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VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER 621.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8\ 1887.
PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Shading Across the Bloody Chasm.
DR. HOLMES' CONSTITUTIONAL
CENTENNIAL SONC.
II IIL, COLUMBIA.
The Philadelphia Ledger publishes the fol
lowin'; as the text of the new version of “Hail,
Columbia,” written by Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, to be sung by the school chorus during
the commemoration ceremonies at the Consti
tutional Centennial Celebration:
1798.
“II iii, Columbia! Happy land!
Home o! heroes—Heaven-bora band.
Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
Who fought and bled In Freedom’s cause,
And when the storm of war was gone
K jj >yed the peace their valor won.
I.9t Independence be our boast,
K rer mindful what It cost;
Kver grateful for the prize,
Let Its altar reach the shies.
Firm—united—let us be,
Rallying round our Liberty,
As a band of brothers j Maed,
l’eace and safety we snail And.”
1887.
Look our ransomed shores around,
l’eaee and safety we have found!
Welcome, friends, who once were foe9!
Welcome, friends, who once were foes!
To all the conquering years have gained
A nation’s rights, a race unchained!
Children of the day new-born,
Mindful of Its glorious morn,
Let the pledge our father’s signed
Heart to heart forever blndl
While the stars of heaven shall burn,
While the ocean tides return.
Ever may the circling sun
Find the Many still are One!
<1 raven deep with edge of steel,
Crowned with Victory’s crimson seal,
All the world their names shall read!
All the world their names shall read!
Enrolled with bis hosts that led.
Whose blood for ns—for all—was shed.
Pay our sires their children’s debt,
Love and honor—nor forget
oaiy t uion’s golden key
Ouardv the Ark cf Liberty!
While the stars of heaven shall burn,
While the ocean tides return,
Ever may the drc lng sun
Find the Many still are One I
Hail, Columbia, strong and free,
Firm enthroned from sea to sea!
Toy march triumphant rtill pursue!
Toy march triumphant stl l pursue!
With peaceful Btride from zone to zone,
And make the Western land thine own!
IS eBt Is the Union’s holy ties,
Let our grateful song arise—
Every voice Its tribute lend—
an the loving cbotus blend I
While the stars In heaven shall burn,
While the oceen tides return,
Kver shall the circling sun
Find the Many still are One!
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Beverly Farms, Mass., Aug. 24,1887.
A PARADE
A Hundred Years Ago.
How the Union of the States was
First Celebrated at Philadelphia.
[New York Herald ]
The nearby centennial of the adoption of our
constitution naturally revives curious interest
in the first celebration of the same event. This
first honoring of the constitution took place in
this city on the 4th of July, 1788. As State
after State acquiesced in the new constitution
its advocates beld a meeting at Eppley’s tavern
here in June, 1788, and decided that as soon
as the ninth State signified its acceptance of
the Federal Constitution a public rejoicing
should be had in Philadelphia. New Hamp
shire was the ninth State to ratify, and feder
alists and citizens generally of Philadelphia at
once set about having a celebration of the
Union of the States on Friday, 4,h of July fol
lowing.
The general functions of this first celebra
tion, it will be seen from the following ac
count, will be repeated on Thursday, only, of
course, on a much grander scale. This has
been the aim of the Centennial Commission.
This week a detail trom the United States
Navy will anchor off the city and salute the
rising sun and the occasion. A hundred years
ago the little ship, Rising Sun, anchored off
Market street wharf and did the same with her
little smooth bore cannon, which compliment
was gratefully acknowledged by the ringing of
old Christ Church, St. Peter’s and the State
House bells. These peals aroused the citi
zens from their slumbers, and they swarmed
by the river side to view early one of the chief
features of the day’s celebration.
That First Celebration.
Here they saw ten vessels bearing the names
of the States which adopted the constitution.
These were gay with national bunting and
streamers and lay sloDg the length ef the city
front. Beginning at the upper end of the city,
the people saw opposite the Northern Liber
ties, section New Hampshire. Away down
the stream was Massachusetts, opposite Vine
street, Connecticut at Race street, New Jersey
at Arch street, Pennsylvania at Market street,
Delaware at Chestnut street, Maryland at
Walnut street, Virginia at Spruce street, South
Carolina at Pine street, and Georgia at South
street.
Hurrying from the scene the crowds sought
places to view the grander land procession.
There is no rec rd ~of “grand stands ” This
com nerced to form at eight a. m., about the
corner of Third and South streets, then fash
ionable, where the line of march began moving
at 9:30 o’clock, the route being up Third street
to Callow hill, to Fourth and to Market; thence
by way of Market (or High) street and “cross
country” to “Union Green, ’ a park in front
of “Bush Hill,” the country seat of Mr. Wil
liam Hunilton. This was about where Spring
Garden and Seventeenth streets now are.
