Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1885 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25, 1885

WEDNESDAY, Mi HSU 25. TERMS PER TEAK. Ingle Copy, without Pr9a'.nn..-....-J 1 50 ob of eleven for... ...-.-. 11 00 We ask Democrats to tear la Bind, and select heir own State pacer when tb-:y ccrae tota'ie nb9Ci'ptlo:iH and make up cl'ib. Areata making cp clubs, tend for any lafonaailoa 5 35 red. Address fSDlANAFOLIi SZSTIXEL CO ü FAKT, I a 3. an po 111, Ind. EtrEE.-crTATivE BBowsisa died last niht. Tus PresrJent will have thirty pos'.nias'ers to appoint before tin 1st of May and 233 mitbin s j ear, by reason of the expiration ot the tenure. Bi-no? Samcel Fallows, an Ephcopil clergymen cf Chicago, thiüks that the algus cf tie tines point to a speed second osiIng of Chiist. Tns 'alj3 with us," that grand army of .American crcakers, have already kiiled off tLe whert and peaches. They have kindiy left C3 tLo tt:awberi7 crcp. The President and Cabinet think tha GotcicceLt cr.a te rua v.th lOOIsmeatlna were ercp'cyed by the st aduiisiilratioa. The ravirg wiil amount to cot leas than f I,SCO.CJO. Site It! Kefebmg to the Ilepnfclican LegVature of recrsilrar.Ia, no io. eesslon, the Wells bcro (Pa.) Gazetie ays: "Wanted, a solitary rewepaptr that Las said anything good of the prescht Lf pislatare." Is tic Forty e'ghth Cong!C33 10,032 billa were introduced 8.2CG in the llcnse asl '2,CCG In the Senate. Ooly of the whole tnter became lawa. It costs an ayersge of tearly apiece to print ths bill3. We L?sr much complaint, Li a social wsy, against tLe present rair 2nd cold air and frequent snow ctorra?. All who complain thculd hi patient, ifarch wi3 always tbs most d;'sierceab!e month cf the year, and ehe is now Lnt repeating herself. Tnx Lig license bill paa ed theXe w Jea?ey House by a cioae vote. TLe rasmbsn who opposed tha constitutional prohibition a Uir weeks ago voted pretty generally for the high lice ".f 3 meaaie. It is believed tLe bill will pass the Senate aod become a law. A NE:m?KA taller baa coined a new word, aswll be seen by Lis advertisement, reaiirg: Just rece'.ved the most complete assort rcent of euitinga and ''panting' eyer offered," etc. And why ia it not a good term? We have "sui'icgs," "shirtinge," 'atcckiEV' eta. why no: iaiting?' Ax item the bloody shirt" organs have failed to utilize Is tbat cf the lynching cf Jake Dos?, colored, at Arten, Miss. Djbs murdered his wife, and -upon the discovery 200 men, all hia own co'or, formed a lynching pariy e,nd Doss was Etretched by tha neck from the trestle work of a railroad. Had the lynchers been wh'ta, what a howl the organs would have rai-cd! Thirx la tome desire among Democrats that Lyman Trumbull should be the next Senator frcra Illinois. Mr. Morrisoa'a chances teem to be wanicg. Mr. Trumball would be a decided improvement on John A. Lcpan, and ha probably has rid himself of all the Republicanism heeverhai. The truth is that Mr. Trumbull never fancied the bosua art'ele of recent yf ara. Tni Txesiüent cf the Liverpool Geopraphical Society in an address on 'The Danudationcf the Tk-o Americas ' shows that this country :$ iMpplng down into the ocean at the rate of one foot In 4,500 vei.-d. Since the Inoianspolia Union Depot is 721 teat above lbs tea level, we have only 3.211.5)0 years bffere the ater ia abant ua. Taa prud?nt will at or ca confer with boat bailder?. GrsTAvr. PjirTii'iEr.ar, who recently died atüeLe.a, labored f:r years to inveat a wiitir:? fquhlJy saliabla to all language?. He believed ally it a possible unlgrapby and tbat the ucivcrssi lazgosge foretold by the prcpl.tt3 will be attained. Sach a caa sartruaticn wcull be bard on opera sinsra. Without a foreign tongus to eicg ia where wenid be their charm? GALvr.sTos, co'ored Baptist cjnvertshave fcereto'cre been baptized in the bay, bat a colored mieüler protests against the casta ai, clsimicg that baptismal water should ba fresh. lie say t: ' If yoa bipUzs sinners ia ea t water and do not w'pe them dry with a gunny tack cr coffee bag, a':d let the salt water dry on them, it will make their skin to itch and they will want to scratch, and no person who has jmt been taken into the church should scratch." PßzsrDEST Clivelaxd's expression 'offensively partisan" is