The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 19, 1888, Image 1
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VOLUME II.
Tiiio cicuitonk or tkonI)HU()(i,V.
| Copy righted, lHSS, l?\ Funk ?v WttKunlit*.
At the old "Lake House," at the
head of Lake tleorge, lone- before
th<J spacious "b'ort William Henry"'
caravanserv was built. I boearne acquainted
with a chaminjr youn?r woman
ami her brother, from the vtein
itv of the loft \ Kasitsberes frineine
the Hudson \ alley. They were
luaktn.r a brief tilensiiro turn- V
V sudden tempest of wind, rain ami
lightning 1 kept tm all within the
parlors during a sultry evening in
Inly, 1848, ami there the acquantanee
liryaii. We voyaged down
the lake together the next morning
in bright sunshine and invigorating
air.
' The young lady was ti modle tourist,
intelligent, sensible, vivacious
and enthnaiastu. With her brother
she hatl encamped among the ehar^
coal-burners of the Kaatsbergs, hunted
in the mountains, and lislmd for
days in die glens, and was u favorite
companion of Thomas Cole, the artist,
in lus sketching excursions.
While others were afraid of spoiling
tneir complexions in the sunlight or
of crumpling their smooth dresses
or soiling their line bonnets and
gloves, she bade detinnce to dust and
crowds, for her brown linen sacqtie,
with it.i spacious pockets for a guidebook
and otlu-r accessories; her lislethread
gloves, her jaunty sun-hat
and her free buf sweet and modest
demeanor twward all, gave herself
and brother no uneasiness. And
when, at the foot of the lake, 1 cliui
e l to the lofty and broad seat of the
driver of an old-fashioned stae-en
coach, for a ride of four miles through
a most picturesque region, to Ticondcrogn,
on Lake L'hamplain, she too
sprang up, as nifnOIe as a squirrel, to
the notable porch of observation for
a traveler. As we journeyed simony
the hills, en tight glim'pses of the
Green Mountains, and heard droll
'.stories of his experience from the
lips of our Jehu of slow speech, her
ringing laughter awoke responsive
echoes.
A glance, from our seat, of tno
gray old ruins of Fort Ticonderga,
as we drew near the "Pavilion" on
the lake shore, made us as impatient
as children to be unions them. With
these pleasant companions, and alone
1 spent hours among the remains of
the old fortress, listening to the st()*
ries of n venerable soldier, who in
body hunted the place in the pleasant
summer time. We were about to
send to the Pavilion for a guide and
an interpreter of tho mysteries around
us, when this white-haired man, supported
by a rude staff, came from
the ruins of the northern line of liarracks
and offered his services. They
were accepted, and after my companions
for a day had departed down the
lake for Quebec 1 sat at the foot of
one of the crumblinir walls and lis%
O
toned to tho old man's interesting
stones 11 is name was [saac Rice;
his ago was eighty-Pivo; no kindred
of his was loft on t'no earth; by a
technical error he lost a just title to
a pension for military services in the
[{evolution, and he was obtaining a
precarious support from the freewill
offerings of summer visitors for whom
n
.ho acted as cicerone. Though feeble
in body, bis mind appeared clear
ami \i.?oro is.
"Did yov. .assist in the capture of
this fort?" ! injuired.
"No," he replied, "but my oldest
brother did. 1 was then nearly thirteen
years old. W nun Hurgoyno
.? took tho fort 1 was a drummer boy
of the garrison that escaped, and I
saw the British General deliver his
sword to our General Gates 3 months
afterward. My brother was twenty
years old on the day when the fort
was taken. Wo lived near tho old
* "Catamount Tavern," in Vermont?
did you ever hear of it? where Ethan
Allen lived a long time, and
where tho Green Mountain Hoys
mustered fu the troublesome times
before tho Revolutionary War. I've
heard my brother tell many things
about the taUiu<r of tho fort on that
O
morning."
"Didn't they got into tho fort by a
covert wayJ?" I asked.
"Yea, and there's where it wps,M
ho said, pointing to a hollow among
a mass of stones and earth. "My
brother, who was a sergeant, lod n
W. Y-' ?**
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"3E TRIT1
I : ><> IM'ON. I-Mltoi*.
