Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER (507.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 2,1887.
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Shaking Across the Bloody Chiasm.
SOUTHERN WAR SONGS.
Past.
itici&ns have been working themselves into a
fury over the flag question, which was dead to
the people as soon as it was explained, gentle
men who wore the blue were busy entertair-
in Boston, gentlemen who wore the gray.
Soldiers were these—men who fought for prin
ciples and accepted the situation when the
end came. The reception accorded the R. E.
Lee Post of ex-Confederates, by theJno. A.
Andrew Post of ex Federal soldiers was in
keeping with the fraternal spirit wlrch per
vades the masses the country over.
At the banquet given in honor of the ex-Con-
federates, speeches were made by Hon. John
Goode, on the part of the South, and by Sena
tor Hoar, a distinguished New Eug’ander and
most pronounced Republican, on the part of
the North. Mr. Goode said, among other
things:
I am heartily glad to return thanks for this
magnificent reception. [Cheers] It is pleas
ant indeed for us all to be here. [Cheers and
a voice, “Goode. 1 ’] 1 accept the amendment
with pleasure. Wuile Boston may be proud of
her harbor, her culture, her public spirit, her
! public schoo's, her public library, all the Con-
Poetic Echoes From the Dead |
I since you threw open the gates of all tne city,
| we felt that It. E. Lee Post was captured oy
John A. Andrew Post. [Cheers.] We are
fellow-citizens. There was a time when once
before we were engaged in a common cause
Virginia contributed her Henry, her Jefferson,
her Washington as # co-laborers with Otis,
Adams and Warren* [great cheers] in main
taining the cause of Aineiican Independence.
It is true that at one time there was a little
estrangement. [Laughter.] There was a little
alienation, the memory of which , we all wish
in the deep ocean buried; but that is past. It
is a in a. ter of congratulation that grim-viaaged
war has smoothed his front and peace reigns
over the earth. [Cheers.]
We have become one people, under one con-
! stitution, with one destiny. [Great cheers ]
And what a rich and precious inheritance is
ours. \ j is surpassed by none in undeveloped
treasure. When we examine our Government
we are filled with admiration for the patriot
fathers who planned it. “It is a Government
of law, not men,’ 1 said Justice Marshall. “No
man is so high that, he is above the law, 1 ’ said
Justice Miller. [Cheers.]
I don’t know wnether it’s in order to say any- |
thing about the war. [A voice: ‘Yes,it is; goon. J
We have wi nessed in our dav the most gigan |
tic civil war man ever saw [That’s so.] Whil
the war continued, in Virginia almost
The Blue and the Gray. Semi-Tropical California.
While Eastern, and especially Westem, po!- \ Tho Rush For Land—Sales Running
JUBILEE ODE BY MR. WIN THROP.
Tho following lines, written by the Hon.
Robert C. Winthrop, have been privately print
ed for distribution among friends:
Not as our empress do wo rom * to greet thee,
August V.c orla.
On this oispiciou* J ihtlee;
Wide as old E inland's realms extend,
<>'• rear' h aud sea,—
Her flxg In ^very clime unfurled.
Her morningdiumbear coran »ssing the world,—
Yet li»*re lit-r sway Imperial flads an end,
In our laved laud of UDerij !
Nor Is it as our queen for us to hail thee,
Excellent M j str,
O■} this ausp cions Jubilee;
L mg. long ago our p itno tattlers b^oke
The tie winch bouud us to a f rdga yoke,
And made us free:
Subjects fbeuceforward ofourso’v a s alone,
We |mv no Homage to an earthly throne,—
O ily m God we bend the kneel
Still, still, to-day and h«re, thou hast a part,
Illustrious l »ov.
In every honest Anglo S. x »n heart.
Albeit untrained lo no es of loyalty;
As lovers of our old ancestral race.—
In reve r euce for the goodn«»s and the grace
Which lend thy fi'iy ye.-rs of royalty
A inmummtal glory on the his orte page,
Einbl:z »uing them fort vvr as the Victorian Age;-
101 “rbepiety and truth.
Which mar* thy noble womanhood.
As » rst tiiv golden y« urn,—
v/e also would do honor t ihy name.
Joining our dlstaut voices to me loud acc.atm
Which rings oVr earth and sea,
In attestation of the j ist renown
Xny reigu has addeu to the Br*tisli Crown.
Meanwhile no sweil'ng sounds > f exultation
Can banish lr >m our men ory,
0.1 this ausp:c.ou« Jubfee
4 .alniiy 11 :ure aiaodhiK a> thy side.
The cheruned consort of ttiy poW' r -|'^ P^lde,
TUrouiii veary years thestih] c. ot ny tears,
And mourned la eveiy nation,—
Who* t .test woras a wrong M us wuttisto’d,
Ttr* trieud ot peace. — Aluert, too wi- e and good,
llustou, June, 1887.
LEE AT STAUNTON.
Ilis Speech Introducing General
Averill.
The Saunton T'indicator gives the following
report of the speech of Governor Lee introduc
ing General Averill on Memorial day in that
oily:
Governor Lee came to the front amid tre
mendous cheering. He said that many years
t o New York sent to West Point a cadet, and
Virginia a year after sent there another.
