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We Rend to his bedside those flowers of the spirit, sympathy and hove. May they strengthen sand help him in the great contest in which he is engaged. Is there a heart here to-night that does not oriug its tribute) lam sure there is not one. Is there one to-nicht who would coant riches, or ease, or time as of the smallest value if they might contribute in any way to the comfort of the sufferer or to the lengthening of this useful lifet What would not the American people give to-day to bring health and length of years to our great chieftain! May we not hope that new life and strength will enrich the enfeebled frame when the nows of these numerous and kindly gatherings of his fellow-citizens is carried to lrran? And so we raav take some e-omfort to night in t.he belief that we are really ministering to him. But it is not for him only that we are assembled, and it will not be for him at all when he shall have been gathered, in the appointed time, to the grave, that we will forever observe among the national holidays of our country the birthday of Ulysses. S. Grant [applause]; that will bo for ourselves and for posterity. Why shall we celebrato the day? Because no man can look upon the stars and stripes without thinking of Grant: because no man can tell the story of its grandest victories, ot the most intense and bloody contests over which it has waved, and of the most desperate charges in which it has been carried to victory, without inserting in every line of the story the name of Ulysses S. Grant. [Applause.) Lnstrumentuliy he stands to us as the second savior of his country. Ho would not wu,h that l should give to him ' the whole praise of that magnificent result that preserved to us an unbroken country, and a Constitution complete in all its parts. He was always magnanimous and never failed most liberally to divide the honors of the war with those gallant boys who. with gun and knapsack, marched under him; and yet the grand tactics of the war. the planning of its great campaigns, the mustering and organizing of its great armies, and the dreadful, desperate, earnestness with which ho threw those armies against the embattled lnts of his country's enemies was the work of Grant. From Belmont to Appomattox—we read in every line of the history with which be was connected an intense, dogged, unswerving and persistent purpose to crush the armies that were resisting the authority of the Constitution and the laws. He did not strike aud withdraw his hand, hut pounded and battered until the walls of the citadel before which ho had sat him elf crumbled into dust. He did not fight and withdraw himself for recruitment and repairs; he fought, and vanquished, and pursued. Many there were who, when in that terrible campaign in Virginia, past Spottsylvania arid through The Wilderness ho drove that great army of his like an iron wedge. Many called Grant butcher; many there wero who spoke of the dread carnage there as indicating that the great commander was without a heart, without caro for his soldiers who wero bo bravely dying under nim. Ah! it was not so. Well did Grant understand tho necessities of an almost exhausted country: well did he understand that the cry of mercy was for a speedy end of the war, for an ending rlutt would be effectual and final; short work was economy of life and treasure. He was stem, persistent and inexorable when his adversary's sword-point was towards him, while traitorous arms were uplifted agaiust the flag. See him now, when those arms are groun©d and the hilt of his adversary's sword is offered in token of surrender. Great in all that had preceded, ho crowned his greatness by the magnanimity of the terms which he gave to the great confederate leader who surrendered at Appomattox. General Grant would not desire, 1 am sure, to have it understood that in this matter which has been so often mentioned to his praise, he was exceptional in the disposition to treiitwith clemency those who had surrendered to the national* authority. General Sherman, in his memoirs, mentions an episode at City Point, to which place he* had * gone after his army arrived at • Goldsborough, He tells us of an interview on, board the River Queen, at City Point, between Grant and Lincoln and himself, and whoever reads the story of that interview will see that the great-hearted President was in sympathy, if he did not inspire those magnanimous terms which were given at Appommattox. General Sherman tells us that when they told Lincoln there that one more bloody battle must be fought before tho rebellion was ended, he asked: ‘‘Can not that last battle he avoided? Thero has been blood enough shed already. ’ In the conversation that followed Lincoln outlined a policr of ieniency and kindness towards the rebel armies when they should once have laid down their arms. This was but the embodied expression of the sentiment of the whole body of the Union people throughout tho country. We fought not to kill or humiliate our adversaries, but to save the Union for them as for ourselves —upon the sole condition of obedience to the laws. My countrymen, wo worthily celebrate the birthday of Ulysses S. Grant We send him to-night our tenderest sympathy and love.