disturbing the lexicographic brains cf the organs. The Com mercial Gazette ays the term is one "that will include ninety nine out of every 100 Republican cilice holders and make the way clear for a clean s weep." That ninety-nine out of every 100 Republican officeholders have been "offeE8ely partL-an" ia a&out the size of It, and to the extent of their influence the organs msds them so. Indeed, they blackguarded the other one because he wai not also thus "offensively partisan." THB SILVER QUESTION. On the 15'Ji cf April the Latin Monetary Union is to meet in Paris to dücuss the great silver problem. Lx-Goverr.or nicir, of the Bins cf England, In a receat letter to Congressman Backner, 6ta!e J hia belief that the United Sta'ea, France and Germany can together re e-t&tliih bimettaliirn and to put a atop to tfce ihrinkfge cf prices, which is causing tnch distress to conrmeic?, thoajh he gives ro intlrxation that England can be induced to co operate in the establishment cf this very desirable reanlt. TLe Lalia Monetary I'nloa should be extended In eccpe and membirchlp, or at hast force orgarlzation should be formed which iLould include all interested countries that uniformity in the relation of silver to gold coir:s of the tame denominations will Le secured throughout the ciriliz?d world. It !s certain that the world needj silver money as well as gjll. It ia also certain that commerce between the nations wo aid be stimulated if the valas of ailrer

should be made uniform in all the nation. But, in the meantime, our own ouatry will be the mere prosperous with a larger ciicuJation of silver. Whatever Ita relations to gold In ether countries, anywhere in our own the purchasicg properties of a silver dollar are es git at as those of a gold dollar. Ten dollars in r o'd in the bands of the citizen will buy jnet what ten ellver dollars will buy, and no mere. 8j long as this ia the case (end it will be thus as long as the imprint of the Ujited States Government is upon the Bilver co'm), a are better off as we have the larger amount of silve: dollars

DEATH WABNINQ3. Some pcoi le believe in death warnings'' and Eome do toL Without hiylng given the scatter vtry much consideration, we think we belong to ibe latter c!a-s. Among those who ha7e received "wa-nlngs" it is stated that the TreeUents cf the United States have received their full ehare, especially thote bo died hil they held tie cßco. We subset that all the ethers rec3lved "erarninss," but es they did net die, history neglectel to preserve thera. TLe editor of Harper's Baza ir eeerrs to have given tha matter eome attenlicr, and totes tue incidents co?-nfctd with the deaths of Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln and Gare!d. Some of ihz-o int'dents cr "warnirgfa" are ret very irrpiesalTe. Ia the case cf Taylor, his wife teema to ü7a racsived the "warnicg," and wh;n told cf her husbp.ui's eltctitn ibe burst into tears and ex claimed: "Oh, why can't they let u.i alone? This is all a icteme to break up our home." When the entered l.erbed room at the Whit9 Home the ttaited back, and pointing to a diamond-ttared orr anient carvel oa the mantle, taid: ' See ! the first object to greet me is a cotSo. Death will rob me in this dreadful hoüE8 cf B3rn8 one 1 1076." General Harrison received his "arning" through an owL The first n:ght he slept at the White House an owl, perched on the roof over h's bedroom, hcoted continncnily, and te complained the next morning that the owl ard a bowling deg near had kept hlei awake. When Le fiist arrived in the city tberev;tsa terrible ttmdorslorai prs-all ing, and as be stepped from his carriase a vivid flüh ot lightning so blinded him tlat be faltered acd fell. Mr. Lincoln declared that ha caw an apparition, and he described it: Oa the eyenlng of the day when I received news of my election, worn cut by excitement and fatigue, I threw myBelf on a lounge In my bed-room to rajt. Just opposite to mo was a bureau with a swinging g'.aee, and looking in it, I noticed two separate and distinct I -nagss of mysalf. A little bothered, perhaps itaitled, I got up and went to the gla-s, but the illusion vanished. Lying down, I sw agair, but noticed tbat one of the faces was paler than the ether, and had a blocd