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VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER 612
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST *6,1*87
PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Shaking Across the Bloody Chasm.
SOUTHERN-WAR SOTOS.
Poetic Echoes From the Dead
Past.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER’S LAMENT
[BY JOHN DIXEY 1
I’m an ex-Conled’rit s< j“r, I At In Mxty-one
At tbe battle o! Manassy, wot tbe Yankees call Bull
Run;
An’ till Bobby Lee surrendered kep’ on the scout
fur blood,
Simetlmes klvered wltb glory and sometimes klv-
ered with mud.
I Iroeged It In tbe valley wltb 8:onewall Jackson’s
band,
An’ 'lived on faith an’ ’taters while skedaddlin’
tbrougb tbe land.
We got dead loads of figbtln’ In the hottest uv tbe
strife,
And otber dlscombobolatlons uv a Confed’rlt sol-
dlfjri i life.
The ol’ Kalntucky rifle bangin' on my cabin wall.
Went In for Ibe Confed’racy an’ staid ontll Its fall;
While tbe tired cuss that toted it an’ Quit wltb bary
red,
L It some Angers lnVarglnny and tuk home sum
Yankee lead.
I didn't luv tbe kyarpet-bagger, an’ I duzzln’t luv
’m ylt.
Although I balu’t no kind a’ grudge agin the men I
flt;
An’ ez a right smart time bez passed, It kinder
strikes me cold,
Tnet the I’hes’nuts cracked In wah time iz gittln’
mighty old.
I’ve rather tu much rbumatlx far fightln’ now-r-
days;
Oi’ Uncle a am bez used me squar’ an’ I lost my
scrimmage cr? ze,
When It’s suddenly dlsfclvered thet tbe cause we
thought wuz lost,
Hez bln Rip Van Wlnkleizlng an’ Is wuth a pre-
m'uin on Its cost.
So now I’m kickin’ dtap’rlt bekase I didn’t «quea’—
When we uns bed the best uv It iu tbe late V.rginny
We hed ine Fed’ral hosts surrounded wl’h a cor-
p’rl.’s gyard uv men,
An’ It makes me mad ez sin tu think we didn’t know
it then.
i ne men''^oRtu tne AgUtin’ thmghtthey hed about
enuff,
While J» n allows they heda’t, which on us z mighty
tuff;
But I wonder, el we wuzzln’t beat by an overwhel
min’ foe,
Whyinsheol be didn’t say so same twenty years
ago?
’Taint wuth w,.He tu keep the wah ragin' till Gi-
brtel sounds tbe retreat.
An’ no niuetj-ntue borse-power jawin’ will prove tn
the wot Id we wau’t beat;
An’ I leck'n It's the settled conviction uv the boys
wot lit for the South,
Thet whar musklts ’a’ cannon’s a failure, thar’s no
use to shoot off yer mouth.
Then hoorah tor tbe fUg of the Union, thet floats
o’er the land uv the tree!
For notwuhstaudln’ the mlsunderstandln’, each
Yank 'z a brother tu me.
But—while I ain’t spilin’ tur flghtin’—ef the Yanks
ever try to secede,
I’m blamed ef I don’t help to give ’em all the sweet
Hall Columby they need.
of crabs in addition, one on each side the cen
tre dish, dividing the space and reducing tbe
distance between dish and dish to about six
feet, which without them would be near
twelve feet apart. Of late he had the surpris
ing luck to discover that apples will make pies,
and it’s a question if, amidst the violence of his
efforts, we do not get one of apples instead of
having both of beef.
“If the ladies can put up with such entertain
ment, and will submit to partake of it on
plates oDce tin, but now iron (not become so
by the labor of scouring), 1 shall be happy to
see them.
"I am, dear doctor, your most obedient ser
vant,
“Geo. Washington.’’
Gold for Sunny South Patrons.
See the extraordinary array of gold and val
uable presents to be distributed among the
patrons of the Sunny South on the 1st of Oc
tober next. Read the announcement and plan
of distribution on 4th page.
Washington’s Camp Chest.
