Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1880, Page 2

ee 7 [For Tee AB. JEWELS OF OLD TRUTHS SET IN who could tear Foci the be destiny awaiting it, Inspire us to action. ur beautiful Capito! will some day lay its was partial concealed from view by ferns, fallen eaves and other accumula- RELIGIOUS NOTES. ‘The Remains of Washington. LETT ERS FROM THE PEOPLE. EvEntne St things. may follow in the footsteps ot aa VERSE. ‘to erect edifices towering — = more modest ania every hand Is given mo! ery ive Sg Br H. Cray Parvss. some cunning, and each one may help another. the new ay ‘The designer should be able to com| me- ‘e re NOTHING TO DO. a eine help the Siagle u and 80 lor as forme! Why, in this beautiful Vineyard of God,— ne workman jucat Tha” “Sno we dont he roping <1te ait ths | Tre bcne eet Viererd ot oo ‘assist the designer. ‘The schools of oUF d—d yankees’ doings, But never you mind. | with » domain so rich, and s climate so fair, country must send out all our artisans, = We'll fix ‘em. We've got a petition up, and I've | Where man walks the Earth as free asthe air, | they Must be fitted for their work by a tec! forty signers , and we'll be ‘holler- | \=""" othe land of the Red, White and Blue, cal education. Drawing and art must be culti- again in a week, and may bet that Lo rs ds with nothing t> do? vated—artistic fingers must be taught to carry When we “do holler you can hear us.” I venture | Are #o many thousan out the promptings of artistic minds. Machine to that where one signature could be work 8 never artistic. it is labor- Ovtaised to a petition to allow these brawlers to recommence their hideous howlings, a thou- Sand could readily be had to a counter petition. As a class, they are insolent to a , taking advantage often of the hours when the “man of the house” ts to be absent, to tnsult & pure! J insisted On in this connection, and that ts, that a sto should be put to the ringing of front door bells hucksters and beggars. In some localities takes a large share of the time of a servant to answer such impertinert calls at the door. Let us have no more of this, COLUMBIA. May 26, 1ss0, ‘The Map of 1792. Editor Siar:—a few days since, the usually well-informed correspondent of the Baltimore ‘Sun, in giving what purported to be an account of a portion of the city surveys, Alluded to “the Map of L’ Enfant 1792." If any one has ever Seen such a map I will be very happy to know the fact and to be informed where sach may exists. I have understood that the services of L’Enfant as surveyor ceased long b fore the Period mentioned. MEKIDIAN. ‘Get the Best.” Etitor Star:-—"* * * Quite a numer of youngsters were discussing last night tue qu lon, “Which ts the best Sunday pay of the Sunday papers had thelr fric pater fai ek the Saturday evening douole-shect Stak.” The solution was acquiesced ia una umously. Fax May 24. ‘That Tardy Receiver. Editor Str:—1 am somewhat anxious about the recetver of the Washington City Savings Bank, as it has been now nearly three years since he bas been heard from. I am still more anxious ty get between forty and fifty dollars due me on the amount deposited tn 1372. This May seem small to bankers, but to me itisa am who would be glad to hear what the pro=pect fs, or if we are never to get any- thing more. Let us hear from you, Mr. Re ceiver. A Dsposrror, treet Cries. Editor Sti iow me and many other readers of your valuable paper to return our sincere thanks to the city fathers for abating the noise made by street vendors, hucksters, Inany times seen and heard at least Town men at the top of thelr out some fruit or vegetable, fol- or old horse and wagon, and con- more than you could carry fa your and which could be obt1inéd at grocery store minus tne noise, sireet nuisances have been tolerated the people is a wonder. Tals city ut to be the model city, and it ommissioners will persevere In Tse it will be. So mote it be. T. fhe Haretvot Boy.” Eilitor Stai":—1 would like to inquire through your valuable colu ans as follows: Does the School law prohip.