About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1887)
ULLECTIOH jhidgment and thoughtless condemnation There is in this truth a philosophy as plain and profound as the laws of human nature? “In discussing this subject I shall indulge in no criticisms of other sections. If I know the spirit of this people, or my own, *-e love our faT thlt °iV Y h0le conntr y—from the simpie tact that it is our country. We would Strengthen, and not weaken, the bonds oTcor dial respect and fraternity that bind it to gether in a perpetual union of free and equal eiVmf' 1 8ba “ tte . r 110 hl 'g hl y Wrought tulo- "T evi , n mduI S e in commendations of tl.e South, other than those which are pro nounced by tho historic records of the mst l shall not ignore tho fact that this wn.9 a bio holding section, and‘tLaM^ 8 ™ a S,aye - Of slavery on the’So^h'ViSStoem Rut in the interest of truth, in the interest of s lithern yonth, in the interest of the wLoln Republic-which must live, if it lives at ail n hood ofaiTits’ the deyotif >“ and sleUingm’an- I shai, i„j£ e-ils (and they were many) of negro sl-ivm-v evr being 3* , ,“ In W fi r st p!ace - “will be admitted ner I t h hit^ b » tWhp ' bera ' J,uittpd ornot . “ is true— I l a ilYf.?5?-? 0 f C0 “?“y has ever produced a Shaking Across tho Bloody Chasm. VOICES OF THE RIVERS. l*r A \RTRRAjr. ^ere the Mhs!*Mpr.!> fl>w wIKEffi!"™ to «*« Gail b low, K~boes seem to dwtii ana ^row— Votc«s of tu*mlfiit.ns strife » .V?,* d^mon discoid r|ip, Battling for the nailon’s life. Shadowy Iron ships patrol, trivial, taking Iron toil, Aad die he.gn.a with Lhusders roll. F-drPotomae, Evict wave rf a pa!rlm fc/ Hie shores tliy eaters lave. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. the window of Mr. Howell’s stndv, v- la also on the second floor of ihe-bouse, ,ean gee the home of Dr. Oliver Wenocit £T„. I ho apartment where the noveliit his work is a large one, and precisely S’EfSie would imagine to belong to an autho flat table stands in the cen rr of the here Mr. IJoweiis works, narroundo sine with books and porta its c people which look down iron him f the walls. The novelist is very neat, and able rarely presents an untidy ap>-urr > IPs manuscript is carefully h - B ‘ leather covers in a right ha ' v w as lr. is finished. Ilis work .s don ■ ' r in tee morning, and when onre started -itrs q^ckly mid steadiiy, often fi ling . Grand Old Texas. “K° Mid Wry ated Six LCTTER5 W^FEDPLE lOUt. I of i all ltr:s venirr- will M I;y A .flfcd- w ji b i< 5tlit*r wll'n™ " ° f .. a n 2 bler 'yp0 than that which S’KSS-'SSKSS v,a8 a civilization where nersmal ^ iz tTZ ^ were nurtured; SOM BOSTON AUTHORS. Distinguished Literateurs Diving at the Hub. 8*ienannnah corals W|ih rue Ur« ff sound of drums— w.i..n ’ “ ’ ,,IU «»» iircm. Irdtatlj now tije bauie hums. Ks.ro h »“ —rarlnaimn i" 9 *5" ’ T ”"«• lapped In war like flames. J'Sf V"•rroi m war use 1 KcaoiDg de*a oeroes’ name*. , . «>• rillillCR WCI where feaiimne refinement, feminine miritv feminine culture. delica~v and rnni’m ^ STSftHSS“if1 AId d°w and Ho ^-Thoir Homos ysssasr pagi s of note papdr, close' lif'inehis pen for raeditatb ; IJ ‘ S house, like those of Mr embellished with personal t and artists. Oa one side y picture made for Mr Howe emu, a warm personal friem the eye rests on sene of Du e uron-mos sett.’* pictures, or a bas-relief‘of hi loud oaughtnr Mildred, tho wo’k f • !,« As**, brother-in-law, Larkin G. Mead. . Ame. And thus in whatever direct u ( ■ its ; n -Mr. I Jo vi IPs parlors. tbej»-*i*^w* , c \ 0 remind you rf the many f-. n V!* 11 ' -s .- -h ihe occupant has made and their r-sp-'e: *him. Another of Boston’s (or Camb.-Mik} fa mous literati is James itn »■;( j . n adio ius recently returned from : , ; a i d -.ere 1 e was United States Minister is *.,• os years old. He is the son of the f< .tr . of Lj- Prosperous Towns, Thrivinpt Cities and Big-Hearted People. Dear Sunny Soctii: The moment one en ters the S‘ate of Texas there is a buoyancy, an exhilaration, an independence of feeling not fonnd elsewhere. The climate, the magnitude of the State and the warm hospitality of the people are tho prime cause for this feeling. Your pilgrim entered the State this time through its natural northern gateway at Tex arkana, where she stopped to change cars— and knowing that an hoar saved wai an hour made site utilized the tim9 by canvassing for subscribers for the Sunny South, and a very p easant and profitable hour was spent. The city has improved wonderfully in the last year. From Texarkana she hied to Mount Pleasant, the capital of Fitus county—a place of 800 ■warm hearted Southerners—where reside Hon. WASHINGTON CITY. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired at the National Capitol. Bv BEN. PERLY POORE. tcd'bv alf thatSh'* 06 ’ H 7 m P eri ”*Pabc ad „ H ,h « agricultural deveiomuei n While thv tide R > li to hoars* Atl mtl- ’s *13* Murmur of ihe brave who aisul K for the caiiant dead 2 * long hay* !J*:T fciLgs ilie wjndcriDg, ridding R r<j. K!