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FREMONT FIRST
FHEEDSLAVES.
The Pathfinder Anticipated
Lincoln on the Great
Issue of the War.
HIS ORDER FOE MISSOUEI
Breaking the Negro's Shackles Was
Annulled by the PresicUnf,
Unwritten History Prom the Boob of
Mrs. Fremont Compiled Prom Ad
vance Sheets by Her Son Why the
Two Great Patriots Became Estranged
Mr. Lincoln's Trust Betrayed by
Some One Near Him How Senator
Chandler Got Fremont to Withdraw
In 1834, Leaving: Lincoln the Presl
dental Field The Situation In St.
Louis That Caused the Pathfinder to
Proclaim the Negroes Freemen.
From advance sheets of '-Great Events."
(he life or General Fremont, written by Mrs.
3. C Fremont and Lieutenant F. P. Fre
mont, U. S. A.
X 1S61, prior to going
abroad, General
then Colonel Fre
mont had an inter
view with President
Lincoln at the Astor
House in New York
City. This was short
ly before the outbreak
of the war. In the
election Fremont,
though in California
himself had aided
Lincoln by causing
his iriends to do their
utmost for him, and
this interview was to
gr y V. explain his refusal of
-&UZ offices tendered him
. offices tendered him
fwn
I by the President, and
to talk over the trou
bled future.
At this time, and
later, until the plans of self-seeking politi
r ans demanded that they become estranged,
the President and General Fremont were in
accord. When the Rebellion broke out
Fremont was sure of the support of the
President, and did not hesitate to use his
fortune and credit in England where he
was at the time, looking after his vast min
irp interests in buying arms and other
trunnions of war for the United States, al
though the United States Minister Adams
reused the Government sanction. Fremont
i " red his services to the Government as
t on as the war broke out.
r ompeted With the Confederacy for Aran.
Although the experience through which
he had passed might well have daunted any
man from again submitting himself to the
chances of military oppression that had
been so unscrupulously wielded against
Fremont in 1846, still he did so, and en
gaged in obtaining arms often competing
with the agents of the Confederacy, who
were exceedingly active and well supplied
with funds and official credit, while the
United States was represented only by this
citizen and his private fortune; and it
must be remembered the United States was
so deficient in arms at this time, and even
later, that regiments wsre drilling with
ticks.
When General Fremont learned in Eng
land that he had been created a major gen
eral in the regular armr he at once started
for the United States. In sending his nom
ination to the Senate Lincoln had recog
nized the fact that Fremont placed national
above State interests, loyalty to the flag
above friends and family ties, and that the
convictions that had caused him to resist
t e introduction of slavery into the new
Riate oJ California would enlist him to fight
cs the side whose justice he had urged in
and out of the Senate.
Lincoln' Lack or Confidence in Fremont
Th s recognition of Fremont's political
fa tb and convictions made Lincoln s subse
quent action in surrounding him with secret
service spies a cause of estrangement be
tween them when it became known to
Fremont that Lincoln had given credence
to the stories ot his enemies to the eflect
cat Fremont meditated the overthrow of
the United States Government and the es
tablishment of a military despotism, with
himself as dictator. How Lincoln, after
evincing his iaith in the loyalty of Fre
mont br appointing him a Major General
and sending him to command a department
com) fi ne the entire West of the United
States could doubt his loyalty alter Fre-m-o'a
emancipation proclamation GO davs
late' a proclamation that so shook the
ce-'-r of rebellion that its sympathizers in
tbt N rth obtained its annulment by Lin-c-
i s a problem that even time cannot
to ie. and an examination of the corres
t ence, while it points to the "man
be 1j. late," only serves to identify a
niTierv uitbout explaining it.
liftnre quoting the correspondence a
Fiance at the situation in the Department
o the est in 18G1 will aid in an under
go ii-ag of the letters. The city of St
1 - jis -ti e headquarters of the Department
c 't e A est was so completely in the
possession of the Southern element that not
a Tciod Cag or uniform was exhibited. A
uniD efficer could not even wear the uni
form oi the Government he defended.
What rrrmont liad to Contend With.
