Terre Haute Journal, Volume 20, Number 360, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 January 1876 — Page 2
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THE STOBMY ATLANTIC. '-a
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lettce of The Hacker—The "jTellie Martin Twenty One Days at Sea-Terrific
Gales Bncoanterei— Damage to the Wp.
The transatlantic steamers arming in port continue to report tremendously heavy weather is the North Atlantic Ocean, and some of them wear very disfiguring scan from their encounter with the tvrrible seu of the high )attodes.
The Bremen steamer Xecker, Caputs W. Wellegerod, reached her dock at Hobokan at noon yesterday. She sailed from Brotnan December 1®, and left the Southampton docks on the 21st, bat did not proceed to aaa in consequence of the h««?jr gale blowing. On Uia following slay »h« entered the channel and ea^ountere I very heavy gales, rsngtag from the aoothwest te the northwest, accompanied by terrific squalls and confused cross seaa. The ship made good progress, but was nat at all comfortable. Until she reached tko banks she had continuous heavy weather, and thenca variable winds and aome fog on the Georges. She saw but two veasals on the voyage-—one a French steamer and the other an In* man ship, neither shewing signals. Chief officer Dehl describes the early portion of the voyage as being exceedingly sovere, but the Keeker made about her schedule time and shows no particular signs of the rough treatment she received from the waves.
At the Watson wharves in Brooklyn a Herald reporter found the new English steamship Nellie Martin, Captain Jackson, of about 1,700 tons, which had experienced a very dangerous and eventful voyage from Newcastle-on-Tyns tc this port. She bears many serious wouads, and it is sppsrent that sha had quite enough to do to go safely through the gangers which oncom-
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assed her. A brief abstract of the log by Chief Officer Jebn Williams will faintlr suggest the perils .she encountered and successfully overcame. The Nellie Martin, an entirely new vessel, sailed from Newcastle on her maiden voyage December 11. She was
deeply laden and was practicaUy on her ip. Channel, with moderate weather. On
trial trip. On Monday she cleared the
the 13th she encountered a succession of heavy gales, accompanied by occa* sional squalls of terrific force and a cob fused, heavy cross sea, the ship laboring heayily and shipping seas fore and aft Until Sunday the ship was at half speed, and at times running "dead slow," heading to the seas, which came ovor her bows and swept aft with tremendous force. On Tuesday, December 21, sho encountered a perfect hurricane or revolving storm, the sea running mountains high. While lying to she was boarded by a tremendous sea over her bow, which started the topgallant forecastle, and before she recovered herself another sea came oh board, sweiiping clear aft, and starting the engine roorft companion, twistiag heavy iron Isdders like strings and starting boats in their cradles it barst in doors and flooded mesa room and officers' rooms. All the water casks on deck went adrift, the steam pipe covering was carried away aad a general wreck effected fore and aft On the 22d the storm continued with the greatest violence, and the ship was buried in water. Tho after steering wheel was totally demolished and carried off the saloon skylight was started and an immense quantity of water went below. Tho skylight was then as well secured as possible with canvas and boards and the water in the cabin was baled out with buckets, everyone working for dear life. Fortunately the for ward steering gear held out, else those notes concerning the Nellie Martin would probably never have been written. The ship was finally put to the southward, and ran into better weather. Up to soundings the weather was variable, with fogs. At noon Sunday the ship reached New York, after a age of twenty-one days* She surveyed to-d*y and will undergo extensive repairs Were going on the Brasiiian line, January 23. lo make her troubles more serious, the pilot ran her into th* dock and stove a big hole in her starboard bows. The officers •peak well of the sea-going qualities of the ship, and believe that tf she was not so well built she would never have reached port
a pass* will be
T81SU1VU AS AR SiXCRHNOJf. The Saevia. of the Hamburg line, commanded hr the veteran Ctptain Frantem and which is claimed to be the largest German merchant steamer atioat, arrived in this port yesterday morning, after an excellent trip of 12 days and a half. Sho met with a considerable amount of head winds boisterous sesa and hut Httia og.v
Tan Kmaaa furaaee managers have commanieatcd to the American Manufacturer the extraordinary aanouneement that the fureaee stood banked up from December 4th, 18H, to July 8th, 1875. without blast or draught, during a most serere winter. Thta is equivalent to seven months aad nine days* or to 21" days, ami daring all of this time she held her fire intact without chilling or cracking. On December 4 the iron tu ran oat and the fureaco wholly filled with Connelatill# coal, every precaution being taken to have the fire remain until advisable to resume operations. It stood idl» aatU J»ly 51. 38*5, aad daring tbis entire time Ml a thiag vas done to her, or a pound of feat added. When *f*ft«d, at the above date, eocb* two-thirde *f ita coke was tiivo, and tho fermeo, after clearing away aahea. ete, was ready to resame ^tkoa. This reooN of *he "Em ma* ha* te owr knowledge aewr eqaalodi'1
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CBIME.
