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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
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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.
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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