Events within the last year have clouded his life: his physicians say a pathway for disease has been opened by the enfoeblemrnt and prostration which came from the mental anguish he has undergone by reason of the base betrayal of his confidence by an unwoithy business associate. May I not say to him for you all to night that in these transactions we find nothing upon which to abate one jot or tittlo of our complete confidence in the purity and honor of his character? Fraud may approach him, as it may other men, but when it does, it must come under cover. His generous, affecionate and confiding disposition, that would not think ill of a friend, opened him to thi3 assault. I am sure he will be sustained by the assurance that his countrymen do not lay at his door anything unworthy. Inm glad that when death comes to General Grunt it will find him entitled to wear the uniform of his country and to bo wrapped in her flag. I am glad that at last, under circumstances full of dramatic interest, the Congress of the United States and the President have placed his nauio once more upon the army rolls'. I never shall forget that scene. Twenty of tne time of the Forty Eighth Congress remained. In tho Senate chamber there was already assembled a great audience to witness the inauguration of the new president and Vice-president: the Senate door and galleries were crowded; every available place upon which a chair could bo placed was occupied, and in that great assembly the hum of conversation ran from the floor to the gallery when suddenly a messenger from the House of Representatives appeared, announcing to the Senate that the Senate bill authorizing the appointment of General Grant upon the retired list, with the rank of general, had parsed tha House. The President of the United States was in his chamber, in the Senate wing, and in two or three minutes more an. executive message was received, announcing that President Arthur had approved the bill. Then, os acting chairman of the committee on military affairs of the Senate on the floor, I began to wonder how we could confirm the appointment when it should come in. It would nave been quite impossible in the time that remained to have cleared those galleries in order to allow the Senate to co into secret or executive session. Bat presently there came, following quick upon the announcement of President Arthur’s approval of the bill, a message from the President: “I nominate Ulysse* S. Grant to be General upon the retired list of the army,* and there was appended a sentence suggesting that the nomination might be acted on in open session. Instautly, in tho presence of that great concourse, tho question of the confirmation of the nomination was pnt, and in the dying moment of tho Forty-eighth Congress Ulysses S. Grant came again upon the army rolls of his country. Halted sometimes in its progress by unworthy opposition, the Senate and tho House at last concurred, the President added his sanction, and again the old warrier is entitled to wear his country’s uuiform, and when, in God’s lime, bo s called to rest, the military honors due to a toldiar may be paid to him who is so well entitled to veceive them. [Applause.! THE MEMORIAL. Tho committee beiDg ready to report, Mr. Charles L Holstein read as follows, the memorial being unanimously adopted. iNOiANArOLis, Jnd., April 27. 1880. To Os n UJjrww* Grant; The citizens of Indianapolis have met this 27th day of April. 1885, the sixty-third anniversary of y <ur birth, to express their l(f-*e and admiration tor you as a soldier, os a statesman, and as their fellow-citizen, and their sympathy with you and f nir family in the serious illness that aflliots you.

