TTTTC OMATTA TATTAr ) SUNDAY JANUAKY 0. 1887 . TWRT/VR
HER 1IIND WAS DISEASED ,
J How Mre. Lincoln Caused Her Hnslmbd
I Untold Worrimcnt.
| WILD WAYS OF WIFE AND WIDOW
I Jcnlona of Mrrt , General Ord Tlio
r Orcnn-cycd .MonMer In nn Army
B. AinliulniiKc All Around In-
IT Htiltfi .Selling Shirts.
E
Nr.w YOIIK , Jan , 7. [ Correspondence
of the Hit : : . ] The account of Lincoln's
love-making in his history by Nicolay
nnd Hay , teems almost ominous
when read by the light of later
knowledge , The anxieties and forbod-
> ngs and absolute agony of the t'nluro
president on Die eve of marriage the
mosl incredulous might say , presaged
the doallny that impended. For no one
knows the character of Abraham Lincoln
ids god-like patience , his Inellablc sweet
ness , Ids transcendent charity amid all
tlio tremendous worries of war and revo
lution and public a flairs , who is ignor
ant of what ho endured of private woo ;
and noonerigidly judgea the unfortunate
partner of his elevation and unwitting
cause ot many of his miseries , who for
gets thai she had "eaten on the insane
root thai lakes the reason prisoner. "
The country knows , but has preferred
to forget , Hie strangeness of Mrs. Lin
coln's conduct at intervals after her hus
band's death. Many of the most extra
ordinary incidents in her career wcro not
revealed , out of delicacy to others and
tenderness to one who had been the
sharer of Abraham Lincoln's fortunes
and the mother of Ids family , but nnough
was apparent , to shock and pain the pub
lic sense , when linally the conlllet with
her own son , so highly respected , the
dragging of their all'airs into a public
court , the necessary supervision of tlio
poor lady's finances and rc.itraint of her
actions , if not of her person-disclosed
the fact that
HKItMINI ) HAD IIKU.V DI.snASf.O.
This throw a light on circumstances
until then inoxpjieablo. It relieved Mrs.
Lincoln herself from the charge of heart-
Jessncss , of mercenary behavior , of in-
diHereiiee to her husband's happiness ; it
approved the action of the son which , in
some quarters , had been gravely misun
derstood ; and above all it showed the
HulVering Abraham Lincoln must have
endured all through llio.se years in which
ho bore Hie burden of a struggling na
tion upon his shoulders whether he
knew or only feared the truth , or whether
he went on calmly in Ihe sad thought
that his saddest forebodings before Iho
marriage were fulfilled.
The lirst time thai I saw Mrs. Lincoln
was when I accompanied Mrs. Grant lo
llio while house , for her first visit there
sis the n wife of | the rgeiieral-in-chief.
'J he. next that I now recall was in March ,
1801 , when Mrs. Lincoln , with the presi
dent , visited City Point. They went on a
steamer , escorted by a naval vessel , of
which Captain John S. Barnes
was in command , and remained
for some weeks in the Jnmes river
under the blnll' , on which the head
quarters were established. Hero they
slept and usually took tlieir meals ,
but sometimes both ascended tlio hiil and
were entertained at
TIII : MH&S OK KMIAI : : , OKA NT.
On the L'lith ot March a distinguished
party from Washington joined them ,
among whom I remember , especially ,
M. Geoll'roi , the French minister. It
was proposed that an excursion should
be made to the front of the army of the
rolomac , about ten or twelve miles away ,
and
MIIS. 1.1SCOLX AND JTKS. OUANT
were of the company. There was a mili
tary railroad which took the illustrious
guest.s a great portion of the way , and
then the men were mounted , but Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. Lincoln went on in an
ambulance , as it was called a sort of
half open carriage with two seats besides
i thai for the driver , i was detailed lo es-
J cert them , and of conr.se , sat on the front
I seat facing Iho ladies , wilh inv back to
the horses.
In the courKe of conversation , I men
tioned thai all the wives of ollieors at the
nrniy front had been ordered to I he rear
a sure sign that active operations were
I in contemplation : I salJ not a lady had
i been allowed to remain , except Mrs.
Grilljn , the wife of General Charles
Griflin , who had obtained a special per
mission from the president. At this Mrs.
Lincoln was up in arms , "What do yon
niuan by that , sirv" she exclaimed. "Do
j you mean to say thai she saw the presi
dent alone ? lo yon know that l never
j allow the president to sco anv woman
J alone ? " She was absolutely "jealous of
i poor , ugly Abraham Lincoln.
j' J tried to pacify her and to palliate my
[ remark , but she was fairly boiling over
{ with rage. "That's a Very equivocal
[ Binilo , iir , " she exclaimed. "Let me out
I of this carriage at once , I will ask the
I president if he s.-.w that woman alone.1'
I Mm. Grlllln was one of the best known
I and most elegant women in Washington ,
afterwards the
I COIJNTKSS KSTKItlM/.r ,
I a Carroll , mid a personal acquaintance of
Mrs. Grant , who strove to molify the ox-
I cllcd spouse , but in vain. Mrs. Lincoln
I again bade me stop the driver , and when
I I JiDsitaled to obey , she thrust her arm
I pnst mo to tliu front of the carriage and
I held tint driver fasl. But Mrs. Grunt tin-
I nib' prevailed on her to wait till tun whole
I party alighted , and then General Meade
I came up to pay Ids respects to the wife of
I the president. 1 had intended to oiler
I i\Irn \ , Lincoln uiy arm , and endeavor to
I prevent a ser.ne , hut Meade , of couse. as
I mysuperior , had the right to escort her ,
I and I had no chance to warn him. 1 saw
I them go oil' together , and remained in
I fear and trembling for what might occur
I ir. the presence o the foreign minister
I and other important strangera , IJut
I General Mendii was very adroit , and
I when they relumed Mrs. Lincoln looked
I nt mo .significantly and said : "General
I IMoadu Is a gentleman , sir. Ho says it
I was not the president who gave 'Bin * .