There was a stormy debate in the House of
Representatives on the INth of Apiil, 1844, on
the Western harbor bill. The Whigs had been
lavishly abused for passing harbor bills, but
the Western Democrats insisted on a contin
uance of the appropriations, and there was
everything but the “lie direct” passed between
the excited members. In the midst of the up
roar. Mrs Madison, accompanied by her niece,
entered the hall, and they were shown to seats
in the area before the Speaker’s chair. Com
E. M. T. Hunter.
The death recently of Robert M. T. Hunter*
of Virginia, leaves only two men surviving
who “seceded” from the United States Senate
at t leaf beginning of the war. They are Jeffer
son Davis, of Mississippi, and T. L. Clingman,
of North Carolina. Mr. Hunter died in ex
treme poverty, a disappointed and neglected
old man, who felt that he had deserved better
of his native State and of the first Democratic
Administration since the war. He was the
youngest Speaker ever chosen by the House
of Representatives; for fifteen years he was a
Senator of the United States, and served for
twelve years as chairman of the Committee on
Finance, when such men as Seward, Fessen
den, Sumner, .James A. Bayard, Toombs, Ben
jamin, Douglas and Bigler were members of it.
When the secession was laid Hunter was on
the “slate” of the Southern leaders for the
Presidency of the "Confederate States,”
but he was outwitted by Davis, Benjamin
and other shrewd politicians from the Gulf
States. Hunter sat for a short period ia
Davis’ Cabinet as Secretary of State, but was
soon transferred to the Confederate Senate,
where he was a severe critic of the Davis Ad
ministration. After the reconstruction of Vir
ginia he and his friends expected that he would
be returned to the Senate, and in 1874 he was
a candidate for that office but was defeated by
Dr. Withers, who had been a Confederate
Colonel and is a man of small abilities. This
was a severe blow to the statesman who had
been Douglas’ leading competitor for the Pres
idential Domination in the Charleston Conven
tion of 1800. After Cleveland had been elected
President, an effort was made to provide for
Mr. Hunter, who was broken in spirit as well
as in fortune, but again his old rival, Dr
Withers, stepped in carried off the prize—the
Hong Kong Consulate, with a salary of $5,000
—while John Goode, a fifth rate country law
yer and politician, was rewarded with the So
licitor-Generalsbip and a salary of $7,000 a
year. Mr. Hunter’s pecuniary condition was
so desperate, however, that he was compelled
to accept a small place in the customs service,
which paid him about $600 per annum. That
place he relinquished a few months ago.
Among the men in Washington who knew Mr.
Hunter when he was a Senator, is Librarian
Spofford, who says: “It has always seemed to
me that Mr. Hunter deserved better treatment
at the hands of his State and party. He was a
man of great ability and force, and a gentle
man of broad culture. When I became ac
quainted with him in the stormy period which
preceded the war, he was the peer, in every
respect, of his fellow Senators. At that time,
although past fifty years of age, his haft- was
raven black and very heavy. He was rather
under than above middle height, and yet his
presence was commanding. His broad fore
head was a sign of the great abilities which be
undoubtedly posessed. In stature and figure
he resembled Douglass, somewhat, and his
features were equally strong, although less
coarse, than those of the ‘Little Giant’.”
OSTRICHES COVERING THEIR EGGS.
Flag of the Thirtieth Tennessee.
The American reproduces the flag of the fa
mous Thirtieth Tennessee regiment C. S. A ,
which was sent by S. R. Simpson, of Gallatin,
a few days ago, to the New York Graphic.
The Graphic made a picture of the emblem
and published the following letter, which ac
companied it :
Gallatin, Tenn., July 11.—Dear Graphic:
It seems there is a fellow up your way that is
short of Confederate flags, and is raising sheol
in a way that is calculated to strain his belly-
band. Now. this must not be. It is cruelty
to animals. Something must be done; and I’ve
been waiting for some of you fellows up there
to relieve him, but it seems you can’t. Well,
I’ve been skirmishing around and found a real
ex-Confederate flag, which I send to you to ten
der to Gen. Fairchild, or to do whatever you
think best to relieve him. Some of his old
army associates are in our neighborhood, and
they say he was a gallant fellow in battle, and
left a limb down here somewhere in a scrim
mage we had. Now, I want you to impress it
on him that this is no common flag, if it is “a
little kinder off” just now. But I tell you it
was a daisy in its time, and waved proudly
over as brave a regiment as ever trod to the
soul-stirring tune of “D xie.” My dear daugh
ter Nellie has been using it to cover her flow
ers to keep them from freezing, and sometimes
to make the puppy a bed; but now poor Fido,
like his old master, must seek new quarters.
Well, the Thirtieth Tennessee Regiment,
Col. Jim Turner, followed this flag from Fort
Doneison to prison, where I carried it cou-
Scott and the Mexican Campaign.
An extract from a Utter of Gen. Scott’s show
ing his position before he was sent to Mexico
to take charge of the Mexican Campaign:
“Sept. 8, 1846.