^ M5P,r ^ RrrIor rPst p hnU ho n >w from foil a n j s rife tot .1^ aim s ri>e toi • Gdorut*es the Tenbessee. * .drait- i on. JJchamd by climatio influences the white man as a laborer would not in centuries have subaired and brought into tillage lire rich alluviums of our semi-tropical regions L -i it therefore be pin roil to the credit of that insti lutioii that through its agency this section Iial m the comparatively brief national period^ ist—Lowell and His Inter esting Work. crease jn the world 8 commerce and a vast augmentation of the woild's ’ - ht OUR ILLUSTRATED LETTER. One half inclines l , to associate Ihe mention of i tho J.0W England metropolis with ail that is most “linniky," and many credulous with eB I that is best in American literature. Here was I the birthplace, the cradle and thb home of I New World ;i though Now A Glorious Hay and a Grand Demon stration. The Augusta Chronicle ot the 27th joyously ,f‘ 8 ,‘ t3 tboa8lnds of admiring readers that a-e Tropical Sunny South was certainly at Ihe zenith of its beauty iu Augusta yesteiday diatingayhod visitors forts. wealth and com- 8Cm Y Irel® 18 1o }m P larr,,i on that balance- 8. ca a snl greater credit. This institu iou the instrumentality selected by Providence i religious training of other cities m iy sirive f nuhors, of the past and present, York, Washington, Chicago and ,. ^ " >r the envied position I Ol the literary centre of the country, but th city of culture and baked beans, still holdslhi for tho civilizti haveTl'e? 0118 " f tk ' 5 ^fricau~race. wbo will os a n Te ,t e » ™ d 7'-v tret the native Afri- o netittcd by his transfer to service? What friend can was Arr erl •*. ; of huiii.m in his orir, care and paim, and is likely to foi to any, many rears to come. Boston does not, like Ne <-s would have deprived’him, 7. "I’lplessness, of the pair arehial kind government of the Sr aster emi n r “*« Southern • ,J ° bo! ' Cachings of Southern Christian women morning i.o welcome oa see;..:■jt io ctnt; :ihT7 ; Vii-o.- kcen ng ffesh tho memory of those bravo sons, brothers and fathers who lie beneath the sod- having given up thoir live3 for that which was sacred aod dear to them and to every truo Southern man and woman.” Ten o’clock was tho time for the meeting of the Survivors’ Association. The hall was crowded to overflowing, and when General Gordon entered tho entire assembly roso —d greeted him with applause. Col. C. C. Jones, President called' fle Asso ciation to order, when tho inm-ites and the Treasurer’s report we.ro res A At thi3 juncture Captain N. K. Butler sapped to tho front and presented to Gener»f Gordon, Col. Junes and General Jacksoi (of Tennessee) a beautiful hand-painted bodge, the artistic work of Mre. Butler. About fifty applications for membership wore read. On motion of Hon. Geo. T. Barnes, (Representative in Congress) they were elect ed in mass, viva voce. Capt. C. E. Cuffia road the following resolu tion'. Resolved, Teat we condemn the Coercion bill for Ireland, nor pending in the British Parliament, as an outrage upon tho rights and liberties of the Irish people, and not wairanted bv the condition of the country; ami that wo extend our sympathy and encouragement to Gladstone ail i Parnell in their efforts to defeat it, and to obtain for Ireland tuo benefits oi Home Rule. , Tiie resolution was received with long and continued applause. After tbo applause had subsided Congress man B trues moved the adoption of the resolu tion, which was done by a rising, unanimous V °y^f er aa appropriate and spirited address | by the President, and tho election of officers, the Association adjourned, the Survivors sur rounding Generals Gordon anl Jackson, unit ing in a general hand shaking. Soon afterward the procession was formed. All was bustle around Hussar Hall; "how- eyer'" the Chronicle reports: “Marshal Clark, through his aid, Captain J. L. Fie ning, gave the command, and tbo largest and most im posing procession that has been seen in An- gjjgta for many a day moved down Broad The feature of the procession was tho Survi vors about four hundred strong, maimed and crippled—old and tottering. Immediately following these was Augusta Post, of the Grand Army of tho Republic. Tbs procession reached Market Hall soon after 12 m. t where a plat form hid been erected for General Gordon ai d distinguished guests. President Jones then introduced Georgia’s gallant Governor, as one whose “name lias passed into glorious history as a brave, chi valrous and most capable leader of Confeder ate armies—as tho peer of the knigbtlic-st com manders, as tho friend and trusted lieutenant of our great Captain, Robert E. Lee.” On rising General Gordon was received with long and continued applauso—never was he greeted before with a warmer or more heart felt bnrst of enthusiasm. General Gordon then delivered an address, which was listened to with profound attention, interrupted by frequent ouibursts of applause. But "an attack of intercostal neural pa prevent ed its completion. The line of thought is In dicated by tho subjoined