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VOLUME XIII.—'NUMBER 620.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1S87.
PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Sbasing Across the Bloody Ohasra.
SOUTHERN WAR SONUS.
Poetic Echoes From the Dead
Past.
MORE CRUEL THAN WAR.
r- [Daring the confinement as prisoners of war,
at Camp ('base, Oh o, a young Tennesseean
who had been fatally wounded, having been
told by the phys cian that he was dying, called
to his side a fed jw-prisoner. Col. Hawkins, of
South Carolina, and, taking from bis bosom a
lock of shining brown hair, handed it to the
Colonel, requesting that it should be buried
with him, as it was the parting gift of bis affi
anced bride, a beautiful and accomplished
young lady of Nashville A few hours after
his death a letter came for him from the young
lady, and, as he had been directed, Col. Haw
kins broke it open to read and ans ver it. It
was merely a brief, cold note breaking the en
gagement. After read ng it Col. H. replied in
the following beautiful lines. “B. B.”]
THE HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY.
BT SAMUEL WOODWORTH.
Editor Sunny South: In your issue of
Seatember 3rd, yon ask for the text of “The
Hunter, of Kentucky.’’ I send it, copied from
an old song-hook published somewhere about
1830. It is quite a medley of sentimental and
patriotic songs—especially songs of the Naval
battles—"The Gnerriere and the Constitu
tion,’’ “Perry’s Victory,” “Wasp and Frolic,’’
“Hornetani Peacock,’’ ‘ Lawrence the Brave,’*
etc., etc.
I also enclose, thinking it may suit your
corner for “Scuthern War Songs,’’ “Le Brave
ties Braves," some lines on the famous recon-
noiBsauce of J E. B. Stuart; and some others
that speak for themselves, as they are exactly
as when written on that, now discolored pa
per, twenty-seven years ago.
Hoping they may prove acceptable, I re
main, Yours Truly, L. S. McNeil.
89 St. Emanuel, St.
Mobile, Ala., Sap. 19, 1887.
“Y» gentlemen and ladles fair
W.io grace tDis famous city.
Jus- listen If y u’ve time to Bpare,
Wane 1 rehearse a city,
Niw for an opp -rtunlty,
Conceive yourselves quite lucky,
For Mis not often here von see
A hut>'»r from Kentucky;
On, Keniuckyl me ntimers of Kentucky,
Tae hunters of Kentucky.
We are a hardy free-born race,
Eicb man to fear a stranger;
Woate’er the game, we ] -in in chase.
Dosplstug toil and danger;
And It a daring foe annoys,
Whatt’er his strenv'h and forces,
We’d show him that Kentucky boys
Are • alligator horses.”
On, Kentucky etc.
I s'pose yon’ve read It In the prints,
How Puckenham attempted
To makeold Hicxory J mksou wince,
B it soon his scnemes repented;
For we wilh r fl -s ready cocked
Thought sucu occasion lucky.
Ann soon arouou rue G tueral flock’d
The hunters ot Ksuiucky.
On! Kentucky, etc.
You've heard I s’pose how New Orleans
Isfim- d for wealth aud beauty—
Tnere’8 girls ot every hue It seems,
Fr tm si o*y white lo sooty.
S • P ckei ham he male bis brags,
I- ue iu flibt was many,
H ’’d have ibelr e'd's aud cotton bags
In spite of old Kentucky.
On I Kentucky, etc.
Yonr letter came, but came too late,
For Heaven bad claimed Its own;
Ah. sulden change f-om prison bars
Goto the Great White l>rnne.
A'd yet I tbina be wou'd have stayed
,S it one day more ot pa n,
Co ,ild he have read Ibose tardy words
Which you have sent in vain.
Why did you wa t, fair lady,
Tmougn so many a weaiy bom ?
Had yi u other lovers with you
In that silken, dilnty bower f
Dil others bow b fore your charms
Ar<i twine brigbi garlands theref
Ar yet I ween In all that tnrong
s spirit bad no peer.
I Ish that you were with ms now.
as I draw tbe sheet aside.
To -v* bam pure tb* lc-U be worn
A while before be died.
Yet the sorrow that you gave him
stilli bad left Its weary trace.
And a m ek and latutly sadness
Dwells upon bis pallid face.
"fl-r love.” he said, ‘‘con'd chauge for ms
the winter’s cold to spring ”
Ah. trust < f iboughtless maidens’ love,
Tonu art a bluer ihmgl
Fit-- when these valleys fair In May
Oec“ m ire with bloom sia 1 wave,
T ic N inhern vlol -r shall b ow
Ab.rehls humble grave.
Ymir dole < l ecinty words bad been
B it. one more p.ng to best;
Tm u in to the last be kissed with love
l ids tress of your so t balr.
I did nut put It where lie said,
F ir when me auvels c one
I wnipd not h ve tnem Hod the sign
Of falsehood la the tomb.
I’ve read the letter, and I know
The wiles that you have wrought
To win that noble heart of his.
