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NUMBER 009.
Glowing Tribute to Virginia:
“There, too, I hope to rest when life's duties
are ended, in the bosom of my dear native
State, loved and honored since I have loved
and honored anything; never more than now
in her adversity; prouder of my heritage as a
free born son of Virginia than to have inherited
a crown in any other land; proud of her histo
ry, filled as it is with a record of heroic deeds:
proud of her heroes, who have illustrated
American valor; proud of her statesmen, who
have shaped the destinies of this mighty Na
tion; proud of her orators, whose eloquence has
thrilled the Nation when patriotism or freedom
was the theme; proud of her course in the late
t ^ struggle; proud of her efforts to preserve peace
|jL| ^ an( i avert the awful calamities brought upon
I 1 Mi «‘AStl/y/ ns by the war, an effort so persistent that those
I Mr' w * 10 * cnew her not said, sneeringly, that she
could not be kicked out of the Union; proud of
her when, failing to secure honorable peace,
fully counting the cost, she bared her bo*om to
the strife, deeming, if need be, all else well
lost in the bright path of duty and honor;
proud of her sons who rallied to her side, and
for four years beat back the pitiless storm of
war hurled upon her, exhibiting to the world i
examples of heroic fortitude worthy of the
mo .her that gave them birth; proudest of all,
that when worn out and exhausted by their
victories, the shattered remnant were com pell-
ed to yield to overwhelming numbers and re
sources, they grounded their arms and turned
to the task of rebuilding the waste places, and
restoring tlieir mother State to the proud po
sition she had ever held in the front rank.
Such are my sentiments, honestly entertained
and freely expressed.
“Yet my heart is large enough to embrace
my whole country from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, from the Lakes to the Gulf, to glory in
her success, to feel a thrill of pride when her
course is as glorious as her might is resistless,
when her magnanimity equals her power.
“And to you, gentlemen of Gettysburg, let
me say this is an opportunity to display mag
nanimity worthy of this great Nation. Leave
to time—the touchstone which tries all human
action—the question of right and wrong in
volved. Let the future historian, probably yet
unborn, try the cause, and posterity will ren
der a verdict which is apt to be just. To them
let us leave it. Its deeds have beeu done; its
drama closed, but for our country there re
mains a future."
Col. Alexander McClure was then intro
duced, who welcomed the visitors in behalf of
Philidelphians particularly, and Pennsylva
nians generally:
w uuk uc . r t “After the more than fraternal greeting, so
They ro«e iu theirmight, 1 njeeuiiK opposed I elo< l lle ntly expressed by the representatives of
j the survivors of the Philadelphia Brigade and
of Pickett’s Division, it is an easy task to
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY 1ING, JULY 16,1887.
PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Shading Across the Bloody Chasm.
SOUTHERN WAR SONGS.
Poetic Echoes From the Dead
Past. I
OUR DEAD DEFENDERS.
Read at a Southern “Greenwood”
Kentucky.
S0, ™ D to the place of the dead,
we -a-hT 00 ,alr “ lsles ’ ’ uea *t> the arches
To strew, wheri oqr bold battle-martyrs are laid *
Jhe garlands new made
Or t xqulslte flowers ol Spring's golden weather.
F Kr. l, m l ™Ja ant ’ a , n , d ,air ' 2re ' bese garland. we hear
lti!r 1> of rarest of blossom;
Rut (), for tile slalu who have slumbered on
As fresh as the tl
who have slumbered on here,
A many a year,
'rs Is the love In each bosom!
T Thev°to J°IS?riSi 9 X th ' an(1 tl,e 8eason °f mirth;
f bVm •’ l 110,116 »' but a ringiugcry rounu
* T °blrth S ’ MeDl T ° AriD8! shiwld the Iand of yonr
And fheii^ht of your hearth!”
. To the battle they bore,
heroes^ ,ous Wdr CI T went up from our
the Da,n * a,ni(1 beat, amid rale!
luV? 01 ^ marcii ’ —t/ie Hunger ali language defy-
O, the deafening flgbr upon mountain and plain
.Where, falling like grain
ec-led—dying, bleeding and
They moulder or bleach, on Die plain's grassy r-ach
lD mounu/ns * reedy ,tn3 ’ by llie wa ™. »» tiie
Or here, where a tablet commemorates each;
Oifr memories to start, from ibetr uftefmost
tains.
These souls, doomed to sever from the loved, here,
forever—
O, let us. to-day, again fondly recall them;
To the voices of eartc they wl?l wake again—never!
Ah, never! ah, never!
Till the trumpet of God with the blest shall enroll
them.
Though we ne’er can repay those we honor to-day,
Though hard we endeavor, one-half the heart
owes them,—
Yet, strew Heaven’s ertft. the sweet fl nwers, we may,
Memorial. Day,
While fingers can cull, or the bright flower-blos
som.
