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H ,i_mta. “My grandmother.”
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■ . iir. m*rhaled to their places.
H .a me tc a rest. Senator
fL: - t.:i man of the joint Con-
H : i emission, In m the een-
B ..c..!, at 11 o'clock. callel
B to ord- r and said some
keeping their hats
I-.,. n marks were greet?d with
>r the opportunity was a
;. restore circulation t the
i.r.'i extremities.
t X trOR SHERMAN
I . eil.-d to speak its follows:
9fa * hi authorize*! l>y t hr two
H t > providesuitablerere
• ; r.;iuu of the Washington
B ; • r. i t use to preside and to ,vi
■ • .'i U r of ceremonies deemed
■ i lu-.-.'-ion. I need not Bar any
1.-- upon you the diznitv of the
fl -• .t m; tto celebrate. rtie monu
-1 i- Minj.ii- in form, ml-
I t- ii ms, com paseJ f cndttrutg
| . .mite. resting uj>n foundations
I .i„- >■ u ru-esin theskieshiglierthan
I v , f human art. Itisthe most impos-
I .. r - id appropriate monument ever
■ honor of one man. It had its origin
i conviction of tlie people, fir
art of party, creed or race, not only
• .untry but of all civilized countries,
u:im> anil fame of Washington
1.• iierpetnated by the most imposing
-uiuomat of a nation's irratituileto its hero,
sruan and father. This universal sonti
■ took form in a movement of private
associated under tin- name of the
Kai oi I Monument As*o
-.vlio. on ' in. 31, lsl>. seiured
, • narcss aft i authorizing them
•. tue i.rOjio-el inaminient on this
■ ■ i t' the in >-r. appropriate
dent ol the f'nit-d States. Its
n . - ai: on .luly 4. Im. by the
, : - ■ !■-••!
h of citizen - It was
. < and the National Monument
:.:e.ms furnished by vol
- of the people of the
if; 1870, lco i ears :tf
..ir.e > of American indepeu
i - . u the name of the jieopla of
umed and dire'ted the
... n iment. since then the
■" -trengthened. the shaft
• . a tranced. and now the
:i re -lands before you.
IT Is A FIT MEMORIAL
rre.itv-. tiara, ter in human history.
-I--: v' nii o-enes most loved by him
ir ii. *-•' ••oiispietiousobject in the
o' . ou deeply interesting
tae Ata r ii ‘teo]i|e, all eyes turn to it
h : ei> ’..-art' feel the inspiration of its
-‘ry and grandeur. Strong as
in.' long as the memory
• , ir.or u was built, but while
- .c is t u ; lie evidence to many succeed
l the love and reverence of
-”i •: ii f r the name and fame of
. rt- tv -.-htrg on, “First in war, first iu
I lir-: in the hearts of his coentry-
M.>r. ■ ven r!i u this, the prototype of
: patriotism for all lands
I W Irnat farther preface I
r eel to d.s. barge the duty assigned me.
lie Marine B ind then played a short
f music, which was rendered
sal **: inaudible by the continual stamp
: til-* shivering, open-air audience,
-’’ro'er ■' offered by Uev. Mr. Suter, of
: nurcii, Alexandria, Va., and l)r,
1 Willing. President of Columbia
i-:s;:y, th> reujion read an address by
**. < in oran. t) whom had been as
honor of representing the part
r the initiation of the project and
.traction td the monument by the
- '.•ten Monument Society, of which
First Vice President. lie began :
at the fame of those who
the service of their conn
- r pri --erred by unwritten memo
fc- ,rt than by any material monu
f: -i.i.Dzis pre-eminently true of
t r:i the jK'ople of the Cnitcd
i r.-ver bold in grateful venera
! is' titled above ail others to the
i •• r patriot. \et the in
- • !.. .rt do but foiiow the impulses
•’ it urc when m honor of the
: they rail for a eommenorative
. . monument, not, indeed, to
•-and fame of an illustrious
: itr it. but to signalize the grati
- eratio s for whom he labored.
■ r ilefiihed the efforts which
a -‘ iu ' ingress and elsewhere
day after the burial ot Gen.
t.'s remains, and repealed from
ng the next thirty years,
public sentiment in support
■ ot the various projects which
■■ :• ! to erect a commemorative
Id be a lasting evl
’ ' ntimenis of gratitude and
u tided the hearts of Wash-
countrymen.
HH MASONIC CEREMONIES
•’ *'• l-nlg** of the District of C'o
.< whi'.-i then followed, were brief.
- '; ■ ' fu-tionariea declared that
‘*r . !• vel and plumb” had been
h< i obelisk, and that its eor
i*l to be square, its course
1 *s wall skillfully erected ac
, -i ’ l!. Grand Master Myron
ittered cora and poured out
emblems of nourishment,
■ ’ nt an 1 j v, and in the course of
•rem nies brought into use
'• '.orie relic* with which Gen.
r.a was intimately connected,
was prepared for and used
Washington as Grand Mas
tem. in laying the
, ' • of the national capitol
The sacred volume be
• ! ri'-ksburg Lodge No. 4, of
• 1 "hieh Washington took
- : Masonry, and that belong
\ ' -ui's Lodge No. 1, of the City
poll which on April 30,
• tie* oath of office as first
•' United state*: the great
'• - • > Alexandria Washing-
Vl - gg, of Alexandria, Va.,
i.- as Worshipful Master re
■' s ! initiation; the apron
-on which was worked by
’ ■ the golden urn con
i', of bis hair belonging to the
• i- sl-*e of Massachusetts, aud the
~ °* tfa ree sperm candles
, '* ashington's funeral proees
• 4 r exhibited.
' Ol [HI GKASD MASTER
1 -’led at follows:
' fore tuat we lie Free Ml
- ;**';•• luens, obedient to law
on never 1)3 concerned in
,M-y against true government.
-• in. himself a Live
t.and. ins heart, his sacred
1 t ‘.c his life also, to tlic
’ -oiii of conscience, of speech
•s*. i from his successful leading
■ ua'ioc. To him and to the
- lev!, gr.lefu! peop'e have
' -r si ic the capital which
* '•* 1 : wilt t-ar Ins uauo* fo
. the monument towering
■ •’“) as he towered above j
Prayer by the Grand Chaplain
•• s-;nci f nourishment, rt’fresh
upon all who were usem
* response by the brethren, *‘so
-taicii,'' brought this par* .f
ud c -k p, an end.
To Col. Tnomas L. Casey, of the United
States Engineers, was assigned the ditty
of presenting
THE TART TAKEN BY THE GENERAL GOV
ERNMENT
in the construction of the monument and
of delivering it to the President of the
United States. Col. Casey gave the his
tory of the monument since 1876, and
closed as follows:
Although the dimensions of the foundation
banc were ori oually planned a about <luc re
gard to the tremendous forces to lie brought
into play in building so large an obelisk, the
resources of modern eng t.eering science have
supplied the means for the completion ol the
grandest monumental column ever erected in
any age of the world, in its proportions the
ratios of dimension; of several parts of ancient
Egyptian obelisk- have been carefully fol
lowed. The entire height has lieen made
slightly greater than 10 limes the breadth of
the base, producing ;*n obelisk that, for grace
and deiieaey of outline, is not excelled l*v any
of the large Egyptian monoliths, while in dig
nity and grandeur it surpasses any that can
be mentioned. Mr. President, for and in be
half of the joint commission for the comple
tion of the Washington monument, I deliver
to you this column.