Here addresses were delivered, appropriate to
the occasion, by James Wilson, one of the Con
vention delegates, and others. Night coming
on, the crowd, estimated at 17,000, dispersed
and went to bed.
The parade was one and a half miles in
length, and had about live thousand men in
line. It took three hours to march about three
miles to “The Hill.” Francis Hopkinson
wrote a lengthy and detailed account of the
day, and tells us that the “edifice” was dragged
back to town amid a great hurrah, and that no
body was intoxicated, as only ale or porter and
small beer could be got.
Those Who Paraded Then.
This local historian has preserved the fol
lowing account of the details of this first pa
rade, divided into eighty-eight sections:
First—The pioneers or axemen, uniformed
as these dress nowadays on parade, command
ed by Mr. Phillip Pancake—queer name, and
one still found in our directory.
Second—The First City Trcop, gallant men
who had seen hard service in the war (many
of them ancestors of the modem members of
the troop which will be conspicuous by its
showy uniform in next Friday’s parade) com
manded by their then Captain, Mr. Miles.
Third—Mr. John Nixon, on horseback,
bearing a white silk flag (the staff being mount
ed by a white Cap of Lioerty), with “Fourth
of July, 1770,’’in letters of gold on it. This
represented “Independence.”
Fourth—Artillery, commanded by Captain
Moreland Fisher, with the smoke and dust of
many battles barely cleaned off its guns.
Fifth—The French Alliance. This god-send
to our forefathers was represented by Mr.
Thomas Fitzsimmons, a Convention delegate,
on horseback, carrying a white silk flag, bear
ing three fleur de lys, and thirteen stars in un
ion over “Sixth of February, 1778,” in letters
of gold. This horse was ridden by Count
Rocha mbeau at the siege of Yorktown.
Sixth—Light infantry corps, Captain A. G.
Claypoole. War grimmed veterans bearing the
standard of the First Pennsylvania line.
Seventh—“Definite Treaty of Peace.” This
was represented by Mr. George Clymer, a
Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional
Convention, riding on horseback, carrying a
white silk flag adorned with olive and laurel
branches and “Third of September, 1783,” in
gold letters.
Eighth—Colonel John Shee on horseback,
carrying a blue dig adorned with olive and
laurel wreaths over “Washington, the Friend
of His Country,” in silver letters.
Ninth—The City Troop, light dragoons; Cap
tain W. Bingham, Major W. Jackson.
Tenth—The Herald, in the person of Mr.
Richard Bache, Ben Franklin’s son-in-law, at
tended by a trumpeter proclaiming “A New
Era,” ours!
Eleventh—Peter Muhlenberg, Esq., on
horseback, carrying a blue flag having on it, in
silver letters, “Seventeenth of September,
1787,” representing the Constitutional Conven
tion of the States.
Twelfth—A band of music. The only one!
Thirteenth—The Constitution. This was
represented by Chief Justice McKean and
Judges Atlee and Bush, in their robes of office,
seated on a lofty, ornamental car in the form
of an eagle, drawn by half a dozen white
horses. The Chief Justice held aloof a staff,
surmounted by a liberty cap. Suspended be
neath, framed, was the Constitution of the
United States of America, and below it, “The
People,” in large gold letters.
Fourteenth—Light Infantry corps, Captain
Heysbam.
Fifteenth—The States of the Union. Each
State that had “ratified” was represented by a
prominent citizen carrying a flag bearing the
name of the State he represented, to wit: New
Hampshire, Duncan Ingraham ; Massachu
setts, Jonathan Williams; Connection*, Ja-
rod Ingersoll: New Jersey, Samnel Stock-
ton ; Pensylvania, James Wilson ; Delaware,
Colonel Thomas Robinson ; Maryland, J. E.
Howard ; Virginia, Colonel Febiger ; South
Carolina, W. Ward Burrows ; Georgia, George
Meade.
Sixteenth—The coat of arms of the United
States of America. Colonel William Williams
on horseback, dressed in a full suit of medise-
val armor ; bore on his arm a la knight a large,
shield emblazoned with the young nation’s
coat of arms.
Seventeenth—The Montgomery Company
Pennsylvania Troop of Light Horse, Captain
James Morris.
Eighteenth—Representatives of .foreign
States friendly to the United States—to wit, :
France, United Netherlands, Sweden, Russia
and Morocco.