When the New York cadet graduated he was
.sent to Carlisle as a drill-master, and when
■ he Virginia cadet graduated he was sent to
the same place on the same duty, and there the
two cadets renewed their friendship begun at
West Point. They were sent from there to the
frontier where they stood shoulder to shoul
der in support of the Star Sprangled Banner,
rCheers, i But the clouds of civil war com
menced to rise upon the horizon of the repub
lic These two voung officers in tlir-tr differ-
e-nt homes had been differently taught. One
ljipi been taught the power of the nation, while
i' e other had learned that a State could recall
Ose power given the nation if at any time it felt
aggrieved. There was no peaceful ground on
which to settie these two opinions which were
,,-ld by the two sections of ihe country —it was
“irrepressible contlict.” ' me officer rallied
Into the Millions.
Kiutoh Si nny Soctii: The sewing machine,
after thirty-six days lingering on its long jour
ney across the continent, arrived safely, all in
tact save a few slight bruises. The suspen
sion of the fourth clause of the Inter-State
Commerce bill so jammed the many railroads
leading to this coast wi Ji freights of all kinds,
that I could hear of the machine lying over at
different stations several days before its deliv
ery. I am glad to say that the machine comes
up fully as repres*nted. And my wife. Queen
of Sheba-like, says “the half was never told.’ 1
Just to think! a No. 1 tifty-dollar sewing ma
chine, and the best newspaper primed in
America, all for only eighteen dollars. I think
it will be no trouble to get several subscribers,
especially under the inducements offered.
The great boom in southern California con
tinues without an j* intermission. Property
conveniently located has doubled in value in
the last twelve months, and in some cases has
changed hands half a dozen or more times.
Los Angeles of course is the center of attrac
tion, and in a few years will be second to, if
not the equal of San Francisco. The great and
rapid growth of southern California is perma
nent and solid—being settled up by men of
wealth and enterprise, coming here, to enjoy
one of the finest climates under the sun.
The following table shows the number of
transfers of real estate in Los Angles county,
and the amount of consideration for the six
months ending May 1st, as taken from the
county record.;.-
188*1 1330 Transfers $1 f>25,SW-
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
•1 888,370.
1887 20* N> “ LW.MKK).
1717 “ 4.8fiS 037.
“ “ 3 324,433.
“ gr,7»; “ 7.172.1*24.
12,370 $31,728,213.
And still there seems to be no let up in this
great rush to secure homes in semi-tropical
Cal fornia. The transfers of real estate yes
terday amounted to over live hundred thou
sand dollars.
To give you an idea how readily property is
sold, and how anxious buyers are to invest, 1
will cite one important, sale. A beautiful por
tion of country lying along the foothills cast of
Los Angeles, known as “Aszuza,” was recently
subdivided and placed upon the market. The
cilice of the real estate agent that had charge
of the affair, was besieged the evening before
the day of sale, in Mich a way that fifty or
mere men stood in line in front of the cilice,
reaching from the door far out in the street
the war continued, in \ irgima almost every j ;) u night aud until nino o’clock next day, wa',*j
field was a h yj.le^lieMj \|u^jilo.se VireiriLi ,.Afor tho. bn*AitMk»~*•*;««-
oovvm * Thev went to work with a.l the energy j early choice, that several bought position m
.if their forefathers, [(’beers.] line at from fifty to ninety dollars.
There is another thing I must say if I would | The t xcitemcnt at auction sales are e<l>>al'>
make a cleau breast, and you do not wish me to as great when a fT™ 1 » umb< -' r °‘ carrtaM
hold hack auvthiuc. 1 must say the people of ! containing buyers with the understanding s
Virginia do not believe that the essential char- \ free ride and a free lunch served oil the gr un
a-ter of our government has been changed by i is preceded by a baud of music engaged In •
the war. The war put down slavery and did | occasion. " " S '
away with secession. But it did not change i Santa Ana, Cal., May .8, . ..
the constitution nor alter tite principles of
government. 1' did not create a grand consult- i
dated empire, and when any man supposes
that Virginia, the mother of Henry, of Jeffer
son, of Madison, of John Mart hall, of George
Washington—does not love this Union, in such
a large part the creation of her own hands, he
is very much mistaken. [Great app ause. ] _
I declare to you as free-men and fellow-citi
zens, that the most earnest desire and aspira
tion of tiie people of Virginia is that we may
have peace, lasting and joyful peace, peace be
tween the sections and between the races. V. e
are willing to co-operate with you, men of
Boston and Massachusetts, in helping on the
government to prosperity. If America should
get into trouble with any foreign power, any
fishery trouble, the men of Virginia will as
readily enlist as any other men, [great cheers]
as readily as and State. [Great applause.]
Senator lloar said: , ,
Your presence to-niglit is a token that, the
memories of four years cannot efface the mem
ories of three hundred. Terrible as was the
cost of those years to both sides, I think either
would be slow to wish them blotted from our
history. We have learned respect for each
other. You have learned something of the
Puritan. You have discovered that there wtr
BOATING WITH GARFIELD.
A Woary Walker of tho Tow Path Who
Knew the Dead President.
[Albany Express ]
A grizzled, weary-looking toiler of the tow-
path sat in Superintendent McKenna’s office
yesterday afternoon, lie had just come down
from the West, and found himself compelled
temporarily to give up work on account of a
sore foot, which left him almost unable to
walk. To an Express reporter he to! 1 how,
when he was a hoy of ten and the lamented
James A. Garfield was a youth ofhftecn, they
plodded side by side along the \\ abash ( anal
and slept m the same bunk, bolh being em
ployed on the boat Reaper Willard.