( children from attending School barefovted? If not, has the veacher any authority t ‘ad the child home because bire- footed? "My boy, who attends school coraer 9th and S streets, has beens ent home for being barefooted. It it {lawful must Keep the child at home, as he cannot wear his shoes. If Rot lawful to whom should I apply to regain ad- mission for my child? I understand that in Some of our schoois most of the small boys are barefooted. Please let me know as above, and oblige INQUIRER, 26th May, 1550. Why Not Labor, Too? Editor Star:—I am a poor working man, and have to work for bo ye day, which will not do more than buy bread for my family. Therefore Ithink something ought to be done, through the mercy of God, to increase the wages of the poor working men of this District. ‘ilere they are working on this Boundary street sewer, and only getting $1 per day, and now they have ey Could not feed their poor Starving family. I ask,in the nameof God, give them $1.25 so they can have something to BS, house rent with. Evel has gone up Mprice except labor. Why not labor, too? jay 24. . Be PRUNING. At the meeting of the District of Columbia Hor. Ucultural Society, on Wednesday evening, Mr. Wm. Saunders, of the Agricultural department, read the following interesting remarks on pruning: ‘The laws of nature are constant and unvaried im their operations. Our Knowledge of tues Jaws Is derived trom accurate observat.oas 0: Causes and effects. What we call scl-nve 15 merely the systematized explanation of these observations. When, therefore, we allude (0 the Selence of pruning, slaply means the cla-+i let Knowledge, or concentrated evidence of effects roduced by cutting the branches or otner por- lons of plabts, which has been derived from ih: accumulated experience gained by observ.tlo during the centurles which have elapsed sin: pruning has been performed, and when we coa- fider the countless repetitions of similar pre- cesses ending In slupilar results, it ts reasonable to suppose that a suflictent number of facts = been observed to establ'sh a very perfect ence. Pruning trees, for whatever purpose, {s an operation of importance, as may be more fully ‘understood If we briefly’ consider the economy of plant growth. When a seed {3 deposited ln a Sullable germinating medium Its first efforts is to Send & root downwards tn the earth, and then push a shoot upwards In thealr. Thesee1 contains within Itself all the nutriment neces- Sary for Ulis process; but as soon as the youns plant Isso far formed, its mode of existence Is changed and it becumes dependent upon the Soil and atmosphere for future support. Tae €lementary =substances absorbec. by the roots Undergo decomposition through the intiuence Of the leaves, aud the material is thus prepared for further reot growth and extension. ‘The Toots have no inherent power of extension, but are dependent upon the health and action of the foliage; and, although, during germination of the plant Uke roots are iirst formed, thetr growth is due to Substances tn the seed which have been elaborated by the action of leaves on the PlaLt which produced it It 1s therefore ap- Parent that the tucrease in size of the plant, te quantity ane quality of Its secretions and tae ex- YeLsien Of HS rots wre all dependent upon the Lealthy action of leaves. Koois are formed without the tmmediate ac- tlon of leaves, as examples, cuttings, rooting- byacln'Ls aud Olker Dule-trees transpiaated a the fai We thus see how essential the foliage development of the plant. There isa cal actioa between the roots and the any disturbance of which must to- pou the beautiful system of harmony mpathy which paturally exists, so that every branch, or even leaf removed must have an effect either for good or evil upon the plant. So far as mereiy vigorous growth 1s concerned it ts safe fo assume that prun- } Kind isanevil, But as trees are not UlUsaled for tuelr Wood alone, but also ir fruit, 1t ts found advisable to do a lit- Way of prauing the branches, ood “may come in the result of for the Ue evil, in tl fo that more better and I er crops of frutt; and to accom- plish thls tu asatistactory manner, and at the Same tin Lot to matertally affect the health of Le ulus Of all tnteliigent cultivators. To procure gteatest development in a Plant, it should be let alone, most severely, so a8 pruning is coucerned; pruning will not belpit any, oa the contrary tt will weaken It more er less We have heard remarks made that prening is necessary because the branches are increasing luster than the roots. It ts dim- cult even to concetve such a condition of affairs ip @ healthy tree. As well might It be sald that the fy wheel of a piece of machinery ts acquir- ing more power than the engine which ts pro- g it. May rest assured that to get the amount of develepment ina plant we Must not remove even 4 single leat during the lod of active growth. We frequently meet in orticultural say and doings, the axiomatic formula to prune in summer for frult and in winter for wood growth. ‘Trees that are barren from over luxuriant growth are rendered pro- ductive by repressing