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i-f v- . . ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER| BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAKCH 18. 1885. NO. 38. VOLUME XXIX - jjB Fidelity. 80 long ago ! It seems but yesterday Wo 9! ood beneath tho quivering stars to pnrt; Ho hopeful n-> a man, my woman heart Taint.wiih foreboding. "Love," I hoav him 1 say? j "Let yon briglit stars be witness while away j That I am true, tor doubting doth impart A pain more grievous than tho passing smart 1 Of separation." I am old and gray, But still I wait and watch tho stars at night. I scarce can hope, I have 110 voice for prayer, j Ieeaso to dream his torm doth glad my sight, | I only love and trust. Tho stars are thero | And ho is true. And love will reunite Our sunder'd souls, or here or every where. A'. G. Chererton in (he Current. DARK DAYS ! HUGH CONWAY, j Author of " Called Back." CHAPTER V.?A WHITE TOMB From tho moment when the true | Btate of Philippa's mind Hashed upon j me, to the moment when I left her I Bleeping that heavy sleep, I had little, time to think of any thing else than ' the best means of saving her life, and, j if possible, her reason. True, throughout the whole of my operations to effect this end, a dim sort of horror pervaded me?a recollection of tho ghastly object which lay on the road- j side, some three miles from us; but it, was not until I turned from my ; patient's door that the terrible situa- j tion in which she was placed presented ! Itself to me in all its dread entirely. Half broken-hearted, I threw myself wearily into my chair, and covered my face with my hands. What was to be done? To-morrow ! morning the body would be found. I 1 felt certain that when inquiry was I made suspicion would at once point toward Philippa. Mrs. Wilson knew of her starting from homo in the evening, alone and on foot. She knew, moreover, that Sir Mervyn Ferrand washer husband; that lie had ill-used ! Her. sne wouui most ccruiimy snow i to whom Philippa hail lied. It did j not. follow that because I was ignorant j as to who were my neighbors they tnew nothing about me. At any rate, William, my man, would know the truth. So far as I could seo, to-morrow, >r by the latest, the next day Philippa would be arrested for the crime. Host probably, I should also be included in the arrest. For that I seemed care nothing; except that it might binder me from helping my poor girl. Any hope of removing Philippa? there, put it in plain words?any hope of flight, for days, even weeks, was vain. Let every thing go as well as can be in such cases, the girl must bo kept in seclusion and quiet for at least a fortnight or three weeks. I groaned as I thought of what would happen if Philippa was arretted and carried before the magistra'es, accused of the awful crime. Fro n that moment until the day of her death she would be insane. Yet what help was there for it?! The moment the deed is known?the i moment airs, >v nson learns mat o:r i Mervyn Ferrand has been found shot I through the heart, she will let it bo known that Lady Ftrrand is at hand; and Lady Ferrand. who has been passing under the name of Mrs. Farmer, will be sought and found. And then ?and then! Even if she did not die at once? even if she recovered?oh, the shatfae of the trial! No jury could or would convict her; but for Philippa, my queen, to stand in the dock, to plead for her life. To know that, whether convicted ; or acquitted, the deed was done by her. i To know that all England is talking! of her wrongs and her vengeance. Horrible! Horrible! It shall never be. | Rather will I give her a draught of opium heavy enough to close her eyes forever. There will be plenty more of the drug left for me! Fool that I was! Why did I do things t>y halves! Why for her sako did I not hide the dead man where none would find him? Why did I not rifle his pockets, so that suspicion should have pointed to a vulgar murderer; some one who had killed him for mere plunder? Why did I not* at least, destroy any letters or papers which were fthnnt him? Indentification mieht then have been rendered difficult, and perhaps been delayed for weeks. In that time I might "have saved her. Why do I not do this now ? I started to ray feet; then sank back into my chair. No; not even for Philippe's sake could 1 go again to that spot. If I did so, I should return as mad as ' e is now. Not being able to bring myself to adopt the gruesome alternative, I could do nothing, save wait events? nothing, at least, to avert the consequences of her delirious act. But for her something must be done. How could she in her frenzied state, be left here?her only companions two men? Nurse3 must be at once procured. I summoned William, and told him he must go to London by the first train In the morning. William would have received my in utructions to go totho Antipodes with imperturbability. He merely expressed a doubt as to whether any one would be able to get to London to-morrow oa account of the snow. I walked to the window and looked out The night was still one mad whirl of snow-flakes. The window-panes wergjialf covered by such as managed ? to find a resting-place there. As I watched what I could see of the wild white dance, I found myself thinking that by now that dead man on the road must ba covered an inch?must have lost shape and outline. I shifcred as I turned away. "Theyaro sure to keep the lino to town open," 1 said. "If you can get to Roding, you c*n get to London." "Oh, I can get to Roding right enough!" said William. Then I told him what he wa3 to do. He was to take a letter to one of the Nursing Institutions, and bring back two nurses with him. No matter what the weather was when they reached Roding. they were to come to my house at once, even if they had to hire twenty horse3 to drag them there. Ho was also to got me a few drugs which I might want. William said no mora He nodded, to show thutha understood me; and I knew that if it were possulo to do my biddinz it would no uoub. Of his own accord ho then brought me food. I ate. for I know that I should want all my strength to support the anxieties "of the next day or two. I stayed up the whole night. Oh, that awful night! 3hall I ever forget it? The solitude?the raging snowstorm outside?the pj)r creature, to whose side I crept noiselessly every half an-hour. She lay there with a face like marble, calm and beautiful. The long, dark lashes swept her pale cheek. The cnly movement was the regular rise and fall of the bosom. Oh, happy oblivion! Oh dreaded wakening! A? I looked at h .T, in spite of the love I bore her, I believe that,had I thought such a prayer would be answered, 1 should for her sake have prayed that those lashes might never again be lift.ed. Morning at last broke on my drearj vigiL Philippa still slept. I returned to the sitting room and drew back the curtains from tho window. Yes; it was morning?such a morning as leaden, wintry skies can give. It wa! still snowing :is heavily, if not more heavily, than it had snowed last night For twelve hours the Hakes had falleu without intermission. There was little wind now; It had dropped, I knew, about an hour ago. The world so far as I could see, was clad in white: but tho snow lay unevenly. The wind had blown it into drifts. On niy garden path its depth might be counted by inches; against my garden wall by feet. William now made his appearance. Ileprei arel some breakfast for himself and then, having done justice to it, s'arted for Roding. It occurred to me that he might be first to find the object which lay on the roadside. E.\c?pt that so doing might delay him and cause him to miso his train, this mattered little. I was now calmly awaiting the inevitable. Someone must make the discovery. However, as I wanted the nurses, I said to him; "Remember this is life and death. Vothinrr must ston vou." He touched I 0 ? L ^ his hat in a reassuring manner, and tramped ofT through the snow. I returned to my patient's bedside and i-at watching her, and waiting for her to awake. She had now slept for nearly eleven hours, and I knew that return to life might take place at any moment. I longed for, and ynt I dreaded, her awakening. When the effects of the opiate were gone, aow should I lind her? Alas! I knew that the chances were a thousand to one that her brain would still be full of strange delusions; that she would turn from me, as she turned last night with loathing and anger. JJut my greatest fear was that she would, upon coming to herself, or rather to her poor insane self, be conscious of the act she had accomplished. It was the fear of this which made mo wish that theopium would hold her in its drowsy grasp for hours longer. This wish was granted. Hour after j- t __ i\_ i.: ?-f.v...