The boa'sman’s name 's George McAuley.
He told how studious young Garfield was even
at that early day, and how, even when seated
astride of a horse, he always was poring over
a book,
the canal,
WASHINGTON CITY. ! PERSONAL MENTION.
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1)1!. ABNER WKLBORN CAi.HOI'N.GI ORGIA'S DISTINGUISHED I'lIILANTHKOPIST.
ANOBLEPHILANTHROPIST;LI’ L“e-ont
is worthy of some attention, and the mention
of facts in his history, which have never been
given to the public.
But it is s ur.etning °lse than Dr. Calhoun’s
skill and accomplishments that lias made him
We arc indebted to the S-mf’/crn CullictUnr i the most useful and popular citizen of Georgia,
for this excellent engraving and ske tch of our ’• fobbing beneath these glittering externals
,. .. . . i f 1, „ . is a jjreat warm n-od as genuine a obi-
distinguished fellow citizen. , laIlt , all irI(nV ards. The rec-
This renowned phy^tcut^v £ ^ *
How Dr. A. W. Calhonn Carries on a
Grand Huraano Work—'St Sketch
of His Life and Labors. i
B r"in, and' was i> -m a’t ' 'lAAv.-tt. the podvrueet c
fyO, (;,. 0 rgia, m is Id. Hcf,.. tt'iW i rthilion of at b s skillful h
Carolina’s immortal son. Johrit'. Cal ’oun; | 0!;e to a c!
is tbrongei
... InVf -Cd'* •Yk --.hnnuev
he poor meet on » »i*nl %c?irH to seek healing
hands', and as they tile in one by
oseted conference with
also of the illustrious Alexander Hamilton, j great physician, the prince of tinan
who fell under the fatal bullet of Aaron Burr. ! c u> r .s in his purple and linen finds no
Inspired with the heroism of ids fathers, when I care and courtesy that is not meted out in
the tocsin of war sounded in ls'il, and the , ,, ua l measure to the workman in his blouse or
whole South flew to arms in defense of her I the beggar in rags. From that benevolent
const tutional rights, young Calhonn, a mere ' presence no sufferingone has ever gone without,
stripline of about fifteen summers, promptly i sympathy and an effort for relief. The rich
responded as a volunteer, and joining Compa- {)a y him in generous fees worthy of his skill
ny A, of the First (T-orgU Begimenl, was man I an d standing, b « the poor pay him always in
tered’into the Confederate service at Macon. | proportion to their ni“ans, and those who have
For four long years, during winch youth gave I nothing but their affiictions receive his best
nlace to the stature and vigor of a splendid j attentions without m mey and without price—
manhood he continued to do battle valiantly n , t grudgingly or sparingly, but freely and
fer his country and was several times wound i lavishly, out of the humane promptings of a
e d notably at “Hatcher’s Bun,” in the left „„blo heart. No wonder that a few years aso,
breast ami through the knee-joint on tiie field j when the news of his serious illness in All
ot Winchester. Otir young soldier, with that j ^sta reached \tlanta, that the people in
modesty which has s » eminently characterized | throngs haunted the depot and telegraph of-
biminliis later years, never sought prefer ti ces , wa ling with eager and affec'ionate in
content, wi'h a host of otlier merest the news of his condition, as they would
“ i Hill’s dying mo-
frotn the death-bid
The Calhonn of 1
ment, but ’
chivalric followers of the “In
duty in the ranks as a private
sioiied oiliger; and it was this
ruse,” to do rea <j the bulletins of 1
non-conunis- I m( . n t s , „r the latest m
nd material of
_ourteous and never used
kind word to an tone. II
i coarse or an un-
was paid $!■'
the Southern army that made it well nigh in
vincible, even in tho face of the heaviest odds.
When the last scene of the bloody drama had
been enacted at Appomattox, returning to his
home in Newnan, Mr. Calhoun pursued his
studies with di igence tor twoyerrs under a pri
vate tutor, and then began to read medicine in
the office of his father, himself a skiiifu! prac-
( ^ titioner. In title time ho entered Jefferson
(."was a eeneral^ favorite all along Medical College, Philadelphia, and was gradu-
aid McAuley! as he was invariably ! ated from thv famous school in 1*10. From
of Ilobert Toombs,
in statesmanship, profound in wisdom, pro
phetic in vision, was not greater than this Cal
houn of “87,” omniootent in healing, univer
sal in benevolence, a miracle of usefulness and
generosity, Lis. life circled with a thousand
charities, and his days haloed wi h the bles-
sings and benedictions of the poor. “None
know him but to love him, none name him
but to praise.”
eneroiis emotion; what aptne
fer command; above all, what constancy—that president pro tempore of the
Ap-
thority of which it is
cheers.] , , ,
We, mo, have learned to know, as we nevt r
knew’before, the quality cf the nob e Southern ,
7. the dig of the Union, while the Virginian stock. What courage in war; what attachment j
went borne to oney tiie demand of his Stale. | to home and State; what caoacily for great at- j
v jr four t ears the war raged. t fection aud
It so happened that, botli these young men
became general officers and their commands
met on different fields. A part of the record of
the New York officer was m tde in this Valley,
.and I ray it here as I have said elsewhere, that
"ie made war like a soldier. He fought us
bravely and vigorously, but he showed that hu
manity towards the defenceless tint a true sol
dier knows how to show. [Applause.] Dtir
ing the war 1 was here on my way lo try and
catch him. He had been making a raid on
Lynchburg and was returning, and I hoped to
catch him at Covington, where—the longest
:, ole would have gotten tiie persimmons, j arms
’Laughter But 1 was recalled ami couldn’t
make the trial. Twenty odd years ago I was
tryin ,r to capture him and bring him to Staun
ton and lo! here he is in .Stannum to sp-ak for
blniseif. [ Applause.] He shows by his very
presence here that the war is indeed over.
blent I Great j McAuley was taken prisoner and sent to Ltbby
olem. [Great i after b is release took up ins o d
lie never saw Garfield
prison,
life on the canal,
again.