I. <i. UO(;i;ks, l?ui>ll*lior. t
squad of men just behind Colonels
Allen and Arnold. '
"Arnold Benedict Arnold?" 1
said, inquiringly.
"Yes. Arnold joined the Yorinontors
and others at Castleton on
the evening before the eapturo." The
veteran then told the storv elearlv as
his brother had related it to' him.
Arnold camo without ollieers or
troops?only one servant. He iutro,
dueed himself to Colonels Allen and
; Hasten -Hasten of Pittsfield and
taking from his pocket a commission
us colonel from tho Massachusetts
Committee of Safety he claimed the
rioht to command the whole force
fathered there for the expedition.
Allen disputed his claim. Arnold
persisted, when the indignant (Jreen
Mountain Hoys declared that ot iv
Colonol Allen should lead them or
thev would shoulder their muskets
and jro home.
Arnold was compollod to yield,
and all prepared to cross th3 narrow
lake that wVht. Boats were scarce,
and only about eighty men were imiabled
to cross over. Allen took wit I.
him Nut hud Be mat , a farmer1* hov,
who had been much at tho fort and
knew all about it. At lavbrenk they
wero readv to el'" tub the bank to tho
sally port of the fort, when Arnold
j.ojiin claimed the rirjht to command.
Allen disouted his claim. Arnold
; swore ho would command. Allen
swoie he shouldn't. This quarrel
was in undertones, so as not to be
heard by the sentinels above. The
men interfered, and i: \yu > arranged
that Allen ami Arnold should enter
t side bv side, Allen on the riohtas
j commander. Then thev all nu.ved
! to tho sally-port at the covert way,
led by Allen and Arnold. The sentinel
snapped his fusoo and ran into
1 fort, followed bo the Americans close
upon his heels; and before tho ^ari ison
could spring from their pallets a.id
seize their arms the invaders had possession
of the parade within the fort
and took them all prisoners as thoy
I came out. Vo?n(j Heinan then led
Allen up a rickety stairway to the
apartments of Captain Do Laplace,
the commander. Knocking loudly
j on the door with his sword-hilt he
| commanded the aptain. in a stern
I voire, to appear instantly or the garrison
would perish. At that moment
I l)e Laplace, who had keen awakened
by the commotion on the parade,
| clad only in shirt and drawers, sprang
to the door, the frightened facy of
his pretty little wife appearing over
his shoulder.
"Surrender!" shouted Allen.
They were old acquaintances,
i "liy what authority do )Oii com!
maud me to surrender this fort?','
said l)e Laplace, indignantly.
"In the name of the Groat Jehovah
and the Continental Congress!''
thundered Allen, raising his sword
... "
I over tho captain's head.
De Laplace began to speak, when
| Allen shouted "Silence!" Tho com|
mander obeyed and an unconditional
surrender followed.
"You said von were a drummer
j boy. hero when IJurgoyno took the
fort?"
"Yes," replied tho veteran; "1 was
then a lusty lad nearly thirteen years
old. My brother was one of tho garrison."
"And so you became well acquainted
with every part of tho fort, 1 suppose.
Will you point out tne principal
localities?" I asked.
"Yonder," said the guide, pointing
toward tho best preserved line
of tho barracks, built of stone, two
j stories in height and forming a quadrangle,
"were the officers' quarters,
j A wooden balcony extended along
! the. second story, which was reached
I by a flight of stairs. The first door
on the second story, on the left, was
the entrance to the commandant's
apartments. Between the ruined
wall on the extreme left is seen
Mount Defiance, on which Burgovno
t - 1 l
ereeicu a nailery. i;ome with mo
, and 1 will show you the bakery."
The aged cicerone took mo to the
, southeast angle of the fort. Near it
was an underground room twelve
feet wide and thirty feet long arched
with bricks, with a ruined fireplace
and chimney at one end. On each
! side of the firoplaco was an oven ten
feet doep. On the right was a window
and a door opening toward the
water.