and which yon are enduring with characteristic patience and fortitude. Your name And fame are near and dear to us. They belong to the whole coumtry, and fifty millions of people share in the pride of their possession. Your career is now history, and the history r f our country is brighter and more glorious because yours is a part of it. Our memories are busy to day. With grateful hearts we recall the mighty deeds which shall be for yon a monument more lasting than brass and more sublime than tho regal elevation of pyramids, which neither wasting shower, nor wild winds, nor an* innumerable succession of years and the flight of seasons, shall be able to demolish. We remember that at the first alarm you answered your country’s call, and in its defense drew a sword that never touched its scabbard until griravisaged war had smoothed his wrinkled front, and peace like a blessing rested upon the land. We remember that under your inspired leadership our armies never met defeat, and that the number of your battles is tho number of your victories; and that from Belmont to Appomattox, with Henry, Douolson. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Tbo Wilderness and Petersburg between, our flag—the flag of our country—was always full-high advanced, and never found a foe that did not fall before it. The splendid tribute you paid your victorious armies in your farewell address most fitly characterizes your own career. “Your marches, sieges, and battles, in distance, duration, resolution and brilliancy of results, dim tlielustreof tho world's past military achievements and will bo the patriotic precedent in the defense of liberty and right in all time to come.'' We remember with pride that Indiana had more than two hundred .thousand soldiers who shared in these achievements aud tbo glory thereof. ’ Your deeds are consecrated by tho great cause in which they were wrought, and they are ennobled by the grand results attained : n anew birth of freedom for the Nation and its establishment upon foundations whose strength insure that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” You conquered to save, and the victor and the vanquished share equally in the rich fruits of the victory. “The peace of heaven is theirs that lift\boir swords In such a great and charitable war.*’ We remember that as President you inaugurated the policy of the settlement of international difficulties by arbitration of friendly powers, wherein it is seen of all men that “peaco hath her victories no less renowned than war,” and blessed are the peace makers on earth. We remember that, haviug been the honored guest of kings, and queens, and princes, and the great ones of tho earth, you returned to us as our fellow-citizen, the same plain, modest American, with renewed faith in the sovereignity of the people, and holding “the gr>od opinion of your countrymen dearer than the praiso of ull the world beside.” Remembering these things, we join this day with our fellow-citizens all over the land in the expression of our love and admiration for you, and our sympathy with you in your sickness, J'ou. whom we hold to-day as Washington was eld before you; “the first in war, the first in peace, and the til’st in the hearts of your oountrymeu." Jno. C. New, W. E. Ni BLACK, Charles L. Holstein, R. S. Foster, Wm. H. English, Committee.

SENATOR M'DQNALD’S SPEECH. Senntor McDonald then spoke as follows: Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: General Grant had reached, if ho had not passed the meridian of life before any very notable act had been performed by him. Ho bad been educated for a soldier by his country and had proven himself brave in the war with Mexico, but he had long retired from military life, and was living a peaceful and quiet lifo when the first gun of the Rebellion called him back into his country's service. General Grant was among the first to tender his services and his sword to tho country which had educated him when Sumter was fired upon, and to follow the flag under which he had been taught military science. From Belmont'to Appomattox he rose rapidly, like some well-con-structed pyramid, symmetrical and strong, until his military career finally culminated at Appomattox, on the 10 th of April, 1865, by the surrender of the chief army of the rebellion. There vero.many gallant men in both those armies, for they were of the same blood. There were men, perhaps, more brilliant and dashing than General Grant-, hut there were none that possessed that strong, invincible will; that cool, determined courage that never undertook an enterprise to fail, that could be classed along with him. Successes in the Southwest and iu the West had marked him as a leader, and in March, 1864, he was called East to take command of the armies of tho United States, und he took personal command of the Army of the Potomac nM organized his grand campaign, having for its purpose the capture of Richmond, crossing the Rappahannock on the Jet of May. Union armies had frequently crossed that stream before, and bra\ r o men had led them, but they had been hurled back across that ill-fated stream bleediug and broken; but Grant went not to return until bo had suppressed the rebellion. From tho Wilderness to Spot tsyl vania a continual battle of six days raged with varying success, but when it fimilly closed it had demonstrated the fact to the mind of General Grant that the days of this so-called Southern Confederacy were numbered, and he said ia his communications to Washington: “I shall bo successful upon this line, and I shall fight it out upon this line if it takes all summer." it did take ail summer, all fall and all winter; but h persevered, this man of destiny—if ho should be so called —he persevered in the firm belief that he was to secure final and absolute success. In April, 1865, the final defenses at Petersburg were broken over and Richmond was surrendered and Lee had taken up his retreat At Appomattox Court house