G AEd gmtl"; IncTS’ lrom ,h tbe 0r hll“ bti 1 and r °toB i 8 J’ ea , k for lhe City of Urotherly I.ove and for
_ prairie. e oel * nt ® and the tbe Keystone State of tbe Federal arcb, in tbe
10 Doiir arm<eS tbey swe,,ecl —wltH a strong onward | hearty sympathy with peace and brotherhood
j which marks this notable re-union.”
The Decisive Battle.
“Twenty-four years ago your mutual hero
ism consecrated this ground to unhiding im
mortality. This battle, in which your re
spective commands met, was the bloodiest of
ail the many sanguinary conflicts of our civil
strife, and in its issue trembled the issue of the
decisive battles of the war. It ranks with
Thermopj he inis desperate courage; but the
heroism of the warriors of Leonidas, whose
inexorable Spartan laws made defeat dishonor
r6F*9 T l f i , £ w i G&Mwx&ition.nf. j-”uu Kara- Kr.
Pickett, who willingly dared and died for their
convictions.”
The Stern Purpose.
“Never did opposing armies accept battle
with sterner purpose. Every shotted gun
hoarsely thundered the faith of the warriors
who employed it in the harvest of death. Ev
ery church of every belief in the North and
South sent up fervent prayers to the same Gjd
for the triumph of their respective Hags, and in
like manner called for thanksgiving and praise
when victory came to either. Every pulpit
appealed to the patriotism of the people in the
name of the Ruler of nations to sustain the
cause of its section as a holy duty; ami from ev
ery battlefield came heart-felt thanks from the
victor and abiding faith in the supplication
from the vanquished, ali from the same altar
to the same Jehovah.”
The Final Judgment.
“Both could not triumph; and at Appomat
tox came the judgment of the final arbiter that
national union shall be indissoluble, and that
national sovereignty shall be omnipotent with
in the limitations of its own fundamental law.
And from Appomattox came the promise, not
only of peace, but of brotherhood. It came
to the North and South from the great captain
of the conflict. Hero and victor in war, he
was no less a victor in peace. Of the shatter
ed legions of Lee, not one left that historic
lield ilie enemy of Grant. He did more than
any conqueror—than an army. He conquered
and gathered as the greenest laurels of his
victory the love of the Confederate warrior
and the respect of the South for the Union,
against which its sons had so valiantly battled.
When presented to the Nation as a candidate
for the highest civil trust of the world, his bat
tle-cry that answered those who reveled in the
turbulence of hate, was ‘Let us have peace.’
Among his earliest appointments when called
to the I'residencyjWasal.eutenantol Ire,under
whose eye the memorable charge of Pickett's
Division was made, and later in his adminis
tration a Con federate soldier and statesman
sat in his cabinet.”
WASHINGTON CITY.
Reminiscences of Distin
guished Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the national Capitol.
BV BEN: PERLY POORE.
No. 1!«
hoveringbo.h inispitals amt ours, like
come as survivors of a f;reat battle, I bright and beauttds of grace and mercy,
which illustrated tbe greatness and glory or ready to condnctiarting spirits to I’ara
the American people, and dropping tbe curtain | disc. Mother, «r, sister, wife, sweet-
over the past, we bail you as our brothers and heart! They fan fevered cheek, bathed
sisters with all that love ami pride which must I the fevered browed with their tears the
ever thrill the hearts if all good and true citi- i couch of dying bwafted their souls to
zens of the continent of free commonwealths.” j heaven with theiand prayers, and put
Pnrth r,™ o ! dowers over theK A .u they could ha
the Baptism. j as brave as men,lien it was necessary.
“Xo more does that spirit animate us which ! vv hy, the brawian lever saw
ANDREW JOHNSON’S HOUSE.
How He Obtained His Name-The
Mystery of His Parentage.
A recent number of Harper’s Weekly coil-
tame 1 a picture of the house in which Andrew
Johnson was born in Raleigh. No doubt the Har
pers were honest in their belief that it was the
veritable house in which Johnson first saw the
The Bine and the Gray.
The Gettysburg Reunion.
July 2nd, 1SS4 was again made historic at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by the second meet
ing—now in the bonds of fraternity and Nat
ional Unity, of those, who, twenty four years
ago, met on the same day and field in bloody
and deadly conflict.
Five hundred of the survivors of the sixty-
ninfh, seventy-first, seventy-second and one
hundred and sixth Pennsylvania regiment,
which confronted l'ickett’s Division on that
ever memorable field, arrived early in the af
ternoon and afterwards received their old an
tagonists at the depot and escorted them to the
hol d where the Pbi'adelphians quartered them
as their guests. After partaking ot a stand-up
lunch ail made for the county court house,
where the first camp fire of the Blue and the
Gray was kindled.