For nioro than half a century tho
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walls of the fort haul been the common
spoil for all who chose to avail thorn- i
selves of such a convenient quarry.
These ruins presented a most attractive
object to the tourist ami the his- 1
toreal student. !
W hen liurjrovne ouincup the lake,
you left Ticonderoim in a hurry,
di I'i't yet1 inquired.
"Not exactly," i< 1 tin* veteran,
"(ieueral M. Clair felt strong enough
t?> defend tin; fort against an expected
direct assault, and would not listen
to a demand to surrender; 'jut
when, in course of a few days, it was
found that the British had planted a
battery <>f heavy irons on the mountain
yonder Mount 1 )eliance from
which they could send pluujring sfo0t
into the fort, the general saw that he (
must lose his army or evaouato the
post. lie chose the latter way, cud.
at midnitrlit (hi July -Vti we left
fort as silently as possible, the
of the. oirrisdn crossing o
Mount Independenee, yond^|||||ps^
uiarc'.iino' rajiidly toward
oui Wh I. At . |
t;m about two hundred hai^B -||6
den with bnjffjajro, ami .
stores, guarded by armed jH'-Tr'C. were
sen' up the lake .owigwKfe;
same place. \\ e were pu.^Rfpw^
Vermont by tho British, < ?
aiiiono- the hills at 1 ltd
where we wore H MIlJ
and were dispersed. The
was also pursued and was dci^HzjgHggyJ
Many of St. Clair's men tinall^HSBH
ed Cienexal Schuyler at Fort
My brother was si..., "'" tflEMSgnaj
his leo at 11 uhbardton. and a ^He?H
olV of
e, and made a
! head." ' J
"Vou say you saw Coiierul Burtroyne"
surrender hC sword to Conoral
dates?"
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B did, and foil very lisij?i?v,"* .said
tin: old man.
"Did ihat surrender take place L
when the British army laid down i
their weapons on the Hat at Sarato- : 1
, <ro, near the river?" 1 asked.
1 x- 1
"No," said the guide. uW hen the ,
arms were all laid down, (jloneral
Burgoyne and his principal ollieers .
rode toward (ienernl Gate's ItoaJ-1
; quarters. Thev wore met by Gates
and his stalY at the head of the camp, i ]
where the olliecrs of hoth parties ,
were introduced to each other. Bur- j|
gov no wore a rich coat of scarlet, and
1 gold. Gates wore a modest blue 1
frock coat. The whole party then
went to headquarters and dined. Af- !.
ter dinner the American troops were j?
I drawn up in two lines, between 11
which the British Army passed, es- ^
cortod by cavalry with the American j |
flag, and a band of music playjngtj
'Yankee Doodle.' Then the two1 i
; generals caino out of Gates's mar- 1
quoo and faced the halted procession,
when Burgoyne stepped back a pace .
and j>resented his sword to Gates be- j
fore the two armies. Gates bowed, <
took the sword and immediately \
handed it back to Bnrgoyno. Then ,
| the British army filed olT and started
for Boston to embark for home. I . <
was a drummer in the escoriinc hand, 1
j
and stood not more than three roiis
from the generals. Burgoyno was a .
large, stately mart; Gates, who was \
about tho same ago, was smaller and ?
less dignified in appearance and J 1
manner."
The sun was now passing behind |
the great hill on which the British,
planted their menaeino" cannon, and
r n
named the eminence in consequence
' 'Mount Defiance." As tho aged <
cicerone sat lcanin," against a ruined
wall I made a pencil sketch of his
form and features, under which, with (
a treml>lin?r hand, he wrote his name
, and a?f<3. ?
n
As we walked slow I v t< <2"?*t! *r to- ]
ward t'ne Pavilli >n in tho evening !
. twilight 1 inquired of mv voneralde (
instructor if he was in tho military j i
service of our country aft r the sur- ,(
rendered of Hurgoyne.