Nineteenth—The laws of the United States,
represented by the Judge of the Admiralty,
Francis Hopkinson, the signer, wearing in his
three cornered hat a gold anchor pendent from
a green ribbon. He was proceeded by the
Register’s clerk carrying the lawyer’s regula
tion green bag—familiar in many colors in the
Philadelphia streets to-day—filled with rolls
of parchment. The word “Admiralty,” in
conspicuous letters, was on the hag, which
was one of mammoth size. Following Judge
Hopkinson came James Reed, Register of the
Admiralty Court, wearing a big silver quill pen
in bis hat, and Clement Biddle, the Marshal
of the same court, carrying a silvered oar.
Twentieth—The Collector of Customs and
Naval Officer.
Twenty-first—“Indian Peace,” represented
by Mr. Peter Boynton as a United States cit
izen and Col. Isaac Melcher, dressed as an
Indian sachem, riding together in a coach for
mally and solemnly smoking a calumet of
peace.
Twenty-second—The Berks Company, Penn
sylvania Troop, Captain Strahing.
Twenty-third—“The new roof of the grand
federal edifice.” This was a little wooden
building with a dome thirty-six feet high, sup
ported by thirteen Corinthian columns, which
was transported on wheels and drawn by ten
white hTses. Its duplicate will he seen in
Thursday’s parade, accompanied by a larger
roof,” supported by thirty-eight columns, rep
resenting our modem “edifice.”
This “ilea” wa3 followed by the Carpen
ters’ Society and hundreds of horny-handed
men of toil.
Twenty fourth—The Pennsylvania branch
of the Society of the Ciccinnati and officers of
the Pennsy’vania line and militia.
Twenty-fifth—Light Infantry Corps com
manded by Captain Rose.
Twenty-sixth—The Agricultural S iciety,
representing "Industry,” President Samuel
Powell; banner bearer, Mayor Hcdgdou.
Twenty-seventh—Farming interests. These
were represented by Mr. Richard Willing, in
the farmer’s dress of the day, driving a plough
drawn by four oxen. He was accompanied
by Richard Peters, Samuel Meredith, Isaac
Warner, George Gray and Charles Willing, all
prominent and wealthy citizens.
Twenty-eighth — Manufacturing intersts.
These were represented by displays of spinning
and carding machines, looms, etc., on wag
ons, in fill operation. Crowds of weavers and
kindred tradesmen followed on foot.
Twenty ninth—Corps of light infantry, Cap
tain Robiuson.
Thirtieth—The Merchant marine, represent
ed by ten sea captains, marching, followed by
the Marine Society.
Thirty-first—The Federal Ship Union, twen
ty guns, on a “float,” John Green, command
er, and crew of twenty-five men. She was the
barge of the frigate Alliance, and formerly be
longed to the Serapis, from which she was
captured by Commodore Paul Jones with his
Bon Homme Richard.
Thirty-second—A miniature boat builder’s
shop, with “hands" at work at this trade, who
are said to have nearly completed a boat while
on parade.
Thirty-third to eighty-seventh—Ship sup
plies makers and the trades—every kiLd not
gone before.
Eighty-eighth—Members of the United Sates
Congress, Supreme Executive Council of Pen: -
sylvania, Justice of Common Pleas, Philadel
phia county and city officers, members of the
law and medical professions, clergy and mer
chants, and everybody who wished to “join
in” brought up the rear.
The late Mrs. Anna Paul Hendricks of Mad
ison, la , was the wife of the first Governor of
that State. He was at one time United States
Senator, and she rode to Washington on horse
back with him and sat by his side in Congress.
WASHINGTON GIT*.
Reminiscences of Distin
guished Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the National Capitol.
“AT THE COTTAGE DOOR. 1 '
Ex-Cbnfederate Reunion.
The Last Day of the Reunion at Mex
ico, Mo.—Col. Breckinridge’s
Eloquent Speech.
A dispatch dated Mexico, Missouri, Sept.
13th, says: This has been the red-letter day
for Mexico and for the sixth reunion of the
ex-confederates. A number left last night, but
an equal number came up on tne afternoon and
night trains. The morning broke bright and
clear, and there was in the air the crispness
of autumnal temperature. The crowds throDg-
ing the equate and leading streets looked
bright and cheerful, and everywhere there wai
evidence of a spirit of enjoyment. There
were some who bore marks of fatigue, owing
to incessant labor and exacting cfficial ser
vice. The reception committee, at tho bead of
which stands J. V. Williams, county clerk,
and which had met twenty-four trains in the
past two dayB, escorting arriving delegations
to designated headquarters, were of course
fatigued, but filled out their appointei duties
during the day with unflagging spirit. The
later incidents of last night were interesting
and appreciative. Vice-President Kennan and
Treasurer Rickets, who have been conspicu
ously useful in accomplishing the grand result,
were serenaded by Knehn’s band followed by
many citizens and the St. Louis delega
tion. They were greeted with the open heart
ed hospitality characteristic of Mexico and the
enthusiastic vote of thanks to-day by resolu
tions to the citizens of Mexico, and the audi
ence gave full proof of their appreciation there
of.