stain on iL When my wife came in I told her of tha vision, and she, who Lad greit faith in signs, and generally attached some meaning to them, said: 'It means you will be elected to a second term, but will not live through it.' ' On the trip to Wasair gton the Lincoln party passed by General Harrison's barial place, and halted to pay a tribute of respect tj hia memory. Turning from the grave, a blackbird made a circle round his head. Tha night of his assassination Mr. Lincoln told one of the watchers that on that eventful trip through the bright, happy northern villages decked with ilowers in hia honor, as well as that mysterious night ride through Baltimore and secret arrival in Washington, the tollicg of a death-bell, clear and unmistakable, waa Eoundicg in her ear. The dreams and foreboding3 of the two Mr p. Gaj fields, mother and wife, are too recent to be repeated. Wero they the Idle far ries ot nervous women? aski the B;zsr. Mr. Cleveland bting in the enjoyment of excellent Lear.h, with his nervous system in tbe most perfect order, the chances arc that he wt'l receive no "warnings." If he does he wl:l give thtin but little thoah. PEACE AND PROSPERITY. It is "a contummaticn devoutly to be rnkhed" that tranquility may now spread its wir;s over the land, aid that for at least tbiee years the pcotle will devote all tbelr energies to the at of peace. It may be taid tbat net in something over a quarter of a century baa the country been in a condition cf refctfulcefs. The war period wai preceded lyaycsrcf heated political agitation. It wis irtmidiately followed by a state of affairs bcrderlug on anarchy in soma of the States and producing continuous excitement in all. Even before reconstruction had been fully accomplished, or, at leatt, before civil government had been restored to all the Slater, there occurred a disastrous panic, wbich dealt ruin to thousands and precipitated general financial dlctres. Tie turbulent dispute between the two great political parties following upon the election of 1S7C threw the Nation into a fever, and well nigh into convulsion. When, alter 130, we appeared to be settling once more into tracquility, an aisa'jin's bullet piercing the form of th9 new Chief Magistrate filled the public heart with anxiety, which was rot lessened for a while after the scarcely trusted successor to Mr. Garfield had assumed tha executive functions. Hardly had the country become assured that Mr. Arthur was not undeserving its confidence, before tbe two parties began active preparations for the campaign of 1S34, which was destined t3 test their relative strength in the mos ercely contested vattie eyer waged between them. In the midsummer season when the plow was in the middle cf the furrow the issue was joined, and thence until winter eTery election " district cf the Uaion was a bittleaeld and well nigh every voter aggressive in the political affray. Then arter ten months of Uphtir g came days cf niojt intense suspense, when it appeared uncertain which party Lai won. Even with tfeat question tettled, the country was cenrrcntel with the revolution In tie administration ct the Government wbich proveked excited interest, if not anxiety, up to .he eventful day when the great charge was so qaistly, d'guifiedly and acppic'ously made. But now tizC9 all militating causes of agitation are removed, we may enjoy a period cf tracquility wherein the minds of men rosy be devoted to their various avocations. This is welL All can now tarn their patriotism from rational to home affairs. The nice million politicians ol I'M will become to many private citizen ard Irdastr'a!, commercial cr business workers in l&Cj.acd forat least sev-

cial iccceedirg 3 ears. Their public spirit villi be turned from rns'dent-mikirjg to tie improvement cf country and town to building up better schco's acdmoreof them, to social culture in every form, to making better roads, raisirg better steck, growing better crops, f rcducirg inventions, turning out better manufacture, and to making homes more conf.itiblfl, beautiful and every way invitirg. We have had war enough, demoralizing pgüatior.3 enough; row, quoting the language of General Grant, "let ns have peece," end with it will come greater prosperity and increased happiness.