growth, &c. Aree which has grown ‘undisturbed from Seed will be equally balanced, so to speak, be- tween the roots and branches, &c., &c. ming has a tendency’ to tn e of wood, or, rather, it may be more accurately stated, tie removal of a portion of the shoots and buds enc @ stronger growth in those which are retained. The vigor Of the plant tnstead of being expended in the foduction of many slender growths is concen- Fratea ina few tuds which are thug imbued Itpating screngi to soot oars Ing strep; 10 as case of the grape, eco’ “the formation of young wi of a strength to bear fruit, instead. eo ee shoots, none of cylt buds, ‘oO strong enough to afford strong PROrEsson NOKDENSKJOLD, the Sweedish ex- => arecent dinner pariy givenio his ‘at Parts, related the follor A Speaking with ‘one of the inhabitan' of he said to hi! “You have a good cil- beria, he said ‘o him, ‘The masses run mad with desire for gain: All would be rich without labor or pain. Hard, old-fashioned work they view with disgust, ‘And would clutch, ina moment, the bright yellow dust. By tricking, by gambling, or some baser way, All madly aspire to be richinaday. * But feilures are many, and fortanes but few, And so there are thousands with nothing to do. Monopoly, too, with its strong, fron hand, Is crushing the life from our beautiful land. It is fast gaining power ne'er dreamt of before, Transcending the proud feudal Barons of yore; And all ite great wealth, —deny it who can,— Is wrung from the toil of the poor working man. The millions are taxed to enrich but a few, And thousands are starving with nothing to do. The Trades-union men, like poor, wretched tools, Are aping the rich with their hard, selfish rules. ‘They deny the poor right to our young peop'e now Of earning their bread by the swest of their brow. Our country is filled with a sad helpless crew Of young men and women with nothing to do. And this rising race, that should build up our state, Ah! whatin the future will be their sad fate? How will they live, and how will they die? Let the Poor-honse, the Prison and Jibbet reply! Fathers and mothers, oh! think of the doom its your own blood in the futare to come. Ab! terrible fact, that a nation must rue, So many thousanie, and nothing to do! AKT EDUCATION. Its Progress in America, Etc. ADDRESS OF MRS. VINNIE REAM-HOXIE. The following ts the full text of the interest- ing address on Art Education, delivered by Mrs. Vinnie Ream-Hoxte, at the opening of the an- nual exhibition of drawing and penmanship by the pupils of the public schools of the District of Columbia, on Friday, 2ist instant. 1 have a warm sympathy for allof you who are studying art, whether it be for the sake of its many useful applications, or for the purpose of making it your profession In life, as painters or sculptors. Forthe few who may contem- late this, every moment is precious. A draw- ng from nature, a sketch from life, will never be thrown away. NATURE THE TRUE TEACHER. Go into the woods and study the humblest of God’s works. Do not come back from avy strol, or drive, or pic-nic with your sketch-bxk empty, buteach day return with something. ‘These will be the suggestions which will fill jour mind with riches laid up for the rainy Cay—the less fortunate hour, when you cannot 0 Into the woods and study them. Ifyou lie Gown to rest om the green grass, watch the sunlight glisten, and the leaves glow; coax the birds to come and sing to you. Watch them build their nests, and take lessons from their cunning. Watch the ants toil, and take lessons from thelr patience. Watch the spider weave its web, ‘and take lessons from its skill. Listen to the thousands of voices, and hear how busy Nature is, She does not losea moment. She does not tire! Why should we? Watch the clouds as they canopy you in fleecy folds, and arise from your dreaming with a desire to imt- tate these wonderful works of Nature. She is the great teacher, and every true artist bows down before her. Her brightest robes and sun- niest smiles beckon the oor Se onward, and in ber transient frow! ie lowering Heaven, and the storm-to: billows, there lies an immortality fr him who can impress its on his canvass. As art more nearly approaches Nature, it Is the more excellent. ‘The truth we can never quite attain, but per- fect Nature stands forever before us. Never sneering, but encouraging to greater effort—a just and generous critic. How naturally me Hasan hte By Lome paint the green meadows, may unem tn the bleak days of winter; to paint the storm-tossed and contemplate the picture iet hours. When we leave our