Historical Association.
The Southern Historical and Benevolent as
sociation held a meeting at the courthouse thii
morning previous to the meeting of the ex-
Confederate association. Gan. D. M. Frost
of St. Louis, Judge N. P. Minor, cf Bowling
Green, and Hon. W. H. Kinnan, of Audrain,
delivered addresses in the interest of the Price
monument fund. Gen. D. M. Frost, president,,
called the association to older. Dr. C. J.
Moffett, of St. Louis, was secretary pro tern.
After the Historical Association had c mclu-
did its business Presidet Claiborne called the
Ex-Confederate Association to order.
Secretary De France effered a resolution
allowing all sons of ex-confederates over IS
years of age the privilege cf becoming mem
bers of the association, which was carried, and
quite a number of young men united wi ,h the
association.
Nominations of effloors being nixt in order
Gen. D. Frost put in nomination Coi. Robt
McCulloch of Coop .r county, f ir president.
Judge Pori is in a neat speech seconded the
nomination.
Wm. H Kennon of Audrain endorsed Col.
McCulloch in behalf of the ex Confederates of
North Missouri; also Col. Musser of Chariton,
and he moved that the secretary cast the unan
imous vote for Col. McCulloch, whi:h was car
ried.
The chair appointed Gen. Frost, Col. Mussey
and Capt. Kennon to conduct him to the chair.
The new president feelingly thanked the as
sociation for the honor conferred upon him and
promised to faithfully perform the duties of
the position.
Tne president said that next in order was
the selection of vice-presidents. This having
been done, Gen. Frost moved that a vote of
thanks be accorded Coi. Breckenridge for the
admirable address delivered yesterday; and in
response to loud calls for Col. Breckenridge,
he talked briefly of his very pleasant visit to
the city of Mexico and Missouri. He spoke as
follows:
An Eloquent Talk.
“I thank God that it has been my good for
tune to live in this day and associate with men
who have lived in a time so perilous. In war
they were heroic and in peace they are pros
perous, and the country should feel proud to
produce such heroes as these. It has been
said that the knightly days are over. It is not
true. Not one of the many centuries which
have gone before has witnessed so much tiua
chivalry as the nineteenth, whose knights have
won honor and distinction by true valor and
bravery. Were I a Federal soldier the crown
of glory I shou d want to wear would be that
of the conqueror of such men. [dpp ause.]
In the war we learned each other s character.
I was not one of those men who thought before
the war that one of our men couid whip four
Yankees—and I haven’t thought so since.
[Laughter.] While much was done that was
cruel there is so much in those four years to
be proud of that a soldier is to be envied. The
typical soldier is an American, and from the
ranks of either army a typical soldier coaid he
selected. Wherever there an American
soldier this beautiful day, nounatter what is
the color of the clothes that envelopes him, I
surround him with my cordial good wishes and
lay around him my kindliest interest and affec
tion. I have but the kindliest feeling for both
armies, but I enshrine my own with a passion
ate lovo which is impossible to describe. Bye
and bye we will all be called on to cross over
the river and rest under the shade of the trees,
as Stonewall Jackson did. When we pass
over may it be with the consciousness of a duty
performed to our country, even as he per
formed it, bearing in mind always the sancti
fied memory and example given us by him.”
Many eyes were dimmed with tears as he
made hi! touching peroration.
President Davis Cannot so to Rich
mond.
In response to an invitation to be preseat
and join in the ceremonies of laying the cor
ner-stone of the L9e monument October the
27tb, the Hon. Jefferson Davis has written the
following letter to Governor Lee, who is ex-
officio president of the Lee monument Associ
ation:
“Beauvoir, Miss., September 13, 1887.—
My Dear General Lee: Your very kind letter
of the 8;h instant, has been received.
“It has been my hope and expectation to be
present, if possible, whenever the corner-3tone
should be laid of the monument in commemo
ration of my friend and compatriot, Robert E.
Lee.
“It was my earnest desire to pay that trib
ute to the memory of the great and good man
which, from the abundance of my love and es
teem, would probably be the last it would he
practicable for me to render. U my health
and strength should permit, I am nnder those
conditions pledged to attend a re-union of ex-
Confederate soldiers, who, from all portions
of the South, are expected to assemble at Ma
con, Ga., on the 26 ;h cf October, daring the
Fair, which begins on the 24th of October.
“The day of the proposed re-union is that
on which it has been arranged to lay the cor
ner-stone of the monument to General Lep.
