. His last request was that physicians who had promised their aid in restoring life after hanging be given his body. The Catholic priests present used their influ- ence to the last to prevent this, and it was generally supposed they had gained their point. Washington, however, preferred the belief his ignorance gave him that the physicians would re- store his life to the certainty of being blessed with religion, At a quarter to eleven A. M. Sheriff Hamilton asked if all was ready and signalled to the deputy in the box, when the rope was cut which held the drop and Washington was shot downward for four feet, and, with a vicious slender cord broke and the culprit snap, the lay upon his back in the mud beneath the Beaffold. An exclamation of horror broke from those on the scaffold and the great crowd yelled, Quickly as possible he was brought up again in the farms of the Sherift’s assistants and laid on the plat- form, the Fathers rapidly repeating prayers as the physicians felt his pulse to know if he were yet dead. ‘The neck was broken and only slight pulsation was found. THE SECOND ATTEMPT. Great difficalty was experienced in removing the noose, and during the attempt to do soa brute in the trowd yelled, “Cut his throat!” Finally the rope was removed, the drop readjusted, a new three- quarter inch rope put in place, and, held up by the officers, the already half dead man was again put apon the drop, the noose readjusted, and at & quarter to twelve A. M. the drop fell a second time, and George Washington swung between heaven and earth, paying the penalty of his greatcrime. At the expiration of the first minute his pulse was six, and soon ceased. At five minutes past twelve P. M. he was dead, but owing to the failure of the under- taker to appear the body was allowed to remain hanging about twenty minutes, being cut down about twenty-five minutes past twelve. The crowd yelled and shrieked as he was dropped the second time, and clamored loudly for pieces of the rope, while no efforts could keep them from the scaffold, which swayed back and torth from the pressure as if about to fall each mo- ment. Turnkey Graff says that Washington told him 4 few days since that he had dreamed that the rope would break three times before he would die. It was a dream not unexpected from a man in his position, but the breaking once was sufficient to horrify every man of any sensibility in the crowd, HISTORY OF WASHINGTON’S CRIM. On theevening of Saturday, October 19, last, Frances Otte, the daughter of a thrifty German couple, whose residence is on the eastern e of the city limits of Louisville, left home to se several cows in an adjacent pasture. It was her habit to do so ever; pfternoon, aud upon this occasion she went fortl with unusual gayety, singing and playing with popples and shrubs on'the route. The day had been right and beautiful, and perhaps was not equalled in its splendor during the Indian summer of last season in this section. During the severa! days pre- ceding October 17 two negroes had caliod ut Mr. Otte’s house and begged for bread, one of the twain stating that he recently left the Peni- tentiary at Frankfort, Ky., and, being dogged by the police, found employment’ an impossibility. Mr. and Mrs. Utte gave them food on several occa- sions, until at last their frequent visits became nuisance, and, having discovered them, with some companions, holding an orgie over his victuals and playing dice by the light of acandle stuck in the earth one evening, Mr. Otte bade them come no more. The game in question is of negro origin and they alone can play it. For them it has a fascination of the strongest nature, and no white man was ever called on tour aces with more regret than these sable devotees of dice see s fortunate fellow throw a win- ning dice. The game is played entirely with dice, and the ante, which is very small, upon is lumped into a “pot,” the highest throw winning the avgregate amount.’ Negroes in the Southwest play this game very generaily; but those who are its warmest friends are seldom good for aught else. This Mr. Otte knew, and determined therefore to no longer give’ his visitors food. Upon the evening in question little Frances Otte, who was then a child of eleven years, was entering the central part of the pasture alluded to, when, to her great astonishment, the two negroes she had no- ticed around the house of her parents suddenly con- fronted her. A feeling akin to fear had come over her but # moment before and she was singing a nur- sery rhyme to shake it off, as it were, when the black fellows uppeared before her. Her alarm was so great that she could not speak nor try to escape. Tho negroes seized the trembling child, and, throwing her upon the ground, an outrage followed. Ono of the scoundrels held the little girl by her long brown hair, her screams, the look of terror in her eyes as she ‘placed them’ on bis finding no mercy in return. ‘to accomplish the part he had determined to play the other negro was compelled to use a knife. The child fainted, and when consciousness had again re- turned cach had executed his design. Li THE WRETCHES. - The child dragged herself home as best she could and told to her parents thecrime committed. Father and son started in pursuit of the negroes and a score of men joined in their aid. They failed to find them that night. Next morning, Sunday, tne search was kept up, mounted police from the’ city joining the father's" volunte During the day the black scoundrels on heard of but never seen by th antry for miles around was ere on the lookout for the who had first committed putrage, was George Washington, the other was unda: A. Hamilton, a Louisville viously arrested Washington, joined ‘The same day he espied the two tenant Steller was with Hamilton wearing citizen's clothes. They were cnabled to come within shooting distance before being recognized. When they were recognized the negroes fled in oppo- Site directions, the two oflicers, however, both muk- ing for Washington, at whoin they emptied their ritles. Washington ran with fearful speed, hopping over logs and large pieces of stone with Wondestal wgility. The firing brought others to the scene, the purstiers rushing to the roadside singly, in twos, threes and fours. Washington picked up picces of stone as he ran, and the moment a man made ready to fire on Lim threw at his gun with remarkable precision. He ran the gwntlet almost without single turn from 4 straight path tntil be saw before him a party of four, with young Otte, a brother of | the child he had outraged, at its head. Kedoubling his exertions be made off in another direction, but the brother's aim was upon him and the quick crack of his rifle tollowed by the negro’s tottering showed Vhat he fired with effect. His companions fired also, out Washington, who bad almost stopped, again elon. They saw him no more, but during the picked up ® bloody coat marked with four holes. Several days passed and nothing On Thursday fay vullet tore was heard of the two negroes. information was received by the authorities of Jet- teorsonville, Ind., a town opposite Louisville, that two uegroes, similar to Washington and his com- panion, had taade an unsuccessful effort to commit tm outrage four miles from the Ohio River bank. Louisville parties went over to Indiana, and, Wash- ugtou with his companion having been caught in she roeantime, brouwht them to Louisville. The nous nature of the crime stirred up all Louisville, e day after Lis incarceration Washington would hear the yells of a mob before hia prison baying like hounds for his blood, THK TRIAL AND CONVICTION. The presence of the white haired father of the crowd was the sigual for renewed demon- the pareut asked the people to disperse. nave its way; be is guilty and he will waid the old man, and the populace dis- Wacbington was convicted aud sentenced to ged to-day. At the trial, he child testified. ed mnuch sympathy. From a i, brighteyed little child, sbe wnetormed into « with @ face of ashen oes, her eyes wore sunken and she was a little Washington was placed among & dozen other oes, Can you point out the prisoner?’ ssked tho Dourt “Yes,” spoke the child, in acc through the entire court room, dog: this is the dog we gave vi did it.” ts that rang out is is the black uels; he is the man on’s companion in crime was Charles His trial is yet to take place, Washing- von is a6 black as ebony, and bears signs of the brute we art of his body. His age is not known, but be is wot yet out of the twonties, JUSTLY DOOMED, (SY TRLBORAPH TO THE HERALD.) Nasuvinie, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1879, x Martin, colored, who on the night of January t to th Ku 4 we home of 3 ecut German yhn Whittemeir, a promi- | citwen, while he and his wite were | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. asleep in bed, and broke their skull#and arms and necks, and otherwise brutally mutilated them, was sentenced to-day to be hanged on March 24. He took his sentence with stoical indifference. When asked by his attorney this afternoon whether he desired to apply for a new trial or appeal to the Su- reme Court he remarke: don't want either. It is uo use. There's no hope.” He told his brother that he had “expected the sentence and that the law would have been very unjust if it did not hang him. If he were not to hang for the brutal crime he com- mitted there was little use for law.” GRANT IN IRELAND. CHARGES OF OWEN LEWIS, M. P., AGAINST THE EX-PRESIDENT—AMERICAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED BY A FOREIGNER, Dui, Feb. 8, 1879. In the course of 4 political speech delivered in Car- low last Saturday, Mr. Owen Lewis, M, P., made an attack on General Grant, and it is interesting in con- nection with the ex-President’s visit to Ireland, He sajd:— Turning to a very different character, we have this year been honored by a visit from General Grant. In my opinion the people of Cork behaved with dignity aud self-respect in refusing to give any public recog- nition to # man who, when in power, had done his best to stir up a wanton and unprovoped war of ex- termination against Catholicity in America, I could as easily understand Prince Bismarck wel- comed as @ visitor on Irish soil. This attack stirred up an “Irish-American,” who addressed a card to the Freeman's Journal, asking Mr. Lewis how and when General Grant “had done his best to stir up a wanton and unprovoked war of extermi- nation against Catholicity in America.” - To this Mr. Lewis made the following reply in the columns of the Freeman’s Journal :— SHELBOURNE Hore, Feb. 4, 1879. Srn—I shall have much pleasure in supplying “An Irish-American” with the information which he desires, though I should have thought he would have been as well acquainted with recent American affairs as myself, In order to make my speech at Carlow intelligible to our correspondent it will be necessary first to refer to the condition of edu- cational matters in the United States, The ‘common schools,” which are supported by the government at the public expense, are purely secular in their char- acter and working, ne religious instruction being pernmutted. Of course, it is impossible for any Catholics who practice their religion to make use of them, although in some’ places (Chicago, if I mistake not, among others), the proportion which they are compelled to contribute is ‘as much as three-eighths of the whole cost. Under these circumstances it occurred to some Catholic citi. zens that they might not unreasonably ask that a portion of the funds which they were forced to con- tribute should be devoted to the maintenance of their own denominational schools, instead of havin; to pay twice over—once for the support ot a schoo which was no use to them, and again for the sup- port of the school where their children were bein; educated. In New York, by the way, the majority o! poor children in reformatories and orphanages are Catholics, At this time General Grant was stump- ing the country in the republican intorest, with a view to re-election for @ third time as Presi- dent. Most American Catholics are democrats, and were consequently his political opponents. Under these circumstances he conceived the dia- bolical idea of raising a religious cry against the Irish, and representing them as ‘anxious to estab- lish the Inquisition, and hand over the entire “common school” system of the States to the Jesuits, Accordingly, at Des Moines, Iowa, he made the following speech, in either Juno or July, 1876:—“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existeuce, I Deng that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side and superstition, ambition and igno- rance on the other. Now, in this centennial year of our national existence I believe it to be a good time to begin the work of strengthening the foundation of the house commenced by our patriotic forefathers 100 years ago at Concord and Lexington.” Now, in the mouth of an unscrupulous ian, who had lately extinguished in blood the great Southern movement of independence, and who was actually holding down several States by brute force, these words could only have one of two meanings. Either he desired to in- troduce a legal Culéurkampf in Americs, or else to re- vive the “Know Nothing” agitation, which was tanta- mount to a civil war against Catholics. ‘This was the view taken of them by all Americans at the time, and it also was that of the London dimes and of all the anti-Catholic journals on the Continent, by whom they were rapturously hailed as a noble declaration of war against ultra- montanism. General Grant id not succeed either in prolonging his dictatorship or in arousing a whirl- wind of religious persecution, thanks to the good sense of the American people, who saw through his infamous designs, and refused to be parties to them. Possibly, also, the knowledge that American Catholics were determined and resolute mon, with whom it might prove dangerous to meddle, had 0: to do with the non-success of the movement. The Know Nothing agitation of five and twenty years ‘ago culminated in the burning of » sacking of convents, ill-' riests and r termination,” and that General Grant's conduct in try- ing to arouse it was open to the charge of “wane ton and wicked.” Unless the ex-President intended this, or was aiming at an introduction of the Cultur- kampf, his words had no meaning—s charge which I have never before heard brought against him. I may also refer your correspondent to the Nation of Janu- ary 25, in which he will find sundry instances of the uniform courtesy of treatment and refined language to which everything and every one Catholic was sub- jected to at the hands of General Grant. The diction is so choice and classical that an “Irish-American” must