I ( iriiin ) tin ) permit , but the
I ffiCIIKTAUV OK AVAll. "
Mcndo was the son of a diplomatist and
I had evidently inherited some of his ,
I fallier's skill.
I At night , when we worn back In camp ,
Mrs. Grant talked over the matter with
IPO , and said the whole atlair was so dls-
trussing and mortifying that wo must
never either mention it to anv ono ; at
least , I was to bo absolutely .silent , and
she would disclose it only to the general ,
lint the next day I wns released from mv
pledge , for "worse remained behind. "
The same party wont in the morning to
visit tlio army of the Jnmes on the north
shin of llio river , comtMunded by General
Ord. The arrangements wura fiomowlinl
similar to those of the day before. Wo
went up thn river in n uteamer , and then
the men again tootf hordes and Mrs , Lin-
colnnml Mrs , Grant v/ont in an ambii-
lineos : I wns detailed us before to net as
cficort , but asked for a companion in Ihu
duly ; for after my experience of the
prnylons day 1 did not wish to be the only
oliiccr in the carriage. So General llor-
uco Porter was ordered to join the party.
MILS , OKI )
WAS with her husband ; as she wns the
wif o of the commander of an : * rmy she
wus not subject to the order for return ;
though before that dav was over she
wished horielf in Washington or anywhere -
whereclso away from the army , i am
fiuru Shu was mountedand asthunuibu-
lauce was full , she remained on her hnrsj
nnd rode for a while by Iho side of Ihu
president and ahead ot Mrs. Lincoln ,
As soon as .Mrs. Lincoln discovered
her rage w.is beyond all bounds.
"What ilocs the woman int > nnt' ' she nx-
clHlinpil , "by riding by the side of the
president and ahead of mo ? Doesfho
suppose that he wanfs her by the side of
him ? " She was in a frenzy of excitement ,
and language and fiction both became
more extravagnnl every moment. Mrs.
Granl again endeavored to pacify her ,
bill then Mrs. Lincoln gel angry with
Mr . Grant ; and nil that 1'orter nnd J
could do was to sco that nothing more
than words occurred. Wo feared she
might jump out of the vehicle and Mioul
to the cavalcade. Unce she said to Mrs.
Grant In her transports : "I suppose
you think you'll get to the white house
yourself , don't you1' MM. Granl was
very calm and dignified , and merely re
plied that she was quite saltslied with her
present position ; It was far greater than
she had over expect id to attain. Then
Mrs. Lincoln exclaimed : "Ohl you had
belter take il if yon can gel it. 'Tis very
nice. " Then she returned to Mrs. Ord ,
but Mrs. Grant defended her friend at the
risk of arousing greater vehemence.
Onei ! when there was a halt Major
Seward , a nephew of the secretary of
state , and an olllcer of General Ont's
staH'.rode np.and trying to say something
Jocular , remarked : "The president's
horse is very gallant , Mrs. Lincoln , ho
insists on riding by the side of Mrs.
Ordv" This of course added fuel lo Iho
Maine. " \ \ lint do you mean by that.
sir1 she cried. Seward discovered that
he had made a huge mistake , and Ids
horse at oneo developed a peculiarity
that compelled him to ride behind , to get
out of the way of the storm
Finally the party arrived at its destina
tion and Mrs. Ord came up to the ambu
lance. Then Mrs. Lincoln positively in
sulted her , called her viu ! names in tliu
presence of a crowd of olllcers , and
asked what she meant by following up
the president. The poor woman lmr.it
into lears and inquired what she had
done , but Mrs. Lincoln refused to be ap
peased , and stormed till she was tired.
Mrs. Grant still tried to stand by her
friend , and everybody was shocked and
horrified. But all things come to an
end. and after a while we returned to
City Point.
That night the president and Mrs. Lin
coln entorlained General and Mrs. Grant
and tlie general's stall'at diniitr on the
steamer , and before us all
.MltS. LINCOLN lir.KATI' ! ) ( JKNKUAL OH1)
to the president , and urged that he
should be removed. He was unlit for his
place , she saiJ , to say nothing of Ins wile.
General Grant sal next and defended his
oliiccr bravely. Of com > o General Ord
was nol removed
During all this vlsij similar stones
wore oeeuring. Mrs. Lincoln repeatedly
attacked her husband in the presence of
ollicers because of these Iwo ladies , and
1 never su lie red greater humiliation and
pain on account of one not a near per
sonal friend than when I saw the head of
the slate , Ihe man who carried all the
cares of Iho nation at such a crisis sub
jected to this inexpressible public morti-
ticalion. He bore it as Christ might have
done ; with an expression ol pain and
sadness that cut one to the hearl.biit with
supreme calmness and dignity. He
called her "iiiothor , " wilh his old-time
plainness : he pleaded with eyes and
tongue , and endeavored to explain or
palliate the ollences of others , till she
turned on him like a tigress ; and then lie
walked away , hiding that noble nglyfaeo
that wo might not catch the full ex
pression of ils misery.
GHNKUALSiir.ItMAN
WPS a witness of some of lliese episodes
a'nd mentioned them jn his memoirs
many years ago. Captain Barnes , ot the
navy was n witness and a sull'erer , too.