extracts. He said : ‘•tfitli a multitude of reflections crowding lions, and have remalded"him“to '"h • I ’ ,a " la ' rule * tvlio wil home was the a pride herself on the within her ( rather than native bar- , n.V 'hat his Southern ! F et S a i r -’ iso iu vhich he v.n . ; n - it UWU-’a lie r 11 Tin trr store fur Atvica throo*' Am( . r i,d pized eliil- Soutbern tutelage, o/ # * « • (Iren* w York, number of the authors he is a stickler for quality tJb she Ukes to be known as the home of ihe new school of American au- thore; the realistic. New York, on the other hand, can supply anything in the shape of ); £ . crature from the LaJf dime novel to the pretentions of volumes. Was consider iKe n’- we!!, Mas upon me, - various subjects whicn surest thomseivefl. VerkaDS I could not do better than to impress unon your minds and hearts one thought, which fills my own with anxious apprehen sions. That thought is this: There is danger that the South may be inadequately represent ed or wholly misrepresented in the future h.s- toryof this country. Misrepresentation threat ens the conquered, always-^e^conqueror sion in the average estimation of mankind victory vindicates, while defeat dooms to rnis- . o .istitution, I repea*, is gme Iliat Souther^ an(1 n „ pe , )p i e 0 { any section and gone forev' u|(1 ex]ljbit uu)r: , relentless re- of the Lnu*r^ re ; 0 at,titement than would the sl8ta Sof these Southern States. But it is a P‘‘.“,e against the manhood of this people, and tliercfore aiainst the country, to insist upon its evils and deny its benefits. The God of humanity, who permitted its establishment, sustained it and guided it for a century for great purposes, has also permitted it to pass awav at last and for the bf-.tterment as we trust of both races; but those of us who have survived it, may not without criminal mdif- f<r nee permit prejudiced representations to become the acknowledged hi-tory of that, in stitution in which our characters were formed. Let every fact and every phase of it be pre sented; and in answer to the misjudgments of the misinformed let us point to these unde niable resnll3 and to the additional conspicu ous and crowning fact of the general and af fectionate loyalty exhibited towards the South ern whites by the colored race throughout the war to the absence of all bittrruess and re sentments at its close; and to the present pre vailing harmony between landlord and laborer, which defies all efforts at its disturbance, and is an inspiring prophecy of the future progress, power prosner.ty and happiness of both ra ces and of this entire section. * * * * ' I turn next to tho part borne by the South in founding, perfecting and sustaining freo gov ernment in America. Such reference now cannot bi untimely, became it was for this section that our dead brothers enlisted, fougln. and fell. It is due to their memorios, to our selves and our children, that wo group to gether and duly emphasize the remarkable contributions made by this section to the in auguration and support of Republicanism in America. * * Tho action, for instance, of Nor’h Carolina, a Southern colony, weak in numbers and re sources, declaring herself a free and independ ent commonwealth more than twelve months in advance of the general Declaration; inaugu rating her bta’e Government, and thus becom ing the flag bearer of the colonies, is the great laud-mark in the early progress of our Revo- U But"no less noteworthy was the South’s pri macy in other particulars. When suspense and indiscretion agitated tho colonists, and <1 lubt and apnrtheusion possessed them, who was it that wrote the pungent resolutions em bodying American menace, and, with im passioned eloquence, sent them like electric currents through ai! tLb colonies? It was an unlit raided and untrained nn raberof the H ose of Barge-Res in the col.rny of Virginia. When additional- British laws brom-ht increased Brifisb burdens, and independence was every where demanded, wbo wrote for tho American people their united and defiant Declaration? It. was a patriotic and gifted j oung Soutliern- er. When rebellion b came a necessity, when separation was decreed and war ensued, it was still a Southerner who led the raw troops of the colonies against the trained annus of Great Britain. When independence was achieved and the momentous problem of free and stable government was to be solved, it was again a Southerner whore marked ascend ency achieved for him ihe p"-ud distinction of “Father of the Constitution.” When the gigantic power of Great Brdaiu Britain was to be mot in a second great con flict, again it was a Southern commander who led the undiscip ined soldiery oi this newly es tablished Republic to another great victory. When Mexico was to be met and our bonn darirs to be extended it v as a Virginian and a ixmisianiau. both Southerners, who led the American hosts through burning sands to repeated, swift 8rid complete successes. Let me now brii fly pr-rent the Mouth s rec ord in furnishing Chief Magistrates to ’lit; na tion. For more ilian twenty five y>urs tint results of our unhappy war have practically debarred the South irom the l’resuency, but there was a period o! seventy-two years ante dating that era of passion and of b.ood. How stands th» record of Presidential services lor that seventy-two years? 