kindly excuse my quoting it. OWEN LEWIS. GAMBETTA’S GREATNESS, THE MABVELLOUS RISE OF THE FRENCH STATES- MAN—HOW HE APPEARED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBERS. {From the London Times’ Paris letter.) At fifteen minutes past two the beating o:. drums and the rattling of arms were heard from the lob- dies, and presently M. Gambetta, with the ceremony usual after an election of President, took the chair. His entrance was eagerly watched. He was, accord- ing to custom, in evening dress. He had evidently, moreover, been particular over his toilette. His grayish beard was trimmed short, and his hair, gen- erally left to itself, was carefully combed behind his ears, showing to advantage his wide forchead and keen and intelligent glance. Few of those present could help reflecting on the advance he has made in ten short years, since he defended the Baudin memorial, Everybody remembers that vehement speech, his consequent election, his repub- lican speech in the Corps Légisiatif, his inclusion in the government of National Defence, his balloon trip, his Tours and Bordeaux dictatorship, his resig- nation, departure for Sebastian and election to the Assem 34 his speeches there and at Belleville and Grenoble, his meeting with M. Thiers in the Luxembourg Conservatories, his Lille speech and th subsequent prosecution, his rdle since the 1877 elections. Some, too, ‘can measure his rise by the quarters he has occupied since 1871—firet a second floor more than modest, No. 16 Rue Montaigne, where his democratic simplicity ex- ccoded the most austere ideas; then the comfortable entresol ot the sane house added to the upper story, marking an advance and allowing of more select re- ceptions; next the premises of the République Fran- ¢aise, 50 Rue Chaussce d’Antin, where a secretary stopped you in the passage and a valet ushered you | into a library worthy of a party leader; now the Pal- ais Bourbon, where everything still reminds you of the most luxurions of the authors of ‘the the “Coup d’Etat,” the Due de Morny—the palaco whence the hero of this fairy tale starts for Ver- saillos in order, with drums beating and military escort, to assume his Presidential chair. ‘Tho spectacle struck every imagination, and it may be foreseen that, in the absence of too ureat finpatience or somo serious blunder, the fortune which first smiled on this spoilt child in a police court will not stop here. Nearly all henceforth de- pends on himself. It deponds on himself to be equal to his new position; to avoid controversies, to re- | press disor to moderate discussion; above all, to remember that he ix one of the organs of the yov- ernment and is bound to protect it, and to satisfy Europe of the stability of the Republic. The Frenc! law forbids doctors to become legatecs of the pa- tients whom they treat—d fortiont of those whom they kill. ‘That law the new President of the Cham- ber should not lose sight of, and France will re- member it whenever the Chief Magistracy is again vacant. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER PLANET. {From the Rochester Union and Advertiser, Feb. 20.) Professor Swift is in receipt of a telegram from 8. B. Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announcing that Polisa, of Berlin, on the 17th inst, discovered another planct of the eleventh magnitude, It is in Leo, 11 hours 10 minutes right ascension, 4 minutes north declination. This completes @ list of 192 asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. When ninety-nine were fonnd, a reward was discovery of the hundredth, " savor Swift ex- pects a reward will be offered for the discovery of the ove that shall fill out the number to 200, HAPPY LIVE SAVERS, The publication in yosterday’s Hrnaty of tho grievances of the New York Volunteer Life Saving Society resulted in # speedy remedy, In the after- noon &ton of coal was put into the station, so that ¢ for patrolling. carpenter, visited the station, snd about hal upied in taking measnrefuents and making for the “lining” of the house. Blanketa ming. ‘The station will be transterred to Dover dock, or pier 28, on Monday, fered for the | OBITUARY. JACOB A, WESTERVELT, Jacob A. Westervelt, ex-Mayor of this city and president of the Dock Department, died at his resi- dence in this city yesterday morning at four o'clock. One of the most highly esteemed officials of this city, he was born in Bergen county, N. J., January 20, 1800, He was a descendant of the early Dutch settlers, his first ancestors in this country having been Lubbert aud Willem Lubertsen van Westerveldt, who came with their families from Meppel, Prov- ince Drenthe, Holland, in the ship Hope, in April, 1662. They settled in Bergen, N. J., and many of their descendants reside near there to the present day, Lubbert settled near Hackensack and was one of the original meiabers of the Dutch Church which was organized in that town in 1686. Mr. Westervelt was of the seventh generation from Lubbert. He was five years of age when his father removed to this city, and a year or two later was Placed under the care of James Foster, who kept a noted private school in Franklin street, Here ho remained until his fourteenth year, when his father died and he began to think of his own future work in life. His boyish mind idealized the life of a sailor and accordingly he shipped as a boy before the mast upon & vessel bound to Charleston, S.C. Soon after arriv- ing there the ship was sold, and young Westervelt found himself alone ina strange city with all the world before him and only $15 in his purse. He was of a generous and adventurous spirit, and like a jolly young tar, spent all his money out of hand and then shipped on a vessel to the shores of France. After this he made many voyages to Europe, but his experience of a seaman’s lite dissipated all the illusions of his boyish fancy, and he resolved to follow it no more, He was at this timo sixteen years old, and had still to gain a living. Strolling along the docks of New York, his attention ‘was attracted to the shipyards, which then lined tho beach. Christian Bergh, the father of the present president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was a prominent shipbuilder at that time, and in his yard young Jacob Westervelt be- came an apprentice. At the end of five years he was declared a skilful journeyman. Some of the friend- ships contracted with his sturdy fellow workmen lasted to the close of his life. When the young man was only twenty years of age a Mr. Salus, residing in Charleston, offered to give into his hands the con- struction of two schooners at that place. As he was still an apprentice he was not at liberty to undertake the work, but on explaining the situation to his master the latter willingly released him from his contract and wished him God speed. The young me- chanic reached Charleston, after a tempestuous voy- age of fifteen days, in alittle sixty top sloop. The only labor at his command was that of slaves. He was successful, however, in his mission, and the vessels, when completed, gave entire satisfaction, Returning to New York with tho pres- tige of this exploit, he was at once admitted into partnership with his former master, Mr. Bergh, and the firm thus constituted continued until the latter gentleman retired in 1835. The fifteen years of this partnership formed a period of untiring activity on the part of