OPENING THE BOOK. Many Republicans end their organs had ein est persuaded themselves that "open the boobs" was quite a joke, of the rank of "32i" and ' SCG " Perhaps eome cf the more hilarious would like to chalk it over their backs, as ttey did ' Z20 ' alter the Presidential election cf 18-0 Secretary Manning, whom tLe organs h?ve familiarly called "Pcl" at d "the beta," "a mi politician," etc ,' eTider.ly means to ''open the books." In Lis department it is not regarded as a joke. As announced in the Sentinel within a day cr two Mr. Mann'rg proposes to gl7e the entire department such an overhauling as it has never Lr?l before. It leaked out in WasLirgten cn Eatcrt'ay 1 at an expert acccuEtsLt frcE: the Third National Bank in Nw York hes been engaged by Secretary MetrJrg, and baa been assigned a large rccru in the TietEury Department, where h3 h'sbcen at wcxk (wo days In examination of rerta:n Tre atury books. The knowledge cf this Jct Izi aided much to the nucaiil: : e 5n department circles. In if gard to the commifsloa recentlyap icitted by the Secretary to overhaul the Treatury, there is bat little eLe talked about In that dep&rtrrent. Tho ilittsr among tne emp?f jes is described as "lively." A Washirgtcn special cays that this commission meats "busirjcss." It id composed of capable, energetic aod Industrious men, who are krctfn already to be thoroughly convinced tbat charges cf methods, reductions cj h:ci and In a considerable number of caies imcT&ls of ofiiscra should b3 rnJe. The new A f Ist act Secretary, Fairchild, is taking hold cf Lis werk with vigor, cd, &s a member of tbe cemm'ision, he ia alrca'y gathering from every available sourca informati ja relating to the condition ot the department. Assls'ant Treasurer Gravos; arother member of tha commisticn, is a man of largo experience in the department werk, and has for years been an op er, emphatic advocate of a reorganization of the department acd a thorough wecdirg out of iccompetent and tnperflnous e'erke. Ho ia cn independent in politics and voted for Cleve'and. Assistant Secretary Ccon, the third member cf tbe commission, is a P.cpublleai. He has been many years in tbe deper ment, laving been promoted frciu the lower grade cleraship et?p by step to bis present office He ia disposed to favor a policy of recrgan'zation, and will doubtlets aid his colleagues in tie important duties assigned them. Secretary Whitney, of tbe navy, thinks that his department r eads a similar investigation ard has eccordiog'y employed experts to mabe it. When the public set an inside viewcf the Washington departments as they were coudce'ed by the Republican party, we in aglne that the organs will have something elre to ergrge their attention than picking at Mr. Cleveland's appointments cr criticia ing bis b:cikfast hour. REPUBLICAN INCONSISTENCY. Rtode Island ia a Republican State by a round majority. Rhode L'and RepubVcan papers have ever been conspicuous in deccurcirg tbe Sjuth for an imaginary opposition to a "free billot." Even the registry laws of some of the Southern States requiring payment of poll tax as a condition precedent to yotirg have been held upby Rhode Island Republican paper as an outrage. And yet tha Republican majority in Rhode Island maintain to this day, and intend maintaining, a law denjing tbe right cf voting to any foreign-bcrn cit'z?n net owning real estate In Rhode Island. There ia very little real estate in Rhede Ieland, and so dense is tha population, the territory being well nigh covered with mancfactories, that one must have a email fortune to be able to purchase even a iniall lot. The consequence is that a considerable per centege of the men cf that State are denied the ballot in to to. And yet tbe Republican party there refuse to see this wart on its note, though looking through a field-glass to discover a speck on the face of another State. "HOLD THE FOSr." The Chinese class Cf the Sec md Presbyterian Sanday-Echool have trans'ated some cf the more popular hymns of the day into their native language. They are being bound neatly for circulation and use among the Chinese of the