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Reminiscences of Distinguished
Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the National Capital.
Van Baren and Webster, Clay and the
Georgia Innians, A Dud, Robert
Temple Kills Himself.
Mr. Tan fSiir<-n siu<l Mr. Wclisli r.
Mr. Van Bmen was very partial when
presiding over the Senate. One af ernoon
Mr. Calhoun made an interesting speech on
executive patronage, and spoke with great
animation, earntstness and i-ffict. In the
conrse of his remarks, he quoted Benton in
1825 and Benton in 1835, and showed the in
consistency of that individual m opposing
a report, the basis of which was almost pre
cisely similar Jo his own. After Air. Cal
houn had spoken, Benton rose, and with his
accustomed vehemence of gasconade en
deavored to repel the irresistible and con
vincing arguments and assertions of the
Senator from South Carolina. It was a
mere repetition of his rodomontade upon
the same subject, assailing the motives of
Mr. Calhoun, and accusing him of prepar
es report for parly effect. Mr. Calhoun
made a rejoinder which was withering in its
force upon his antagonist; for soorching
sarcasm, annihilating rebuke and unan
swerable logic, it was unsurpassed. Benton
replied, aDd roaied like a chafed bull:
“Sir,” said he, “thegentleman has attempt
ed to identify me with our corrupt sjco
phanls and time servers bending at the foot
stool of power; sir, the gentleman in giving
utterance to sr.ch an ii sin nation has made
an Mteck upon me and upon truth!’’ I
T o'i’‘dexter. ‘ S
“The gentleman from Missouri will take
his seat, and the gentleman from Mississip
pi will write down the obnoxious words,
said the Vice-President.
Mr. Poindexter accordingly wrote* down
the words as they had been uttered, and
then handed them to the Vice President.
Van Bnren, after mystifying his hearer* for,
some time, and expressing his conviction
1L..X 1,10 feipuH frnm VliBROr.rt
anger, upon the wrongs and outrages per
pet rated in Georgia upon the unoffending
aborigines within her borders, many of hi-
henrers were i ffected to tears, and he tem-
selt was obviously deeply moved. The oc
casion was rendered s'lll more deeply inter
esting by the presenne of a Cherokee chief
and a female of the tribe, who seemed to
bsten to the orator with intense intorest.
After Mr. Clay had concluded his remarks
ard submitted some resolutions, to which a
tull sr.d perfect report oan uloiie do justice,
, r■ Cnthl-erl of Georgia arose and at tempted
to throw rtuicuie upon them, by alluding to
what he cahed the theatrical manner of tin
speaker. “Wmst new part will Roscius next
enact f said Mr. Cuthbert, coming forward
from his desk and stunning in the area of
the tiait. He was a man of about the or li
imrj height, with a round face, pitted with
fr!Le? a ' P A X V 8m '‘ 11 , <iark e i ts and a fnH
forehead. As he spoke he twirled his watch
key tncesaaruly with his right hand, while
his left was Haag about m the most nn-
meaning ai d aw kw ir.i gestures, tie twisted
Ids body right and left, forward and back
ward, as if he were a Chinese mandarin,
going through a stated number of evoia-
tious before the emperor. In fact he had
a.l ,he.contortions of the sybil, without her
inspiration Imagine this individual, evi
dently hastily mace up by one of nature's
i' J A r , Dei ^ ea l nsiag in hi * P^oe aud flouting
at Air. Clay because of the manner of his el
opuence, which was as far from being theat
ural BS ^ r ’ 8 was from being nat
that tl'b motives of his friend from Missouri
Were not wrong and that we ought to look
rather at motives than at effects, concluded
by pronouncing it as his decision that the
words of Mr. Benton were in order. Mr.
Webster rose to question th- propriety of
the decision, and was proceeding in his re
marks, when the Vice-President, in a pet,
told him to take his seat. Mr. VTebster ex
pressed his B^toDishuoetit at the direction of
theohair. It was the first time that a Sen
Btor, on rising to make a motion, had been
denied the privilege. He felt compelled to
appeal from the decision of the chair as to
the question of order. The question was
further debated by Messrs. Leigh, Freling-
huysen and Goldsborough, all of whom
considered the remarks of Mr. Benton an
outrage upon parliamentary decency. After
an interesting di-enssion the decision of the
chair was repealed and the words of Mr.
Benton were pronounced by a majority of
the Senate as out of order.