President Arthur was greeted with a
round of hearty cheers. He read his re
marks from manuscript in a clear, strong
voice, to which the audience listened
more eagerly than to the words of auy
speaker. He said:
Fellow Oountrymen: Before the dawn of the
ct-ntnry whose eventful years will soon have
faded into lie past, when death had but lately
robbed this republic of it- most beloved anil
illustrious citizen, the Congress of the United
States pledged the faith of the nation that in
this city, bearing his honored name, and then
as now the seat of the General Government, a
monument should lie erected to commemorate
the great events of his unitary and political
lite. Thestatelye.numn that stretches heaven
ward from the plain whereon we stand hears
witness ro ail who l> hold it that the covenant
which our fathers made their children
have fulliilltd. In the completion of this
great work of that patriotic endeavor there
is abundant eause for national re
joicing, for while th.s structure shall
endure it shall lie to all mankind
a steadfast token of an affectionate and
roti rent regard in which this people continue
to hold the memory of Washington. Well
may he ever ki . ]> foremost in the hearts of
his countrymen ■ faith that never faltered,
wisdom that was broader and deeper than
any learning tai ght ia s- liool-: courage that
shrank from no ; • ri’ and wasdis rayed by no
defeat; loyalty that kept all - ilfisli purposes
suboidinaic to the demands of pa riorum and
honor; sagacity taa! displayed I’-elf in camp
hnd Cabinet n;ie, an i. above ail. that har
inoiiioi:- muon of moral and intellectual quali
ties which has never found its parallel among
men—tlie-e are the attributes of character
win- h the intelligent thought of this century
as-ribes to the grand,-t iignrc of the last.
Hu* other lul l more eloquent iip-than nin e
will to day rehearse to you the story of his
nobb* life ami us glorious achievement*. To
myself has been assigned ta,- simpler and
more formal duty in fulfillment of which 1 do
now a- President of the United .States and iu
behalf of the people receive this monument
from the hands of its builder, and declare it
dedicated from this lime lorth to the memory
of the immo tftl name of George Washington.
The remarks of the various speakers
were inaudible, but the puffs of steam
from their mouths was evidence that the
proceedings were being carried on accord
in*; to the programme, and at every little
intermission the auditors stamped ap
provingly.
Upon a signal from the Chairman. Sen
ator Sherman, the assemblage brok into
cheers. The military then wheeled into
line, the civic bodies and the distin
guished participants in the proceedings
of the day sought their carriages, and
the procession, .aider the liiarshnlsbip of
(Jen. sheridati. took up its line of march
to the capitol.
CROSSING THE MONi MEM GROUNDS
to Sevente, nth street the procession
turned into Pennsylvania avenue at the
State. War and Navy Department build
in'; and proceeded to the capitol. I’, nn
sylvania avenue presented a brilliant
scene during the progress of the pageant.
Thousands of people lined the sidewalks
and occupied the grand stands that had
been erected on all of the reservations
along the line of m ;r< h. Many buildings
were handsomely decorated with flags
and a long line of colored buntings. Al
though the sun shone brightly and the air
was dry and clear, the temperature was
much below freezing point, and the spec
tators were compelled to stamp their feet
and Indulge in gymnastic exercises
for relief from the piercing cold. It was
about 12:30 o’eiocfe when the head of the
procession turned the corner of Fifteenth
street au-J Pennsylvania avenue and en
tered on the magnificent, broad and
straight course of a mile to the western
boundary of the capitol grounds. ,
FIRST IN ORDER
came Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, United States
army. Marshal of the day, accompanied
by his chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Ordway,
United States volunteers, and twenty-four
aides-de-camp, in showy army uniforms.
The following were the’ members of his
honorary staff, representing the States
and Territories-
Alabama—John 11. Morgan.
Arkansas—G c. Jas. C. Tappan.
California Thos. C. (Juantrell.
Colorado —Maj. J. V. N. Yandenburgh.
Connecticut—Gen. . P. Graham.
Delaware—Gen. J. Parke Postles.
Florida—Col. Wallace S. Jones.
Georgia—Col. Cliff rd IV. Anderson.
Illinois—Ge i. Green It. Raum.
Indiana—Col. It. W. Mcliride.
lowa—Col. Win. P. Hepburn.
Kansas—Gen. < . W. Blair.
Kentucky—Col. J. It. Castleman.
Louisiana—Col. tiiarles A. Larendon.
Maine—Gen. John M. llrown.
Maryland—Col. K. 1.. Rogers.
Massachusetts—Mr. A. A. Hayes.
Michigan—Col. 11. M. Uulfield.
Minnesota—Col. < . W. Johnson.
Mississippi—Col. J. L. McCaskell.
Missouri—lion. J. W. Stone.
Nebraska—Col. !.. W. Colby.
Nevada—Hon John 11. Kinkead.
New Hampshire—Gen J. N. Patter-on.
New Jersey—Col. S. Meredith Dickinson.
New York—Maj. Alev. H. Davis.
North Carolina—Mr. Fret. Stiili.
i >hic—Col. C. A. Layton.
Oregon—Mr. E. D. Appleton.
Pennsylvania—col. P. L. Goddard.
Rhode Island—Col. F. M. Bales.
South Carolina—Col. J. H. Simons.
Tennessee—Gen. H. B. Cpshur.
Texas—Col. J. E. Labatt.
Vermont —Gen. Wrn. Well3.
Virginia—Maj. L. Blackford.
West V irginia—Col. Robt. White.
Wisconsin—Gen. J. C. Starkweather.
Arizona—Hon. J. W. Eddy.
Dakota—( oi William Thompson.
Idaho—Maj. William Hyn man.
Montana—Hon. Martin Muginnis.
New Mexico—Hon. F. A. Mauzanares.
1 tah—Humphrey McMaster.
Washington -Hon. O. C'. S. Voorhees.
Wyoming—Hon. M. E. Post.
TUE MILITARY DISPLAY.
Next in order < ame the first troop of
the Philadelphia City Cavalry (organized
iu 1774). Capt. E. Burd Grubb command
ing, which was assigned t' duty as escort
to the AJarshal of the day’. This troop
was magnificently mounted, with a uni
form consisting of blue capes, white trous
ers and metal helmet with white plumes.
The Marshal ot the first division was
Bvt. Alaj. Gen. R. B. Ayres, United -States
Army, who was accompanied by ten aides
in artillery uniform. Following in or
der came three battalions of
regular United States artillery,
numbering several hundred men; a bat
talion of the United States Marine Corps,
and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company ot Massachusetts (organized in
1038 . Capt. Augustus Wnitt more com
manding. Inis attracted marked atten
tion. The peculiar combinations of the
uniforms of the various branches of the
6er\ ice caused much comment, as did also
the large number of men in line who had
passed the meridian oi life. Nevertheless
their marching was excellent, and the
evolutions or this company were rewarded
by liberal applause. About eighty men
represented the Governor's Foot Guards
of Connecticut (organized in 1771), Alaj.
J. C. Kinney commanding. This compa
ny was handsomely uniformed in black
and scarlet and marched well, and alto
gether presented a very creditable appear
ance. It claims honor of being the
only military organization that has
preserved an active existence of 114
years. The German Fusiliers, of Charles
ton. S. c., mustered about 35 men in line,
and inj. a magnificent banner with a
palm tr< levice. This company was or
ganized i 1775, and is commanded br
Capt. Her, • Schachte. Another ancient
organization was the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues, which claims 1793 as the
date of its birth. Their blue suits, hel
mets aud white piumes made up a beauti
ful uniform, and altogether they present
ed a soldierly appe.rrauce. Next in order
came the Washington Light Infantry, the
Union Veteran Corps. Washington Conti
uentuls, Emmett Guard, \\ usbington
Rifle Corps. Butler Zouaves, Washington
Cadet Corps, Capital City Guard, Na- ,
tional Rifles, and Lawrence Light In
fantry, of Massactnisettss, and the Vol
unteer Militia, Capt. J. E. Blake, com
manding. The last named company had
about 50 men in line, plainly but neatly
uniformed in blue.
