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A PEACEMAKER
Whose Labors in the South Were
Not Welcome Nor Blessed,
His Experiences With Governor
Brown.
Tried to Avert War and Have all Ques
tions Fought Out Within
the Union.
In one of the most comfortable rooms
of the Kimball enjoying n most com
fortable apron the siesta, I found a moat
interesting gentleman. He is not a
stranger of the South or to fume. When
he left the city of < 'bnrlestou years and
years before the lute civil war to make
his home and fortune in New York City,
he took with him that peculiar spirit
and savor of the southern gentlemen
that has remained characteristic with
him through all these deeud<*s that have
brought a mellow portliness to his form
and a silver crown to his bead. At
seventeen years of age, he had fixed him
self as the leading cotton merchant of
the great metropolis and represented
many merchants and millions of Southern
trade.
From the day of his advent among the
commercial magnates of Gotham, the
inline of Col. Thomas Lathers has lieen
one of strength, sagacity and command
ing influence in both commercial und
political circles. Ilin business success
not only brought, him into contact ami
favor with the best men and minds of
trade power in New York, but as com
mercial and political interests largely
coincide in that, mighty city, he also be
came a recognized factor and force in
the larger political life of 'the metropolis.
He came to know and to have the con
fidence of men occupied with the grayest
concerns of national political relations
and upon questions that had a southern
bearing, he was consulted with the
greatest confidence.
Knowing that his experience in some
of the notable political emergencies
would be interesting, the representative
of The Constitution asked him:
■t'olonel, what part of your activity's
in polities do you regard the most in
ter .ling and memorable?"
"Well, my dear sir, it is hard to so
le.-I. or signalize the one instance that
>i..uls out ii» particularly acute and ex
citing. Y**t, if asked to S'-lect, I would
nlviiyjs refer first it." my experience
ju. I at the outset »f the war in the vain
endeavor to persuade the southern
leaders not to go into the secession
movement. ’* i
"How came you to be drawn into that I
endeavor?”
"Why, although 1 was a Southern j
man, loving the South with all my heart, i
1 still felt that secession from the Union
would be a mistake. I believed in the
Union, desired its preservation and felt
that, whatever grievances the South had,
those issueV could be fought out better
in the Union und under the old flag than
through a disruptive movement and a
new governmental program. It was on
■this view of the matter that I summoned
together those eminent men from New
York state and the Eastern states who
comprised the famous ‘Pine street meet
ing.’ in which the sentiments expressed
were so thoroughly favorable to the
South as to cause it. to be designated a
fire-eater’s caucus. Out. of the meeting
grew the agreement to appoint' two com
missioners to visit the capitals .of the
Southern States and confer with the
governors, urging them to resist seces
sion and rema u in the Inion. ’lliHt
course was deemed best tor the South
and calculated in cool judgement to bring
it ull its demands lev than they would
lie enforced by war. grunting such war
could be eventually successful, and it.
was thought the South owed that course
to the friendship and faithfulness ol its
friends in the North."
“Who were the commissioners.'
“EX-l’resident Millard Fillmore and
myself, but Mr. Fillmore fell ill on the
eve of our departure frotu New link
and I was compelled to make the venture
alone, as there was no time for delay.
Armed with papers setting forth fully
the views of the distinguished men of
all parties, who had agreed upon this
matter, I came south.”
"Upon what grounds chiefly did von
rely in your arguments to these southern
governors?”
"Our idea, ns I have sa.d, was that |
the south would be stronger in the
union than out. ot it. She eould command
the open and courageous support for
her claims of the men in the north whoso
sympathies were upon her side. Ihe
north was full of men who eould and
would have fought in politics and legis
lation for the fullest rights contended
for by the south and guaranteed by the
constitution, but those men could not
and would, not follow .or fight for the
south in secession. We felt seriously
that such secwoion by the southern,
states would be a wrong to the friends
of the south and of sound democratic
principles in the north. Mr. Lincoln had
been elected by a minority vote and we
fell that he eould not well get the back
ing of the country in any scheme of
'legislation that would humiliate and
grossly wrong the south. Ou. the con
trary, we believed, and we still believe,
that the best interests demanded that
she remain in the union, resist any un
constitutional encroachments, make her
cause the cause of the majority of dem
ocrats in the country, thus bringing the
factions of the party together tor a
grand and triumphant victory and policy
in the next congress in 1862 and the
next election for president ill 1864. Se
cession eould do only what it did de
leave the northern democracy in a hope
less minority and render it powerless to
sympathize with, much less command
its active aid for. a seceded south. It
was wrong to leave us in that predica
ment after we had so loyally championed
southern interests and for that wrong
the people of the south encountered de
feat. from a solid north and made pos
sible the hard and exacting conditions
of republican supremacy for the past
thirty-two years.”