“I shill set out to make a short visit to my
family, intending to return in time to receive
the first report of the movement of the army
‘much beyond the Rio Graude.’ But for the
accidental presence of two mounted regiments
of Texan Militia drafts—re-engaged for a
second term of three month's. Taylor would
have no chance of moving forward before the
end of October. r-Unril very.lately? wr« here,,
had no knowledge of that resource, and the
horses on which we relied for the march ^roin
Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas—are yet
four or live hundred miles from the Kio
Grande. My calculations (made in May) were
all up the fi.sfc instant. Taylor may commence
his forward movement by the middle of this
month. . . .
“I shall not be permitted to 30m that army,
unless some disaster should occur, and then
only through public clamor. None I hope will
occur; but I hold myself in readiness tor that
service. Santa Anna, howev*r, favorable to
peac*, will not be at liberty to cede U rritory
(this side of the Rio Grand*, and say, north of
the 3Gth parallel of latitude) before his power
WASHINGTON CITY.
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Reminiscences of Distin
guished,Public Men.
Incidents Which
the Nation:
ich itave transpired
ational Capitol.
delphia in 1776, on account of that city being
taken possession of by the British, established
itself in Baltimore, in Jacob Fite’s building,
on the south-east corner of Baltimore aDd Liber
ty streets. John Adams says of this building
in his journal: “The Congress sits in the last
house at the west end of Market street, on the
south side of the street; a long chamber, with
two fireplaces, two large closets, and two doors.
The house belongs to a Quaker, who built it for
a tavern.”
^ . The Rev. Patrick Allison, first minis er of
is well consolidated—nor then, unless pressed i ^ be p r eshyterian Church of Baltimore, and
bF formidable invasior. Hence I tupj o e we _ w w ..,. tn
by formidable invasior
shall have to make arrangements to advance
upon the vitals of Mexico, much beyond Sal
tillo—besid* s occupying that point, Tampico,
Chihuahua, Santa Fe and the ports on the Pa
cific. All the northern provinces hang loosely
on the central government, and the blockades
alone, would be but little regarded. Such are
the views I press upon the war department,
together with liberality—nay, the utmost gen
erosity, in offering terms of peace; care in not
alarming the jealousy of France and England,
etc. 1 give my own views freely but do no«,
ask for those of the administration. My busi
ness relations with the War Depar ment are
well enough, and I avoid all private intimacies.
My professional advice is often neglected, and
as often silently regretted—no one having the
magnanimity open'y to re. r t error. Most
truly and faithfully yours ever,
‘•Winfield Scott
parative quiet was at once restored, and a few
moments later all was quiet as the grave, when j cealed around my scantily-clad person, and
John Ouincy Adams rose to present the camp ■ from prison it went to Yicksburg, and there,
ci„,a*. |
presented to Congress by William Sydney Win- j > Fwas a u around Vicksburg, Chickamauga,
tier of Maryland. The award was made in his Mission Ridge. Dalton to Atlanta, Jonesboro,
will, with a request contained in the will that * aQ d egain into Tennessee, Franklin. Nashville
John Quincy Adams would present the camp
chest to the Congress of the United States.
Mr. Adams performed his part of the service
with all that solemnity and impressiveness of
manner for which be was so distinguished.
j and back into Dixie, and finally at the grand
round-up at Bentonville, where it was furled,
never again to see service save in memorial
ceremonies.
Now, Mr. Fairchild is more than welcome to
it if ’twill only ease his pains. I’ve talked to our
old Col Jim Turner, Major Bush, tv. Miller,
The crowd in the galleries was immense. Every Charley Rogan and others of our regiment,
uiemoer was in his seat, and the stillness of ! and they cheerfully agreed with me. And
undisturbed night pervaded the multitude ! there is Billy Brown, Jack Cantrell and Cap’t.
i ■, i ... . , ’ | Franklin, of Forrest’s command, Bailey Jack-
wlnle he spoke as one unit.n 3 the wisdom of | gon 0 Holder, of the old Stone Wall Brigade, all
the scholar with the devoticn of the patriot join me in trying to help ease the pains heaped
upon Gen. Fairchild. There is another Con
federate flag over here in Robertson county,
that will follow this, and there is also a flag
It was upon occasions like these that Mr. Ad
ams won all hearts. Mr. Wetberei and Mr.
Kennedy of Maryland followed with a few ap
propriate remarks, when the subject passed
from the House by the adoption of resolutions
to receive the valuable gift, thanking the donor,
and all the usual marks of respect. The resolu
tions, with the exception of one voice, passed
that belonged to an Illinois regiment, captured
by l’riva'e Clay Izor on the 29th of December,
1862, at Chickasaw Bayou, which will be sent
if ’tis necessary.