Mr. Westervelt. No fewer than seventy- one vessels were coustructed by the firm during that time, and most of them ranged from 450 to 600 tons burden. The now prosperous shipbuilder retained much of his early fondness for travel, and to gratify it spent nine months in roving about Europe. On his return he was stimulated to new enterprises in ship building, and resumed business at Corlears Hook, foot of Cherry street. In those days the demand for American vessels could scarcely be supplied, and the sound of the axe and the morry ring of the calker’s mallet resounded along both rivers, In a short time Mr. Westervelt found his hands so full of orders that his establishment was too small to fill them, and he ed another yard at the foot of Seventh street. The California trade was then a most hog, Aor one, and many of the best vessels in it were built by him. Later on he removed to the foot of Houston street. In 1807 he located his yard at ogi Ie ears on the Long Island shore, and tle spring of the following year found him settled at avenue D and Eleventh street. During those years Mr. Westervelt constructed the astonish- ing number of 174 seagoing vessels. These had a total capacity of 139,369 tons. Of these thirty-six were steam vessels, aggregating 47,921 tons; ninety-ono ships, having a total of 80,477 tons; five barks of 2,701 we ges nig ag henge ey eos dad boats, two y: , one sloop, two flo ips, nine steamboats, two ferryboats, tear nebcaes and one barge. The splendid ships Washington, Herman, Franklin, Columbian, Goldhunter, Louisiana, Hum- poldt, Texas, Winfield Scott, Rhine, Cortes, Roanuke, Perseverance, Iturbide, Jamestown, St. Louis, Nau- tilus, Santa Anna, Sonora, Orizaba, Charles Morgan, Ocean Queen, Arago, Huntsville, Pernana, Guadal- quiver, Montgomery, John P. King, Eagle, Morro Castle, Favorita, Niagara and Saratoga were all made in his yards. In 1859 Mr. Westervelt surrendered the active man- ment of the business to his son Daniel D., but continued to supervise affairs at the yards and was scen there daily. In appreciation of the genius displayed by him in the preparation of models and plans for three Spanish frigates the Queen of ns iran conferred upon hiin the Order of Isabel la Cato} Mr. Westervelt had contracted to build these vessels, but owing to the breaking out of the Confederate re- bellion, that rendered it impossible to obtain live oak and yellow pine, he was forced to cancel the con- tract, About 1540 Mr. Westervelt first entered poli- tics and was elected Alderman from the Thtr- teenth ward. In 182 he was chosen Mayor of the city by large majority over his he persona Morgan Morgans. His administration is well remembered as one highly conducive to the yublic weal. In 1870 he was appointed Superinten- ent of Supplies in the Dock Department, and three cars lator ex-Masor Havemeyer nominated him, and ho was confirmed, as a Dock Commissioner. He was for many years the president of the Society of Me- chanics and ‘Traders, and was a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, the Marine Society, the Port So- ciety and the St. Nicholas. He always took an active interest in the educational and benevolent institu- tions of the city and contributed liberally, but un- oatentatiously, to their support. Mr. Westervelt was a plain, intelligent looking gen- tleman, Frankness and cordiality were marked cnar- acteristics of the man, and he was universally es teemed as an official and as o privatecitizen. He leaves three sons and three daughters. The iuneral will take place on Monday morning next, in the South Reformed Church, at Fifth avenue and Twenty-first street, of which he was a member. ‘The services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Rogers. ACTION OF THE DOCK DEPARTMENT, At a meeting of the Board ot Docks, held yester- day, it was ordered that the following minute be en- tered on the records of the department and trans- mitted to the fainily of the late Jacob A, Wester- ve This Board bas learned of the death this day of its late president, the Hon. Jacob A. Westervelt, with teclings of profound nz and most honorable carcer cl ness life of upward of half a cen oful wetivity. He served his city acities and as its ehiof Magistrate, always with honorabie distinction. In ail hix rela tions, public and private, his great distinguishing trait was his unbending Integrity. No man who knew Mr. torvelt ever doubted that in every act of his life he ly what he believed to be ‘This pur- he great central fact of his character. in his appreciation of what was the domi- of his life it i# permitted to wocintes in this department to indulge in of his jurtesy and id thom that in time sweet conse! ry in the recollection that this life of his was one of usefainess and honorable servico, and that he died when full of yours and honors, leaving behind to them and to us all the logacy most Valuable aud enduring—tho record of a life worthily and usefully spent, Resolved, That as a token of respect for the memory of our deceased president the offices of the department be cloned until after the funeral services and that all work be suspended on the day of the funeral, that the oflce employes may have an opportunity 10 attond the services. “EUGENE EYRUH, Secretary, JOHN PARRY, ENGLISH SINGER, John Parry, the popular comic singer and pianist, whose death in London yesterday is announced by cable, was the son of a well known musician and was born in London in 1810. He began to appear as a baritone at concerts about 1833, and made his début onthe London stage, in Dickens’ “Strange Gentle- man,” at St. James’ Theatre, September 29, 1836, In December of that year ho sang there, along with Braham, in Poole’s ‘Delicate Attentions,” and in an operatic burletta, “The Village Coquette,” an- nounced as “the second production ot the gentle- man under the name of Boz,” the music being by Professor Hullah, He subsequently appeared as a singer at the Olympic, but found his true vocation on the concert platform as the originator of a pe- culiar kind of musical entertainment in which in- strument and voice were combined in rendering comic songs and recitations, both words and music being written for the occasion, tho former usually by the late Albert Smith, His songs—“Wanted & Governess,” “Wanted a Wife,” “Country Commis- ‘Blue Board,” “Fair Rosamond” and others— were for years so popular that “no concert seemed complete that did not contain the name of this pre- eminent comic singer in the programme.” In Isto he gave up concerts and confined himself to an en- | teriainment called “Mr. John Parry's Notes,” the words of which were written for him by Albert Smith. It was extremely successful, and was fol- lowed by others of the same character in 1860 and 1862. He was obliged to retire from the platform in 1458 for reasons of health, and then developed a new kind of talent by the 4 biieation of a volume of whimsical caricatures, re somne years he officiated as organist at St. Ju&e’s Church, Southsea, and also gave lessons in singing. In 1860 he reappeared on the concert platform, with Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; retired to private life in 1869, but made one more “farewell appearance” at a benefit given him at the Gaiety Theatre, February 7, 1877. He was the best modern type of the English professional singer. JOHN CLARKE, ENGLISH ACTOR, John Clarke, the English