Bor. Wade and the Restauranteur.
Ben Wade, of Ohio, when lie was elected
virtue beyond all virtues, without wb
people can long he cither greater frt<
piause.] Af’er all the fruit of this vi
dower not to be found in ' tier gardens. In
tho grant and magnificent future which is be-
f >re our c< ui.trv you are t> contribute a large
share bo’li of ttreogth aud of ornament.
Mr. S ere'ary Lamar, in his oration at the
unveiling of the statue of Calhoun at Charles
tm, for which 1 am happy to take this occa
sion to > xp-ess mv admiration, does not exag
gerate when he declares Ilia! tiie late appeal to
as led to the indissolubility of the
American Union and the universality of Amer
ican freedom.” [Applause.]
' \polause J The question of State and nation
has been eltlel, and hereafter cur people are
one per.Je with one country and one destiny.
' Applause.] ,
D is a magnificent Bight to see this demon-
stration in memory of those we loved and lost.
No brave man can or will withhold liisapprov- .
al of it. If the dead we mourn had not been
brave men, wbat credit was it that the oppos
ing army won its victories, and took four long
years to defeat those in front of it? Among
those dead are Stonewall Jackson, the quiet
college professor, who became a star in the ted
firmament of war, and the noble Jeh Stuart,
who, on being told in camp that his child was
sick, sent word back, “I must leave my child
in the hands of God; my duty requires me
here.”
In conclusion, Governer Lee said he wonid
present to the audience the Ne w York cadet at
West 1‘oint and the later distinguished sol
dier, General W W. Avtrhill, of New York.
[Great applause.]
Gcorgo Washington’s Check.
[New York Herald ]
In one of the public bar-rooms down town
there was displayed yesterday a check drawn
on a Baltimore bank by George Washington in
1704. It was not a copy, but the original, gen
uine document, reading as follows:
Philadelphia, March 'J2, 1704
To the ('outlier of the OJIce of Discount and De
posit, Baltimore:
Sir—Please pay Ilobert Gilmer, Esq., or
tiearer, the sum of eight hundred and forty-nine
dollars and sixty-nine cents, and oblige your
most obedianl servant,
$849.69. Geohue Washington.
Accompanying tb s check is an affidavit
sworn to by Charles F. BUnchaid that he ob
tained it from the bank when the charter was
revoked.
I ought not to spe.ik any longer. This
occasion belongs to those who represent the
h..spiulity, as they once represented the cour
age of Massachusetts, and to our guests ftom
the. famous capital of Virginia, where courage
and hospitality have ever held their court.
These two S'ates, so like ,n their difference, so
friendly even n their encounters, so fast bound
when they t eem most asunder, are, as l think,
destined bv God for leadership somewhere. I
thank Him—we can a 1 thank Him—that He
permits us to believe that that leadership is
hereafter to he exercised on a scale worthy of
their origin and worthy of the training he has
given them. Nothing smal er than a continent
will bold t lie people who follow wlitre they
lead. [Applause.] When the Massachusetts
boy real's the history of Virginia, it will be
with the property ot acountrymau in her fame.
When the Virginian hears the anthem of Niag
ara, he will know thfe music as his own. When
i e comes to Boston, the spirits that haunt
Faneuil llall will hear, well-pleased, a footstep
which sounds like that of the compatriots and
comrades, with which, in danger and in tri
umph, they were so familiar of old. [Great
cheers and w'aving of handkerchiefs.]
How striking the contrast between the ut
terances of Senator Hour and the tongue—
scorching words of the small Republican politi
cians! , _
The R. E. Leo Cauip, confederate veterans,
were met bv Steinwebr Post, 192, G. A. U., in
New York Gity on their way to Boston, where
they participated when in the Bunker Hill cel-
eb-ation. The Union men escorted the con
federates to the annex boat, and' the latter
were heartily cheered. The drum corps of the
K. E. Lee Camp played Yankee Doodle on the
W And Tiie Confederates, when they passed
through Washington City on their return to
Richmond spoke enthusiastically of the gener
ous and magnificent reception given them not
only in Boston, but by Lynn and other cities
of Massachusetts. Everywhere, they said,
they experienced the Kindest treatment and
boundless hospitality.
nate, enjoyed
the privilege of appointing the keep, r of the
Senate restaurant. That establishiuent, eie-
ga. i tiv fitted up in the bare ment story of the
Senate wing of the Capitol, brilliantly lighted
aud supplied with c»a! and ice, Was enjoyed
rent free bv the person fortunate eiioug.it)
obtain it. 'it was customary, however, for
him to send a good lunch every day to the
Vice President’s room, without charge.