city. The following Is the Chinese for "Hold the Fort:" VYboah goah hong bon gee soon do: ting Kee you dong Jewf y bin Haow sure gah him bin rca ree daow Peng bit doc sing yla. CnoRUs: Yeah too meng bob taow the po w hooey Xun goah looey joor see Toe jee bona josr goad dong git 1 ck thoy seuns chun mat chee. Geo ge on sau don bl blog chlng mon Jaow jewey chin min looey Goah ji jung he lang gan moo lick Song dou gee shut dorey. Chora. Gee gon wing rnong kce how you donz Gip beong gawt jee s'.ng Goah ji a gee li see sliocy cooan nong Deng bit king, saow blag. Chorus. Maokehln paow jtn gako she gocey him Hong joor goan je-eah gun Jee shoo di bia see dow ponn jl Dooit yncg lovcy been chan. Chorus. Indiana Inventors. A weekly list of United States patents issued to the Invents of Iadiana for the week ending March 13. and each patent in the litt will bear that date. Reporte.! expreerly for the Indianapolis Daily Senilrel, by A. II. Evans it Co., American and fore'gn fatent solicitor?, Washincton, D. C. CLare for obtaining a patent, $23. A copy cf tie patent Jars sent free cn application. J. H. Beck, NewCasfle, press. William Diamond. Huntington, Ice tongs. P. A. Fetter. Pabiin, Btep ladder. Joseph Fieri ier. La Porte, wheel. J. It. (iathricbt, Jelfewonville, coaibined f.ra!n end oil car. W. F. Jollan, Medora, tar coup'ing. Norman Kcanb, Priricaton, fence. N. T. Remy, Milton, cord holder for grain binders, Ii. M. Rlrer. PJchnond, c'othes oonnder Robert St. Ciatr, Veedersourg, side bar for buegies. H. C. Williamson, MIcbi City, grate.

ALIX1NDEK XX. STEPHENS.

Home LH and Personal Chtracteristlceof the Deceased Statesman. A notable figure in American and p)'il cal and social life dkappeared with the demise of Alexander H. Stephens. Those who have only read his speeches or whose cbservation of him ws limited to the House of Representatives are neacqualnted with the most entertaining features of Lis life and character. It was at home or in the ccclal group that ha was most impressive. The Nation remembers him as the man who, one evening In D;c6Diber, 1SG0, etcod before tbe Legislature of Georgia, at ?IiIIedgeville, with argument and eppeal, which will go down Into history, sgaltst secession from the Union. As Vice President of the Confederate States he is known to have been coaseivütivo ard ever anxious fcr peace. He it was who urged tbe Hampton Rose's Peace Commission the conference held between lbs Confederate commitcf which he was chairman, and President Lincoln, Wfcf n lb? Uaisn arrues had triumphed and Mr. Stephens was advised by frier: ds to leave the country he declined, sayIne he would prefer hangiD in his own country to a natural death in any other. He WB3 incarcerated for months in Fort Warren, off Boston Harbor. In 1S75 he returned to a etat in Corgrcts which he had occupied, ccnticucas'y, from 1311 to 1SO0, andeerred until when ho becaxe Governor of Gtcrg'i, which trust be was filling when ha dUö In 1S33. 0 incch every reader knows of Alexander H. Steven?, "tbe Georgia co:anioner," "the Ease if Liberty Hall." PiiLaps all remem ber, too, that he was never married, and many tavo read, doubt'ess, cf hk physical decrepitude. Wien I first knew him his tell, spare figure was erect and his dark hair inflated. But later, the cfects cf his imprisonment at Fcrt Warren, he was drawn by chronic rheumatism, and after 1372, wün a hre gato threw him from his cictchestnd fell upon him, he was a cripple aid his figure tent. 'Liberty Hall," Mr. StephenV home (brenghent the last forty yeara of hia life, wes an nnt retentions Eicg.tHtory cottage, seated deep in a grove, 300 yards distant from the railroad station at Crawfordsville, a village midway between Atlanta and Augusta. The half dozen commodious rooms were plainly though comfortably furnished, and had wide, old-fashioned fireplaces. Few homes ever dispsnsed more hospitality. There beicg no hotel in the village, Mr. Stepners' hundreds cf visitors from all parts of the Union were his gsests while tarrying. It was hera that Stephen A. Douglas and Herechel V. Johnson, candidates on the same ticket for President and Vice