The meeting was called to order by Non. I
John W.Frazier who made afew appropriate re- !
marks,concluding by s yingthat ‘ Knowing full |
well the feelings that prompted ttie meeting”
be could truly say that “Litis fraternal meeting
of the Philadelphia Brigade and Pickett’s Di
vision will indeed prove
“ 'A n lion of beans rrni a union ot hands,
A uvli-n none c*n .ever;
A union of homes and a union ot lands.
And the flag of our Union forever.’ "
L. Stockton, who had been instrumental
in bringing about the reunion was then intro
duced as President of the meeting, who, in
turn introduced Colonel Charles H. Barnes
president of the Philadelphia Brigade Associa
tion. who stepping forward, after a few re
marks appropriate to the occasion, extended
the following:
Soldiers Hearty Welcome.
“And now it remains for me to say to jou,
men of Pickett’s Brigade, by authority of this
Brigade Association and iis friends,that we dp-
sire that you will honor us during jour stay at
Gettvsburg by becoming our guests.
“We welcome you because you were brave
S' iiliers in war; we welcome you because you
are true citizens, and may your stay here be
one of pleasure to each of ns, and of fraternal
greeting that shall guide us to higher resolves
for the perpetuity of the Constitution and the
UDion; to manly determination as citizens to
meet conscientiously, and in the fear of God,
the questions and issues of the hour; and to
such an abiding faith in the magnificent des
tiny of the Republic as will lesd each of us to
trust that the Almighty Being, who spoke from
the cloud and pillar ef lire to the leader of
Israel, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel
that they may go forward,’ and who to-day is
calling us by His providence to higher and
nobler achievements in the cause of humanity
and the government of the people.”
I’pon behalf of Pickett’s Veterans, Captain
C. P. P.eeve, of Richmond, commander of the
Pickett’s Division Association, responded in
part as follows:
-Friendsanti Comrades: I desire for my
self and comrades to tender you onr heartfelt
thanks for the kind, cordial and hearty wel
come extended us on this, an occasion never to
be forgotten by us, but cherished and remem
bered as a bright spot in the checktred path
way of life.”
During his eloquent response he paid the
following
not be here to day to grasp the hands of those ■ with hat off, gavtsuS.- a military saint ^ ea'rly^'history, and one day two officers
who have met us with a b-other’s greeting and | regiment tire-semed arms and we chee ^ j 0 n old Mrs Susan Stewart and asked
a brother's love. Above the ashes left by war t w,th a goM old-fashioned rebel yell «ue^ ^ ^ ^ she kuew of the early
and over the tomb of secession and African i ^odV^Th^t^tfand^rave^htUe^ 1 ' 18 of the P resident > sa y in q thattheyhadbeea
in admiration of her pluck and truth,
hind of that splendid and glorious tj
American womanhood. She deserves a
by the side of those Carthageniau uu
who cut their tresses as bow strings to
tbeir lover’s arrows hissing to me 3
heart.”
slavery, wo liave created a new empire and | . , . . . .
have built a temple to American liberty, in i ^ as as oye ^ as - 8 * 1 ® . .
which you and I can worship together, and l Would that sh^were^ere to-.lay that 1 j
over it we have run up the star-spangled ban- !
ner,—and we cling to it with all that ancient |
love which should ever dwell in the hearts of '
men and women from the land of George •
Washington and William Penn. I utter it as 1
a sentiment '.hat comes welling up frou every j
bosom of Virginia and the South, that the man
who would rekindle that feeling which lit ed !
our land with death, and tears, and grief, and ;
mourning, with graves and suffering, is not i
only unworthy the high title of an American .
citizen, but even of that of a human being, and I
should find no home or friend on earth or in
Heaven.
Lincoln and Grant.
“And oh! rny countrymen, what calamity j
was it for the South when the assassin’s bullet
directed to her as one who had known him in
his youth. The old lady replied that she had
known Andrew and his parents, and that she
had named him. She said that at the time of
his birth iiis parents lived on the back part of
her mother’s lot, which was on Fayetteville
street, about where the store now stands, as
stated above.