homes we desire to take with us pictures that will recall dear and familiar scenes, and when we return, to bring back pictures of the wonders and the beauties of nature which we have visited! What a comfort they are! Here, in our rooms, bang the sketches of Venice, and we are in the gondola again. It is moonlight—the alr ts full of muste, and we are tloating over the Lagoons. Here are the pictures of Naples, and we are ain in the shadow ot Vesuvius. Here are the pictures of Trieste. We are again on the Medi- terranean, abd can hear the melancholy waters as they Gash themselves against the palace of Maximillan. CHOOSE WORTHY THEMES. Michael Angelo said: “The proper ead of painting 1s to purify the affections, by imi- tating in color the actions and sentiments of men, and the human figure itself; which it effects, not by a mere literal imitation of na- ture, or art, or of whatever object. may be pre- sented to the eye, but by giving expression to the sentiments and feelings of the human mind.” Choose, therefore, worthy themes; such as will elevate the human race and cunoble human nature. One of the leseons which the ast has taught us {8 that art has not always mused to dignify and ennoble, but some | times, unfortunately, to degrade, ‘Ruskin says that we should place “truth first, and beauty | afterwards.” Let us, then, select the beautiful and try to represent it truthfully. To take the color from the earth, or clay from the bank—to take that which 1s noching and create some- Uning from it, is an almost divine attempt, it our subject be worthy. We cannot all be Raphaels or Titians, but we can aspire to follow in thelr footsteps; and though the pathway 1s full of thorns, yet the flowers that blossom along the road are redolent witn perfume, and if we are wise enough to gather them we may | different bei Med roughness of the ‘k, | study. | lows—the meadows—the waving flelds of grain. weave them into tuntnortail garlands. HARD, EARNEST WORK NECESSARY TO SUCCESS, To succeed In anything we may undertake, means hard, constant and earnest work. Espe- cially so ts {t In art, and he who ts not prepared for such a struggle and to encounter and over- come ali obstacies, had better seek some other feld of usefulness. This is not the hard work that has always something to show for itself in return, but the study of weary hours, the days of painstaking and toll, which may meet, as return, with only heartless criticism when ‘the effort is over. Its so difficult todo anything well, and so easy to criticise, that there will b> always more faultfladers than workers. More liberties are taken with the work of artists than with that of any other profession, and inany Will venture to criticise who cannot 09 so intelligently, and from whom you will derive no benetit—only discouragement. The effort to do—the desire to undertake something excel- lent, Is creditable, even if the result be a fatl- ure. To aspire even to accomplish something great or beautiful ts noble, and it 1s possible for every human being to succeed in some direc ton’ if he tries ard enough; it is even said that industrious mediocrity has the advan- tage of negligent superiority. Yet I would not advise any one to adopt the profession of art unless he feels in his heart a great love for tt. it must have only mechanical results, if under- taken as a task. To succeed, requires the weary wailing and patient working that can only be endured by the heart that loves its work, THE CHOICE OF A PURSUIT. If you are undecided as to the pursuit to which you will devote your life, and surely it will be something—no one can afford to be an idler— then try your various powers, examine and con- vince yourself what will be best. Then apply yourself with your whole soul, and soar high. Do not fritter away your youth, undecided, un- employed. It you cannot decide, pick up some- thing, and go to work—work ts thu If you should change your mind afterwards, and ind yourself better titted for something’ else, well and good, but the study and application you have given will not hurt you. not be idle. Do what comes to your hand, and do it earnestly. Never mind if people do say you are “crazy.” Robert Hall said, That ‘one must work with an enthi bordering upon in- Sanity, to succeed.” li after trying your powers in various direc- tions, rising like the young bird trying its delt- cate wings, you find they will not lift you into the realm of love for art and devotion to its their inspirations; but if none of these ensnare te and you have a opis ractical matters— usiness entices eep as your com- e