Barnes had accompanied Mrs. Ord on
her unfortunate ride and refused after
ward to say that the lady was to blame.
MIIS. LINCOLN NiViU ; : FOIKJ.VVIO HIM.
A day or two atterward ho went to
speak to the president on some ollicial
matter when Mrs. Lincoln and several
others were present. The president's
wife said something to him unusually of
fensive that all the company couid bear.
Lincoln was silent , bill after a moment
he went up lo llio young ollicer , and
taking him by the arm led him into bis
own cabin , lo show him a map or a
paper , ho said. He mailo no remark ,
Barnes told me , upon what had occured.
He could not rebuke his wife , but iic
showed his regret and regard for the
ollicer with a touch of what seemed to me
the most exquisite breeding imaginable.
Shorlh before llieso occiirences
3IUS. STANTOS HAD VIS1TKI ) C1TV 1'OINT ,
and 1 chanced to ask her some queslions
about the president's wife , "i do not
visit Mrs. Lincoln , " was tiie reply. I
thought 1 must have been mistaken. The
wife of Iho secretary of war niusl visil
llio wife of Hie president ; and 1 renewed
my inquiry. "Understand me , sir ? " she
repeated , "I do nol go to the white
house ; I do not visit Mrs. Lincoln. " I
was not intimate with her at tlio time ,
nor indeed over , and this remark was so
extraordinary that 1 never forgot it , but
I understood it afterward.
Mrs. Lincoln continued her conduct to
ward Mrs. Grant , who strove to placate
her , and then Mr.s. Lincoln became more
outrageous still. She once rebuked Mr.s.
Grant for silling in her presence. "How
dare you bo sealed1 she said , "unlil I
invite you. " Altogether it was a baleful
experience at that tremendous crisis in
tlio nation's history , for all this was just
before tlio army .started on its iast cam
paign.
Bin the w.'ir was ended and. the pres
ident and Mrs. Lincoln had returned to
Washington when Genera ! Grant arrived
from Appomattox , bringing Mr.s. Grant
with him. Two nights afterward both
Genera ! and Mr.s. Grant.and the secretary
of war and Mrs. Staulon , wore invited to
accompany the president and Mrs.
Lincoln to tlio play. No answer
had yet been sent when Mr.s. Stanton
called on Mrs. Granl to inquire If she
meant lo bo of the party. "For , " said
Mrs Stanlon. "unless you accept the invi
tation , 1 shall refuse , I will nol sit with
out you in the box with Mr ? . Lincoln,1'
Mrs. Grant also was tired out witli what
she had endured , and decided not to go
to llio play , little dreaming of llio terri
ble experience she was escaping ,
She determined to go that night to
Burlington , In Now Jersey , where her
children were at school , ami asked the
general lo ccompuny her. She sent
a uolo of apology to Mrs. LIn >
coin , and Mrs. Stanton also declined iho
invitation. They may both thus have
saved their husband' . ' lives.
After the murder ot the president , the
eccentricities of Mrs , Lincoln became
more apparent than ever , and people be
gan to wonder wliothcr her mind had nol
been allectod by her terrible misfortune. .
Mr. Sewavd to'.d mo thai she sold Ilia
profldcid's sliirts with his initial. ; marked
on them , beforu she left the white house ,
and learning that the linen was for sale
at a shop on Pennsylvania avenue , ho
sent and bought it privately , Sim
LIN'OKUKl ) AT TUB UXKCUflVK MANSION
a long while after all arrangements
should have been made for her departure
keeping Iho new president out of his
proper residence. Afterward she madonp-
pcalj to the public men and lo Ilia coun
try for iKoiHioiib and other pecuniary aid ,
I hough Ihuro was no need for public ap
plication. Shu went abroad doing
strange things and carrying the
honored name of Abraham Lincoln
into strange and sometimes unfit com
pany , for elio was greatly neglected and
felt thn neglect , While 1 was consul
general at London , I learned of her living
in an obscure qnrntar and wont to see
her. Shu was lour.litd hy the attention ,
and when J ashed her to my hoime. for it
seemed wrong that the widow of thn man
who had donu so much for us all. should
be ignored by a-jy American representa
tive she wrote mo a note of thanks , be
traying itow rare such e.otirtcsies hud be
come to her then. The next 1 heara of
tiio poor woman was Iho scamlnl of
TJIlJ COUNTS OI'CHICAUO ,
whi < ; i the fact was uir. lo clear that site
was insane. It was a great rcjief to me
fo learn it , nnd tloulitlcss the disclosure
of the secret which her son must have
long suspected though like the Spartan
boy , he cloaked Ins pain was lo him n
sorl of terrible satisfaction. It vindi
cated his conduct ; il told for him wh.U
he had concoaledit ; proved him a worthy
son of that great father who also bore
his fate so heroically. The revelation
not only showed these two
SO1ILK SCFFKKKKP ,
but redeemed flic unfortunate woman her
self from the odium for which she was
not responsible. The world had known
that she seemed to defy and malign her
son , that she had appeared to do things
unworthy of the wife or widow of the
great martyr of our history ; had oven
seemed to blot the nation's fame ; but Ihe
pitiful story of Miramar casts no roller-
lion on Maximilian's empress , nnd Iho
shadow of insanity thrown across the
Intelligence of Mrs Lincoln , relieves her
from reproach or blame. Inste.id of n
mocking figure , disgracing her name and
station and country , she too be
comes an object of commiseration ,
not knowing the purport of her
own words or the result of her own
deeds , or perhaps vainly stnggling lo restrain -
strain them both , and regretting in her
saner intervals the very ncls she was til
other times unable to control. And Lincoln
coln- who thai reveres and loves his
memory will not respect Ins character
more profoundly , and feel that he has an
other and a tenderer claim upon our
sympathy and honor , since we know thai
oven this cup did nol pavs from him.