Mrs Stewart was a gay young woman, and
Olio night whan dressing for a ball received a
A NOVEL CELEBRATION.! message from Polly Johnson asking her to
11 come out and look at her new oab>. Sue went
Mount Hood’s Snowy Summit lilt and found Polly the mother of aline boy. Af-
nated With Red Fire. j ter admiring the future President she asked
Pokti.and, Out., July 5 —For the four his mother what she had named it. Pohy re-
July celebration yesterday Portland u :| plied: “Miss Susan, as you ma le all ms little
took and successfully carried out an unj i, clothes for him I want you to iMine iiini.
dented fete in the way of lireworks. It v j Miss Susan said: ‘^ell, lolly, 1 will name
less than the illumination of tbe snmu f him Andrew McDonald —after the lie.ro ot a
Mount Hood, the tallest snow covered pel novel she was then reading. JaKo J
lww w yc utjwi - in son
struck down Abraham Lincoln! In the midst I Oregon. 1*2,720 feet high. This was done 1 Pollj’s husband, was sitting by the fire and
of all the bloody tempest he still had a soft , actly ball past 11 lust night, and the light said: “Miss Susan, don t give him sue a long
place in his great heart for us, and now that ! plainly seen in this city, a distance of lifty name; I will never recollect it. a mu p «i
the storm has pissed ami passion has subsided, miles in as straight line. The illumint Andrew.” And that ns Lie 10 1,8
who of the South does not love and revere his agent win one hundred pounds of ordinary name, according to the v eeer.i .e u /•
memory and the memory of that great captain i tire. The task was accomplished by Win Mrs. Stewart mil her said to t le wo no
who was kind and magnanimous in the hour j Steel, a local explorer of some note, asstotli
of victory at Appomattox, who said to Leo, by Nelsm W. Durham, of the staff of the < ‘
President Polk’s Brother.
Major William II. Polk, a brother of Presi
dent Polk, was a jolly fellow, whose jocose and
free manners contrasted very strongly with
those of the puritanical President, his brother.
He used to say, “The reason my brother sent
me as Minister to Naples was because so many
of the other ministers who bad been sent there
came back with disease of the spine, induced
• by their efforts to rival the politeness of the
5 king. I hadn’t been there sixty days before 1
put the king to bed with a broken back.’’
When the Mexican war broke out, Polk
came home and was appointed by his brother
; a major of cavalry. He knew nothing what
ever of military matters, and was fortunately
assigned to a regiment of which a young West
; Pointer named Viele (since a member of Con-
\ gress) was adjutant. The first day he directed
I the adjutant to give the necessary orders dur
ing a drill, alleging that his spur had come off.
1 The next day he began to r£ad upon military
' tactics. He read the first page and took a
J drink. Then he read the second page and
^ took another drink. Finally he threw down
j the book and exclaimed:
i “Adjutant Viele, I dont know a blanked
! thing about it. My brother is the President
: of the United States. You stick by me and
\ tell iue what to do and I’ll see that you get
j quick promotion.”
{ It is needless to add that Adjutant Viele
! stucK to the brother of the President and
1 coached him through the war. When peace
was declared, Major Polk was elected to the
Thirty-second Congress as an Independent
Democrat, and served from Dec. 1, 1851, to
March 185.”, during which time he told more
stories off color than any representative ever
had before him.
Webster and His Chowder.
Daniel Webster was a good liver, and when
in Washington he used to go to market three
times a week to purchase delicacies for his ta
ble. “Come .and dine with me,” he would say
to a friend, “I will give you a chowder made by
my own receipt from Massachusetts codfish,
and a slice of tine mutton from a saddle that I
bought, in the market.” He was very fond of
a cup of tea made in a brUannia- metal
which belonged to his another, ■'
he tinahy gave lo Monica, pis coioLsu
is to-iUJhx i\a eollfiCtknr& Indian Hi
First Washington Newspaper.
The first newspaper printed and published
in Washington city was the Gazette the first
number of which appeared on the loth of June,
1700 It was edited and published by Lenj.i-
min More, a book-seller, on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, at *1 per annum, and was really a
good paper for that day, well made up and
neatlv printed. The editor complained bitterly
from time to time of the want of patronage,
and finally, after thirty-five weeks., existence,
it was discontinued. Hie Aaiiontd lntdlajen-
ccr was started by Mr. Smith, a 1 liiladelpbia
editor, who took his press and typo to the new
city being laid out in the woods on the bank
of the l’otoutac. The first number was issued
in September, 1800, and after a while it be
came the property of Gales Seaton, by whom
it was published for half a century. Originally
conservative, it became the organ of the " bigs,
and occupied the position until it followed the
Whi” party to the grave. Stuce the IntelU-
acnecr was first issued, 12(i newspapers have
been started in Washington city, political, re^
Ionian, and five others.
party left lsame
Gentlemen, you arc in tbe army of that
Johnson; I wish you would tell
j him the lirst
“Let your men take their horses home to makv, ..ax-.. r — .
bread;” who, when he had triumphed, said: Friday moraing last ai d camped Satur him that tbe old woman w ,
“Let us have peace;” and who, in his dying ! night at the snow line. From -.here to die sirag that ever covered * utt wn< ’
hours declared that the greatest happiness he mit the journey was made on foot over inamed him, ,s not
felt was to see 1 lie good feelings springing up | snow in some places and hard ice in otluthe grave, and Ihat
IDious, agricultural, literary, mechanical and
military, and few of them have survived a
year, and the metropolis hits been termed the
cemetery of newspapers.