** nour jl sat uy uur uiutiuuiws iuhu, Now and again I glanced from the beautiful, senseless face, and looking cut of the window saw the snow still falling. Would my messenger ever bo able to reach town; if he did so, would he be able to return ? I was bound to have a woman's aid. The presence of the roughest daughter of the plow would be welcome to me when Philippa awoke. And it was now time she did so. Although I felt her pulse almost every other minute, and could find no reason for alarm, I ant bound to say that her long sleep, protracted far beyond any I had in my experience seen produced by the exhibition of narcotics, rendered me very uneasy. I shall, I am sure, scarcely bo credited when I say that Philippa's unconciousness lasted for sixteen hours?from hall-past nine at night to half-past one on the following afternoon. I began then to tiink the duration abnormal, and determined to take somo steps towards arousing her. *">..1. t --- ? ? lU/* r\an f 1 i 4* tt 1)111 I Wil-J Spill Cll IliC IC3|IUU?viiii;. She stirred on the couch. Her head turned languidly on the pillow. Her dark eyes opened, closed, and opened again. She looked at me in a dazed manner, not at first seeming to know me, or to understand why I was near her, or where she was. A prey to the wildest anxiety, I leaned over her and waited until she spoke. Little by little her bewilderment seemed to leave her. Iler eyes rested with curious inquiry upon mine. "Basil," she, said, faintly, but in a tone of surprise, "you here,! Where am 1?" "Under my roof?your brother's roof," I said. "Ah! I remember," she said, with a deep sigh. Then she closed her eyes, and once more seemed to sleep. What did she remember? It seemed to me too great a mercy to expect that those hours of oblivion had effected a riir? hut mv hoDe W33 that she did not remember what hail happened when she met Sir Mervin Ferrand on the road. I was almost trembling with excitement. I was longing to realy know in what state her mind was. Besides, I thought she had slept as long as was good for her. I took her hands and called her by name. Once more she opened her eyes. They expressed no lear of me, no dislike to me. They conveyed no reproach. They were calm, sad, weary, but gave no evidence of any mental disorder. "Have I been ill long, Basil?" she i asked. "Not very long. You are going to get better soon." ' I came to your house, did I not?" "Yes,and here 1 mean to keep you. Do you feel weak?" "Very weak. Basil I have dreamed such horrible things." "You have been feverish and delirious. People like that always fancy strange things." She was indeed as weak as a child, but for the time at least, she was perffW.lv sane. I could have cried for joy as I heard her faint but collected words. I ventured to hops that I had before me one of those very rare cases ?such as I had seen described, but had not as yet met with?whero the patent awakes from the long artificially produced sleep perfectly free from I 11 niacal symptoms. If this were so with Phili] pa if the return of reason were to be permanent, 1 knew that a few I weeks, careful nursing and judicious | treatment might quite restore her to I heaith. Even as this comforting j thought came to me, I remembered i the peril in which she stood. To-morrow?av, even to-day?the thing which 1 dreaded might happen, and sweep away all the good the narcotic had done ; her. She was now fully awake, and perfectly quiet. I gave her some refreshment; then seeing *he was lying in peaceful silence, I thought it better to leave her. As I quitted her room I drew down the blind fearing that the whirling snow might bring recollections which it was my one wish to ! keep from invading her inind. The long dreary day wore away. I The light faded, and another night beI gan. Philippa still lay calm, silent and ! almost apathetic. I did nothing to i mnsfl hpr. I went to her side as sel dom as possible. I feared that her seeng me might recall the events of the last night, and that recollections so awakened might destroy all the good which I felt sure had been accomplished by the long hours of oblivion and quiet. Could I have deputed the task of another I would not have even shows myself to my patient. Most anxiously, as evening came, I awaited the appearance of my faithful William and the nurses. Would they be able to reach us ic such weather? It was still snowing fiercely. For more than twcnty-foui hours the mad white rcvell hat contin ! ued without intermission. Indeed thai i storm which burst upon the world as J | turned from Philippa's house on thi ! preceeding night is now historical; i j was the beginning of the heaviest anc longest fall which the record of fift; years ago. For two nights and a da.1 j the show came down in what may al l most be called drifting masses. Dur I ing that, dismal day I saw from th< I window the heaps against the wal j grow deeper and deeper, and even ii | my preoccupied state of mind fount i myself marvelling at the sustained fu i ry of the storm. At eleven o'clock at night I sadl gave up all hope of the much-neede assistance arriving. After all, i i seemed that William had found it ire possible to light against the weather > so I made my preparations for anothe night of solitary watchfulness. I wa i all but worn out with fatigue; yet dared not sleep. If the mania returnee what might happen, were I not at han ' i to restrain Philippa's actions? M 1 hope that the madness had really lei ? I my patient, not, if she were properl ; treated, to return, was a growing om i but not yet strong enough to allow m i to leave her for any length of time. > My delight then may be imagine* . when, looking for the hundredth tim i up the road, I saw close at hand tw flashing lights, and know that Willian the faithful, had dona my bidding. In j a few minutes two respectable women ' from one of the best of the London Nursing Institutions were within my walls. The train had, of course, been late, very late. At one or two places on the line it had almost given up the battle, and settled down quietly until dug out; but steam and iron had conquered, I and at last ii did get to ltoding. There William, knowing my dire necessity, J offered such a magnificent bribe that he soon found an enterprising carriage proprietor who was willing to make the attempt to force two horses and a jarriage over the six miles of road between lioding and my house. The attempt was successful, although the rate of progression was slow; and William triumphantly ushered his charges into my presence. After giving them time for rest and refreshment, I explained the nature of the case, set out the treatment I wished to be adopted, and then lod them to Philippa. I left the poor girl in their charge for the night, then went to take the sleep of which I stood so much In need. But before going to bed I saw V 11? t j u nam. X uroiiueu l/L> ueiu uuu aciy \i uuu gruesome sight he had seen that morning; yet I was bound to learn if the deed "had yet been made public. "Did you manage to get to Roding all right this morning?" I asked with assumed carelessness. "I managed all right, sir," said "William, cheerfully. "Snow deep on the road?" "Not so deep as I fancied'twould be. All drifted and blown up oneside, like. I never seen such a thing. Drift must have been feet deep this morning. "What must it be now, I wonder? Something like the Arctic regions, I should think, sir ! " For the first time for hours and hours, a ray of hopo flashed across me. William had walked that lonely road this morning, and noticed nothing except the drifted JvTiow! I remembered how I had placed the de;ul man In the little hollow at the bottom of the bank. Could it be that the kindly, merciful snow, which I have already described as beginning to form in a winding-sheet, had hidden and buried hiin? That a pure white, shapeless heap, which told no tales, concealed for awhile the dark deed from the world? On that Philippa were well enough to leave this place to-morrow! We might fly and leave no trace behind us. She might never know what she had done in her madness. The fearful secret would be mine alone. A burden it would be, but one which I might easily find strength enough to bear. Bear it! I could bear it, and be happy; for something told mo that could I but save her from the peril which menaced her, Philippa and I would part no more in this worid until ?eath, the only conquerer of such love as mine, swept us asunder. Once more I looked out into the night. Still the snow-flakes whirled down. Oh, brave, kind snow! Fall, fall, fall? Pile the masses on the nead wretch. Hide him deep in your bosom. Fall for weeks, for months, forever! Save my love and mo. [to be continued.] I SORTIE FROM KlSSALi j The Garrison Itepulsed and 28 Officers and 632 Men Killed, War Between England and Russia Imminent. Despatches received in London stato that the garrison of Kassala, who have been do. j fending the place for a year, recently made a sortie, but were repulsed by tho Arabs with a loss of twenty-eight officers and 030privates killed. According to advices from Massowali the j garrison at Kassala, the town in tho Soudan I next in importance to Khartoum, is reduced to an effective force of 000 men. The town is closely besieged and tho garrison is short of ammunition. Tho Egyptian troops are discontented. The government at Cairo has abandoned all hope of relieving the town. Tho Turin Gazette says that, notwithstanding the declaration of Sig. Nancini to i he contrary, the conclusion of a treaty between Italy and England regarding opera tions in the Soudan is certain. It says tho Italians will attempt to relieve Kassala as ti.n tliml itnlinn cmitino-i-nt arrives at Massowali. General Sir Redvers Duller has pointed out the places between Gakdul Wells and Korti suitable for the establishment of depots for water supplies for the retiring troops. The depots near Korti will, of course, bo supplied thence, and the others by camel transports from Gakdul. It is reported that i the British troops will remain in the vicinity of Korti during the summer and bo lodged in straw huts. The greatest fears are entertaiued concerning the effects of the torrid heat, and the most conservative think that the mortality among the troops will be large, although perhaps not as great as it would bo during a continued retreat under the desert sun. The Arabs undoubtedly are fully aware of the existence of numbers of hidden wells in the desert, and this knowledge, it is thought, will enable them, despite the destruction of the public wells by General I5ullcr, to follow and harass the British with large forces. Messengers have arrived at Korti from Omdurman, who report that the followers of the Mahdi were much disappointed at the small amount of plunder which they found at Khartoum. The privations of the