The situation is shown in a letter of the
EeT Dr V G Elliot, of St. Louis, to his
int.rcaie friend Salmon P. Chase:
It should be remembered that Fremont
assumed command at a time of greatest diffi
culty Just alter the Manaisas disaster, when
the Luion cause was at the lowest ebb. He
foao at Ik uis terribly demoralized. The
secessionists wei e in ecstacles and had little
doubt of speedy success. Oneofthem openly
said that to me "Tiiere was a bullet already
moulded for every Yankee abolitionist in St.
Louis." Many of our wealthiest men openly
declared themselves tor the South Atnnn
of the most conspicuous corners of the city
Firth and Pine streets, in the well-known
Bertnold mau.lon the Confederate bead
quarters were established, with the Confed
erate flair conspicuously flying, and recruits
wero openly enlisted for the Confederate
causa Tho city authorities did not dare to
1 ter ere. There was not a United States
Caa to be soon anywhere, and Union men
spoke with bated breath.
Uuuide of St Louis the country was in
the hands of the rebels, except the few
lort.fied points held by Union garrisons,
and these were principally recruited from
the three months men whose time was now
expiring. A great source of trouble was
the action of the rebel inhabitants of the
State of Missouri, and a little later this
became most serious.
Even fjnionitts Doobtrd Lincoln's Power.
The farmers would when notified Join the
earcps of the rebel commanders in great
numbers, suddenly augmenting their forces,
and then ir the projected raid or attack
was deferred, would return again to their
homo reducing the force correspondingly.
It this manner, however, it was impossible
to foresee which point would be threatened
next, and Jailing sufficient troops to control
the State through force or arms, it became
necessary to devise some mer.ns to prevent
tLls guerilla warfare. The credit of the
! Government n-as about ud up, and It liafl
. mi lost iiremige tlinxurli tne non-payment of
it debt to tlio soldier and tliose who fj
msueu mem buppuea (u&i t vus regaruou
wliU contempt by the iseessloniBts, and
many Unionist j came to doubt Its power to
compel.
For many days and nights the situation
liad been a most anxlons one tor General
Fremont; with unfulfilled requisitions in
Washington, commanders of troops de
manding reinforcements There there -were
none to sire, troops clamoring for their pay
when there was no money, and those who
furnished supplies suddenly advancing the
price as soon as the Government was no
ion per doing business on a cash basis and
they oould take advantage of her necessities
as a poor debtor. He determined to force
the rebel sympathizers who did not join the
rebel armies as soldiers to remain at home,
and to make them feel that thero was a
penalty for rebellion, and for aiding those
who were in rebellion.
Beading the Emancipation Proclamation.
On the morning of August 30, shortly after
daybreak, Mrs. Fremont found General Fre
mont at his desk. Ue had sent for Mr. Ed-
The Pathfinder.
ward Davis, of Philadelphia, who arrived as
she came. It was sufficiently light to see
plainly, and the General said: "I want you
two, but no others." Then, in the dawn of
the new day, ne read the emancipation order
that first gave freedom to the slaves of
rebel', and which he had thought out and
written in the hours taken from his brief
resting time.
This order, or rather proclamation, placed
the State of Missouri under martial law,
and it so remained until the end of the war.
The clause in this proclamation that so
threatened the success of the Rebellion was
the following:
The property, real and personal, of all per
sons in the State of Missouri who shall take
up arms against the United States, or who
shall be direotly proven to have taken an
active part with their enemies in the field,
is declared to be confiscated to the public
use, and their slaves, if any they have, are
hereby declared free men.
There are some carious accounts extant at
to the actions of varioui high officials when
this proclamation reached Washington.
Certain it is that the official telegram had
hardly reached the President when one of
his Cabinet received the news through pri
vate sources and hastened to present his
adverse views. Be that as it may, this was
Lincoln's answer:
CThat Lincoln Hastened to Reply.
WASnnroTox, D. a, Septembers, I66L
Major General Fremont
Mr Deak Sib Two points in your procla
mation of August 80 give me some anxiety.