Grant finally brought them to bay and a complete surrender vras the result General Harrison has spoken to you of the stern necessities which had compelled General Grant to apparently sacrifice nundreds and thousands of lives in this struggle, until many men began to think be was a mart not only of iron will, but without the sympathies of the human heart: but no sooner did he find that he had hemmed in his great adversary and the remnant of his force than he became one of the most humane men of which history furnishes any record. His o a words to General Lee upon that occasion show this. They show that he desired to shift from himself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, but that Vic insisted upon the unconditional surrender of the entire army upon the terms mentioned in his letter, which is to-day well known in all this country. Now, when the history of this time comes to be written, and when men in after times come to speak of the great state papers which have been produced in this country, the brief utterances of General Grant upou this occasion will rank among the great productions of the age. General Grant is now suffering, and suffering from a disease that may prove fatal to him. But he is able to say that he suffers no pain that his countrymen could alleviate or relieve him from. Senator Harrison has spoken about his being placed back upon the army rolls to wear once more the uniform of his country. My friends, that was not merely an act of gratitude, it was an act of justice. He was the General of the army and was entitled to hold that position dur ing" the remainder of his life, with all the emoluments and honors that belonged to it Why did he not continue it? Because he ooeyed his country's call. Now. I mny not have been one that called him, but that does not make any difference. He obeyed bis country's call and became its chief magistrate; and to do that he had to lay down the military honors that he wore. Wnen his term of civil service ended was it not right to give him his military record again? Let me say to my friend, Senator Harrison, that six years before this present Congress 1 voted in the Senate of tho United States to place General Grant once more upon the rolls of tho army, and there never was a tixno since the question was first mooted, down to the present time, that 1 did not stand ready to vote that w*y. (Applause.] Now, my friends, the resolutions which have been passed here to night will bo read in his hearing and may teud to give him courage who never yet wanted courage, to fightout this battle of life a while longer; but if he soon should be called to his office above, if his earthly career shall soon close, he has built for himself and bis

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country an enduring monument, which will last throughout all time; which will stand “As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form. Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling: clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." [Applause.] HON. A. a. porter’s speech. Governor Porter then spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman aud fellow-citizens: So much has been justly and fitly said that little can remain unsaid. It would be natural that I should have been inolined to say something of the incidents and circumstances of battles fought under General Grant's leadership, but what has been said bas been too well said for roe to take the risk of repetition. General Grant has lately endured much pain and suffering, but it has been tempered by rich compensations. He has been able to observo and to be filled with an overflowing sense that the people's love has returned to him like a flood, and to perceive what is the judgment of the living concerning him. and what is likely to be the judgment of posterity. The old regard has returned to him with more than the old fullness. His is a consolation which, unhappily, is seldom allowed to greatness. The Duke of Wellington, whom in some respects General Grant strongly, resembles, was deprived, I believe, in his later years, of much of the splendor of his old popularity. The windows of his house were stoned by an infuriated mob. An attempt was made to burn the mansion which had been given to him by the Nation in token of its gratitude. Waterloo seemed to havo been forgotten. Ho died suddenly, of apoplexy. And then a Nation’s boundless gratitude came pouring in, as when the sea-wall gives way before tho resistless tide. But in the case of Grant the sea that now breaks through its ‘walls pours the flood of a people’s iovo into a warm and living heart Mr. Chairman, we speak of our great men that this one stands first and this one second, and so on. But when Grant shall havo left us it will never be said of him that he stands second to any other. He will stand equal and not second to Washington. Washington’s name is hallowed by time. Tho day of criticism of General Grant will soon have passed, and tho transcendent greatness of the man will stand fully revealed. Indeed, tho criticisms which he has had to bear have not been so great as those which unjustly assailed the Father of his Country. There are few men in history whose faults are so few as Grant’s —whose virtues are so transcendent. Indeed, the single great fault that has been imputed to him has proceeded from a virtue that maybe said to have grown too rank — that his friendships are so constant that he too slowly perceives the faults of a friend that has proved untrue and unworthy. I may not speak at large here where so many, doubtless, desire to speak, of the virtues of our great soldier. From the beginning of the great conflict in which his was the leading mind, he never doubted tho event. No cloud obscured the clearness ot‘ his sky. This general might lose a battle, this army might be put to rout, but the stern resolve that the Union should not fall to pieoes he believed would not fail in its purpose.