At the r< quest of Mr. Calhonn, the Sena
tor from Misronri was permitted to go on.
“There is nothing which he can say at which
I can take offense,” said Mr. Calhonn.
Benton aecordin ly again took the floor,
and went foiward, to use bis own ima.s,
with the precipitancy of a steam engine.
S< me of his friends, among whom were
Lmn and Cuthbert, laid their hands npou
Ins shoulders and tried to pacify him, but
he shook them off, and, beating his breast
with a melodramatic air, exclaimed: “I am
the keeper of my own honor 8 and off and
let me alone.” Turning to Mr Calhoun, he
renewed his belligerent tone and air, at one
lime appealing to the sympathies of his
friends and then defying the worst of his
enemies. He, thought it too late in the day
for Mr. Calhonn to'tube offense at what he
said, and he appeared to congratulate him
self opou being recognized, under the en
durance of the Senate, as a gentleman,
since Mr. Barton had quitted that body.
Then, turning to Mr. Web-ter, he undertook
to use some bullying expresen us, which
Mr. Webster replied to only by contemptu
ous silence. Baffled in this quarter, Ben
ton, like a bull in a china s >op, turned upon
Mr. Goldsborough and demanded an expla
nation of certain words that had fallen from
that gentleman’s lips. Mr. Goldsborough
reiterated his words, and Benton, like a
non-plussed braggart, acknowledged him
self satisfied.
After ttie Missourian bad done raving,
Mr. Cuthbert, of Georgia, rose and, by way
of atter-piece, spoke in his peculiar style at
some length. He worked himself imo a
most ungovernable fury, and called forth
the repeated laughter of his audience by his
contortions and extravagances.
Mir. Gl*f ht*«l 4hfi (ieiirgia Indians.
Henry Clay ihade a brilii <nt speech in the
Senate early in February, 1835, on present
ing a memorial from the remnant of the
Cherokee nation In Georgia. He recited
the treaties by which the nos-ession of their
lands had been secured to them by this Gov
ernment. The faith of this nation had
been pledged that iViey should continue un
molested in the enjoyment of their bunting!
grounds. In defiance of these sacred s>ip
nlatwne, Georgia had claimed j iri-dietion
over lherh t hrfd parcelled out their land
au d dl-pb-ad of them by lottery, deniec
them all (he Vmdcges of freemen, and ren
dered their condition infinitely worse that
that6! the American slave. F »r it'was tin
interest, as well as the pride, df the maste>
to prcrc.de for the health aud Odmfort of his
slate, hat what human being Was there t<
protect and to oare for these unfortunate
’Indians. As Mr. llty warSaed in his re
mdrks, and dwelt, more in sorrow than in
As soon as the Senator from G«oruia had
finished his observations, Jud*e White, ot
1 enms-ee entered into the discussion. The
mo t mpoit Dt feature iu his remarks wa
ns plaiu avowal of the nullification doc
trine, in respect to the right of Georgia to
exercise unlimited j irisdiction over the In
dians within her borders.
,, A ? r - v ! & >; l “ fising again to speak, said
that he had a few remarks to make in reply
to the arguments of the gentleman from
l ennessee, us those which were alone worthy
of nonce.
Duel Between Henry .4. Wise and
15 chard Coke.
Henry A. Wise, after his first election
to Congress, had a prolonged newspaper
controversy with his defeated competitor,
Mr. R chard Coke, which finally led to a
duel. Biaeencburg was the spot selected,
ann it was a 'mater of general notoriety., .
ihe combutuuts had gone to the h-tu hi
honor,” each accompanied by a seoond and
a surgeon. At 12 o’clock they appeared n.iun
the spot. It ia situated iu a valley not far
from the roadside, and but a few miles from
Washington. Several gentlemen of tne
“fancy” amateurs and boys oolket d about
the place to witness the sport-
Iu the meanwhile many utiiious groups
might be seen gathered about the Capitol,
in the lobby and galleries of the House, iu
ihe library and the rotunda, discussing the
probable issue t>f the reucouuter. At one
time a rumor was circulated that Coke had
been wounded “in the thorax;’’ qmdnnnos
pressed forward to learn the particulars.