President in 1 SCO, nitt for conference. Lawyers attending the half-j early sessions ot the Circuit Co:rt filled the hots?. Oa these occasions "Liberty Hall ' could be aft evening Featherings of elgual brilliancy. For many years such lights as Herschel V. Johnson, Robert Toomb?, William H. Crawford, Charles J. Jenkin?, Joseph Henry Lumpkin and Judge LiLton Stephens were, simultaneously, its guests. Whit a rare treat it was on any of these evsnirgs, after whist was abandoned, to hear Robert Toombs and Mr. Stepbens run counter in conversation. The former massive of head and figure, glib and glittering of speech, with the inverted end of an ual'gbted c'gar between hia teeth, would pr.ee the floor, while the attenuated man In the easy chair, with a foot nervously patting the floor, would puff at his clay pipe, and by his cutting passages irritate hia col loqul8tinto volatile rejoinder. They were as natural contrasts mentally ai physically, seldom agreed upon public topics, were prone to disputation, and yet no two men ever had warmer or more exalted admiration for each other. It will be remembered how Toombs interrupted with questions Mr. Stephens' great Ucio i epeecti to which I have referred, acd how deferential the speaker wss to the questioner, terming him always as his friend. But Mr. Stephens' admirers and friends were not otfiLed to the distinguished and honored. In no year cf his last twenty-five was there not some poor young can acquiring education by assistance from him. When he washimcelf a poor boy, a generous old man forced upon him the requisite aid for a collegiate conre. The worthy example was followed by Mr. Stephens, and it is known, though never from his own hp, that more than forty youths were recipients of this benefaction from him, some cf whom turned out admirably and repaid him hia advances. The only instance which provoked him ia said to have been when one whom he aided to a legal education abandoned hia profession immediately after entering it to become a very indifferent negro minstrel. But it was his kind interest in his former slaves, continuously after their emancipation, which commanded my warmest admiration for him aa a philanthropist. To heads of families, he extended the necessary aid to bscome farrce.-a on their own account. To the more thrifty he sold land, giving hem all the time needed for paying the purchase money. And such was the deference in wh'ch these held his judgment that his advice was eongbt by them upon every con temp'.ated undertaking, from the buying or selling of a pig to the pitching cf a crop. Never an evening came when he was at home that there was not a number of abla callers at his sitting-room to Inquire after his health or solicit his advice, and it mattered cot hew distinguiehtd the company present tbe3a callers were given audience. "Mas' Aleck, dat Jim boy cr mine is givin' me er powerful s'ght er trubbul. He done got so triflin' he won't work, an' lab' Saturtley he wuz dead drunk." "What can I do tote'p you about it?" asked Mr. Stephens. "Jes give 'ira a talkla' to, sah; dat will straighten 'im." "All right tell him to cooae to me." A little later "Jim boy," with a vey sheepish air, was ushered in. Not to a eon could Mr. Stephens hava rp;ken more persuasively. The boy did not deny his shirtcomings, but promised to faithfully observe the counsel given him. I had the curiosity to inquire a few months later what effect the talk had bad upon him, and harned that he had acted W6ll ever after it. The day of Mr. Stephens' return from Washington after adjournment of Congress was always a notable one at CrawfordsTille. The people cf the village and of the country for miles arouid, white and colored, would father :tt the station. The train arrived and the wheel chair rolled upon the depot Zplatform; the attenuated