And then the grand personal qualities of this quiet but ever resolute man. A temptation never entered his clear and generous soul to enrich his own fame by appropriating the deeds of others. No human heart was ever clearer of envy, no sqjdier ever so unwilling to disparage a fellow-soldier. He Viad it in his power in the height of Sherman’s renown to cripple if not to blast him. He had it in his power to dwarf the fame of many others; yet did what they say of him? That his modesty was so great and his soul so generous that he would not take what was his own. The friendship between him and Sherman, and Sheridan, and McPherson will some day be turned into a story that will be as engaging as the knightly stories ot romance. His raagnamity—his self abnegation—have been measureless. Whon the terms of surrender were made with Lee, Lee and his officers were to become paroled prisoners of war. That included a surrender of their swords. But the magnanimity of Grant —without any suggestion from them —inserted a clause in the terms that their swords would not be required. The world expected the spectacle of the heroic army, headed by its illustrious General, marching through the streets of tho confederate capital, but Grant turned from Richmond, which ho never ehtered, because he coveted no vainglorious display, and because he wished to hasten to Wafchingtorc to disband armies and* relieve the people of the burden of their support. When his victorious troops opened salutes with which to honor him, he directed them to desist because he did not wish to triumph over fallen foes —especially when those foeswers fellow-countrymen. You all remember that Sherman offered terms of surrender to Johnston waich were not acceptable to the government, or, as it seemed, to* a majority of the people. Gnnt was directed to revoke the terras, and to offer others. He visited Sherman, told him what the government demanded, and requested him to propose the terms, which he did. Grant did not see Johnston. He would subject to no affront or humiliation his gallaut companion in arms. Grant is so exempt from ostentation, and yet so full of the essential spirit of chivalry, that we have anew chivalry that despises pomp, and circumstance, ami trappings, and every form of personal parade. I have not time, Blr. President, to dwell on General Grant’s civic career. A flaw may perhaps be found here and there in it. Bus the great measures which owe their establishment to him are hardly less important than the great events of tho war. Ho stood for a sound currency against all odds; for tho maintenance of the national faith by a repudiation of all captivating schemes bv which our creditors might be cheated, and by insisting upon an honest payment of the national debt. The firmness which he gave to the government enabled us to bring to a successful issue our claim against Great Britain for losses inflicted by the confederate privateers. And what is more than all to his credit, he gave to tho world the example of a great and victorious general desiring above ail things that we might preserve peaeo with all nations. And last sir, but not least, he has added anew charm to the word “home” by presenting us the spectacle of a great hero to whom his hearthstone is dearer than all the world’s applause—a home than which there is nono happier in all the circle of tho world. Governor Porter’s speech was warmly applauded at each of the several good points he made. Judge Niblack, being called for, said ho had not come understanding he would be called upon for a formal speech, nor would he give one. He then briefly spoke of the pleasant relations that had existed between Grant and himself immediately following the war, and that he had always found him liberal, generous, magnanimous, and practical in everything he had to do or to say. Mr. W. P. Fishback was called to speak, but said he belibved that everyone could see tho propriety of adjourning the exercises, as onough had been said and well said. Mr. J. B. Maynard then read the following poem, after which the meeting adjourned: GRANT. The centuries ©ome. Tima's pendulum Rings in the jeers. Nor boats a solemn roll, like muffled drum When they tie dead upon their bier*. The centuries are nothing. Time Makes no record mankind need tracer Except such deeds sublime As men perform to elevate their raoe* Life, a mystery, fathomless, a breath, Defying thought and man’s control— The living know that life foreshadows death. To t.ie body. The soul Lives on. Ane<*enoe in man enshrined May do work like nnto a God; Map out line* so vividly defined. That feet which walk them are all with beauty shod. Life and centuries, centuries and life, Wkatt Conquests, idols, creeds? War, oppression, false ambition, strife? And greatness. burn of ignoble doeds? Pyramids, obelisks, statues, to perpetuate renown Os kings, who built their thrones of bones, And placed upou their heads, with bloody' hand a orown. While with iron heels they trampled upon homes. Tho sacred mountains, whose summits rise Above the mists and clouds, Above this shadowy sphere, where skies Betoken naught of snrouds — Are few. In creation's plan All is great am! grand. But above and over all is m an— The good, tho gresA, like Sinai mountains stand.