As to the President, I don’t believe the Al
mighty is going round doing the paralyzing,
palsying business at command of poor Fair-
unanimously. That one voice was that of child, gallant though he ba or may have been.
John V. Hale of New Hampshire. In present- j I believe the President is a good sort of man
1 and is doing what he thinks is right without
ing this camp chest, with its tin cups, platters fear, favor or Fairchild. The facts are thug:
and plates, Mr. Adams “had read the following Tne drum major was cleaning up house and he
letter: found a lot of old rags that were musty and
“West Point, Aug. 16,1779. i rotten, and he suggests to the President that
“Dear Doctor—I have asked Mrs. Cochran t , e tllr0WI1 , out or sent back, and let the
and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me toworrow,
Confederates take care of their own stuff and
then he would have time to aid John S. in his
Presidential chores. Now the President
thought a drum major knew all about the flags
and war, and gave his consent. He soon saw
it was a mistake and he told the drum major
to let up on those flags that Mr. Fairchild and
but ought I not to apprise them of their fare?
As I bate deception, even where tbe imagiia-
tion only concerned, I will.
“It is needless to promise that my table is
large enough to hold tbe ladies; of this they had
shall be the pnrport of my letter. orocSsion d ’ d 0 have m tteir
“Since our arrival in this happy spot we have F SiTj,
had a ham (sometimes a shoulder) of bacon to na mes for you\o use aTyou see il 0Ilfed s
grace the head of the table, a piece of roast beef names lor } ou 10 use as y ou see fit.
adorns tbe foot, and a small dish of greens or '
beans (almost imperceptible) decorates the cen- ' ——
tre. When the cook has a mind to cut a figure . It is said that Sarah Bernhardt invested the
(and this, I presume, he will attempt to do to- ; bulk of the money made here last season in
morrow), we have two beefsteak pies or dishes J American real estate.
S. R. Simpson.
Senators Who “Draw” or “Drive.”
The oratory of the United States Senate is
generally regarded as solemn and heavy, when
compared with that in the House, yet there
are members in the Senate who never take the
floor without having large audiences. Colonel
W. P. Canady, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Uni
ted States Senate, said the other day that Gen
eral Logan was a man whose speeches always
drew the largest crowd to the Senate galleries.
“On the occasion of his speech on the Fitz
John Porter case,” said the Colonel, “I turned
away not less than 12,000 or 15,000 persons
who sough", admission to the galleries. L->gan
never made a speech, where there had been
public announcement that he would speak that
be did not have a large gathering to hear him.
The man who is listened to most intently is
John Sherman. Senator Ingalls can always
command an audience since his speech on the j 8
Administration. One of the most floweiy
speakers in the Senate is Mr. Morgan, of Ala
bama. The words literally - flow out of his
mouth in a steady stream for hturs at a time.
His audiences are never large. B'ackburn is a
fiery speaker and generally makes great sport.
Teller, of Colorado, has the Methodistic ex
horting style, but he generally has something
to say when he gets on his feet and makes the
Senators listen to him. There are a Dumber
of men in the Senate whose appearance on the
floor causes their brother Senators to nish
away to the restaurant or the committee
rooms, leaving instructions with myself or with
my deputies to call them when the Senator
gets through. No offence is taken by the
speaker at this sort of thing, and it has come
to be pretty well understood that many of the
speeches made in the Senate are, as old Gener-
Rev W. White, were appointed chaplains to
Congress on the 23d of December, 1776. It
was there in that old hall at Baltimore, on the
27th of the same month, two days after the bat
tle of Trenton, that Congress, by resolutions,
delegated so much of its powers to Washing
ton, for six months, as made him a military
dictator. Congress continued in session in
Baltimore nnlil Friday the 17th of Eebiuary,
1777, when it adjourned to Philadelphia, where
the delegates met on Wednesday, the 4th of
March.
Mr. George Peabody, in a speech in the Pea
body Institute in 1866, in responce to an ad
dress of welcome by Gov. Swann, said he
“commenced business with Mr. Elisha Riggs,
of Georgetown, at 215 1-2 Market street, then
called 'Old Congress Hall,’ and there it was
that 1 gained the first $5,000 of the fortune
with which Providence has crowned my exer
tions.” The building was afterwards torn
down, and elegant new business structures
erected ol its site.
Lieutenant Phil. Sheridan.
Gen. Phil Sheridan is, although it is not gen
erally known, an Ohio farmer. Many years
ago an uncle of his, John Minor, purchased the
*• Pigeon Roost’ ’ farm in C hio, and settled there.
