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THE SUNNY SOUTH
nanmi on.
Reminiscences of Distinguished
Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transoircd at
the National Capital
**T BEN. PEBLV POOBE.
NO. 136.
“Earthquake Allea.”
Among many interesting incidents In the life
of “E irthqua'se Allen," a sobriquet which his
powerful voice gained him, was bis account of
his visit to Andrew Jackson, late on the night
of March 3,1837. Mr. Allen bad come to Wash
ington to enter the Senate at noon the next day,
when the presidential term of Gen. Jackson
would expire. Ou reaching the Wnlte House,
Mr. Allen, who was well-known to the attend
ants, was showa Into the President’s bed cham
ber. Chief-J ustlce Taney and Senator Forsythe
of Georgia, afterward minister to Spain and
Secretary of State, were already In the room,
and Jackson himself, active and to a certain ex'
tent restless, as usual, stood In the middle of
the floor, smoking a short corn-cob pipe. He
congratulated Allen warmly upon his election
to the Senate, and then, calling to a young
Irishman who acted as bis body servant and
waiter, turned to his visitors and said:
“Gentlemen, I think the occasion will war
rant me In breaking over one of my own rules.
Let us drink a little Madeira.”
The wine was brought. J ackson took a small
glassful—it was the first liquor he had been
known to touch for several months—and then,
asking his friends to excuse him for a few mo*
ments, he finished writing a letter upon which
he was engaged, sealed, directed it, and light
ing hts cob pipe again, took a whiff or two, and
stood silently watching the face of a great, tall,
old-fasbioued clock which stood In one corner.
It was five minutes before midnight, five min.
utes before the beginning of the day upon which
Andrew J ackson would cease to be President
of the United States. Slowly the minute-band
moved round the dial. The silence in the room
became almost painful. It was broken by the
clear, sharp bell of the clock striking the last
hour of a day which had gone forever. Then
Jackson, starting suddenly and looking to
ward his friends, said, with a quick, nervous
laugh:
"tientlemen, I am no longer President of the
United States, but as good a citizen as any of
you.”
Suhseq lently be expressed to them a feeling
of great relief at the prospect of escaping from
the official cares which had begun to weigh
most heavily upon him, saying ro Allen, among
other things of the some sort: ‘T am very glad
to get away from all this excitement and both
er.”
That day Van Burenwas inaugurated Presi
dent of the United States, and Jackson, at the
end of his second term, left the White House-
left it so poor that he was obliged to borrow
from his friends $5000 with which to rebuild
“Hermitage,” his old family mansion, which
some time before had Deen burned to the
ground.
The Expulsion of .Simonton from
the flou*c.
Early in the third session of the Thirty-fourth
Congress, it was intimated that corrupt inlijen-
ces were being exercised to secure laud grauts
for public irn irovemeuts at the Northwest. Fi
nally, J. W. Simonton. the Washington corres
pondent of tile New York Times, asserted in a
published letter that certain representatives
had approached him, and had desired to know
whether they could not, through him, procure
money lor their votes on certaiu bills before the
House. An investigation was ordered hy a com
mittee of the House, of which James L. Orr, of
South Carolina, was the chairman. Mr. Simon
ton, in answer to the question, “Who made
these communications to you?” replied that he
^y^k^gj^^jwaj^^withoiit^i^dishonorabl^
breach~of confidence.” The committee gave
him five days for reflection, and then recalled
him, when the same question was propounded,
and he repeated his declination to answer. For
this refusal and contempt of authority, Simon-
tou was brought before the bar of the House to
show cause why he should not be punished for
contempt. He read a verbose attempt to de
fend his course, but refused io give auy infor
mation and the House ordered mm into the cus
tody of the sergeantat-arius. He was kept in a
room near the National Hotel, where he board
ed and was visited by his wife and friends. He
persistently refused to give the names of those
members to whom be had referred, and the
House, on the last day of the session, expelled
him from his reoorter’s seat on the floor.
During tne debate on the Simonton case, a
representative named Paine rose in his place
and intimated that he had been approached
with the offer of a pecuniary bribe by auother
member of tne House, who. as a friend and ad
vocate of a certain measure then pending be
fore Congress—the Minnesota laud bill—had
sought by such corrupt means to secure his
vote Tills created quite a sensation, and it was
soon wuispered about that it was Mr. Francis
S Edwards a representative from New York,
who had made the offer. The case was referred
to the investigating committee, which, after ex-
ammation, reported a resolution near tlieciose
o the session sutingtnat Mr. Edwards had at
tempted to make Mr. Paine vote contrary to the
dictates of his judgment and conscience, by
homing out a pecuniary consideration lor the
support of the oil!, and declaring that he beex-
pefled from the House. Mr. Edwards, after the
resolution for his expulsion had been read, ad
dressed the House, declaring that he “wasas
free in ills own heart from any interest to do
wrong as any member of the body.” The
House, nevertheless, expelled him.
O B. IHatteMin.