She Was their Salvation.
Mrs Ricketts, who was the “Laly Bounti-
fui” of Washington society for years after the
war was a tall, stately woman, with pleasant,
features lighted by fearless blue eyes. When
she said “Stand and deliver!" congressmen
drew tlieir wallets ami donated. She was,
courageous
now tottering on the brink of „„
uld like to see her ! w [ ieI1 youim, always accounted
between the North and the Souti,; There is where steps ha f to be cut with hatches and Igrandsou, George Whiting who is a Oonfeder- woman and devot^ wtfe.^d when
not a true man in the South to-day but who | dangerous crevasses crossed; oesiles, fiveate prisoner ot war, once be o .1 k . brought to the p cultured was her
feels as if he would like to s and at the tombs j the party had to carry twenty pounds of re.l : The above facts were related tojonr corres- I an( , to ner that zmon the
ot Lincoln and Grant, to plant a flower there each, in addition to their blankets. The pondent by that same George Wh in? a *er husband, it dtd not greatly 8 " r P r,s e the People
and water it with a manly tear. rmeemems when they left here were for tins release from prison oil Johnston s Island. when, at midnight she took an ^glance
1 unmit ali ni? The lace Chief J istice Rnihu is authority for ■ alllJ> srme d with a pass and a lla S or t lr ^ c ®>_ a P’
The Battle Fla
i the presence of a feeii;
: In ordtr’io^tuuch off the flier " ; rhi7‘of"c^1sayi7g‘ihat'tffiiei Justice Leonard Henderson j ^minced her UetemmaUon ol “going^on to
like this, too i they must have done, and it is the lirst th.vas the father oi Andrew Johnson, and not | uichmoud,” and go she did, her children r
what matters who sh ill j that a human being has spent the night
Col. Avlett’s Address.
Col. William K. Aylett, who succeeded Gen
eral Armistead as commander of the brigade
upon the death of ArmDtead, having been
chosen to respond on behalf of the State ot
Virginia to I’ensylvania’s wedcorm*, delivered
agiowing and eloquent address. We wish we
could publish it * ntire—but we cannot. Regret
fully we must content ourselves by giving a
few of the many eloquent outbursts with which
it sparkles.
“Brothers and Sisters of the Keystone State,
Comrades of the great battlefield, my Country
men all: We are here to-day as friends and
kindred of a common country, sent to you by
the Old Dominion as an expression of her love
and confidence. When your invitation reached
us it touched our hearts in a tender place, and
the speech of welcome which has just been
delivered so eloquently is worthy of the orator
ami the great State and city which lie repre-
sin’B. Not only do we receive, and shall ever
treasure, the noble sentiments of Colonel
McCiure as the voice ol l'ennsylvania and her
chief city, but also of those brave men who
met us here twenty-four years ago with valor
that we could not overcome, and who meet us
here to-night with a loving welcome so dear to
us and to our people.
A Tribute to the Press.
“Not only do we cherish the sentiments sc
nobly expressed, so warm and true, from tbe
hearts of our brethren of the North, but, re
membering the avocatiotf&ud profession of the
gifted speaker, we hear in loud tones the voice
of the,great American press—that power,
mightier than armies or navies, mightier than
swords and sceptres, and kings, on whose sup
porting arms the Goddess of Liberty leans,
and whose daily utterances proclaim that
peace, friendship and love once more bind the
American people with the golden hands of in
dissoluble and perpetual union; the Dress,
whose thousand tongues none can silence;
whose champions
‘All unbribed at freedom’s altar stand
Faithful and tirin, bright wardens of the land.’
“Yes my countrymen, the press and the
brave and generous soldiers of our laud have
brought this night, and these s:enes to pass.
All honor and love to both.
sacred for utteran
keep the battle flags? They passed into your
hands in brave and manly combat., untouched
by dishonor, after a baptism in blood that
made the gray jacket a mantle of glory, and
we are as willing yonr people should keep
them as ours. They are in the hands of our Gov
ernment and brethren, to whom our honor
should be as dear as their own. Never attain
will our battle fl isrs wave in strife. They have
gone forever, but they went down in giory and
in honor. Fhey are dead—and we love and fol
low alone now the living fl ig which doa»s from
Key West to Behring Straits, and from Bunker
Hill to San Francisco. As we look it the ban
ner of our country floating yonder, we only
remember that since the birth of our nation
it has been the emblem of liberty and the
refuge of the oppressed; that Southern
and Northern me.1 bore it in triump
Saratoga to Yorktown and from Lund' ’s Lane
to New Orleans, and that as united brethren !