Having made a small payment on the land, he
set to work clearing and raising crops, but the
Uni was poor. Sickness and the death of his
wife after a long illness left John in bad finan
cial shape. The mortgage became due, and
the distressed old man, with his home full
of children, was about to be sold out by the
principled press could invent, he came out
of every trial brighter and fairer than he was
before.
Buchanan and Wise.
Mr. Buchanan was not much grieved by the
defeat of his rival, Gen. Cass, and he retired to
Wheatland, where he commenced operations
at an early day to secure the nomination in’ 50,
asserting continually .that he was indifferent
St on the subject. ‘I or any other man,” he
philosophically wrote to a friend, “may disap
pear from the political arena without produc
ing a ripple upon the surface of the deep and
strong current which is sweeping our country
, xo its destii^-. No.hiug U..s pre’entod pie fronftt -These are some of the questions now asked
‘a- 5 ) removing myself from the list of future ca^i- about the great financier’s helpmeet. She'is a
dates for the presidency except the injury this • ~ - - -
might do to the Democratic party.” Yet at
the time he wrote this, he was corresponding
with politicans in different sections of the coun
try, and was especially attentive to Henry A
Wise, with whose aid ne hoped to secure the
vote of Virginia in the Republican counties.
Mr. Wise, remembering the time when he was
a power behind the throne of John Tyler, en
couraged Mr. Buchanan to bid for Southern
support, and intimated a readiness to “coach”
dim aLd to make him a favorite in the slave
States. His counsels were kindley taken, and
in return Mr, Buchanan wrote him a conciliat
ing and complimentary letter.
Mrs. Hayes in tne White House.
Mrs. Hayes exercised a greater influence
over public affairs than any lady had since
Dolly Madison presided over the White House
Tall, robust, and with a dignified figurp, the
whole expression of her face, from the broad
forehead, which showed below her hair, worn
in the old-fashtmed style, to the firm mouth
and modest chin, bespoke the thoughtful, well-
balanced, matronly woman. Notwithstanding
the protect of Secretary Evarts and of Wash
ington society, wines were banished from tbe
state dinners, although the guests who were
known to the steward received, midway in th6
repast, a glass of Roman punch, which was
marly all potent Saint Cro’X rum. Such was
its invigorating effect that it was named “the
life saving station.” While Mrs. Grant had
always denounced the White House as not
suitable for a President’s res’denee, Mrs.
Hayes was charmed with it. She once took an
old friend through it, showed him the rooms
and exclaimed: “No matter what they build,
they will never build any more rooms like
these.” She had the lumber-rooms ransacked,
an! old china and furniture brought out and
renovated, ascertaining, when it was possible,
its history. Every evening after dinner she
had an informal reception, friends dropping in
and leaving at their will, and enjoying her
pleasant conversation. Even the women spake
well of her, and some flattered her.
Thomas H. Benton.
Havmg completed his ‘Thirty Years in the
Senate,” the last chapters of which w -re writ
ten when he was physically veiy weak, in bed.
and suffering acute pain, Col. Benton sent for
several old friends to bid them farewell.
Among them was the President, to whom the
dying man said, taking his hands: “Buchanan,
we are friends. I supported you in preference
to Fremont, because he headed a sectional
party, whose success would have bee
A Glimpse of Mrs. Jay Gould.
A Shy Woman Deroted to Her Fam
ily and Domestio Affairs.
Whilj. Jay Gould’s name is in everybody’s
mouthjfiow many persons ever heard of his
wife? i t His sons George and Edward are rap
idly '-booming well known figures in Wall
street, and in daring they resemble their fath
er. But Mrs. Gouid, “what is she like?” “Is
she pretty?” “Does she dress elaborately?’
the
Phil was then a lieutenant, I think, stationed signal for disunion. X have known you long,
in Oregon. Hearing from his brother at home and I knew you would honestly endeavor to do
how it was going with his uncle, he sent his | right. I have that faith in you now, but you
small earnings (and it took it all) to the rescue, j must look to a higher power to support and
bought the land, telliDg his uncle to remain j guide you. We will soon meet in another
there as long as he lived, which he did for sev- world; I am going now; you will soon follow,
enteen years. The land was very cheap in that j My peace with God is made, my earthly affairs
rough locality then, hut since the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad has tapped it on tbe southeast
corner, making it one of the most desirable
mining tracts in that township, worth not less
than $150 per acre, the sympathetic, kind-heart
ed lieutenant of thirty years ago has lost noth
ing by his investment, besides the pleasant and
gratifying thought of saving a home for his old
uncle during bis lifetime.
Nicholas Biddle.