actor, whose death yes- terday is reported by cable, was born about 1530, and made his début on the stage at Drury Lane Theatre, October 7, 1852, in the part of Fathom, in “The Hunchback.” He was subsequently eugaged at the Strand Theatre for several years 48 leading actor in burlesque and the domestic drama, He appeared there in “Electra,” “Appearances,” “The Maid and the Magpie,” “The Old Story,” ‘Aladdin, or the Wonderful Scamp,” “Orange Blossoms,” and many other plays, up to 1862, and his fine acting was always a chief attraction at that theatre. In 186 ho was in the original cast of Boncicault’s “Fox Chase” at the St. James’ Theatre, and he appeared with H. J, Byron and Miss Marie Wilton in the extravaganza of “La! Somnambuia, or the Supper, the Sleeper and the Merry Swiss Boy,’ Lag yarn 3 of the.Prince of Wales’ , April 15, 1865, taking a female part (Amina) with great success. In September, 1865, he played Lucia di Lammermoor in byron's burlesque under that title, and in November of that year wus the original John Chodd in T. W. Robertson's comedy, ‘Society. In September, 1866, he was the original Hugh Chalcot in Robertson's “Ours.” In 1868 he played Sarah Gamp in ‘Martin Chuzzlewit,” and at the opening of the Globe Theatre, November 28, 1868, was the original Matthew Pincher in Byron's comedy “Cyril's Success.” In 1869 he y jayed Mould in Byron’s “Not Such a Fool as He Looks,” and sub- sequently personated the Gravedigger to Fechter’s Hamlet, the schoolmaster Squeers in ‘Nicholas Nickleby,” and other parts of equal importance. He = 1 successful in the provincial cities of Great PROFESSOR CHABLES NEATE, ENGLISH ECONO- MIST. Professor Charles Neate, Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and late Professor of Political Econ- omy, died at Oxford, February 7, aged seventy-two years. Professor Neate wus born at Adstock, Buckinghamshire, in 1906; was partly edu- cated at the Bourbon College, Paris; gradu- ated with first class honors at Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1828; became # Fellow of Oriel and was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, 1832. He was private socretary to Sir Francis Baring, Bart., when Chancellor of the Exchequer 1839-'41, became Pro- tessor of Political Economy at Oxford in 1857, was elected to Parliament for Oxtord in the liberal inter- est in 1857, in place of Hon. Edward Cardwell, but unseated on petition, again elected for that city No- vember, 1863, and July, 1865, and retired from politi- cal life’ in 1868, being ‘succeeded in Parliament by Sir William Vernon Harcourt. He was author of a French work, “Dialogues des Morts Politiques” 1349), being conversations between M. Guizot and ouis Blanc, of treatises on university reform (1854), the death penalty (1857), the currency (1859), the con- dition of landed property (1860), taxation (1861) and the law of entail (15 His last Pei were passed in quiet residence at Oxford a8 a Fellow of Oriel. He was an excellent Latin and French scholar and fre- quently wrote in those languages. BEV. DR. EBEN FISHER. Adespatch dated Canton, N. ¥., was received yes- terday by Collector Merritt, stating that at an carly hour in the morning Rev. Dr. Eben Fisher, president of the Universalist Theological School of St. Law- rence county, had died after a brief illness. The de- ceased was one of the founders of the institution, and had been principal of the same since its organiza- tion. He was about sixty years of age and ranked as one of the ablest thinkers and scholars in the denom- mation to which he devoted ail his energies. He was boru in the State of Maine, and prior to the war was a member of the Legislature in that State. During the dark days of 1860 and 1861 he was in the front ranks of those who opposed secession and re- bellion, and by his eloquence and patriotism con- tributed largely toward sending volunteors to the war. Those who knew Dr. Fisher best claim that he was a true man and devout Christian gentleman, Although no politician in the common acceptation of the term he was an ardent republican and triend of the colored race, LADY ANNA GORE-LANGTON. Lady Anna Gore-Langton died February 3 at her residence in George street, Hanover square, London. She was the only daughter of Richard Plantagenet, second Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K. G., by Lady Mary Campbell, second daughter of John, Mar- quis of Breadalbane, was born on the 7th of Feb- ruary, 1820, and married on the 9th of June, 1846, William H. P. Gore-Langton, of Newton Park, Somer- setshire, formerly member for Bristol, and son of Colonel W. Gore-Langton. Mr. Langton died iu De- cember, 1873, leaving with other issuc Mr. William fr sg Gore-Langton, Af. P. for Mid-Somerset, mar- ried in December, 1870, to Elen Mabel, second daugh- ter of Sir Graham G. Montgomery. Lady Anna was heiress-presumptive to the earldom of Temple. On her brother, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, being appointed Governor of Madras, her ey accompanied His Excellency and family to India, part of lust year, tof the National where she remained till the carl: ‘The deceased lady was vice pre Indian Association. CARL FREDERICK SORENSON, DANISH PAINTER. ‘The death is aunounced by mail from Copenhagen» on the 24th ult., in his sixty-first year, of Curl Frederick Sérenson, the most abie of the marine painters of Denmark. Hoe was born on the island of Sams in 1818; won the dilver medal at the Copen- beget Academy in 1843, when his first picture was exhibited. The government as well as the people speedily recognized his merits, and the former sent him on board a ship of warto study open sea effects in thes Mediterranean, and repeated the courtesy several times, He exhibited at the Danish Academy and constantiy at London and Paris. MARIUS MONTAGNE, FRENCH SCULPTOR, ‘News has just been received of the death, in Paris, of the talented sculptor, Marius Montagne. He was born at Toulon, and was pupil of Rude, His groups. “The Young Mother” and “Mercury Preparing to Cut Off the Head of Argus,” brought him much honor. The latter was cxhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1867, in marble at that of 1869, and in bronze at the late Universal Exhibition. The marble was bought by the State and the bronze was one of the prizos at the national lottery, ‘Tho ceuiptor’s lust work, “Abei Supplicating,” was also bought by the government, FRANK E. FRYE. ‘The death of Frank E. Frye, American Consul at Omoa, Honduras, occurred on the 10th inst. He was a native of Lewiston, Me. He was thirty-two years old and leaves a wife. HERR P. P. VAN BOSSE. Acable despatch from the Hague announces the death in that city yesterday of P. P. Van Bosse, LL.D., Dutch Minister of State and of the Colonies. CITY NEWS ITEMS. Patrick Scanlon, forty-five years of age, it is al- leged, was beaten and thrown down stairs at No, 207 Hudson street by Alfonse Vinet last Thursday night. He died yesterday at Bellevue Hospital, His assail- ant is locked up in the Tombs, A special meeting was held yesterday by the Board of Park Commissioners and resolutions were passed looking toward the improvement ot Manhattan square, for which purpose $20,000 has been set aside from the annual apportionment. ‘Lhe newsboys and bootblacks of tho east side were entertained last night at the Rivington Street Boys’ Lodging House, the programme comprising a