First Should you shoot a man, according
to the proclamation, the Confederates would
very certainly shoot our best men in their
hands in retaliation, and so, man for man,
indefinitely. It i, therefore, my order that
you allow no man to be shot under the
proclamation without first having my ap
probation and consent
Seoond I think there Is great danger that
the closing paragraph, in relation to the
confiscation or property and the liberating
slaves of traitorous owners, will alarm our
Southern friends and turn them against us;
Serhaps ruin our rather fair prospect for
entucky.
Allow me, therefore, to ask that you will,
as of your own motion, modify that para
graph so as to conform to the first and
fourth sections of the act of Congress enti
tled "An act to confiscate property used for
insurrectionary purposes, approved AUgnst
S, 1881," and a copy of which act I herewith
send you.
This letter is written in a spirit of caution
and not of censure. I send it by special
messenger in order that it may certainly
and speedily reach you.
Tours very truly,
A. LnrooLir.
A Discrepancy In th Dates.
Now comes one of the incidents that re
veal how plans were marred by those who
tried to use their official positions in Wash
ington for their private ends. It is evident
from the text that adonble game was played
by those who had access to the President at
this time, and to whom he had confided his
plant and actions, only to have them be
trayed. Apart from the text of the above
letter the following points ought to be con
sidered: First The date is September 2 and the
President states in his note: "I send it by
special messenger in order that it may cer
tainly and speedily reach you." The mes
senger delivered the note to General Fre
mont in St Louis, September 8, six days
later, although the journey was only a little
over SO hours' duration. He received the
answering letter in the afternoon, left the
same day, September 8, and delivered it to
the President in time for him to write his
answer, as dated, September 11. Where,
thtn, were the note and the messenger dur
ing the six intervening days?
Second The President asked General
Fremont that .be would, "of his own
motion," modify the part of his proclama
tion relating to' emancipation, and in order
that it might be possible to carrv out this
request marked his note "Private," thus
making evident his desire, "written in a
spirit of caution," that it be known as
General Fremont's better indsrment. on
second thought, that lreedom should not be
given to slaves. Yet, at the same time, the
special messenger makes public as he trav
els that the President had ordered General
Fremont to do this, thereby nullifying the
entire intended effect embodied in the
President's request to General Fremont
Someone Mast Have Betrayed Lincoln.
Are we to believe that President Lincoln
wrote a note directing a secret action that
lie desired should appear spontaneous,
marked it "Private." gave it to a special
messenger to insure its "certain and speedy
delivery," and then told trrkt messenger the
contents of that note and directed an inter
val of six days before the delivery of his
communication? Such is not President
Lincoln's known character. Someone in
his confidence at Washington betrayed him.
The only reason that could have caused
Fremont to hesitate in deciding on his
course, that of acceedtng to the President's
wish, was gone owing to the publicity given
the President's private note and he answered
at once:
HEADO.UAKTERS WestEKN DePABTMTOT, J
St. Louis, September 8, 1861.
The President: .
Sir Dear Sm-Tour letter ot the 2d by
special messenger I know to have been writ
ten before you had received my letter, and
before my telegranhio dispatches and the
rapid development of critical conditions
here had fully informed vou of affairs in
this quarter. I had not written to you fully
and frequently first becanan in tiT. in...L
ant change of affairs I wonla bn nmm.ii ts
give you contradictory accounts: and. sec-
r Tr, ri """" '"""ttuum oi me snrjiecttto
be laid before you would demand too much
of your time.
Fremont Stuck to His Views.
Trusting to have your conidence, I have
been leaving it to events themselves to
show you whether or not I was shaping ar
fairs here according to your ideas. The
shortest communication between Washing
ton and St Louis generally involves two
days, and, the employment of two days in
time of war goes largely toward success or
disaster. I therefore went along accordl ng
to my ownjndgment, leaving the result of
mv movements tojustlfy me with you.
And so In regard to my proclamation of
the SOth. Between the rebel armies, the
fro visional Government and borne traitors,
felt the position bad, and saw danger. In
the night I decided upon the proclamation
and the form of it. I wrote it the next
morning and printed it the same day. I
did it without consultation or advice with
any one acting solely with my best Judg
ment to serve the country and yourself, and
perfectly willing to receive the amount of
censure which should De thought nne if I
made a false movement This is as much a
movement In the war as 'a battle, and in
6m
-TTTtt
golug Into these I shall have to act noeord
int tomyjudgmont of the ground before
tne, as I do on this occasion.