'i he South furnished Presidents for ioriy-nine years and three months; the other sections for twenty-two years and nine months. Prior to 1800 every PresidviA, without an exception, v.iiose tm- mioisirati m was endorsed by a second eiottiou was furnished by the„e Son-horn States. hr was t ir.wjj Harvard in 1838 La sfti admitted to the liar in l$Jt. dontd the profession, bowev* self thereafter wholly to li ne published his first vdum Brittany,” * Prometheus,” ’ less I ri tent inns productions terward he p-.jdue d his ■,» Sir La-unfa 1 .” and iniov-.V. ■ dii'-’o. rel- • • Li.s if „„imi Aldrich U now tuo lir>U«-d and Lowell bcciune its t held .Lis position about five yi under his skillful management. t\ zine received its first and greate-Bc T. C. Morris, Capt. Scarlock, Col. Wood, Mr. W. E. Hutchison, Mr. S. Pounder and the county officLalir ah* oi whom vied with each other m helping hoTj^rculate the S. S. Next JMount Va|pDn—named in honor of Washington 1 ;* honli'—the county seat of .Frank lin county, which saw its first passenger train on April the 5th, was the scene of her labors and her pleasures. IDre, as usual in Texas towns, the leading lawyers, busiuess men and county officials subscribed. It is most pleas antly situated and boasts of a magnificent Court House, in the dome of which the Sheriff, Comty Judge, Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and County Attorney sought a refuge and hid ing place, but we “unearthed” them and they surrendered like Lee at Appomattox, and swore allegiance to the Sunny Soum? Prom the dome of this building some of the finest views in TexaB aro obtained, of the grandest scop? of fertile territory 1 ever beheld. We were placed under many obligations to Messrs C. K. Davenport, Brooks Bros., W. T. Johnson and M. M. Maharfeuv, prominent business nwn of tho place, for tho courtesieii extended No. 183. Twenty-five years ago Mrs. Brooks moved from Lexington, Mo., to this place; and here surrounded by larniiy friends and all that heart can desire, she lives in a halo of lovel.ness, peace and cmitentment. Her kind* invitation gave me a per p into this paradise, and because i was also a Missouri girl and the representa tive of the great Southern family paper, a mo it warm and affectionate welcome was gi ven me. She in an artist of no mean attainments and she showed me four exquisite paintings—two of whi< h captured premiums at the New Or leans Exposition. Jn the midst of the fine orchard back of the house she has a beauliiui fish pond stocked with bream, carp, bai>-»and other gatae fiah, wh ch are so geniie, that by rapping on a board the finny beauties will rise to tbo top, open their capacious mouths, and mutely for bread. M Feed them and they dispoic in fishy raptures iu clear and limpid 0^. osuU. I had 21 hours in Boston the other day and I .-ave it to seeing or trying to s--e some of tho many distinguished authors. l ew of these have perhaps, been so misjudged from their nor'raira as has Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. It must be confessed that not a little of this er-oncous popular belief is strengthened if one looks at the photograph above printed. But if the picture gives one such an impression, it requires only the most casual meeting with tin* man liirnse i fo instantly remove it. It is true that Mr. Aldrich dresses well, but lie is not inclined to foppishness by any means. On tho contrary his dress is that of the gentleman, oaiet unobtrusive and scrupulously nett. No man is more adverse lo newspaper talk about himself or Ms work than Mr. Aldrich and is seldom that one reads anything about his per sonnel. To meet Mr. Aldrich is to meet one of the most entertaining and social of men. IFs disposition is kind and bis manners are the same to all-p easant and agreeable. His only enemies are made, as lie himself s--5 , throireh the editorial pen when it is used m the declir ation of manuscripts sent him. Nine o’clock every morning finds Mr. Aidrich at,his editorial tusk in the office of the Atlantic Monthly lie is a hard and steady wor.rer, and it will probably be a purptise to many to know that his p. si ion as editor is not theoa -;v berth comm mly imagined lie reads every linn that appears in the Atlanta and 1 sv.