He who gives to the winds hii fears, And, at his country’s call, Stands forth in the strength and glory of his years, Ready to give up all To right and duty and liberty, divine. When centuries lie dead Shall live, and tho busy hands of time Shall weave from hallowed memories garlands for hfs head. .And is it ours, some tribute to bestow, Upon a citizen whose deeds Are told in all lands, in words that burn and glow, By all nations, tongnes and creeds! This anniversary day, a nation cheers, And men illustrious deeds descant— And long may it be before the Nation’s tears, Bedew the grave of Grant. Action of the U. V. A* At the regular meeting of the First Regiment Union Veteran Array, held last night, the following minute was ordered spread upon the records, aud the orderly sergeant of Company A was directed to forward a copy to General Grant: “Tho First Regiment Union Veteran Army, department of Indiana, tender to their old comrade and commander, Gen. U. S. Grant, their hearty congratulations upon this, his sixtythird birthday. We sincerely sympathise with him in this, his hour of physical affliction, and trust he may soon be restored to perfect health, be able to ‘throw physic to the dogs,’ and for many years to come live to cheer his family and friends.” ACTION ELSEWHERE. Tho Illinois House Orders the Forwarding; of a Congratulatory Telegram. Springfield, April 27. —1n the House a resolution was adopted instructing the Secretary of State to have the flag raised on the Capitol in honor of General Grant’s sixty-third anniversary, and another instructing the Speaker to telegraph General Grant congratulations on his improved health. The Speaker sent the following dispatch: “Gen. U. S. Grant, New York: By direction and on behalf of representatives of the General Assembly of Illinois, I extend you congratulalations on this, your sixty-third birthday, and express to you tho satisfaction felt by the people of the State of Illinois at the improved condition of your health. E. M. Haines, “Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

At Louisville. Louisville, April 27.—Louisville first suggested the celebrating of General Grant’s birthday by public meetings in all cities, expressing sym,athyin his suffering, and recoernizing his great services to the Union as soldier and President. The meeting to-night taxed the capacity of Masonic Temple. Many ladies were in attendance, and hundreds of federal and confederate soldiers. The meeting was called to order by Mayor John H. Leathers, an ex-confederate, who eloquently referred to the fame of General Grant as the common heritage of the country. Horatio W. Bruce, a former confederate congressman, was unanimously chosen chairman, and re-echoed the patriotic sentiments of Mr. Leathers. Rev. T. J. Eaton, D. D., a confederate private, delivered prayer. Col. John Maso'n Brown, federal, chairman of the committee on resolutions, made a report, which was unanimously adopted. At Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga., April 27. —Memorial day was observed here by a parade of the different military organizations. All business was suspended, and the ladies decorated the soldiers’ graves. The Confe*derate Survivors’ Association unanimously adopted the language of an oration by Col. C. C. Jones, in reference to General Grant, which concluded as follows: “Remembering him now as the generous victor who K at the ever-memorable meeting at Appa matt ox, to our immortal Lee and the heroes of the Army of Northern Virginia, on the 9th of April, 1803, conceded liberal and magnanimous terms of surrender, do we, standing by the graves of our confederate dead, and mindful of the memories which the auiversary of this occasion is designed to perpetuate, respectfully tender to General Grant assurances of our sincere and profound sympathy in this, the season of his direful extremity.” At Topeka, Kan. Topeka, April 27.—The sixty-third anniversary of the birth of General Grant was observed on an Extensive and magnificent scale in this city to-day. The procession embraced nearly every society and organization in the city, and the Uniformed Patriarchs, from St Joseph. Mo., took part. Addresses were made in Capitol square by Chief-justice Horton, master of ceremonies; Governor Martin, Mayor Cofran and others. At Washington. Washington, April 27. —The public meeting at Metropolitan Church, in this city, to-night, to celebrate the sixty-third anniversary of the birth of General Graut, was largely attended. Senator Manderson presided, and speeches were made by Gen. Holbert E. Payne, Green B. Raum. W. W. Burdette and others. A letter from Hon. James G. Blaine was read, expressing sympathy with the object of the meeting and regret at his inability to be present.