rebels have been increased by the addition to their numbers of the garrison at Khartoum, whom *they are now compelled to support The rebels do not appear at all willing to encounter tho English troops, and the mahdi is in constant fear of treachery on the part of his chiefs, among whom great dissension exists. Despatches from Korti state that tho intense neat has caused an outbreak of typhoid lover among the British troops. Knclnml*s Trouble With Rtiimin. A Ixmdon dispatch says tliat it is not doubted in some circles tliat war with Russia hangs by a thread. The negotiations between Russia and England respecting the Russc-Afghau frontier are said to have reached a very delicate stage. M. lx?ssar, the Russian commissioner, has urge I such sweeping demand-! that England canimt accept anything approaching them, and a complete collapse of the delimitation ]>roject and an early advance of the Russian troops towaril Herat are exjteited. Teheran advices say that Sir Peter Lumsden, the British special commmissioner on the Afghan frontier question, has reached Ualran, or Hirlin. The Russians have advanced their pickets south of Puii KbatumtoZulfugaraud Penjdeh. A Persian paper says that tho 1 Ameer of Afghanistan has been ordered to have the road from Merat to Peshawur by way of Cabal immediately put in repair to . facilitate the march of an Indian corps to occupy C'abul. L > >'enate Extra Sc**lon. After Vice-President Hendricks was sworn . in during the maturation exercises ho tool I the gavel, then calle 1 the Senate to order as i in extra session of the Forty-ninth Congress and had the proclamation convening it road 3 j Prayer was offered by tho Rev. 12. 1>. Huntly, t 1 chaplain of tho Senate, an.'l the Vicc-Presi , | dent then addressing the Senate, said: II '< In o>it?rinir nn,,tl tlio rllltip4 (if thfi ofHCf 'f ! to which 1 have iieen chosen, may I oxprcsi y | the hojx* nncl the desire that our relations ma} j at all times bo harmonious and azreenlile? . i beg to assure you that in tho discharge o: my duties I will seek to observe tho most ab 3 solute impartiality. It is some years since 1 i was connected with the business of the Sen ate, and it may bo that 1 shall find inysel 1 less familiar with its rules, usua^es, am i I modes of proceeding than formerly; anc I therefore I may have occasion to lean upoi I your indulgence and to ask your support ' The Senate is now in session by virtue of th J proclamation of the President of tho Unite) J States, which the secretary will road."' j. Vice-President Hendricks then invited tb< j newly-elected Senators to cotno to tho desl l* I and be sworn in. Tho following named nev j Senators were escorted to the desk by the sit j ting members from their respective State j ana were duly sworn: 3 Messrs. Joseph C. S. Blackburn, of Ker I i tuckv, James B. Eustis, of Louisiana, lVn j I M. Evarts, of New York, Janes K. Jones, o j | Arkansas, Henry B. Payne, of Ohio, John C y j Spooner, of Wisconsin, Iceland Stanford, c y California, Henry L. Teller, of Colorado, an "t | Ephraim K. Wilson, of Maryland. The Senators who have been re-electo I wore also sworn in, being Messrs. William E j Allison of Iowa, Joseph E. Brown of Geo! 10 gia, Wilkinson Call of Florida, J. Don Came ron. of Pennsylvania, Wado Hampton o ? South Carolina, John J. Ingalls of Kansas John P. Jones of Nevada, Justin S. Morril ,9 of Vermont, Orville H. Piatt of Connect q cut, James L. Pugh of Alabama, Zebulon H Vance of North Carolina, George G. Vest c 1 Missouri, and D. W. Voorheos of Indiwja. THE INAUGURATION. Cleveland & Hendricks Installed in Office. A. Detailed Account of the Day's Ceremonies. Following is a detailed account of tho ceremonies connected with tho '.n&uguration of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks as President and Vice-President of tho United States: President-elect Cleveland proceeded to Washington from Albany quietly and without any display. Ho was accompanied by Private Secretary Lamontand a few friends and relatives. Upon arrival at Washington early in the morning of March 3 he was driven at once to his quarters in tho Arlington hotel. During tho day he received many visitors, including Vice-President-elect Hendricks, and held various conferences with prominent a f o r. Af%. land and Colonel Lamont entered a carriago and drove to the White House, where a formal call was made upon President Arthur. Mr. Arthur's invitation to dino had been previously declined by Mr. Cleveland, but the formal call was made very pleasant by the President's courteous reception of his successor. At half past C o'clock in the evening President Arthur made the customary return call on the President-elect at the Arlington. After his return from the White House in the afternoon Mr. Cleveland received more visitors. He dined at? P. M., and during the rest of the evening and until his retirement received numerous callers. Next morning the President-elect arose early and prepared himself for the day's ordeal. The President breakfasted early, and is reported to have preserved the same impassive demeanor which has characterized all his public life. If there was any one to bo disturbed by the events of the day, it did not seem probablo that it would bo (j rover Cleveland. Busy Colonoi Lamont was engaged in managing the details of the preparations. At the White House the retiring President was not less busy. The personal effects of General Arthur had been carefully packed. Many of the cases had already left the mansion. Thoso which remained were labeled for their new destination, New York city. Afnnh nf thf? fMt.vrlwl nnf. rrn fn nf. nil AU of it arose early in the morning. The newsboys nt the break of day wore yelling the record of the excitements and fatigues of tho day before and the programme of the bustj ling festivities of the day that was to come. Bands of music were playing fine selections from tho hotel areas to listening crowds. The vacant spaces along tho entire Pennsylvania avenue front had been turned into one vast lumber yard, and tier upon tier of seats built by speculators were ready to accommodate the expected multitudes at $ S per head. Thrifty trades people had also obtained their licenses, and in show windows and upon balconies above tho heads of tho people j everywhere wero improvised stagings, and | seats none too securely protected from falling and not protected at all from the weather to accommodate friends or to fill a yawning till. The weather was a proof of what is called "Cleveland's luck.'1 It was tho most beautiful day of the year, as warm as a Northern day in May. Tho sky was cloudless, and there was only wind enough to move gently the milos of flags and bunting with which the lino of march was decked. The broad avenue was swept clean from curb to curb, and the marching troopy moved along the asphalt pavement with as little discomfort as in the corridors of the groat buildings. Out in tne clear air, from many quarters Bounded early tho bugle calls, summoning the ^rn/nic i r\ tlmir r<Mui?7VAir/ Thnncoiulc r\f people strolled along the lino of march, to view the decorations, and thousands more were early 0:1 their way to Capitol Hill, hoping to gain a glimpse, at least, of the ceremonies by which the new President is inducted into office. The great east steps of the capitol wero covered with the liugo staging. THE OLD ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW. The members of tho general inauguration I committee met at the Arlington before 10 o'clock and placed their services at tlie disposal of the President-elect. President Arthur breakfasted with his family at tho White House about !< o'clock. No one was admitted to the house to disturb his privacy except Senators Sherman, Ransom and Hawley, of the Senate committee of arrangements. They had a short interview with the President.and soon after Senator Hawley left and proceeded to Willard's hotel, where ho was joined by Vice-President-elect Hendricks, and the two proceeded to tho White House. They occupied a handsome open barouche, lined with crimson satin, and drawn by four beautiful white horses. Tho equipago was hired for the occasion. The Vice-President was heartily cheeivd along the short ride to tho TT.L.f 1,? -,,.00 on. ?? UilO HUU^O. VK3V U.1 11V Mtw VI?tering tho grounds President Arthur's carriage containing Senators Sherman and Ransom started to the Arlington for the President-elect. This carriage was also an open barouche. It was drawn by four spanking bays from tho President's stable9. Tho seats were covered with soft heavy black and white buffalo robes. The senatorial committee were ushered into tho presence of the Presidentelect immediately on their arrival at the Arlington, and after a short delay tho three gentlemen appeared at the south entrance of the hotel, took their seats In tho carriage, and were rapidly driven to the White House. Marshal McMicliael met tho party at the White Houso portico, and escorted tho President-elect into tho presenco of the President. Tho President elect was greeted with cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs as ho drove along Sixteenth street from the hotel. He kept his hat raised in recognition of tho compliment. While tho party were at the White House, tho chief marshal of the procession and his aids ran into the grounds, and notified the President-elect that tho procession was ready to start. THE PnOCESSION. It was precisely at the hour set, 10:30 o'clock, that the presidential party entered tho carriages and took tho position assigned to them in the line. Tho party entered their carriages as follows: In President Arthur's carriage, President Arthur with Presidentj elect Cleveland 011 his loft, Senator Sherman i facing President Arthur, and Senator Ran som on his right