V d gained li—fearful thought!
Wntt lavl"h wealth men sometimes give*
F >r a ti fl ■ light aud small!
Woat maniy forms are often held a
fu folly’s fl.utsy th.alll
Yon shall not pity him for now
He’s past your hope ai.d fear—
Although 1 wisn that y u cornu stand
wtih me beside his bier.
Slid I forgive you; Heaven knows
F ir mercy you’ll have need,
811 ca G id hi- awtu! J tegments send
Oa each unworthy deed.
To-Di»ht the cold winds whistle by
As I my vigil keep
Wimia. the prison aead bouse, where
Fsw mourners come to weep.
A iude plank ci ffl j bolds bint now,
Yet death gives always grace.
And 1 would ratner see him thus
Tuan clasped lu your embrace.
Icetilelic your rooms are very gay
With wit and wine and song,
And you are smiling Judas If
Yunneverdldawr-ug;
Y-ur hand so fair that n.-ne would think
Ii peuned these words of pain;
Yonr skin so wbitel Would Gad your soul
Wer. naif soiree ol slam.
Bat J ickson he was wide awake,
aud was nt scar’d at trifles.
For well he knew what aim we take
With our K-ntucky rifles;
So he bd us down to Cypress Swamp,
The ground was lowaDd mucky.
There Stood John Bn'l In martial pomp
And here was old Kentucky.
On! Kentucky, etc.
A bank was raised to hide onr breast,
Not that we thought of dying;
Bn' tnat we always like to rest,
C Hess the g me Is flying.
B-nlnd It stood our little force—
None wished It to be greater.
For everv man was half a horse,
And half an alligator.
Oat Kentucky, etc.
They did not let our patience tire
Before they showed thi lr faces—
We did Dot choose to waste onr Ore,
8i nuiiglj sept.our plates;
But when so near to see tnem wink,
We tnougbt tt tmie to stop ’em,
And ’twould have none you good I think
To see KeutncKtan's arop ’em.
Oh I Kin ucky, etc.
They found f t last ’twas vain to fight
Where lead was all their booty;
And so they wisely took to lilgut
And left us all our beauty.
And now if danger e’er annoys.
Remember wbar cur trade Is;
Just send for us Kentucky bovs
And wo’ii protect you, ladh s.
O il Kenmcky. me hunters of Kentucky,
Tne nunters of Kentucky.
‘LE BRAVE DES BRAVES."
[BV J. E. B STUART.]
Here, comrades, pass the wine, and All your glass
again;
W-’ll nilnk a rmislng toast “to Stnan and his men!”
The First and F-u tb and Nhun, Virginia’s gallant
sons.
Now glye ns “three times three” for Stuart’s bold
dragoons!
Through danger, blood, and death, that dashing
i quadron weDt,
Througu forest deep and dark, by Yankee guard
and lent.
“Now drawyour sabres, men, and throw the sheaths
away,
Oar path is through tbe foeman’s lines—you’ll need
no sheath to-day!
Forward”—tha forest rang with their proud cours
ers’ tramp,
As Stuart led his little band toward the Yankee
camp.
‘Captain, a glittering troop wait us on yonder
plain ”
Forward]”—a charge—the foe retreats—we thun
der o’er the slain;
’Captain, on yonder stream their laden transports
lie—”
The torch!”—and soon the curling flames in tri
umph lick the sky.
I’d rather be this dear, dear friend
Than y->u In all your glee;
For you are hold lu gii vi us bonds
While he’s forever f.ee.
Wi'om we -erve lu ibis life, we serve
In that which Is to come;
H- chose his—yon yours. Let God
Pronoun- e tUe fl tog doom.
AN INCIDENT.
A private letter from N irfolk dated July 11,
1802, says: “Oneof the 3.d Ala.,diedat Old
l’oiut Comfort aud was brought here ’.o be bur
ied, a few days since. * * * At the grave a
young lady laid a Secession flag upon the cof
fin saying that ‘siuce he was not allowed to die
undtr his country’s flag, he should be buried
under it.’ ”
They bore him through tbe narrow streets
Ol the oppressed city,
N • -ye was sad with kindly grief
Or dim with manly pity.
Tbe prisoner lay upon bis bier.
Around were su leu f -emeu:
Bn' from tbe people as they passed
K jse sounds of evil omen;
Murmurs, which told that patriot hearts
War’s ashes c .vered site fitly ;
And q i ncbl ss spirits dumb oy fores
In uauntless eyes burned brightly.
They pore him to his early grave
Unknown, unwept, unhonored—
And o’er bis helpless asues flapped
Tae bloody Northern standard.
Tbe basty, heartless rites were done,
Tr.e open grav* was ready—
When fiom the silent crowd came forth
A young and gentle lady
And r ’ertbegtranger yonth her tears
In pity soft were falling—
Such tears as stricken Mother’s weep
Above a burled darling.
Sweet, clear, her silvery accents rcss
Desp thrilling with > motion—
‘•p.ave soldier! this thy country owes
Unto thy true devotion.