Jorihg angel in time of need, assistant and helper tn practical m: TS, he sweet spirit of art,—she aids ‘and Faces every calling, we, hand ater Fiera ly be considered, she trinsic value where her touch 1s laid. = hy Tit pave exceptional advantages hore. Your schools are the best in the country, and have already a world-wide reputation. ‘Your teach- ers are competent, earnest and p: aking. You are the rudiments of art. When your achool Gaye are over you Ca ae even alter in technical schools that knowledge which will ot you for entering upon your chosen BRAIN WORK AND HAND WORK. We must all belong to the working class. ‘We must try to make a demand for the work ‘that calls for brains and pays fair wages. Eich saving and perfect in mechanicai execution,but {t only frees more human hands from the thrall- dom of hard labor, and gives them to the pro- vince of artistic work. THE ENDLESS VARIETY OF NATURE. If all trees were of set patterns—if all the leaves of a tree were cast in the same mould, how monotonous it would be. It 1s the ever- varying curve of the boughs, no two alike—the the twigs—the uneven the ever-changing hues, that make the trees so beautiful, and always a So it ts In faces—in the clouds—the bil- Nature ts always artistic. ‘Noching can stale her infinite variety.” She 1s beautiful and generous. She does not repeat. She never ‘irs, and her works are a never-failing foun- tain of inspiration. It is art education that ena- bles us to drink from th’s fountalo—that gives u, skilléd labor and delicate taste, apt fingers, andquickened brain. It is this that will enable our artisans to compete with the SKILLED WORKMEN OF OTHER LANDS. We need not then import from abroad our ayers, lace-workers, weavers, potters and car- vers. Germany teaches drawing in her Sunday and evening schools, and one result of this ts, that Nuremberg furnishes ail countries with toys, and whole families, even the little children in the cottages on the cliffs, aid in the work, and it is artistic work and early taught them. France furnishes us with artificial flowers and ribands, and from their deHcate hues, the grac2- ful taste displayed in them, we need not be to!d that artistic workmen brought them to this perfection. Why shcuid we not have these ar- Ustic workmen as well as France? Why should we import our inlaid furniture. our bronzes, carvings in wood and ivory, glass-ware, paint- Ings on glass—in fact, the quantities of delicate wares produced by the educated taste and sklil of foreign workmen. UNIVERSALITY OF ART, Do not think it degrading to lay your hand to the humblest work. Let the artist and work- man be combined whenever it 1s possible. A man may bea great artist, and yet apply his talents to ordinary, useful purposes. It the divine Raphael could design patteras for tapes- tries, we should not hesitate to spend our best energies in beautifying and ennobdling all work. ‘There are many more artists in this world than. we dream of. In fact, we are almost all of us arlists In some way. Not that we all have Wonderful abilities, but God has implanted in our natures @ love for the beautiful, and an irresistible desire to imitate his works, for as Thackeray says, art itself 1s the expression of our praise and sense of tbis beautiful world of God. We can all do something, and we can all go something better than we have done. The pas hand that takes the alligator’s tooth and polishes and carves It into rude orna- ments, might with instruction and cul- tivation, mould more beautiful ornaments; even the genius of a Benvenuto Chellint mignt be slumbering there. The hands that weave the pretty baskets and embroider them with stiff and gaily-colored porcupine quills could ve taught to make gracefuland natural lookiag flowers as easily as they now make the crude figures and set flowers in gaudy colors. The boy who sits for hours patiently carving a bit of wood or a tortoise shell into beautiful and delicate but useless ornaments might never be able to suspend a dome like St. Peter’s In the alr, but he might be taught to combine his skill with knowledge and utility—to enlarge hls as- Plrations—even tocut the elaborate chancel and carve the cathedral door. All that we have in this world we must gain by work of BRAIN AMD MUSCLE, but as knowledge increases, nature gives more and more fn return for our skilful labor, and brain and muscle are freed from drudgery to be employed in higher occupations, and the higher needs of humanity give employment to these idle hands. As the days go by, we are less and Jess In need of unskilled labor, The labor-sav- ing machines are driving it out of the field, and men must be taught that skill which 1s neces- sary for the new employments opening out to willing hands. Schools for drawing and techn!