"What were your efforts, and their
results in seeking to influence southern
governors to oppose the secession move
ment?”
"I did not stop to present my argu
ments to the executive of Maryland,
for 1 felt sure that he was not a seces
sionist. Nor did I linger in Richmond,
for I found there that the people were
not rampant, for a division of the union.
They were very largely in agreement
with the views I had come to present,
and so I hastened on to South Carolina,
where the war cloud was centering. I
• ailed upon the governor and presented
the appeal that our northern friends had
adopted and signed, but it was of no
avail. He said the people of South Car
olina were determined not to remain in
the union and that he would not antago
nize that preference. But he took me
down to Charleston to see the fortifica
tions and the array of troops ready to
open war upon the government. He took
me around among the soldiers —the de
bonair voting scions of South Carolina—
who were affecting the veteran fare of
salt, pork and boiled cow peas, aud re
marked to me. What do you think of
all this?’ 1 replied that it. was impres
sive enough und very brave, but that it
caused me a great deal of sadness.
Why? Because, as I told him, ‘These
voting men who have subsisted all their
lives on pates, wild turkeys and cham
pagne cannot, endure these foods and
fightings long without depletions and
lons of powers. They life not going out
to fight the north, as they think. They
«ill light the foreigners whom tins north
ern people can and will hire until thev
exhaust their patience, then the real
sturdy mid indomitable host* of the
north and west will turn out to make
un end of you. By that time your choice
army of the flower of Houthern chivalry
will have melted down to little armies,
nlllie.ted with weariness und weakness,
und will force them to n painful and
cosily surrender.’ And that is just what
did happen. Seeing, however, that naught
could be expected from the governor or
people of the Palmetto State, I came on
into Georgia.”
“What succesp did you have with
Governor Brown, of Georgia?"
"I found Governor Brown in Savan
nah, preparing to take possession of the
fort in the harbor, Fort Pulaski. It
was Sunday when I arrived, and I at
once asked for an interview with the
governor. He met me with stately
dignity and suave gravity, but positive
ly refused to discuss the matters with
me on the Sabbuth day. 'llie next day
he politely informed me that his judg I
meat in the premises was solidly formed
and no arguments 1 might present could
shake him from the determinations he
had reached. But. he kindly invited me
to accompany his official party down
the river next day to witness the occu
pation of Fort Pulaski. I did so and
beheld the flag hauled down and the
authority of Georgia asserted. After the
ceremony the company on the steamer
made up of the flower of Savannah and
Georgia valor, indulged in a jubilee.
Champagne und artillery punch flowed
freely and soon the wen got Governor
Brown out on dock. One caught hold
of his coat tail and the next man caught
on to the coat tail of him who held
the governor, and in this fashion the
procession was strung out aud went
marching around the dock. singing
•nixie’ with the greatest gusto and re
sounding cheers. It was an exhilarating
experience and no wonder that it arous-l
ed many men to war-like fury.
"By the way,” said Col. Lathers, ‘the
governor told me an amusing incidentj
of the hour. He said that when he
sent a demand to the officer in charge
of the Augusta arsenal for the delivery
of that post, the officer refused to sur-l
render his charge and march out his
handful of regulars w’thoiit a show of
force too groat for him to resist. Gov
ernor Brown ordered out a company
but still the West Pointer demurred.
Then a battalion was sent forward,
but. to the amazement of all. the
Elliotts bearer of the shoulder-straps re- j
fused still to feel himself outnumbered
This stirred up the Cherokee blood of
the governor mid he sent the gentleman,
now that he bad res| ted th" latter s
military scruples of ct : qnct. but he did
not propose to have bis Georgia militia
depreciated with Impugnity. so he com
manded an instant evacuation of the
post mid surrender of the keys and
property, find bo g<»t both fur
ther question or delay. The governor
seemed, to enjoy the final discomfiture
of the military dilettante with supremo
satisfaction.” ~,
"Where did you go next?’
"1 went to Montgomery and called
upon Mr. Jefferson Davis, the provision-,
al president of the formmg Confederacy.|
When he learned my mission in the
South he turned upon me with savage
humor and commenting upon my holding |
the views I <lid, being myself a South
ern mau. He coolly informed me that
1 knew nothing of the situation—the
issues and interests involved—and used
terms that would have been insulting
under anv'Other conditions between us.
But. being a young man, with some
cool judgment and a higher purpose
in heart than to ferment a quarrel with
any mail upon this tremendous theme.,
I retired from the interview w'th Mr.
Davis more grieved than offended.