-s very little of the proof reading to his oasis a it. Ilis correspondence also receives his personal attention and besides tins work every manu script sent in is read and ptssed upon b./ hi i , The author resides on Mount Vernon street j in a hc.me of positive luxuriance and comfort Everything about the house is tas end and of the richest description. The walis are adorned with portrai's and engravings estab ’. He y® s - d it was s ue maga- mpetus. Lowell was appointed Mitns-tr to Spain in 1877 and after a rcsidenco t.t Madrid of two years tie was appointed Unit 1 , d Spates Minis ter to’England, which position he held until the advent of the Cleveland administration. Upon his return to America he again took up his residence in Boston and re-enter-',! literary life Mr Lowell will hardiy add to his fame bv his later work. He never seems to have done his best. Says one of his critics: “Anion" the poets of America, Dwell is dis tinguished by the great rang-’ as veil ashy the versatility of his powers. He w«V equally it home iu the playful, the patietic or the meditative realms of poetry. Ant we always rise from the perusal of his predictions-wiln thp. impression that ne lias not jit forth Lis tuil strength, hut that somethmgrtill higher would not have been beyoud the -each of his waur. 'J iffs pond nad never been “christen ‘ I',’- £ Mr. A. E. Brooks, I Ah tiire portion of . :. - toou^ng a ;J ,'J u ” ' f> .Sz-y- comforts of civilization in abundanc). Their homes are models of culture and refinement, their lands aro fertile and very productive. Their schools .are prosperous and well-co:- ducted and their churches weiL attended, and their hearts are warm, and big as the great State itself. Ida M. Berrt. A Picnic at Clear Lake, Ark. g-.iius. . n Bat more popular than any or asnther Bps- ton writers we have mentioned I’vJr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. He is especially iRungui’di- ed for wit and humor joined with aemarxable felicity of expression. He was bn in Cam- bud^e Ma^s., GS years ago, and n*ie of that grand traimvirate of writers comp|ed by the name of Lon^fftilow. Ho also is ataduate of Harvard, and he, too, commenced t study of law but soon*abandoned it for ni&.ine. In 1633 he wenl to Paris, where he »suea the au liors and P^^^!^rS. 0 MreSri^ nvnse in the suhjt cts autegrspli. shares the pardonable hobby <>f many ln . _ Be " tween this and his large library ha spend* a study for three years in the hosp’l Return in'- to-America iu 1835, ho le enteHarvard and a year later took the degree loctor of medicine. Even before this timohue dis- tinguished himself as a P“-“, liatiead be fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society a«bridge, “Poetry, a Jietrical Lssay. 1. y years afterward lie made his reputationcomrib- utifti- to ihe Atlantic Monthly a fidi papers entitled, “The Ai.tierat at '.real.fast Tabie ” He followed this, in 18„'.*nother series called “The Professor a-, tfcakfast Table,” and in 1832 by "Ihe at the Breakfast Table.” His pnncipiir pro ductions aro “Elsie Vernier,” “ Iaani ?I1 Angei” and “Songs of Many S. #’ D r . Uoimcs re-visited England lost >tor the first time in forty years, and his Tations aro soon to bo published. He is A\y the most popular living American atiti Eng. laui to-day. Continued on eif/hth pay & rsho great deal of time. His stndv. ^“di es I Is it, is the front, room of tlife and from th’s chamber iu the house emanate those exceedingly cl--v«r sl-riea that have, won for their author so largo a ci. cie of leaders and admirers. nine oi Mr*. Aldrich’s H-.u.Iy rvuiimls mo Aunt's Affection. “I think it is charming to have affec tion reciprocate t, Keui-sn?” “Well, Amaqd?, it may be; bu'X>reld aunt" has a powerful afftetion aDbcdy ever reciprocated.” r “Wby, dear ne, how sadl Bn* icslicr affection matiifcst iisel', Reuben?’ “In nentalgia. It’s a neuralgifiaa. Justice W. B. Woods of the V Itafeg Supreme Court, thought that his b. on much improved by his stay i but -m his wav back to Washini Wa s ‘ “ Miu oneaKing oi - .. - .j .. - . tiken sick in Kansas City, where of'ap-’ep J had into the working-room of Mr. I confined to his bed. Editor Sunny South : Your correspondent in company with Mrs. L..R. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Priest, (late mayor of Dtcatur, 111.,) Sheriff Thomas Orr, of this county, and family, Mr. James Dowsing and wife, Mr. Adams and nephew and about twenty other couples took the 8.20 a. in. train for Clear Lake—a beautiful sheet of water one and a half miles in length, 230 feet wide, and twelve to twenty deep—and just 8 3 4 miles east of Texarkana on the Iron Mountain road, and five hundred yards from the railroad. Here ten to tif-een good boats were seen-ed and in the glor.ous sunshine fishing was commeaceil. Mr Adams who carried his pet Parker gun, enjoyed himself fill voting squirrels, birds, ete.i while Father Graham, who always car ries a quart , weut to sleep under the trees. A Bail was proposed, the boat rigged and Mr. Hirsch (one of the party) refused to occupiv ihe boat because he carried no ins'iranco (your correspondent)’ likewise many others. Mr. Downing and the owner were the only ocou- pants. Reaching tho center the wind left- them short of a sail. Mr. Adams succeeded in landing four six pound bass, throe trout of one and a half or two pounds, several fine white perch; two or three others did nearly as well. Mr. Blair with his friend McGurthv. wbo took a gallon jug of moonshine, went off and ker-t aloof from the rest of