Sad were tby lonely dying groans
Wllblh the foemau’s prison;
Hteh i ow, above their bods aud chains
Toy pure glad soul hr tb risen ,-
A patriot's strife sublimed thy life,
A patr ot's death bath crowned thee;
Now sleep then as a hero sleeps.
Thy country’s flag around thee."
Abashed tbe sullen gnardsmeD stood,
Awed by her fearless manner;
As boldly on the S -uitiern heart
Sue laid tne 8 mibern banner.
Editor Spent South : There is in Colum
bus, ii.diara, a sword marked “Lieut. Col. D.
M. Bay, 2d Teun. Cav., C. S. A.” If the
owner or his family desire, it will be returned
upon application to J. S. Irwine,
Sept. 19, 1887. Columbus, Ind.
“Cap’aln, the roar of cars comes rolling on my earl”
"Stand steady to v< ur r.flis, men, and meet them
w Ub a cheer.”
’Mid shot and shout and groan, the loaded train
rushed by, .. ..
Leaving the hot air faint with blood and eying
wretches’ cry.
“Captain, a sullen creek athwart onr path is tossed,
Tood-epto swim, too wide to bridge, and yet It must
be crossed!”
To work me troopers went, with ready heart and
hind.
And soon a has’y bridge resounds to the tramp of
Stuart’s brad.
Thus Stuart led them on, through moonlit glen and
wood,
TUI the boo'-prlnts of their framing steeds ran o’er
with Yankee bioofl—
Till many a prisoner rode in the dauntless trooper’s
train—
TUI the sky was bright wUta burning camps and the
earth was strewn with slain.
All honor to the daring chief, who led his daring
men
In triumph thro’ the Yankee lines and brought them
back again.
The First and Fourth and Ninth, Virginia’s gallant
sons.
Now fl i your glasses to the brim “to Stuart’s bold
dragoons!”
With ring and crash and gleam the crytal goblets
met.
And glittering fragments strewed tne beard with
reddest vintage wet—
A vision of a fl ishlng blade deep dyed with gory
sfatn.
And bowing low a reverent bead, each drank to
brav- Latane—
Peace to Vngiuia’s noble dead-fame to her living
sons:
We’ll drink it standing, “three times three, to Stu
art’s bold dragoons.”
[S L.—1861.
A Vigorous aud Abiding Compact.
Speaking editorially of the signing of the
Constitution and of the parade at the late cel
ebration, the London Times says: “The pa
rade of veterans of the Grand Army of the Re
public before a Democratic President and bis
Cabinet is a crowning proof, amid the crowd
of evidences, of the success of the authors of
the Union in devising a vigorous and abiding
compact.’’
The Re-union at St. Lous.
Fifty car loads (about 2,500) of Grand Army
of the Republic veteraLS aud their friends, from
San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco,
left the last named place on the 19th ult. to at
tend the National Encampment at St. Louis.
On the departure of members of the Grand
Army from Jacksonville, F.a , on tbe 23d, the
citizens of that city presented them with a
handsome flag
A Historical Table.
A Mr Gunther, of Chicago, owns the table
on which Grant and Lee signed the terms of
surrender at Appomattox. He paid 51,000 for
it. A letter from Gen. Grant establishes iu
authenticity.
WASHINGTON CITY.
Reminiscences of Distin
guished Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the national Capitol.
PEKSONAL MENTION
What the People Are Doing
and Saying.
VtU*
SETTLER IN THE WILD WEST.
THROUGH TO ATLANTA.
Route of President Cleveland and
- , Party. , _ \
Hours of Arrival and Departure at Each
Place--Who Will Compose the Par
ty--The Return Homo.
Washington, September2l—President and
Mrs. Cleveland will leave Washington next
week, Friday, for an absence of three weeks
in the west and south. They will be accom
panied by no cfficials, the other members of
the party being the president’s private secreta
ry, Colonel Lamont, two personal friends of
the president, Mr. Wilson S Bissei, of Buffa
lo, his former law partner, and Dr. Joseph D.
Bryant, of New York, who was a member of
his military staff while governor.
Following is the itinerary of the journey:
Leave Washington by Pennsylvania railioad
Friday, September 30, at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Indianapolis, Saturday October 1,
at 11 a. m.; leave Indianapolis, Saturday, Oc
tober 1, at 3 p. m.
Arrive at Terre Haute, Sa'urday, October 1,
at 3:30 p. m.; leave Terre Haute, Saturday,
October 1, at 6:15 p. m.
Arrive at St Louis, Saturday, October 1, at
12 o’clock, midnight; leave St. Louis, by the
Chicago and Alton railroad, Tuesday, October
4 at 11 p. in.
Arrive at Chicago, Wednesday, Octobers,
at 9 a. m.; leave Chicago, by the Chicago A
Northwestern railroad, Thursday, October 6,
at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Milwaukee, Thursday, October 6,
at 1 p. m.; leave Milwaukee, Friday, October
7, at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Madison, Friday, October 7, at I
p. m ; leave Madison, by tbe Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul railroad, Monday, October
10, at 9 a. m.