At the commencement of the Ju.y session of
1S67 tne restauranteur, hearing that he was
i t be superseded by a caterer Born Cincinnati,
called on Mr. Wade and said, obsequiously,
“1 am the keeper of tne Senate restaurant,,
Senator.” “Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Wade,
“you run the cook-shop down-stairs, don t
vim'” “Yes, sir,” was the reply, with a low
how. “Well ” said Mr. Wade “what can l
do for you, what do you want?’ T have caff
ed to express noy wish, sir, that I can continue
to keep tiie restaurant, ami anythingyou war t
sir you have o.ily to send a page dowi -stairs,
and it shall be sent to you quick as a flash,
without costing y »u a cent, Sir.”
Just then Mr. Wade appeared to recollect
something ami looking the man directly in 'lie
eye said: “Oh. 1 don’t want you to feed me;
when I do I will pay jou for what 1 eat tike
other people. Butlisteu: Complaint has been
made to me that you don t treat the little
pares fairly or kindly. Ihey comp am that
they cant get anything to eat except expensive
tilings, for which limy have to pay a large
price. Now, sir, just remember that these
pages are out boy s, and you had better over
charge seua tors, who are able to pay, than
these little chaps who want to save all of their
wa"es that they can for their mothers. You
must be civil and kind to these pages, sir, or
I’ll have you moved out of your cook-shop
and put in some one there who will treat the
boys well.”
The restauranteur promised that lie would
do so, and bowed his way out. Mr. Wade
made inquiry of the pages from time to time,
and found that they were civilly treated,
and that lunches of reasonable cost were pro
vided for them-
Some one sent a poor picture of Patti to the
songstress with the request that she write her
autograph below it. She said: “Good gra
cious! What an abominable picture! I can’t
sign thatl” She thought a moment. Then
she turned it over and wrote on it: “Who is
this? I don’t know. Adelina l’alti.”
Gen. Thos. Ewing, ex-member of Congress
from Ohio, has informed the Express that lie
will support the Union Labor party and its
candidates, and do all in his power for their
success during the coming compaign.
thence, re turning to Newnan, lie very soon Sell
heir to the large practice of Ics father, who
was growing infirm, and for three years con
tinued to discharge most acceptably the oner
ous duties of a country physician. But this
limited sphere was not sufficient fur the ex
panding intellect of our hero, and perceiving
the importance of developing some of the more
occult branches of medical science, he at once
determined to devote himself to the study of
the eye, the ear and throat. With this intent
he visited Europe, and for three years, in the
universities of Paris, Berlin ami v tenna, dilt-
gently investigated the construction n‘. those
d- li.-.'ite organs, and sought the remedy lor all
the diseases incident to them.
In the interim he had been elected a profes
sor ia the A'tanta Medical College, and the
iiar' icuiar chair he row occuph s was ken. o;.* n
for him until his return. In addition toitsdu-
ttes, Dr. Calhoun began the practice of his
specialties in Atlanta, and very soon w th the
r ■•■>--1 signal aud distinguished success. Hap 1-
ly his fane extending beyond the city, as
sumed State and national dim usions, until at
length his name has become a h iusehold w rd
w t h the afflicted of the whole country. To
form tiny adequate conception of th ‘ great and
noble ■
the in.
'•Dueled patient
irk in'which l)r. Cal ' s «"S a ff
i-er should visit hisoffice on Marie
From the earliest moult ni that atim.t- |
n be obtained, an unceasing stream of I
may be seen going to that j
honor of the man
A Few Words About Bernhardt—Is
She a Lamia?
])par Si:nny Sot-th: Bernhardt—Ilow shall
1 describe her to you, or, rather, how shall I
convey to you an idea of the impression she
makes upon one, with her thin-hpped, cruel
mouth and her magnetic eyes? Of course we
have all learne 1 from D.ime Humor that she is
thin to atteuuaiion, very ugly, ill-tempereil,
eccentric, etc., etc.; but to actual view she is
not ugly at all, nor thin—will, not so very
thin and if she has a temper, she has had the
good taste to hide it in the face of such audi
enc -s as site has played to in San Francisco.
1’hat she is peculiar, must be admitted; one
concludes this immediately from her style of
dress. Both on and off the stage, however her
„,,!) may vary ill texture and color, it always
follows one fast ion—that of the wearer. The
,<owti is gathered full at the shoulders aud
confined at the waist by a broad girdle. The
lau.-r, when she is playing, is of various de-
si-es’ and covered usually with embroidery
in lit ’-lit, glowing jewels. As an artiste Mme.
Bert.luildt is t imply superb! She made me
think continually of that “brilliance feminine,”
the Lamia of Keats—so sinuous of movement,
so hue a “snake palpitating,” with now and
a „; ( ia a touch of that still languor which is
also characteristic of the ophidian. Onecan
readily farcy that not bio 1, but some more
mysterious ti ml. courses through her veins—
that she is indeed a serpent transformed, a
■natureof the wood, half flame, half sunshine,
Reminiscences of Distin
guished Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the National Capitol.
Bv BEN: PERLY POORE.
No. 191.
President Harriscn.
1'resident Harrison's gallant horsemanship,
and the clear tones of his trumpet voice on
ihe day of his inauguration, gave assurance
that he possessed health and strength equal
to the arduous duties which lay before him.