"For ii while," he answered. "I
11
enlisted as a private in a company of ,
j which my brother was captain, and |
was stationed in Eastern Massachu-, |
I
setts. W'e went with General Sul- '
livan to Rhode Island to drive tho'
; British aWay, and wore in the battle
/on Quaker IlilL My father,an aged!j
man, (lying in tho spring of '711, I I1
left the army and went back to Vor- JJ
inont to manage our little farm for
| m; mother. .Misfortune overtook us! i
' and v/e lost tho land. I had married 1
-A-3ST3D
s. ('.. 'Ill IJ US DA V, A
but hail no children. . Mv wife died.'
mid i have been alone in tho world
over since, laboring with tny hands '
for dai'.v bread. 'The oood Lord is 1
kind to me, for I huvo never been
seriously sicd< in inv life. I believe
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he will take earo of me to the end ,,
vvliit'lt on nnnl lw^ f.??* -\4V "
IiKNSON .J. I.OSS|N(i, 1).
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Tho Tai ill ami the Trust*. f
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Wo hnvo received llio following v
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441 o tho hditor of / h< A < ten mm
('otn'i<r: Will you explain to your j
readers how tho people are to be li
1 1>\ a reduction of the tariiY. n
>r freo trade, when monopolies and
trusts are permitted to combine and )|
uroauize to increase and inaintal'
prie^ftHfe^iriit'h's for consumption
trusts to our j
i have heeu (
"'S Ull'/ ( on- li
occasions, but '>
. i 1 <i
l-~ . .Ml ? I. ', at (.
: ' .. -, :*. , t,;
I H. an.-\\erinti cur
i V
vtes .is spool li- h
"l' h __ - Bo out ot t he "
reduction of "
ev *nt. iV.-et >i
of all ariig^ji^^esy^ka^yM^jiik
nopol.es anu
i j i i
hHSH^HBHH^^Vn to permit the'
I^HH^BBCEm^Kriihlh < . t > 111
.: i i. . i ..
iUHRfiKSgraj^B?^e of maintaiuiniy
H|H?V'^'a;i lssaehar a
nBKi\ heavy taiiif burden 1
WPBBB^ai . i.i'.iy years, h,ven no *
\yili kiolc, however, when lie under- ?'
stands . .ai he. h- iw.pos'd upon, and ''
he has nearly reached that whole- a
some understanding. t
i. A proper reduction of the tariff *"
on any article will place that article '"
beyond tlio control of the trusts and '
monopolies in almost every instance, 1
ind the people will he heneiited, v
therefore, to tiio extent that the pro- '
cess of reduction is famed. it is lv
for them to say, of course, how far it
shall &o. ' 1'
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The general conclusion is this: 11
That if a trust bo formed in tho i 1
United States to keen tin the price c
of any particular article, to, by wuj
if illustration, tin plates, (a1 steel h
rails, or coal, it can onh be made
affective by bringing into it all tliG .
producers of those articles in the I o
I nited States. When all those pro- \
lucers liavo'agreed that thev will',
not produce more than a certain <
unount, or will not sell at loss than 1'
i fixed price, the public lias no rein -s
3(1 v whatever, so long as the selling1 t
r . '
price is helow the price at which the u
ante articles can be imported, i>ut ' .
If there be free trade, no such com- ; '
filiations can bo made, unless all the ,l
producers of the several articles in j v
the civili/ed world can he brought s
into the combination, which would v
fe virtual) v impossible. In lil.ol
manner, a reduction of ptho tariff will
prevent the combinations, or trusts, 11
From bringing their respective arti-h
des to a jioint higher than the point i p
it which the foreign nrt'ele can bo p
importoi], and the people, again, will ^
>e benefited to that extent.
The trusts and combines are the a
creation of the protective system, and s
will be broken up whenever the pro* , n
tivt s\stem is abolished. There is1
Fair prospects, too, that they will be
i.okon up in any event, inasmuch as
there is a disposition to bring these ()
iombinatons before the Courts on the p
iroad ground that whatever tends to '|
t: i
iv;.->^*5ii ^?iii jji-.ui Lion III OUSIIICtlH IS,
io-;iiiist public policy ami is unlaw- j
nil.- -A *"' >' <iml (.'oi'i'iri'.