Arrive at St. Paul, Mondav, October 10, at
5:30 p. m ; leave St Paul, Tuesday, October
11, at 12 noon.
Arrive at Minneapolis, Tuesday, October 11,
at lp.m.; leave Minneapolis, by the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapiis A Omaha railroad, Tues
day, October 11, at 8 p m.
Arrive at Omaha, Wednesday, October 12,
at 11 a. m.; leave Omaha, by th- Chicago. Bur
lington & Quincy railroad, Wednesday, Octo
ber 12, at 12 noon.
Arrive at St. Joseph, Wednesday, October
12, at 5:15 p. m; lewe St. Joseph, Wednes
day, October 12, at 5:4-5 p. m.
Arrive at Kansas City, Wednesday, October
12, at 8:15 p in.; leave Kansas City, by the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf railroad, Thurs
day, October 13 at 11 p m.
Arrive at Memphis. Friday, October 14, at 6
p. m.; leave Memphis, by the Louisville A
Nashville railroad, Saturday, October 15, at 1
A List of Our Presidents.
Wide Awake offers young history students
a help to memory as useful as the old verse,
“Thirty days hath September
-Cornt- yen tnSiBcs a’.’., df.-’yflSS'rfutT’TiJl -‘O
w rtt like the ones of olden tAs,
For linked mgether. nam- aua name,
I e whole a surer plac- will claim;
And flrmiv In your mind -hall stand
The nan es < f those wbo’ve ruled onr land.
A uoole ns : George W»«hington,
John Adams, Thomas J-ff-r-oo,
Janies Madison and James Monroe, —
John Q lacy Adams—aud below
Comes Ancrew J .ckson In his turn—
Marti. Van Bure" nex’. we lesrn.
Then Wil lam Henry Harrison,
Whom soon John Tyler f mowed on.
And af'er Tyler. J >mer K Pol*;
Then Zicbary Taylor ruteO me folk
Till o>atn. TneD Millard Fillmore came;
And Fraokli i Pierce we nrxt must name.
A d James Buchanan then appears.
Then Abr ham Lincoln throu .h tuose years
O' war. And why n his life was lost
’Twas Andrew Johnson filled bis post.
Then U S. Grant and R B. Hayes
Aua James A Garfield eacn uau place—
And Ohesier Arthur—and my rhyme
KnCsnow m Grover Cleveland's time.
History in a Nutshell.
[Philadelphia Press.]
The Federal Constitution has four different
dates fixing its adoption and ratification, its
going into effect and the organization of a gov
ernment under it. They are all worth remem
bering now.
Sf ptember 17, 1787, the Constitution was
“done in convention by the unanimous con
sent of the States present,’’ Georgs Washing
ton signing first for Virginia as President of
p. m.
Arrive at Nashville, Saturday, October 15,
at 11 p. m.; leave Nashville, by the Nashville
Chattanooga A St. Louis, and the Western A
Atlantic railroads, Monday, October 17, at 11
a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta Monday, October 17th, at
11 p. m.; leave Atlanta Wednesday, October
19ih, at 12 o’clock midnight.
Arrive at Montgomery Thursday, October
20th, at 8 a. in ; leave Montgomery by the
Kennesaw and Western North Carolima routes
Thursday, October 20th, at 1 p. m., reaching
Washington Saturday, October 22i, at 6 a. m.
No stops will be made except at the points
above mentioned, and in no instance can the
time given toci'ies where stops are to be made
be extended. The fact that the joirney is
timed to meet fixed engagements will prevent
any exceptions to this determinaiion, but
through tbe day in passing all places of any
considerable size, the train will be run at a
very slow rate of speed.
All the reception committees have been re
quested to meet the President at their respect
ive cities, instead pf en route, as lias been pro
posed in some instances. This is to enable the
party to get as much rest and quiet as possible
while traveling
At the suggestion of the President, much
proposed speech-making at places to be visited,
has been abandoned, and instead an important
feature in the programme at each place will be
carriage rides about the cities over previously
announced rou'es, which will gratify his desire
to see the towns and their population, and en
able all to see the President without the dis
comforts and dangers attending crowded rooms
and platforms, the formal acceptance of in
vitations from these c.ties will now be made,
earlier notice having been impossible on ac
count of uncertainty as to the route and dates.
William D Howells will go to the national
capital this winter to gather more materials
for his promised novel on Washington life.
the Convention. This step is celebrattd this
week, aud it needed to be followed by the
ratification of nine States before a government
cou .d be orga> ized.
June 21, 1788, the last of the three nine
States needed to put the “newt roof’’ of the
Constitution over the land, as the phrase then
ran, ratified the Constitution and it became
the law of the land as far as these States are
concerned. This is the event whose celebra
tion in this city, July 4, 1788 was described iu
the Sunday Press.