Nicholas Biddle, who, as president of the
United States Bank, became the antagonist of
al Clingman said in the House, made for bnn^ 1 Q en _ Jackson, was a man of rare ability, not
combe, that is, for their constituents at home.” on iy a8 a tiinancier, but as a statesman and a
I scholar. He was at that time in the prime of
The Henry Clay Monument. j life, of medium height, well proportioned and
. . . | somewhat stout, His head was large, his face
Editor Sunny South: Seeing in your ! full, his forehead broad, and high, his eyes a
uab e paper of the Jtb, a description and cut hazel, his mouth delicately cu r , while the
of Hetry (hay's Monument, m Lexington [ ower p^t of his features indicate! great firrn-
Cemetery, allow me to call your attention to a
small error which yon might correct if you so
desire, the writer was the contractor for the en
tire work.
First contract was to the Cap - - $65,000
Cap, of stone, contract - - - - 7.000
Pedestal for Statue, contract - - 500
Pedestal, same stone, contract - - 5,000
About total cost ------ $77,500
The stone for building of same came from
Boone’s Creek, which is about fourteen miles
ness. Fond of a good dinner and a g jnerous g ass
of wine, his countenance was florid, but he
never betrayed his emotions, and was always
calm and cheerful. Foryears torrents of bitter
and malignant calumny were poured out oa him
by the orators and newspapers that endeavored
arranged; but I could not go without seeing you
and thanking for your interest in my child ”
Mr. Buchanan was deep’y affected, and wept
like a child as he said “Farewell.” A week
before Col. Benton’s death, he addressed a
letter to his old Tennessee friends, Senator
Houston and Representative Jones, requesting
that Congress would not notice his departure.
“There is,” he said, “no rule of either House
that will authorize the announcement of my
death, and if there were such a rule I should
not wish it to be applied in my case, as being
contrary to my feelings and convictions long
entertained.” Both Houses adjourned, how
ever, to attend Mr. Benton’s funeral, at which
there was a large attendance, including the
Pres dent, beads of departments, foreign min
isters, members of Congress and other distin
guished persons. Only two of his daughters,
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Jacob, with their hus
bands, were present; the other two, Mrs. Fre
mont was at the time on her way to California,
and Mrs. Boi'eau was in Calcutta. The re
mains of one of his grandchildren, who had
died a short time before, were to be taken to
St. Louis with his, and at the funeral they re
posed side by side, friendly hands having strewn
to blacken his character and to make him per- f he:r c0IDm } 0n bier w ,i flowers, some in
sonally responsible for the nnancial dith .ulties matute ' D i 0 om, others just budding into beauty,
into which the country bad been plunged. I J
Year after year he endeavored to counteract . ’ ' *
the evils growing out of the various expert- ! The Empress of Japan expects to visit the
-ju-ju., o ments tried upon the currency, and it is now I United States in October. She will land in
from LexiDgton. It was all hauled by wagons 1 admitted that he managed the affairs of the j San Francisco, come East by way of Salt Lake,
and mules. ~ " T '- -- - — -v.t.™ J J
Respectfully yours,
John Halt.
Frankfort, Ky., July 14th, 18S7.
United States Bank with consummate ability, j Omaha and Chicago, and return in two months
Althougn subjected to the most malignant atuse | by the southern route. The Empress will be
and to the most unsparing slanders that an un- j accompanied by a retinue of twenty persons.
sentle, affable, courteous, retiring woman.
She would not be called a handsome woman
yet her face is more attractive than many
beauty’s. She is well educated and possesses
an air of refinement. She is shy and does not
care for society, yet she convinces ail who
come within the sphere of her influence that
through her retiring nature she has deprived
society of an important ornament. Her incii
nations have made her a devotee to her family
there is her enjoyment, and she cares little for
the pleasures that do not in some way tend to
bn og the family together. She is the confi
dant and constant companion of her daughter
Nellie, and passes several hours each day with
her two young hoys, Frank and Harold. Her
son George is a source of great pride
to her. Mr3. Gould was a Miss Miller whose
father was a successful grocer of New
York. She was brought up in a well appointed
home, andhas been accustomed to wealth and
refinement since her childhood. Mr. Gou d
was a partner cf a Mr. Leupp in the leather
busiuess at the time he married Hiss Miller,
and she brought him a considerable fortune.
The grocer’s daughter and magnate’s wife
cares nothing for society, and takes no pleas-
urg in entertaining beyond a pleasant dinner
party of a few intimate friends. Yet the fine
residence and great wealth of the Goulds well
fit them to entertain in an elaborate manner.