facing: the President-elect. The second carriage contained the Vice-President-elect, with Senator Hawley on his loft. As the carriages drove out of tue gates and entered the line, the occupants were greeted with (ho wildest enthusiasm, men shouting, women screaming and waving their handkerchiefs, and all seemed carried away with the excitement of the moment. The President [ and Vice-Presidonteleet came in for the I principal share of the enthusiasm, and each ! of them raised his hat and bowed right and | left to the crowd, which lined both sides of ! the carriageway. The First Division of the ! procession, escorting the President-elect, then j began its march to the Capitol. The President's elegant carriage was precoded by General Slocum, the chief marshal, and his stuff, and a troop of United States avalry. Surrounding the carriage were a dozen "mounted policomon. The party received an ovation all along the line of march. Men cheered, women waved their handker| chiefs and clapped their hands and the great| est enthusiasm was evinced by the great ; throng. President-elect Cleveland kept his 1 silk hat in hand bowed to 1 tho right and left as the carriage rolled slowly along. Tho samo reception was accorded the Vice-President-elect, whoso ! carriage followed. Next came the National ' Democratic committee and tho Inaugural i committee in carriages, followed by tho district militia, headed by tho Washington J Light infantry. A numbor of colored militia i i-inrf-. nf t] ? first division, and nre seated a' highly creditablo uppearanco. Tho I local divisions of tho Grand Army of the ReI public closed the escorting division. These movements wcro executed with a most commendable promptness. IX the senate chambeb. By 10:^0 a. m. tho oflicials had found time to arrange tho Senate chamber to accommodate tho distinguished guests. In the area | facing tho desk of the Vice-President a row j of morocco-covered sofas had been placed in | u semi circle on the one side for the supremo I court, on the other fur the cabinet and other j noted persons. Two large arm-chairs of the j same Bet were placed immediately in front of j the desk for tho President and Vice-Presi1 I dent. Between the heats of each Senator 1 I new oak cano-seatod chairs had been placed. 1 Hack of the permanent scats every mch of 1 ' space was filled with chairs of various shapes, j sizes and color. Thoro was not an inch of ? | room, save a very few narrow aisles, that j was not covered by chairs. Yet they were i j not enough to accommodate tho vast crowd. ! I Tho floor of tho Senate was occupied at an ! | early hour by distinguished guests. Tho j | Senators wero crowded in a compact spneont ! ! tho loft of tho presiding officer. Tho pro! ceedings possessed little interest to them. Tho | j crisis was over; the w.>rk was nearly done; ! only details remained to be arranged. Tho ' | clerks droned out the tit>s of tho bills. The , secretaries, fagged with two continuous : nights of labor, announced tho messages from 1 tho House with a voice so husky that it could 1 not be heard. At 11:30 a. m., General Hancock in full ? uniform entered and was greeted with apJ plauso from the galleries. General Sheridan followed in full uniform. ' At 11:45 the diplomatic corps entered in " full uniform. v rsfnatu, The President then proceeded to his cars I riago and drove to tho White House to reriew there, from tho grand stand, as coml" tnander-in-chief of the army and nAvy of the j United States, the most imposing procession , witnessed at the capital since tho grand ro'j new at tho closo of the war. d the review at the white house. The Presidential party were driven rapidly d from tho Canitol to tho White House, wheie t. they lunched in tho state dining room. After lunch the party went to the reviewing stand in front of tho White House, from which f point they viewed the procession as it came i, j trom the startingpoint beyond the Capitol en 1 route to tho poiut of dismissal at tho Thomas i- statue. On the stand with tho President i. were members of tho supreme court, Senators it and Representatives, Mr. Arthur and the ;abinet, members of the diplomatic corps, entered in their sable robes of office. At XI :40 President Arthur appeared at the Senate door, accompanied by the committea of arrangements, and for the last timo was announced as "The President of the United States." He was seated with his back to the presiding officer. Ho wore a Prince Albert coat, closely buttoned, without his usual boutonnierre, and carried Ills hat in his hand. At 11:45 the President-elect was announced. The great audience arose, and there was tremendous applause. Mr. Cleveland, bowed throe times. THE OATH OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT. Mr. Hendricks, the Vice-President-elect, was escorted into the chamber, and without delay, but with the solemnity and decorum befitting tho occasion, the oath was administered to him by tho President pro tempore. Mr. Edmunds now turned to tho front and made a short address, thanking tho Senators for their resolution of thanks to him, and concluding by declaring tho Senate adjourned without day. THE MARCH TO THE PLATFORM. Prayer was offered by the chaplain, following which tho Vice-President made a briof address. The now Senators were sworn in, and after the reading of the message of tho President convening tho Senate, the procession was formed and filed its way toward tho platform on the central portico of tho capitoi in tno following oraor: Marshal of tho District of Columbia and tho Marshal of the Supremo Court. Ex-Presidents and ox-Vice-Presidents. Tho Supreme Court. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. The Committee of Arrangements. The President and the President-elect. The Vice-President and the Secretary of tho Senate. Members of the S?nate. The Diplomatic Corps. Heads of Departments. The retired general of the army, the lieutenant-general of the army, the udiniral of tho navy, and tho officers of the army and navy, who, by name, have received tho thanks of Congress, members of the House of Representatives and members elect, governors and ex-governors of States, officers of the Senato and officers of the House of Representatives, all other persons who have been admitted to the floor of the Senato chamber, followed by those who have been admitted to the galleries. THE DELIVERY OF THE INAUGURAL. The stand on which tho President was expected to deliver his inaugural address was erected almost on a level with the floors of the Senato and House, and directly in front of the middlo entrance to tho Capitol. It was about 100 feet square?the largest ever before erected for an inauguration?and was covered by two thousand chairs. These were occupied by Senators, members of the diplomatic corps, judges of the supremo court, members of tho House of Representatives, and press representatives. Beforo the President left tne Senato chamber the crowd in front of the stand had increased until it became one solid moss of humanity for nearly 400 feet in front of the stand and more than 1,000 feet on either side. The crowd continued less solidly in the rear of this multitude. The trees in the great lawns were filled, and roofs of surmiinHlnrr Htvnllinn-o worn rvwflrnd. On the roof of tlio capitol somo two or three hundred men and boys had congregated. In the approaching avenues and streets military companies and society organizations were massed m columns forming brilliant vistas as far as the eye could reach. On elevated stands enterprising .photographers had elevated their instruments to perpetuate in photographic designs the assembly on the stand and the sea of hats and faces that moved continually liln the waves of the ocean. This immense throng was variously estimated as to numbers. President Arthur said it was ' 'simply immense; tho greatest crowd I ever saw." Senator Hawley, as he looked at it, said he thought it numbered about 150,000 people. While waiting for tho arrival of the President-elect some one would occasionally venture to tho front of tbo platform. His presence was the signal for repeated cheers. Precisely ot 12:30 p. M. tho head of the procession appoared coming out of the main east door of the capitol, President Arthur stepped to tho front of tbo platform, followed by the President-elect, Chief-Justice Wnite, and the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. All uncovered as they stood facing tho crowd, and the vast assemblage cheered again and again for several minutes. The ]>ersona who were to assist at the ceremonies were seated on the platform in the following order; Chief-justice Wait? and Senator Sherman sat with the President-elect: tho committeo on arrangements occupied seats immediately to the right of the President-elect; ex-Presidents and ex-Vice-Presidents and associate justices of the supreme court, tho Vice-President, socretary, and members of the Senate occupied seats further on tho right. Tho diplomatic corps occupied seats on the left of tho President, and the heads of the dojmrtments, tho retired general of tho army, lieutenant genoral of tho army, tne aamiraj of the navy, and the officers of the army and 'navy who, by name, have received the thanks of Congress, governors, and ex-governors of States, and ex-members of the Senate, took their seats just behind the President. Tho members and members-elect of the House occupied seats further back on the platform, and other persons included in the arrangements occupied the stops and tho residuo of the platform and the portico. At 12:40 l'. M. President-elect Cleveland arose and began his inaugural address. He was clad in a full suit of black,Prince Albert coat, high, old-fashioned standing collar and black tie. When he first began speaking the crowd applauded whenever he paused to take breath,but after a while contented itself with cheering him as ho made his principal points. His reference to tho prohibition of foreign contract labor called out loud and long-continued applause. THE PRESIDENT'S OATU. The inaugural concluded, Mr. Cleveland said: ''I am now prepared to ent?r upon the duties of the office. Clerk McKennoy, of the United States supreme court, stepped forward with the Bible upon which so many Presidents have been sworn. Chief Justice Waite arose.uncovered, and administered the oath. President Cleveland reverently kissed the book, and then turned, shook hands with the chief justice, the ex-President Arthur, and members of the supreme court, and the official ceremony of inauguration was completed. A few minutes later there was a ripple of laughter through the chamber. Tho venerable doorkeeper, Mr. Bassett, mounted a stool, .!