Another case was that of O. B. Matterson, a
member from New York, who was accused with
being oue of those who had entered into corrupt
combinations for the purpose of passing land
t,?h« Tames 8 Pike, correspondent ol the New
fcork Triune afterwards a member of Con
gress testified that Matterson had said that he
Ind hD associates *ad ?atd when a radroad bi
lovvslnus^have'a^wjtlon^of land.^Soum of*these
sr°“Lr” p w
! m an ulac til ring company was to be distributed
* “JJJy%hn»e who aided in securing desired leg-
fsTallon and that a check for $1000 had been
sent to*Horace Greeley for the same Purpose
i!*r MiLtierson claimed to have been seized with
Whkt w« known as the National Hotel disease,
**•? jm a nn7 anuear before the committee at. first.
After'healing^good deal of evidence the com-
^Otee reuoned a resolution, which the House
stating that Mr. Matteson bad falsely
assailed and defamed the character
ho and had proved himself unworthy
as,e
was inexpedl^tor the House to take any fur-
White House, -here
rtsassafoSSSS.j'hJssi:
the North visiting the Sj.ith. He^ preJudi .
If they went SuQtb with «iny P warm hearts
ces they were all r emoved h? lh m “ fronl the
they there found. Although tney c not
North, he knew that the coia e Winu» s was
chill the hearts of Knights ^ lenl to rescue
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EMfflgfftfhre ^precious
This Union had Deen left to us as a of
legacy by our ancestors j»fl,Wwa g t , he hero es
all ol us to carefully guar ug and to
of the Revolution had president Bucb-
preserve it for ages to co• , Q freemasonry
anan had never gone big t bg
than the degree of the “h*' '
a great Interest in the Institution.
NOCTES HEH0BA6ILES.
BY -‘B. ■§.’
Dramatis Persona.
The Doctor—a bachelor, age 50.
The Judge—a bicbelor. age 45.
The Professor—a bachelor, (suspect) age 30.
The MADAH-a widow, (landlady) age uncertain,
The Imp—landlady’s hopeful, age Irrelevant.
Time—Night.
Scene—Bachelor’s Apartments In a Down-
street Boarding-House.
Copyrighted by the Author. AU rights rese rved
SECOND NIGHT.
The Judge and the Professor seated engaged
in conversation The door opens and the Doc
tor enters takes a vacant chair and sits looking
gloomily into the fire.
The Prof. : Why, my dear Doctor, what In
the world is the matter w'th you? I never saw
you look so glum In all my life before. Has
some rich patient with a chronic disease taken
it Into bis foolish and disobliging head to die—or
to get well? or have you, troubled with some of
the Ills that the rest of flesh Is heir to, been so
very thoughtless as to try the effect of some of
your own prescriptions?
The Doctor: I’ll let that go by this time,
Will; for I am in no mood to quarrel with you
now. The fact Is, I am sad—very sad, gentle
men. I have but just this hour returned from
the death bed of one of my patients—a lovely
young lady in the very bloom of youtb and beau
ty; and the Incidents surrounding her, and her
untimely fate, have set me thinking and made
me serious.
The Prof.: Forgive me, Doctor, my Ill-
timed levity. I bad no idea there was anything
really serious In your mind. You know I would
not jest with sorrow, nor speak lightly of sacred
things intentionally. Come tell us about it.
The Doctor; ft would be quite a long story
and 1 am no hand at story-telling. Will. Be
sides you must have known the young lady as I
have In order to^feel the interest in her that I
do. And It seems to me something like sacre-
llge to speak of her to those who cannot enter
fully into sympathy with the story. There are
some lives that are sacred. Some names not to
be spoken exespt when none but loving ears
may hear—and this is one of them. But excuse
me tonight.
The Judge: Now, Doctor,if you are aiming
to arouse our curiosity so as to Insure good at
tention to tne story you are Intending to tell, let
me say to you that you can spare yourself that
pains. It is entirely unnecessary. I am in one
of my listening moods to night. But in good
earnest, I would like to hear it. Wbat is of in
terest to you who are almost dally meeting with
such scenes, must certainly prove Interesting to
us who are less favorably situated—or unfavor-
ablv. as vou please to term it.
The Doctor: I did not refer so much to
the scene of tne young lady’s death, Judge, as
I did to the history of her life. Death is death,
and is pretty much the same, in itself, at aii
times aud in all places. But ouly when viewed
in relation to the life just comiug to a close does
it become heroic, tragic, sad, triumphant or oth
erwise. In fact, I don’t like to call it death; I
prefer to speak of It as the close of life. You
don’t see the difference? Ido. You thus asso
ciate the two, aud a moment’s thought will
serve to convince you that whatever of interest
or importance attaches to any death scene,
must be drawn from the life that has led up to
it. It is but the dropping of the curtain—imlt
self of no importance except for the scene tnat
it shuts out from our sight. If it goes down at
the end of the play upon a performance well
and faithfully done, a feeling of satisfaction, of
fitness, softens the regret that it is over; and
while we turn away with the feeling that it
would be very sweet if such things here had no
end. yet we recognize the fact that they must
have, aud we feel that it is well when tne eDd
conies—at the end 1 But not so do we turn away
when, perhaps, it may be hut in the middle act,un
seen hands ring down the curtain to rise no more.