March 4,17b9, the first Wednesday of Mar:h,
the Constitution became “practically opera
tive.’’ The S ipreme Court was called upon to
piss on this qutstion (Ovings vs. Speed, 5
Wheaton, 420), and it decided that whilejbe
Constitution was adopted September 17, 1787,
and was ratified June 21, 1788, jet these acis
were only preliminary and preparatory to ti e
creation of a government whose effective opera
tion under the Constitution btgan only with
the date set fnr iis organization.
April 30 1769, General Washington was in
augurated as ilie first President, and the Gov-
en meet, which went into »ffect March 4, or
neatly two months before, was set in motion
with two of i s departments, ex- cutive and leg-
isia'ive, complete. The judiciary was not or
ganized until after the approval of the act of
bepieuibtr 24, 1789, creating the Supieme
Court.
Ex-President Jefferson Davis.
X
Editor Sunny South: I would ask all
New York Methods.
Nsw York is the recognized headquarters, in
this country, of every description of scheming
for the acquisition of wealth without .labor.
An attorney, whose place of business is in Al
drich Court, remarked: “Among the novel
projects for making money which I have come
across recently is that of speculating in the
franchises of interior towns and cities for pub
lic improvements. Thus two or three men in
New York wi.l make a raid on some town to
obtain a street car franchise, representing
themselves backed by immense capital which
is only waiting an opportuni y of inveatm <nt
in street car lines. On securing a franchise
from the town by such representations, they
will come back to New York and peddle it oat
for $500 or fl.OOo, or whatever they can get
for it. Tbe result usually fa that the town gets
a street car line with a thirty ponnd T rail built
on cross ties, and cheap cars which look veiy
well when freshly painted. The whole thing is
sold out in a hurry and some one gets left,
while the town itself has a miserable street car
line on its hands. The same process is being
carried on in reference to water works, gas
works, electric lighting systems and similar
public improvements. There are scores of men
in New York who make a living in just such
shabby enterprises. There is no way to head
them off except for the authorities in the towns
and villages of the country to make closer in-
vestigatiin as to the character of people asking
for franchises.”
honest and cat did men of the North why such
malignant venom is displayed towards that
knighily ard Christian gentleman, Ex-Presi
dent J fferson Davis? What stupendous, un
pardonable crime has he committed, above all
other Con fed r rates who battled for the “Lost
Cans' ?” H's honest convictions led him to
accept the presidency which was tendered him
by the leading men of the South, and he hut
used his best efforts to seem e success; and, with
hundreds of thousands of other honest Confed
erates, was willing to lay down his li e in de
fense of what he considered a just cause. The
sword was made the arbiter, and we lost. This
is our greatest sin. for had we succeeded, the
name of the vilified and vituperated Jefferson
Davis would have been banded down for a 1
time to c -me, as one o' the great men and pa
triote of the limes; and those htile-souled edi
tors and swashbucklers, who never fired a gun
at a “live R bel,” but who are now his revil-
ers and constan'ly yelping and snarling at the
cripp^d Uod, would have been the first syco
phants to bow down before him and sing
paeans of glory to his name.
All honest Confederates who participated in
the struggle, thought they were fighting for a
j -ist. causa; and if the venerable victim ot their
malignity, as President, was quilty of treason
against morality and good government, then
every honest Confederate was equally guilty,
and it would be a blot upon the American
shield to hold him up as a chief sinner, con
demned to bear the sins of all who sinned
equally wth him. His manly and dignified
course since the war should command the re
spect of his bitterest foes, -even to the great
accidental hero, Gen. Sherman, who could not
condescend to lower his dignity enough to an
swer Presid nt Davis’ letter. He (Sherman)
did not answer it becanse he could not con
struct a sentence in the English language that
would relieve the mind of the reader of tbe
fact ihat he (Gen. Sherman) had prevaricated
in his letter, or statement, in regard to his
having seen a letter or order, written by Ex-
Pres'dent Davis during the war. I cannot be
lieve that there is an honest and brave soldier
who fought on the Union side, who sympa
thy s with these doughty warriors and little-
souled editors—who did not get mad until the
war was over, and would now crucify Jeff.
Davis.
We of the Smth have acceo'ed the results of
the war in good fa tb—and claim that t iere is,
aud ever has been, as much, or more, love and
venerafco i for tbe Union of our fathers, and
the glorious traditions which cluster around it,
than there is in any other portion of our com
mon country; as we have very little of that
wicked and p^rniciius element (Anarchism)
which pervades the North, and sets at defiance
all law and order, and would, if possible, in
vade the Courts of Heaven.
Had there not been any abolitionism, th»re
would not have been any sec»ss on. It is pa
tent to all refl-ctive minds, that tbe entering
wedge to this terrible fratricidal war, which
deluged our country in blood and lef-, ruin and
sorrow in its track, was by J. Q. Adams, in his
speech in Congress on the right of petition, on
which occasion he said that, “If the abo’ition
of slavery in the South would cause the death
(murder) of every white man, woman and
child in the South let it come. ” He was re
buked by Mr. Dillet, of Alabama, in such
scathing, bnrning words, that he cowered in
his seat, helpless to reDly. Mr. Dillet said
that he had “vited for that man for President,
but I now ask forgiveness, Dot of my constitu
ents, b it of my G id, for voting for that miser-
ab e creaturepointing his finger at Mr.