I'referrrd to Be Publicly Censured.
If, upon reflection, your better Judgment
still decides that I am wrong In the artiole
respecting the liberation of slaves, I have to
ask that yon will openly direct me to make
the correction. The implied censure will be
received as a soldier always should the rep
rimand of his chlet If I were to retract of
my own accord, it would Imply that I my
self thought it wrong and that I had acted
without the reflection whioh the gravity of
the point demanded. But 1 did not 1 acted
with full deliberation and upon tne certain
conviotion that It was a measure right and
necessary, and 1 think so still.
-In regard to the other points of the proc
lamation to whlcn yon refer, I desire to say
that I do not think the enemy can either
misconstrue or urge anything against It or
undertake to make unusual retaliation.- The
shooting of .men who shall rise in arms
against an army in the military occupation
of a country is merely a neoessary measure of
defense and entirely according to the usages
of civilized warfare. The article does not at
all refer to prisoners of war, and certainly
our enemies bare no ground for requiring
that we should waive In their benefits any
of the ordinary advantages which the wages
of war allow to us. As promptitude Is itself
an advantage In war I have also to ask that
you will permit me to carry out upon the
spot the provisions of the proclamation In
this respect Looking at affairs from this
point of view, I am satisfied that strong and
vigorous measures have now become neoes
sary to the success of our arms, an d hoping
that my views may have the honor to meet
your approval, I am, with respect and re
gard, very truly yours, J. 0. Fbxmoht.
A Question as to Seward's Course.
The messenger left on the afternoon train,
taking with him General Fremont's answer
to the President, and made the return trip
in the schedule time of a little over two
days. It would be interesting to know how
the messenger's inexplicable delay was ac
counted for to President Linooln. Was the
President told that the delay had been
caused by General Fremont?
To the observer who knows the hlitorv of
those days the question that might be aiked
is, Where was Seward, and how did he in
fluence -Lincoln at this juncture? His
previous and later opinions and actions give
small room to doubt his action when he
hastened to the President immediately on
learning of Fremont's proclamation. It has
often been said that Llnooln's action at this
time was not prompted by his first impulse,
but grew out of consultations with some of
his advisers. Indeed, the only reason urged
by the President, in his letter of September
2, 1861, is the fear of alarming Southern
friends and losing Kentuoky to the Union.
That this fear was groundless history is wit
ness, for the rebels bad already invaded
Kentucky and Fremont had in August com
menced the movement on 'Paducah and
ordered General U. 8. Grant to take pos
session ot that town and occupy Kentucky.
Lincoln made no question of Fremont's un
doubted right to make the proclamation,
and the first slaves ever freed by the Gov
ernment were emancipated under this
proclamation of freedom, and it is an inter
esting question what would have been the
duration of the war had Lincoln now con
firmed and made of general application
Fremont's order of emancipation lor the
State of Missouri instead of waiting a year.
An Old Parchment That Freed a Slave.
Before me lies an old parchment covered
and interlined with General Fremont's
writing, the original of the deed of manu
mission which treed "Frank Lewis, hereto
fore held to service or labor by said Thomas
L. Sneed," who had been taking "active
part with the enemies of the United States
in the present insurrectionary movement
aeainst the Government of the United
States," and declares the said Frank Lewis
"to b: free and forever discharged from the
bonds of servitude."
What must have been his thoughts as he
penned these lines that broke the invisible
bonds and let the first of the race in bondage
stand erect a free maul The deed was done,
the word spoken, and henceforth the war
was no longer alone for the debatable ques
tion of Union or no Union, but also for the
greater issue, the right of every man to be
Ireel
When the emancipation order was re
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PITTSBURG 3IBPTOH -
voked by Linooln th feel inc. of the tforth
waa voiced by Benjamin F. Wade, who wrote
to Fremont begging him not to resign.
"Persevere," he urged, aBd as sure at
God reigns the administration will bare to
eome over; we cannot and we ought not to
conquer this rebellion on any other princi
ples!" The spirit of prophecy was upon him In
another year the slaves had their delayed
freedom,
Fremont's Sacrifice for His Party.