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What Constitutes iv Kn(ion. n
quarters lays dowr. this rule as to j t
iv'uit a soldier's ration shall ho:
"By direction of the secretary of
war. paragraph :t. of the rejjpila* h
[ions, i auionmtd to : id a- follows: o
"2,1 oO. A ration B the establish- s
"(1 daily allcvanco f food for one : e
person. Kor the I'nitcd States army 'n
it is now coin] osc-d ;e follows: t
1'wclvo ounces of pork or nacon or t
r.umcd heef (fresh or corned) or one e
[)onn<l and four ounces of fresh heef, a
or twenty-two ounces of salt beef;jc
! trill !???!! r\linPi)U {\\ U/?l' Keon/1 i
- X/,?|?W.7 Ml ?^\/I V I'l U1 I
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(lour; or sixteen ounces of Imrd l>r?*acl,1 p
:>r oho pound and four ounces of corn h
meal. To every 100 rations liftoon | r
pounds of beans or peas, or ten, ii
pounds of rice or hominy; ten pounds' c
)f green coffee, or eight pounds of ii
roasted (or roasted and ground) oof-'t
Fee, or two pounds of tea; fifteen f
pounds of sugar; four quarts of vino- v
irar; one pound, and eight "ounces of c
adamantine or star candles; four t
pounds of soap; four pounds of salt;' <1
four ounces of pepper, apd to troops
in the liold, when necessary, four
pounds of yeast powder to the 100 }
rations of (lour."-. <.'/#?Vv/f/o Times. ! v
^visriD -youB coi
PRIL 19, 1888.
A Al MI( ICWS SII.VM K.
IMu' l niioil States the Lan^liijj>
Stock ol' the Mc<li(eramatii. ,
The situation at I'anijior ronuiins ,
1 . '
inenanired. 1'ho Moorish i^ovornuent
is quite content to lot it reit,lin
unelmuoeil till the crack o' I
loom. For the incidents ot the past t
?w <lays have evtineuisheil what ,
* . . I
moment o; prestige remained o* us
nn l liiivo moil., it,., I I
t~' ' ;"' , *,,v' ? " i" |
bates \v;ir ship Fntorprise, which in
ppoaraneo is not imposing, tho (
uu<>"hino stuck of tho Mcditoranoan.
Imvc boon in many out of-tho-way |
arts of tho world, but uo\or till now |
lavo I acq u insect I in the saving of so
iiany American travelers that, when '
broad, it is best to bo under llritish
roioction. Invents lioro have mi- |
lermiued, in this respect, my patriot- .
sm, and 1 join in tho ch.otus.
A few days of (inn, dignified acion
after the arrival of tho Knter- '
iri.se would have settled the ditiicul
y. Two days afterwards, ho.vever, 1
iie local French and Spanish pnpors ,
ere republished a cablegram which
ad appeared in the Madrid j
ndor Washington date, station that (
ecretaiv Hayard on hoiwg inter- i
iewed had said that Captain McCal- , I
;i, of the Kntorprh-.e, had (orders uu- ,
er no po-siblo t outinoency to use
is Lpms. Had tins naive .vcmurk [
rith'which Secretary iJavnrd is erod- toil
never beer, utti there would >
lovor have boon the slightest, dan- r
;or or necessity for aimed iuterfer-|
uce. Now, I. waver, some sliow of ,
arncstiiess \\ 11 have to bo made, '
ml even at this late day, 1 think the
doors will come to their senses. |?
>.di-Mohammed forrus, tho For- .
i^ii .Minister, started yesterday from ^
icrc e ouiftuir tlu Sultan. Tho ne...
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[ouuiiond .11.' ix'iintime entrusted to:'
'aki-el-Al.i, u much more s^inpa
het4e [.< > : ta.^v . Terras is laimvn i
o liav' \i *1. ait ji.ts< ' al dislike to ! ,
rards Consul Lewis, a; >1 has Irentod
iiin throughout i111 trfoss discourtsy.
11c is Spanish by descent, and
li his influence has been thrown in-ji
o the* scale [ijraiiist the I oiled j |
dates ('onsul, hoping to secure his ,
eeall and the return hero of the
onner Consul, Matthews. The Inter's
real name was Matheo, and Ite r
las ;i Spaniard by birth. It is to be J
iimed that llavard and Cleveland ,
kill love Lewis for the enemies he ,
ias made. It should be known that!
lis present position is untenable, and '
mless more earnestness is shown by 1
he State Department he will be I
oinpelled to leave here immediately.