Tbe nlot in wliich we had been so interested
is never worked out. All is left unfinished and
unsatisfactory. Such a death was that of the
young lady tonight. I had been waiting upon
ner for some time, and finding her exceedingly
sprightly and interesting, 1 often staid to con-
veise witn her for till a few days ago none of
us thought her seriously ill—and in this way
gradually drew from her something of her his
tory; little thinking that the cruel hand of
Doath was already poised above the fair white
page to write his “finis'’ just beneath the sweet
ly opening lines! Sue was as beautitul, too, as
she was intelligent. I see you smile, Judge, at
my speaking of her beauty; but it was a beauty
more of the soul, perhaps, than of the body—the
radiance of a pure, proud spirit full of high arn-
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PORTRAITS ATI) BIOGRAPHIES
OF DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson Davis was born in Christiana county,
Kentucky, June 31.1808 Daring bis childhood
bis father removed to tbe 8rate of Mississippi.
He graduated from the West Point Military
Academy In 1828 and served wbh distinction
against tbe Indians until 1835 when he resigned
bis commission, returned to Mississippi, and
married tbe daughter of General Taylor, after
wards President of the United States. Hebe
came a cotton planter and continued In tbe bus
Iness until 1843, when he interested himself in
politics as a Democrat, and took a prominent
part In the election of P >lk. He was sent to the
JEFFKRaON DAVIS.
House in 1845 and took an important part in the
debates ou tne tariff, the Oregon question, the
preparations for the Mexican war, etc. Upon
the breakiug out of this contest, he was elected
colonel of the Mississippi regiment of volun
teers, when he resigned his seat in Congress and
' ined the army of General Taylor on the ltio
Grande. He was engaged in the storming of
Monlery and the battle of Buena Vista At the
close of the war he was offered by President
Polk the rank of brigadier -onera! of volun
teers, but declined it. In 1847 he was elected
senator for Mississippi; in 1350 he became chair
man of the Committee on Military Affairs, and
was distinguished by the energy with which he
defended slavery, and by his zealous advocacy
of S ate rights. In 1851 he resigned bis seat in
the Senate to enter uoou a canvass for Franklin
Pierce, who on being elected President, ap
pointed Mr. Davis secretary of war. He was
again elected a senator in 1858; hut the election
of Lincoln in 1860 and the consequent secession
movement, caused him to withdraw. When the
movement received shape and form, he was
chosen provisional President of the Confederate
States, February 4di. 1861. In 1862 he was
elected as President for six years. After the
fall of Richmond, President Davis, wnile en
deavoring to mane his escape, was captured at
Irwlnsviile, Georgia, May 10th, 1865, and re
mained a prisoner at Fortress Monroe for two
years, awaiting trial. He was released on bail
in the summer of 1867 aud all proceedings
Benjamin Harvey HilL
On May 1st 1886 the statue of the late Senator
Hill, of Georgia, is to be unveiled at Atlanta,
Georgia The unvetliog will he made the occa
sion of much just eulogy, for Hill was tne idol of
the South, and the tributes in his memory at
the time of his death are still fresh in the mind
of the reader. Benjamin Harvey Hill was born
in Jasper county Ga., S ’otember 14, 1823 He
graduated at the State Uuivershy in 1844 and
entered the profession of law at La Grange, Ga.,
In 1845. In 1851 he was elected a member of tbe
legislature from Troup county, aDd in 1856 was
elector at large on the Flimore ticket, and in
1857 ran on the American ticket for Governor,
but was defeated. In 1859 he was sent to the
State Senate and in 1860 was an elector on tbe
Bell and Everett ticket. He was a member of
the sfceession committee of January 1861. and
was an earnest advocate for tbe Union until the
ordinance of secession was passed when be cast
his fortune with hts State. He was elected to
tbe provi donal Confederate Congress that met at
Montgomery, Ala., February, 1861, and was sub
sequently elected to the Senate, serving there
BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL.
nntll the close of the war. He was arrested at
his home in LtGrange in 1865, and confiued at
Ft. Layfayette until tne July following, when
he was released on parole. In 1867 he presided
at the Macon convention, for the purpose of re
organizing tne democratic party. He was op
posed to the reconstruct >n programme of Con
gress He supported the Greeley movement, a id
ou this line of policy compered, in January 1873.
for a seatin the United States Senate. His
competitors were Gen Jno. B. Gordon, who,
though be supported Mr. Greeley as tbe nomi
nee of his party, disapproved of the principles
set forth in the “New Department” platform,
and Alexander H. Stephens, wUo bad utterly
opposed to the electiou of Greeley, as well as
any departure from the principles of Jefferso
nian Democracy. In this triangular coutest
Gen Gordon bore off the niim, but Mr. Hill was
elected r (t the Senate in 1877. He died August
10 -h 1882.