Riu the wi d hunt after office, and the jealous
wrangling among the leaders of tho.se who had
so triumphantly elected him, soon visibly af
fected him. Some three weeks after he occu
pied the White II mse, he was overtaken by a
spring shower while taking his early morning
walk, and the following day he felt indisposed.
Pneumonia followei, balding all medical skill,
and, although he was better on Saturday,
April 3, an unfavorable change took place, and
he passed over the dark river just af.er mid
night on April 4, just one month after his in
auguration. The last time that he spoke was
about three hours before he expired, when he
cleared his throai, and, as though he fancied
himself addressing his successor, he said:
“Sir! I wish you to understand the true prin
ciples of the Government. I wish them car
ried out. I ask nothing more.”
Secretary Webster immediately sent his
son, Fletcher Webster, then a clerk in the De
partment of State, to notify Vice-President
Tyler, who was at his residence at Williams
burg, Va. lie at once left for Washington,
and arriving on the Oth of April, took lodgings
at Brown’s Hotel. The heads of departments
waited upon him that day at noon, and in their
presence he took and subscribed the oath of
office.
On Wednesday, the remains of President
Ilarrison were interred with great pomp and
sincere demonstrations of private sorrow.
Mir tite guns were dred from sunrise to sunset
from the navy-yard, and the buildings on each
side of the entire length ot Pennsylvania ave
nue, with scarcely an exception, and many
houses on the contiguous streets, were hung
with festoons and streamers of black, not onh
about the signs and entrances, but in many
ana or i iiauuie •. - j »• <v anu m
very humblest ah »des Lung out. some sponta
neous signal of the general sorrow. The scores
and places of business, even such as were too
frequently seen open on the Sabbath, were all
closed.
'Hie military escort was larger than that
which, a short monta previous, had attracted
so much attention at the inauguration. One
of the most impressive features was the dis
mounted aud mounted officers of the army,
navv, militia ami volunt ers. Seldom has
there been exhibited within a space so limited
so many distinguished men, the sight of whose
well-known tigures led back our thoughts to
many a bloody held and many an ensanguined
sea, on which the national honor had been well
and nobly maintained. The civm part of the
nrocession was not less sinking than the mili
tary. It embraced the civil and municipal
officials, Congress, with John Quincy Adams
among the representatives, the temperance
organizations, schools and lire companies ot
the district.
Tne funeral car was of large dimensions, in
form an oblong platform, on which was a
raised dais, the whole covered with black vel
vet. From the cornice of the platform fell a
black velvet curtain outside of the wheels to
within a few inches of the ground. I*rom th
What the People Are Doing
and Saying.
Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee, sailed on
Saturday for an extended European tour.
A statue of Mirabeau, by Granet, is to be
dedicated on June 23 at Bignon-Mirabeau, Loi-
ret, France.
“Brick 1 ’ Pomeroy thinks that no man who
uses intoxicates oi any kind should hold any
political office.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is reading the plays
of Sophocles in the original this summer at her
home in Newport.
Tho Czar’s highest aim is to In crowned
“Emperor of Asia” on the site of tho Holy
.Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate spy, 'S
running an orange grove in Florida, and is in
comfortable circumstances.
The presentation of the America! testimoni
al to Mr. Gladstone his been postponed tilt
after the jubilee festivities.
Enoch Platt, who died at Cheshire, Conn.,
last Monday, was the first American to learn
the trade of brass-casting.
Kx-Govemor Marshall, of Minnesota, will
next October celebrate the fortieth anniversary
of his arrival at the sile of St. Paul.
A fan with a sketch of “Redshirt,” in black
and white, and tho autograph of Buffalo Bill,
was recently sold in London for $200.
Congressman Thomas B. Reed, of Maine,
left Ctncigo last week with a party of friend*
to spend the month of July in Alaska.
Charles A. Dana sailed for Queenstown on
the Cunard steamship Servia a lew days ago.
He will remain until about September 1.
Walt Whitman, says the Boston Globe, “will
shortly take up his residence in Boston, and
become one of the wise men of the East.”
John D. Lumberman, of Philadelphia, has
given $1,000,000 for a German hospital to be
under the charge ot Lutheran deaconesses.
The largest lauded proprietor in tho world
lives iu Connecticut. He owns 2,OJO,OOJ acres
of land, and his name is Wilson Wadding-
ham.
Roscoe Conkling keeps a record of his daily
personal expenses, ani i .s pages show that he
paid $203 for street car fare iu the last twelve
months.
Herr Kraker, a Socialist member of tho
Reichstag, was arrested last Saturday the mo
ment he left the legislative building after the
closing session.
as any first-class angel on either side of tne
line,” says a Mexican paper.
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth is 38years old,
has written sixty-eight no vels, and is appar
ently good for many more before death calls
her to lay down her prolific pen.
The Lee memorial association has erected
at Lexington, Va , a mausoleum costing $30,-
OUO, which contains the remains of Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee and two female members of the Lee
family.
Carl Schurz, who about three months ago
broke hi* hip, is slowly recovering. For the
last few days he has been able to take short
walks in Central Park with the aid of his
crutches.
Miss Maria Mitchell, the astronomer, was
the daughter of a srn ill farmer iu Nantucket,
who was obliged to eke out his income by
teaching school at $2 a week. Maria was con
stantly occupied with household duties.
Ex-Mayor Spance, of Los Angeies, Cal.,
now on his way to visit England, has given
$30,01 W) as Vie nucleus of a fund for erecting a
splendid astronomical observatory in southern
California, probably at San Bernardino.