bar di were kept busy shaking to the right and left as he was pushed through the crowd. The dowdy-colored dame with Infant in arms was spoken to, and by name, too, with eqral cordiality as. the county officii). Nor was this demonstration of the sbal'cw, politic character eometimes drummed up fcr effect, but the spontaneous manifestations cf the affection of the people abcut him. Among them he was no longer the Congressman, but a neighbor and friend. Mr. Stepbens wes remarkable for his recollection of faces and names. Through years of acquaintance and considerable association with him, I never knew him to fail to call the name cf a person whom he had ever know?. A signal illustration of this factulty occurred in January, 1S73, when h?, Ben

jamin II. Hill, and General John B. Gordon were candidates before the Legislature for the United States Senatorthlp. Mr. Stephens was at the Kimball House at Atlanta. One dsy a gentleman, a stranger to me, calling at my effice on business found me just leaving it to fill en ecgigement. I tad to see Mr. Slephers at tbat hour. Upon my ttaling my rg&gercent, he asked mo if he might accomI any me just to thxfce hand3 with him. "I met him orce when I was qaite ayoang nan," be laid, end tare cever eeen him titcc." "If be .ver iret yen be will remember cn," I enswtrut Tbat is in possible," te replied, ''for at tbat time I was about twenty-one years cf fge fccd clean thtven, whereas now I hive fo l bf&rd" A few minutes liter we entered Mr. Stepfccrs' room, where there were screnü caller, to ore cf whom I turned to reak. 1 wts about moving to introduce the gentleman when Mr. Stephens, extending his hand to him, taid: "Why, how do you do, Mr. ? I met you at Greensboro, N. C, in 1 sit, when I was ttumping that State for Henry Clay." TLe exceEence of his memory was noticeable at whist, to which he was a devotee. I have more than once known him to name the hst our cards before they were expfaed. His fondness for this game and hia skill in plajirgitlavecftcn been referred to ia the print?. He is tbe author of the treatise on whist in Johnson's Encyclopedia, and, by the nay, the mat complete condensation of the more important rules cf the game I have ever seen published. From the moment cf h's entrance into a game his mind waa abioibed by it. For the time being aU questiors cf state craft were subordinated to the taking of an edd trick. He fought as earnestly to win that as ever to carry an election, ard victory at the end of a game sent him to bed in the rncst amiable rrcod. Defeat did cot diecompese him if there had been no mirp'ays on his side, but a blundering partner was a source of irritation to him. It was while fretted by such a partner that he crce told an anecdote cf a Ecctchmas, who was so argered by a stopid misplay of his lady vis a vis that he sprang up, leaned ever the table, &hcok his fist in ter fare and exclaimed: "Yon- fool!" But, real 'zing his rudeness, the Scotchman apologized by saying: "I humbly beg pardon ; pardon, madama, I thought I was talking to my wife." Of Mr. Stephens' political character or career I inter, ded no mention in this sketch, but I can not refrain from narrating the Incidents of one Bight at "Liberty Hall," which are vividly Impressed upen my memory. It was a night in October, 1872, when the Presidential campaign was on. Mr. Stevers had bolted the nominee of the Democratic Convention at Baltimore (Horace Greeley), and was using all bis influence in favor of the irregular "bourbon" Democratic candidate, Charles O'Ccnncr, cf New York. Inviin did Denrooratic leaders reason with and eppeal to him. He declared tte nomination of Mr. Greeley an abandonment of Democratic principle?, and boldly declared he would be as well satisfied with General Grant as with Mr. Greeley In tbe White House. Oa the night I refer to Mr. Stephens had several guests several distin guished and among them Robort Toombs. We had a game of whigt, which, being concluded, the party gathered around the log fire of his s'.tting-room. Terhaps conversation had been general far a half hour, when oar host incidentally spoke of some occurrence of the Presidential campa:gn of 1810. The iccidental mention of men engaged in that canvass lead up to their participation in the succeeding one of 1311. It seemed tben aa if a dcor had opened and he had involuntarily stepped into a temple of memory which must be explored. We were