Trie next moment came a report that Wise
had been “wingtd;” aud the same spirit of
inquiry was mamtested to hear the new ver
sion of the affair. At last the return of the
spectators ot the fight brought the intelli
gence that Coke had been wounded in the
arm, and that the bullet, glancing, had en
tered his side. He was nit while in the act
of raising his hand to the, and if he bad
been a second quicker the shot would prob
ably have taken effect wholly upon his body
and proved mortal. Wise tsoaped unhurt,
the bullet of his antagonist entering the
ground. Coke fell upon the earth, pud was
pronounced by his second hors dll cornhal.
Upon this, Mr. Wise went up to his bleed
ing foe, inquired into the state of his health,
and intimated his regret at seeing him
woubdtd Both parties shortly afterwaids
shook hands aud expressed themselves mu
tually satisfied; and thus the faroe ended.
Coke’s wound ahb severe, but not danger
ous.
Mr. Clay In Deltaic.
Henry Clay was fond of light skirmish
debates, in which his imperturbable good
humor frequently gave him an advantage
over his antagonists. On one occasion,
when he was replying to a somewhat heated
opponent, a sudden squall came up aud rat
tled the window curtains so as to produce a
considerable noise. The orator stopped
short iu the midst of his remarks and in
quired, aloud, chat was the matter; and
Hum, as if divining the cause of the dis
tnrbanne, he said: “Storms seem to be
coming in upon us from all sides.” The
observation, though trivial as related, was
highly amusing under the circumstances
which gave rise to it, and from the manner
iu which it was uttered. Mr. Olay rarely
failed to rivet the attention of his audience,
and to reward it. His enunciation was clear
and melodious, and he expressed strongly
what he detply felt. He was not over cau
tious in his choice of phrases and epithets,
when speaking of the usurpaiious of the
incumbent of the presidential chair, or of
the “lean and hungry parasites” who flat
tered and misled him. He was always hap.
py in his illustrations, and no one could tell
a good story with better effect.
Robert Tenypls Kilts Rlttiseli.
In 1834 the names of the Revolutionary
Pensioners were printed* making several
volumes. This alartted Robert Temple,
who had been pefcbih agent in Vermont,
and who had tc* years been drawing and
pocketing the pensions of decea-ed fictitious
soldiers. He came to Washington and at
tempted To bribe a clerk in the rffioe to
alter ttfo books p,nd make out false lists for
rhe printer, sq as to conceal his frauds,
the olerk succeeded in drawing from him
a list of about sixty cases in whioh he de
sired alterations to be made or the names
imitted. He promised to write under a flo
itioos name, and left Washington The af
fair was then disclosed by the clerk to his
-nperiors, and an investigation took place
.n the War and Treasury Departments, in
whioh many circmn-tances were developed
rending to BtrdDtfthoD th© dinolo8Hf6ft
by the clerk. A special agent was sent to
Rutland to secure the arrest of Temple, bat
ne guilty man, learning of his arrival,
hastened to his bonse, took his MB, went to
is stable and shot himself through the
heart.
CHAUCER, THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY.
THE OTEEN'S WISHES.
Telegraphic Courtesies Between Victo
ria and Arthur.
Washington, July 22.—The President has
received the following oable message from
Queen Viotoria:
London, Jnly 2T.—The President of the
United States, Washington, D. C.: The
Queen heartily congratulates the President
and the people of the United States on the
rescue of Lieutenant Greely and the gallant
survivors of the Arctic expedition. She
trusts that favorable reports have been re
ceived of the sufferers.
The Queen.
The President replies as follows:
To the Queen of Great Britain and Ire
land, Windsor Castle: The President, for
himself and for the people of the United
States, sincerely thanks the Qheen ter her
most weloome congratulations upon the res
cue of Lieutenant Greely and tljie survivors
of hie party, and i« happy to say that favor
able reports are received as to their health.
The President takes this oocasidn to express
his high s| preciation and that of the peo
ple of the United States, for tee timely gift
of the “Alert,” which generouji act added
spirit and encouraennei't to thj expedition.
Chestee A Arthur.
President of tne United Spates.
Where l*r>.bibtlou Prohibits.
Independence. Iowa, July 7.—To the E H-
tor ot il e (Jnicago Journal: Please int im
the 'Jrb ne that the law winch took tfiko:
iu this State the4th instant “dojrsprohibit.’’
At the celebrations iu ihi-> city and at Cen
ter Point there were thousands of visitors
in the crowds. No signs of liquor or its fef.
feots disturbed the peace or rnarrvd the pro
prieties of a respectable civilization. Sa
loons at bijth places had run up to midnight
of the 3-i, bat did not attempt to defy the
law. Center Point has hern cursed by Piiw-
mers and gamble! s, who ard expeeteo to
leave for Chioago or the West. Tne brewe
ry tatjre has dosed. y.
thtdikwlh or the Oranrt Tree.
