About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1887)
VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER 6L*. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1*487. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Shaking Across the Bloody Chasm. SOUTHERN WAR SONGS. Poetic Echoes From the Dead Past. For the Sunny South. BLUE AND GRAY. Thft war Is o’er, anrt Father Time Has cleared the srjifp away And scattered golden sunbeams Where once darK shadows lay. Our heroes sleep; oh! lettlom rest, N'*r take 'heir fame away. For glory marks each sacred snot Where sleeps theBme and Gray. CHORUS. Then, what’s the use of fretting Life’s precious hours away? And why this senseless wrangling Aneni the Blue aud Gray? Iu early spring. In sylvan bowers The blue-bird builds her nest, Wnere dwells the bright-eyed mocking-bird With tray and sliver breast; Together sweetly Miiging The happy hours away, Th*or iove-u ten sweetly mingling— They know no Blue or gray Each fought for what he deemed was right, Each heart was brave a d true. And honor marks the patns they trod Alike, the Gray and Blue When angels hovered o’er the scenes Where •lying loved ones 1 y, They gathered all, nor did they care If c »ats were blue or gray. Our lives were mare for noble deeds, We tiAVe no time tor h -te— There Is for all o ie Heaven, Love guards the pearly gate. So • i from the busy paths of life Our spirits all must stray; And when our dust Is mingling, Who’ll know the Blue from Gr-ty? Hknnie I. Burke Bjlnbrldge, Ga. “Asa Hartz to Commissioner Ould.” In looking over Home old clippings I find the following unique production. It is in nowise' a poem, soul-stirring and inspired, but it is a letter in rbjme. Taking the environments and the circumstances which prompted it, it is of interest as an epistolar curio It is spicy and characteristic—being from the once versa tile pen of “Asa Hartz. M It was originally sent by a flag of truce to Robert < >uld, Com missioner for exchange of prisoners, who, in turn, forwarded it to the Richmond E)iquirer to be preserved in “glorious page diurnal,” and which says, “ ‘Asa’ has been a prisoner of war for nearly a year, and no wonder he is get Ji g tired of ‘rusticating on Johnson’s Is land. 1 His case deserves the attention of the authorities.” Will R. Lowman. “Block 1, Room 12, Johnson’s Island, Ohio, April 2<>, 1864. Dear Uncle Hob: I fear your head Has gone a-tbinkiug I am de id. Toat ice and snow and doctors’ arts Has stopp’d the breatn of “Asa Hariz.” I write this in powic linyo. To let you know I live, by jlugo. And ask If you cau bring about S in* certain means to get m* out? Hav’n’t you got a Fed’ral “in. je” Now r+stlii* In some Dixie cag«. Who longs to see his loviug marm Or visit ag-do his farm. Or gaz* upon his garden “sas*,” Or see • lcs more ills bright-eyed lass? Hav’n’i you one of these, 1 say. Whom you would like to swap away For me. a man of vim—of “parts”— Swap him. In snort, for “A*a Ilai'z?' 1 I’ve been ht-rc. now almost a year, Ano sigh for llbe ty—so dear; I’ve tried bv every means I knew To bid this I*lea fond adieu; Dug holes sca'ed wa'ls. p ssed through the gate, Witn Yankee c »p upon my pate, And wnen I went out on the ice. And thought I’d got away so nice, I met a blue coat In my route. Who quickly made me face ab^ut; Marched me, wlr.. a dtabol Ci grtu. B »ck U the g tte and turned n e in! I've swallowed every runiiTstrange, That had a word about exch nge; Grew t it with j »y aud lean with sorrow, Was “up” to-day and “down’ to-morrow! Implor d wild earnestness of soul, To be released upon piro e! Wrote Ben. F B a si icy letter. And told him he c >ui«i not d » bstter Thau I -*i me out for ihinv days— I re .d his answer In arn.z ! He said that • things'’ were mixed up now, In suen a way be knew uo how T e favor that I asked atw.ut C< uio wed b* eratbec. Had no doubt That “things” u d so«*n be arranged That all of ns w -ui*. be <xchat-ged. Tiiat ended l . I wr*dc io Prentice, Wbo several times ha i kin- lylem hit Purse and name to ihi se wbos chance And “pomp aud mIoji« us circumstance" Had seut to rusticate a v bile Within the “prison on Johnson’s Isle.” Well, George D wrote t>» Gen. Terry, Commander here—a good man, very— And to d him it hVd let me out For thirty days or ther* abou f . II tfke ine d-*wu In o K mucky— S e that I didn’t, “cur. m> lucky Wou d go iny bail iu any si m— That wiieu they wanted me—I'd come! Gen Terry wrote him back, That he must walk the beaten track! “1 really thought,” said he, “you knew It, That Stanton and he aione ca do It!” Thus "tic ed tha plan- I’ve no doubt Toat I’m alm<-sr “gone up tb. spout,” Unless you can dr vise some m*ans, T * give me etiangt of air and scenes By special swap. N >w, U cle Bob, Be patient with me. D » not rob Me of the hop- I fondty cherish — D * not ie-*.