lecture on the phonograph, with experiments on the ma- chine, by Messrs. H. W. Stanton and 8. J, Johnson, aud piano, violin and cornet music by Misses and Mr. Warshausen. Andrew Mitchell, twenty-six years of age, was held for trial in defanit of $1,000 bail in Exsex Market Court yesterday for having been found with an un-— known man on the stoop of No. 853 Fourth street Ss morning, scting suspiciously, On the pH her's person were found a jimmy, two carv- ing knives and two pieces of candle. Mayor Cooper was waited upon yesterda; a number of members of the Northside pie Bs Bg who asked him to use hia influence to have the man- agement of the streets and avenues in the annexed strict transterred from the the Department of Public Works. Tho Mayor prom- ised to give the matter his early attention. Louise Hamilton, of No. 9 Eighth avenue, in the Jefferson Market Court yest y charged Joseph Reynolds, of No, 453 West Vorty-sixth street, with attempted blackinail. She said that on Wednesday evening last he followed her into her house and say- ing she had dropped bogie inted to a note ving on the floor, which proved a blackmailing rr. Armand Carroll, thirteen years of age, of No. 127 Greenwich etrect, and Eugene Higgins, twelve years of age, of No, 248 Kast Twenty-ninth | strect, were hold tor trial in detault of $1,000 bail cach in the jefferson Market Court yesterday, on the charge of robbing Mrs, Ettio Henderson, of No. 46 West T'wenty- seventh street, of her pocketbook, containing about $7. Tho lady did not notice the alleged theft, but was informed of it by @ man who claimed to have secon it performed. SUBURBAN NOTES. No now facts were developed yesterday in the Bay Shore, L, L, tragedy. Johnson, the suspected mur. derer of his Indian Wife, has not been apprehended, The firm of J. B, Aldrich & Co., lumber dealers, of Bridgehampton, L. 1, has failed, with liabil minounting, a8 near as can be ascertained, to $30,000, ‘The assets are small and it is thought that the firm cauuot pay more than Sfteen per cent, ‘tment of Parks to | | himself as John Seymour, a wealthy Englistunan, THE FALLEN ANGELL. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. THE ARRIVAL OF THE BARK SHOOTING STAR | CONFLICTING VIEWS CONCERNING THE CATTLE STILL AN ANTICIPATION ONLY--SHE 18 BLOWN OFF THE DELAWARE CAPES BY 4 GALE—UN- CERTAINTY AS TO WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE PRISONEB, PuILaDELPnia, Feb. 21, 1879, The bark Shooting Star has not yot made a port, and consequently the distinguished defaulter, Charles W. Angell, late of the Pullman Palace Car Company, who comes in her as a passenger and prisoner, has not yet been brought ashore, The report in this morn- ing’s Henatp that the Shooting Star had reached the Capes of the Delaware justified the belief that the bark would arrive at the Breakwater this morning and perhaps even get up as far as Philadelphia be- fore night. It appears, however, that the Shooting Star was spoken yesterday afternoon by the sea tug North America, about thirty miles at sea, outside tho Capes, and as she has not been seeu since the prob- ability is that atthe time this despatch is being written the bark is many miles further off the coast than she was yesterday. 80 NEAR AND YET 60 FAR. Astrong northwest gale has been blowing steadily since yesterday, and is still raging at the Capes. In- coming vessels would have to beat dead against it to make the breakwater. This the Shooting Star cannot do, so her consignees, Workman & Co., say, because she comes in ballast, and her lightness would pre- vent her making headway against such high winds. They think she has put out to sea again, and = may now be many miles off the coast. She has not beon seen to-day from the Breakwater, where there are ho arrivals reported since yesterday. TRis is a very unusual occurrence, and is attributed toa gale blowing off shore. ‘THE PROBABILITIES. ‘The probabilities are, in the opinion of marine re- porters and sailors familiar with this harbor in all weathers, that the Shooting Star will remain a safe distance off shore until the gale is over. Then she will come inside and anchor at the Breakwater. This is about one hundred miles from Philadelphia, and, even with the swiftest und strongest tugboats ahd favorable tides, the vessel could not be brought that distance through the ice in the dangerous and tortuous Delaware in a day’s time. If she were to start to come up from the Breakwater at daybreak in the present condition of the river darkness would overtake her on the way and she would have to lie to until the seond day to finish the trip to Philadelphia. She would not be moved at night at this time ot year. THE OWNERS’ ORDEKS, But it is quite probable that the bark will not be brought to this city at all, Messrs. Workman & Co., ship brokers, to whom she is consigned, have re- ceived directions from the owners in New York to have the Shooting Star wait orders at the Break- water. She is not chartered yet, und will not come to: Philadelphia unless she feceives an engagement. In the meantime it is safe to say that the vessel will not pass the Capes while the gale lasts. ABOUT ANGELL. : What the programe, is to be in regard to tho tak- ing ashore of Mr. Angell is not known here. Mr. E. H. Goodmen, the representative of the Pullman company in Philadelphia, is in possession of the necessary extradition papers to take the prisoner to Chicago for imprisonment and trial, but ho refuses to say how or when the defaulter is to be taken ashore, and bluntly declined to @ conjecture. He referred your correspondent to General Porter, in New York, as his (Mr. Goodman's) superior oflicer, saying that he is consulting with | the owners of the Shooting Star as to where the prisoner is to be put off. ir. Goodman denied that it is settled that the vessel will not come to Philadel- phia, and intimated that that question was a portion of the matter in negotiation. THE PINKERTONS. The superintendent of Pinkerton’s detective agency in this city says that no one from their office is to be sent down after the prisoner, as he is already in the custody of the Pullman company’s agent,‘and the additional expense of a detective is unnecessary. Nevertheless the Pinkertons were informed when the despatch was received that the bark had been Spoken. aud they seem to have a strange interest in the case. THE RUMORED PROGRAMME, Your correspondent is informed this evening that the arrangement is to take Angell off at the Delaware Breakwater, and send him around to some other port to be brought ashore, I cannot confirm the Tumor; but such a plan could easily be consum- mated, as there is a ily steamer between Lewes, Del. (where the Breakwater is), and New York, or the Shooting Star could be quietly ordered to some other port. It is understood that the Pullman company is afraid of trouble and delay from lawyers in the way of habeas corpus and cther legal proceed- ings to prevent the prisoner from being taken to Chicago, and that they therefore wish to him ashore as secretly as possible and whisk him off to the West in a private car. DETECTIVE ELDER'S STORY OF THE FLIGHT, PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF ANGELL. Detective Elaer, of this city, gave the following history of Angell’s flight, pursuit and capture to a Henaxp reporter last night:—He said that Angell left Shicago in July last, having in