Anything that savors of ostentation is distaste
ful to Mrs. Gould. It is said that while natur
ally of a retiring disposition, she became more
so at the time of her husband’s connection with
the late “Jim Fisk.” Fisk’s blatant manner
and vulgar prominence, his open carriage
drawn by four horses, his loud style of dress
and display of jewelry, were all very obnox
ious to Mrs. Gould, and the fact that her hus-
hand’s name was continually linked with that
of Fisk gave her even a stronger desire to ap
pear modest to make a contrast. While Mrs.
Gould possesses some very valuable jewels,
they are unobtrusive, and she is more apt to
wear them when alone with her family than
when in public. In her dress she is modest in
color and style, although her costumes are rich
in material. Mrs. Gould is very fond of their
country residence at Irvington, as there she can
enjoy the society of her husband, to whom she is
greatly attached. Mr. Gould bu it his fine
green-houses particularly for bis wife, who is
fond of flowers, and she spends a portion of each
day among them. His conservatory cost $500,-
000. Anything that her husband and children
can enjoy with her without intrusion from
outsiders, is her special delight. For this
reason she is very fond of their yacht Atalanta,
aboard of which they can sail beyond the reach
of Wall street. Mrs. Gould enjoys fine pic
tures, bronzes, bric-a-brac, and her houses are
filled with the finest. She is fond of music,
and is therefore giving her daughter, Nellie, a
thorough musical education. There is little
doubt that if she were asked what she most
desired in this world, she would answer to
have her husband relinquish all business cares
and devote his time to home enjoyments with
his family.
Nellie Gould is one of the brightest and
sweetest little ladies in the city. She has been
finely educated and is highly accomplished.
She is an artist of no mean ability and her
collection of bric-a-brac which has been
adorned by her pencil and brush, has been
greatly admired. She dresses plainly but
richly, and when in town can be seen any af
ternoon driving through the park with one of
her brothers. She is probably the richest
heiress in America, and at her father’s death
will come in for $20,000,000 or $30,000,000.
Like her mother, she is not too proud to wait
on herself, and there are no French maids in
the Gould establishment. Mrs. Gould and her
daughter go shopping the same as other women
do an! return home with their arms fi led with
bundles. They don’t mind riding in horse
cars, and they don’t put on nearly so much
style as the wife and daughter of the grocery
man who serves them with the necessaries of
fife. Betsey O’Dowd.
PERSONAL MENTION
Oas of the wealthiest women in Chicago is
Mrs. Muncel Talcott, a childless widow of
three-score years. When her husband was
fatally ill, a few years ago, he requested her
never to hoard a dollar. Her income is $50,-
000 per annum, and of this sum she devotes
$45,000 to local charity. Her gifts are mainly
in the shape of wood, coal, clothing and Dro-
visions to the deserving poor.
What the People Are Doing
and Saying.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, is making con
verts at summer resorts in Ohio.
Mr. Irving’s friends say that the actor's prof
its for the last year will not fall short of 1100,-
000.
Mr. Tilden, according to the London Netos,
owned property in England to the value of
£138,000.
Senator Vance has named his new home
“Gombroon,” after the capital of DeQuincey’s
imaginary kingdom.
The lajfJdrs. James F. Scott, of Philadelphia,
was repfird to wear the finest jewels in that
city. Her diamond necklace was said to he
worth fully $100,000.
F. C. Crawford hears in Loudon that wher
ever the Prince of Wales is invited to dinner
“it is regarded as necessary to have American
ladies among the guests.”
The King of Sweden has appointed a Swe
dish State agent to live in Manchester, for the
purpose of extending the sale of Swedish dairy
products in England.
Thakor Saheb of Morbi and Thakor Ssheb of
Sinde, two of the Indian Princes who attended
Queen Victoria’s jubilee celebration, will visit
the United States before returning home.
Prof. E. S. Morse, of Salem, Mass., now has
a collectionof more than 4,000 pieces of Japa
nese pottery, all historically classified and rep •
resenting every era in the development of the
art.
The Marquis Tseng, on his return to China
from his ambassadorial tour in Europe, intro-,
duced the European custom of visiting among
his countrymen, it is said, with official ap
proval.
Prof. Howard, of Adrian College, who has
kept a daily weather record ever since he wag
a dry goods clerk and had but one suit of
clothes, pronounces this the hottest summer in
ten years.
The most popular woman in the diplomatic
circle at Athens is said to be Mme. Bakhme-
tiew, wife of the first Secretary of the Russian
Legation. She is the daughter of Gem Beale,
of Washington.
Gen. Sherman and party have arrived in
Que ec. After inspecting the military institu
tions of that city tney will steam on to Upper
Ontario in their yacht. Ail the members of
the party are well.