*? m* nere to perish! I’ve sb: fil d,cut the earns and dealt; Have pl»>er by bower. (Its legs Is felt, M -re than tbe toss of ll'iby Luc e). Please play my band—save me tbe euebre, And when your latest breath departs, You’ll die bewailed by “Asa Hariz!” P.8. When you, In answering this, shall write, Address me— ’M ayor G**>. Me Knight, Pi is. of war” Bee wtl us v ry, • And add on—'“Care of G^n’l Terry” In an article on “Alcohol in High Latitudes,” published in the Forum for August, the weav er's chief clerk, Bro Gen. A \V. Greely, the famous Arctic explorer, says: “This article will not have been written iu vain if it has the effect of c< meting among any class of. labor ing men the mistaken idea that their capacity for work is increased or their powers of endur ance to exposure and cold enhanced by the use of alcohol. The English navy never drinks while working, and the Esquimaux and Chuk chee, without alcohol, endure, unbanned, the severest temperature known to man.” Macon’s Enthusiastic Over flow. The spacious Academy of Music was crowded last Tuesday night with the stalwart represent atives of Macon’s wealth, intelligence and pat riotism. Seldom has the city witnessed such a gathering of her citizens—so united, so un selfishly devoted to the attainment of one great end. In eloquent phrase the Telegraph says of it that “the future chroniclers of Macon will fasten up last night as a background for the centerpiece of the last grand review of the sur viving participants of the grandest lost cause that history has yet recorded. Soldiers that had borne honorable parts in the ranks, and ofticers that had wen stripes of honor, stood side by side in solemn reverence as their grand old chiefs name was mentioned. Women who had borne their burdens in the dire disaster were there with their blooming daughters, as women stood about the tomb that promised light of darkness, and life from death. Brave young men, too young to have borne the mus ket, were there to a .test that, they ‘inherited the sins of their fathers.’ The rich and the poor were there; the great and the humble were there; the old and the young were there. Tw > sentiments pervaded all: Reverential love for the Confederate chief who is the con crete victim of the Lost Cause, and happy con tent that they should once again look upon his face “It was a love-feast of great rejoicing over the promised visn. of ex-l’resident Jefferson Davis to Macon during the fair. “It is within he bounds of absolute truth to say that the audience was thrilled with joy at the happy prospect ot soon again seeing the be loved cniet of the Lost Cause. The feeling was one of hushed love for the person of Mr. Davis. Admiration and veneration were in abeyance to the love tiiat pervades every heart for the grandest man in the Southern States.” The following resolution, which, while com memorative of the “sub imedevotion and Spar ta i valor” of the defenders of the “losLcau.se,” breathes a yet sublimer, nationally patriotic sentiment, was unanimously pas ed: “Resolved, That we hereby acknowlege our obligation to the Agricultural Society lor af fording us this final opportunity of testifying our respect and admiration lor those qualities of head and heart for which Mr. Davis is pre eminently distinguished, and that we cordially invite the people of all shades of polit cal dif ference to visit us on the occasion of the Con federate veteran’s reunion, pledging ourselves to leave no exertion untried to make the event memorable to those who participate, and be lieving, in common wiih all right-trunking men, that a loyal regard for the sublime devotion and Spartan valor of a past generation, which shed lustre upon the American name, can only the more perfectly qualify us for the preseutdut.es of citizenship iu a c >111111011 country and for that position iu a co muon destiny to which we