pariyjat dinner; he com pany enjoyed a fine repast put up by Mrs. Orr, Clarke, Priest and Herring. The mala mem bers showed their appreciation of the viands. Mrs. Ciarko partook freely of tho new spring onions which caused your correspond ent to follow suit. Fishing and gathering palm leaf fans mads up tho order of the day until about.4 p. m., when Mrs. L. R. Clarke enter tained the party by her eloquence ii readings and recitations. At (i p. m. roll-call showed Biair and Mc- Gurthy absent; time for train approaching, caused thesheiiff and myself to go in search. tVe found Mac in slumbers aud his comrade putting fish and bait in his pockets and un loading the jug—on being warned of the late ness a hurri 'd preparation was made and all started, poles, baskets, etc , rushed to the plat form to find our train two hours late. This, to a hungry party with empty baskets was awful; but thanks to Mrs. Orr, two sandwiches were lift in the basket and your correspondent got this share. We reached home at 9, happy bti. tired, as every one does who pays a visit to Clear Lake on ihe Iron Mountain. Yours, B. M. Aujiock. Henry Warren. Fitz Henry Warren, who served as assistant postmaster general in 1851-52, came to Wash ington in the winter of 1800-til, as a corres pondent of the New York Tribune, and was the author of the “On to Richmond” articles for which Horace Greeley was afterwards blatued. He then entered the Union army as colonel of a regimeut of cavalry, and then as a hrigadier-gr neral. He was constancy placed in troublesome and comparatively inglorious fields of labor, and never had an opportunity of displaying his ta’ents. Alter the close of hostilities, he adopted President Johnson’s views of reconstruction, and although he lmd always been a decided ami uncompromising ami-riivery man, he separat'd himself from the Republican par y. -Mr. Johnson appoint ed him minister to Guatemala, and his period of residence there was atteuded by the prom ise of his entire restoration to health. He spoke eloquently; he wrote quaintly yet terse ly and incisively;he Knew the political history of the country almost as well as one knows the alphabet; his literary information was broad and comprehensive, while his powers of conversat on, aud his resources in the midst of the severest colloquial c vrubats, made him a noted man iu all gatherings, and a marked man always where all were distinguished. It seemed unnatural that he should become de ranged. Elegant Entertainment. One of the most elegant entertainments ever given in Washington was during the Grant administration. It was by Mrs. Elijah Ward of New York, in the house that had known the successive regimes of Mrs. Slidell, Mrs. Welles and Mrs. Senator Stockton. It was given in thorough New York style; even the flowers, with which the house was so profuse ly decorated, were sent from New York. Silks, velvets and laces swept through the rooms, and jewels flashed in the briliiant light. The air was redolent with delicate perfume, and sweet music wooed to the witching dance. Nearly all the diplomats came from the state dinner that had been given them at the White House to Mrs. Ward's. Sir Edward Thorn ton wore the scarlet ribbon, with the Order of the Bath attached. The lovely Countess IIo- yoz of Austria wore the most superb toilet of tiie evening, a:i ivory-tinted s:tin, garlanded with flowers that were caught on the corsage at intervals with diamond ornaments. She wore a bouquet do corsage of diamonds, a jeweled aigrette in the hair; a succession of largo soli taires, one above tho other composed the car tings. Iler neckiace was fine strands of large pearls, clasped at tiie hack with a cluster oi diamonds, and in front with another cluster and pendant of Ihe same gems. The brace lets that adorned her beautifully rounded arms were also thickly crusted with diamonds. Tho fair face of the countess was ever wreathed in umiies, and her winning manner had won her scores of friends. Mrs. 1’ierrepont’s ruby velvet had deep flounces of Brussels lace, and was worn with an apron of the same lace. Pearls and diamonds ornamented her neck and arms. Well did many remember Mrs. Belknap’s beautiful Parisian toilet of ciei blue silk, em broidered in steel, and the* white shoulders gleaming above the low corsage, and the dia monds that clasped the fair throat aud gi.t- tered in the hair, ai.J f.aat will r.n j U>al fyifiayy; 1 ri’r 'L • 1 ^ 1 -!