Jk. eurious feature of human nature comes
to the front at this juncture. Fremont had
been unable to get a command from Lin
coln, thongh the relusal of the latter had
been often qualified with promises that the
former should have a command and active
service, but these promises were never
kept, and many facts had combiued to make
Fremont ieel that he was nnder the ban of
the Government and debarred from active
service, and in '64, when the strength of the
Cleveland party developed and the support
of the German population and press threat
ened the power of the Lincoln party, his
tory repeated itself, as it usually does, and
after several conferences Lincoln determ
ined to ask Fremont's aid in seeurlng his
re-election, for Lineoln was determined not
to withdraw, and therefore asked Fremont
to saorlfics himself. In return he was
offered high command and active service
and other alluring conditions.
These were refused, but Senator Chand
ler's presentation of the fact that on him
depended the success of the Bepubllcan
party, whose first nominee he had been,
and that the failure of the party to succeed
now would throw the Government into the
hands of the Democratic party, prevailed
with General Fremont, and he withdrew
from the field, leaving success certain for
Lincoln. His opinion of him was un
changed, and to quote his own words: "It
was tor the nation not the man, that I with
drew." Senator Chandler's Mission.
Senator Chandler's mission to General
Fremont was not bruited abroad, and al
though it was known at the time to those
who goyerened the politics ol that day, the
written acknowledgement of General Fre
mont's sacrifice to weld the Republican
party'has never been published until now.
The occasion that caused this letter to be
written by Senator Chandler gave rise to
the doubt expressed, in the last sentence;
but the result showed that he underesti
mated the appreciation ot President Hayes:
DrrEorr, May 29, 1878.
Bon. 3. 0. Fremont:
My Deab Sib In 18U the political horizon
.was dark and threatening. I then, in com
mon witn most, ir not ait prominent itepnD
llcans, deemed it of vital importance that
?ou shonld deollne the Cleveland nomlna
ion for the Presidency aud unite the party
upon Mr. Lincoln. With this object in vlow
and In accordance with the wishes of Mr.
Lincoln and the chairmen of both the Na
tional and Congressional Executive Com
mittees, I visited you in New York. Suffice
it to say, -the negotiations were successful,
the party became a unit Mr. Lincoln was re
elected and the government saved.
I then deemed the matter of vital impor
tance, and now, after H years have elapsed,
deem it of equal Importance. Mr. Wash
burne late Minister to Franoe ex-Senator
Harlan and Judge Edmunds, now postmaster
in Washington, were present with tne at
each and every interview, I had with Mr.
Lincoln upon this subjeot
It woulu afford mo really great pleasure to
aid you in any way in my power, but I doubt
my influence with the present administra
tion. Very truly and sincerely yours,
Z. Chahdler.
Censure for TMeolny and Hay.
The split in the Bepubllcan party that
caused Mr. Linooln and his confidential ad
visers to ask the man the administration
had tried to break down to withdraw and
permit the re-election of Lincoln is
studiously misrepresented by Lincoln his
torians, It Is a measure of the lack of
veracity of Hay and Nicolav or their lack
of confidential relations with Lincoln that
causes them to state in their "history" the
reverse of the facts contained in the above
letter of Senator Chandler.
The faot that a misstatement is made in
the same work about Mrs. Fremont indi
cates intention rather than ignorance.
Fbaxcis Peeston-Fbemont,
United States Army.
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HOMESTEADINAPLAY.
An Amusing If Not Ludicrous Por
trayal of the Labor Trouble!
PDT ON IN NEW TORE LAST WEEK.
Hugh O'Donnell Represented as Too Easb
ful to Fop the Question.
BED-HOT WIEES AKD JETS OF STEAM
COBBESFOXDXKOZ Ot TM DISPATCH.