John B Gordon.
John B Gordon, ex United States Senator
for Georgia, is a representative son of the south.
He was born In Upson county, Georgia, Feb. 6,
1832. and was educated at the University of
Georgia. After elaborate preparaiions he was
admilted to the bar. He established a law
practice, but soon relinquished it. At the be
ginning of the 1 ite “unpleasantness” he entered
the Confederate army, serving as captaiu of the
( *
Judge Kelley
irniag aZxAlMe ^ .ix:. SB.
lying every feature. I have observed hetYUose-
ly, or thought 1 did, and yet 1 cannot teli iVlietb
er her eyes were light or dark. I only know
that they were such eyes as I had never seen
before—only remember that they beamed with
an intelligence and a spiritual beauty that no
beholder capable of understanding and appre
ciating could ever forget. Hers was a face—the
ouly one I ever saw—that one could remember
vividly aud yet not be able to recall a single In
dividual feature. She was just turned into her
twentieth year; and was a pupil in the
school of this city, attending her second year
here, and was a member of tbe graduating class.
Her home was in one of the Southern States—
no matter which. Her parents were in but mod
erate circumstances, aud Mina—for that was tbe
child’s name—was the oldest of a family of sev
eral girls. Her parents were unable to give her
the opportunities she desired, and so she set
about the task herself. At the age of sixteen
she began teaching in the public schools for the
purpose of acquiring means sufficient to com
plete her own education, when, as she told me,
she meant to educate and assist in tbe support
of her younger sisters. Sue spake of them often,
and was never weary of talking of them or ol
her plans for their happiness and welfare. From
letters that she showed me I gathered—what 1
had no need of them to tell me—that she was
the sunlight of her home, the darling of the
household aud the pride and hope of her parents.
Long before any cf us thought of her being seri
ously ill she seemed to have had a premonition
of her approaching death, and several times
spoke to me of it, sometimes beseeching me with
tears not to let her die. Yet, even then, she had
not a siugle thought of self. Her great desire to
live was for those whose happiness and welfare
she knew was to a great extent inlinked aud in
terwoven in her life—to finish the work she had
piauued, the work of love for those she loved
aud by whom she was so tenderly beloved. It
was in these conversations she opened to me. as
a child might to Us father, the windows of her
soul, and I saw the holiest of ail holy things up
on this world of ours—the secret, sacred depths
of a pure aud noble woman's loving aud ambi
tious heart. The human soul, whatever it may
be in life, is true itself when it sits conscious
under tbe shadow of the wing of death. That is
no fiction of your science. Judge, that declares
tbe stateimnts of a dying man to be of equal
value with nis oath. I’d rather have one such
statement than a hundred oaths. I tried at first
to laugh away tbe chilling shadow that seemed
to have settled over her; but when 1 saw at last
that it was more than shadow, I armed myself
with all my-art to measure my strength with
dread invisible, for that bad already marked
her for bis prey. But, like many another, it was
an unequal contest. Jtisaterrible thing, Judge,
to battle with death when he is hungry for his
prey—with your poor, puny human strength
to stand guard above some loved aud lov
ing, trusting treasure upon which tbe re
lentless, Insatiable monster has fixed his
greedy eye. I never felt so keenly before how
poor, bow very poor was all my skill, as when 1
found my utmost arts could not avail me to
lengthen out tnat sweet yoUDg life so beautiful,
so unselfish and so full of promise. But she is
gone. Young, just entering her twentieth year,
ambitious and gifted with far more than ordina
ry taleuts of head and heart, she is called away,
and all the promises of a noble, useful life left
unfilled forever. It has set me thinking as I
have never thought before. The old, old ques
tions will stui keep coming up: Can such things
be right? Why must the young and iha beauti
ful die? Icanfludno answer. Tne dealh of
the aged full of years and honors has in it some
thing of tbe tranquil beauty of a cloudless au
tumn sunset. It is so natural that the sere and
yellow leaves—their greeness and freshness
long ago departed—should fall gently down to
rest upon the bosom of tbe cool, moist mother
earth, that the mournful rustle of the dry, dead
withered things as they heap themselves togeth
er In tbe woodland hollows, has scarcely power
to awaken a pensive thought. It is so fitting
that the rich, ripened grain should be garnered
in that tbe song of the reaper, blithe aud merry
as it is. scarcely jars upon even th- most sensi
tive poet-soul. Bo when life has been lived io
its full; when all its promises have been proved,
its cups of mingled joy and sadness all been
drunk; when the soft rosy light of its morning,
the glitter and glare of tis noonday, have given
Diace to the somber gray of evening—at such a
lime, to the weary traveler, near his journey’s
end death comes as the messenger of welcome
tidings, with tbe smile of love upon his brow,
and the light of rest and peace upon his wings.
But when, as to-night, upon the bounding heart
of the young and beautiful, laughing in the rosy
light of hope and thrilled with brigat anticipa
tions of life all lengthening out before It and ra
diant with promise—when upon such a heart he
lavs his icy band to still its beating, then only
do we feel him to be the cruel remorseless mon
ster, the insatiable fiend that he is—and we hale
him ' CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
K Y'J'E FIELD.