“The presence of Confederate soldiers being
the prominent feature of both occasions should
not be diminished by division, as must neces
sarily be the case, unless your suggestion be
practicable to change the date of one of the
other, so that it may be possible for lha sol
diers to attend both.
“With thanks for your kind invitation to my
family, who j vn me in kindest remembran;e
to yourself and wife, I am, faithfully your
friend, Jeffersok Davis.
Massachusetts and South Carolina.
The widow of Ezekiel Webster, an elder
brother of Daniel Webster, was born with the
century, but she reads all the current litera
ture, hears well and converses with great in
telligence on the current topics of the day.
Ezekiel Webster was forty-five years old and
she but twenty-four when they were married,
and he lived only five years after that event,
dying in 1829.
Captain Robert W. Andrews recently
reached Hartford, Conn., wi h his dog Fida.
The Captain has just strolled down from Bos
ton. He has walked 10,000 miles in the last
four years. He is 97 years of age. lie lives
in Sumter, S. C., and left there in April to
walk to Boston. He claims to have seen all
the Presidents, with the exception of Gai field.
He was 7 years of age when he gazed on the
stalwart form of Washington. Capt. Andrews’
hearing and eye sight are perfect, and he
doesn’t look more than 60.
Imported Foreign Labor.
The recent importation into this country
from Ireland of five female spinners by the
Ross, Turner Company, manufacturers of
twine, thread, etc , has resulted in a suit by
the United S ates against the firm for viola
tion of the United States statute, prohibiting
the importation of foreign labor. The Knights
of L ibor for the district where the factoiy is
situated brought the matter to the attention of
the United States Attorney, who has begun
proceedings. The penalty is $1,000 in each
case. j.
Forty-five years ago there wasn’t a postage
stamp in the United States, says the Buffalo
Courier; but in the last twelve months the peo
ple of this country have individually and sev
erally put their tongues out 1,968 311 000 times
to moisten the postage stamps for the billions
of letters and millions of newspapers, periodi
cals and parcels that are carried and delivered
by tie Government:
A Thrilling Romance Promised.
Tid Bits says that a young woman living in
Tadpole township, m Missouri] has written to
the editor of a leading magazine as follows:
“I am writing a novel, and it will he dead
sure to make a big fuss in the literary world
when it comes out. The stile of it is some like
Mrs. Southworth’s and some like Howell’s, but
a good deal better than either of them. It
beats “She” to death, and “She” will wish
“She” had “Ben Hur” when she reads about
my heroine. There is five weddings, ten births,
four murders, two suicides, one horsewhippiog,
two hangings, three big fights, a big fire, a run
away, and lots and gobs of fun in it. Most of
the folks in the book are people I know, and I
give their real names. Some of them will be
awfully tickled when it comes out, and others
will likely be mighty mad, hut you needn’t care
a snap for that, for my brother Bill can lick
anything in this county, and they won’t no
body dare say boo to him or me about it. The
The best part of the hook is that nearly every
body died in it. I make some of them die
beautiful, and others go off harder. I will
come on myself and make the pickshers for the
book when it comes out. Please say when you
want me. I’m head over heels in work in our
onion patch now, and our turnips have got to
be weeded oat again this fall. Then I can
whirl right in and finish the book right off.
It’s splendid, I tell you.
Plymouth Church.
The Bolton, England, Journal of Saturday,
Sept. 17th, contains the following: We are in
a position to state that the Rev. Charles A.
Berry, formerly pastor of St. George’s-road
Congregational Church in this town, and now
pastor of the Queen-street Congregational
Church, Wolverhampton, has received an in
vitation, which he has accepted, to preach in
the late Mr. Beecher’s pulpit, to fulfill which
engagement Mr. Berry will cross the Atlantic
in the Germanic, which leaves Liverpool on
the 5th proximo. We understand that the
projected visit does not, as some recent ru
mors might predicate, imply that Mr. Berry is
in any sense a candidate for the vacant paston
ate at P.ymouth Church. The invitation has
grown out of the kindly relations which sprang
up between them on the visit of Mr. Beecher
to England last year; and has been accepted
by Mr. Barry to mark his great respect for the
departed preacher. The host of friends Mr.
Berry made during his nine years residence in
our midst will join us in felicitating him on
the honor conveyed in the invitation to occupy
the pulpit made historic by the most eminent
preacher the New World has yet produced.
Transit of Venus.
The first lady to cross the new iron bridge
at Wetumpka, Ala. was the loveiyand grace
ful Miss Pauline Osburn, daughter of Mr. A. S.
Osburn. On Tuesday evening, Sapt. 13.h,
she was escorted over the bridge by Superin
tendent A. S. Haynes. The length of the
bridge is 420 feet; heighth 40 feet; width of
plank to walk on, twelve inches. Miss Pau
line received the congratulations of the people
for her composure and bravery.