we floated it over the waffs of Tripoli, and the i
Halls of Montezumas. We forget that it was !
ever borne against us; and as we see arouud us i
men of the N will who havo co ne down South j
and made their homes and our peopie their ;
people, we hail to-day and henceforth ail ;
Americans everywhere as brothers, and claim ;
1 summit of the mountain. The inum:i
i was also seen in eastern < >regon, at a dii
of seventy-five miles. The party will
j descent of The mountain this Morning
tl'cited States Senator William II. Haywood, j ma j n i n nr with relatives in this city. At Ala-
T ins was generally supposed. Judge Ruffin said , ass as Junction she was placed in a cattle car,
an hat this information was imparted to him by j . in d went to Richmond, where she was per-
i tl 'd«u‘ Henderson and then by Folly Johnson. m itted lo share for seven months ttie captivity
Vt all events that question which is said to tax | ot her husband. I have heard officers and
of the wisest child greatly vexed i <so idiers say she was their
Governor Lee on tne Union.
he {>»
si'ieiU Johnson, because when he came out
Raleigh lo be present at the erection of a
General Fit zb ugh Lee in response to a requ3^ onuriM ? flt ov2r Jr.cob Johnson, his mother’s
of t he Courier-fTournnl for information as t us ha.«d, in his speech he said t iat lie had
Virginia’s attitude toward the Union, wmes[ nrae | 0 |q ie place of his birth to do honor to
k tter which every Southern boy should re ig.,, man w h<> *q s said to be my faoher.” The
“Virginia will ever lie ready to celebrate th^M.jarians of the town were greatly divided
natal day of the American Republic, whej^ . 0 exact location of die grave, and Colo-
power was transferred from kings to me P e0 e i James Fontleroy Taylor among o hers con-
pie, making a free constitutional govern me ut, IK u<} that the monument was erected iu the
such as toe world had never seen before. So£ rOT Jg place.
3t*n bef«
d »es not forget that son liist instructed hoi
Rep reset lives in Congress to introduce a Da-
from j claration ol Independence from Great 3r>tain;
that one of her sens did make the lirst motiotf 6 £
to accomplish that object; that the pen _ —
other wio e such a tiedavm ion, white the swor(i acl . er ’
Sunset Cox made the most taking speech at
? nd Tammany rally on the Fourth oi Jn
: “They read the gospel anarchy aud
in the covenant of death and hell. This
It is true that from a union olsuch States tuu4> ver
'‘rated she afterward withdrew in the exerciser ce l .-~ -, Al .
hen she vol-orwin and Alien,
er she reserved to herself
untar.ly entered in o be unior-
tliat our homes aud ;cinured extend from sturdy \ roud
Maine and the grand old Bay State to where her t
the gentle breize sighs through fhe orange
groves of Florida; from where Mississippi, tne
Father of Water*, heaves bis mighty bosom to
greet the Lakes; from the Great Lakes to the
l'acific, where the Republican Colossus holds
in his benumbed grasp the icebergs of the Arc
tic, and there in sight t f ihe Continent of Asia
proclaim the people united for all time, and
great in all the triumphs of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Bury the Battle Memories.
“Bur ed and sunk out of sight forever be the
hitler memories of woes ami griefs and sor
rows o: the North aud South. If w« recall
them at all, let it be in drama, poetry and
song, as England remembers to-day her wars
of the roses and her rival houses of York and
Lancaster, glorious and imperishable record of
valor aud renown, written upon the highest
rolls of f ime, by both North and South, and
claimed as common privilege and joint offering
tor ali time to come by the whole American
people and their latest posterity.
American Women.
“But while speaking of the deeds and glories
of our men, let nst the deeds of our women be
forgotten. Oh! who can tell of their agony,
suffering and self-sacrilice. I see them now
occupied by Morrow, McArthur, Lucas,
- • ** legraphed to some attor
r 1 n y vs ia Washington to get out an injunction
inrf no Vir-:^ was . ^ Had He lived
uian to day is ashamed ol her action "„r lred and eigat-seventy years ago,
the courage ana aeroism displayed by|“ e u cho irchanted -l'eac- on earih,
battle fields m defense Rep have sought for
the
date
and to contribute her share as a coequal
American Slate toward the peace, happiness
and prosperity of the whole country.'*
Bob Burdette, the genial humorist of the
Brooklyn Eagle, was as gallant a beaidiess boy
as wore the blue during the late unpleasantness.