Vassar College has just conferred the hono
rary degree of LL. 1). on Mrs. Christine Ladd
corners of the car a black crape festoon was j Franklin, of Baltimore, whose attainments in
formed on all sides, looped m the centre by a ] mathematics and logii had. previously been
funeral wreath. < >n the coffin lay the sword
of Justice and tho sword of Stale, surmounted
by the scroll of the Consti ution, bound to-
be it
most
-u*i, , , . 2 creai<uic«'» —’ —- - -----,
said, not even the humolest , ami a;K i wholly subtle. In that most wonderful of
wre ched are turned away. Each j,* er pei sonations, Theodora, the dissolute era-
* ‘ ” * press of the FaM,, it is curious to watch the
cunning of th-* serpent, so to speak, merge
in his <»r her turn receives an audi
ence, and whether wealthy or penniless is
t.eatcil and counseled alike. Eternity only
can reveal the fullness and extent of t ie
princely charities of this eminent scientist, who
in ancient times would have been canonized
for his goodness and skill in the healing art.
Numberless instances—some of the most af-
fcctii g character—could be related to show the
generous synitiatiiy and abounding compassion
of this truly great and beneficent gentleman.
But. we forbear, oaving no desire to shoe* tiie
modesty and sensibilities of cur friend.
l)r. Calhonn lias tiffed ihe position of resi
dent of the Medical Association of Georgia,
lie also enjoyed ihe proud cnstincJOn of being
the chairman of the section on otology, laryn
gology and oplhalmology in that most learned
oody, “The American M. i.cal Assoc.a ton ’
ill private life, too, he is honored and beloved.
Nor does he shrink from any responsibility his
fellow-citizens seek to impose UP 0 ' 1 *““>• hlu - b
men are the giory and pride of a . tate i
Nut long ago, says the Aoout Town
in the Florida Herald, ofJ^sonv.lleFa
d Henry Grady, through th.
getber by a funeral wreath formed of the y
and the cypress. The car was drawn by s...
white horses, having at the head of each a col
ored groom, dressed in white, with white tur
ban and sash, ami supported by pall bearers
in black. The effect was very tine. The con
trast of this slowly-moving body of white and
black, so op.posite to the strong colors of the
military around it. struck the eye even from
tiie greatest distance, and gave a chilling warn- - comaar , uive i y poor, and his wtdo
ing beforehand that tho corpse was drawing j ^ ^ sleinior means at her disposa
nigh.
recognized ny Iter appointment as fellow of
the John Hopkins University.
Mr J. B. Sawtell, a prominent grain dealer
of (iy psum City, Kansas, is in the city visiting
relatives aud friands. Mr. Sawtell was form
erly a resident of this city; and has made a
host of warm friends in his new home by bis
agreeable manners and un.form courtesy.
Major Ben l’erley Poore left all his estate
tohiswidow.wii.il ihe understanding that his
valuable collection of relics should go eventu
ally to tile Massachusetts 11 star.cal Society,
paratively poor, and ha
preserved ihirinc
march was very i
When the ri c
reached the Cong'
tary halted, and,
course
;id Boston,
ge W. Childs, while acting as President
Ph' 3
pressive. I G- — ,
of tlia procession had 0 f the Board of Visitors at West Poult, visited
ssioital Cemetery 'tie mil:- j the cemetery, and finding that many graves of
heeling into line, presented ! officers were not fittingly marked with memo-
as the funeral car passed by. At the r i a Ls for the brave men there interred, gave or-
entrance to the cemetery the coffin was taken ( ffets to an architect to make improvements,
from tho car and placed on toe shoulders of | u e has alsoord sred a t tblei t > com netn irate
•rs, who carried it to the receiving : the c'rt " ■ of Mess 11 ill to “Grant Halt
ceded by the lL-v. Mr. Hawlev,
some one asked Henry
Atlanta Constitution, to " an,e
tiie
the
man
whom 1 * he btate of‘ (Jeorgi ‘ could least ef
fort to lose. Nobody Burpnsed when
“Li £
distinguished publicists and
illustrate the State, in orum andj.eld, the
leading " £ Willful and
frankness "in H^heS^. 111 «» unb °ught
iratiKiiess, in i e | acceptance, was
sincerity, and in its universal _
SIate before. The
never paid a citizen ofa onB but m
question has been asked, t o and the au _
times, in many places " ( AbnerCal-
swer has always come the t lfe8i , 4l!ion
houn!” It may be “^inUment of the
that this is the unanimous
into the tenderness of the woman, ready-
last to relinquish her “golden crown” in
exchange f >r the heart of the man she loves.
But tbe’grand climax of the play is when she
stabs Marceilus, the conspirator, with her
long bejeweled hair pin! I have never seen
grief horror, and finally rage so vividly de
picted. Her facial expressions are ill ail re
spects" marvellous With no knowledge of the
French, one could, I think, read the linos of
her plays in the changes—the light and shad
ow changes—of her speaking lace.
The recent appointment of Major Katnoone,
of San Francisco, as Cons l! General to Paris,
caused great satisfaction here, as tiie gentle
man is a fav rite. Ondit, that beyond all
doubt A J- LeBreton, win is also a Califor
nian will be named for Vice-Consul. 'I lie
wife of the latter is one of the most beautiful,
if not the most beautiful woman in ’Frisco; but
as pretty women are numerous in tins locality,
her ri"ht to the apple of Discord may possibly
be disputed. Paris must again decide! She
is a Titiauesque beauty, red hair, dark eyes,
dark lashes, a dazzling complexion, and feat
ures a la Urccque. She is a daughter of the
late Admiral McDougal, U. S. N.