Fifty Years’ Railway Building.
The London News says that the extent of
railway laid during the past fifty years has
been.’ In Furope 130,000 miles, in North
America 170,000 miles, in Mexico and South
Am' ri;a 15 000, in Asia 20,000, iu Africa 5,000,
and in Australia 10,000. The capital value cf
there railroads is said to equal the combined
national debts of England, France and the
United Stat s. This includes the water in the
stock.
Now It’s a Steel Oar Blade.
The busy inventor has at last dipped in to
aquatics and brought out a new oar. It is a
highly tempered steel blade, and being much
thinner than the wooden ones, is said to enter
ard leave the water with less resistance. It
is also sa.id to be much stronger than the wood
en oar. A socket running nearly the entire
leng u of the blade affords a fastening for the
spruce or ash handles, making a backbone of
great strength. The handles if broken can ea
sily be replaced.
A new departure in the ways of women is
the formation of a fire brigade. According to
tne London Fireman this has been done by 1,
000 girls employed in a Liverpool cigar factory.
They are well officered and drilled, and in a re
cent blaze in the factory turned oat and did
most effectual work in suhdning the flames.
The Child of Mount Vernon.
George Washington Parke Custis died at Ar
lington near Washington city on the 10 ,h of
October, 1857. He left one child, the wife of
Robert E. Lee, afterwards the Confederate gen
eral. Ciosely allied to the Washington family,
fond of calling himself the child of Mount Ver
non, he was never so much in his element as
when he was talking or writing of the Great
Chief, and the men and times of the Revolu.
tion. As he said of himself once, “hiswas the
destiny of no common man,” for he bad been
fondled on the knee of the Father of his Coun
try, and received from him the kindness of a
parent. He repaid that care and affection
with filial devotion, and to the day of his death,
all the recollections of his life centred around
or radiated from the time when he was one of
Washington’s family. He lived to a good old
age, retaining his mental faculties to the last.
Though Mr. Custis was never in public life, he
was in his younger days an eloquent and effec-
ti re speaker, and had a fondness for oratory as
long as he was able to gratify these who con
stantly called on him to make public addresses.
Judge Taney Defendod.
During Gen. Jackson’s administration, a
number of gentlemen dining together at Balti
more, one of the party undertook to assail Mr.
Tar.ey and employed in the course of his as
sault some very hard names. The waiter hap
pened to be one of the servants of Judge Taney.
He immediately called the gentleman to ac
count, and told him, respectfully, that he
knew “Massa” Taney very well; that he had
lived with him a long time; that he was a good
man, and that he could not help telling the
gentleman that he was wrong. The party was
so much struck with the colored man’s simple
vindication of his beloved master, that they at
once dropped the subject. This incident is re
lated upon the best authority.
The Mother of Presidents.
William L. Marcy had a good deal of dry hu
mor. During the Polk administration, when
he was Secretary of War, and John Y. Mason
of Virginia was Secretary of the Navy, he
used to banter his associate on the forward
ness of the Old Dominion, the mother of Presi
dents, in urging the claims of her children for
Federal office—a propensity which was amus
ingly illustrated at a private dinner where they
were both present. “How strange it is,
Mason,” said he, “that out of the thousands
of fat appointments we have had to make,there
is not one that Virginia does not famish a candi
date for, and that every candidate is backed
up by the strongest testimonials that he was
expresslyeducated for that particular postf’Ma-
sonbore the joke very well, contenting himself
with the observation that the people of the
United States seemed to know where to look for
her great men.
Jefferson as an Inventor. 1
JeffersoD, when President, had a workshop
fitted up in the basement of the Capitol, where,
with the assistance of a colored man, he made
articles af furniture, now prized by their own
ers. He also made models of his inventions,
genera ly impracticable, and an English iron
founder and machinist, Mr. Foxhall, used to
discuss them with him.
Among Mr. Jefferson’s pet models was one
of an air tight stove, and Mr. Foxhall was as
tonished how such an idea could have originat-
in the mind of a person who had spent bis life
in a State whose almost illimitable forest fur
nished a superabundance of fuel,but au inspec
tion of the design and its workings amazel him
still more. Mr. Jefferson claimed that Mb
stove would economize fuel and generate a con
tinuous. and uniform heat, and was highly san
guine on these special points. Mr. Foxhall,
not altogether convinced, proposed ’ to cast a
stove at Ms foundry, which he did. Mr. Jef
ferson ordered a dozen or more in iron, which
were delivered to him in a short time. He had
two or three set up in the White House, and
presented the others as precious gifts to his
friends, giving one to Mr. Foxhall, who placed
it in his office, which it never warmed. This is
said to have been the original invention of air
tight stoves, improved by Orr. It was made
of oast iron, was five feet high and weighed 250
pounds. It was divided into two compart
ments, and there was a central chamber about
sixteen inches square for the fire, surrounded
by other chambers to receive the hot air, an
ingenious idea, which did not, however, work
satisfactorily, as it was discovered when put to
practical nse, for by the time the stove was
sufficiently warm the fire was generally burnt
oat,and when more wood was put in both stove
and room were quite cold before it could be got
to burn properly.