his possession $113,000 in money and bonds belonging to the Palace Car Company. Mr. Pullman, the president, was then away in Europe and expected to return soon, and Angell expressed his intention of meeting his su- porior officer in New York. Instead of doing so ho disguised himself, and, under an assumed name, took passage two days afterward in the steamship Donau for Bremen, In September Detective Elder | wus called into the case at the instance of Mr. Pull- man and Colonel Walsh, the general superintendent of the company. The detective secured a photograph of the defaulter, and with the assistance of Mr. Bretz- field, secretary of the company in this city, made arrangements with @ photographer to strike off pictures as fast as they were wanted. Detective Elder then wrote to the State Department at Wash- ington and procured a list of all American consuls accredited to the several foreign countries. Ho searched the newspaper offices and reading rooms for the names of hotels and bankerg throughout the continent of Europe, and obtained from the Post- master Generai’s Department the location of the post offices and the names of the postmasters in the United States aud Canadas. He then had circular letters printed in the French, German, Italian, Spanish and English languages, describing ac- curately: Angell’s appearance, and also giving atull account of certain marks on his baggage. ‘These letters he sent to the American consuls abroad and also to the agents of all steamship lines that sailed the ocean. He covered the entire world with tho description of the detaulter wherever the United | States government was represented. Foreign banks | and bankers, as also hotels throughout Europe and | on the continent, and postwasters and hotels in the | United States received his missive offe $5,000 | reward for the apprehension and yntion | of Angell, and in addition ten per cent of the amount of the stoien property recovered. In two short months these documents eifected the defaulting sec- retary’s arrest, Detective Elder says that a few days before it occurred one of his circular letters | describing the fugitive reached the hands of Mi Moran, the American Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. | When Angell arrived in that city he was some- | what changed in appearance, having let his whiskers grow and wearing glaeses, He represented and gt up at one of the most fashionable resorts, the Hotel Central, on the Piaza del Sul. Unfor- tunately for himself, Angell forgot to get rid of his | bagyage, and the marks described as being on his satchel aud trank were the principal means of his discovery. These were pe ghey to Mr. Moran, and | on his accusing Angell of his crime, the latter, ap- preey tired of foaming, acknowledged his guilt. le thought himeelt safe, liowever, as no extradition treaty existed between the Portuguese government and this country, but to his great surprixe Portugal agreed to deliver him up us an act of courtesy. When the defauiter arrived at Bremen, according to the detective, he remained there only a short timo and then paid @ visit to Liverpool takiny the character of an English merchant. Afraid of remaining too long in the place he started for Bragil and remained in Kio Jangiro a few weeks, whence he returned to | Liverpool. He next made his appesrance in Lisbon, where he was arrested, Detective Elder «ays (hat the amount of property recovered was $40,000, of which $75,000 were in bouds of the company and $5,000 in English sovereigns. CURIOSITIES OF A LITIGATION, (From tho London Standard.} Mr. W. Turquand, of Tokenhouse Yard, London, and Mr. E. G. Clarke (Tribe, Clarke & Co.), of Albion Chambers, Bristol, the joint official liquidators of the West of England Bank, aro, it is stated, receiving over a thousand letters every week, from all parts of the country, from shareholders, depositors, credi- iy debtors, “parties to bills” and others, and it appears are addrenned i's comewses” oxcenttie style, the writers being evidently sorely ‘as to the exact names, &c., of the two gontlemen ap- pointed to wind up the com; , a8 the following cclmens, sent to the We Mail, will Co ni oa ft se, Yard & Co., bankers, ‘Bristol; Me. KG, Liquidator, Turquand street, Bristol; Mr. W. BE, Bank Clarke, Bristol; Messrs. Albion Chambers & Tribe, Clarke’s yard, near Bristol; the Liquid Officials, Bristol Bank; Tok clarke Chambers, Turqnand-yard, Bristol, Mr. ‘I’ quid Bank, West of Kugland, | @ builder's busin DISEASE-—-THE PREMIER BELIEVES THE ORDER OF THE ENGLISH PRIVY COUNCIL WILL DO GOOD—HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE UNITED STATES. Orrawa, Feb, 17, 1879, In moving the address to-day, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, Mr. Brecken referred to the appointment of the new Governor General in the most eulogistic terms, He said that, although his political experience had not been very great, hie education, his known ability, his knowledge of the world, and last, but not least, his high appreciation of the institutions of the neighboring Republic, must all unite in rendering his administra tion not only @ diplomatic success, but one that must insure for himself the hearty co-operation and love of each and every subject. He briefly re- ferred to the settlement of the Halifax award, which he considered a just one; to the suspension of tha importation of cattle from the United States into Canada, owing to the outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia, which he thought would only be for a short period, It was with no intention of interrupting the cattle trade with the United States that this order was given, further than to prevent the ap. pearance of the disease among our own cattle, which would result in the same injunction being pisced upon the importation of Canadian cattle intg England as had been raised against those going over from the United States. In regard to this matter it may be well to that the Minister of Agriculture is at present gathering all possible information in regard to the character and extent of this disease both in Canada and the United States, which will be embodied in the annual report of his department shortly to be laid before Parliament. In continuing he briefly referred to the develop. ment of a trade between Canada and France aud Spain and their colonies, urging the importance of a reduction of the present duty in France upon Canadian built vessels, in respect to which negotia- tions were brag to be opened by the government. He said it would be necessary for the government to unite their mes. by negotiation and otherwise, to enlarge upon old industries and create new ones for the employment of the people. In concluding he dwelt upon the proposed introduction of such meas- ures as would secure to the country a safe means for life insurance, which could be accomplished by the government assuming the responsibility of estab- lishing asystem directly under their control. Upon Mr. Brecken taking his seat, Mr. Tass meer the address in an eloquent speech in ‘rench. ‘Mit, MACKENZIE'S VIEWS. The Hon, Mr. Mackenzie in a tew well chosen re- marks complimented both the mover and seconder of the address, and, with few exceptions, concurred in their remarks. He, however, was of the opinion that the order prohiviting the importation of Ameri- can cattle into Canada, although done for the best, to prevent the