BECKwrrirs
The Detail* of His Fraudulent Doings—How He Imitated His Predecessor.
From the New York Herald. One of the moat startling cases of breach of trsst ever brought to light in this city is that of Charles B-Beck with, the confidential clerk of B. T. Babbitt, the soap manufacturer of Washington street. Early in the spring of 1868 Mr. Milton H. Thompson, of Rochester, a nephew of Mr. Babbitt, came to New York and called upon his uncle. He had a very particular friend whom he wanted Mr. Babbitt to take into his employ. This friend was a young man of good education and was a most excellent penman. Mr. Thompson had known him from bis infancy, and was so confident of his honesty that he volunteered to go security for him to sny amount This young man's name was Chart** B. Beck with, sod on Mr. Thompson's urgent solicitation and recommendation Mr. Babbift was induced to engage him, although, as he remarked yesterday, he did not like the man's appearance. As soon as Becktritb entered upon the duties of, bis position he evinced great ability and aptitude for the work assign him, and by degrees the prejudice Mr. Babbitt hid at first entertained against htm became broken down, and finally disappeared. Beckwith appeared very attentive to business and the interest of his employer, so thst in the course of a few months he had gained that gentleman's entire confidence, lie was now given absolute control ef the business during Mr. Babbitt's absence, and indeed, managed the affairs of the establishment pretty much as he chose at all times, for the proprietor was gctging along in years and did not feel altogether equal to tho task of looking after matter* as he had done formerly.
The selling of goods, the buying of stock, and even the drawing of money from the bank was left to this brilliant young man, with what result the public is already partially acquainted. As stated in these columns yesterday, the amount embezzled Jay Beckwith will
HOT FALL BOOST OF $700,000. The sccountants who hare been going over the books and papers of the concern for months had unearthed fraudulent accounts and entries to the smount of half a million before the wsrrant was issued for the culprit's arrest Yesterday they discovered several ad ditional entries, one of $23,000. In this case the firm entered on the books ss having received this amount for g^ods sold state that they had no transactions whatever with Mr. Babbitt's establishment, and did not sell it a cent's worth of goods. In one month Beckwith snd his secomplice, for he had an accomplice, embezzled $85,000 worth. In 1871 the receipts fell off to such an extent that Mr. Babbitt was compelled to sell $300,000 worth of government securities to enable him to carry on the business.
As above stated, Beckwith had an accomplice. His name is Thomss li Lewis. There is another party who is also charged With having had a finger in the pie. For reasons best known to themselves these gentlemen are now spending a few months on the Contmeat Lewis entered Mr. Babbitt's employ in November, 1868, ss an expert for the purpose of investigating the accounts of Beckwith's predecessor, a man who held the post of confidential clerk to Mr. Babbitt for a period of thirteen years and then retired independently rich. Indeed so well had he prospered in worldly affairs that he could afford to and did refuse $25,000 salary a year to continue. Mr. Lewis was to investigate this gentlemen's manner of doing business, and, in view of recent developments, it is safe to in'er that while inyestigating it ho learned it well. Mr. Babbitt has in his possession an intercepted tetter from Beckwith to Lewis in which tho writer tells his former coadjutor that he is of the opinion that ho (Lews*} made more money than he did and that he does not belie re thi» "divide"* was a fair one. "Remember, too," he adds, "that while you are in Europe, having a free and easy time, I am atill here, treading oo bombshells and terpedoea, which 5 MArKXFLQ tAT AXY MOttKOT."