The Detroit Light Guard of Michigan.
First Lieutenant George W. (Jonns com
manding, were greeted with cheers and
with the waving of handkerchiefs all
along the line of march. They marched
with absolute precision, and their evolu
tions were executed with machine-like
accuracy. Their uniform was a striking
combination of blue and white, with vi hite
shakers. The Washington High School
Cadets and the St. John’s Academy Cadet
Corps, of Alexandria, Virginia, closed
the tirst division.
THE SECOND DIM-ION
was in charge of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
of Virginia. It was composed mainly of
Masonic organizations and persons who
participated in the ceremonies of the day.
There were about 60 carriages iu line, in
cluding those containing the President
and his Cabinet, the diplomatic corps,
the members] of the judiciary, visiting
Governors and their staffs. Senators and
Representatives, officers of the army and
navy, and persons who had taken part iu
the work on the monument.
The President and many others used
their private carriages. Those provided
for the invited guests were relieved of
their tuneral aspect by being decorated
with flags. The diplomatic corps was
well represented, as was also the houses
of Congress. Nearly all the local Masonic
organizations were represented in the
line. They numbered 1,000 men. and there
were as many more from neighboring
States. Among the visiting organizations
were Palestine Commandery K. i’., of
Trenton, N. J.; Grand Commandery K.
T.. of Maryland; Grand Com
mandery K. TANARUS., ol Virginia; Alex
andria Washington Lodge, of Alex
andria, Va.; Washington Lodge No.
.'!. ot Baltimore, Mu.; St. John’s Lodge
No, 1, of New York City; Fredericksburg
Lodge No. 4, ot Fredericksburg, Va.; the
Grand Lodges ol West Virginia,
ot Michigan, of Illinois, of Dela
ware of Maryland, of Sew York,
of Virginia, of North Carolina,
of Pennsylvania and of Massachusetts.
The ranks of each of these lodges were
thinned considerably by the cold weather.
All wore their regalia and presented a
lice appearance. Bands o! music were
distributed liberally throughout the di
visions.
Secretaries McCulloch and Lincoln were
in one carriage, .secretary Teller and Post
master General Hatton iu another, and
Secretary Chandler arul Attorney General
Brewster in another. Senators Sherman
and Bay-ard, who sat beside each other
on the monument stand, occupied the
same carriage in the procession.
THE THUG) DIVISION,
which was commanded by Bvt. Brig.
Geu. W. W. Dudley, as Chief Marshal,
was composed mainly of posts ol the
Grand Army of the Republic and civic
organizations of the District of Columbia.
Among the posts represented in the line
were Rawlins, Kit Carson, Lincoln, 3ior
ton, Meade. Reynolds,Garfield, Burnside,
Sumner and Farragut, numbering in all
about 1,000 men. The Union Veteran
Corps of the District of Columbia acted
as an escort to the Grand Army oi the
Republic.
The journeymen Stonecutters’ Associa
tion, composed of men who cut stone for
the monument, the Valley Forge Memo
rial Association, and the association of
the Boston Light Guard of Massachusetts,
which organization includes in its mem
bership persons who participated in the
laying of the cornerstone of the monu
ment, were prominent features of this
division. The remainder of the division
was composed of temperance associa
tions, German organizations, mounted
clubs from Maryland, Virginia, and
district representatives from the carpen
ters' unions of Baltimore and Washing
ton.
The tiro department of the District
brought up the end of the line, and made
verjr creditable display. Several of the
organizations were cheered at various
points on the route because of their fine
marching and military bearing. The
President was frequently greeted with
cheers. He rode in an open barouche
with Secretary Freliughuysen and Mar
shal McMiehael.
THE PROCESSION
did not reach the east front of the capitol,
where it was reviewed by the President,
until 12 m. President Arthur, with his
Cabinet, Senators Sherman and Hawley,
the members of the diplomatic corps and
Marshal McMiehael occupied a stand
erected directly in front of the east mam
entrance to the capitol aud facing the
statue of Washington. Between two anil
three thousand people were assembled on
the capitol steps and in the surrounding
grounds and windows of the Senate anil
House of Representatives. The com
mittee rooms overlooking the review
ground were filled with spectators. Im
mediately after Gen. Sheridan and his aids
passed the President they rode to a point
opposite, from which the General also re
viewed the procession. The visiting and
local military organizations as they
passed in review were formed in line by
companies, and the spectacle presented
was the finest display of the day’s pro
ceedings. The glint of the winter’s sun
shine upon the polished arms and bright
colors of the uniforms lent a suggestion
of warmth which was refreshing to the
sensibilities of
THE SHIVERING SPECTATORS.
The review continued until 2 o’clock,
when the President and his Cabinet re
paired to the President's room, where
they took lunch before proceeding to the
1 hall ot the House of Representatives.
At 2:10 the National Washington Mon
ument Association was announced in the
House, and, headed by W. W. Corcoran.
■Fudge Bancroft and President Welling, of
the Columbia University, it inarched in
and took the seats assigned to it in front
and a little to the left of the Speaker’s
• desk. Shortly afterwards Gen. Sheridan
. and his staff entered amid a loud clapping
of hands, and their brilliant uniforms
tended to lend an air of gayety to
the scene. The President and his
Cabinet came next, and the large assem
blage rose and heartily applauded as the
Chief Executive and his advisers passed
down the main aisle and were assigned
to seats in the space directly in front of
the Speaker’s desk. The Supreme Court,
the Judiciary of the District and the di
plomatic corps followed and tlanked the
Presidential party, and at 2:•’><) the Senate,
preceded by its officers, was escorted to
the space reserved for it. Its presiding
officer, Mr. Edmunds, proceeded to the
Speaker’s desk, where the gavel was cour
teously handed to him by Speaker Car
lisle. In calling the assembly to order
MR. EDMUNDS SAID:
Gentlkmen—Von are assembled pursuant
to a concurrent order of the two houses to
celebrate the memorial occasion of the com
pletion of the monument to the memory of
the lir-t President of the United States. It is
not only a memorial, but an inspiration that
shall live through all generations of our pos
terity, as vve may hope, and which we this
day inaugurate and celebrate by ceremonies
wliicb have been ordered by the two houses.
Prayer was then offered by Rev. S. A.
Wallis, of Pohick Church, near Mt. Ver
non. Va. The prayer being ended, the
Marine Band stationed in the members’
lobby played “Hail Columbia,” and then
Mr. Edmunds, expressing his regret that
Air. Winthrop was necessarily absent, in
troduced Representative John D. Long,
of Massachusetts, who, having been
loudly applauded, proceeded to read
MR. WINTHROP’S ORATION.
The following are extracts from the
oration of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop. on
the completion of the monument:
Preii'lent Arthur. Senators a <J Represent**
tires of the l nit td States:
Notliingless imperative than your call could
have brought me before you for such an effort.
Nearly t-even and thirty years have passed
away since it was my privilege to perform a
similar service at the laying of the corner
stone of that monument. Iu the prime of
manhood, and in the pride of official station,
it was not difficult for me to speak to assem
bled thousands, in the open air, without notes,
under the scorching rays of a midsummer
sun. But what was easy for me then is im
possible for me now. I am here to day, as I
need not tell you. iu far other condition for
the service you have assigned tue—changed,
changed in almost everything except au in
extinguishable love for my country aud its
Union, and an nndyingl reverence for the
memory of Washington.
The Washington Monument Association
was iustitu.ed in 153". Nearly fifteen years,
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1885.
however, elapsed before the plans or the
funds of this association were In a state of
sufficient forwardness to warrant them even
in fixing a day for laying the first fonndation
stineoi the contemplated structure. Thatdar
arrived at last—July 4, Isis. And a great
day it was in this capital of the nation.