"Did you. feel it worth while to go.
any further?” . |
"Oh, yes. I had mi invitation to ad
dress the Board of Trade in Mobile.!
and went on to that e’ty. Three was
a disposition not to hear me, but the
Mobile Register claimed for me a fair
hearing as a messenger from friends,
and stilted truly that I was oven then,
being denounced in New York as .a;
secession sympathizer, etc. I was tn|
the very midst of my speech before a.
large and attentive crowd when some
one announced a dispatch Unit Forb
Sumter had been tired upon! The scene
'•hanged with She swiftness of thought
and instantly beggared description. Men
went wild with frenzied joy and the
croud swept out Ike an avalanche into
the street below and left mo dumb
founded. Only a few could be begged,
to remitin to puss a perfunctory resolu
tion of thanks for my speech which I.
never finished.”
"Well, that about exhausted your
interest iu the mission of peace, did it
not?” , ,
“I confess I had little thought there
after of accomplishing any good. but.
us 1 had mi engagement to address iho
Chamber of Commerce in New Orleans
courtesy demanded that I should go
thither. 1 did go. but 1 bad scarcely
registered at the St. Charles hotel ami
my family gotten their trunks unpacked
before mv presence became known ami
1 was waited upon by the mayor of the
city. He very blirsqnely informed
me that he had been on the lookout for
my arrival, that he knew my mission
and that a train would leave lor the
North in just two hours from that mo
ment mid he wanted me to be a passen
ger upon it. I protested mildly, but,
he was firm, and so wo repacked our
luggage mid left the city us command-,
1 Col. Lathers speaks of these expert-!
em os with quaint humor mid evidently
cultivates the memory of them with
pleasure. He is still an active man in
politics, serial and club life, and is
tepical Southern gentleman from wimm.
ill his older days, the smart gilding
of Gotham life is vanishing, mid the
•'oiii.'il hospitable cavalier fashion 01,
the Old South is returning to make ;
mellow and gracious the last days.—
Constitution.
■ I
A FEW BUFFALO STILL LEFT.
Prof. Hornaday, the naturalist, estimated
the number of buffalo running wild at the
beginning of the year 1891 at 1,000, and this
is certainly a liberal estimate. About flfty
are known to be in Colorado, weher. in
October. 1891, a ranchman, for whom jus
tice still calls In vain, is known to have
killed live. In 1889 the State legislature |
of Colorado enacted a law providing severe
penalties for anyone who should kill a j
buffalo before the year 1900. |
The State Quine \\ ardon recently made .
an effort to bring the individual who ad- >
mitted that be had killed five of the ani
mals to justice, hut he "eould find no one |
who would testify against him.” The
Colorado buffalo are said to be m four
"bunches"— one in Middle Park, one in the
Kenosha Range, (the heard numbering per
haps twenty), ten or fifteen at Hahn s
Peak in Routt county, and the remainder j
at Dolores.
On the James river, in North Dakota,
and south and west of Jamestown there
are four or live animals, all tiiat are left
of the little herd which made its last stand J
near Fort Totten. Manitoba is said to eon
tain a small herd, but as quite,a number of
animals were recently shipped from Win
nipeg to Garden City, Kan., where "Bus- I
fillo” Jones has gathered a considerable I
number and is endeavoring, with some !
measure ot success, to increase them by
breeding, it may lie that this Manitoba
herd Iras been counted twice.
The Yellowstone National Park contains
a large herd—the largest, perhaps, in exist
ence anywhere—aud they are said to be ,
slowly increasing in numbers.
Forty-seven buffalo are owned by C.
Allard, a rancher in the Flathead country,
on Crow Creek, Montana. These aulmals
are horded with the domestic cattle. Here
and there throughout fire country, in parks
or zoological gardens, a few are to bo
found. These are all that remain of that
mighty host which covered the plains of
the West within 'the memory of men not
yet thirty-five years of age.—From “The
Story of the Buffalo.”—Harper’s Maga
zine.
When a man attends lodge and gets full
he calls it "work.”— ttohlsou Globe.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 26, 1893.
AUGUSTA CHAPTER.
Meeting of the Daughters of the
Revolution.
A Gavel Presented by Mrs. Piok
ens of South Carolina.
Remarks by Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Pickens
and Mrs. Phinisy.
The Augusta Chanter of the Daugh
ters of the Amerioun Revolution had e
very important and enjoyable meeting
last Monday afternoon at the beautiful
Greene street residence of the regent
Mns. Charles H. P>imzy.
'Hie Chapter received a valued addi
tion to their fist of members in the per
sons <rf six of Augusta’s most accom
plished daughters: Mrs. Sarah S. Adams.
Mrs. Mary Adams Buckley. Mrs. George
Grey MacWhorter, Mrs. Harriet Gins
cock Gould, Mrs. Lucy Ware Wray, und
Mrs. Henrietta Bishop Alexander.