>,<1 in- nicntw nf a cane turned back tho hands of the clock eight minutes. At 11:40 (by the time made by the doorkeeper) the President's secretary Announced a "message from the Presidont." Tho message anuounced the appointment of General Grant to tlia retired list. Although executive business, consent was obtained to act upon the nomination, and by tho unanimous vote of the Senate, and amid loud applause from tho floor and tho galleries, General Grant in tho hearing of all tho ]>eople was confirmed as a General of the United States army on tho retired list. A minute later another message was received announcing that tho President had no further business to communicate. Thus tho nomination of General Grant was President Arthur's last oflicial act. At 1? :3o the United States supremo court army and navy oflicials and distinguished visitors from all parts of tho country. As each organization passod in review it greeted President Cleveland and Vice-President Hendricks with tho customary marching salute, and cheer after cheer arose from tho assembled throngs. The Now York organizations especially vied with each other in tho matter of giving the now administration an ovation. THE FIREWORKS. Tho display of fireworks commenced at 7 o'clock i\ M., on the grounds shuth of tho executive mansion, known as the White Lot. The programme began with a shower of signal rockets, tallowed by a grand illumination. Balloons with firework attachments preceded a display of colored rockets. Batteries with mines or stare and serpents and a number of eightoen-inch Japanose shells catne in succession next, and thoti a rocket display with parachutes. A tonrbillion, followed by anothor display of Japanese shells, preceded a flight of i,000 rockets, fired simultaneously. Mines of stars came next, followed by twenty-four inch shells and a special rocket display. Next in order camo showers of steel and gold rain, followed by thirty-inch shells with wonderful effect, a crossfire rocket display, batteries enfilade, special Japanese twenty four inch shells, a -- - - i 1.:11: ? ?|,?1 |U ? tllgUE 01 ZtUUU rOCKl'LS, lUllliMiuuii oiiciio, M floral fountain, rockets, pleiades anil telescojh>. Then followed a great gold cloud of points, a fine picture of Jefferson and a brilliant illumination of groat space. The next piece was tho largest set piece ever llred in this country. It was a fine picture of the capitol, with portraits of Cleveland and Hendricks flunked by tho cmblom of in lusl.ry and commerce, and tho motto, " Peace and Prosperitv." Tho twenty-ninth figure was the falls of Niagara, and tho concluding number was tho flight of 5,0(10 rockets, forming a vast floral bouquet in midair. Tho Flambeau club, after tho close of the ' fireworks exhibition gave uu exhibition in the White Lot, starting from VTillard's hotel and proceeding up the avenue to Seventeenth street. On the route tlioy gave the flambeau exhibition and discharged fireworks. NEWSY GLEANING* There ar? 1,200 professional wrestlers in I Japan. j the lumtter cu6 ol jiuanguu in iiui i.iu I 4,175,339,210 feet. A gambling house in Helena, M. T., pays I a license of $3,380. Fertile land can he purchased in Mexico I at thirty cents an acre. | Ten negro residents of New York city marI ried white wives last year. { Treke is a widow in Birmingham, Ala , : thirteen years old, and she attends the public school. Mme. Patti occupied a box at Kansas City one night recently, and for the first tim? heard Mile. Nevada sing. There are nearly 11,000 officers and subor dinates in the departments of the New York city and county government. England's navy estimates for 1SSG provide for tho construction of seventy-three new ves sels, including eleven iron-clads. Practical anatomy is taught in some of the schools in New Haven, Conn,, by thedis' ( section of dead cats and rabbits. TIE CABINET. Bayard, Lamar, Garland, Whitney, Manning, Endicott and Yilas. Sketches of the Lives of the Seven Appointees. Fcllowing arc sketches of tho lives of Prosidont Cleveland's cabinet officers: THOMAS F. BAYARD, SECRETARY OF STATE. Mr. Bayard was born at Wilmington, Del., October 21), 1829. He was chiefly educated at Flushing school, and his early training was for a mercantile life. After having had some experience in business in New York he returned to Delaware an 1 studied law with bis father, Hon. James A. Bayard, who was then in the Senate. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and in 1853 ho was appointed United States District Att>rney for Delaware, but resigned in 1854 and went to live in Philadelphia, where ho remained till 1850, when ho returned to "Wilmington, where ho remained through the civil war, practising his profession. In the winter of 1W8-9 he was elected to the Senate to succeed his father, and was reelected in 1875 and 1881. In 1870 he was a membsrof the Electoral Commission. Mr. Bayard is the fourth of his family who have served in tho Senate. His grandfather, James Ashton Bayard, was elected to the Senate from Delaware in 1804 and served till 1813. when President Madison appointed him one of tho Commissioners to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent. His uncle, Richard H. Bayard, wa< elected to the Senate from Delaware in lfr30 and again in 1841. His father, James A., served in the Seuate from 1851 to WM. C. ENDICOTT, BECRETARY OF WAR. William Crowinshiold Kndicott, was bora in Salem, Mass., in 1*:27, and is the son of William Putnam Endicott and Mary, daughter of Hon. Jacob Crowinshield, who_was a Representative to Congress. He attended the Salem schools, and was graduated from Harvard college in tho class of 1847. He married his cousin, a daughter of George Peabody, nnU lias two cnuciren, a son anu u uuu?nun. Judge Endicott studied at Harvard Law school, and read law in the office of the late Nathaniel J. Lord. Ho was admitted to the bar about 1850, and a few years later formed a partnership with the lato J. W. Ferry, and continued with him until his appoiutment by Governor "\Va3hburn to a seat on the supreme bench in 1873. This position he hold until lSSiS, when ho resigned on account of his health. In 1882 ho made an extended tour of tho continent. He was a member of the Salem common council 1852, 1853, and 1857, when he was elected president, of that board. He was city solicitor from 18.'.8 to 13('?3. He is a member of tho Historical society and of the board of overseers of Harvard college. Politically Mr. Endicott is of Whig antecedents, his affiliation with the Democratic party dating from the Bell-Everett campaign of 1S(X>, but he has never been an active politician. Last fall, it may be recalled, he was tho candidate of his party for governor in thfl State, but did not himself appear in the canvass. It is stated tlmt the object of hi9 appointment is to gratify the independent allies of the Democratic party. DANIEL MANNING, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Mr. Manning was Lorn in Albany, N. Y.f August 10, 1831. His parentage was of Irish, English and Dutch extraction. He was a poor boy, and his early opportunities for schooling were very limited. At eleven years of age ho went to work as an office boy at the establishment of the Albany Atlas, which was afterward merged into the Albany .-lrgus, with which paper ho has over since, in one capacity or another, been connected. In 187:J ho assumed solo charge of lbs Argus, and was elected president of tho company, which position he yet holds, though ho has dono little or no writing for some time. He was a member of tho Democratic State convention of 1874 that nominated Samuel J. Tilden for governor ami was a ilelogato to tin St. Louis convention of 1STU that nominated Mr. Tilden for President. He has been a member of the Democratic State committee since 187f>, was its secretary in 187;>and 1880, and was elected chairman in 18S1, which place he now fills. Ho was warmly inteiostod in tho nomination of Mr. Cleveland for President at Chicago last July. Mr. Manning has long been a director of tho Albany and Susquehanna Railroad company and is president of the National Commercial bank of Albany, of which ho was first director and then vice president. Ho is also park commissioner o: Albany and is a director of the Albany Elec trie Light company. LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR, SECRETARY OF THE I? TERIOH. Mr. Lamar was born at Oxford, Fufma county, Gn., September 17, 1S25, and r< ceived his early schooling in his native towi lie graduated at Emory college, Georgia, i He sudied law at Macon, Ga., an was admitted to tho bar in 1*47. He move* to Oxford, Miss., in 1st',), and was elected atl junct professcr of mathematics in the Missis sinpi State university, Dr. A. T. Hledsoe, ?] iter the Southern Hrview, being the senio professcr. He resigned in lM'.O and went t Covington, Gil, where ho devoted hims 'lft the practice of law. In