TTew" Yoke, Sept 10. "Monongahela,
or Homestead in '92," now current at the
Columbus Theater, is billed as a "startling
melodrama in four acts and 11 scenes." It
Is,-in faot, a series of tableaux, not a play,
in which a ludicrous effort is made to de
pict the recent troubles at the Carnegie
mills. As a panoramio display tie produc
tion Is interesting, but to anyone who has
ever been within sight oi an iron mill, or
within speaking distance of a heater or
roller, the melodrama has more the appear
ance of a faroe in which realism has been
abandoned to save the oost of costumes and
the salaries of actors who can act
The play was written by Frank Norcroas,
who might have been on the other side of
the ocean at the time he was composing it,
and, if so, he probably secured his knowl
edge of events at Homestead, as well as the
geography of the Monongahela Valley, from
the usually unauthentic columns of the
London Timet. He starts off by blowing a
6-cent tin whittle for the mill men to go to
work and follows that by a series of rattles
that the usher says are intended to repre
sent the noise in an iron mill, but which
sound more like the activity In a black
smith shop on a dull day.
A Joke on Monongahela Water.
The iron mill, too, looks more like a
horseshoeing establishment in Fayette
county than anything else a Pittsburg man
can think oE The programme asserts that
Scene L is a good representation of the
Homestead steelworks, but then the pro
gramme isn't the only feature of the show
given to misrepresentation.
When the man who blows the tin whistle
gets out of breath the entire town of Home
stead comes ont in front oi a grocery store
and listens to an Irishman trying to talk
back to his wife. The dialogue is supposed
to reach the climax when Mrs. Irishman
tells her husband he is as fresh as the water
in the Monongahela, at which point every
one laughs except those who have tasted
Southslde water and know how far it is
from being fresh.
Next comes a finisher named Jack Craw
ford and Jaok's sister, whose name isn't
Gill, but" less poetical Ellen. It happens
that Ellen and Hugh O'Donnell are in
love and on account of Hugh's not having
courage enough to pop the question Jack
does it for him. Ellen, who looks more
like a prisoner in a 10-story tenement
house than a bright Homestead girl, makes
Borne reply to Jack, but that, like every
thing else she says, doesn't get past the
orchestra.
Hugh O'Donnell Slakes a Prayer.
This part of the plot might have been in
teresting if the author hadn't evidently in
tended the audience to take it In dead
earnest that Hugh O'Donnell is too bashful
to ask a girl to be his wife. Even this
might be forgiven if it was not followed a
tew minutes later by Mr. O'Donnell himself
uttering a loud theatrical prayer for the
deliverance of the people just at a point
when in the real situation everyone knows
that all Hugh O'Donnell.'s utterances were
purely and forcibly of an earthly nature.
O'Donnell is impersonated by John E.
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Kellerd, an actor of ab ill tv, who might do
better if he knew that Hugh O'Donnell; the
real, is a good fellow, but makes no claim
to being the original good boy in a Sunday
school novel. That is just the find of a man
Kellerd stsms to think be has to portray,
and he does it even to the extent of'sighlng
over a lore affair.
The one exciting scene is that of the City
Farm fence. In justice to the scenic artist,
it should be said that his production really
looks like a fence, and seems to have a good
quality of barbed wire on top of-it. The
wires are attached to the electric light plant,
and at the proper timo they ore charged un
til red hot
Exaggerated Ideas of Defence.
The stage is darkened at this point and
the effect upon the audlenco n as instan
taneous as the electricity itself. A roar of
applause greeted the scene and then the
sound of hlning steam rushing from holes
in the fence is added to the confusion until
enthusiasm and hot water are both ex
hausted. The funniest part of the whole show,
however, is the fellow palmed off as
"Billy" McCleary. He is called Sheriff,
of course, and represented as a
very dignified gentleman with a
Prince ot Wales accent and an air
that would freeze every member of the
Tariff Club if the Sheriff were to go around
there some evening and aot as Mr. J. Ellin
wood, his impersonator, seems to think the
Sheriff of Allegheny eounty should act
McOleary is represented as walking out of
Homestead backward and the audience is
left to imagine that the earth opens and
swallows him up after the firsf defeat
The Plnktrton Battle On.