I recall, amrnj tne varied features of the
lone procession. Freemasons of every order,
with their riche-t regalia, inclurlirg the pre
cious gavel and apron of Washington himself;
I .remen, with their old-fa-tiioned engines;
O Id Fellows from a thousand Lodges; Tem
perance Societies, and other Associations,
innumerable; the children of ilie Schools,
long ago growr to Mature manhood; the
military e-oort i-f regulars, in trine*, and vol
unteer militia from all parts of the . ountry
| commanded by Gers Quitman and Uaiiwala
der and Col. May. then crowned with laurels
won in Mexico, which long ago were laid
upon ther graves. I recall, too, the masses of
the people, of all classes and sexes and ages
and colors, gazing from the windows, or
throngitg the sidewalks, or grouped in count
less thousands upon the Monument grounds.
I dare not venture on anv detailed descrip
tion of the long intervening agony between
the laying of the tirst stone and the lifting of
the last. It would fill a volume, and will be
sure hereafter to furnish material for an elab
orate monograph, whose author will literally
find “sermons in stones,” lor almost every
stone li is its story, if not its sermon. Every
year of the first decade, certainly, bad its
eventful and noteworthy experiences.
, Later on came the long, long disheartening
pause, when—partly owing to the financial
embarrassments of the times, partly owing to
the political contentions and convulsions of
the country, and partly owing to the unhappy
dissensions in the Association itself—any fur
ther contributions failed to be forthcoming,
all interest in the Monument seemed to flag
and die away, and all work on it was sus
pended and practically abandoned. A de
plorable Civil War soon fol owed, and all ef
forts to renew popular interest iu its comple
tion were pa sted.
flow shall 1 depict the sorry spectacle which
those first one hundred and seventy-four feet,
in their se tiling hopeless, helpless condition,
with that dismal derrick still standing as in
mockery upon their summit, presented to the
eye o r every comer to the Capita! for nearly
a quarter of a century! No wonder the uu
sightly pile became the subject of pity or de
rision. No wonder there were periodical
panics about the security of its foundation,
and a chronic condemnation of the original
design. No wonder that suggestionsfor tear
ing it all down began to he entertained in
many minds, and were advocated by many
pens and tongues. That truncated shaft,
with its ur.ti'ty surroundings, looked only
like an insult, to ihe memory of Washington.
It symbolized nothing but an ungrateful coun
try, not destim I—as. God he thanked, it still
wits—to growth and grandeur, and imperish
able glory, but doomed to prematuie decay,
to di-cord, strife, an 1 ultimate disunion.
And well mi. Id that crude and undigested
mass have stood so forever, or until the hand
of man or the operation of the elements
should have crushed and crumbled it into
dust, if our Union had then perished. An
unfinished, fragmentary, crumbling monu
ment to Washington world have been a fit
emblem ot a divided and ruined country.
And how cheering and how inspiring the
reflection, how and glorious the fact,
that no sooner were our unhappy conten
tions at an end, no sooner were Union and
Liberty, one and inseparable, once more, and,
as we trust and believe, forever reasserted
and reassured, than this monument to Wash
ington gave signs of fresh life, began to at
tract new interest and new effort, and soon
was seen rising again slowly but steadily to
wards the skies—stone after stone, course
upon course, piled up in peace, with founda
tions extended to the full demand of the
enormous weight to be placed upon them,
until we can now hail it as complete! Hence
forth and forever it shall be lovingly asso
ciated, not only with the memory of him in
whose honor it has been erected, but
with an era of assured peace, unity,
and concord, which would have been dearer
to his heart than the costliest personal memo
rial which the toil and treasure of his coun
trymen could have constructed. The. Union
is itself the all-sufficient and the only Mittiei
i at monument to Washingoin. The Union
was nearest and dearest to his great heart.
“The Union in any were the most
emphatic words of his immortal Farewell
Address. Nothing less than the Union would
ever have been accepted or recognized by him
as a monument commensurate with his ser
vices aud his fame. Nothing less ought ever
to he accepted or recognized as such by us, or
by those who shall rise up, generation after
generation, to do homage to ids memory!
Our Washington Needle, while it has all of
the severe simplicity, and far more than all of
the massive grandeur, which were the char
acteristics of F.gyptian architecture, bears no
. inscription whatever, and none are likely
ever to be carved on it. But can we not all
read there already, as if graven by tome in
visib'e finger, or inscribed with some sympa
thetic ink—which it requires no learning of
scholars, no lore of Egypt, nothing but love of
our own land, to draw out. and make legible—
those masterly words of Washington's Letter
to the Governors of the States, in 17KJ:
“There are lour things which, I humbly
conceive, are essential to the well-being—j
may even venture to say, to the existence—of
the'United States as an independent Power:
First, an indissoluble Union of the States un
der one Federal head: Second, a sacred regard
to Public Justice: Third, the adoption of a
proper Peace Establishment; and Fourth,the
prevalence of that pacific aud friendly dispo
sition among the People of the United States
which will induce them to forget t heir local
preindices and policies, to make those mutual
concessions which are requisite to the general
prosperity, and. in some instances, to sacrifice
their individual advantages to the interest of
the commum.lv. These are the Pillars on
which the glorious fabric of our Independency
and National Character must be supported.”
Can we not read, again, on another of those
seemingly vacant sides, that familiar passage
in Ids Farewell Address—a jewel of thought
and phraseology, often imitated, but never
matched—‘'The name of American, which
belongs to you in your National capacity,
must always exalt the just pride of patriot
ism more than any appellation derived from
local discriminations': ’and, not far below it,
liis memorable warning against Party Spirit
—“A fire not to be quenched, it demands a
uniform vigilance to )> event its bursting into
a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should
consume?”
Still again, terser legendss from the same
prolific source salute our eager gaze: “Cher
ish Public Credit;”—“Observe good faith and
justice toward all nations; cultivate peace
and harmony with all;” —"Promote, as an ob
ject of primary importance, institutions for
the general diffusion of knowledge. In pro
portion as the structure of a government gives
force to public opinion, it is essential that
public, opinion should lie enlightened.”
And, above all—a thousand-fold more pre
cious than all the rest—there will come
streaming down from time to time, to many
an eager and longing eye, from the very point
where its tiny aluminum apex reaches near
est to the skies—and shining forth with a ra
dinnee which no vision of Constantine, no I.a
barura for his legions could ever have eclipsed
—some of thosa solemnly reiterated declara
tions and counsels, which might almost be
called the Coufession and Creed of Washing
ton, and which can never be forgotten by anv
Christian Patriot—
•‘When I contemplate the interposition of
Providence, as it was visibly manifest in
guiding ns through the Revolution, in pre
paring us for the reception of the General
Government, and in conciliating the good
will of ttie people of America toward one an
other after its adoption, I feel myself op
pressed and almost overwhelmed with a sense
of Divine munificence. I feci that nothing
is due to my personal agency in all
those wonderful and complicated events,
except what can lie attributed to an
ii nest zeal for Hie good of my country.’’
“No people can be bound to acknowledge and
adore an Invisible Hand which conducts the
afiatrtof men, more than the people of the
United Stat s. Every step by which they
have advanced to the character of au Tnde
pendent Nation seems to have hcen distin
guished by some token of Providential
Agency.’’ —“Of all the dispositions and habits
which lead to p • itictl prosperity. Religion
and Morality arc indispensab e supports, in
vain would that man claim the tributeof
patriot ism. ,vho should labor to subvert these
great pillars of human happiness, these firm
est props of theduttes of men and of citizens.”