Miss Sarah Stokes read an instructive
paper on the early discoverii*s of North
Aanerk-a, which was enjoyed. Then
came the event of ilia afternoon, the
preseutation to (the Augusta Chapter of
a dainty silver-mounted gavel" of bean
tifu’.y polished oak. bv Mrs. L. 11. Pic
kers. of South Carolina. Mrs Thomas
8. Morgan, State Regent for Georgiau in
tr>lucod Mrs. I’ickeiia, Mrs. Phiulzj
receiviug aud n.<x-epting the gavel for
her Chanter. The c-marks of these
three ladies were .so interesting aud ap
priate that i am sure they will be enjoy
ed by every one.
Introducing Mrs. Pickens, Mrs. Mor
gan said:
“Members of the Augusta < 'hapter of
the National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution; Ladies:
It is hardly necessary iu any part of our
State to introduce a woman so well
known as is Mrs. Pickens. The widow
of oue of South Carolina's ablest and
noblest Governors. At one time the
brightest star in the diplomatic galaxy
of the brilliant Court of the Romanoffs.
At all times the liest type of everything
that is beautiful and intellectual in
Ainoricnin womiiuhrssi.
She honors us in being with us. No
one could be better tilted io perform
the labor of love which she has under
taken. In beauty, in intelligence, in
social position and in affection, those
two Y’iee Regent.-r of the Ladies Mount
Vernou A«so.i:ition stood for many years
shoulder to shoulder in their patriotic
work, and esteemed, leant tijioii and
loved each other.
Pennit me, my dear Madam, as Re
gent of the State of Georgia of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lutiou. to welcome you as our most itou
ored and distinguished guest.”
Mrs. Pickens replied
“Madam. 11m State Resent: Your gra- |
cions words, are beyond my thanks. Your i
rare and generous intelligence, like the .
sun. enhaimx* and beautifies all it touche* <
Your raind. as the pure radiance <>t a
star, illumines all on which it shines.
And your heart! It is a rose, fragrant
with all the divine charities of human
ity.”
Then presenting the gavel and ad
dressing the chapter she continued:
“The Regent and Ladies pf the Au
gusta Chapter <rf the Daughters of the
Ameniciin Revolution: I have the honor
to offer for the use of your chapter,
a gavel, made from the wood of an oak
tree, winch grew near the tomb of Wash
ington. 1 present it in memory of Mrs.
I’luloclea Eve, Georgia’s first vice regent
in the Ladies Mount Vernon Association.
In what seems n fit and pleasing asso
ciation of Washington’s home with your
Revolutionary Srnciety, 1 satin
mingle a tribute of love to and
colleague. Descended from the famous
rive of Revolutionary Berrintm on one
side, on the other from Landgrave Moore,
colonial governor of South Carolina, in
whose veins flowed the knightly blond
of that apotless ipartyr. Sir .John Moore,
mingled with the cavalier blood of the
noble house of Weotnys and the heroic
strain of McDuff, her heart was instinct
with all the holiest fires of patriot ism.
When Mount Vernon, holding in her
soil all the mortal remains of Washing
ton. was about to pass into alien hands.
When the federal congress, when the
general assembly of Virginia, had each
refused to purchase the estate, when
ungrateful, unprotesting silence reigned
through lite land, a cry of wounded love
mill pride, rang with fearless faith from
the hoairt of Carolina. In her sylvan re
cesses a vestal virgin still kept the sacred
tire of patriotism burning on the altar
of her country. Mis* Parmeln t’unn’ng
ha.m, “tile Southern Matron,” appealed
to the women of the South, to organize
mi association, having for its purpose
the saving from desecration the home
of Washington. Mis* Evo. of Georgia,
quickly responded. Receiving from Miss
Cunningham her commission as vu-c-re
gent she pledged her great state to the
work with generous enthusiasm.
Well was that pledge redeemed by the
noble women <»f No nndertnk-
ine was too great, none txx> small for tno
aeeomnlishmmit of their steadfast, pur
pose. Taxi by the ardor and faithful en
ergy of their vice regent they collected
and paid something over SIR.OOO towards
the purchase of Mount Vernon.
It was not a small undertaking when
a few 'women set out to raise the $200,-
(MM) by their personal exertions. I think
onlv the undaunted spirit, the heroic pa
triotism of our beloved regent. Miss Cun
ningham. eonldliave accomplished it. Ami
in ail this arduous work, Georgias vice
i regent was her strong right arm. When
| after the resumption of power and
I authority by the federal government
l over the south: when after entire cessa
| sation and absence for seven years, the
regent and vice regents in TSiiti assem
bled again in council nt Mount Vernon,
anxious perplexity, if not despondency,
filled the hearts of our little band of
workers. The groat dilapidation of the
estate, the purchase money due, the
treasury empty, and the hearts of the
I southern vice' regents sore with pain
I and loss, knowing our beloved country
to be impoverished in every resource.