JOHN B. GORDON.
against him disconlimied. He visited Europe, be
came nresident of a life insurance company, and
in 1881 wrote “The Rise and Fall of the Confed
eracy.” After a lapse of almost a quarter of a
century of retirement, Mr. Davis consented,
upon tue earnest solicitation of friends, to take
pat .lie unveiling of the monument to the
late senator B. H. Hill, or Georgia, on May lit,
1886 Ou his way to Atlanta he was given an
ovaliou at Montgomery, Alabama, which en
tirely eclipsed anything like it in the South.
The people were absolutely wild with enthusi
asm, hut whilst houoriim the man who twenty-
five years ago entered Montgomery to take the
oath of office as President of the Confederacy,
the citizens recognized the fact that Jefferson
Davis is no longer a factor in the political affairs
of the Union.
Kate Field.
Miss Kate Field, who is so outspoken against
th-- Mormons, is known to every school boy by
her writings. Her sketches ou the follies and
foibles of tne human race have been widely read
and she has, in her lectures, been listeued to by
thousands of receptive persons. Her stand
against what she calls “Tue Mormon Monster”
has brought her into fresh prominence. In
speaking of the. subject, she says: “Give them
whatever they are most opposed to. Whatever
they don’t wmt, make them nave. Their objec
tion to auy United States tffieer makes it sure
that he is the right man to nave there.” Kate
infantry. He was promoted In succession to the
rank of major lieutenant colonel, brigadier gen
eral, major general and then to the command
of the -Second Army Corps.” He became
prominent towards the close ot the war, and es
pecially distinguished himse'f during the pro
tracted siege of Peteisburg by General Grant.
At the surrender of Appomatnx Court House,
Gordon’s division numbering 8000 men was all
lhat remained uuder arms. He was a brave
and gallant soldier and wa« severely wounded
on several occasions. In 1868 he ran for gov
ernor of Georgia on he Democratic ticket and
his election was claimed by his party; his oppo
nent, Rufus H. Bullock, was however declared
elected aud;took his seat. During the same
year Mr. Gordon was a delegare of 'he Demo
cratic National Convention from Georgia, in
the Convention ol 1872 lie represented his native
state as Delegate i Large. He was a presiden
tial elector In 1860 and 1872 During the latter
v«ar tie was chosen to represent, Georgia in the
United S ates Senate as a Democrat succeeding
tne R-‘publican incumbent. Joshua Hill. He
took his seat March 4 h, 1873, and at once be
came a party-leaner, being recognized for bis
eloquence and ability. In 1879 he was chosen
to succeed himself, but io 1886 resigned his com
mission. Although a Soutuernor by birth and
conviction, bis maxim was “bear and forbear;”
he was one of the few Democrats to give a mod
erate support to President Hayes. Among oth-
e;s his name was prominently mentioned as one
HON. LEOPOLD VON BANKE.
Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was
educated In Massachusetts and Europe. She
enjoyed the friendship, during the later years
of nis life, of Wiper Savage Landor, who was a
volunteer in the Peninsular war and there at
tained the rank of colonel. He was also the au
thor of the charming, “Imaginary Conversations
of Literary Men and Statesmen.” During her
stay In Europe Miss Field was the corresnond-
ent of the Boston Courier and Transcript and
the New Orleans Picayune and afterwards the
well known “(Draws Jr.,” ot the Springfield Re
publican in 1867. She was also a frequent con
rnbutor to the New York Tribune, Chicago 7Yi-
bune. Philadelphia Press and the various Lon.
doujottr -i. Many of her articles have ap
neared in tue Atlantic Monthly and other mag-
azines. She is an able dramatic critic and in
1874 made her first appearance on the stage as
“Peg Woffington,” in Booth’s Theatre, N.Y.
Sue is the author of '‘Pen Photographs ol
Dickens’ Headings,” “Ten Days in Spain,” etc.
etc.
Peoples, from 1494 to 1535,” and “A Critique up
on the Later Historians,” published iu 1824
tracted so much attention that he was Invited
to Berlin in 1825. as Professor Extraordinary of
History In tbe University, and was sent. In 1327,
by the Prussian Government to Vienna. Rome,
aud more particularly to Venice, to examine the
historical materials there deposited. The first
fruits of these investigations were “The Princes
and People of Southern Europe In the 17 ;h and
18th centuries.” and “ The Conspiracy against
Venice In 1688,” fWlowed by the “Pone of Rome,
their Cburcn and their State in the 16 h and 17th
centuries.” The work In which Ranke displays
tbe most laborious investigation, and tbe great
est completeness of form. Is his “German His
tory in tbe Times of the Reformation.” His
works have been translated into English by
Mrs. Austin and Mr. Scot'. In addition to the
above mentioned works. Ranke edited, in 1832,
the Historical and Political Gazette, whlcn he
was compelled 10 discontinue on account of its
liberal tone. He published “Annals of the Ger
man Monarchy under tbe House of Saxony,”
followed by “Nine Books of Prussian History,”
“Civil Wars and Monarchy;” Ferdinand I. and
Maxmilian I. of Austria. Tu 1841 he was ap
pointed Historiographer of Prussia, and in 1848
was elected to tbe National Assembly at Frank
fort. He was ennobled lu 1866 His recent
works comprise a “History ol Wallenstein,”
“Tne Germau Powers aDd the League of Prin.
ces.” a “History of England.” “Frederick the
Great,” “Frederick William IV. and a “World’s
History.”