The wife and daughter of ex-Senator Ma-
hone are visiting this Coast, aiffi havo been
handsomely entertained by Mrs. Senator Stan
ford and many Southern families. Adios.
Thetis.
James Alexander S. Wilson, the Philadel
phia forger, was arrested in Toronto, Ontario.
He has been living there with his wife and
family under an assumed name for the past
two months. His defalcations are reported to
amount to §600,900.
The Rev. l)r. Phillips Brooks is expected to
preach in St Paul’s and in Westminster Abbey
this summer.
Uio bear
vault, pr
citing the solemn funeral service ot me. t.pis-
copal L turgy. The procession advanced down
the principal avenue of the cemetery until it
reached the receiving vault, where a soace had
been kept open by sen rtes under arms, and
w aere, a hollow square being formed, tho coffin
was lowered into the vault. A signal being
given to the troops outside, the battalion of
light artillery, who were placed on ai> adjoin
in'^ eminence, fired a salute which w.*s imme
diately followed by the several military bodies
in line, who commenced firing from the left to
tiie right, and continued the salute till it had
thrice gone up the who.o hue. I lie proces
sion then resumed its march, and returned by
the same route to the city, where the troops
were dismissed and the citizens retired to
their several abodes.
William Wirt.
William Wirt was attorney-general of tiie
Cuited .States when I first visited Washington
as a boy, but I do not know that I ever saw
him The descriptions of him represent him
as tail, with an ii dotation to corpulency; his
countenance was “sickled o’er with tite pale
cast of thought;” his mouth was finely formed,
and a physiognomist woull have noted that
tiie compression of his lips denoted firmness,
and his smile good-humored irony. He had a
Roman nose, the eye of cerulean b'ue, with a
remarkably arch expression when he was ani
mated, ani of calm though'fulness when bis
features were in repose. His forehead was not
high, but it was broad, with tiie phrenologi:al
developments strongly marked—particularly
the poetic and perceptive faculties. His hair
was .sandy, and his head bald on tho top,
wuicb, with a Byronian anxiety, lie tried to
hide by combing the l air up over the baldness,
p.ud it was much liis custom, wticn engaged in
an oratorical display, to preserve its adjust
ments by passing bis hands o/cr it. He was
much more careful in this regard than was the
eloquent and chivalric Preston, who, though he
wore a wig, seemed not only indifferent as to
who knew' it. but of the wig itself; for in the
sturdy breeze which blew over the Canton
course at the Bahimore convention, it nearly
left him. he the while apparently unconscious,
as he fuimined to the vast and wrapt multi
tude. Well! tho Carolinian may not have
loved the laurel, as Cmsar did, because it hid
his baldnessi but he deserved to have it voted
to him for his eloquence.
the change ot Mess Hull u
Tiie Paris journals announce the approach
ing marriage of her highness Princess Murat
with Don Joseph Carracciolo, Duke ot Laveilo,
Prince of Torella and Grandee of Spain of >Uo
tirs'-class. Princess Eugenie is tite eldest
daughter of ’.ii s highness Prince Mural and his
wife, ncc Princess of ‘.Vagram. Sue is :i sister
of Countess ‘ioltttchovvska and of Prince Joa
chim Murat.
“Mrs. George Ward Nichols, founder and
proprietor ol the fam >us Rock wood Pottery al
Cincinnati,’’ according to a current paragraph,
••has an income of 4200,000. She estabiisued
the factory at the beginning ot tho ‘pottery
craze,’ and still works ia it about live Hours a
dav.”' This income, however, is hot derived
from the pottery. It comes from the estate of
btv father, who was a son of the several times
millionaire Nick Longwor.h.
Frederick II. Rindge, who has given a new
public library to Cambridge, Mass., worth
?12 >,' HM), was a member of the class of ’79 at
Harvard. Until the past few years he and his
father, Samuel II. Kludge, have lived in Cam
bridge. They are i ow citizens of California.
F. if. Rindge lias been visiting Cambridge re
cently. and there learned that the library of
•_’0 000 volumes needed new accommodations.
George W. Childs never does things by
halves. Gens. Sherman and Sheridan ex
pressed a wish while at West Point recently
to have their portraits placed beside that of
Grant in Grant Hall. Sir. Childs, who pre
sented West Point with the portrait of Grant
toid Sherman and Sheridan that he would
gladly add their pictures to his gift, and added
that they were at liberty to choose their own
artists. The portrai s of the two Generals are
to be the same size as that of Gen. Grant.
W. J. Florence, the comedian, in a letter to
a Louisville subject, wrote this suggestion:
Dae gallon of whisky costs about §:i and con
tains about sixty-five loc. drinks. Nov, if
you must drink, buy a gallon and make your
wife the barkeeper. Wheu you are dry give
her 15c. for a drink, and, when the whisky is
gone, she will hive, after paying for it, §6.75
left, and every gallon thereafter will yield the
same profit. This money she should put away,
so that, wheu you have become an inebriate,
unable to support yourself and shunned by ev
ery respectable man, your wife may have mon
ey enough to keep you until your time comes
to fill a drunkard's grave.