About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1887)
i GOtitliiliJlt 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 ...i •^£&£S£&lSl± -t.