And thus <>a all those seemingly blank and
empty sides will be seen, from time to time,
in nis own unequalled language, the grand
precepts and principles of Peace, Justice,
Education. Morality, and Religion, which he
strove to inculcate, while encore-ling and illu
minating them all, and enveloping the whole
monument, from corncr-stot e to cap stone,
will he read with rapture by every patriotic
eye, and be echoed by every jiatriotic heart.
“The Union, the Union in any event!”
Our matchless Obelisk stands proudly be
fore us to-day, and we hail it with the exul
tations of a united and glorious Nation. It
may. or may not, he proof against the cavils
of critics, but nothing of human construction
is against the casualties ot time. The storms
of winter must blow and beat upon it. The
action of the elements must soil and discolor
it. The lightnings ot Heaven may scar and
blacken it. An earthquake may shake its
foundations. Some mighty tornado, or re
sistless cyclone, may rend its massive blocks
asunder and hurl huge fragments to the
ground. But the character which it com
memorates and illustrates is secure. It will
remain unchanged and unchangeable in a'l
its consummate purity aud splendor, and will
more and more command the homage of suc
ceeding ages in all regions of the earth.
As Mr. Long read this peroration the
multitude broke into a storm of applause.
On the right of the Speaker were seated
the chaplains of the Senate and House
and Rev. Air. Willis, while on his left sat
Hon. John W. Daniel, of Virginia, and
Senator Sherman, Chairman of the Con
gressional Joint Commission. A9 Mr.
Long ceased, the band struck up “Co
lumbia, Gem of the Ocean,” and as the
strains of the air ended. Air. Edmunds in
troduced Hon. John W. Daniel, who was
greeted with long continued clapping of
hands.
MR. DANIEL’S ADDRESS.
Mr. Daniel proceeded to deliver his ora
tion •
The following extracts are from the
oration of Hon. John W. Daniel, of Vir
ginia;
Hr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com -
minion:
Solitary and alone in its grandeur stands
forth t he'character of 'Vashiugion in history;
solitary and alone like some peak that has ho
fellow ;.i the mountain range of greatness.
“Washington,” says Guizo*: “Washington
did the two greatest things which in politics
it is permitted to man to attempt. He main
tame 1 by Peace the Independence of his
country which he had conquered bv War. He
founded a free government in the name of
the principles of older, aud by re-establishing
theii sway." Washington did indeed do these
thiDg“. But he did more. Out of disconnected
fragments he moulded a whole and made it a
country. He achieved his country's indepen
dence by the sword. He maintained that in
dependence by peace as by war. He finally
established both his country and its freedom
in an enduring frame of Constitutional Gov
ernment, fashioned to make Liberty and
Union one and inseparable. Thc.-e four things
together constitute the unexampled achieve
ment of Washington.
The World has ratified the profound remark
of Fisher Ames, that “he changed mankind’s
ideas of i olitical great m ss.” it has approved
the opinion of Edward Everett, that he was
"the greatest of good men, and the best of
great men.” It has felt for linn with Krskine:
“an awful reverence.” It lias attested the
declaration of Brougham that: “he was the
greatest man of his own or of anv age.” it is
matter of fact to-day as when Gen. Hamilton
announcing his death to the army said: “The
voice of praise would in vain endeavor to ex
alt a name unrivalled in the lists of true
glory.” America still proclaims h m, a9 did
Col. Henry Lee in the House of Representa
tives: “The man first in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of iris countrymen.”
And from beyond the sea the voice of Aifieri,
breathing the soul of all lands and all peoples,
still pronounces the blessing: "Happy are
you w ho have for the sublime aud permanent
basis of your glory the love of country demon
strated by deeds.”
Conquerors who have stretched your scep
tres over boundless territories; Fourniers of
Empires w'ho have held your dominions in the
reign of law; Re ormers who have cried aloud
in the wilderness of oppression; Teachers who
have striven to cast down false doctrine,
heresy Hnd schisms; .Statesmen whose brains
have throbbed with mighty plans for the
amelioration of hetman society: Scar-ciowned
Vi kings of the sea, illustrious heroes of the
land, who have borne the standards of siege
ami battle—come forth in bright array from
your glorious fanes, ami would ye be meas
ured iiy the measure of big statue? Behold
you not m him a more illustrious, and more
venerable presence? Statesman, soldier. Pa
triot, Sage, Reformer of Creeds, Teacher of
Truth and Justice. Achiever mid Preserver of
Liberty—the tirst of Men—Founder and Sa
vior of his Country, Father o his People—
tbisis Re. solitary and npapuroachable in his
grandeur.
One hundred and fifty-three years ago, on
the banks of tiie Potomac, iu the county of
Westmoreland, on a spot marked now only by
a memorial stone,—ol the blood of the people
whom I have faintly described,—the fourth in
descent from the Col. John Washington whom
1 have named, there was born a son to Au
gustine and Mary Washington. And not
many miles above iiis birthplace is the dwell
ing where he was reared and lived, and now
lies buried.
jJorne upon the bosom of that river which
here mirrors Capitol, dome and monumental
shaft, in Us seaward flow,—the river itself
seems to reverse its current and bear us si
lent] y into the past. Scarce has the viua of
the city faded from our gaze when we beho and
on the woodland height those swells above
the waters—amidst walks and groves and
gardens—the white porch of that old colonial
plantation home which has become the shrine
of many a pilgrimage.
No sum could now be made of Washington's
character that did not exhaust language of
its tributes, and repeat virtue by all her
names. No sum could be madeof his achieve
ments that did not unfold the history of his
country and its institutions—the history of
his age and its progress—the history of man
and his destiny to be free. Bui, whether
character or achievement be regarded, the
riches before us only expose the poverty of
praise. So clear was he in bis great office that
no ideal of the Leader or Ruler can be formed
that does not shrink by the side of the reality.
And so lias he impressed liimself upon the
minds of men, that no man can justly aspire
to be the chief of a great free people who does
not adopt his principles and emulate iiis ex
ample. Fascinated by the perfection of the
man, we are loth to break the mirror of admir
ation into tne fragments of analysis. But, lo!
as we attempt it. every fragment becomes the
miniature of such sublimity and beauty that
the destructive hand can only multiply the
forms of immortality.
Brilliant I will not call him, il the bright
ness of the rippling river exceed the solemn
glory of old Ocean. Brilliant I will not call
him, if darkness must le visible in order to
display the light; for lie had none of that
rocket-like brilliancy which flames in instant
coruscation across the black brow of night
and then is not. But if a steady, unflicker
ing flame, slow rising to its lofty sphere, high
hung in the Heavens of Contemplation, dis
pensing far and wide its rays, revealing ail
things or. which it shines in due proportions
and in large relations, making Right. Duty
and Destiny so plain that iu the vision we are
scarce conscious of the light—if this be brill
iancy then the genius of Washington was as
full-orbed and luminous as the God of Day in
his zenith.
If I might venture to discriminate. I would
say that it was in the conflicts of opinion that
succeeded the revolution that the greatness of
Washington most displayed itself; for it was
then that peril thickened in most subtle forms;
that rival passions burned in intestine flames,
that crises came demanding wider-reaching
and more constructive faculties than mav be
exhibited in war aud higher heroism than
may be avouched in battle.
Long live the United States of America!
Filled with the free magnanimous spirit,
crowned by the wisdom, blessed by the mod
eration, hovered over by the guardian angel
of Washington’s example; may they be ever
worthy in all things to be defended by the
blood of the brave who knew the rights of
man—may they be each a column, and all to
gether, under the constitution, a perpetual
Temple of I’eace, unshadowed by a Ca sar’s
palace; at whose altar maj freely commune
all who seek the union of Liberty and Brother
hood.