ISijo ho was elerte to the Georgia legislature and in tho follow ingyenr returned ;o Mississippi, whore h settled on a plantation in Lafnvetto county He was elected to the Thirty-fiflhandThirtj sixth Congress and resigned in 1S??. He en tered tho Confederate army in 18f<1 ns lieu tenant colonel of the Nineteenth Mississipf volunteers, and was soon promoted to tn cMonolcy. In ISi!:; ho was font, to Kussia b; tho Confederate government on an import ant diplomatic mission. He returned t MisMssppi at the closo of the war and in ISfi was elected profes or of political econom; and social science in the university of tha State. A year later lie wits transferred t tho professorship of law. lie was elected t the Forty-third Congresss and re elected t tho Forty-fourth. In tho winter of 1870he was elec ted to the Senate, where he ba since served I THE INAUGURAL. President Cleveland's Address on Taking Office. Various Topic3 of National Interest Discussed. The following is President Cleveland's inangnrs I address In full as delivered: j Fellow-Citizens?In tho presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and teal by the oath which i shall take the manifestation of the will of n great and free people. In the exercUe of their power and selfgovernment, they have committed to ono of their fc ow-citize s> a supreme and vacred trust; and he here consecrates himself to their tervice. This Impressive ceremony adds little to the solemn sense of responsibility with which 1 contemplate tho duty 1 owe to all tho people of the land; nothing can relieve me of anxiety lest by anv act of mine their interests may suffer, and nothing U needed to strengthen my resolution to engage every faculty and effort in tho promotion of tholr welfare. Amid the din of party strife tho people'* choico was made; but its attendant circumstances have demonstrated anew the strength and safety of a government by the people. Jn each succeeding year it more clearly appear* that our democratic t j In ifu f#?arlGflg WILtlAM F. VILA3, rOSTMASTEU-GENERAU Mr. Viln3 was born at Chelsea, Orange county, Vt., .July 9, 1840. When he was eleven years old he went to Wisconsin, where, a few months after, ho was entered a pupil of the preparatory department of the University of that State. In 18VJ ho matriculated in the Freshman class of that institution, and was graduated there in lSr>S. After taking his academical degree he studied law in Albany, N. Y., and was graduated from the law school of that city in 1S60. After his admission to the supreme court of New York he removed to Wisconsin, where, on his birthday, July 0, 18 JO, he made his first argument before the supreme court of that State. In the same year, lMtJO, ho became a partner with Charles T. Wakelov, a lawyer of good standing. Upon the outbreak of the war Mr. Vilas entered tho army ns captain in the Twenty-third Wisconsin volunteers, and rose to be major and lieutenant colonel. He resigned his commission and resinned the practice of tho law January 1. 18t>4. In 1872 General 0. E. Bryant joined him in partnership, and in 1877 his brother. E. P. Vilas, also became a partner in the firm. Tne supreme court o? Wisconsin appointed Colonel Vilas one of the rovisorsof the statutes of the State in 1875, and the revision of 1878. adopted by tho State, was partly ma le by him. In 1870 Mr. Vilas refused the uso of his name as a candidate for the governorship of Wisconsin. Ho has persistently declined office, but went to Chicago as a delegate to the convention of 1834, which honored him with its permanent chairmanship. AUGUSTUS IT. GARLAND, ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. Garland was born in Tipton county, Tenn., Juno 11, 1832. The following year his parents moved to Arkansas, where he has made his homa over since, and which State he has represented in tho Senate since 1870. He was educated in St, Mary's college and St. Joseph's college in Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to practice at Washington, Ark., Ihe place where his parents had originally settled, in 1833. He removed to Little Rock, where his home now is, in 1850. He was a delegate to the State convention that passed tho ordinance of secession in 1S61. and was also a member of the provisional Confederate congress that subsequently met the same year at Montgomery, Ala. He served in both the House and the Senate of tUo Confederate Congress,being in the Senate when the war closed. He was elected from Arkansas to the United States Senate March 4,1867, but was not admitted to his seat. He made the test-oath caso as to lawyers in the supreme court of the United States and gained it. He practised law at Little Kock with success till 1874, when he was elected governor of Arkansas without opposition,and at the expiration of his term was elected to the United States Senate,again having no opposition, and succoedod Powell Clayton. He nas taken high rank as a lawyer from the day he entered the Senate, and has for some time lw>?n ft mpmhnr of tho iudiciarv committee. He is of medium height and speaks with clearness, deliberation and forco. His wife died soon after he was elected to the Senate, and he has since remained a widower. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, SECRETARY OF TBI NAVY. William Collins Whitney is a native o Conway, Mass., and was born in 18o9. Aftei being graduated from Williston seminary a Ensthampton, William C. Whitney eutera Yale college in 185'.). He was chosen to de liver the oration of his class on graduation Entering the Harvard Law school, he wa: graduated in lSii-j, and continued his studiei in New York city, where he has since re sided, with Abraham It. Lawrence, now om of the judges of the supreme court. On hi admission to the bar he began the practice o his profession, which he has since followed Mr. Whitney served as an inspector o schools in New York, in 1S7"2, and the sam year was defeated for disfrict-attorney a the candidate of the Roforin Democracy ow ing to the demoralization of the party. H was actively engaged in the canvass that re suited in the election of Governor Tilden am afterward became the corporation counsel c the city. He is a prominent member of th New \ ork County Democracy, and a man c wealth. ' PROMINENT PEOPLE. , "Mark Twain" :'s going to England in Ma next to give readings from his own works. Frank Davis, the tullest man in the Mi: i souri legislature, stands saven feet in h stockings. ! A house has been engaged at Aix-le-Bain 1 France, for occupation by yueeu Victoria i the latter part of April. Frederick Charles, of Prussia, the fi ; mous "Red Prince," is the latest royal authc having published his diary in Iudia. George Auocstcs Sala, the Englis f journalist, thinks Mr. Gladstone lacks the di cision required in dealing with great criscs. Mr. Tilden's food is said to bo fruit mail ly, and a house in which to force grapes an the like out of season is being built at Ore; stone. The czar of Russia is iaid to be growin quite gray and to bear cn bis face tfc wrinkles of premature old age, induced b worry and anxiety. Senator Frye is said to be the only Coi gressman who dresses in homespun?tbat to say, his clothes are made of goods mani factured in his own woolen mills at Lewistoi Mo Miss Julta Gautier, who Las taken tl first premium in the department of portrai painting at the New Orleans fair, is a residet ot St. Paid,Minn., and the subject of her sui cessful picturo is "Pony," a veteran negi wood-sawyer of that city. Osman Digna says El Mahdi intends to r store the whole Nile valley, from source I mouth, to Mohammedan control,and after 1 has taken Cairo lie will send envoys to C'oi stantiuoplo inviting the sultan to form an a liance with him against all Christendom. Ex-Governor Lkland Stanford, < California, proposes to found a ina?nif cent university at Palo Alto, in that Stat with colloges lor young men and women,ai: ; high schools for girls and boys; also an inst tution that shall do for San "Francisco wk n the Cooper Union is doing for New York. ; Osman Digna, the Falso Prophet's mo i. prominent general, is really Alphonsi Vino n a Frenchman, born at Kouen in 1832. H d widowed niotiicr in lS.'i? married an Alexai i drian merchant, half French and half Egyj I- tian, by name Osman Digna, who died i i- lSJ'j leaving his name anil a fortune r ""J |. 000 to his stepson. THE~PUBLIC DEBT, 0 J A Decrease of S:t,000,0(>n During ill ? month of Fe>?riinry? The last public debt statement shows 11 decreaso of the national uuui uunng u month of February to bo $.'{,'-04,975. Decrea e of debt sinco Juno 'JO, 1SSI, Y Cash in the Treasury.* $104,4W?,.V>7 I i- Gold cert ificatesoutstanding.. loo,110,220 1 o Silver certificates outstanding 1-11,419,$41 6 Certificates of deposit cutV* standing :;0,o*0,0H0 t- Refunding certificates outo standing 237,3*0 o l.