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Prosperity ami Adversity.
The conditions and surroundings '
ffifqore larirelv what wo make 1
hem. This is the case, first of all, !
hrou^h our direc.t influence. Pros- '
lerity and adversity are often the '
implo effects of conduct. Industry, '
hrift, skill, discretion and principle *
. i i: . i . . < < .
inuvr: m mo uiiuj UXuava??il I1CO, SOU- *
luliiioynce ami folly tlin other. Ah '
ounural thino wo roaj) that whicl \
re have sown, lint whoro it is not |
o. whore circumstances over which i
ve have no control come in the form <
a" trials aiul joys, even those are
modified by tho spirit in whicli they
re received. Who has not seen j
lovorty, or sickness or bereavement
lorne so heroically and cheerfully <
hat the alllictcd one seemed rather 1
n object of envy than of oompas- |
ion? ()n the other hand, who has j .
ot seen one witli every outward ad* I
antum- that earth has to bestow ' <
nth i himself and otbers miserable1
y fretfid complaints of troubles tool]
ietty to deserve a m -nent's notice?
'he faithful endeavor to do rioht'
n
nd to bear quietly wlmt must bo
lorm s of itself a fruitful source of
appiness and serenity, while a murlurino'
and discontented spirit may '
icison the richest blessings and turn 1
hem into bitter evils. '
The cotton fin .. of New Y ork have 1
oen e.xpoi nierttiiio- with a new covrinp;
for cotton huh , which it is
tate i is . > -t"ni;.. .is : ? resist evere '
ft'ort to to r it. It is roproser ted as 1
icino- nmcii closer in texture than I
lie old material, it being impossible)
0 see the cotton through its intorsti- 1
cs, and it:, surface is much smoother i 1
ml therefore much less liable to j(
atch lire from sparks. The cost of 1
he new material will be about 20 j
ier cent, greater than the old. It is ;
oped, by the use of the now mate- i1
ial, to diminish the waste of cotton )1
ii transit, and also lessen the chan- , '
os of loss by fire which have of 11
ate very greatly increased. The toal
number of fires since September
nets up sixty-nine on ships and |
rharvos, in which the quantity of
otton at risk was 181, <88 bales,
hree-fourths of which was totally
lestroved. -dolmnhia Ut< >>'(/.
J
"Witness, did you ever see the
irisoner at the bar?" "() yes; that's
t here I got acquainted with him." I
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ntsrrriE^r."
Sl.no INm1 A nnuiu. '
llow our Statesmen i'ruy.
< )no of tho most interesting features
of the Waito funeral service ol>jorvahlo
from the gallery of
the House of H 'prosentativos
a as the way some grout men
pray ami the fact that some ?^r?;?t
nen do not prav at .ill. When the
uvayer was announced the President
et the example to his ('abinot 1 ?y
>y dropping hi" head until tl > bridge
if his nose rested on the !>rim of his
}ill< hat, which he held in his right
mod. I lis loft arm was bowed and
lis pudgy loft hand rested < n Ins
iiioo, with tlin linger tips turned out.
l'liis easy but devout attitude the
President has studied in his attendmee
on Dr. Sunderland's soivioo, the
m 1 y feature lucking tliere being the
lat.
Secretary I'ayard, silting on the
President's left, covered his face
l
with his black-gloved left hand, his
whole body bent forward and his left
dhow resting on his knee. Secret as"
h'aiicluld, who looked exceeding
v short, placed between two sueit
all men as liaynrd and Kndieott, sat i
>olt upright, with his eyes almost
dosed, but lie followed t n> service
;ery closely and was roady with the;
espouses. Secretary Kndicott iudincd
his head slightly, raising his
eft hand to support it. Secretary
'A minor's left hand was raised to his
thin, but his head was not inclined,
nid there was no evidence that he
i\..s oa dieipating in the prayer. Mr.