Long live our country! Oh, long through
the undying ages may it stand, far removed in
fact as in space from the Old World’s feuds
and follies—solitary and alone In its grandeur
and its glory, itself the immortal monument
of Him whom Providence commissioned to
teach man the power of truth, and to prove
to the nations that their Redeemer livetn.
Mr. Daniels was many times interrupt
ed by rounds of applause elicited by his
clear cut and well balanced periods, and
by his eloquent style of uttering them.
As he closed Senate) s Edmunds and Sher
man, Speaker Carlisle and Representative
Long warmly congratulated him, while
once more the audience testified their ap
preciation of the orator’s eloquence.
After benediction by the Chaplain of the
House, the distinguished guests departed,
and the Speaker called the House to order.
THE DISPLAY AT NIGHT.
The ceremonies were appropriately con
cluded by a tine display of fireworks at
night in the monument grounds. An im
mense crowd was attracted by the sight,
and it seemed as though the entire popu
lation of the city had turned out to do
honor to the occasion. The President
and a number of invited guests, including
several Cabinet officers, viewed the scene
from the windows of the White House.
The display consisted of 50set pieces, and
lasted from Bto 9 o’clock. It opened with
a national salute, consisting of aerial ma
roons fired from mortars and explod
ing with a loud report at a height
of 300 feet, and closed with a repre
sentation of the “Temple of Liberty,”
including an equestrian statue of Gen.
Washington, and figures represmting
Columbus and the Goddess of Liberty.
The display consisted mainly of bomb- i
shells, rockets, balloons, fountains of 1
tire, bouquets and lights of all colors. !
Telescope rockets were exploded at an \
altitude of tiOO feet, and discharged show- j
ers of smaller rockets over the apex of :
the monument, making it appear as
though the shaft was robed with fire. The '
monument was clearly outlined against
the dark background and so magnified
that it seemed to pierce the sky.
HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT.
The monument was first proposed 102
years ago. On Aug. 7,17.83, Congress re
solved unanimously “that au equestrian
statue of Geu. Washington be erected at
the place where the residence ol Congress
shall be established;” and directed that
the statue should be supported by a mar
ble pedestal, on which should be repre- ;
sented four principal events of the Revo- j
lutionary war, in which he commanded
m person. On the pedestal were to be i
engraved the following words: “The |
United States, in Congress assembled, or
dered this statue to be erected in the year
of our Lord 1783, in honor of George W ash
ington, the illustrious Commander-in-chief
ot the Armies of the United States of
America, during the war which vindi
cated and secured their liberty, sover
eignty and independence.”
BUT NOTHING WAS DONE UNDER THIS
RESOLUTION.
In the first place, no seat of government
was Dxetl until the year 1790, so that till
then there was no place for the statue to
stand. In 1790 Washington himself died,
' and in the next year a committee reported
j that “a mausoleum be erected for George
Washington in the city of Washington,”
and on Jan. 1 next' sn appropriation
of $200,000 was made for teat purpose.
When the new capitol was begun in 1815,
the same which men now call the “old
capitol,” a place was reserved for a sar
cophaaus tor the body ot Washington,
under the whole. It is even said that till
lately there has been an officer called
“Keeper ot the Crypt,” whose business it
was to take care of this sarcophagus.
But neither sarcophagus nor body was
ever there. Madam Washington con
sented to the removal of the body, saying, j
“I need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice 1
of individual teeling I make to a sense of
public duty.” But the sacrifice was never j
exacted and the body remains, where it
■ s
THE MONUMENT.
It was by the handful of people
who lived in Washington that the steps
were taken which have resulted in the
magnificent and appropriate monument
this day consecrated. Washington was
3ff years old. A few people lived there at
last who did not move away at the end of
four years. Among these people the
“Monument Association” was founded iu
1833. George Watterstou may be called
the founder of the plan. For many years
he was secretary of the society and con
ducted its correspondence. The great
Judge .Marshall, the biographer of Wash
ington, was the first president. He was
succeeded by Madison, who took the hon
orary olliee in his 85th year, and beid it in
1835 and 1830. Judge William Cranch, a
pure and noble statesman, whose life tvas
identified with the best interests of the
country, was vice president and acting
president.
UNDER THE FIRST PLANS NO PERSON WAS
PERMITTED
to contribute to the fund more than a
year. But this restriction was removed
in 1845. In 1830 $28,C00 had been collected
and was safely invested. In 1847 this
sum, with interest and new subscriptions,
amounted to $87,000; and the society re
solved to begin the monument. On Jan.
31, 1848, Congress granted a site for it to
be selected by the President and manager.
It was said that Washington himself
marked the spot, as early as 1705, as a
site for a monument to the American rev
olution.
A plan was agreed upon by the man
agement and the cornerstone was laid,
under most auspicious circumstances, on
July 4, 1848. The Hon. Robert C. Win
throp delivered an oration, a truly ad
mirable memorial of Washington. Other
addresses were made by other gentletpen.
The work was pushed’ steadily upward
for six years when the funds ot the society
were exhausted. In this time the monu
ment had risen 170 feet, and $130,000 had
been collected and expended on it. Vari
ous efforts were made to collect anew
subscription. In 1852 boxes were placed
at the polls on the day of the Presidential
election, in many States, and the alms
thus collected were used for the increase
of the fund. At the annual election of
1800 the people of California contributed
at the polls $10,902 01, which was remit
ted to the secretary of the society. It
was iuvested as a riest-egg tor further
use. But work was not in fact renewed
till after the war—with the next wealth
and more than fabulows prosperity of the
newborn nation—Congress assumed as its
right the completion of the monument,
placed the work under the direction of its
own officers, and pressed it to the happy
conclusion which is celebrated to-day.
Some fears having been expressed that
the foundation was not secure, an elabo
rate and interesting report was secured
from the lingineer board, which proved
its absolute sufficiency.
During the long period when the asso
ciation had charge of the work they in
vited and received blocks of stones to be
wrought into the interior from various
States and societies through the world.
There are nearly one hundred of these
blocks, many ot them curious for their
emblems or other inscriptions. Brigham
Young sent one; one is from It ruddock's
field, one professes to be irom the ruins
of the Alexandrian Library, one is from
the “Merchants in China,”’one is from a
temple in Carthage, and one from the
Government of Greece.
IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN—TO HARMONIZE
THE WISHES
of people who wanted a Greek temple
with those ot people who knew that an
obelisk was the most tit monument—a
drawing was made of a circular temple—
not unlike the Odeon at Athens, had any
body ever been absurd enough to place’a
porch before the Odeon. In the middle of
this temple, and rising high above if. was
the Obelisk. Precisely when this prepos
terous temple was abandoned formally no
man need ask. It will never be built. But
its fate was spoken the day when a Penn
sylvanian farmer told an agent of the
Aionument Society that he would not
subscribe. This honest man had a simpler
taste than the metropolitan committee.
“I give no tollar,” he said, “to any house
mit such a pig chimblv.”
And thus, through the perils of a hun
dred years, with the actual co-operation !
of hundreds of thousands of people, i
and with the glad sympathy of all. the ]
nation has built its fit monument to him I
*who is still
“First in war, first in peace, and first i
in the hearts of his country men.”
A NEW GENERAL MANAGED.
Receiver Fink Makes Numerous Chances
in Railroad Offices.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 21.—Henry
Fink, Receiver of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia Railroad, has appoint
ed C. H. Hudson General Manager of that
road, with his office at Knoxville. Ala.). !
John T. O’Briefl, late General Superin
tendent, has been appointed Assistant :
General Alanager, with his office at Knox
ville. The office of General Superintend- j
ent has been abolished. C. H. Hudson was !
formerly Superintendent of Transporta
tion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, !
and otthe Kentucky Central, and now be- !
comes General Manager ol the East Ten- j
nessee, Virginia and Georgia, and Mem
phis and Charleston roads. Receiver Fink
has appointed William Hawn Auditor of
the Bast Tennessee, Virginia pnd Georgia
road in place of F. D. Flippen. resigned,
with his office at Knoxville. Thomas M.