Bo'o is stilt a brave and generous fellow. In
referer.ee to the Gettjsbug reunion he has
this to say, “These boys ia gray are moie
than foemen worthy of our steel, ihey are our
country men and brotheis—fl-sh of our flesh
an! b me of our bone. They come to us with
the songs of patriotism on their lips and tbe
lire of patriotism in their hearts, . Their pres
ence .signifies that the broken chain has been
welded never to be broken again; that tbe ra
tion which began its march at ^ orktown took
up the line of an even grander inarch at Ap-
pcm.atox; that the ties of a common hope aud
a common destiny bind the east and west,
the north and south together, and that the re
public has atlast found a secure sanctuary in
the hearts of all her children.”
ap-
vic-
v ot the mountain wtiere uunsi taught us
w to forgive cur enemies, and pray for those
io despitefully use us. he would have mvok-
with irenzbd blasphemy, Cue Jar himself to
ise the lips of the civine teacher. And he
mid have been ab'y seconded by the gentle
child, who with aimless fury would have
fed out: Palsied be the tongue what utters
:h benign lessons of forgiveness.’ ”
's. Pickett and the "Bovs in Blue.”
he expenses incurred at Gettysburg by
Pickett and her son in attending tbe re •
v,.i of Pickett’s division and the 1 hiladel-
a brigade bave been defrayed by the boys
flue. As soon as it was learned that 1 ick-
s division had voted to settle the bill, the
nbors of the brigade at once notified the
si on that Mrs. Pickett and. her son weie
Qsidered tbe guests of the Philadelphia brig-
'i who deemed it an honor to act as host to
tjlady whose presence on the battle field has
aied so much to the pleasure of the recep-
t.
nlvation. fiue
sewed forTfiem, sang for them, ciieere i those
who were despradeat, buoyed up those who
felt themselves “fainting by the wayside,
tended like an angel of light the bedsides of
the dying, and read to them sweet words of
great promise.
Nestoriart Bishop in Washington.
V Nestorian bishop was one of Lite lions on
exhibition at Washington early in President
Tvlet’s administration. Coming from a coun
try of which we knew little, and to a country to
which he and liis countrymen were entire
strangers, ignorant of everything appertaining
to our laws, customs, religion, and, in tine, ev
en our name and lineage, it was by no means
stran»e that lie should excite a deep aud lively
interest amongst the intelligent and learned of
our laud, lie received much kindness and at
tention and several parties were made on his
a’C.ouut He pleased all, and seemed pleased
and "ratified with the hospitality extended to
"him His appearance was entirelyjoriental, but
iie well sustained the high aud holy character of
the office which he filled. The bishop was
about tive feet ten inchis high, well proportion
ed amt wore his heard long, with a curling
moustache cn the upper lip. His head was
covered with a turban c imposed of a cashmere
shawl wound gracefully round h s head over a
scarlet cap of a conical shape, with a huge s lk
tassel falling over the side. Iiis outside gar
nlt . n t was a black gown with large flowing
sleeves, and underneath, not visible in front,
was to be seen a silk dress of a scarlet color,
extending ntariy as low as the bottom of the
outer tlress. His complexion was of a dark
olive with jet black eyes; but when in repose
or animated affording the most agreeable and
benevolent expression. He exhibited an an
tique Bible in the Armenian language, written
before the art of printiag was known on parch
ment, and read and translated out of the same.
It was a beautiful specimen of chtrographv,
and illustrations with marginal notes in red ink.
He gave illustrations of the manner of writing
the Armenian language to all the young ladies
who desired his autograph. He wrote from
right to left, and used the reed in stead of the
pen commonly used with us. He had acquired
a sufficient knowledge of the English language
to speak it with considerable ease, and so as to
make himself understood.
PERSONAL MENTION.
What the People Are Doicg
and Saying.
Mr*. Hamilton Fish died in New York on
June 30th, after a long illness.
Hon. Luke I*. Poland died at his residence in
Waterville, Vt., July 2nd, of apoplexy.
Will M. Carleton, the poet, has been elected
a trustee of the Hillsdale (Mich.) College.
Gen. Meade’s monument in Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, will be dedicated on October 18.
Emperor Doni Pedro has sailed for Europe
on the steamer Gironde, which left Rio Jane-
rio July 1st.
Secretary Bayard’s health is again said to be
failing, and he is credited with the old desire
to retire from public life.
Hon. J. (\ Clements will move from Lafayette
to Koine, Ga., the last day of tfiis week, where
he will make his future home.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford
are exploring the Yoseraite valley The Marquis
is the heir of the Duke of Devonshire, the
largest landholder in England.
The Rev. George Lawson Rogers of-Bullitt
county, Kentucky, has been preaching ever
since 1818 and is 100 years old.
Richard Ilenry Stoddard writes his poems
in a hand of such neatness and legibility “as
would put a type writer to the blush.”
Milton C. Randall, New Orleans agentof the
Mutual Life Insurance Company has abscond
ed with $-17,000 of the company's funds.