Amid Ihe slorins of parly hate anil rebel
lious strife , amid agonlcs--nol Irrever
ently bo il said , like Ihoso of Ihe cross-
tor he sullered for us- the hyssop of do
mestic misery was pressed to his lips , and
ho too said : "l-ather , forgive : they
know nol what they do. "
ADAM MADCAP.
THIS CKM'KIl 01-'Tllli COMIX KM' .
Oinnlia'a OnoRrnplilcnl Advantages
More Itnllronds Ne.cdoiL
OMAHA , Neb. , Jan. 7. To the Kditor
of the Bur. : There are few persons who
stop to think of the advantageous geographical
graphical posliion Omaha occupies in
comparison with its competitors. Take
a map and draw a straight line from
Omaha lo Jamestown , Dak. , then draw a
similar line from St. I'anl , Minn. , to
Jamestown and the distance is in favor
of St. Paul only seventy-live miles. In
the same manner extend the comparison
to the west line of Dakota where the
Northern Pacific crosses and the distance
is exactly the same. Miles City is twenty
miles nearer to Omaha on an air line ,
and the comparison wesl and south of
the points mentioned is much more
favorable to Omaha. St. Paul is only a
few miles nearer lo Chicago than
this city so that taken altogether
Omaha is in a position geographically to
dispute with St. Paul the valuable Da
kota and Montana , trade. The "Central
Wesl" is now our undisputed territory.
Now compare Omaha's loc.ition with
its nearer and more ambitious rival ,
Kansas City. The latter ha" claimed New
Mexico , southern Colorado , western Kan
sas. Indian Territory am' Texas as pe
culiarly her own ijiado so by proximity.
Omaha is about prepared to dispute her
right to at least one-half of her boasted
territory and leave her and St. Louis to
divide the. remaining one-half. Draw a
straight line from Kansas City to Garden
City , Kan. , and one from Omaha
to the same point and you will hud them
of an exact length. In the same manner
to Denver , and Omaha has the advantage
of ninety-one miles. So to Pueblo , Col. ,
anil Omaha has the nihantagn bv forty
miles. Then lo Santa Fo , N. Al. , anil
Omaha has the advantage of twenty
miles. The advantage decreases as the
line is extended farther south , until ut
El Paso , Tex. , Kansas City has Ihe ad
vantage of Omaha only twenly miles.
Kansas City has already to divide with
Omaha the north half of Kansas , and
before many months wo will invade
her best-paying territory lying west
and south of Garden City.
Hy all the existing lines of railway we
are nearer Chicago than Kansas City ,
and on an air line the distance is about
equal. Omaha needs three railroads
to make her right to the best paying and
largest territory of the United States un
disputed , and tlieir products directly
tributary to this point. Thus Omaha
combines the advantages of three great
cities for receiving and distributing mer
chandise and for collecting the live stock
and other products of the great west.
Its location is imequaled by any city
in the union. Can Omaha capital
afford , in the face of these facts , to sit
down and permit our rivals to usurp our
rights and blast the future of the fairest
citv in the land without making a pull , a
long pull and a pull altogether for the
necessary rail facilities ? Let Omaha citi-
/.ens make a concerted movement and
the millions of the cast will build our
roads and enrich our city. This is the
season when all the year's improvements
are projected and our citi/.ens rlo not ap
pear to bo making any movement to
share in the general prosperity that is
predicted for our fair land during the
next twelve months. The board of trade ,
or the Omaha freight bureau does nol.seem
to have as yet met the emergency. In
fact to an onlooker there is much the ap
pearance of antagonism between the two
bodies. One will ncutrali/.e the cllbrtsof
the other because of apparent jealousies
existing between them. 1 b ljeyn an in
dependent movement of citizens would
accomplish the desired result providing
unity ami harmony can be cll'cctcd.
F. L. I ) .
Tlio Coming Millionaire.
If Mr. W. K. Connor , Jay Gould's partner -
nor , is nol within Iho next twelve months
one of Iho richesl men in America it will
be astonishing. It is well known thai ho
went lo Kngland for the purpose of plac
ing the treasury stock of the 1'luenix
Mining company with English investors ,
but a rich strike in llio mine which oc
curred before ho reached the other side
has changed his entire plan and bids fail-
to make him the hero of a story equal to
ono ot the Arabian Nights , and to place
him in llio fiont rank of tliu millionaires
of the metropolis. That f ruth is stranger
limn fiction is proven in Mr. Connor's
experience in the L'liwni.v inino. A well-
known Wall direct man who had been
unfortunate in his previous miniiig enter
prises was as long ago as 187l > the owner
of the control of the Pluenix mine. lie
worked il .spasmodically from time
to time , and linally got into a
serious liiigalion over the title of
the property'which resulted in Ids having
: i judge of the United States court who
decided the case against him removed
from oHiou by President Cleveland. Tlio
now judge reversed the former decision
nnd our Wall street friend was victorious
but inexpressibly disgusted. Just in this
frame of mind ho met Mr , Conner , who ,
having accidentally become thoroughly
poston. upon the value of the mine ,
offered to buy him out. Terms worn
agreed upon , the control of llio mine
passed to Connor. The form of work
men at the mine was at once doubled and
work pushed vigorously , and while Mr.