<ogal tenders outstanding 84C,i!Sif(!lli o Fractional currency (not in7 eluding amount estimated s as lost or destroyed *?U6 principle neuus nu u|iu.u^r, and faithful application is to be found the euro guaranty of good govirnment. hut the beat results In the operation of a government wherein every citizen haa a share, largely depend upon a proper limitation of purely partisan zeal and effort, and a correct appreciation of the time when tbe beat of the partisan should be merged In the patriotism of the citizen. To-day the executive branch of the government Is transferred to new keeping. But this is still the government of all the people, and it should be none the less an object of affectionate solicitude. At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat an 1 the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will, and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. Moreover, If, from this hour we cheerfully and honestly abandon all sectional prejudice and distrust and determine, with manly contldence In one another, to work out harmoniously tbe achievements of onr national destiny, we shall deserve to realize all the benefits which our happy form of government can bestow. On this uuspiclous occasion we may well renew the pledge of our devotion to the Constitution, which, launched by the founders of the republic and consecrated by their prayers and patriotic devotion, has for almost a century born the hopes and the aspirations of a great people through prosperity and peace, and through the shock of foreign conflicts and the perils ol domestic strife and vicissitudes. By the father of bis country oar Constitution was commended for adoption as "the result of a spirit of amity and mutual concession." In that same spirit it should be administered, in order to promote the lasting welfare of tbe country and to securo the full measure of Its priceless b ;neflts to as and to those who will succeed to tbe blessings of ?- lifn Thft litr^e variety of diverse and competing Interests suBject to federal control, persistently seeking th: recognition of their claims, need give as no feirs that "the greatest good to the greatest number" will fail to be accomplished, if in llie halls of national legislation that spirit of amity and mutual concession t-hali prevail in which the Constltutiou had its birth. Jf this involves the surrender or postponement of private interests and the abandonment of local advantage*, compensation will be found in the assurance that thus the common interest is subserved and the general welfare advanced. In tho discharge of my official duty I shall cudeavor to be guided by a just and nnstrained construction of tne Constitution, a careful observance of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal government and those reserved to the States, or to the people, nnd i-v a cautious appreciation of those functions which, by the Constitation and laws, have been especially assigned to the executive branch of the government. But he who takes the oath to-day to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United ( States only asanmcs the solemn obligation which every patriotic citizen, on the farm, in tho workshop. in the busy marts of trade, and everywhere, should share with him. Tho Constitntlon which prescribes his osth, my countrymen, is yonr.<; the government you have chosen him to administer for a time is yours; the suffrage which executes the will of freeman is yours; the laws and the entire scheme of t>ur civil role, from the town meeting to the State capitals ana the national capital, is yours; Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under tue same high sanction, though In a different inhere, exercises a public trnst. Nor Is this alL Kvery citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of Its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their tldellty nnd usefulness. Thus is the peoplo's will Impressed upon the wholo framework of our civil policy?municipal. State and Federal?and I this is the price of our liberty and the inspiration of our faith in the republic. It is the duty of those serving in public place to closely limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the government economically administered; because this bounds the right of the government tj exact tribute from the earnings of labor or the property of the citizens, and because public extravagance begets extravagance among the people. We should never be ashamed of the simplicity and prudential economies which are best suited to the operation of a republican form of government and iiui. ?in. ,k? .T.iUainn nf thn American | most COIUUUUU1U mvu luv u.uu.?.. people. Those who are selected for a limited lime to manage public affairs are still of the people, and may do much by their example to encourage, constantly with the dignity of their official functions, that plain way of life which among their fellowcitizens aids integrity and promotes thrift and prosperity. The genius of our lnsti ution?, the needs of onr people in their home life, and the attention which Is demanded for the settlement and development of the resources of our vast territory, dictate the scrupulous avoidance of any departure from that foreign policy commended by the history, the traditlons and the prosperity of our republic. Jt Is the policy of independence, favored bv our position and defended by oar known love of justice and by our power. It is the policy of peace suitable to our interest*. It Is the policy of neutrality, rejecting any share in foreign broils and ambitions npon other continents, and - repelling their intrusion here. It is the policy of Monroe and of Washington anil Jefferson?'"Peace, commerce and lionest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." A due regard for the interests and prosperity of all the people demand that our finances shall be established upon such a sonnd and sensible basis as shall secure the safety and confidence of business interests and make the wages of labor sure and steady,and that our system of revenue shall be so adjusted a* to relieve the fpeople from unnecessary taxation, taking a due retard to the interests of" capital Invested and workngmen employed in American i dustries, and preventing the accumulation of t surplus in the treasury to tempt extravagance and wuste. Care for the property of the nation, aud for the needi of future settlers, require that the public domoid should be protected from purloining schemes and unlawful occupation. . 'J he conscience of the people demands that the Indians within our boundaries shall be fairiy and honestly treated as wards of the government, and < their education and civilization promoted with a ? v.'ew to their ultimate citizenship; and that polyga' L'.y In the territories, destructive of the family c relation and offensive to the moral sense of the 1 civilized world, shall be repressed, 'l he laws should - be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immivTStion of a servile cluss to compete with American labor, 3 with no intention of acquiring citizenship and ? bringing with them and retaining habits ana customs repugnant to our civilization. The people demand reform in the administration 8 of the government nnd the application of business s principles to public affairs. As a means to this end, [ civil sen-ice reform should be in good faith enforced. (<ur citizens have the right to protection V from the incompetency of public employes who hold their places solely as the reward of partisan e services) and from tun corrupting influence of 2 those who promise and the vicious methods ol *- L An/1 fhnuo IV hrt those wno expect men renuiuo. *>..? ? o wort'iily seek public employment have the right to i. Insist tlm merit, that cogi;>eiency shall be recogj ni/.od, instead of parry subserviency or the surf render of honest political b-lief. In the administration of a sovemment pledged c to do equal and exact justice to all men. ther, if should be no pretext for anxiety touching the pro* tection of the freedmen in their rights, or thcii security in the Government of their privileges nndei the Constitution and its amendments. * All discus aton as to their tltness for the place accordcu t< them as American citizens is idle and unprofitable exceptas it suggest* ihe necessity for their improve J meat. 'J he fact that they are citizens entitle! them to all ttic rights due to th'tt relation, am j. charges tbem with all its duties, obligations ind re ig sponsiblhtics. These topics, and the constant and ever varylnj wants of an active and enterprising population s, may well receive the attention and the patriotic en q deavor of all who make and execute the Fed-M law Otir duties are practical, and call for industrt ou* application, an intelligent perception of thi c aims of public otllce: and, above all, a firm de >i termination by nnited fiction to secure to all thi people of the land the full benefits of the best forn , of government ever vouchsafed to man And le us not trust to hitman eilort alone; but, humblj ncknowledcinn the power and goodness of A1 mighty (,'od, who presides over the destinies o; nations, and who has at all times been revealed li j our country's history, let us invoke His aid and HI: 1,3 blessing upon our labors. fg l<? muvvv TTf>TTS"F MISTRESS. J TV JJ.J. J.JJ JLLVUUJJ OJJL ! j9 A Deacrlption of President Clevcj. land** Sinter. *? Miss R. E. Cleveland, a sister of President Cleveland, is the new mistress of the Whit* j? House. A correspondent describes her a; jt follows: "She is of medium stature and build c- with a shapely and highly intellectual face 0 She is good looking, but not pretty. Sh< . dresses neatly, but plainly, and wears feu ,B ornaments. She has for u long time been ? lecturer by profession, her specialty beinj 10 educational subjects, and her audiences usual I' ly the pupils of girls' schools. She has, foi example, just lectured at the Elmira semi' nary on ''Joan of Arc." She speaks severa )f languages, is exceptionally well informed it 1- history and tlio arts, and lia-i that desreo o) e, confidence in herself nixl the knowledge sh< ia possesses to be able to firmly take the lead it i- conversation, and to hold it against the brigh it men and women who have come in contac with her. Yet in some respects she is notablj st shy, and always so mo lest and amiable as t< | win friends easily and nui.