Hon. George Bancroft.
On April 27r.b, 1886. the third annual meeting
of the American Historical Association was held
In the lecture hail of the Columbian University,
Washington, D. C. The president of the Asso
elation is Hon. George Bancroft, and It counts
among its members some of the most learned
men of Europe and America. Tbe association,
although but three years of age, promises to
eclipse all other Institutions of its kind. Tbe
Hon. Leopold von Ranks was recently made an
honorary member. George Bancmft was born
at Worcester, Mass., October 3rd, 1800. Heen-
tered Harvard in 1813 and graduated in 1817
Almost Immediately afterwards he went abroad
where he remained for five years, studying at
Gottingen and Berlin, and travelling through
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Great Brit
ain, wheu he made the personal acquaintance
of many of the leading European scholars. He
received the degree ot Ph. D •” Gottingen, 1820
and returning to America iu 1822 was for a year
Greek tutor in Harvard, iu 1823. In conjunc
tion with Dr. Josepn Coggsweli, be founded the
Round Hill Sellout at Northampton. Mass. Tbe
same year he published a volume of poems, and
in 1824 a translation of Heeren’s “Politics of
Ancient Greece.” He was at this time medi-
tatiug and collecting materials for his “History
of the Uuited States,” »h« first volume of which
appeared in 1834 In 1835 he removed to Spring-
field, Mass , wuere ue resided for three years,
and completed the second volume of his btsto
rv. In 1838 he was appointed Collector of the
Port of boston, a position which he held until
1341, being also a frequent speaser at political
meetings, and still keeping up bis historical la
bors. Tlie third volume of his history appe ir-
ed in 1840. In 1844 he was democratic candidate
for governor Massachusetts, but was not
elected. In 1845 be entered Polk’s Cabinet as
Secretary ot tue Navy, and also served for a
month as Acting Secretary of War. tn 1846 he
was sent as Minister to Great Britain, where he
successfully urged upon me British government
the adoption of more liberal navigation laws,
and was especially earnest in vindicating tbe
rights of persons naturalized as citizens of the
United States. During his residence in Europe
be made use of every opportunity to perfect bis
collection ol documents relating to Americau
history. He returned to the United States in
1849, took up his residence in New York, and
set about the preparation of the remainder of
his history. The fourth aud fifth volumes were
published in 1852: the sixth appeared in 1854;
the seventh iu 1858; tbe eighth in 1860; fheoiuth
in 1866. aud the tenth and last iu 1874 This
brings the narrative to tne close of tbe Revolu-
tiouary war and completes the body of the work.
He Is still, however, engaged upon siinolemen-
tary volumes, two of which issued iu 1882 under
the title, “History of the Foundation of the
Constitution of the Uuited Stales.” After his
return from Europe he for many years devoted
hiniself wholly to literary labor. In February,
1866. he delivered before Congress au address
iu memory of Abraham Lincoln. In May, 1867.
be was appointed Minister to Prussia; in 1868
he was accredited to the North German Con
federation ; and in 1871 to the German Empire.
He was recalled from bis mission at his own re
quest in 1874 During his mission to Germany
several important treaties were concluded with
the various German States, relating especially
to tbe naturalization of Germans in America.
He is a member of numerous learned societies
both at home and abroad. In 1855 he published
a volume of “MlscellPtdes,” comprising a por
tion of me articles wWch'he had coutribiited to
the North American? ' eMeu\ He now resides
2 hts summers at
Newport, B. i. J P *** “
PERSONAL MENTION.
HON, GEORGE BANCROFT.
of the probable members of Cleveland’s Cabl
net. General Gordon chaperoned Jefferson
Davis, from the time that be arrived at Mont
gomery, Alabama. He was introduced as tbe
orator on the occasion of tbe laving of the cor
ner stone of tbe monument in memory of the
Confederate dead. The corner stone was laid
April 28th. 1886 Gen. Gordon and Mr. Davis
went to Atlanta together and all along the route
they were received with spontaneous welcome
by the people.
Hon. Leopold von Hanke-
Leopold von Banke, who was recently made
an honorary member ot tbe American Histori
cal Society, and who is one of tbe ablest histori
ans of todav, was born at Wiche tn Thuringia.
December 2ist,1795. He embraced the profes
sion of teacher, and in 1818 became head mas
ter of the Gymnasium at Frankfort-on-the-
Oder, devoting his leisure to historical studies.