Connor was on the ocean tlio tunnel ran
into a vein of ere which thus far is eighty
feet , thick and averages $17 per ton in
free gold , making the actual reserves of
ore in sight in the mine equal to .fiO pel-
share for the stock. As the 1'lncnix stock
is listed on the Now York Stock Exchange -
change Mr. Connor may sco lit to give
the "boys" a bull campaign in the stoek.
but his friends declare he intends to hold
ids stock for dividends ,
THAT DREAD TKUHOK OF MOTH-
liltS diiD'ocallng croup , is speedily sub-
dn.'d by using. Dr. J. ' Jl. Mi-Loan's Tar
Wipe Luii" ; lialm. U3 ci-uts a bottle.
WHAT THEY SAff U'D HEARD.
M , de Lesseps Talks of the Visit of the
Bnitholdi Delegation ,
NOTABLE MEN AAD FINE CITIES.
Kcccptlonf ) In Now York "Delight-
I'ul" AincrlcniiH The ClitldH Han-
qiiet lloldist ntnl I'mvcrl'iil
< rover Unnnl I'mspcetH.
P.vuis , Doc. 31 [ Correspondence of the
HKK.IVo were exceedingly well re
ceived at New York , " said M. do Les.ious
to your correspondent , "both when wo
landed and when wo embarked. 1 ex
perienced , personally , much friendly at
tention. At the grand dinner oll'ered us
by the chamber of commerce , one of our
hosts , in taking my Imnd , exclaimed : 'I
greet you , M. do Lesf-eps , in the name of
sevonty-llvo millions of dollars. ' This was
a characteristically American remark ,
and made an impression on my mind.
The city's hospitality knew no bounds.
Wo had delightful rooms ul tbo llofl'man
house , and forty covers were always laid
for us. lint wo were invited out so of tun ,
that we ate at home only two or three
times. I know by former experience
what to expect , but some of my fellow
travelers were astonished at this gener
ous treatment.
" 1 was particularly , pleased to notice ,
not only at New York , but elsewhere ,
that the Kreneli who had settled in the
United State * were quite Americaui/.eil in
most things. 1 found thai thov had
opened hospitals , asylums and schools ,
where theirehildren receive an admirable
education. At the New York school , 1
noticed that the boys were formed into a
battalion for military drill , just as in the
primary schools of Paris. Nearly all ol
the French emigrants speak Knglish , and
have evidently east in their lot with the
United Stales. I was glad to see this. It
is often said that my countrymen go to
the United States to make a fortune , and
then return to Friince to spend it. t am
happy to find that so many remain in their
adopted country and become Americans.
"Another tiling that interested mo
greatly in New York , was the Brooklyn
bridge. It was a line sight to stand there
anil see the statue lighted up in the harbor ,
the day after its inauguration , while the
brldgii itself was so brightly illuminated.
Under snob circumstances , we might well
say that these two creations , one due to
French daring and the other to American
daring , must be added to the wonders of
the world. 1 saw the bridge at its incep
tion , .several years ago , and 1 was de
lighted to gaze upon it in its completed
state.
"One more pleasant recollection of
Brooklyn , suggested by the name of the
great bridge , was a reception oll'ered us
in that city , at which ladies were present ,
all of them graceful mid many of them
pretty. It was the only time that we met
gentlemen and ladies together , and 1
found the union agreeable in every re
spect.-
"i MP.T .MANY inu.irinTii.AMniiOAXS ; :
at New York There was Bishop Potter ,
who ollieiated at the inauguration cere
monies. Ho and Mrs. Potter came back
on the same Mcamcr with me ; they are
both exceedingly entertaining and gen-
teel. Then there was Mr. Channc.y M.
Depow , whose , whose external appear
ance in highly prepossessing. Ho
is gifted with great oratorical powers.
lli words go right to your heart. He
made several speeches on different occa
sions , and they were greeted with well
deserved applause. Mr.Vhitelaw Itoid ,
the editor of the Tribune , whom we mot
often , I also consider a 'remarkable man.
The lion , Levi P. Morton , 1 was glad to
see once more , for we had not forgotten
his many pleasant entertainments at
Paris. I had the favor of a personal in
troduction to Mr. Charles A. Dana , of the
Snn , who struck me as being no ordinary
man. In fact , all those who are intrusted
with responsibility in the United States
seem to be just the persons for the task. I
unfortunately did not see ex-President
Arthur. Nor did 1 meet Mr. Blainc this
time , lint I know him well , and iiko him
very much. I made his acquaintance at
Washington some live years ago. Senator
Kvarts appeared to me the same "witty
and clever speaker whom 1 had known
during Mr. Hayes's administration. He
may have grown older in bod.y. as I have ,
but in mind he is still the brilliant gen
tleman who used to preside over the state
department.
"I did not go on to Niagara Falls with
the other dele ates , for 1 had seen that
great natural wonder on the occasion of
my former visit. 1 ran over to Philadel
phia , while Channc.y M.Dcpew was show
ing my colleagues the famous cataract. I
have a peculiarly strong attachment for
the Quaker City. My father , Count
Mathien de Lessops , who was a member
of the Philosophical society of the United
States , anil 'i very learned man. went to
Philadelphia at the beginning of this cen
tury to negociato a commercial treaty
wild the young republic. Jt was the lirst
treaty of the kind ever made between
Franco and America. 1 consequently
always feel at home in Philadelphia. And
how much cleaner this town is than New
York , for the metropolis is not all that it
should be in tins matter of pavements
and well-swept streets. But , to tell the
truth , 1 must add that it rained : i great
deal while we were in New York. Per
haps when the sun shines , the busy thor
oughfares of Manhattan Island are
neater ,
" \Vhilo \ at Philadelphia I visited the
celebrated ( iirard college , due to
THK ( IKNKKOMTV OK A KKKNCIIJMN.