• ■' cOliiotonir of the shadow that had MeiTu'non I her home. “Mrs. Ward is tho mist piclur- rsquo laiy in Washington,** remarked her m ists, and marvellously like an antique pict ure she looked, with her clustering gray curls and soft puffs, P.nd rufH°s of rare lace around her throat, among which the diamonds fL-shed. Thomas and Maynard. Judge Thomas, who ably represented one of the Boston districts iu the House during the war, was not a follower of Charles Sumner. One day Mr. Maynard of Tennessee remarked in debate that a representative man from Mas sachusetts had put forth a theory that the neo- pie of the seceded States had c immitted polit ical suicide, that they ha l died feloniously L>y their own hands. Judge Thomas (who was an attentive listen er to the debates) sprang to his feet, saying: ‘Allow me a moment. I undertake to say that, in my judgment, there is not one man in ten in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who sanctions the uociriuo of State suicide* and I thank God there are not more.” Mr. Eliot (who was also always on the qui vive) rose at once to say: “i ea mot permit that to he asserted without saying that, iu my judgment, a large majority o; the sensiuie men of Massachusetts uphold th»it doctrine.’* Judge Thomas responded. “I will not,” said he, “enter into tiie question of sensible men, because I m’glit suffer very much in comparison with my di'anguished colleague; but 1 venture to say, and I repeat the remark, that upon this question of State suicide ih- j re is not one man in ten in Massachusetts who believes it; an I I venture to say that the ‘rep resentative man of Masaachusects* would nev er advocate that doctrine to the people of Mas sachusetts, and that he did Eot do it through me whole campaign." Members evidently anticipated a scene, but Mr. Dawes asked Mr Maynard (who had the floor) to allow him “just one word.” ^ want to say," remarked Mr. Dawes, t“ a % standing as I always do midway b tween the two extremes in Massachusetts, I no unpL re my friends not to bri.ig M.is-a:1m- setis politics into the consideration of the question whether these g^ntlemui hive been duly elected from Louisiana to the House of Li-prese'utaiives.” A general roar of laughter greeted this pacific “intervention,” or raiher “mediation." Mr. Maynard then went on with his speech, saying m parenthesis, as it were: “Mr. Speak er, I did not presume, or assume, to express the sentiments of iht people of Massachusetts, much less to d?c:de who arc the ‘sensible'peo- p.e of that State. I recollect tho definition of ! ‘ j lerm , ‘ sensible’’once given by a man who had used it, and dt fined it to apply, as he said, to those people who think on nearly all ioinor- hint subjects very much as t do. I supjiose, wth that definition, probably the statements of botli gentlemen would be correct.” There was a roar of lau’hter, and the debate pro ceeded. * Crant’s Levees The H.st evening levee that President Grant gave was attended principally by the Cabine’. The third and last, occurring on the 22nd of February, presented a scei o such as had rarely been witnessed at tl e White House. Eager a.'id noisy tue crowd rushed in. Some mr-n "' ori! their overcoats and some women wore PERSONAL MENTION. What the People Are Doing and Saying. Women students are shortly to bo admitted to the National Hospital at London. A bronze statue of John C. Breckinridge will bo erected next fall at Lexington, Ky. A jjortraii of Washington Irving will serve as froutspiece for the next number of the Cen tury. The venerable Robert C. Winthrop covar* hiH bent form with a wide spreading cloak with silver clasps. Mr. Mathew Arnold thinks that the day of doctrinal religion is fading and the day of simple faith is dawning. i he Astors, of New York, own about seven thousand houses and keep several architects m constant employment. Tennyson’s Jubilee Ode is to be set to mu sic by Dr. Villers Stanford, and part of it is to be sung before the Queen. Robert T. Lincoln offers the Springfield homestead to tho State of Illinois on condi tion that it be preserved with care. Mrs. Logan denies the report that she f* writing a novel. She says life has been far too real to her to indule i a romance. , Prince Eugene, of Sweden, is in Paris study ing art with Bonnat, who regards him as one oi tho most promising of his students. Queen Victoria landed at Cannas recently amid the cheers of the people and a salutsMby the French Mediterranean srmlrnn -•-v the French Mediterranean squadron. _Dr. McGlynn returned to New York on*the 17th from his Western lecturing trip, whicH he says was a j'leasaut and successful one. -s A statue of Schuyler Colfax is to be unveiled at Indianapolis, May 3 i, by the Odd Fellows. The figure is being cast in bronze at Chicago. The Czar has been condemned to death by the Nihilists. It seems to be a case of nip and tuck between the Takehimoffs and the Ro manoffs. Senorita Perez ha3 passed the medical ex amination at Santiago, and is now practicing at Valparaiso with the title of “Medico Ci- rujdao.’* W. W. Corcoran, of \Yashington, pays taxes cn £9,000,000. He lias given aw;<y nearly as much, and everybody is glad that he still lives and prospers. Mr. W iliiam K. V inderbilt Las offered $000, Old fur 4 Vinlniirl ’* tl.n V„A„Gf„i xt, home of the late Mit-3 Wolf. The offer ‘has been declined. “Carrie Brown,’* once famous in circus cir cles as the champion juvenile bareback rider of the world, is 11 >w a prominent officer in the Salvation Army.