Vice-President Thomson of the Pennsylvania
railroad, has lately come into possession of an
excellent oil painting of General Philip Schuy
ler of Revolutionary fame, which he will pre
sent to the city of Philadelphia.
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, our Minister to Spain,
will spend his holiday at his home, in Rich
mond, Va., and will take an active part in
starting the building of a new Baptist church.
Dr. Curry is a Baptist preacher.
The richest woman in Baltimore is Mrs. G.
M. Hutton, who inherited $20,000,000 by the
death of her father, the late Thomas Winans.
Mrs. Ilutton will divide the summer between
Newport and tbe Thousand Islands.
The elergy of Pueblo, Mexico, have collected
over $200,000 for the coronation of the Virgin
of Guadaloupe next December. It is estimated^,
that the total contributions of all tbe Catholics*
6f the country will amount to $1,500,000.
Francis A. O’Keefe, Mayor of Limerick,
Ireland, will visit the United States in a few
weeks on a lecture tour. He is one of the
most eloquent members of the Irish bar, and
is an ardent supporter of Gladstone and home
rub.
Father Rioington, chaplain to the Prince of
Wales, and a famed orator and East India mis
sionary, will soon arrive in Philadelphia, where
he has engaged to remain one year at SL Clem
ents, the Ritualistic Episcopal Church of the
Quaker city.
Judge McGowan, of Abbeville, survivor
of the Mexican war, has been placed on the
United States pension list. He will receive $8
a month as pocket change for his youthful
valor and patriotic services in the Mexican war
forty years ago.
Mrs. Langtry is said to have started a real
estate boom in Los Angeles by investing in
property, and at the same time playing an en
gagement in a theatre. The Lily is signalizing
her devotion to the country of her adoption by
successful speculation.
The Empress of China has presented 60
stanzas of poetry of her own Composition to
the Hanlin College, while Prince Cbu’un has
written a collection of verse in which he has
described the novel objects that he saw in his
tour through China last year.
Lotta is now numbered among the million
aires of the country. Her real estate bonds
and jewelry are valued at considerably more
than $1,000,000. She has had several sweet
hearts, but no one of them ever succeeded in
so far winning her affections as to get her con
sent to call in the preacher.
Mrs. Julia H. Wilson, of New Britain, CaQn.,
is one of the most finished Latin scholars in
the country. She has just received the degree
of Ph. D. from the Bethany College, Topeka.
She is the daughter of the late E. A“ Andrews,
L.L. D., and greatly aided her father in editing
his lexicon of the Latin language.
According to an old custom George W. Childs
is acting during the summer as sexton at the
little Episcopal church in Elberon, N. J. He
seats visitors who have no pews of their own,
and also passes the contribution box. Mr.
Childs is very proud of his office, and will not
accept any other in the gift of the little church.
Frank Vincent, who wrote “The Land of the
White Elephant,” has just returned from a
55,000 mile journey in South America, where
he had been in every capital and important
seaport and explored many leagues of unknown
territory. He is a quiet man, tall and slim,
with a dark brown moustache and a well tan
ned face.
Gea. Francis E. Spinner, formerly Treasurer
of the United States, is greatly enjoying life in
his tent-home on Pablo Beach, Fla. At 80
years of age he is as genial and hearty as ever
and welcomes hosts of visitors. He is a par
ticularly successful fisherman, and envious
rivals say that when worms are scarce he uses
bis signature for bait.
Charles Lowell Stewart Spence recently
died at an advanced age in Baltimore county,
Md. He was a cousin of James Russell Low
ell and a man of culture and wide ioformation.
He rendered valuable service for the United
States in regard to diplomatic relations with
Persia, and was decorated by the Shah with
the order of “Sun and Lion.”
The charming daughter of Gen. Batcheller,
of Saratoga, is one of the m ist accomplished
young women in the country. She is only sev
enteen, but she speaks seven different lan
guages. She lived in Cairo for some years, and
while there learned to speak Arabic. She saw
Gen Gordon when he passed through Cairo on
his way to Khartoum and death. Miss Batch
eller is as pleasing in personal appearance as
she is talented in mind, and is one of the most
popular young ladies at the springs.
Jonas G. Clark, founder and President of
the new Clark University to be established at
Worcester, Mass , has given for the institution
the sum of $2,000,000, to be divided as follows:
Three hundred thousand dollars for the erec
tion and equipments of buildings; $100,000, the
income of which shall be devoted to the main
tenance of a library; $600,000 for an endow
ment fund; real estate, books and works of art
to the value of $500,000; and $500,000 for a
professorship endowment fund.