It is a magnificent Institution with its
twelve hundred children. Hard by are
machine shoos that turn out a locomotive
every day. Nowhere else in the world ,
perhaps , can such a feat ho accomplished ,
for nowhere else arc so many railroads
built as in the United Stales. Six loco
motives a week , all ready to start out on
a journey. Think of itl It is an aston
ishing fact , and shows what industrial
progress bus been made in a city that
Was once known only a1 * a literary , poll-
tacle and scientific center.
Mr. ( icorgo W. Childs , who is a friend
of my family , invited mo to n grand ban
quet. I never saw anything Iiko it. In
the ( lining-hall was n circular table largo
enough to scut forty , or lifty guests , who
were placed on the outside of the board.
The whole space in front of the table was
one mass of ( lowers , chielly roses , which
abound , I believe , in the hot-houses of
Mr. Childs' country home at Wet ton , not
far from Philadelphia. The walls of the
room were bedecked witli flowers , and
there were bouquets of roses of every
form and tint. A large column , which
rose from the lloor , on the inside-part of
the table , to the celling , was covered with
wreaihs of roses , the base and capital
being also composed o.'itircly of roses. It
was quite fairy-like. This lloral display
surpassed anything of the kind that 1 had
over seen. It must have cost a fortune ,
for at this ) season of the year roses are
scarce and dear. Wherever wo wont ,
during our tour , I noticed the profuse
display of roses , which is a very expen
sive kind of llower with us. But Mr.
Cliilds can all'ord to give his friends such
delightful threats , for when ho showed
mo over the Ledger olilce , I learned that
his newspaper brought him in some
$1,000 a day. This surprised me almost
M much as the machine shop with its six
locomotives a week. What a land Amer
ica is ! I cxelamcd more than once then
and have done so manv limes since ,
"From Philadelphia , 1 went on to
Washington , where wo were rcceiveu by
President Cleveland , at the white house. .
Mr , Cleveland is very ( untlgiuunlp in
every scn'sc of llio 'word. 1 made liltlu
speech , and ho replied in the most grace
ful and kindly manner. The president
is exceedingly frank and outspoken , with
handsome'features and line figure. He
must bo a robust and powerful man. He
expresses himself with great fluency ,
never says more than he intends , and his
speeches were charmingly delivered and
most friendly in sentiment. Ho shakes
hands very heartily. I of course saw Mr.
Hayard when wo visited fho while house ,
and also met him at jovor.nl banquets ; 1
found him a most a liable diplomate.
" 1 consider that Washington is perhaps
the
KIXUST ( MTV IN III ! ' . t'.NITit : > STATUS.
That it is the neatest and cleanest there
can bo no doubt. I was not surprised ,
therefore , to learn that our charge
d'an'alres.Connt MauriceSala.isdelighted
with his post. Ho is a young man who
received his Diplomatic training under my
eye. Ho holds in high esteem the society
of Washington. The statues in the public
squares strike me many of them , at
least as worthy objects of art. The
Washington monument possesses one
merit , if not more : it is the highest
obelisk in the world. I was going to say
that it towers above the mountains , It
gives yon that impression , rising as it
does from the low surrounding plain.
"I found thai , public opinion in regard
to the Panama canal had changed very
much in America since 1 was there last.
The Monroe doctrine is no more mooted.
During my lirst visit 1 listened very attentively -
tentively to all that was said on this .sub
ject , and llnally came to the conclusion
that Americans did not understand the
Monroe doctrine in its bearing on my
Panama undertaking , nor could I lind
a single person who was able to tell me
clearly what its relations were to the pro
posed canal , So I took pains to explain
everywhere my interpretation of that
famous declaration. 1 did not touch upon
this matter with the president during my
recent visit , lint I did talk with him about
the canal Itself and explain toliiincoi-
tain drawings of the work being done on
the isthmus. I came away from the
United States with the impression that
the Americans are a favorable to our en
terprisc as we are ourselves. They accept
the inevitable. And well they may , for
they are benefited by the excavating , as a
great deal of our machinery is made in
the United Stales.
"Many questions were put to me about
locks at Panama. This was always my
answer : When I made the Sue/ canal
this same lock problem was brought up
and 1 was told that without them mv
undertaking would bo a failure. Now I
hear this said again in regard to Panama.
Well , when the canal in inaugurated , if
locks are then found necessary , 1 shall
not object to their being made. But for
the present I am opposed to the expen
diture of the O.COO.OOO . that the con
struction of thesis locks would entail.
Logic and science convince mo that locks
are not , necessary. But if 1 am mistaken
in this , they can lie constructed after
wards , when it is found that navigation
cannot bo carried on without them. In
the meanwhile , I shall continue to hold
with Lincoln , that there is no need of
crossing a stream until von comoioit. "
Knllwny Accidents.
Nnoi.1. , la. , Jan. 7. To the Editor of
the BBK : In reading from day to day
the details of appalling accidents con
stantly oeeuring on railroads , in which
th c unfortunate victims are literally
roasted alive , it appears imperative that
some effectual means should be devised
by which such horrible calamities coitld
be averted.
The injuries sustained in railroad
wrecks arc generally instantaneous and
not < o terribjo as compared with being
locked within a mass of shapeless tim
bers and there burned alive. The tor
tures and agony of such a death arc in
describable , especially when in the sight
of relatives who are helpless in vernier-
ing assistance under such circumstances.