Adams. Baldwin.
Baltiwir Co., Ala . S3pt. 1887.
Webster in England, 1839.
Daniel Webster was presented to Queen Vic
toria at one of her levees at St. James Palace,
London, in June, 1838. Mr. Stevenson, then
the American Minister in England, was pre
vented by an accidental cause from attending,
and his secretary of legation, Mr. Benjamin
Rash, presented Mr. Webster, and used after
wards to narrate the attendant circumstances.
The expounder of the Constitution appeared to
great advantage in his court dress, with its
small clothes and sword, and he moved in them
as thongh he had worn the costume all his life.
Arriving at the palace, Mr. Webster saii'to
Mr. Rush: “Now, sir, here I am, prepared to
put myself under your charge and obey orders,
which I take to be the part of a good soldier
everywhere. ’’ They were delayed a little while
in the ante-room, which gave Mr. Rash an op
portunity of introducing Mr. Webster to sever
al of the diplomatic corps, who had expressed
a desire to know him. At last the liDe was
formed and began to move forward, stopping
every now and then as presentation look place.
On reaching the queen, Mr. Rush mentioned
Mr. Webster’s name to her. She received him
with the mingle 1 dignity and grace of a sover
eign and a woman, and addressed some conver
sation to him, whirh she could only do to a
few. It was plain that bis name and fame hal
preceded him, even if she had not had a pre
vious intimation that he was to be there, and
it was gratifying to see the evidences of it from
a crowned head. The presentation being over,
they moved on to give place to others, remain
ing however, for some time in the diplomatic
circle. They were not long left alone. Lord
Palmerston, secretary of state for foreien
affairs. W3S among the first to approach. “Is
that Mr. Webster!” said he to Mr. Rush, “I
wish you w>uld introduce ms to him.” He
did so; and while the American and British
statesmen stood conversing, the Earl of Claren
don, who had just been called home from his
embassy at Madrid to take bis seat in the
House of Lords, advanced and joined them.
The conversation, tho lgb necessarily of short
duration, was of a character to have bten ex
pected from the men who took part in it.
Complimentary remarks wf re made upon tbe
power and prospects of the United States, with
an arch allusion by the peer to our “Saxon
blood,” which he said, with a smile, served to
account for the superiority of our peop:e, and
which was fonrd to be in the ascendant all the
world over. Mr. Webster bore his share in the
tKraversatmii with ‘he aptitude juJ knowledge
of such a man, without monopl zingor running
ide
off into dissertation, and evidently, as it seem
ed to me, left upon his hearers the impression
of his character. He continued to be sought
out while they remained. There were men of
renown at that reception who were ambitions
of his acquaintance. Several of the judges
desired to know him. Here and there migot
be seen a peer or a member of the diplomatic
corps, and now and then in the distance a little
group of members of the House of C. mmons
guardedly looking towards him. “More than
once,” said Mr. Rush afterwards, “I felt the
pride of my country rise higher, and a chord
vibrate, as I thought of her power and destiny,
and witnessed the tribute to both in the respect
shown to her great senator, statesman and pa
triot ” Mr. Webster displayed an intimate
familiarity with English genealogy, and the
family names of many persons of distinction
wh i were mentioned to him by their titles. In
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many instances he would give a little n is lory
of each, going back for several generations,
referring sometimes to important public events
with which such names were associated. His
knowledge on such subjects was surprisin
and his unostentatious and ready mode of
imparting it added in no small degree to the
interest of the occasion.
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY.
The subscription for the Walt Whitman cot
tage has been successfully carried through
The sum required, $800, has been raised and
forwarded to the poet, who will follow bis own
inclination in the choice of a site and design,
and will himself supervise the building.
Four Men go Triroush an Express
Train and Get Away With $30,000
Booty.
Fort Worth, Tex., September 20.—Two
massed men with drawn revolvers mounted
the cab of tbe Texas and Pa ific east bound
express to-night as it passed hu t of Besbrook,
a small station twelve miles ifest of l)gre. Two
other masted men boarded the train and the
engineer and fi-email were placed under guard.
A d.'Z-n shots were fired into the express car,
and the door was finally opened by Pacific Ex
press Meewiger Maloney. One robber en
tered and cleared out tbe safe and then went
into the mail car, where Messenger Griffith of
fered no resistance. ‘
Every registered letter was secured by the
robbers. Tfce work was done in ten minutes,
and the engineer was ordered to pall out. The
train was a through express from Sin Francis
co. The booty taken is valued at |30,000.
Prince Albert In Washington, 1870.