Baker has resigned as Auditor of the Mem
phis and Charleston road, and Receiver
Fink has appointed F. D. Flippen in hi3
place, with his office at Memphis.
STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Attempted Suicide—Contested Election
Cases Assigned for Hearing—Commis
sioner Fox's Condition.
Atlanta, Feb. 21. —At a late hour last
night Henry J. Tildon, a well-known
young man of this city, entered the Mark
ham House and, approaching the night
clerk, asked: “Can I get a room?” “We
are- lull up,” replied. Jordan, the night
clerk, who knew the young man. “1 must
have a bed,” continued Mr. Tildon, with a
wild expression in his eyes. “Then go
home, Henry,” advised Jordan. “1 am
going to die before morning,” replied
Tildon. “Oh, shut up your nonsense.
You are not ready to pass In your cheeks,”
said Jordan. “If lam r.ot readv now I
never will be. Good night.” And the
young man started lor the door as if
going out, but just as he reached it
he drew from his pocket a knife,
and with the rapidity of lightning stabbed
himself twice in the left breast. Jordan
saw the shining steel glistening in the
light, but betore he could reach him he
had sank to the floor with a stream of
blood flowing from his wounds. One of
the stabs penetrated the left pleural cavi
ty three inches from the breast bone over
the left nipple, just missing the heart,
the other wound striking the rib an inch
to the right of the first wound. He was
carried to a convenient place and the
wounds dressed. Jordan telephoned to
police headquarters and asked that
an officer go after Tildon's motber.
Mrs. Tildon was much affected when she
was carried into the presence of her son.
She asked him why he had tried to leave
her. He made no reply, but called on
the Lord to spare his life. Tildon’s
wounds are not necessarily fatal, but are
considered dangerous.
The only cause assigned for the rash act
is that early last evening Tildon’s sister
married a young ruan whom he bitterly
opposed coming into the family and left
the house when the event wa9 con
summated, giving no one an excuse lor his
going.
CONTESTED CASES ASSIGNED.
Commencing on Wednesday next and
continuing during the week, Gov. Mc-
Daniel will devote his time to hearing
contested election cases. The parties at
interest, with their attorney s, have been
notified i hat contests have been docketed
as follows:
Wednesday, Feb. 25—Wade vs. Per
ham, Ordinary, from Brooks county;
Ridgely vs. Quincy, Treasurer, from
Burke;. Bell vs. Warnock, Clerk, from
Burke; Harp vs. Schley, Collector, from
Chattahoochee; Mcßae vs. Rosear, Or
dinary, from Dodge; Kahn vs. Keifler,
Ordinary, from Efi'enchair,; Johnson vs.
Wright, Ordinary, from Floyd.
Thursday, Feb. 26.—Paul vs. Booker,
Treasurer, from Lee; Battle vs. Puliin,
Receiver, from Mitchell; Andrews vs.
Riley,Clerk, from Hancock: Haynes vs.
Hines, Receiver, from Lee; Redd vs. An
drews. Collector, from Muscogee; Stokes
vs. Padgett, Receiver, from Pickens, and
Bell vs. Carlisle, Ordinary, Smith vs. Den
nard. Collector, and Ila’ll vs. Fountaiue,
Sheriff, from Wilkinson.
Friday, Feb. 27.—McRae vs. Van Yal
kenberg, Ordinary, from Camden.
COMMISSIONER FOX’S CONDITION.
The condition of Police Commissioner
Fox is considered a shade more cheerful
to-day. Ho seems to have paralysis of his
limbs’, and ouce or twice during the day
managed to speak a few words to his
wife. He is perfectly cognizant of every
thing going on about him, and recognizes
his friends when they call to see him,
although unable to talk to them.
FOUND DEAD.
William Marshall, a colored man, was
found dead in his bed this morning. His
death is assigned to injuries received in
ternally several days since while at
work.
FIXING THE RATE TO NEW ORLEANS.
A convention of general passenger
agents was held here to-day at the Kim
ball House for the purpose ot considering
the necessity of a reduction ot rates to
the New Orleans Exposition. At the
meeting, which was a representative
body, were Charles P. Atrnore, of the
Louisville and Nashville; James L. Tay
lor, of the Savannah, Florida and \V est
eru; G. A. Whitehead, of the Central; E.
P. Wilson, of the Queen and Crescent
route; C. W. Cheers, of the Richmond and
Danville; E. K. Dorsey, of the Georgia
Railroad; Beverly W. Wrenn, of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; Joseph
M. Brown, of the Western and Atlantic;
L. S. Brown, of the Georgia Pacific, and
D. C. Allen, of the South Carolina Rail
road. A resolution was adopted making
the excursion rates from points within
6CO miles of New Orleans 134 cent per
mile. The meeting was harmonious, and
the popular opinion expressed was that a
big business would be the result.
YESTERDAY IX CONGRESS.
The Day Given Overby Roth Houses to
the Dedication Exercises.
Washington, Feb. 21.— But little leg
islative business was transacted in either
House of Congress to-day. The Senate
took up the post office appropriation bill,
and retained in the bill (contrary to the
recommendation of the Appropriations
Committee) the legislative provisions in
serted by the House of Representatives
fixing the postage on newspapers sent
from the office of publication to regular
subscribers at 1 cent a pound,but cut out
the discrimination against sample copies,
making the rate mentioned uniform for
ail newspapers sent from the office of pub
lication, whether sample copies or other
wise.
Business was then suspended to permit the
Senate to take part in the dedication cere
monies. The Senate Was again called to order
at 5:05p. m . only to formally adjourn to Alon
day.
IN THE HOUSE.
la the House the hall this morning pre
sented a novel appearance. The desks of
members had been removed, and in their
place were rows upon rows of chairs, varying
in style from the capacious leather-covered
arm chair to the more plebeian chair of plain
pine wood. The seating capacity of the floor
was about 1,509.“ Early in the day the
gilleries began to fill, and by 12
o'clock theic were few vacant seats
to be found. A large majority of
the spectators were ladies. The exeemive
and diplomatic galleries were occupied,
which is a very rare occurrence, and the only
vacant seats were in the gallery exclusively
reserved for families of Senators amt Repre
sentatives, and they became filled before the
ceremonies began. At precisely 1:17 p. m.
Speaker Carlisle’s gravel called the House to
order, and Saturday’s session was opened
with prayer by the chaplain, and the journal
of yesterday was read. 'I hat ended tue leg
islative business of the day.
After the dedication ceremonies the House
was called to order, and at 3:45 p. in. ad
journed to Monday.
A BRILLIANT RFCEBiIOX.
President Arthur’s Last Public Audi
ence In the White House.
Washington, Feb. 21.— The President
gave his last public reception to-night
from 9to 11 o’clock. He was assisted by
Airs. McElroy, Mrs. Hayneswortb, Airs.
Teller, 31re. Hatton, Mrs. Sheridan, Airs.
John Davis,,Airs. McMichael and others.
The number of persons who called to pay
their respects was greater than at any
previous reception given by President
Arthur. The callers included almost
everyone connected with the government
in Washington, and most of the members
of the visiting military and Masonic or
ganizations.
Shortly before the public reception the
President gave a special reception to the
first troop ot Philadelphia City Cavalry,
which had acted as his escort during part
of the ceremonies of the monument dedi
cation.
Public Tobacco Warehouses Abolished.