Yesterday foreaoon Beckwith was taken to the Tembs Police Court snd arraigned before Justice Bixby. He was accompanied by his counsel, exJudge Fullerten, and looked perfectly ceol and composed. Mr. Babbitt was present at the time, but had nothing to say to his witty "friend'* and former confidant. The affidavit upon which the prisoner was held without bail aets forth three specific charges:
First—That on the 15th of March, 1871, he embeszled from his employer, the aforesaid Mr. Babbitt the sum of $3,182 40, hy filling out a check pay able to C.R. Beckwith, and causing the same to he drawn fiom the Metropoli tan Bank. It la alleged that ho covered thtsfiaod by charging the amount to Frater, Mcyer& Co., for a bifl of tal tow delivered.
Seooad-On the 27th of Jane, 1872,
th* jM-iseaer filled
up
630 65 oa tha tame bank, fMiyablt to and indorsed hr himself, which aum ho drew and appropriated t© his owa use.
Third—lo a bill purporting to be psid to ooa Robert Welfwood la November, I8T2. B* aa crasura of figvrea Ska defeadaat ,ia alleged to have so trived it as t» appropriate f£l€ 88 to Ids own sit. edge Follartoa said ha was faftdtogoaa with the case, a»d, after coaaultiag with Jadge Bixby. for a while, aa axaasfaatiott was stt down to take place on Wednesday aext
BasTHiiass fee prater by trwie tlN ymrtago, Uhieald. fee*** «wkl»* at the «M*
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the P»«ale Ct**
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TERRE HAUTE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JAMTABY S, 1876.
ARRIYAL
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Alter an Absence of Forty-two Tears a Wife Puts in aa Appearance and Prefers Her
Claims, to the Dismay of Her Husband and Wife Ho. 2.
[From the Providence Prow, Dec. 27.] A case has recently transpired in Newport which haa given rise to no little gossip in circles where it has become known, being the return of the lawfully wedded wife of a man, after an absence of forty years, to assert her marital rights. The sto-y as related is in substance as follows: Some forty rears ago (report says forty-two) a young man and a maiden iu that city were united to each other in tke bonds of wedlock. However smoothly the course of true love may have been before the act matrimonial, it appears te have become strangely ruflled quite soon after, a brief period (report says two or three day.-), the blooming bride,, the echo of ber marriage vows having scarce died away, in a clandestine man ner snd for no cause left him whom she had vowed to cherish, and fled to parts unknown. For two years nothing was heard from or of her. whr/a all at once she presented herself to the astonished gsze of ber deserted husband. The latter, it msy readily bo supposed, was not overjoyed to see ber after such unaccountable behavior on her part He gave her to understand that he was not in readiness to resume marital re lations with her, when she retorted that he nsed ^ive himself no further uneasiness on that ucorc, as she had obtained a divorce. The husband replied that he was rejoiced to learn that as it hid saved him the trouble and expense of taking measures to procure a diyoree on hie own accoant, as he bad intended doing. The pair then drifted apart, she disappearing again from this region, while he resumed the even tenor of his *ay. Feeling that he was freed from the bonds of matrimony, and notjavoring a life of "single blessedness," he sought out a fair townswomaa of his, wooed and won her, aad lor the second time became a married wan. Tho* second matrimonial alliance was attended with better results than the first Children were born to them, as the years rolled on, and, being isdus* trious aad 'rugal, the pair accumulated a snug little property and a fewyeara ago, being in infirm health, the husband gave up active employment, ind has since been deriving as much comfort as usually falls to the lot of man under such circumstances. He had never heard from the woman hs had formerly called his wife sbce their lsst interview, and believing himself entirely free from her, gave himself no further uneasiness concerning her, forty years bad elapsed since that time. What was his astonishment when one day not long since a woman rang at h|s door bell, and on being admitted introduced herself to the household as the wife of its head. Here was a scene. Wife No. 2 was aware of this previous marriage, but believed it to have been abrogated by a decree of divorce. The husband, too, withstood his claim, ad ducing in support her own story of a divorce related forty years ago. She admitted hsving thus informed him, but claimed that it was all a sham, that she was still his lawful wife, and was here to claim her rights and privileges under that head. This is the status of the mstter in this particular household at the present writing. Where she has kept herself all these years does not readily appear, but it is qnito too apparent to the parties concerned that she is hero now, and with a purpose
GRANT'S BOYHOOD.