- cal knowledge and a more liberal education In art will enagle all to find useful and profitable occu- pation; will bring grace and refinement, and Cultivate a love for the beautiful. He who can- not soar must stay below. When the bullding 1s to be erected, he who can work from the ar- chitectural drawings commands better wages than the man who Is only able to carry the hod. He who can design the spire or pinnacle which shall safely rear its head among the clouds, is greater than all whose laboring hands combine ‘to fashion his creation. Fame, follows excel- lence! We know who designed the magniticent deme of St. Peter’s in Rome, but we care little who carried the stone or mixed the mortar. Dre ghee tell us that genlus Is application— knowledge is Royer The same natural abilities nay be found in the architect, the mechanic, and the latorer, The difference in their station tn 1 fe may be due to hard study and advantages of education in the one case, and neglected @p- portunities in the cther. ART EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. ‘1ue American people have less art education han the natives of European countries, In Fru ce the workmen not only understand much +bout art, but they love It, and on holidays the ert galleries in Paris are thronged with work- men and theirfamtlies. It is even said that Most of the mechanics of Birmingham and Manchester know more about anctent art than the graduates of American colleges, and it 1s not to be wondered at, for it has eet been taught them, by lectures and ptetori.1 iilustra- ulons, by the establishment of schools and Museums. In some of our large cities we have ali Chese facilities within our reach. Time was when we could not have become familar with the monuments of ancient art without being blessed with a fortune, that we might travel and see the great museums, old monasteries, distant cities, and ancient churches; but now, we have the great works of antiquity repro: duced in plaster casts, many pictures of the old masters fairly copied, and the art of photography bringing all before us) We can ‘sit, with a plece of card board in our hands, aud see the Parthenon—that classic temple of an- tent Greece—rise before us. We can wander in the ruins of the Roman Forum, and fancy that the eloquence of the ancient orators fs ringing in our ears. We can stand upon the castle of ‘St. Angelo, and watch the yellow Tiber, with Its luried treasures, flowing at out feet.’ We can wander among the rutns of the acqueducts, or Usrough the ancient Baths, and climb the m)ss grown coliseum, fraught with its fearfail mem- orles., We can roam through the palace of the Cwesars, er sit with the peasants by the way side SI We can listen to the fountains, and hear the murmurs of the past, dreaming for hours in a land of interest so far away, repeople- ing its olden gardens aud forgetting the moss and ivy on the rulned and crumbiing walls. Or, turning to the realities around us, we may study the master-pleces of other lands, and other Umes, faithiully repeated by modern art and skill, and stored in galleries devoted to public Instruction. TO BE A STUDENT OF ART isto have many advantages. It helps to draw around you refined and cultured friends. Its history 1s fascinating and instructive. What a wonderful record it is—the pages fllumtnated with the blood of heroes, You follow the Unread of the story, and It is woven in with the rise and fall of empires. interesting to gather from the silent stone the mysteries of ages, which have lain embosomed in the earth! howmany wholesome lessons to be gathered from. those crumbling books—the statues—the pyra- mids—the temples and the monuments of ancient art. We know that we do not bulld as firmly and subsiantially as the ancients, and that we have no monuments which will stand the test of time, as their’s have done. We can- not hug the unhealthy delusion to our hearts, that we are beyond improvement, when we know that our architecture Is infertor to that of the Greeks—that our sculptors cannot rival Phidias, and Praxitiles—that we have lost some Of their useful arts, and that the pyramids will be standing when our strongest monuments bave into oblivion. ‘the great work3 of the past, those monuments of art and science, should incite us to exertion, for they are evidences of what has been done by others, and what we may be able to accomplish. WASHINGTON