Petersburg, Va., Feb. 21.—The ac
tion ot the Board of Trade in appointing
one general inspector of tobacco for this
city has caused the owners of all tobacco
warehouses to give public notice that
after this month said warehouses will be
conducted as private warehouses for the
storage and sale ot tobacco. These ware
houses, ever since they were built, have
been conducted as public warehouses.
Under the rules recently adopted by the
Board of Trade the tobacco inspectors ap
pointed by the Governor will have no
i right to inspect tobacco in this market.
PRICE SHO A TEAK.
I 5 CENTS A COPY. j
A CALAMITOUS RECORD.
FRIGHTFUL DISASTERS BY FIRE
AND KAIL.
A Wealthy Philadelphia Family Burned
to Death—A Mother’s Maddened Effort
to Save Herself and Children—Seven
Killed by a Gas Explosion—Cut Hia
Throat for Breaking Two Eggs.
Washington, Feb. 21.—T0-day’s dis
patches present a remarkable record of
casualties from tire and railroad acci
dents. One of the most shocking w-aa at
Philadelphia. The private residence of
John A. King, a retired lumber merchant,
of 1539 Pine street, was burned between
6 and 7 o’clock this morning. The occu
pants of the house had been alarmed by a
slight tire early in the night, but had re
tired and were sleeping soundly when
they were again aroused by lire and
found their escape cut off. Mrs. King
dropped two small children from the
fourth story to mattrasses spread on the
sidewalk below and jumped after them.
One child died in a few minutes from the
shock. Mrs. King aud her other child
survived the fall, but were badly injured.
Mr. John King, Miss Hamilton, Mrs.
King’s sister, and two servants were
burned to death. Another servant girl
was seriously injured. Mrs. King and
her remaining child are reported sinking
rapidly, and will probably die. Mrs.
King has become insane.
Two or three other fires were progress
ing at the time the King house was
burning, and the firemen were all engaged
in fighting them. None of the other fir ,-s
caused loss of life, but the aggregate loss
ot property is very heavy.
CHAI’PAQUA INSTITUTE DESTROYED.
Chappaqua Mountain Institute, at
Chappaqua, N. Y., was burned last night,
and seventy-five scholars, with the fam
ily ot the principal and several attend
ants, were driven out in their night
clothes, with the thermometer about aero.
They all obtained shelter close at hand,
and no fatal casualties occurred. The
loss is about $50,000.
A QUARTER OK A MILLION IN ABUKS.
A tire broke out at New Britain, Conn.,
in a livery stable, at 3 o’clock this morn
ing, and spread so rapidly that it got be
yond control. About $300,000 worth of
property in the heart of the town was
burned, and one man lost his life.
A WHOLE FAMILY KILLED.
An explosion of natural gas occuned
at Wellsburg, Ya., this morning, wreck
ing one house. The debris took tire. The
weather was intensely cold and the
flames spread rapidly. Five persons were
killed outright and two are missing.
The killed comprise one entire famiiy.
Half a dozen other persons are injured,
some of them seriously. .
A long list of lesser fires, involving
losses from SIO,OOO to $40,000, also oc
curred, but no loss of life attended
them.
A $50,000 FIRE IN CHARLOTTE,
Charlotte, N. C., 21.—A fire to-day
destroyed Schifl' Bros’, building on Trade
street, also the adjoining building. Tue
lire communicated to the rear rooms of
the Central Hotel, hut was extinguished
with little damage. Howard, a
disreputable woman, was fatally burned.
The lossesand insurances are Schifl Bros.,
on building, $6,000, insurance $5,000; 11. C.
Eccles, owner of the building occupied as
drug stores, $5,000; insurance, ‘55,000;
Schiff A Cos., $4,000, insurance, $1,500:
William Wilson $27,000, insurance $17,500;
Thomas Reese & Cos. $7,000, insurance
$5,000.
CUT HIS THROAT FOR BREAKING TWO
EGGS.
Sam Richardson, a colored fireman, ran
against Isaiah Bronson, also colored, and
broke two eggs in the latter’s pocket.
Bronson thereupon cut Richardsons
throat. Richardson walked across the
street to a drug store, and fell dead In the
doorway. Bronson was arrested. Roth
had been drinking.
AN ARKANSAS BLOCK IX ASHES.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 21.—This
morning at 2 o’clock Marx’s brick block,
at Texarkana, was discovered to be on
fire. The flames spread with remarkable
rapidity. The total loss is estimated at
$175,000, but may reach a quarter of a
million.
SIX BURNED TO DEATH.
New York, .Feb. 21.— At a tire eariv
this morning at Beaver and William
streets six persons belonging to a family
named Murray were burned to death.
A CHAPTER OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Railroad acci
dents to-day were very numerous. The
most serious occurred on the West Shore
Railroad, at Canajoharie, N, Y., at M
o’clock this morning. A heavy passenger
train drawn by three engines, going 30
miles an hour, ran into the rear ea lof
a freight train which stood on the main
track with no flagman out. All three en
gines and several cars were wrecked. One
engineer and one fireman were killed.
Several other persons were injured, but
none are likely to die. The wreck burned
up. The loss is estimated at about $125.-
000.
Two accidents occurred to outward
bound passenger trains from Clncinuati
this afternoon, one on the Ohio anti Mis
sissippi and one on the Bee Line No
person was killed in either, but in each
case from 20 to 30 persons received inju
ries of greater or less degree.
Another accident occurred on the Lake
Erie and Western Railroad, near Bloom
ington, 111. Several passenger cars were
ditched and any number of people were
hurt, but no deaths have so far resulted.
The minor accidents to railroads almost
equal the number of minor fires.
lIRE IN A PENITENTIARY.
Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 21.—A are in
the penitentiary here to-day destroyed the
north wing. The damage is SIO,OOO. No
insurance.
two killed in collision.
Cincinnati, Feb. 21.—The Commerced
Gazette's Parkersburg special reports a
collision between two freight trains on
the Baltimore and Ohio Road, forty miles
from Parkersburg, to-day, in which three
men were killed and two badly hurt
FIX) KID A OX THE WIRE
Killed While Resisting Arrest—Excur
sionists Homeward Round—Jackson
ville Topics.
Lake City, Fla., Feb. 21.—William
Cason, residing in this county, some eight
miles from Lake City, visited this town
to-day. He was drinking and boisterous,
and drawing a pistol the Marshal ot tig,
town attempted to arrest him. Cason
turned deliberately upon his horse and
fired twice at Marshal Carroll with
out effect. The Marshal returned
the fire, and for a few
moments there was a lively fusilade of
pistol shots. Neither party" was hit, ar.d
Cason left in a full gallop on the road to
his home. Deputy Sheriff -Jas. Gresham,
who was near when the shooting oc
curred, jumped upon his horse, ami, with
the Marshal, pursued Cason, who was
killed one mile from town, resisting to
the last. Ills body was bright to town.
NOTES FROM JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.—The
mails for Middle and West Florida here
after leave at 4 p. m., insuring facilities
from 12 to IS hours over the present sched
ule.
The Holiness Army hold nightly meet
ings. The temperance people are unusu
ally active.
An attempt was made recently by a
drunken negro at Tavares to shoot St.
Clair Abrams. The latter returned the
shot disabling his assailant.
Oats in Middle Florida are repotted
badly damaged by frost.
EXCURSIONISTS HOMEWARD BOUND.
Sanford, Fla., Feb. 21.—An excursion
party of Philadelphia merchants, accom
panied by Passenger Agent Griffin, ol
Savannah, left here to-day lbr Jackson
ville, where they start to-morrow for
Charleston, not stopping at Savannah, as
was originally intended. The party num
ber nearly ninety, aud will reach home on
Feb. 25. This will be remembered as the
party which entertained the Atlantiaos
at a sumptuous banquet.
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