At Cincinnati. Cincinnati, April 27.— A large meeting was held at Turner Hali to-night to celebrate the sixty-third anniversary of General Grant’s birth. Speeches were made by ex-Congressman Samuel F. Cary, Hon. John Sirapkinson, Hon. Michael Rvan and others. Every reference to General Grant’s name brought forth deafening cheers. Among those who attended were scores of the most prominent citizens of Cincinnati. At Martinsville, Ind. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Ind., April 27. —General Grant’s sixty-third birthday was appropriately observed in this city to-day. Flags floated from every residence and business house.. Party ties were sunk in the patriot, and everybody did him honor. At 12 o’clock sixty-three guns were fired. At Danville, 111. Special to the Icdiananolia Journal. Danville, 111., April 27.—The sixty-third anniversary of the birth of General Grant was commemorated to-day by the members of the battery, who fired sixty-throe rounds of artillery at 4 o’clock. , At Ottumwa, lowa. Ottumwa, la., April 27.—Sixty-three guns were fired in this city this morning, and many business houses were decorated with bunting in commemoration of General Grant’s birthday anniversary. Two Men Killed and Four Injured. Pittsburg, April 27. —By the collapse of a building during a fire at 11 o’clock to-night, two men were killed, four seriously injured, and a number of others slightly hurt. Later— The loss by fire is $60,000; fully insured. Nine firemen were buried in the ruin3 of the falling walls, all of whom were rescued except Nelson Woods, who is supposed to be dead. John Grvetxinger was so severely injured that he will die. Steamship News. Queenstown. April 27.—Arrived: British Princess, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. London, April 27. — Arrived: Benison, from New York. Passed tho Lizard: Galileo, for Antwerp, from New York. One Danger Averted. Philadelphia Press. Vice-president Hendricks denies emphatically that he is going abroad this summer. This averts one threatened European complication anyhow. Tested by Time, For Throat Diseases, Colds and Coughs, Brown's Bronchial Troches have proved their efficacy by a test of many years. Price, 25 cents.

FBESH DANGER AT PANAMA. American Prestige Destroyed by the Troops Withdrawing from the City. Aizpura Agrees to Preserve Order, but Indi* cations Are that He Will Be Unable to l)o So—Opening the Transit. • Niw York, April 27.—A special from Panama to the Tribune, dated April 26, says: American troops under Commander McCalla began to withdraw from the city last night, under an agreement with Aizpura and the French consul. The evacuation of the city destroys American prestige here. There has been wild rejoicing among the insurgents and sympathizers with them, and property-owners anticipate serious trouble. The Americans are called cowards, and threat* are heard on every side to-day. The American troops withdrew to the Panama railway station. General Aizpura has guaranteed to preserve order in the city, but the insurgents have again begun the work of barricading the streets. A Washington dispatch says: “Admiral Jouett and Commander McCalla ha7e informed the Navy Department that the American forces woro withdrawn from Panama, yesterday, because of promises made by the rebel Aizpnia, that he would not interfere with American interests in that city, and that he would not erect barricades in the streets. The American troops were marched a short distance from the city, to the Panama Railroad Company’s property, where they were stationed at the time the telegrams were sent to Washington.” The following dispatch has been received by the Central and South American Telegraph company: “The city of Panama is quiet The moral effect of the occupation by the American forces has been very great Not a shot has been fired since. Colombian troops from the South are expected to arrive this evening. An excited meeting was held hero Sunday.”