Preston Derendlnga Dog.
William C. Preston, the finest orator ever
heard in the United States Senate, and a rival
of S. S. I’reDtiss of the House of Representa
tives, used to say that he made his professional
debut as a lawyer in Virginia, his native State,
in the successful defence of a dog, charged be
fore a justice court with the capital offence of
killing a sheep. The cavaliers of Virginia, put
ting a high value on dog as well as gun, as
essential to the success of field and forest
sports, a statute had been passed by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State, in faoorem canis
vitce, for the protection of the life of that noble
animai, awarding him the privilege of a regu
lar trial, not by his peers, but by a justice, on
any charge affecting his life. Under this stat
ute a fine yellow hound, rejoicing in the appro
priate name of Trimbush, and owned by one
Kawwood, was capitally arraigned before Jus
tice Logan for having been feloniousiy“into the
mntton”( with a view of getting the mutton into
himself) of some mountain farmer, who, like
young Norvall’s father,“ted his flocks, a frugal
swain,” not exactly on the Grampian Hills, but
somewhere on the Blue Ridge or the Allegha-
nies. The sympathy of the young advocate
was strongly enlisted in behalf of hia canine
client, a hound, not only of noble breed, bat of
a hundred fields; and with dogged assiduity and
perseverence, snd with skill, ingenuity and
eloquence, which gave earnest of his future
eminence at the bar, he succeeded in establish
ing an alibi, proving that the falsely-accused
quadruped was actually thirteen miles distant
trom the scene of slaughter at the time of its
occurrence; and his client was, of course, tri
umphantly acquitted.
Our Goddess of Liberty.
When the United States mint was first estab
lished. Mr. Spencer cut an exact medallion of
Mrs. Washington, the wife of Gen. Washing
ton, and the first few coins were struck with
her portrait. When Gen. Washington saw
them he was displeased, and requested the fig
ure to be removed. Mr. Spencer altered the
featurers a little, and put a cap upon its head,
calling it the Goddess of Liberty. This god
dess has been reproduced down to the coinage
of our present depreciated silver dollar, the
head on which is tne portrait of a young wo
man of Philadelphia.
Would it not be well, now that a century has
almost elapsed, to begin the second century
with the head of the first President on our
coinage, and to follow it, at regular intervals,
with the heads of other Presidents, a legend
stating the dates of their services. This wonid
teach the names of the Presidents to future
generations, and give them some idea of their
features. We have the heads of some of them
on onr postage stamps; why not have them on
our coins?
PERSONAL MENTION.
What the People Are Doing
and Saying.
Rhea has started her season way up in Bel
fast, Me.
The remains of Henry Ward Beecher hava
not yet been buried.
Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of the late Gen
eral R. E. Lee, is at the Hotel de Normandie,
Paris.
Henry Ward Beecher’s statue is to be placed
in a park not far from Plymouth church, in
Brooklyn.
Prince George, the seoond son of the King
of Greece, will serve three years in the En
glish navy.
Patrick Murphy, of Tattnall county, Ga.,
has been placed on the pension roll of Mexican
war veterans.
Miss Lucy Salmon, the new Professor of
History at Vassar, is a fine-looking blonde with
a clear open face.
The millionaires of Colorado are preparing
to bid for the seat of Senator Bowen in the
United States Senate.
Dr. Richard Qaaine, M. D., F. R. S., of Lon
don well known as a writer on medical sub
jects, is dead, aged 71 years.
A translation of Dandet’s “Sappho”—a story
not hitherto welcomed by Euglish readers—is
at last to appear in this country.
Minnie Palmer is about to return to her na
tive land. She will appear in a brand new
play and *60,000 worth of fresh diamonds.
Edmund Dwyer Gray, M. I’., for Dublin, ed-
editor and proprietor of the Freeman's Journal,
will leave on Sept. 26 to make a tour of Amer
ica.
Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, the author
ess, who is journejing in France, is filling her
note book with continental scenes for a new
novel.
M. Wauters, the Belgian artist, is about to
marry a Princess de Cbimay, and the King of
the Belgians is going to give the husband the
title of Baron.
Mrs. Henry Chambers, of New Albany, Ind.,
has fallen heir to one-third interest in the
Featheringill castles, in Spain, worth in hard
money §1,600,000.