are entitled, and which we are determined to se cure for ourselves and posterity.” Mr. W A. l*o<5 m ved that a committee of ten be app anted to invite and take charge of the Confederate veterans of all the Suues. Captain l ark, m seconding Ifie motTov. made a very neat address, mentioning the drffeient gallant Generals that had been invited from all over the South. His speech was ornate, digni fied and very effective. He moved to amend Mr 1 \>e\s moi ion by striking out 10 and insert ing 25 which Mr. Poe accepted, and the motion was carried. Captain Carnes said an o'd soldier had made what appeared a wise suggestion, to-wit: To request every town and city in Georgia to pre pare a roster of all tin soldiers in those places, so that all those present at the reunion could be placed on a grand roll of honor, to be cher ished forever as an heirloom and a me mento of tbe grand historic review. [Applause ] Chairman Smiih explained that the Board of Trade had raised $1,600 tor the purpose of ad vertising, but that fully $3 000 would be re quired lor that and ot .er expenses. A handsome sum was subscribed by the au dience. II II. Jones moved that all soldiers be in vited to correspond with their commanders, and request him to call them together in Ma con on the 20th of October. Adopted. In answer to reptated calls Major J. F. Han son made a few remarks. He said that the meeting was for business and not eloquence. Now was a time for work. He was satislitd that every one was vastly interested in the visit of Mr. Davis, and that an immense crowd would be in Macon to see him It seemed to him that arrangements for their reception were not satisfactorily completed He was satisfied at the enthusiasm developed all over Georgia at the coming of Mr. Davis, but there was work to do yet From recent experience he knew it was difficult to get men to work when it wasfor public good only. Every man, wo man and child in Macon felt a deep interest in the last grand re-umoi of Confederate veter ans. [ Xpplause ] What, city could be more appropriate than Macon for that assemblage? [Applause.] If he was iu the presence of the assembled multitudes, he would alii mi that Macon is as loyal to the government under which we lived as any; but Macon realizes that there is no government to pension the living or honor the dead heroes of the Confed eracy. [ \pp! itise ] Knowing this, she had invited tnern here to do them public honor, and that they may be reviewed by their great gen eral com uauder. There were two things to be done: to put their hands into their pockets often and freely, and 10 work. If these were done the final leave-taking of the great Con fed* rale chief and sol iers, in the mellow twi light of this grand man’s life, would be the sweetest cadences that could tail upon his ears. [Applause] Notes. A celebrated artist will make a historical painting of the grand review of all the Confed erate veterans and generals by President Davis. It is proposed 011 the night of the 26th of Oc tober to put lights in every window of every house in Macon. Tne authors of Confederate war songs will be invited; and a ba 1 quel is to be given them by a number of gentle nen of a literary turn. The rosters are being searched for the youngest ai d the oldest surviving soldiers. These two veterans will have a place of honor. Escort duty will be done by the Bibb Coun ty Cavalry, that won glory under Captain Dun lap on many a battle field. The Baby Wilier of Putnam county, the Red Jacket of Columbus, and Tom Massenburg’s Little Belcher, are enlisted. The daughters of Gen R E. Lee and Gen. Stenewali Jackson will be especially invited to attend. The six only survivors of the Silver-Haired Minute Men of Macon will be in line, aud wear tbe s%me cockades they wore when Stoueman was bombarding Macon The armories of the Macon military organi zations will be open for soldiers all day and all night with the flowing bowl never an inch be low the rim A pipe will be run from tbe Chatham Artil lery Punch reservoir to tne Macon Volunteers armory, with the faucet turned on. Robert R. Magee, of Baltimore, won the long distance swimming championship of America and a purs • of $850, on the 25th ult., by defeat ing Butler and BUckhurst in a ten-miie race in the Delaware river. Butler held the champion ship for five years. The time of the men was: Magee, 2:57; Butler, 3:10-10; BUckhurst, 3.25. An Inlianapolis despatch says that the largest comet that has appeared in many years was visibl* there in the Northern sky the latter part of August. Its outline was somewhat dipa, but it was perfectly plain to the naked eye. It was first noticed about ten o’clock. The Original Thirteen. Anniversary of the First Cen- tennial. Portraits and Brief Sketches of the Present Governors of the Old Thirteen States. When the Thirteen Colonies severed their connection with Great Britain, the manage ment of affairs was confided to what is known as the Continental Congress After their in dependence was acknowledged, its power be ing undefined, Articles of Confederation were entered into. ‘Those articles, however, did not concede the full measure of authority es sential to the vigor and t flicieney of the gov ernment, the establishment of the public cred it., or the preservation of faith with the public creiitors, and a convention >f delegates was therefore tailed on the recommendation of Congress to propo-e aimndmen’s. This Con vention nut in Philadelphia, in May, 1787, and organized by the choice of George Wash ington as President. Being satisfied that something beyond mere amendments to the Articles of Confederation was required, the members proeee led to frame a Constitution, which was completed and agreed upon Sep tember 17th, 1787—just one hundred years ago to-day—and submitted to a convention of del egates in each State for ratification; it being provided therein that, the ratification bv nme OLIVER AMES, Governor of Massachusetts, was born in Nor'h Ea*ton, Mass , and was practically em ployed in the shovel nia* ufacturing w irks of his father. He is wealthy, has large manufac turing ii terests. and popular because of the re gard he manifests for the welfare of his work people. He is a prohibitionist, has b$en a member of the State Senate, and several times Lieutenant Governor. JOHN W. DAVIS, Governor of Rhode Island, was born in Re- hoboth, Mass.. March 7t,h, 1826. When eigh teen he was apprenticed to the trade of mason ry, and for years followed that business. He took contracts several winters in the South In 1850 he c •mmenced a mercantile career with marked slice ss. Local poli'ical success es led to the final one of giving Rhrde Island the “long felt want” of a Democratic Governor. JA VIES A. BEAVER, Governor 01 Pemi^vivan 1 f »orn in Mil- leestown, Pa , Oct. 21st, 1837, gradu*ted from Jefferson College in Canoeshurir. in 1856 and admitted to the bar. He served in the Federal army during the war, teceiving disabling wound8 in several battles, one finally causing the loss of a leg and his retirement. Resum ing his profession, he engaged in oolitics. lie was defeated for Governor in 1882, but sue ceeded in the last election. ALFRED M. SCALES, Governor 01 N oiq Carolina wa* bom in Rockinsham county, N. C., in 1827; admitted to bar, 1852; elected to Congress iu 1856 and again in 1871. serving continually until elected Governor in 1884. FITZHUGH LEE, Governor of Virginia, is a grandson of “Light-Horse Harry” of Revolutionary fame He graduated from West Point in 1856. Dur ing the war lie gained distinction as .a cavalry officer. After the war he set Jed down as a miller and farmer. His entrance into political life in 1875, culminated in h s elevation to the Governorship of the “O d I) mainiou.” States should be sufficient, for it* establishment between tbe States so ratifying ” Eleven States having ratified the Constitu tion t^ie government was fully organized and put in operation in March 1780; and the two remaining States sit nified their assent in due form afterward. It has bt on rightly pronounc ed “the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.” Fifteen amendments have been made to that instrument, since its ratification by the original thirteen Sta es Ten of them were prepared at the first session of the firRt Con gress in the United States, Sept 25, 1780, and were ratified by the constitutional number of States on Dec. 15, 1704 The eleventh amend ment was dblared a part, of the constitution Jan. 8, 1708. The twelfth amendment dates from 1804. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments wtre a consequence of the civil war. This is the instrument under which the only republic worthy of the name has grown to an influence and power second to no other civilized government on the globe. The American people, t< day, attest the wis dom of the men who indittd this incompara ble composition, which so exactly defines the jurisdiction of all departments of the General Government, arid so accurately draws the di viding line between the States and the nation, preserving State rights without diminishing national supremacy, that neither Federal nor State governments cm interpose any effective barrier to the continue d progress and prosper ity of the people—“an inseparable Union of indestructible States”—“Many like billows, one like the sea.” WASHINGTON CITY. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired •» the National Capitol. CHARLES.S. SAWYER, Governor of N. w Hampshire, was born in Lancaster Miss , in 1840. Removed to Dover. N. H., where he war educated. Entered a wooien mill at seventGo, mastered the busi ness; was one of the in*orporators in 1873, and soon became if.s Presirjr % v ’H\rV: President of a Savings Bank and :^fiact >r of a National Btnk. Mr. Sawyer w Alected Representa tive to Congress in again in 1876. PHINEASC. LOUNSBURY, Governor of Connecticut, was born on a farm in Fairfield county, in that State, in 1840. Re ceiving the education common to the time and country villages, he entered he business arena. He was in the army during the war; after wards engaged with his brother in the boot and shoe manufnc uring business. After fill ing satisfactorily several minor local poli’ical positions he was elected to his present office. DANIEL B. JILL, Governor of New York, fas bom in Ha vana, Schuyler coun y. Net York, and was elected Lieutenant Governoon the ticket with Grover Cleveland. On the election of Mr Cleveland to the Presidency Mr. Hill became Governor, and so satisfactor was his admin istration, that the Democrat practically unan imously nominated him in 185, and has even given him great prom n 1 ce* r the Democrat ic Presidential nomination 1 1888. ROBERT S. GREEN, Governor «;t N»*w Jersey, was born at Prince ton, N. J , March 25, 1831, and graduated from Princeton College in 1850, and was admitted to tbe bar in 1853 and settled in Elizabeth where he has res ded ever since. He has filled the position of City Attorney, Surrogate of Union county, Judge Court of Common Pleas, and various other offices II« was elected to Con gress in 1884 and Governor at the last election. The Siamese Twins Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, who were brought to this country by Capt. Coffin of New bury port when they were boys, afterwards ex hibited themselves, and when they had accu mulated some property determined to settle down and purchase a plantation in the up-coun try of North Carolina. There they induced the two daughters of a clergyman to become their wives. The double nuptial knot was tied, and as they could not have separate and distinct establishments, they became heads of a double household. . In 1853 they came to Washington, having become rather tired of country life, aud started out on a tour of exhibition, accompan ied by two of their children. At that time they had eleven children, six of them belonging to Mrs. ChaLg, and the other five to Mrs. Eng. They had also about thirty slaves, with a goud deal of stock* When at home they attended industriously to business of their plantation, kept the negroes at work, and were always ready and willing to plow, chop wood, and do all sorts of farm work. Then when business was not uigent they would devote their time to field sports, and were among the keenest hun ters, fowlers and fishers of their district. Tbe Mesdames Chang and Eng seconded their lords right well in the management of the concern, and remained behind to take care of the house hold during thea bsence of their distinguish con sorts. Madame Chang was said to devote her time to '.he general supervision of the slaves and the direction of the work to he performed on the plantation; while Madame Eug charged herself with the care of all the young masters and mis ses. instructing them and the little negro chil dren. A few years afterwirds I saw it stated in the papers that the two wives had quarrell ed, and another plantation had been bought, so that each had her individual home. The dupli cate husbands, not being able to divide them selves, spent a fortnight