A LOVELY CITY WITH BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. We have @ country, the chosen of the earth, rich in the best of gifts and prosperous beyond. allexpectation. Our lines are places. of us who live in Washington are particularly blessed. sun has never shone n a more iovely city. Beautifully situated, up ot S ith healthful and favoring airs steait ‘the picturesque bani and with beautiful bulidings rising on every side. Tne grand old Capitol, with its majestic dome, towers above them all—a star by ee ace oe It ts truly a Picture for the artist always, whether in the sun, the storm, the rain, the mist, or the moon- Lees The Col 18 @ never- ng now a new impetus and out its arms every Its growth 1880 rapid that Capitol cannot much contain it, and of treasures 18 ‘encompassed by. th turesque walls of the Smithsonian, and the new museum will eventually become a second Ken- ‘The of art have been thrown wide open by generous hand of Mr. affection his noble gift, the Corcoran Art i | And we thought as we watched ther w—the grass will grow on our ht avenues, and our pictures and statues will crumble into dust, but the recollection of and Where are | heen 1oy great good deeds will not die. now . age Te Ae oe nA trious men past have a Tote any ee ee vanit yu memory of these great and the heart or youth beats aspiration and enthusiasm when the recital of their glowing deeds. Let us all try to do something, and do the very best we can. Some can make of them- selves great men—all can be good can say there may not be in this very assem- | blage some boy who, striving to be good and great, may be revered in story and in song, When the ashes of centuries shall envelope this now fair city. Our Ships at Sea. How many of us have ships at sea, freighted with wishes, and hoy Tossing about on the wat le Linger and wait on the shore for. ‘kegel Gazing afar through the distance And sighing, will ever our ships come in? ‘We sent them away with laughter and song, The decks were white, and the sails were new, ‘The fragrant breezes bore them along, ‘The sea was calm and the skies were blue, m sailaway | Of the joy they would bring us seme future day. Long have we watched beride the shore ‘To catch the gleam of a coming sail, But we only hear the breakers’ roar Gr the eweeping bight wind’s dismal wail, Till our cheeks grow pale, and our eyes grow dim, And wesadly sigh, will they ever come 147 Oh! poor ead heart, with its burden of c 1.3 Its aime defeated, its worthless life That has garnered only the thorns and t*e tare;, ‘That is seared and torn in the pitiful strife, Afar on the heavenly goiden ahore ‘by ships are anchored for ever more. PRE-HISTORIC TIMES. Interesting Relics Found Near Washington. At the last meeting of the Anthropological Society, inthe Regent's room, Smithsonian In- stitution, Dr. Elmer R. Reynolds read an inter- esting paper on the “Dumbarton Aboriginal Soapstone Quarries.” He sald that in attempt- | tug to trace the primitive history of aboriginal | Peopie of any quarter of the globe, the fact soon becomes appareit that their domestic and war- like habits are to a great extent assimilated. This feature ts particularly observable in the charac- t r of the weapons, the modes of warfare and of burial, preparation of food, fabrication of cloth- Ing,itcluding in some instances the use of rudely constructed looms, the manufacture and use of fish nets, canoes and the moulding and turn- ing of pottery, which art in some form or other, either primitive or advanced, is nearly as old as the human family. The potter's wheel was an important institution in the “ancient of days.” It 1s mentioned many times in sacred history, and is a bold typical ya in_ortental simill- tudes. The moulding of a vessel from plastic clay was a characteristic ou of the divinity shaping the destiny of His beloved peopie. Tue utter annihilation of an empire was portrayed by the sudden and untimely destraction of a wine ae when dashed to theearth. It would be a labor of magnitude and one of great inter- est to trace the ceramic art through all Its vicis- situdts towards perfection. In its rudest torm iusprung from the urgent wants of a people, and was subsequently modified and advanced to suit their taste In a ratio corresponding to their advance in civilization. We are struck with the fact that not vith- Standing obvious advantages of clay unteasils, the ancients appear to have sougit at_an early date, a sterner and more enduring material. To this end the mines of Magnezta, Comum, and Siphnus were brought under the yoke and