The I)uc cP Orleans, eldest son of the Count
of Paris, Legitimist pretender to the throne of
France, is a military cadet at Sandhurst, Eng
land.
Princess Marie, wife of Prince Waldemar
of Denmark and daughter of the Count of
Paris, gave birth to a son on the 10.h inst., at
Copenhagen.
Henry Irving, in recognition of Miss Ellen
Terry’s success in the “Amber Heart,” pre
sented her with the play, which he had bought
from the author, Mr. Calmour.
The statement is made that there is an or
ganized movement among a number of Repub
lican politicians having for its object the nomi
nation of Gen. Sheridan for President.
Prince George of Greece is a splendid young
fellow. Although only 17, he is six feet three
in height aad is every in :h a sailor. He is
serving as a cadet in the Danish navy.
Mrs. Cleveland bas turned her back upon
the White House for the season, the Presiden
tial home now being at Oak View, from which
place the President drives to the capital every
day.
Miss Katharine Stokes, at one time a popu
lar equestrienne, and Mr. John Stetson, the
theatrical manager, were married Thursday at
Boston, and sailed for Europe a few hours
later.
Carter Harrison sent a‘ check for £4,000 a
few days ago to the treasurer of Iuifee’a
discovered Italic
nofeemanTwho frequented the most exclusive
London society and clubs at night, sells tin
ware from a handcart in the suburbs during
the day.
Mrs. M. M. Snell, a leader in the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union of Mississippi,
has been chosen editor of the Stoord and Shield,
whose late editor, R. D. Gambrell, was recently
murdered.
The bronze figure of William Penn which is
surmount the tower of the new Public Build-
in g in Philadelphia will be thirty six feet in
height. It will be more than a year before it
is completed.
Captain Mackenzie, the champion chess
player of America, will sail for Europe to
morrow to represent the New York Club m
the German, English and Scottish internatiou-
al tournaments.
At Hartford, Tuesday, the statue erected by
Connecticut in memory of Nathan .Hale, “the
Martyr Spy,” was formally delivered to the
State! Charles Dudley Warner made the pre
sentation speech.
Bret liarte was a book agent in 1840-'50,
and a good one when he would work, which
was seldom. In IN to he was writing con
densed novels” for the Sail Francisco Golden
Era, at So per column.
While Lord Aberdeen was in San Francisco
lie was the recipient of many begging letters
and he left behind him a considerable sum ot
money in the hands of a local society for the
relief of the deserving poor.
Sir Dinshaw Manockjee l'ett, die I arsee
Sheriff of Bombay, has given more than ^7-50,-
iioo for educati>nal and other philanthropic
purposes in that city, his latest gift buing I?'-*,-
000 to a women’s college.
The committee in charge of the McCullough
Memorial have instructed the sculptor to pre
pare a full portrait statue in place ot the bust
with which it was designed to mark the grave
of the distinguished tragedian.
U is made known that Miss Gurtnide Bar
rett, second daughter of Mr. Lawrence Barrett,
the eminent tragedian, is engaged to be mar
ried to Mr. Joseph Anderson, brother of Miss
Mary Anderson, the famous actress.
The onlv American now living who was pres
ent at the coronation of Quden Vlct - f ’ r ' ltu >
years ago was the Hon. Richard Vaux, of
Philadelphia who was at that time a member
of the legation to the Court of bt. James.
During the Arthur administratioa Mrs. W.
E Chandler, wite of the senator elect from
New Hampshire, was one of the prominent so-
ciaUi 'hts Stic is a brunette, ardent and im
pulsive, and is Mr. Chandler's second wife
Bishop James A. Shorter, of the African M
Carohna and olo^a? dfed sud-tody of heart
disease, on the Dt, at his bom. « "W**™.
Green county, Oaio, in. me ^ j
^ViUe Beaumont, an exiled French Count
who claims to be able to trace Ins lineage back
to the time of William the Conqueror is now
earning an honest living in the office of a Pitts
burg architect, where i
possessing rare ability.
Charles Cushing Barry,
tie has the reputation of
who entered the
Citv Bank of Boston aV bookkeeper in the
a^th?a"e*of Sl^and at^spec^Uy^uSl'meet-
Tom Cook of Mt Vernon, Ala., now .8
1 mi t o . famous charge of the
years of age « and i ov es to talk of
'^“hSfbfack mt* whom he credit* with
the “high black, was al8( , a guar d at
Rockingham Palace at the coronation of Queen
Victoria.
Mrs. Cleveland, it is said, P™“ re T J a ll “
to the other matrons of h C ^ Mh
SaVBarsa.?* 5
friendship has grown up betweeu the two.
Yan I’hon Lee, who was graduated at Yate
a few days ago, was frequently interrupted by
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