I bleeding at. every pore: under these dif
i Acuities it was proposed to ask help from
congress.
“No, a thousand times, no,"said our
regent. “With cold, bitter scorn, con
gress has refused to purchase the tomb
of Washington. The work was begun
by the women of America: they will fin
ish it.” “Never,” cried Georgia's vice
regent. “Rather will Georgia herself
furnish the money, torn and bereft .is
she is.”
T liko to remember that moment, the
ring of those noble spirited words. I
seem to hoar once again the thunder of
I Lee’s cannon, the steady march of
I Georgia’s gallant battalions.
The women of the north and of the
I south worked through that period of
| gloom into a bright success. We paid
I the $200,000. restonxl every part of the
; estate, and placed it. well officered and
■ equipped, on a self-sustaining basis, pre
senting to the world not only a tribute
of lovf and devotion to Washington,
but a proof of what can be accomplished
by the faith and love and constancy of
woman.
1: was in the dark hours of our asso
ciation that the high qualities of your
| vice regent shone brightest. Her cour
age and tact, her practical wisdom and
I intellectual force rendered her invaluable
in council. Her high bred courtesy, her
catholic sympathy endowed her with spe
cial charm to each and every one of her
colleagues. And a sense of her worth
and of our loss still lives in the love
and deference, memory pay* to her va
cant chair in the council hall at Mount
Vernon.
I crave.your pardon if T have ‘trans
gressed your patience. You, madam,
the regent, who own kinship with the
p-ixit hearted daughter of Carolina, the
illustrious woman who was the inspira
tion and founder of the Mount Vernon
Association, will pardon mo that I have
said so much. I think all that tells of I
love and reverence and honor to Wash
ington will interest the Daughters of
the American Revolution. You who rev
erently guard the records of your honor
able ancestry; you who will, with just
and noble pride, point your children to
this fair record, charge them that in
their battle of life they keep themselves
worthy of the brave men. the gallant
soldiers, who under bitter privations and
deadly peril, following their illustrious
chieftain, achieved for their country and
their descendants,- liberty, peace and
prosperity.”
In accepting the gavel. Mrs. Phlnizy
very charmingly express's! the gratitude
of herself anil her chapter.
“I nm quite sure I voice the sentiment
of this chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution in accepting id
your behalf, with cordial and enthusias
tic appreciation this gavel, that associa
tion endears it to ns; from the tomb of
Washington, our illustrious countryman,
"who lives in fame, though not in life,”
the fair gift of friendship from S mth Car
olina’s generous and peerless daughter: a
tribute to and in memory of Mrs.
Philoclen Eve, Augusta’s talented and
beloved matron; there will cling about
it ennobling and tender memories. 'To
live in hearts we leave behind is not to
die'
“The possession of this gavel, carved
from th<‘ historic wood, and embodying
in its very grain the patriotic sentiments
of Mount Vernon, should mark a new
epoch in the work and usefulness of out
chapter.
“Wo are drawn out of the local sphere
wo represent, und made to feel as never
before the noble impulse, the historic
strength and union of our order.
The gavel, as you know, is the emblem
of order and of the parliamentary con
duct of business, and with the added in
spiration that it comes from the Mecca
of American patriotism, we can hope that
tire future deliberations of this chapter
may be quickened and strengthened in
its worthy objects.
“As your grateful regent I shall touch
it. always with emotions of pride ami
love and loyalty."
Besides the individual money contri
butions from all the members of the Au
gusta Chapter of the "D. A. R.’s,” quite
n number of pennies collected from
friends, togf-ther with their names, were
sent on to Washington to be moulded in ■
the American Liberty bell.
The historic reli*f .rwarded at the 1
same time included, filings from a revo- 1
lutionary cannon, which was presented I
by Mayor Alexander to the Augusta
Chapter.
Mrs. William Garrett donated a sib !
ver spoon, a revolutionary relic.
Filings from :i silver urn considerably
more than it century old. and at one
time the property of that revolutionary
hero. Brigadier General Thomas Han
cock. were donated by his gr<«.t-grand
daughter, Mrs. Hattie Gould Jeffries.
A part f>f the works of the old hall
clock which was owned by Major Gen
eral John Twiggs, was given by his
great-great-grandilnughter. Miss Emily
Lafayette Mclaiws.
EDWIN BOOTH.
Ills Interpretations of Shakespeare Pro
claim Him a Public Benefactor.