The Orange tree ik the longest-lived fruit
tree known. It is reputed to have attained
*/tfs age of 300 years, and it has been known
TSS have flourished and bufc-r.e fruit for more
thhu a hundred years. No fruit tree will
prow and produce frifit so well under rough
treatment. It commences to bear the third
or fourth year after budding, and by the
fifth year it will produce an abundant orop,
bat its yield wifi increase gradually under
faVbrable circumstances, and as the years
pass on it will become a very productive
tree. The early growth of the orange is
quite rapid, and by the tenth year it will
have iucreased more than in the mil fifty
years, so far as its breadth and height are
concerned; bat its age multiplies its fruit
-tefcas greatly, aud an old tree will some
times bear several thousand Oranges.
“There, Francis, you’ve canght another
cold, and I’ll warrant yon Canght it while
walking with Joe last night.” “Oh, no,
mother, I couldn't have caught it then,
’cause we didn't go fast enough to catch
anything; in fact, we just sat down 'and
studied astronomy.” “And did yon have
anything around you, my dear “Ohj yes.
indeed T did; Joe’s always particular about
that. He won’t allow me to sit down any
where in the evening air without putting
something around me.”
PRODUCERS ANDJ’RODUCTIOM.
Interesting Things About Workers
anil Til Ir Work.
In the South—the six een old slave States
ard the District of Columbia—there are 54 -
034 ruannfactnnt't? establishments, with a
capital of $343,403 232 which use np annu
ally $407,303 563 worth of material, with
which $641 354 411 worth of manufactured
goods is tnmed ont. The aggregate pay of
the 304,551 men, 52 080 women and 31,740
chiloreu employed iu these concerns is
$121 339.562. This is the fourth division of
the oonutry, but, in view of the wonderful
new life these war ridden States are giving
evidence of, it is not certain that they will
remain under that classification many years
more. *
II- me Heniity.
A tasteful woman can makes garret beau
tiful and home-like, and at little cost; for
the bCBoty of home depends more upon an
educated and refined taste than upon mere
wealth. If (here is no artist in the house, it
matters little that there is a large balance at
the bank. There is nsaally no better excuse
for a barren home than ignorance or care
lessness. A little mechanical skill can make
brackets and shelves for the walls. A
thoughtful walk in the woods can gather
Laves aud lichens and fern* for adorning
ihe uapictond rooms. A trifle saved from
d-ily expenses can now and again put a new
bank upon table or shelf. The expenditure
of a few shillings can convert the plain win
dow iuto a conservatory. In these aud fifty
other ways can a plain, bare room be con
verted into a scene of beauty.
Warning <« | v hikilil 4 1in-,'o»rg.
There is just one thing that h.ae not been
said about climbing the py ramies, and 1
have it deep -seated conviction that it is re
solved for me to proclaim that one thing.
The pyramids are death on breeches. Al
though 1 was equipped with a very respec
ter pair of pants when I began, I found
myself almost bereft of them when I reach
ed terra Anna again, and h«d to Bide along
on the homeward trip. This wrinkle is
thrown ont gratuitously. I believe no wri
ter has been practical or philanthropic
enough to announce this fact. Get yonr
trousers lined with leather before yon stark
The private dwellings of Greece stood in
no ielation to the monumental pnblio build
ings. That we are acquainted with no Greek
house is a proof that mese were of the same
subordinate importance as was the family
in the Hellenic State. The house was noth
ing more than the scene of the family la-
bur-, and tamed modestly inward, confined
and simple chambers being grouped aronnd
a central court. The Greek spent most of
his time away from home, and it was only
at meal times aud for sleep that he songht
the retirement of his dwelling.
In January and February, 1780, the cold
was so intense that the harbor of New York
was so strongly bridged with ice that the
British dragged cannons over it from New
York to Staten I land. Knyphaosen was in
command of the city of New York, aud he
neoaoie alarmed for its s tfety, because thus
deprived of all the advantages of its insalar
situation. The pickets were doubled and
all the people put under arm-, so as to pre
vent a suprtse by patriots, who might cross
toe Hudson on the ioe.