.iarD. id raised his left hand to
lis faco and played peoK-u boo bowucu
the tin>. .n - <>l his black cotton
aloves. \'ilu and Dickinson rover.
i i I.I i i i ?t
iiiiy inciiaeu #iiic r ncaus and .Mr.
\ iliis made nn 1T??rt to follow the
service, hut his tongue tripped and
in: finally stopped. Senator Kvarts
a-as nervous during the prayer, and
liis fhno, lean lingers played a tatoo
>ver liis face. Senator Sherman restad
iiis faee upon liis riolit hand and
maintained that position throughout
the prayer. Senator Allison wa**ilic
.>ii 1 v one of the t'on^ressional coiiiniitte
appointed to escort the remains
to Toledo who showed no interest in
the service. lie sat holt uprioht,
looking straight ahead of him. Senr>
n
itor Kdmunds, sitting almost directly
behind him, his head covered with
the little silk skull-Imp which lie
sometimes wears, had plunoed his
I'aco in his two Imnik wlii/'li vvoi-rt
dasped in front of him on the desk.
Senator llisoocK, like Son.*. >? Allison,
sat bolt upright, Senator hansom
was uneasy, lie rested his foroiiend
fust on one band and then on
the other and thou on both hands.
Senator Palmer had a little black
leaded cane in his hand, and during
lho prayer ho held it up to his right
lyo as a sort of mjitn apology for his
.ack of devotion. Senator Cockroll
md Senator Ibtte leaned very devoutly
forward and covered their
faces with their hands. Senator
Dawes doubled himself up in his
jhair?a favorite attitude of his in
the Senate Chamber and touched
the finger-tips of his right hand to
lis forehead. Senator Walthal
md Senator Morrill bowed their
lieads dovoutiy. Meanwhile, in one
?orner of die Kxecutive gallery. Mrs.
Cleveland and Miss Bayard, sitting
side bv side, had inclined their heads
devoutly in the attitude of orayer.
A r/r ) tit'/: 11 '//*/</.
-*? tV
Christian Co-opcration.
*
The Rev. Josiah Strong, 1>. 1)., is
axpoctod to arrive in the city this
afternoon, and will, during his short
stay here, be tho guest of Dr. Thompsen,
pastor of tho Scotch Presbyrorian
Church. Ho will deliver a lecture
to-night at Trinity Church, at S. P.
M. Dr. Strong D tho author of
"Our Country," a volume which has
nt traded what might bo called univorsal
attention in the United States
1 )r. ?Strong, arguing solely from bis
very familiar work, is a scholar and
a student. An author who writes so
elegantly and so fluently must be
able to entertain even so largo an
. .
audience as his reputation will demand.
His address to-night will lie
on the subject of "Christian co-operation."
The pastors of all the churches
in the city and Christian people
generally are expected to attend.
New# and (Courier.
Col. Fleming Gardner says that
the Augusta branch cf the Atlantic
Coast Line will bo in operation from
Sumter to Orangeburg by Jun< He
lias graded this much already and it
will soon bo ready for the iron, sixteen
miles being now jeiuly. lie is
chief engineer of the lino and is now
building a bridge over the Santee.
Nl'MHEK 10.
l(itndal):
1 KunocrnUi are beijinnin^j ? utlderstaud
that for member.- elected as
DemoerutH to oppose and prevent
needed legislation and I'arift reform
is to pla) the part of trtii ur? or hyp- #
oerites. The man who stands by *
Republican opposition to tax reduction
and 1 arilT reform, and does all he
can to break down tho Democratic
party and elect a Republican candidate
lor the I resiliency, is not true
and sincere in his prof? -sions wliitovor
else he may bo. lie is an one
m\ with a fatso name. Ilo identifies
himsolf with tho enemy and deserts
his own colors. Is not that so?
in North Carolina, tho very Democratic
papers that 41 r praising I'nn(
1:i 11 and pattinu* I nn On tho back,
worn about iho lir t to lay on t>he lash
when thp kickers -larted their Republican
sido-diow a f? \? years a^o.
Somo of those very papers ppivo Col.