alternately at each es tablishment. Tom Corwin the Irrepressible. Tom Corwin once illustrarted in a speech tbe different positions on tht slavery question t aken by the Democracy in Ohio and in New York, by narrating Unde John Shelby’s adventures in “running down” a deer. Tae ground he said, was covered with six inches of snow, on which the rain bad fallen and been frozen, forming a crust sufficiently strong to bear bis weight. In the morning he discovered the tracks of a deer, and started after it with the dcusrc|iuation of ftuuping it down. After det»- cribmjJ 1 he courseVaken, ai d detailing differ ent incidents that occured during the chase, he said that about noon he felt somewhat weary and hungry, and, standing his gun against a fence, he jumped into a cornfield and pulled some roasting ears, on which he proposed to make a meal. “Whai, Uncle John, snow on the ground and roasting ears? That wont do,” said one of the company. “Hold on, boys,“ said Uucle John, “I’ve made a little mistake, and got two stories mix ed!” Mr. Corwin thought that the Democracy had gotton their positions on slavery slighty mixed —that there was snow in New York and roast ing ears in Ohio. United States Signal Service. PERSONAL MENTION. What the People Are Doing and Saying Mr. Andrew Carnegie will probably soon pay J: 115,000 for Aboyne Castle. I’rince de Talleyrand, now in New York, an- nounces bis intention of becoming an American citizen. Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, brother of Lord Lansdowne, has joined the Gladstone wing of the Liberal party. II. T. Beauregard, son of the ez-Confederate General, is one of the leading business men of San Diego, Cal. _<»ne of the violins made by Amati for Louis XIV. has just heen sold at Buda-Pestb for the equivalent of -33,500. Frascuelo, the bull fighter, has been offered $50 000 for four performances in the city of Mexico and he has accepted. The belle of Athens, Ga., is Miss Olivia Cobb, who though but ju-t out of her teens has refused thirty offers of marriage. Gen. Boulanger’s mother was English. His sixtt en-year-old daughter is ta.ll. graceful, blue- eyed, and of her father’s noble bearing. Rev. Alvin Woods, I) I)., at one ime Presi dent of the University of Alabama, dii d in Providence, R. L, on the 5lh msi., aged 04. Fred Gebbard has captured the Fifih Ave nue Theatre at $30,000. a year rental, and Mrs. Langtry will travel uo more alter this seaeon. Gen. Albert Pike is very fond of birds, ard has in his study, dozens of them in cages; mocking birds, canaries, robins, bluebirds and others. John A. Kasson appears t > be forging to the front in Iowa as the candidate for United States Senator of that portion of the party opposed to Mr. Wilson. Congressman Randall wears no jewelry ex- cept. a diamond collar button, wnicti was pre sented to him by admirers at a church fair in Philadelphia. Annie Mercer, of Missaukee coun’y, Mich., promises to become a gian ess She is only in iier twelfth year, and yet she is a trifle over six feet in stature. Mme Trel.it left nearly all her property— about $400,000—to the municipality < f Paris to found a school lor the training of young girls in household duties. BENJAMIN T. Governor >t Del.o ru at Summit Bridge, Oct. 1st, 1821. Haras raised on a farm, but entered dletown, Conn , to Failing health compelled Mid ation. resume farm ing, which has been his “caSg" since, engag ing just enough in pditics tion sure ’ to the mase his “elec- of his native J. P. RICHAUDN, Governor of South Carolina, nes from a dis tinguished family. After maiyears’ faithful service was elected Governor last election. HENRY LLOYD, The acting Governor i.i .« try land was born in Dorchester county in 1852; was educated in Cambridge, serving as teacher and principal of the school after vards, filled various local of fices; was admitted to the bar in 1873; elected ttftbe State Senate in 1881; made its Presi dent in 1883, and when Governor McLane was appointed to tbe French Mission, he became Governor. JOHN B GORDON, Governor of Georgia, was born in Upson county, Ga., Fesruary (ith, 1832. Madea splen did war record; subsequently represented Geor gia in the U. S. Senate, and was elected Gov ernor last October. The Signal Service of the United States was first made known in 1850. Major Myer, then an assistant surgeon in the United States