treated to interesting episodes of the contest between James K. Polk and Henry Clay, and the causes leading to the latter's defeat. Next followed a narrative of Congressional legislation during tha four sa ceeding years, and personal reminiscences of the great men of that period Clay, Bsnton, Webster, Calhoun and ethers whom he had outlived. The "old man eloquent" had by this time become enwrapped in his own narrative. His pipe going out, one of the party, without the interruption of a word, takes it from him, refills it and returns it with a lighted taper. Even the restless Toombs has settled quietly into a rocker, and is listening si if to an oracle. Through the campaign cf 1S52, goes the historian, only digressing to give incidents connected with the death of Calhoun, Clay and Webster. We could tee that he was cot merely reciting but living over that political past among its giants, and no one disturbs his glowing dream. Even his old -blind dog, upon whose shaggy ccathis feet are cushioned, continues his placid sleep without moving. Now cornea the story cf tbe agitation of the slavery (jnestion in Congress and hia criticism upon the agitation, tbe woful blunder of the Democratic party at tbe Charleston Convention tbe cause leading to Mr. Lincoln's success. He has told, though modestly, of his participation in each of the six Presidential campaigns the '40 and 'GO inclusive end tbat be had foreseen and predicted the.rcsnlt of each. "Now," he said, turning to me, "I want you to open your cote book and set down as I call them out how the S atea will vote in the coming election." Ab be ranted them I wrote the names of the different States in the Grant and Greeley cola did as directed. When the last was concluded he Eaid: Tut tbe book in your pocket and show my predictions to no one until the election returns are all in. And I siy to you gentlemen that if 1 have miscalled one Btate, I

state here tbat never again will I open my month on Natioual politics." At 2 o'clock in the morning when the return a in foil were laid on my desk, I compared the Tde with Mr. Stephens' prediction. He had not mistaken a single State. What wrs an usually healthy day for Mr. Stephens at any time v ithin twelve years before his death would be considered an exceedingly uncomfortable one to the average man. Yet despite weakness acd intense suffering he did more work during these twelve years than did very many men in lull vigor. When his hand was useless from rheumatism hia book went on from dictation. In addition to his eeveral books he made large contributions to various newspaper?, for three years did the political editorial writing lor a daily in which he was part proprietor, made numerous exhaustive speeches bafora the courts in important cues, did a vest amount cf personal correipoadenc?, deliveied adare&sss before colleges and universities and numerous political epeecheä, served on the floor of Congress aul afterward as Governor of Georgia. ITow ha eyer fcundlime In lha midst of all this work for social enjoyments it was dilScalt to s?e. The latter days of his life wero saddened by the lcs of several who were near and dear t3 kim. Tbe death cf his brother, J ada L.intsn Stephens, possibly the brighte&t intellect Cecrgia ever gavs birth to, fell earerely nf cn h'ui. Later a favored nephew, whom ho had raised and educated and who was cte cf his household, died, and then "Hsrry," his faithful body-servant and Dune through many years. Yet, with the;e sorrows weighing upon his heart, he turned only a cheerful face to his friends and bravely pursued the tenor of his duties. So frail had been his health and so great his sufferings that a dozen times within as many years ord went out that his cad was at herd. At length tho word was verified, but net until he had accomplished a great life work and bestowed a vast deal of gcoi upon his fcllowmen. And of alJ who sleep beEeath the Eod of the S'ateh8 loved bo well, LCL have carried to tbe grave more of affectionate regret or less cf dislike thaa Alexander Hamilton Stephen. Rob Rot.

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