“What is a yacht ?” was inquired of a
long, gaant oodder, who was lounging about
the wharf. "What’s a yot ?” said the fl-h-
erman. “Well, yon gets any sort of oraft
yon pleaee, and fills her np with liquor and
Magyars, and get yer frens on board aud
have a high old time, and that’s a yot”
THE NEW SOUTH.
Seventy Millions Invested in Indus
tries in Half a Year.
Baltimoee July 10.—The Biltimore Man
ufacturers' Record publishes its semi-annual
statement of the progress of the South,
showing that during the last six months
nearly $70,000 000 have been invested in
new industrial enterprises and in enlarging
those already established. For the pist two
months the amount invested was $13,744,-
000, a falling off from the earlier months of
the year, cine mainly to ihe nsnsl snramer
dullness. The list of new enterprises estab
lished daring the first half of the year shows
a wide range of industries, including cotton
mills, woolen mills, flour mills, saw and
planing mills, iron furnaces, agrionhural
implement factories, machine shops, foun
dries, cotton seed oil mills, fer'ilizer facto
ries, tobacco factories, ship-building yards,
paper nulls, aud many others T>»» pg/rn-
gate investments foot up $69 221 000 Ala
bama heading the li-t. with $13 840 000;
Kentucky $13,497 000; Virginia. $11 032 000;
Texas. $7 9"4: ieunes-ee, $4 849 000; Geor
gia, $3,759,000: Midland $2 832 000: N >-th
Garoliua, $2 638 000: West Virgo.in, $2 428,-
(XX): Tioui-iana. $1,830,000: S »’h Oiroliua,
$1,525)000: Florida, $1 506.000; Arkansas,
$780,000; Mississisp , $767,000.
One Widow and Her Spoons.
From thq Woman’s JotlfaaL
There is now residing in Massachusetts a
widow past 5)0 j ears of bi?b, who tells the fol
lowiug facts of her experience as a widow
with whom the law dealt. She married
young. To furnish her wedding on tit she
spun and wove. With the money thus earn
ed she laid in stores of useful things. Sil
ver spoons were among the ariieles thus
bought. By these she set special store, for
silver spoons in those days were not found
in e ■ ery house.
It was not loug before this yonng wife was
a widow. Then the law, which had given
ail she possessed to her husband, now inter
posed again to see that nothing whioh be
longed to the heirs of the hn-baud should
fall into the hands of the widow. The spoons
belonged to the husband; they would go to
his heirs. The young widow pleaded for her
spoons, and it was finally agreed that if she
would pay the money valne of them she
bight have them. Forthwith she began to
spin and weave, and with the money so
earned she bought back her spoons
By and by she married a second time, and
again the spoons belonged, according to
law, to the second hnsband. In pruoess of
time this hnsband also died. Again his
heirs were entitled to the spoons and to
maoh besides. Bat the taking of these oher
isbed articles gave so keen a hurt, that its
special pain yet survives. She still tells how,
for the third time, she earned the money
with which to pay for those spoons, and how
they were conceded to her only on her pay
ment of their money value One of her de
scendants of the third generation related
these facts to me the other day. They are
still vivid to the mind of the venerable wo
man, who dwells on the injustice of the law
to women.
The spoons and the personal property of
a wife or widow uow belong to her, but the
hnsband still has the life-nse of the real es
tate <>f his wife, and her children often live
at great disadvantage, deprived of what is
rightfully bat not legally t eirs.
General R iseorans is going to travel over
the country this s a miner and investigate the
soldiera’ homes A new one is to be estab
lished west of the Mississippi.
PERSONAL MENTION.
| What the People Are Doing and
Saying.
FAMHiIAJR CHAT ABOUT MF If
ANH WOMfiN
■ rT ,.^ r - l Heff.v E. Abbev has sold the Park
; Theater iu B >stou to Mi-s Lotta Crabtree.
j Augustine Smi’h pays $500 a month for
1 the cottage at Elberou iu which Garfield
, died,
| Birou Nathan Rothschild’s new private
i to be Lunched shortly, is the largest
: ui.d costliest in the world.
i James Watt’s old leather apron stiil hangs
I over toe visa in his work-hop, whioh is nre-
j served a- he If ft it at Heathfield Hall.
i G-m. Grant, as u-ual, is at Long Branch
i tor the summer. He is still q ljte )Hrae
! though he Has discarded his crutches for a
j cane.
j The recently appointed Governor of Alas
ka wOl receive $3 000 a year, and t e stlor-
ehcFi 6UerU1, S ' crt ’ turj 'Treasurer $2,500
The Princess of Wales appears from all
acc .unts to he as remarkable for retaining
her sweet temper, as the Prince is for cling-
mg to his sour mash odor.