Prince Albert, when he attended a ball given
at the Masonic Temple here in his honor by
ST Edward Thornton, on the night of Jan. 27,
1870, was a slender young man, attired in a
fatigue uniform. This consisted of a dark
bine, or nearly black, tight fitting sack coat,
closely fitting the form, doable-breasted, and
buttoDed to the throat, trimmed with heavy
black braid and frogb, pantaloons tightly cat,
of the same color, with broad braid stripes on
the sides, and patent leather boots. Across
his breast he wore a brilliant star studded with
jewels. A miniature cartridge box was slung
across his shoulder, and in his right hand he
carried a little cap, closely resembling that
worn by the Union soldiery. He also wore a
plain steel-sheathed sword. He was very
unostentatious in his appearance, and presented
a marked contrast to the brilliant uniforms
and elaborate display of gold lace and embroid
ery by which he was surrounded, as worn by
the foreign Ministers and Secretaries of Lega
tions.
He opened the ball with Mrs. Grant, who
wore a crimson velvet dress with a long train,
low r.eckand short sleeves, trimmed with white
satin and point lace. He also danced with
Mrs. Thornton, the wife of the British Minis
ter, who wore a low-necked dress of white silk,
with long train, and an overskirt of light blue
silk, trimmed with white point lace. He waltz
ed with Mrs. Le Stranne, of the British Liga
tion, charming brunette, who wat dressed in
white muslin trimmed with while satin.
It was said the next day that some of the
young army officers took him after the bail to
see the sights of “Washington by gaslight - ”
They Fought the Duel-
One of tbe first duels fought at Washington
was the result of angry discussion ic the House
of Representatives between Mr. Gardiner, a
dashing young Federalist of the Hamilton
school, and Mr. Campbell, a Democrat. A
challenge ensued, and the only magistrate at
the national capital at that time was Samuel
Harrison Smith, then the young editor of the
National Intelligencer. He was called on to
arrest the belligerents, and he promptly repair
ed to tbe boarding-house, kept by three kind-
hearted old maids, the Misses Finegan, where
Gardiner messed. The mess received Mr.
Smith very politely, and some of the members
told him that they would, with great pleasure
give bail for the peaceful conduct of Gardiner
within the limits of tbe district. Mr. Smith,
however, insisted that he most bind Gardiner
over to keep the peace within the United States.
They said they would convince him that his
jurisdiction did not extend beyond the D.strict
of Colombia; and of all earthly things the
learned and long argument was most to Mr.
Smith’s taste. He went for his authorities, and,
bringing in his books, prep tred for a set-to in
good earnest. Mr. Bavard, of Delaware, un
dertook to reason Mr. Smith oat of his premises,
sad spoke at great length. Meanwhile Mr.
Gardiner and bis second slipped oat, took a
carriage, went to the designated ground, longht
tbe dnel, in which Mr. Gardiner was wounded,
and returned to the house, where they found
Messrs. Bayard aud Smith still bnsily engaged
id the case. Mr. Smith acknowledged that he
had been foiled and paid for a bowl of punch.
Clement Baldwin was the son of wealthy pa
rents in Ireland, and was reared in luxury and
highly educated. He squandered, his money
in riotous living, and now in his oid age works
by tbe day on the gron ids of Union College,
Schenectady, New York.
Sir Henry Isaacs is the third Hebrew mer
chant who has become Sheriff of London and
received knighthood from the Queen.
Carter H. Harrison, ex-Mayor of Chicago,
has left British Columbia and is now on ship
board bound for the land of the Mikado.
Gen. G. W. Custis Lee is improving and
hopes'to be able soon to resnme his da.iet an
President of the Washington and Lea Eaiver-
Bity.
Lord Ely is one of the few Irish landlords
who getanything from tbeirestates. Be draws
$100 000 a year from his teoanta with little
trouble.
Gen. Butler heads the list of money-making
lawyers of the country. His fortune is esti
mated at 51.500.000, and his annual araetioe
nets him 5100,000.
Dr. Cosson, a Berlin physician, who reeamt-
ly died left the bulk of his fortune, amounting
to 160,000 marks, to the poor of the Franca
colony of that city.
A woman of Bay City, Mich., disgnised
herself as a man and clerked in a store fer a
year and thus obtained admission late the
.Knights of Pythias.
A friend of C. P. Huntington quotes him ss
saying that he is not half so much afraid of tta
Pacific railroad investigating committee as he is
of Mrs. Hetty Green.
Dom Peiro, Emperor of Brazil, is living
quietly at Baden-B iden with a small family
party. He will spend the winter in Egypt,
acd visit England next spring.
Dr. Charles J. Simmons, who attended Sam
uel J Tilden in his last illness and for some
time bef >re, has put in a bill against the estate
for 5143,000 for medical services.
Abraham Souther, a colored man of Old
Furt, N. C , has in his possession document
which show that he is 107 ye irs old. He
chews and smokes, acd is a devout Methodist.
“Bright Eyes” has had great success in in
teresting England in the American Indians.
She goes to Sc ‘t'.and on Sept. 20. See has
more invitations to lecture than she sam ac
cept.