“Tne History of the Boman and Germanic
What the People Are Doing and
Saying.
The Princess Clementine, of Denmark,
is 14 years old, and is delightfnlly piqu
ant.
Mme. Van Zmdt, still at Cannes, is worse
rather than better, and her recovery is
donbtfnl.
Miss Mary Anderson is reported to be ne
gotiating for a large stock ranch, near
North Platte, Neb.
Mme. Janausohek is the latest of the
foreign celebrities in this country to an-
nonnoe a farewell tour-
The death of Gen. Hanoook is said to
have plaoged Mrs. H snook into an almost
constant melancholy.
Judge T. Simmons, of Maoon, retires
from the gnbernatorial contest in Georgia.
The lace is now between Grodon and Ba
con.
It is again asserted that Prof. Bell, of tel
ephone fame, has given his deaf and dumb
wife $10,000,000. This should prove to all
wives that “silence is golden.”
Mme. Henri Greville, the French novelist,
was boycotted in Montreal by the clerical
French press for her Republican ideas ex
pressed in her “Manual dTnstrnotion.”
John Howard Bryant, the brother of
William Cullen Bryant, is still living in
Princeton, III. He is 80 year of age, an en
thusiastic lover of nature and still writes
verse.
General John C. Black, who in his capa
city as United States Pension Commission
er draws $5,000 a year salary out of the pub
lic treasury, is paid a soldier’s pension of
$100 a month.
A policy for $0,000 on the life of the
Queen, with bonuses of $1,995, aud an an
nual premium of $1”G 25, was lately offered
for sale at a London auction mart, bnt at
tracted no bidder.
Mrs. Abba Gonld Wilson, author of
George Eliot and Her Heroines.” has been
ohoRen poet of the centennial anniversary
of the oity of Portland. Me., whioh takes
place on the Fourth of Jnly.
Miss Marie A. Brown, an American lady
who has done some excellent work as a
tranlator of Scandinavian authors, has
been leoturing on Sweden and Norway at
the Crystal Palaoe London. Her leotores
have attraoted a great deal of attention.
John W. Hood and Miss Ida Boaring, of
Orland, Colusa County, wished to get mar
ried, bnt as Hood was only 18 they oonld not
seonre a lioense. Tnerefore they drew op
a oivil contract and plaoed it on record, re
maining perfectly satisfied, apparently,
that they had oiroamvented the law.—San
Francisco Alta.
The Emperor William has purchased for
20,000 marks the original manuscript of the
German national song, “Die Waoht Am
Rhein.” The manuscript oame into the
possession of{M. Manuel I, a Swiss forest in
spector, living at Berthond, near Berne,
through the oironmstanoe of his being the
exeoutor of Herr Soheneokenbarger, the
author of the song.
Last Sunday, in New Orleans, two female
base-ball dabs were playing a game, when a
young man rushed on to the field, seized the
pitcher by the book of the neck, and “bonno-
ed” her in the direotion of the gate. The
orowd screamed for » polioeman, bnt the
yonng man said: “This is my sister and I’m
going to take her home.” He did.
QUIZ COLUMN.
Notes, tileries and Answers.
Beautitul Snow.
H. E. M., Montgomery, Ala., asks: Who Is
tbe author ot “Beautiful Snow?”
Several claim it, and really tbe true author is
not known positively. There has been some
thing of a controversy in the papers about It,
and that is all that is known, bnt the author is
not known; no one connected with the Sunny
South wrote it, we are very positive as to that.
Will the Editor or some of the readers please
furnish me with a piece of oo»trv called “Briar
Rose,” through the Sunny South?
Subscriber.
Unlucky Friday.
Mary P., Covington, Ga.: “why is Friday
looked upon as an unlucky day?”
Old superstition that has been banded down,
no doubt, by the old Christian fathers, because
our Lord was crucified on that day; and again,
it is now foolishly made the hanging day. Some
superstitious people have predicted that this
year, 1886, will be the most unlucky of all the
years, for the reason that the new year came in
on Friday and will go out on Friday. There
will be fifty-three Fridays in this year, and five
of the months will have five Fridays In them—
January, April, July, October, December.
Thunder and Lightning.
S. P. K., Selma, Ala.: “What part of the
United States is there. If any, where thunder
and lightning do not occur at aDy time?”
There Is a desert in Nevada, and In other ter
ritories out West, where there is never any rain.
The lava beds are In a desert place in Nevada
in or near what is known as the Ralston Desert.
Unloved HuMband.
T. Y. K., Memphis, Tenn.: “Can you tell me
wnat to do with a wife who tells her husband
tnat she does not love him and only married him
for a home, yet, before marriage, vowed the
warmest of love for him?”
If you cannot win her love as a husband by
fond attention, and excite In her heart the feel
ings of a true and devoted wife, then let her
have a home; but give her to understand that
she stands psrjnred in your si.;ht aud feelings,
and that she is to you nothing but a marital
fraud, a deception aud a hypocrite. Treat her
politely, but with a cold aDd formal politeness.