There arc roads over which passenger
coaches run daily and are comfortably
heated by steam. In the cast coaches
have been successfully lighted by the in
candescent electric light. By the combi
nation of both systems , which arc practi
cable and economical , such heartrending
details as published in Sunday's ! : ;
would be unknown. It is ihu duty o
every railroad to provide such safeguards
as expediency may suggest , that will in
sure the safety and comfort Jof its pas
sengers , and if this they omit , it is the
duty of congress to enact such laws that
will make it compulsory.
J. II. LtnVKKV.
Senator Caiiieron'N Home.
Philadelphia Times : Tim residence of
Senator Cameron on Madison place , in
view of the president's house , was the
historic Taylor mansion of I he early
days of the present century. About a
year ago , after the sale of the Boliine
house on Scott Circle , West Knd , the
senator purchased it from Colonel
Brown , the New York journalist , who
had purchased it for his newly-married
daughter. The colonel paid ! ? 50,000 , fOr
the properly and gave carte blanche to
fiomo New York house decorators and
furnishers , who spent . 15.00 ( ) in perpe
trating one of the greatest masterpieces
of botehory in the line of house decora
tion to bo een in Washington.
Colonel Brown's daughter objected to
the house as too large. SonatorCamcron ,
therefore , took it oil1 his hands at $07,000
last February , and over since , under the
supervision of Mrs. Cameron , the work of
removing the sample paper , imitation
woods and other metropolitan artistic
ellects , and the substitution of rich and
tasteful decoration has been going on.
Colonial colors have been adopted within
and without in place of the dingy gray.
Hieh embroideries and mirrors of Vene
tian handiwork , one and two centuries
old. and water colors and etchings much
in favor with Mrs. Cameron , decorate
Jlio walls , The upholstery and furnish
ings are in keeping , so that the old man
sion has a princely grandeur about it
which it never had In the palmiest days
of its early aristocratic occupants.
HIM ) ITPOIJCV lltCMt IVW'MTP
llliHlliKIiM , HASH AADiIATS
The Nows-Thermomotor of Boston During
These January Days.
BIG BRAINS AT A BEAN BANQUET
Pious SK'y Pilots AVIio Wl h In Hirer
Clear of the Tlicalrc Tlio National
Opera Troiinc "lints on"
at the Show.
BOSTON , Jan. 0. [ Correspondence of
the BKI : . ] Our holiday season has been
a wonderful combination of events.Vo \
have had an unusual number of suicides
and murders , the double suicide ot the
two young girls in the employ of Jordan
Marsh & Co. , being one of the most horri
ble tragedies enacted in Boston for many
years. The old dining hall of the United
States hotel has been the scene of a digni
fied gathering of learned theologians ,
where the trial of the Andover professors
has taken place. , Then we have had ban
quets and holiday festivals without end ,
and the world of pleasure has not for a
moment ceased in its giddy whirl , nor
has it deigned to give a passing thought
to the tragic ami solemn scenes which
have transpired so near at hand. f 1
1) . T. Fiske , 1) . I ) . , has written a
I pamphlet , published by Cupples , Uphani
A Co. , in which he gives a critical review
of the historic Andover creed telling
what it is and what it is not.
I shall not deal with the
leughty details of this creed
because such things are of little interest
to t.ho general public. The trial itself ,
however , involves the possible condem
nation of live professors of the Andover
theological seminary , and it is therefore
full of interest , not only to the clergy
and laity of the Congregational church ,
but to the religious world at large ,
( trnvo charges of heterodoxy have been
brought against certain professors at An
dover , and the group which assembled
last week in the United Stales hotel for
the trial was indeed a striking one.
Grave divines sat listening to eveiy word
with the closest attention. The best legal
talent of New Kngland was at hand ,
among whom was to be seen the familiar
face of Senator Hoar , to keep the com
bative theologians from nrror in points
ot law. It is impossible now to state
what the result of the trial will be , but
public opinion is decidedly in favor of
the acquittal of the accused professor ? .
Even in the trial the audience gave fre
quent and audible proofs of its sympathy
for the defense.
* * * * * * *
The annual banquet of the Merchants'
association of Boston is not a-feast to
satisfy the physical appetite alone. It
has conic to be one of the principal politi
cal , as well as social and commercial ,
events of the year , and it is attended
with much pleasure and prplit by leading
business men and their invited guests.
The allair has got to be of so much
economic importance that I am inclined
to forgive one of my somewhat Anglo-
maniacal friends when he remarks that
"this banquet , as a feast of political rea
son , gives us the nearest approach to the
lord mayor's banquet that can bis found
outside of London. " The banquet hall
of the Hotel Vondonic , where , a few
weeks ago , such a cordial reception was
given to the president and his charming
wife , was tlio scene of a brilliant assem
blage of Boston's leading business men
and their eminent guests. The hall was
beautifully decorated ; the famous < < cr-
mania baud discoursed the sweetest
music , and never was New Kngland hos
pitality more genuine anil informal. Be
sides many statesmen of the "Bay
state , " such as Governor Uobinson , John
O. Long , Henry Cabot Lodge and
Senator Dawes , there were present :
Senator Halo. of Maine. who
spoke on the coast defences
and navy system -.Congressman Cnrtin.of
Pennsylvania , was a most welcome visitor ;
Senator Kustis , of Louisiana , Congress
man Herbert and Senator Morgan , of
Alabama , represented the new and loyal
south. The latter gave a scholarly dis
course upon thn banking system and was
warmly received , lion. K , B. Taylor
came from the home of Garlicld in Ohio ,
and spoke words of wisdom on the civil
service. The far west was not behind in
being represented. Hon. W. P. Hep
burn , of Iowa , paid a glowing tribute to
literary Boston , and Congressman Mor
row , of California , madn a happy .speech
on the Chinese question , Hon. John
Sherman sent Ins regrets. Many other
prominent men were forced to be absent
on account of the death of General Logan
but such absences were partly atoned for
by the largo attendance and c-xtromogood
will which was everywhere dominant.