The illness of the great actor, Edwin
Booth, has touched a sympathetic chord
in the hearts of all who have ever come
under the spell of his splendid dramatic
genius and rare personal charm. Tire
country might, doubtless, lose other tnen
whose withdrawn! from its affairs would
mean more to it in dollars and cebts
mid affect more seriously its material
interests, hut it eould lose none whose
final exit from the stage of life it would
more sincerely deplore than the modest
but princely player who has given it
its noblest ideals of tragic art. It is
not his genius alone that has so en
deared Mr.' Booth to all who have listen
ed to the music of his eloquent accents,
but also the personal worth uud charac
ter of the man who has dignified the
roles he represented. He has inspired
the affection us well as excited the ad
miration of his audiences, mastering the
heart as completely as the critical judg
ment. The very reserve aud shrinking
sensitiveness that have led him to avoid
the public and private tributes of praise
which are eagerly sought by most men
have served to strengthen and deepen
the genera.l respect and regard that
arc felt for him. Like Dunean, he “hath
borne his faculties so meek” and pre- !
served so fresh the modesty of his
youth among the laurels of his later
fame that he has become by that very
fact a shining example of a virtue more
honored nowadays in the breach than,
in the observance. To use the language
which his owu performances have made'
so familiar.
"His life was gentle: and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might
stand up
And say to the world, this was a man."
Considered purely from a professional
standpoint. Mr. Booth has shown him
self eminently worthy not merely of
the passiug applause of the audiences
which he has charmed by his imper
sonations, but of a high and enduring
place in the best memories of the stage.
Regarded simple as an actor of great
endowments, who has devoted his life
to the loftiest themes of dramatic liter
ature, it would be difficult to overesti
mate the value of the service which
he has rendered to the cause of higher
education and instruction. Every lover
of Shakespjare and of the classics in
the English drama owes a distinct debt
of gratitude to the man who has givon
ns our finest conceptions of tbe ereatioiis
of our authors and who Ins brought
us intjo Kaser eoanmuniou ami sympathy
with them. If we know
our Shakespeare better and
more lovingly and reverently, it is be
cause this friend of Shakespeare has
given a living voice to his words and
their true meaning to his thoughts. To
have enjoyed the benefit of his perform
ances is to have received a liberal ed
ucation in the Shakespearean drama.
There is not a figure iu all the great
playwright's dramatic gallery which Mr.
Booth has represented, from Hamlet,
the most complex, to Othello, the most
simple and comprehensible, which does
not stand out more clearly and power
fully for us since Mr. Bpoth 'has illumi
nated it with the light oT his genius. A
thousand learned commentators and lec
turers eould not have taught us about
them what he has taught ns in tbe
course of a single evening, often, throw
ing upon them a flood of new light by
subtle and delicate' methods that are
beyond the mastery of the mere scholas
tic.
Mr. Booth’s moral influence has been
no less important than his work as a
teacher. He has fulfilled the highest
mission of the true actor —that of hold
ing the mirror un to nature, showing
virtue her own features and s.-oni her
own image—nearly every prominent role
with which he has been associated being
a sermon in itself and preaching as elo
quently as any pulpit orator the rewards
of right living ajid the punishment of
wrong. No matter what our theories
may be. the stage is a power of the
first magnitude for good or evil. The
man who directs it to virtuous ends
alone and raises it to the level of an ed
ucational agency is a public benefactor,
and when, like Mr. Booth, to magnifi
cent dramatic ability he adds a pure and
private life* which illustrates in
striking but unobtrns’ve fashion tiie
generous aud lofty traits which lie has
portrayed before the footlights, he de
serves more than public love and re
spect. This Mr. Booth has snrelv gained.
and when the final curtain falls upon
his life—which it is to be hoped that
fute may yet defer —the rest wul not be
alienee, as Hamlet feared, but the praise
and reverence that follow noble work
noljy performed. When that time comes
his numberless friends will feel aud »ay
with Horatio:
“Now cracks a noble heart.
Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy
rest!”
—Baltimore Sun.
SHE WILL NOT ATTEND.
Mrs. Davis Expresses Regret at Baing Un
able to Avcomnany the Remains.
New Orieana, April 25.—The Pica
yune’s Shreveport special givee tthe fol
lowing letter from Mrs. Davis in reply
to an invitation to attend the veterans
festival at the fair grounds. May 5,
which was received today by tbe com
mittee on invitations. It reads as f<4-
lows:
Gentlemen of Gen. Leroy Stafford Camp
No. 3. and lairtles of the Auxiliary Asso
ciation: Dear Frieds —Your klud letter has
been received and were I not an old woman
and very much of an Invalid my daughter
and I would certainly go to yon to par
ticipate in the noble effort you are making
to attain an end so dear to our hearts.