How He went to Sehool in Gler xaont County and Got Flogged —His Name was Hiram.
From theCincinncti Post.
Away up in the small hollow just this side of Amelia, in Clermoat county, there stood a few years ago aa old country school house, weather beatea, tumble down and disused, which the old iahsbitant pointed oat as tho place where Ulysses S. Qraat receive*, his early education. The building hat since been torn down, wo believe, but there are recollections connected with it Which have become of historic inter-
"Nobody thoug!it*i1ien G&at was a hoy," said an old *eatlemaatf Clermoat county, who attended this aiiool at the same time that tho Presf&mt 3id, "that ho would ever amount to mack. Tho most promising boy ia sehool at that time was ono named Henry Wat* tey. Ha was at tha head of tha class fa mathematics, geography, spelling, and all tho other studies, and everybody prophesied great thiogs of him. But he ia
BOW
a check for 51,-
rvaaiittg a forty-acra farm up
Warren county." "How dtd Uraat average his *tu dias?* 'Only middling. He woull eever he called dull, but he was never brilliant. Ha used to apead a great deal of hia time to raadiag tha Life of Xap». teem, which interfered considerably with tus school duties, until the teacher destroyed that hook by patting in tha stove," "Wa» h« factual *iir
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attend
aacel** "Vtqr. lie wwv sn@Mi asray from school ualtss compel tod to hy tiRia
He was seuslito, either, hat tha drat terHu*h the school ia the Moramg.'" f. "-Was he a noisy kayf* mr. Although eoanenwit to every body, he was not laad-caoathod like tha a&er boys, lot spake tea
and quiet tons of voice, with uausual dignity for one of his years.*' "We always called him Htramat school," continued the old atsgar. "Nobody ever thought of calling him Ulyises and after the capture of Vicksburg, when we had not heard from hia for years, a great many of us did not knew or even Imagine that it was the boy who nsed to go to the old log school house in the hollow." "Waa Grant a playful boy?' "Not by any means. You never could get htm to take part in any game of sport except a snow-ball fight In thst he dwligbted. But as far as
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pen'' or ball playing was concerned, be would never take any part but could ait on a fence or a stump and look on." "During his school days did he ever exhibit signs of the persevering spirit for which he has since become noted?" "I can remember but one occasion, and that was when th,j schoolmaster fiogged him to make him giye up a jackknife, with which ha had been cutting the aide of hia desk. The school-mas-ter de nanded the ,knife, but Grant refused to give it up. The teacher tried to take it away, but could not do it He then sent out into the woods and got a long black hickory switch, with which ho belabored the future President to make him surrender the knife. But Grant persistently declined, and at last the pedagogue was forced to step ?rem sheer exhaustion. This incident Was forcibly recalled to my mind when he made the famous remark: "I will fight it out on this line if it takes all summer," and by many other similar incidents in bis future career." 'I saw Grant when he was here at the Burnet House, in '72,'' continued our interviewer, "and he was the first to recognize me and give mo a cordial hand shake. He even came through a large crowd of dignitaries to shake hands with an old schoolmate."
PHOENIX
FOLNDKY
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Machine Works.
F. H. MeELFRESU, Prop'r. Corner Ninth and Eaglo streets, near the passenger depot,
TESEE HAUTE, INDIANA,
-v Manufactures'
STEAM ENGINES,
Mill Machinery,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
1 Goal Shaft Machinery,
MINING PUMPS & BANK 0ABS And all kinds of
Brass and Iron Castings.
EEPAIRIHQ- PEOMPTLI DONE.
St. Charles
SALOO
Corner Third and Ohio Streets. JAMES T. RICKETTS, Prop'r. Bees Wlneit Liquors and Cigars
Constantly in Stock.
FREE LUNCH From fcSQ A.X.
until 12 and at 11 roc.
very day and night.