-kly. "Why, she': is j a jterftvjt dictionary," said ox-Governor Cor 1. noli, when he returne I from a visit to Mis p. I Cleveland "She's one of tho brightes n j women I ever met," The Strides of Journalism. Yes, indeed, journalism has mad wonderful strides in the past 200 years Formerly, wc kept an apology on th lie "standing galley," now wc are mor :,e bold and fearless, and every dav, almost so some man mysteriously disappears, who when last heard of. had slipped on hi 00 overshoes to run across the street an* M | lick an editor, expecting to be back i u;i j lifteen minutes.?Mil ??! (HJ "Talk is cheap " loses its tignificanc when applied to conversations throug] ra telephones rented at $;10 a year. THE MGDMON BALL |g How it was Held in the New v.'JB Pension Bailding, Details of the Decorations and the || Festivities. The ball which inaugurated President Cleveland's entranco into the White House ' :/||8 was held in the immense now Pension build* ing in Washington. DESCRIPTION OF THE PEITSION BUILD ISO. ' > J The building is a great structure, two New .! : Jp York blocks long and more than one block ' wide, and is the largest that has ever been %4js] used for such a purpose. An immense Ro- . ^9 man palace, with its walls surrounding an In- 3a terior courtyard and all its apartments dlrectly communicating with the outside air and light, is the main idea of the plan of the m building. There are no halls in the build- - <?*9 Two tiers of galleries run around the court, ^ by which access is gained to the rooms, and * ^|3 thess galleries, with their Ionic and Doric columns, add to the effect of the halL In each front of the building there is a brick staircase, which leads into a landing on each . story, and thence to tho galleries looking into . |9 the interior hall, all the rooms Having en- v .73* trances from the galleries. As the rooms oc- , cupy the entire width of each Bido of tbe building they are open to the light and air on both sides instead of on one side. DECOHATIO.VS OF THE BALL- BOOK. - 'wja Inside the contrast with the unfurnished Jsj exterior was all the brighter. The great hall . was brilliant with the gleam of electricity ' that flashed back again from ten thousand . ' '% glittering points and was caught up and . turned away again and again by flashing glass and burnished surfaces. Standing in the President's gallery and looking down the . -.j. long floor, alive with ever-changing kaieido- .. . jffijg scopic pictures, growing mailer and smaller toward the far away end, one saw nothing ' of walls and 110 hint was given that there was any limit to the size of tte bali-room. Rich, warm-colored tapestrie? and hangings completely hid the walla, and ferns and palm trees formed cool-look- - s ing arbors and picturesque retreats. Around the ball-room ran a gallory almost hidden - :5 beneath a wealth of soft maroon velvet and \ satin bunting and down the room ran two . 'CpSf rows of soft gray stone pillars. Altogether, . but for the lavish decorations, the moving ,. >jW pageant, the sounds of music, thagleam of lights and the gay laughter, the hall, with its simple columns and high-arched roof, might have been taken for some old cathedral. At the President's end of the room was an immense plate-gloss mirror 16 feet high and ', '?? 10 feet wide. It hod a beveled edge three. ' f.JSM '?' -'''o ??') n framfl nnmDOSea Of 600 :*.|3g IliUUCO fT lUWUUU M mmm ? _ __ _ separata pieces of cut glass. This mirror was at the Centennial and Paris exposition, and . *'? is valued at f7,500. Beautiful stands of '.^,13 flowers were at its base. From the arched roof streamers of national colore reached -ea down in graceful sweeps, and these again were caught up and pinned with shields of different coats-of-arms. Flowers, 'JSjL plants, ferns and palms were everywhere. '.v. @3 At each of the four corners of the hall a great . - ' ^ pyramid of tropical plants rose high above ^Sai the gallery, and the eight great columns which almost divided the nail were complete-. , ly hidden by wreaths of cedar and smilax twined in serpentine curves with sprays of cactus and fan-shaped palms peeping out be- . tween. Opposite the big mirror a beautiful Jap- . anese canopy of flowers, twelve feet high, formed a luxurious retreat, surrounded by a .023 great horseshoe. There the President's chair, a rest of roses, the prettiest floral design in ' ; the hall, was placed. Beside the lavish deo- "St? orations which madepartsof the ball-room real conservatories. There were seven large set pieces representing the different exocutive ' departments of the government. These were ~ eight feet in diameter. ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTT. _ ; At 11 o'clock President Cleveland's coach . rattled up to the private entrance followed ten minutes later by the carriages of Vice- {3 President Hendricks and ex-Pre3ident Ar- ^ thur. The band began the familiar "Sse tho Conquering Hero Comes," and with one accord the promenading couples drifted to- ";-3S ward the F street entrance. With his sister, Mrs. Hoyt, on his arm, the President went at once through a private door into his room ana waited there for the Vice-President and Mr. Arthur, bat he did not escape recognition, and a round of ~ :*% applausa went_ up to which ho bowed his thanks. The President's sisiers, oars. au/v ^ -gng and Misj Cleveland, and bis nieces,the Misses ' ' ?43 Hastings, waited, while escorted by Senator -55 Pendleton and Richard Merrick, Mr. Clave- '/ land made the tonr of the ball-room,applause following him as he walked the length of the Js room, bowing to the few. prsons whom he knew of the four or five thousand who had ' "xjj gathered there in his honor. Having made the circit of the room he returned 5 to his own department and for half an hour ~with the ladles of his party and Mr. and Mrs. , ?> Hendricks he stood receiving. Miss Cleveland wore an evening dres of white corded >3* Bilk, with skirt en traine, and neck heart shaped at front and back. The now mistress ,3 of the White House has blonde brown hair S cut short, and worn in becoming crimps, a ; fair complexion, and a quick and not ungraceful movement She is self-possessed,. without being self-assertive. Mrs. Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. Bacon and tha Rev. A. N. Cloveland and wife followed, the first two ladies being also sisters of the President, and m.t wearing tasteful evening dresses of pink satin and of smoke-colored velvet, with front of \ the same shade, brocaded on white. The Misses Hastings, nieces of the President, on<I a son of his ministerial brother, completed vjj the family party. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Man- .' ning, the latter wearing her bridal dress of " * rich white satin, with exquisite lace, and . \ Colonel Lamont, with his wife, accompanied .'jJySi the Presidont. THE BALL OPENED. Shortly before midnight the President and his party withdrew, ami the ball was for- , mally opened and tho dancing began. 35? The arrangements for the comfort of the S guests were perfoct. Most of tho carriages ^ arewupat tlie F street entrance. Within Hraf: riv-im on the risht was U10 UUilvuu^ VUW M.w. ^ ; devoted to Indies, and connected with it was a foyer for their escorts. Upward of a hundred uniformed colored attendants rei ceived the ladies' wrappings and the gentlemen's cloak room* on tho opposite side were equally well attended. The reception : committee had rooms adjoining the Prosi- .. dent's, and next to thom the diplomatic corps received their friends in lavishly decorated apartment*. The sunper rooms were at the _;-"S upper end of the hall, and tho banquet was . ^ served by the Murray liill hotel, of New ^ York. The following was tho menu: Hot dishes. Clam broth. Consomme. Cold dUhes. . tjffM Turkey, ham, beef, bmed turkey, tongue, pickled oysters, pa e do foi>j;r.is. Chicken. Lobster. Ornamental dishes. Salmon, a la Neptune Striped Bans an b;-urre de Montpcllcr. Boned capon, a la Murray Hill. Button, a la Democrat. Pate of came, a la Ko??inf. Pate do fole-gras, a la Kejfciice. Beef tcnder.oin en Bellevuo. Boned pheasant with truffles. KUSSian pniuu (iunr pcneuuc/. : Fouaiain de I.iberte. ' Ices and Creams. 1 Orange, lemon, pineapple, vanilla, chocolate. ' Neapolitan. Cakes, Fruit*, etc. Assorted cakes, frait, checse, nuts, raisins, coffes. A CENTUBY OF LIFE Mrs. Zerital Cooley, of Peoria, "Wyom inc: county. N. Y., died recently aged 1021 years. Seven of her eight children survive . lier. There are records showing that when Mrs. 3 Richard Nash died at Coal Castle, Penn., on 3 the 34th ult., she was 114 years and 8 months , old. An old soldier of Napoleon's has just died , in Jefferson county, Missouri. His name 1 was Christopher Ehlors, and ho was 102 years ' of age. lr Mrs. Sarah Drew, of Halifax, is 100 | years of age. She has just conclu le a to join I the church, and has united with the Congrcgationalists. I With health, sight and memory good, i Mrs. C. Smith still lives in Middletown, N. [ Y., at the a^e of lO.'i years. Only two of her 3 eleven children are living. 1 The mother of Mrs. Thomas Fornn, of k Fairfield. X. Y., enjoys excellent health, al1 though 100 years of age. t-lie never eats T more than one meal a day. She danced at 5 the wedding of a granddaughter live years s ago. t unsTrAT, m) DRAMATIC. | m i; uiuixu ? BUFFALO has four theatres and eight skatlug rinks. Fifty-oxe farmere are in the legislature of Michigan. e Six women are on the grand jury nt WhatL com, Idaho. 0 There are not Ifss than 25) telegraph ofllcos in New York city. Next season Emma Nevada wiil head an > English oj.era company. ' Hans Vox Bulow is now miking a sue8 cossful concert tour iu Russia. ^ Congressman W. E. E\i;r.t ;:i, of In liana, n owns an opera house in Iudiainp ilis. The Mormon church lias m >jv mii?i<>n trios than the American botml of foreign missions. "Household Gor>s," a pmtiunii .us jilty l?y Ixml Lytton, has b-.-on produced in London by Mr. Wilson Barrett. , i M. Dupf.nt, of Brussels, has ju.i, complete 1 a I a new opera entitled "Oliver Crjmwo.l," ol ' J which report speaks huhlv