The Merchant's hnquct : was .1 glorious
success , and it added another new and
lasting band of union between the north ,
south , east and west.
* * * * t n
The recent successes of the American
r
National Opor.1 company amf the noticeable -
able revival of intehvd in theatrical
performances of a high 'order , liavo
given rise to the discusMon of many im
portant points , foremost among which is
tlio question of the ballet. The clergy ,
nnd not alonri the Boston elrrgy , lia.-j
been very active in the di < eits.sion of fhis
question , and in spile of ( lie very com
mon remark , "the ministers novec
agree , " this seem ? to bo one thing on
which they are unanimous. There is a
general opinion among the Boston clergy
that the ballet mid if * results are im
moral. A few of them ; ire non-com-
millal , although it is pretty well known
where their sympathies liu. lev. ? Kd
ward l-'verclt Ilalosays he would rather
reserve the question for Ills nulpit and
choose Ins own time for its discussion.
Kov. 11 , ( i , Seymour , of the llugglci
street church , has even gone so far as to
say that , not only the ballet but th
stage , is the greatest evil next to intem
perance ti.at now anliets MH'ioty. "Not.
thai all plays are iminoial , or ( hat all ac
tors ami actresses lead bad lives , " s < iys
Mr. Seymour. "Mr. Booth , for instance ,
is in all points a model gentleman , ana
the performances bo g'nes are snob iw
will not only please , but improve every
one. But. I regard Mr. lloofli as an ex
ception , and I look on tlio stage , as a
whole , and so looking , I cannot but re
gard its inlliienco as bad. "
Sueh is the opinion of one of our cler
gymen , and it U srfe to.ay thai all I ho
others agree with him in regard to the
ballet. If this feeling is as strong in
other cities as ifeems to be in BOMOII ,
the ballet will , at leml , hr.ve a hard
struggle to keep aliovo hoard. I will
even go farther than this and venture the
prediction that the days of ( lie ballet , as
it is now gixen , are numbered. The people
ple are not degenerating ; quite the eon.
trary. They must have amusement , and
as time goes on lliero will bo
less demand for vicious i t > rformauics ;
and a greater demand foi theatrical pro
ductions of a belter elans The. stage hns
made a wonderful improvement in the
last twenty yearsanil , the time is sure to
eome when the ballet and every other degrading -
grading tendency of the slagc must "go. "
It may be well to add in ( his connection
thai the "hat reform" is decidedly a
move in the rigid direction. Its results
are already apparent. During the laf. .
engagement ot Booth in the Boston the
atre , about one-liftb of the ladies in the
orchestra stalls and fiiv-t balcony ap
peared minus their uiual .sk.v-.MM-aping
apparatus , and the expressions of almost ,
religious gratitude on the faceof the
f-hort-noi'Kcd gentlemen who .vtt behind
them were plainly noticed.
It has boon especially requested by the
management ot ( he American Opera
company this season dial ladies appear
with neither hats nor bonneU.
FinisSirii. : : . .
The llnll-llrucilH ul Manitoba ,
From "the Intermingling of Kaees1
by John Hcadc , in Popular Science
Monthly for January : Itas under the
stress of such famine that the half-
breed population of the Canadian North
west , which has ot late been .so much DC-
lore the world , grew in its present pro
portions. Its history carries us back in
near the beginning of tint eighteenth cen
tury. Arthur Dobbs , whoso account of
the countries adjacent to Hudson Bay
was published in 1711 , obtained his in-
tornuition almost wholly from a half-
breed trader called La Francis a proof
that the metis w.-i.s not unknown ii'Ccn-
lury and a half ago. The explorations of
the'Verandrycs , father and sons , lasted
from 17tl : to 1751. After the conquest of
Canada by Kngland , the fur-trade ceased
for some years ; but in 17(10 ( the Mon-
frcalers began to wish northwestward ,
and from thai time iheir agents , mostly
French-Canadians , mingled freely with
the Indians tlio consequence being the
growth ot u Ir.ilf-breod community.
There was a considerable population ,
known by their chosen designation of
Bois Brules ( for which they sometimes
substituted the more ambitious stvle of
"the new nalion" ) . when Lord Selkirk
began his scheme of colonisation in 1811.
That even then they were not all Kreneli
is shown by some of their .surnames
being Scotch or Knglish. But. it is from
the years immediately following tlio PS-
tablislimont of the Ued river colony that
the bull : of the Kuglish-.spoaking half--
breeds date their lirsl appearance. In
the year 1811 they numbered - . ' ( ' < ( . In
1870 the Manitoba half-hrendri and metis
( as those of British and French origin
may bedistingiilsliedi wore estimated at
10.0(10. ( Besides them , there was a popu
lation of uncertain number .scattered
through the territories , and a tribe of
half breed hunters which one early ex
plorer deemed to be 0,000 strong. In ISM
lr. G , M. Dawson , while nngnigcd in the
British North American Boundary Com
mission , came upon tin1 eamp of the lat
ter body , consisting uf ' . ' ( lO liiill'alo skin
tents and 3,000 hordes. Dr. Wii.-on con
siders the rise in this way of an inde
pendent tribe of half-breeds u.s "one of
the ino.it rcnmrkahlc.'phiiuomcna connec
ted witii the grand ethnological experi
ment which has been in progress on the
North American coti'iiient lor the la t
tliren centuries.
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