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Julius Hitz,
641 lUia Strati,.*™, (A 4 TUu ion,
.TERRE HAiTE, I.1D. iSntHat irtn* ana liouon, aa ««IJ a Ko. 1 Nrw% ttmh beer, and tho
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iro
TH0MAS&R1
Horse Shoeing!
SSIEEIL BL1CISIIHH3,
Cor. ThiM aad Poplar Streets, TVKEB HAUTE.
pnrtaut laneltea.
a wwa esaaswiw
HEAJDQUAKTER8 FOR
StOGSMD MEDICINES
Paints, Oils, Varnishes Window Glass,
Brashes, Pore Brandies, and Wines,
AT
GULICK & BERRY'S, cvrnsr Faanh aut«i asain street*
Competent prescripbonists sod obhrtair tale*. complete Mock in Um «tr to awctaaefraav
Stone Pumps!
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE
CHEAPEST I
W. H. Fiake hat now cpeud hit new ware house on Third Mreet, opposite She St. Charles Hotel, where he is prepared to furnish all persons wanting pomps with the best article in that line to be found anywhere. All goods warranted. See my new improvement*. The best of references given in ail parts of the United States.
W. H. Ffftlco.
G. A. Moffitt & Go,
MANUFACTURERS OF
SHOW CASES
OF ALU' KINDS.
43 South MeridUn Street,
INDIANAPOLIS, IIVI.
A Large Stocky of SILVER CASES constantly on hand.
JEFFIRS.SREESLET&CO.
PROPRIETORS
Vigo Woolen Mills,
Dealers In wool and mam ftiettirer and
3
Jobbers of
Camera, Tweeds, Jeans riamels,
Blanket*, Yarna,
CORNER MAIN AND TENTH STS TEIIKE
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Cholera Morbus, Diarrhea, Flux, Asiatio Cholera, Fain or Congestion,
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eacdinin««,' At
TERRE'SlAUTK.
wholesale dealers in pattat medleincs
GEORGE KRAMER,
Ma N'jrAcruaiK or
SADDLES, HARNESS
Collars, &c.,
11H) Main st, bet 0th and 7 th. TKEilE ItAUTJK. im
best stria, yp—ftiw
Froa"tlr«dU"be
FAiNTtNO.
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noune,
Little Fro
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WTNTXttV AND DOOR FRAMES
Moulding, Brackets, B&Ilustors
State Salllag, 3«r*U Fact* rtooriaf, |i Mtag
And til descriptions o»
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HARDWARE.
L. M. OO^jK,-
(SsfdMsor to J. Caok a So*)
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Hardware and Cutlery
Heavy Goods, Bar Iron, Nai Is,
Koikes Steel, Gum Piatoli
Chain Pumps, Cement^ Plaster
WHITS LEAD, LINSEED OIL
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Agent iofS, Homey A Co.'sRichmond Plow,
152 asd 164 Main Street,
Torro Hance. Indiana,
COAL.
EDGERT0N & CO
Will dalivsr U»
BLACK
Diamond Coa!
To any part of the city, on order beiaf left wit
P. O.SULLIVAN',
toot oi west Main street, or ai the Vigo Conn Scales, Third street. It is
SUPERIOR COAL
toanv other (or ffrste aad rtove purposes.
CARPCNTER8.
WM. BAYLOR
Carpenter, Jobbing,
HOUBEBOOFIN6.
Furniture Bwmi am yarnisfiiiia.
Gloeicg, Chair 0acio«. I? Dotie to order. Shop out iSixtli stm*, ttraen Cherry and Mulbtrry, «i*t o»f» aqoan nothof Alain
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ERNST BLEEMEL,
Having: ebsusgvdhis twsiaess ai fceer I* sins {•aowcn^«g«datbisoldstaad,MnierO- Nlnii' aad I'opiar streets, in the
PRODUCE
iNMittttK. He deals to Kinwt
S'l'
ft*
Plania* and Woo.
t&T" Custom Sawing, Turning done to order.
a
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k"lAg
Ha nam kis tanto aawelt as nrw oner. t»aeStaadi«a»aa wr«a «•**ewr*
04
Kead, at4 will also sng*f* to
l'ORK PACKING
aid Mtadsfc*
MIUI as ka ioitu
»I LOUIS DREUSICKE,
LOCK8MIH,
ir. a
&
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