Mrs. Gov Jarvis is a commanding figure
and has a lovely, intelligent taoe. She has
written a great deal tor the magazines, and
is a lady of unusual culture.
Walt Whitman is living in Cimden N J
in a house which he bought with the prol
etteds from the s.tle of his book b\ the Pliil-
ad'.-lphia publisher who relieved Osgood of
the “Leaves of Grass.”
Gen. L«w Wallace has visited the old
m - queat Hebron. The P, ince of Wales
his two sous ai.d the Emperor of Austria,
are the only other Ctiristians who have
passed its portals.
tuHtiifs. Verily, no one -... 4u.c
toat Henry is a great genius.
Mr Ferdinand W <rd s business engage
ment- are such that he oauuot join his less
talented, but more fortunate pirtner at
Long Branch. He is now a fa thful member
of the “Gan’t-get-away Club.”
It i« stated that the Queen has prohibited
the Prince of Wales trom attending any
dinner at which more thau fourteen guests
are preseut. She desn’t want to get the
heir apparent started on the fifteen puzzle.
John Kedy, the famous New York poli
tician, is said to have done the mason work
iu quite a number of buildings that are now
standing in that city. He owns one of the
finest residences there now, and is worth
half a million.
Benedict Arnold’s three sons, Richard
Henry and John, settled in Leeds and Gren
ville c .unties, Canada, on land granted to
their father. Their numerous descendants
in that part of the oountry are generally
held in high esteem.
Duke Charles, of Bavaria evidently be
lieves that teue hearts are more than coro
net-, for he has opened an eye and ear tn-
fi mary at. Tcgernsee, where indigent pa
tient- will be treated gratis on presentatii a
of a proper recommendation.
Mr. Stor-y, *he owner of the Chicago
Tune*, l- only 64 years old, but his life of
reuiarkabte activity has so weakened cer
tain meutel faculties that his family have
asked the Pro ate Court of Cook county to
appoint a conservator to take care of his
property.
The late E A Sothern. the aotor, althongh
re-i.iing iu Loud »u, was a citizen of the
United Slates. Recently Surrogate Rollins,
of New Y >rk city, handed over property
aud deposits valued at one hundred and
seventy five thousand dollars to Mr. Soth-
ern’s executors.
Mrs. Samuel McClellan, when she heard
the news of the battle of Luxiugton iD the
time of the Revolution, for joy planted
three elm trees in Woodstock, Ct. They are
uow the largest and most beautiful elm
trees in town. Mrs. McClellan was the
great-grandmother of George B. McClellan.
The late Paul Murphy played several
gaims of ohess with the great monareha of
Europe. He gallantly allowed Queen Vio-
to ia to beat him, but treated Napoleon III
and King William of Prussia very different
ly, giving them at fir t an advantage over
him and then sweeping them from the board
unmercifully. He was, before his health
gave way, a brilliant conversationalist and a
favorite member of society.
“M-8 E Tiily V. Battey, on the staff of the
New York Sun. is a most capable journalist.
Sue has been a descriptive writer for ten
years and has made a good salary all the
time. She is most highly valued by the
management.” ... -
The above paragraph, taken from tne
American Journalist, of Chioago, is far too
brief to do auy sort of justice to one of the
most dessrving women of the 19'h century.
She is a native of Georgia, of French and
English extraction. During the fifteen
year* sb© Hub b© o in Now Y' rkj flh© hfis'
w< itten for many of the leading daily and
weekly newspaoers. for Harper’s and other
M igxzmes. and is at present writing for the
Sun and for several Quarterlies of the first
rank. .
E litorial sr’to'es, report-, correspond
ence, de-orrpnve writing, and all bnsioesa
connected wi h the responsible position
she holds, are all delightfal possibilities of
her gifted pen. Her business integrity is of
the very highest order, and concerning her
nnimpea- h ble characer a critic O ioe re
marked with more troth than elegance:
• Em ly Battey is a woman that dirt won’t
B'iok to 1” Highly cultured, of gentle pres
ence, and wi h the most genial manners
imaginab e, Mrs. Battey is a charming,
well-bred lady, moving in the beat social
circles.