How the Transit Was Opened. Panama, April 19.—0n the morning of the 19th inst., the Pacific Mail Steamer City of Para at Aspinwall from New York with the first battalion United States marines, Colonel Heywood commanding. That officer immediately proceeded to the United States Steamer Tennessee, the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, for conference with Rear Admiral Jouett, who had arrived tho day before from New Orleans, via Pensacola, where he called to embark the marines at that naval station, under command of Capt R. M. Mead. George A. Burk, superintendent of the Panama railway, was invited to this conference, which promptly determined to formally reopen the transit at once. Orders were given for the marines to be landed, and formed on the dock of the steamship company at noon, in heavy marching order, with forty rounds *of ball cartridges, and prepared to take a special train at 7P. M., for Panama. The passengers, except a few destined for South Pacific ports, were directed to remain on the steamer, and the commanding officers of the men-of-war in the harbor were ordered to furnish Colonel Haywood with Gatling and Hotchkiss guns * and fifty sailors to accompany the battalion. Two trains, the first consisting of one mail and a baggage car, six passensrer and two iron-armored cars, one at each end, and the second of a paymaster’s car, two cabooses, two platform and three box-cars were made up, and at 3 o'clock moved off amid the cheers of a great crowd of people of all colors and nationalities, and the strains of martial music furnished by the band of the flagship Tennessee, which accompanied Admiral Jouett, who reviewed the expedition from the balcony of the office of the steamship company. The marines entered the train in the order of their battalion formation, so they could get out and form in line of battle on either side of the train at the slightest alarm, and with the least possible delay. The few passengers permitted to go wei’e placed in the rear car.

The second train, guarded by details of marines from the North Atlantic squadron, conveyed tents, tools, rations and tho spare ammunition of the battalion. Captain Mead's company was left at Matuchin to preserve order and protect the lino there. Matuchin is the highest and most important station on the road, and is the center of an extensive country, which gives it a mixed, and, at times, on Sundays particularly, a very disorderly population. Both trains cautiously continued the transit, expecting to find the track removed or bridges destroyed near Panama. Nothing, however, occurred to delay them, aqd at G o'clock the force arrived safely at Panama, and was immediately bivouacked in an immense warehouse, where they spout tho night. A complete cordon of sentinels was established around the property of the Panama Railroad Company, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the International Canal Company. Twenty sentinels constitute the cordon, and the daily guard mounted consists of one captain, two lieutenants, two sergeants, six corporals and sixty privates. These men, and in fact, tho entire command, have strict orders not to interfere with the political or social affairs of citizens, and are not allowed to leave tho limits of the camp, which has been christened Campt Jouett. Under three conditions their orders require them to shoot. These are, first, in tho event of discovering any one attempting to set fire to property they guard; second, in case a prisoner, or a person challenged and halted three times, attempts to escape; and last, in self-uefense, should they be assaulted while on duty. The isthmus is patrolled six times daily, thrice each way, by a train guard composed of ten enlisted men, under a commissioned officer, and frequently ari armored car, with three guns aud a crew of blue jackets, is added to the guard. A large mixed and rough population is working the line, and often they give the conductor much trouble, especially after pay-day. There are in all 527 marines and 28 marine officers now on the isthmus, and 200 more, with G officers belonging to ships of the North Atlantic and Pacific stations who could be instantly landed.

The Mackin-GallagUer Case. Warsaw Times. Os course, the general public are not fully aware of all the technicalities involved in the Chicago election fraud cases. They onlv know by perusing tho evidence that Joseph Mackin, the secretary of the Cook county (III.) Democratic central committee, was guilty of attempting to defraud the voters of one of the wards of Chicago. This fact was so plainly set forth in evidence that, the jury in trying the case, after only a short review of the testimony, declared him guilty, sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $5,000. These facts being well known throughout the country, it was with emotions of surprise, as well as some indignation, that the report went out that Judge Gresham decided to review the case not an hour before Mackin would have been on his way to Joliet; and it now looks as if he would escape the penalties of his crime. The people cannot see why these things should be. They have watched the case from its incipiency down to tho moment that Mackin was found guilty, and to them it looks like a farce, that technicalities should step in at the last moment and rescue an acknowledged law-breaker from the penalties of his crimes. Judge Gresham, whatever may be tbe cause for coming to the aid of Mackin at tho last moment, has not added to his reputation among those who think that when a criminal is found guilty mere technicalities should not stand in the way of his righteous punishment. Kansas Snakes. Philadelphia Pres*. ’ The prohibitory law of Kansas permits druggists to sell liquors on physicians’ prescriptions only. These prescriptions, showing what the disease treated is, must be filed monthly, and the number of them caltiug for alcoholic remedies for "snake bites" is said to be appalling. Evidently, if the natural history of;Kansus were

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