army, announced his discovery of a system of signals by which orders or information could be transmitted by sight or by souud, over dis tances varying from one to fifteen miles, with the most perfect accuracy. The messages could be transmitted either by firing cannon, waving flags, disp ayit.g lanterns, throwing up rockets or even waving forage-caps. Small flags were regarded as the most simple means of thus tele graphing, aud with an opera-glass messages were easily transmitted seven or eight miles. The system was fully tested by diffeient offi cers, and in 18(10, it was proposed iu the Sen ate to establish the grade ot “signal officer,” that the inventor might have a suitable rank, and instruct others in this art of telegraphing by sight or by sound. The “secret” of the of the system was an ingenious cipher, the char acters of which were expressed by emotions or by sounds, with repetitions and different inter vals of time elapsing. The prtposition met with favor both in the Senate and in the House. Senator Crittenden hoped “to give the young officer who has Drought this system to such per fection that it will be useful in the army a posi tion which will enable biin to introduce and familiarize the use of it.” Senator IVilson aud others als > urged the appointment. Jefferson Davis bitterly opposed it, but the signal corps was established, the Senate vote being thirty against twenty four. It was orignaliy organized lieutenant* and sergeants, detailed from differ ent regiments. They were encamped at Red Hill, just above Georgetown, and there thor oughly trained. Each adjutant was also ini tiated into the system, ami the penalty for dis closing it, except under orders, to friei d or foe was death. The corps was of great value dur ing the war, but Gui. Myer lived but a few years afterwards, having meanwhile perfected his invention, and added to it weather reports. Laying out the Capitol Crounds. Mr. Andrew J. Downing, a landscape gard ener, who had revolutionized public sentiment in building country houses and in laying out the grounds around them, perished by the burning of a steamer on the Hudson River, in 1852. At the time of his death 41r. Downing was employed by the Government at Washing- ton|in laying out thegrounds in front of i he Capi tal. He had not yet complehd his plans, but Buch alterations as had already made were uni versally admitted to be a great improvement to the metropolis, and promised tbe most beau tiful results, Mr. Downing nad determined to expend the whole resources of his art, under the guidance of his exquisite taste, in render ing these national gardens worthy of their name. Whether he left any instructions or drawings to enable others to carry out his de signs, I cannot say. In bis private character, Mr. Downing was upright, amiable and lovely, and he gave himself with genial enthusiasm to every subj -ct likely to elevate or retiue the taste of his fellow men. A monument to bis memory was erected on the grounds of tbe Smithsonian Institution. Origin of the Pacific Railway. Mr. Asa Whitney came to Washington in 1850 51 with his original scheme for the con struction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the l’acific Ocean. He asked the Government of the United Slates to cede to him a belt of land sixty mi es »ide, along the en ire length of tbe proposed line, which would be about 78,000,- (100 acres. For this gram be engaged to pay ten cents an acre, or $8 000 000; and he also engaged to construct tne railway, and to peo ple the country through which he parsed, rea lizing bis own profit out of the proceeds of the sale of the surplus lauds on each side of the road. And he finally proposed that the rail way should then become national property, free from all tolls, except what might be actually required to keep it in repair. Prof. Virchow, the German scientist, is to be made a Knight of ihe Iron Cross. The Pro fessor’s rt cent researches are proneuuced the most thorough of the century. John Boyle O’Reilly and Julian Hawthorne are tine spe limens of athletic manhood, and are. very unlike in appearance to the popular idea of “litterary fellers.” Doctors Anna Broomall and Clara Marshall have been appointed, assistant medical exam iners by the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, of Philadelphia. The Lindon Daily News says that Mr. Glad