Mrs. B. F. Davis, of Harrison, Kan., a lady
thirty-seven years old, had all her teeth ex
tracted three months ago, and now nature is
furnishing her with a third set.
Miss Ada Leigh, who successfully founded a
home for American girls in Paris, is endeavor
ing to establish a similar home for young men.
It is to be regretted that not a few of the latter
need it.
Prince Philip, Duke of Orleans, the eldest
son of the Count of Paris, is about to start on
a journey around the world. He will proceed
by the way of India, Japan, San Francisco and
New York.
Mrs. Ross, wife of the Governor, was visit
ing Waco and held a reception at the residence
of her siBter, Mrs. Kate R. Padgett, on Satur
day the 20th alt., from 5 to 8 o’clock p. m., for
lady callers.
Vienna has granted to the niece of Mozart,
who is ponniless, the princely pension of fl.26
a month. Evidently the country thinks a great
deal of her, and is afraid she will emigrate if
she gets a bigger allowance.
The Crown Prince of Germany has greatly
improved in personal appearance, but his
throat needs constant attention. He subsists
entirely upon milk, beef tea and vegetable
soup. He will spend the winter in Italy.
Prince Charles, of Sweden, the third son of
the King, is one of the handsomest men in Eu
rope. He is a manly fellow as well, a daring
horseman, highly accomplished, and an au
thor whose style is vigorous and polished.
All that, and a prince, too!
Admiral Luce, who was a midshipman nn
der Commodore Jacob Jones, paid a very pret-
ty(compliment, at Bar Harbor, where he sent
the band of the flagship Richmond to play at
the reception given by Mrs. Husgrove, who is
a descendant of Commodore Jones.
Sig. Verdi has temporarily exchanged music
for charitable work. He is bnsy founding a
hospi.al near his country place, St. Agate, and
has himself sketched out the plans of the
building besides finding the money. He
spends all his mornings watching and advis
ing the workmen. His stables form another
hobby.
The Clifton (Tenn.) Times claims that Aunt
Diana Middleton, a negress living near that
place, is the oldest person in the United States.
She was kidnapped from Africa when a child,
and bears a number of curious tattoo marks
upon her face, hands and arms. She is blind
and almost helpless. As nearly as can be as
certained her age is between 124 and 130
years.
Painting and the reading of English religious
literature are the chief occupations of the
Queen of Sweden. In weather that permits it
sue spends almost the whole day in a sort of
open tent, where she arrives at 10 o’clock in
the morning, lunches and dines and remains
until about 6 o’clock in the afternoon. The
tent is quite open on the side facing the beauti
ful Malare Lake.
Gen. J. B. Ricketts, commander of the fa
mous Rickett’s battery, died ou the 231 nit. at
his home in Washington City, aged 71. He
was graduated from West Point in 1839 and
served on the Northern froL tier daring the bor
der troubles, later iu the Mexican war, then in
the Seminole war, afterwards in the Western
Indian campaigns, and finally in the civil war,
always taking a very active part.
Dr. Morell Stackerz e has earned the knight
hood conferred upon him for his service in at
tending the Cro wn Prince of Germany. He
was nearly made ill by his work on the case,
and once while he was engaged ia clearing
foul matter from the throat of Ms patient the
latter, through nervous pain, bit him savagely
in the finger. He feared poisoning at first
from this bite, but no serious results have so
far resulted.
Uncle Peter Sarchett, aged eighty-seven
years, of Brazil, Ind , was much surprised a
day or two ago to fiud his sight fully restored
to what it was in his prime. In the infirmities
of age he had lost it to such an extent as to be
unable to read unless the type was large and
distinct, but on the day referred to he found
himself able to read from the smallest type with
ease. He is physically a fine example of tem
perate life and happy age.
Chevreul, the French Savant, has just cele
brated his one hundred and first birthday.
When asked the secret of his longevity he re
plied : “There is no secret; there can be no
rule of life; what is good for one may not be
good for another. We most study what is best
for us individually. For example, my parents
lived to be more than ninety years old, and
they drank wine; from my childhood wine has
been disagreeable to me. Like Locke and New
ton, 1 have never cared for any beverage but
water, and yet I am President of the Wine So
ciety of Anjou.”
Little Devereux Blake was on hand at Phil
adelphia as usual, and placed in the Presi
dent’s hand a protest irqp the National Wo
man’s Suffrage Association against “the un
just interpretation of the Constitution.” The
paper reminds the President, the Governors
and other Federal and State officials that one-
balf the people who obey the laws of the
United States are unjustly denied all place or
part in the body politic. “In the midst cf the
pomps and glories of this celebration,” says
the protest, “women are only onlookers, voice
less and unrepresented.”