The tone of your Invitation is »o cordial
that nothing but physical inability won.d
deter our going, but unfortunately I shall
not have strength to go to New Orleans
to meet and accoanpuny my husband’s re
mains to Bicbmond but shall only meet
them there, as I am rarely able to leave
the house. My daughter will go to New
Orleans only in tune to accompany the
remains back to Richmond.
Mrs. Hayes will leave Colorado Springs,
where she resides, and your Daughter of
the Confederacy from here in time to
spend the day in New Orleans and then re
turn.
Perhaps if my health sbonld be restored
when I return home at some future time
I may he able to be with you in your
homes and nothing would give me more
pleasure than to do so.
Believe me. gratefullv and faithfully
yours. V. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Hotel Marlborough, New York, April 20,
1893.
SECRETRY CARLISLE’S POLICY.
We have beard of a man who stood bo
very straight that lie leaned backward.
Secretary Carlisle in his effort to avoid
Wail street influences Is in danger of simi
larly curving his Spine.
Wall street speculators don't care a rap
whether Sherman Jaw notes are redeemed
in gold or in sliver. The gambler in stocks
speedily adjust his play to any situation.
Hut the great banka, trust I’ompiinies
and other corporations generally Included
in Uie term “Wall street" are in a differ
ent category. They represent vast and
widely srattere<l investments and It is to
their interest to promote tbe prosperity
and preserve the credit of tiie country.
It Is foolish to assume that their views
on tiie currency crisis are based solely up
on a desire to earn a trifling commission by
placing a lot of new government bonds—
lees than is frequently Issued by a oue
horee railroad company. Mr. Carlisle's
eagerly awaited .statement as to his policy
excited astonishment and uneasiness.
It, was, however, scarcely necessary to
Issue a formal paper to state rhe obvious
fact that fihefe is “a wide difference of
opinion” as to what should be done. The
engagement of millions of gold for export
promptly recorded the judgment of finan
cial circles on this performance. There is
only one way to avert an ultimate crisis,
and that Is to repeal ihe Sherman law und
etop buying silver. Meanwhile, however,
commercfaJ circles are suffering severely
from tbe monetary stringency produced by
tihe present suspense. The people are en
titled to know just what they are to ex
pect, In order that they may adjust their
uffaJrs to meet it.—New York Herald.
CONFIDENCE RESTORED
By the President's Bold Utterances on tbe
Financial Polley.
Baltimore, April 25.—President Doug
las H. Harris today telegraphed Sec
retary Carlisle that the Merchants’ Na
tional bank as willing to put at the
disposal of tbe goverumeut SIOO,OOO of
gold, uearly one half of the gold which
the bank holds. The offer was accepted.
President Thomas said to a representa
tive of the press that he was prompted
to his action by the statement of Pres
ident Cleveland that it is the intention
of the present to main
tain the parity of gold and silver as
far as possible, and that tthe treasury
coin notes presented would hereafter be
paid in gold, as has heretofore been the
practice. This bold utterance of the
president, said Mr. Thomas, has had
a reassuring effect in financial circles,
and has done much toward restoring
confidence, which is so much needed
iu the existing feverish condition of the
monetary situation.
MINERS THREATEN REVENGE
If the Company Persists in Refusing Previ
ous Rebels Work.
Nashville, Tenn., April 25.—From in
terviews with soldiers who returned from
Tracey City this afternoon, and from
what Adjutant General Fite says regard
ing things in the mine region, there is
trouble ahead. Peace prevailed when
the troops left the mining town this
mortii'ng, but there are mutterings among
the miners and they threaten revenge.
They are much wrought up over the
action of the leases in sending athlitioq
al omivicta to the mines and for also de
claring that no man previously engaged
in any uprising shou&d be tdlowed to
work again. Adjutant General Fite said
tkiis afternoon that if the Tennessee
Coal. Iron and Railroad Company ad
heres to the rule there will be trouble.
It. throws nearly every free man on the
mountain out of Knployme.nt and trouble
■will almost eertaiiniiy result.
EDGEFIELD NOTES.
Edgefield, S. C.. April 25.—(Special.)—
Judge Gray has retired from his cir
cuit after six weeks of heavy dockets.
He is looking as well and handsome
as usual. Dr. Inther Guartney. pastor
of the Baptist church at this place
twenty-five years ago. who went to
Rome, Ga.. as president of Shorter Col
lege, returned here a few days ago.
and is now holding a series of meetings
which are largely attended by all of
the different denominations. Dr. Guart
ney holds a warm place in the hearts of
all the people in Edgefield and it is
very probable that he will be eaUed
to preach here for another year.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
Richmond, Va.. April 25.—The stock
holders’ meeting of the Richmond and
West Point Terminal Company was ad
journed today by the Secretary until
May 25. No other representative of the
company was present
EXPRESS SALARIES STOLEN
Birmingham, Ala.. April 25.—Several
days ago the Central railroad sent a
package by the Southern Express com
pany to pay the salaries of their clerks
iu the Birmingham office. Yesterday
the package arrived and on being open
ed was found to contain nothing but
pieces of paper. The amount was
51.269. Three messengers handled it
between Savannah and this city.
Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares.
Brown’s Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile
and cures malaria. Get the genuine.
THE OLD CHESTNUT BURR.
(From Sunday’s Sermon at St. John’a.)
“How sharp and prickly, how harab und
rough •
We said as turning, we puahed It off
With our fingers tingling by bristles
wrought,
"Go, old chestnut burr, you are good for
naught-"
But beueath the bristles of tbe chestnut
burr
Lies tbe softest silk of the velvet fur.
And layer by layer we still unfold
’Till wo reach at lust to its heart of gold.
Ob! We little guessed bow mellow aud
sweet.
The hiding by bristles wttk bo complete.
For your beart of gold und your velvety
fur
By your bristles you'd bld, old chestnut
burr—
Old chestnut bur.
Oh! The world lias many a chestnut burr
Where tbe bristles cover tbe softest fur,
Aud we say “bow harsh and prlokly and
rough!"
As with thoughtless hand we are pushing'
them off;
The bristles were tingling our fingers
there.
But beueath Is the fur so soft and rare.
And beneath tbe bristles there lies untold
Such a mine of wealth in that beart of
gold.
Oh! we’d little guessed how mellow and
sweet.
For the hiding away It was so complete.
For your beart of gold, and your velvety
fur
By your bristles you’d hid, old chestnut
burr— z
Old chestnut bur.
, . . -MAY EVE.
OUT OF THE CITY.
Out of the city, bow blue the sky
Amd dreamy-deep, kite s maiden's eye;
Springs the grass with its vivid green;
Darts rhe wind with its April sheen;
Purls the brook o’o- 'tn petiViv bed;
Nods Che flower with its spotless head.
Out of the city, bow the breeze
Lisps and luCaUs lu ::« . .g trees.
Cools its wings in the crystal lake.
Barrows odor from bloom and brake.s '
Out of the city's smoke and soot /
Hasten pilgrims on wing and foot.
Little birds from the p irks and towers.
Lads and lasses to gather flowers.
Where's the heart that can answer uav
To the whispered "Come,” of an April
day?
O the longing of nature born,
To brush the dew, and to breuthe the
morn.
To plunge the lips in some gilding brook.
Aud lie full-length iu a suuuy uook.
Happy be of the child-like beart,
. t sm art;
Who fain of the wood'and folk would b".
Ajid Bp, ak the iaugmq. e of tbe brook und
tree.
—JAMES BUCKHAM, iu Y’outb’s Com
panion.
OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY.
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.
Augusta. A r 1 24, 1893.
The Chief of the Weather Bureau
directs the publication of the following
data, compiled from ibe record of ob
servations for tiie me.::it of May. taken,
at this statiou dtiring a period of twen-l
ty-two years v
It is believed that the facts thus sett
forth will prove of interest to the public, j
as well as the special student, showing
a-s they do the average and extreme con
ditions of the more important meteoro
logical elements and the range within
which such variations may be expected
to keep during any corresponding month.
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature. T2.3W
the warmest May was that of 187 MT
w r ith un average of 75.7; the coldest Ma*
was that of 1891. with am average
69.0; the highest temperature during arfr
May was 1(H) deg. on 26th, 1878; ifbe
lowest temperature during any May was
42 deg. on 2nd, 1877 and 11th, 1R91;
average date on which “killing” frost
occurred (in Autumu); average date on
which List “killing" frost occurred (in
Spring) March 17th.
PRECIPITATION (Rain aud melted
Snow.)
Average for the mon Hi, 3.49 inches.
Average number of 'lays with .01 of an
inch or more, 8; the greatest monthly
precipitation was 8.63 inches in 1873;
tbe leas:, monthly precipitation was 0.84
inches in 1879: the greatest amount of
precipitation recorded in any 24 con
secutive hours was 3.64 inches on 19th
and 20th in 1886.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER..
Average number of cloudless day, 13;
average number of partly cloudy days,
12; average number of cloudy days, 6.
WIND.
The prevail ng winds have been from
the southeast; the highest velocity of
the wind during any May was 36 miles
on the Ist in 1875.
D. FISHER,
, Observer, Weather Bureau.
ARMORY BURNED.
Chicago, April 25.—The First re-girnent
army of the Sixteenth and Michigan
avenue was totally destroyed by fire
this morning. Two men lost their lives.
The loss to the state on arms, amunition.
etc.. Is not known. Property insured
for $40,000.
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Rising Sun, Delaware.
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