disease coming into the country, was liable to act in different ways. It might have the effect of preventing the disease coming into the country, but it would at the same time pre- vent the importation of cattle by teeders who required theiu for preparation for the English market, and it would aiso naturally reduce the volume of fraight of the lines of railway to the At- lantic ports. He hoped that the government would see its way clear to modify the order, that this branch of commerce may not suffer unnecessarily. Mr. Mackenzie resuming his seat, the Premier rose to congratg@late him upon the temperate manner in which he had criticised the address. egarding the order respecting the interruption of the cattle trade with the United States, he had to that he con- curred in the belief that it had resulted disadvan- usly in some cases, yet, owing to the panic in England wbout the cattle disease, it was imperative that such steps shouid be taken to prevent Canadian cattle being scheduled with those arriving from tha United States. CONDITION OF TRADE. . Tho return of the trule and navigation of the Do- minion for the fiscal year 1877-78, the index of the commerce of the country, was laid before Parliament to-day, and furnishes some very interesting statis- tics. From the fact that some material changes will be effected in the tariff with regard to protecting cer- tain industries while reducing the duty upon those commodities that cannot be successfully produced at home, additional interest is given to this report, as trom it may be gathered an idea of such articles ag will be subject to the greatest chunge. The value of imports for the year show @ decrease of $5,100,906 as compared with the year previous, while the revenue of the country from duties collected shows a slight imcrease, The value of exports for the yeur shows an increase of $3,448,274 over the previous year, with a revenue from duties coll remaining nominally the same. The value imports 18 shown to be $91,199,577, while the value of exports footed up to $79,323,607, leaving # of trade against the Dominion of $11,715,910. In some items an increased im Nea from the United States is noticeable, notably in the item of ci which was largely increased; refined coal oil petroleum is greatly in excess of the two years. ‘Lhe public accounts for the fiscal year 1877-78 show the total liabilities of Canada to be §174,967,268, an increase of only $281,434 over the preceding year, ‘The total interest on the public debt for the year ed amounted to $7,100,033, the average rate pere-< 4. AN AMERICAN HEIR. THE LITTLE ESTATE LEFT BY AN ENGLISHMAN WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, CHANGED HIS NAME AND EDITED A NEWSPAPER FOR TWENTY YEARS, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20, 1879. The Manchester (England) Guardian, ot the 6th inst., reports an interesting case which has just been heard before Vice-Chancellor Bacon, in which a man trom the United States has succeeded in establishing his claim as heir to an English estate. The news- paper says:— The claimant, Mr. W. H. Cox, a builder, of Mem- phis, Tenn., sought to establish his right as Leir to « property known as Lennox Lodge, Southampton. ‘He stated that he was born in the year 1#20, at Chel- ‘tenham, where his father carried on the business of asilk mercer, At the age of fourteen he went to sea asa midshipman, serving on board the John Coote, which was despatched with soldiers to Bombay, From Bombay he sailed to China and thence ho: and on atriving at Cheltenham he foun during his absence his father chi his re to be the editor of the Chelten- ham Chronicle, aud hal subsequently quitted his native town, probably in consequence ot financial embarrassments, and gone to America, leaving no trace of his whereabouts. To America the tit immediately followed, and after a Jong inquiry suc- ceeded in finding his fathor through the medium of advertisements. His mother and tainily he had left in the care ofan aunt, the f' jetress of a small hotel, where they all resided, is father was acting at the time as special correspondent of the Morn Chronicle, to which he sent letters from Pem vania under the nom de plume of “Crump.” reason for the change of name on which the main fssue of identity rested was rather obscure, and probably connected with monetary difficulties. The plaintiff and his father became joint editors ef the Philadeiphian Lnguirer, and as such travelled over the greater part of the United States, He stayed at Philadelphia with his father till about 1848, and in tho meantine his family also came over and’ stayed there. Atter his father’s death he travelled for a con- siderable time, and at last settled down as a builder an active part in the civil war, His business was removed previous to the mentioned, and h jemphis carrying on . Documentary and viva voce evidence was yiyen in support of the case. His Lordship decided in favor of the plaintiff, holding that his identity was established. “SO MANY YEARS AGO.” This case reculis memories of a once well known journalist who is yet remembered by the veterans of the press in Philadelphia, In 1839 an eccentric Eng- lishman made his appearance in Philadelphia, having just arrived from the old —. He was & man of intelligence and considerable literary ability, and afterward was well known as first assist ant editor of the Pennsyivanian Enquirer, ot which old Jasper Harding Proprietor and Robert Morris principal editor. It is said thut Mr. Harding made the oe acquaintance through having helped to fish him out ot the Dela- ware, when he fell overboard from the vessel in which he had crossed the ocean while she was lying alongside a whart. This peculiar introduction to the publisher secured him an introduction to his news- paper soon afterward. CRUMP OR COX. ‘The Enghehman called himself William H. Cramp, but the accidental mecting with an old juaintance revealed the fact that his name in Eng! had been Cox. ‘There a re to have been no reason for tho endeavor to lose his identity, sa¥e 4 foolish seusitivo- ness about certain business matters at home, He was of & very nervous, sensitive disposition, and the oid printers tell some ettrious anecdotes tk. Justrating his peculiarity. Mr. Crump romait ou the er tor twenty years aud is well remembered in that office to this day. But his son, the present claimant, was never employed there, so Mr. Harding says, Mr. Crump was o Useful editor and was the author of several books of reference; among others, ‘Tho World in a Pocketbook.” He was afterward employed on the North American and died in Camden in 1862, time he acted as British Consul at this ry Mr. Crump sent for his wife and children as soon as he had made a home in the New World. Ho had five sons and @ daughter, the oldest child bei the William H. Cox who has just obtained possession of the English estate. All rest of the family are called Crump; three of the sons—one of them a printer—live and are well known and highly respected in Philadelphia, One of the sons is proprietor of the Colonnade Hotel; another has been British Vice Consul here for some years, ‘The estate in England to which Mr. Cox has proved his claim is said to be a country place worth about 10,000, It goes by right to the eldest son, and the ily here do not dispute the legality of Mr, Cox's At one

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