Shortly after McCleary's retreat, the
fight of the Pinkertons takes place and the
first man killed is a Salvation Army crank
with his religion painted on his red shirt
Two others fall in battle and then
the boat Backs out into midstream
and incidentally gets behind a curtain that
hides it from View. The most impressive
part of the scene is the Monongahela river,
as clear as the waters in Lake Tahoe. As
very few of the audience have seen the
"Muddy Monon," the scene is greatly ad
mired. Another feature that pleases the
New Yorkers is a reference to a speak-easy.
The Pittsburg toby is looked upon as an
equally funny contrivance.
The audiences at the Columbus have been
small, and the prospects for a brilliant
career for "Homestead, '92," are not bright
The play was launched on Labor Day. but
even that did not fill the lower floor of the
Columbus, and empty seats have been in
creasing in number every night
J. W. STEVEJfSOJT.
A BOOM OF Tt'OE.
IXlri "Listen to My Tale of Woe."l
A Cleveland boom in Chicago grew,
Listen to my tale of woe;
All cut and dried and stnolc with glue,
And" radiant with a mugwump hue.
It grew. It grew; listen to my tale of woe.
It swelled like a toad in the morning dew,
Listen to my tale of woe;
And made the Hill men feel so blue
That they put the convention in a tew,
And the Tammany tlcer in a fury flew,
'Tis true, 'tis true, listen to my tale of woe.
The Tammany tiger and Tammany crew,
Listen to my tale of woo.
Seized on that boom so big and new,
They ripped and knifed it through and
through,
Too true, too true, listen tomy tale or woe.
And then the trouble began to brew,
Listen to my tale of woe.
A trouble tbey could never subdne.
Though. every mugwump worked like a Jew,
To save that boom so nice and new,
Too true, too true, listen to my tale of woe.
'Twas all in vain that they could do,
Listen to my tale of woe;
For soon the peoole tried and true
Just buried that boom from human view,
Boo noo, boo hoo, listen to my tale or woe.
And so we bid it a sad adieu,
Listen to my tale of woe;
Collapsed and gone without a elue,
And that was the end of Orover, too,
A sad talo for me and you,
Boo hoo, boo hoo, listen to my tale of woe.
Chicago Int.r-Ocean.
CLOSE FIGURES
Either'for CASH or on TIME PAYMENTS. Figures
so close that no strictly cash house in the city un
derreaches them. It makes some, of them hustle to
keep up. The immense quantities we buy give us a
price advantage. We) in turn, give this to the cus
tomer. An'immense showing this fall of whatever
is new and bright in FURNITURE and HOUSE
FURNISHINGS, provided it be also reliable.
Have a look while the stock is at flood-tide.
m credit m
Has been abused by some
houses and by some custom
ers. The trouble is not with
the plan but with the people.
Our mode of conducting it
is a great convenience to
thousands."" We do pot ask
extortionate prices 'because
we lease goods on time pay
ments, the small extra
amount charged being only
sufficient to cover the inter
est on money so invested.
Cash buyers can do as well
here as at any store in town,
in many cases better.
iaUst s I
Hm A r r '
WHIXTEH FOB THE DISPATCH
BY GEORGE SEIBEL
OHAPTEHL
At the age of 23 I was an art stndent at
Paris. I had been flattered into a miscon
ception of my talents. Step by step I was
dragged through the dull routine of a craft
for which I was but meagerly endowed.
But youthful enthusiasm buoyed me up
until the final collapse of my ambition in
1857. I had invited the famous critic,Tron
ville, to my rooms. He camej glanced at
several of my sketches and finished paint
ingscharacter bits, glimpses of landscape
and still-life: then, turning to me, said sav
agely! "Open the doorl"
"Adieu!" was the only further word he
vouchsafed me as he descended the stairs. I
was too stupefied to set at once but early
the next day I sent him a billet demanding
an explanation of his conduct The answer
was laconic and characteristically merciless.
"I cannot think of recommending any of
your pictures to the salon: but I will will
ingly give you a letter or Introduction to
my friend F., who employs a great many
house painters.
I challenged him. We fought, he choos
ing rapiers: and I gave him a scratch on the
arm. My honor was retrieved; but alas, my
ambition had received its death blow. After
that I concerned myself little with affairs of
art True, I retained my old quarters and
fraternized with my former friends; but, in
stead of spending my leisure hours in star
ing at dusty old masters, I frequented the
plav, the circus and the rendezvous of
political and military celebrities, mingling
in the gay whirl of metropolitan life.