Jones, of the Charlotte (>/>.?< r.'t i', a
lively time when lu> ran .as an Independent.
Bui Randall can se.li out
his party three different imos in
throo difT'-rent I lon.*iv: ves and hois
<.1I rieh;?asV en ! i- a well pre erv hI
and aultoit North Carolina her*
rinjr.
1 tmi?la 11 is a b . cunning, plausible
troach Ton: i henior. Vou te.it
tnako him i.ottir j e. ?. ; Tho \\ ashinj^ton
/'oxt speaks to tho point in
tho following:
"As t ? Hhr< ats * f boititr driven .
....
from tlx . y.' it is oniy necessary
| to say timi a. / Conirre; si.i;' n elected
I as a Detuoe.n. would take hinisel!
out of th ' party, bag and baggage,
if ho wero to vole against, the Dcnio|
craoy on tho leading issue between
tho two parties tho issue on whh a
the Presidential campaign is to
bo fought. It would bo as absurd
for a Presbyterian divine,* in a Presbyterian
pulpit, to preach universal
salvation, or a Calvinist Baptist to
preach sprinkling, as for a Democratic
Representative in tho Fiftieth
Congress to vote against the issue
and the candidate of his party. Tl/o
High Protection Democrats see this
point, ami that is guile sufticient to
account for Mr. Randall's comparative
lonelinoss."
Randall is in a had fix just now.
I lie holds his seat hy permission and
arrangement of tiie Republicans of
I'ennsN lvania. if he fails them now
he will he done for at home unless
the I'i'of, ' '/!?/isf.s can find some other
uses for him. jf on the other hand
ho defeats th<^ miocratic measure
at this critical 8. he kicks himself
completely out of his old party and
ho is hound hand and foot ii. the lap
of tire Republican De'iluh. "Pity*
the sorrows of a poor old man.
II i/nu'iii/tnn Shir.
Sonic Old Men.
Emperor William, aged 90, W.
W. Corcoran, 89, Mr. Aleott, 88, and
Chief .Justice Wait*, 11, have all
died this year and these deaths, says
the (Joii'uer *Tour>f >1, call attention
to the longevity of active and famous ?
men in all lands.
In America, George Bancroft, li.e
! historian, is 87. Neal Dow. onlv a
few weeks u<^n defeated when a candidate
for Mayor of Portland. !s 84.
Simon Cameron, who was in I.inj
j coin's cabinet ts 88. Hud Mr. Lin"
I coin lived until now ho would have
been 78. D.ivi ' Dudley Field :s 82. ?
I General J >se >*. 17. .Johnston and
1 John 1 i. W'iiiita i' art 80, Jefferson
Davis 70. OIL or 'Vended Holmes
and llannihal liun.: :i arc, with Gladstone
and Tunny on, 78. President
i MoCosh, of \; melon, and President
Noah Porter, of Yale, are 70. Prosi
lent Barnard, of Columbia College,
is 78. Professor Dana, General Fi\finont
and ex Senator Sherman are
174. A !ii l- d Porter is 78. Gen.
Jubal l?ai!y is "2. Justice Miller,
Justice !' it:d and Senator Dawes are
11, the a^o of Chief Justice Wait?.
Louis Kossuth still lives, at the
a<re of So. < atdinal Newton is StJ.
Yon Moltke is S7. Ferdinand Do
Lesseps i.- 82. Cardinal Manning is ^
70. The Pope is 77. John Bright,
Marshal Ba/aino and Kin^lake, the
historian of trio Crimea, are 71>. Cohort
Browning and Meis&onior are 75.
Bisniaek, Karl Granville and Pawlinson,
the historian, are 72. .
('Jt von ic/c.
Two brothers, not living inoro
limit i\ft\ miles from 1 larrodsburg,
i lot'U so much alike that when one of
them joined the Baptist church and
was about to bo immersed, he fouml
that he had no clothes suitable for
*
the occasion as he expressed it. and
paid his brother 10 cents to bo baptized
in his place, which was done.
This story seems incredible, but it
is nevertheless the fact ami would
never have been found out had not
one of the brothers gotten angry and
' gave it away.