Limit her as to money in her monthly expenses,
nd if slie is satisfied with such a home, all right
on her part. She certainly wanted a home very
much Indeed.
Affection—Love.
Sweetheart, Macon: “Is it a proper expres
sion for a young lady or a young man to say
they have an affection for each other? Is not
affection the wrong word to use when courting?
Hal says not, but I say love is the only word to
use. We leave it to you; what say you? ’
You are right, Sweetheart, there is no such
thing as affection in courting. The word love
is the only one, and it signifies passion, ardor,
desire, admiration. We have an affection for
our parents, brothers and sisters and relations,
but never lover. Affection is born within us,
and it is anooiigation more or less and always
an obligation to a good and affectionate parent.
You cannot possibly feel towards your brother
as you do towards your lover. The kiss is of
altogether a different nature, perfectly devoid
of desire or admiration, while that of lovers
thrill with emotional delight. One meaus affec
tion, tne other meaus a desire to possess. Love
is born of passiou and there could be no such
thing as love without passion. It would be a
very poor expression without it. You cau be
proud of your brother, but you will admire your
lover. You cau have an attachment for your
frleud, but you will have au affection for your
sister. Two girls cannot love each other, for it
is out of the order of nature, but they can have
a most binding attachment and admiration for
each other.
Men murder for love, they commit suicide for
love, they go crazy for love, they are guilty of all
kinds of follies and foolishness for love, but
never for a feeliug of aff >ction. Women do the
same things for love. We may grieve from af-
feeft^jn, tee] mortification, soirow and anguisn,
'«d and there is strong ’ r interested. But the
Jw- T*>e tjr«t atjiDon the heart aud mind
and not the feelings. Love, however, is a short
word, and it is made to mean any and every
thing. Love home, love pleasure, love good
eating, love good limes, etc. Enjoy, appreciate,
etc., are the right words. We say we love God,
it should be we adore or reverence Gad. We
cannot love that which we adore ana pray to;
adoration is the proper expression to express
the real emotions of the soul. The Bible trans
lation is all wrong on that point.
iHagntilias.
P. R. S , Lynchburg. Va.: “Can you tell me
anything about the different magnolias?”
There are several kinds of magnolias, and
some are early bloomers. The most conspicu
ous is the Chinese Yulan Magnolia. The bush
grows to the height of 30 feet, aud the pure
white, lily-sbaped blossoms appear in advance
of the foliage. M tgnolia Stellata is a Japanese
variety of great beauty, aud is the earliest of
all. The blossoms like those of the first named
variety, are pure white and are very fragrant,
aud appear before the leaves expand. The bush
is not large. There are other imported varie
ties which bloom early. O ir common magnolia
grow upon trees of large size, aud the flower is
pure white and fragrant. Of course, (lowers
hloomaccording to climate and temperature. A
flower which blooms in Georgia m April and
May, will bloom North in June.
Queeu Victoria*.** Salary.
P. R A., Uuiversitv of Virginia: “Please
tell me tne salary of Qaeen Victoria, and how
much more than that of the President?”
The total civil list of appropriation for her
Majesty is£385,000. This amount is distributed
as follows: Privy purse, £60,000; salanies of
household, £131 260; royal bounty, etc., £13.200.
The salary proper is £60,000, or $300,000. In ad
dition, the reveuues ot the Ducnv ot Lancaster
go to swell the income of tne Queen, which Is
about £45 000 or $225,000. The Q teen can man
age by close economy to live comfortably.
THE FLOWERS OF SUV.
I.
In the meadows green they’re blooming,
Wheie the merry lambkins play,
And the ambient air perfuming
Where the lowing cattle stay.
By the brooklet softly flawing,
In the sweetness they are blowing,
Beauty to the earth bestowing,
Fair and fragrant flowers of May.
II.
Winter scarce its leave had taken,
Ere we saw the florets sweet,
Smilingly to life awaken,
Tne returning spring to greet.
Gayiy from the cold earth springing,
Diamonds to their petals clinging,
Promise of the summer bringing,
In their beauty all complete.
III.
Where It seems but yesterday,
Gli’tering ice and snow-drift lay,
Ye are blooming in your pride,
Gemming vale and mountain side.
To the whispering zephyrs bending,
To the air your perfumes lending.
While the joyous feathered throng
Welcome you with bursts of song.
And poets, also, tune the lay,
To hall you beauteous flowers of May.
—Boston Courier.
A dog while following his master about a
plantation in Florida, jumped a rabbit and
ohased it into the woods. The dog didn t
1 oome back, and nine days after was fonnd
with his head fast in the roots of a fallen
tree. The dog was released and, at onoe
tried to get under the tree, as if expeoting
to find the rabbit there yet. Aside from
losing flash the dog was all right.
France to-day is the most prosperous
oountry on the globe. She paid one thou
sand millions of dollars to Germany in five
years after the olose of the Franco-German
war, without feeling the loss. 8he has also
agreed to advance Count De Lesseps one
hundred and fifty million to finish the Pana-