One sultry summer day, 1858, A. D. (af
ter dinner), I was seated in the chess cafe
of M. Foure, then a resort of great repute,
but long since swept away by the high tide
of reconstruction which Baron Haussman
let loose upon the venerable landmarks of
old Paris. My vis-a-vis was a sharp-featured,
beardless man on the somber side of
GO, polished in manner and dreu, who
looked like one of those retired tradesmen,
then so plentiful, whose argosies had re
turned freighted with fortune through the
heavy seas of war aud political unrest This
was mv .friend, Eobert Houdin, beyond a
doubt the most talented and successful mir
acle monger that ever stood upon a stage.
His manner of playing chess was "very
peculiar. His eyes were seldom upon the
board, nearly always fixed upon those ot
his adversary tactics which disconcerted
me greatly until I circumvented him by
looking steadily at the board, not glancing
upward till the partie was at an end.
I had won. "Excellent," said Houdin,
slightly vexed," however; '"there is but one
other person in Paris who could have done
as well."
O, Vanity, thou miraculous anodyne
thou lever of worlds! With the magna
inmity which is supposed to belong to a
truly great conqueror, I forgave him his
embarrassment at once. But my curiosity
had been aroused.
"Who is it," I asked, "that thus shares
with me your praise?"
"Ah, he is a German a Prussian or
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Dansker," came the reply, slowly; "verj
proachable! His name eh, Dieut he is
A tall, raw-boned man, military In mien,
dress and gait, had just entered, Glanolny
about, he espied Houdin, and was now mak
ing his way toward us.
"Again we meet!" he exclaimed, as h'
shook Houdin's hand; then, seeing the still"
nudisturbed position, he added, "I see that
I have not extinguished entirely in yon the
desire for distinction on the checkered
field."
"On the contrary," replied Houdin, "you
have stimulated it" Then, in his blandest
tones, he introduced me, adding: '1 have
no doubt that Monsieur Smith, who is an
American, will prove to be an opponent
worthier of yon than I have ever been."
The sinewy giant gripped my hand and
shook it in a way which afforded great
amusement to Houdin.. who, addressing the.
stranger, continued: "Pardon me, Monsieur
Allemand, and tell him your name your
self; you know that my tongue has not the
agility ot my fingers."
The German smiled, "Helmuth von
Moltke I am called;" and he gave my hand
another wrench, almost sending Houdin
into convulsions. Then, passing back of
Houd'.n, he sank into the divan which stood
against the wall, directly nnder the window
which threw light upon the chess table.
I had heard ot the German before; for,
during his visit with the Crown Prince to
the court of Napoleod HX his brilliant in
tellect had speedily won for him recogni
tion and even a certain degree of celebrity.
"I had the pleasure of meeting one of
your countrymen at chess the day before
yesterday, and the satisfaction of showing
him his master."
This was the first remark Moltke ad
dressed to me; it created an unfavorable im
pression; it savored too much of egotism.
Without waiting for a reply, he went on:
"His name Is doubtless "familiar to you.
It was Paul Morphy." Then he began to
scan the chessboard which had been left
just as the game had been relinquished by
Hondin.. "Did you play the white?" he
asked of me.
I replied in the affirmative.
"Kemarkablel" he muttered; 'T must
show it to Anderssen." Then, drawing
forth a small brochure, he penciled upon
the fly-leaf a memorandum ot the position
Beturning the book to his pocket he said:
"If you are prepared, I will engage you
now;" and, taking my readiness for granted,
he swept the board with his hand and- upset
all the pieces.
'If you have beaten Paul Morphy," I ex-'
claimed, "you will hardly wish to waits
time playing with me." But he was busy,
putting the pieces into array, and paid no'
heed to my words. Having arranged th
men, he exchanged seats with Houdin and
turned a coin to decide the move. It fell to
me.
' The game began. Several spectator
gathered about, some of whom, probably
knew Moltke; bnt no comments were madej
the habitues of Foure's were true chess
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