stone will not attend Parliament during the remainder of the session unless his presence is absolutely necessary. It is reported at St Petersburg that Grand Duke Michael, son of Grand Duke Michael, uncle of the czar, will shortly be affiauced to a daughter of the Prn.ee of Wales. Mrs. Iva Richmond, of Golden, Mich., was thrown into the machinery of a reaper that she wasdriviDg, but her life was saved by her faith ful dog, that rushed forward aud stopped the team. Nelson 1) Bromley, of Waterloo, Wis., transferred $30,000 worth of property to Emily D. Arndt, a spiri ualistic doctor, because the spirit of his dead wife, through a medium, told him to. Mr. Bell, the owner of the Thistle, and his wife, are passengers on the steamer City of Rome, which left Liverpool Thursday for New York. Mr. Bell is confident that the Thistle will win. The young Chinaman who recently married an American lady in Connecticut has accepted a position on the New Haven Il-yister. Being the product of two countries his editorial style will doubtless be doubly florid. T. B. Peterson i Bros., of Philadelphia, have published a faithful Hteel plate copy of Munkacsy’s great picture, “Christ Before Pi late,” for which Mr. Wanamaker, of that city, paid $100 000. The Duke of Marlborough is at Newport, and though some people are disposed to look askance at him, he will pr >bably be made a li on of. He is the guest of Mrs. Paran Stevens, one of New York’s s. ciety leaders. ■ Capt. Hurst and First Officer Gibson, of the British steamer Wydale, have each received from President Cleveland a gold waich and chain as a reward for their services in rescuing the crew of the American schooner Joseph Baymore. Senora Guadaloup Gutierrez died last week at Santa Cruz, California, at the age of one hundred arid six years. She came to Santa Cruz over seventy-live years ago wilh a com pany of Mexican colonists, and has lived there all these years. Fanny Kemble, who is at least 74 years old, is living in England A visit from her is ex pected at Lenox, Mass , and the people there will give her a warm reception bell 'in the tower of th were a present from ber. O’G Tinao Mahon, the Nea*or of the home rulers at Westminster, is 84 years old. He firmly believes that he will live to see -estored to its old home, in I) .Kin, the Irish National L gislature, removed thence only three years before he was born lie is the oldest man ever elected to Parliament. Mr. George M. Pullman and family went to the Thousand Islands a few days ago to re claim their island from desolation. They will build a splendid mansion there and henceforth make it their summer home. Mr Pullman bought the island for $40 That was seven teen years ago. It is worth $10,(W0. Fred Carrutb, the funny man of the Dakota Hell, will hereafter write for the New York Tribune at a salary of $00 a week Next to being a born base-ball pUyer there is nothing better than to be born a funny man. And by the way, why are there no funny women? Has the sex no humor! Banish the thought! The Pester Lloyd says that Louis Kossuth, who left luriu Juiy 7 far Courmayeur to take the waters, is in excellent health. In spite of his 85 years, he is perfectly erect, his complex ion is rosy, and his intellect as vigorous- as ever. His sister, Madame liuttkay, who for merly resided in the United States, is his con stant companion. It is announced from Constan' inople that Sir Salar Jung has betrothed himself to the second daughter of Himli Pacha, a well-educated girl of 11 years, whose mother is a distinguished leader of the female emancipation movement Sir Salar’s future bride aud her two sist> re and mother, though otherwise strict Mussulmans, all mix freely in European society • W. H. Phelps, 77 years of age, a brother of Minister Phelps, who represents this county at the court of James, earns his daily bread at Sioux Falls, D. T., by sewing in a tailoi-shop ■ there. He was once a successful writer on the New York Herald in the dav s of the elder Ben nett. Mr. Phelps has visited every Slate in tbe Union, has done business in fourteen States and in Soath America. He is very ecceutric and has not spoken to any of the Phelps family for thirty years. The family is one of the most noted iu Vermont, and the Sioux Falls member is a college graduate and highly edu cated. s pet The clock and i Congregational church