* General O. B Wilcox, in command of the D^uartm.nt of_the Missouri. By h. >' • ..;h f th-- wrer-Vole BLImp I,"*, ' i Delaware, Bishop Williams, of C ,* uiecticut, tor "the G 'a fund September President McCosh declares that since he abol shed secret societies at Princeton thero has been b- Iter order, less drinking and les* opposition to the faculty. The Dnche=s of Cumberland, sister of the Princess of Wales, who was recently sent to a retreat for the insane, is slowly but surely re covering lier mental balance. Chisf Justice Cartter of theDislrht of Co- lumbia Supreme C Jim, died at Washington on tiie hi ;iit of the lti.h. He had been in del icate health for some time. A pretty young girl from tho Sandwich Is lands is studying Law a, the University of Michigan, and it is said that she is a very bright and promising scholar. C. IF flare, of Detroit, Mich., is the pos sessor of a document that ho believes to be the original copy of Gen. R. E. Lee’s fare ■veil or der lo tiie Army of Northern Virginia. The report comes from New Haven that William Walter Plieips has given #25,000 to Yale University as a fund for the study of civil government and political economy. Moody, the evangelist, received from an Eng'isUiuan now in this country a letter urg ing him to make an evangelistic tour through India, and inclosing a check for #25,000. The Prince of Wales lias consented to act as honorary president of the international exhi bition at Melbourne, Australia, next year, to celebrate the centennial of the colonization of the island. . It is reported that dining Senator Sherman's recent visit to Cuba a daring bandit planned to kidnap the Senator and his party, which w mid probably have been successful but for a difference iu lime. Second Auditor Day, of Illinois, it is said, will be promoted to ’the position of Second Comptroller of the Treasury, to succeed Judge Maynard, recently made assistant Secretary of the Treasury. John Swiuton declares that the shortening of tue hours ol labor is doing more to promote temperance than all the prohibition legislation put together, aud there is a great deal more truth than poetry in the statement. A letter h is h -eu received from Mrs. Dr. J. G Armstrong, of Atlanta, Ga., by a lady friend iu Richm md, Va , in which she says that neither her husband nor herself has any idea of becoming converts to Lite Roman Cath olic faith. Though John T. Raymond’s income for the last two season’s was over #:!:),OOO a year, he is raid to nave left liis widow little or nothing. Even his life insurance policies had been hy pothecated. Improvidence was tho greatest if his faults. Mrs. Mackay, wife of the Nevada mining millionaire, wi l soon have Paris to make her home in San Francisco. 8he wil! occupy the palatial mansion of Mr. Charles Crocker on Nob Hill, and will give a series of unsurpassed enU.rlainments. their bonnets the greatest mark of disrespect. •j turned my back upon the scene ” Riiid a laoy of the Cabinet, whose sphere was - —, -pbere was anywhere but there. The band played and the motley crowd passed on t • the East Room, Ohio has been the mother of artists. Among her sons who ha T e won fame wub the brush or knife are Thomas Cole, Hiram Powers James U. Beard. W. H. Powell, Worthiimton Whittridge, J. Q A. Ward, A. S. Wynant W. L. Soiling John J. Eiuekin, Iho la to B. F. Reinhart and the late J. S. Wales. Here Mrs. Gen. Fremont used to charm with her elegant grace and sparkling wit; and Chief Ju lice Chase used to bring his stately , . . , bring his stately, lair, fasciuauag daughter, who was then li.e pride of society; and the Little Giant, Stephen A. Dou'las, with his beautiful bride, joined the throng. Diamond gilter fin-I the flash of daik eyed beaulies nsed to brighten many au evening in the old East Room, to which in these latter days the rough, ill-dressed, vulgar masses come. Benton’s Son. Col. Thomas H. Benton had one son, John Raudo'ph B. nu>n, who died at St. Louis when twenty-two years of age, in the very hio.im of health and manhood, giving out every promise of a long and distinguished life. He was ill only five days, when he passed awav on tho morning of March 17, 1852. The Berlin Geographical Society has re ceived from Dr. Wagner a unique present in the shape of a complete set of all the boiks jiampldets, essays, etc., published by A lex ml del’ von Humboldt. It would take about 30 years, it has been observed, to make such a collection again, even if it were at ail possible Maiviri Bey, the new Turkish Minister to the United .States, is a very accomplished man He speaks six languages, including the best English and the French of Palis, "where he was educated. Ho likes the English so much that, like ether Turkish gentleman, he uses it often iu his private correspondence as we 1 aa in his conversation. ' ' Colonel Winehester, of West Virginia haa given an additional 40,000 acres for humane purposes to the Cheat Mountain Sportsmen’s Association.. The tract adjoins the other traers b ased by the Colonel io the association some time ago. The entire reserve now in cludes 9o,000 acres and is the finest aud most extensive hunting park east of the Rockies.