James Henry, the great-grandson of the fa
mous Patrick Henry, is one of th» mogt prom
ising young men of Tennessee. He resides at
Covington, and last week married into the
McCraw family.
Miss Kate F. Kimball, whose name is a
bousi hold word among the 100,000 members of
the Chautauqua circles in her capacity as sec
retary of the University, is a young woman
still n her twenties.
Capt R. W. Meade, the new commandant
of i he Washington navy yard, is tbe youngest
man of his grade. He is 49, and has been
thirty-six years in the service, anl at se.
. near.y half, of the time. ^ i
Tbe smallest man in Tennessee is Daniel
Hance, of Madison county, who, althongh
thirty-seven years old, is not three feet high,
ana weighs only sixty pounds. It is said he
has a voice like a fog horn.
Mhs Mary L. Booth, editress of Harper's
Bazar, sailed from Liverpool on Saturoay on
iheAurania, after a four months’ vacation in
Europe, the pieaRiire of which was marred by
the news of the death of her mother.
Prince Bismarck possesses some of tho
largest and finest forests in Northern Ger
many, and with the exception of Prince For-
stenberg, who is lord of Schwarzwald, be is
probably the largest timber merchant in the
Empire.
Princess Clementine, youngest daughter of
the King and Queen of the Belgians, has at
tained her fifteenth year, and has consequently
taken her place, according to the established
etiquette of the continent, among the marri
ageable princesses of Europe.
Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of St. Nicholas,
author of “Hans Brinker’’ and other noted
works, has been many years a widow. She
began writing as a distraction from her grief
at the loss of ner husband ani as a means of
properly educating her two boys.
Now for tbe oldest postmaster. This time
his name is Roswell Beardsley, and he licks
postage stamps at' North Lansing, N. Y. He
was elevated to tha position of P. M. Jane 28,
1828, and he has held it ever since under his
original commission—nearly sixty years.
Prof. Dana, of Yale College, reached Sacs
Francisco last week from Hawaii, where he
spent one week studying the crater of Kilanes.
He had examined the volcano forty-seven yean
ago, and found, on his recent visit, that it had
not aged as much as he had in the intervening
years.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, the contralto of the de
funct American National Opera Company, has
been in Pans the p»st summer under the mu
sical instruction bf Lagrange. She has devel
oped a talent for song writing, and one of her
songs has been published. She will return to
America about Oct. 1st.
Norman L. Munro, the wealthy publisher, is
not more than 43 years of age. He has a pret
ty wife, an interesting family, lands, houses,
boats, aud, above all, good health. He is a
daik haired man, with ruddy complexion, gray
eyes, tall figure, inclines to stoutness, and a
nervous, active manner.
Charles Hutchinson, the young Vice-Presi
dent of the Chicigo Corn Exchange Bank, is a
d letante. His collection of paintings is one of
the finest in the West. His libr iry is filled
with rare books. He has sound notions of
architecture and interior decoration and a for
tune of 52,000,000 to carry oat tbe same.
A statue of the Dte Alfred Kmpp is to be
erected iu the mirket-pli.ee at Essen by the
Municipal Council of the town, at a cost of
53,000. Herr Kmpp has left 535,000 to be
used for the benefit of the inuabitants of
Essen, and he desired bis son and successor to
set aside 550,000 for a charitable fund in aid of
tbe workmen of the es'.ablishment, to be man
aged by a committee selected from the work
men and officials.
Lyman Trambnll, tbe famons ex-Senator, is
living quietly at Oakland, 111., taking care ef
his gardes and bis law practice. His brother
and bis sons live near him. He does not look
much older than he did fifietn years ago, when
Nast so often sketched his strong and intellect
ual face. His law practice is erormoos, and is
sai t to be worth 550 000 a year. There are not
half a dozen lawyers in the West who can com
mand fees as large as Lyman Trumbuli’a.
Gen. Berdan, who fs known in army dicks
as tbe “General of Sbarpebooters,” is oae of
the popular club men in Washington. Just at
present be is receiving congratulations upon
the fact that his son-in-law, F. Marion Craw
ford, the novelist, has been . he successful com
petitor for the position of poet laureate at the
Constitntiooal Celebration at Pailadelphia.
Mr. Crawford’s poem will be read from ibe
platform at the public exercises on S*Dt. 17th.
Mr. Crawford is now at his home in Sorrento,
Italy.
Mies Ollie Fredericks, of Columbus, O , has
eloped with a youn; student of the Ohio SU'e
University. He was poor, while she could
sign a check for 5100,000. and it would be hon
ored io any of the Col imbia banks. It is siid
the young lady planned the e opement. And
Olivi Barr, a wealthy young lady of Odin, III.,
fell in love with W. E. Arrowsmitb, a poverty-
stricken youth. Her parents chased the vonng
man oat of the county, bat Miss Barr followed
him, and a wedding wa< the result. The
vonng woman is worth 5X50,000 in her own
right