patd arich tribute in the enduring pot-stone, the use of which, under various characteristic names, can be traced back centuries beyond that broad classic age, which preceded the birth of the christian world. The earliest authentic history of this stone Is closely interwoven with the annals of Nineveh and Babylon. Their artisans wrought vases and pitchers of exquisite form from this accom- modating mineral. ‘The Phoenicians recognized its freedom from igneous destruction, an: 4 it extensively where the long-continued action of fire was to be withstood. “It was well and favorably known to the Romans, and its name has descended through their Spanish off-sho 13 as lapis allaris, The anclent Brittons found tt near the tin mines of Cornwall, but were unable touse a portion of it by reason of the super- abundance of certain elementary constituents which, by non-reciprocation, changed its char- acter from a mineral to an éarth, to which the characteristic name of lard-stone has been given. At some points near the surface it is of a semi-plastic consistency. and from this form itchanges to every decree of hardness, until the true soapstone Is reached. ‘The use of this !mportant mineral for domestic purposes has been more extensive among our aborigines than probably any other people on the face of the globe. Mines suowing extensive and elaborate working have been’ found in many locailttes on this continent. To the natives, the pos h became an object of much destré within the border of a tribe, it wor down as an heir-loom to“eac ive gon- eration, while by a judicious system of exchanze it would become a Continual source of reyen:1>. Quarries have been tound in New Hampshire, Kthode Island, aud Pennsylvania, and recently in Virginia and Maryland. Tae quarry ua ier consideration fs the ino-t important aud inter esting remain within the old tribal boundaries of the Anacostia Indians, which tribe was the most northerly of the old Powhatan coated- eracy. In 1634 their territory extendel fron Oca Run, opposite Alexandria, to the Great Fails of the Potomac, and from the peninsula of Wash- ington, eastward along the Anacostia ri about thirty miles, embracing the most import- ant fisheries on both branches of the Potonw. ‘The principal mention of this tribe 13 found in the much-quoted Rvlallo [ners in Maryland- fam, by Father Andrew Wolte, who came to Maryland with Lord Baltimore's infant colony. He relates that while baptizing the Tayac of the Indians at Kittamaquindt, A203- tan, sachem of the aajoining tribe, was so charmed with the English that he wished to re- nounce his authority and accompany Fathers White and Altham to St. Mary’s to become a cluzen among them. Anacostia’s Capital town wa3 probably situ- ated at Benning’s bridge just east of this etty. Itembraced about forty acres of land, from whence, during the past fourteen years, he had collected more tnan ten thousand objects of native manufaeture. He had ventured to piace Ube tribal headquarters at this point, becaus' no other encampment showing so extensive an occupation can be found north of the Piscat- away region. The Anacostians carried on large fur trade with the early French vova- geurs, Who pushed their traMe into this, then. ultimate border of ctvilization. Upon the hypothesis that the Anacostians commenced to deciine in power when they first came tn con- tact with the whites, as most Indians have done, the commencement of their downfall was placed about 250 years back, and theirdeparture a8 a tribe at about two centuries. At the latter date the French and English traders were closing and Ughtening their grasp upon the Indians. Every river that would float aship brought reinforcements, until finally the Potomac, the Patuxent, and the Patapse9, were turned into shifting storehouses, which ebbed and flowed not through the silvery intlueace of the moon, butas they were guided by th2 golden sheckels Of profit and loss. “After the introduc- Uon Of fire arms, and the Indians had become proficient in their use, the beavers continued to diminish In numbers until, in 1700, it ceased to be a pursuit of importance, although many were taken each year. The magnitude of this trafic can be estimated by a sale which toox place in the last stage of its decline, and when already the Anacosuans were beginning to re- Jax their grasp upon the tribal ‘territory. At this annual sale no less than ten thousand beaver skins were [path by the French, and as it had probably reached tts last stage o! importance, we have no subsequent record of its further pursuit. Shortly afterwards the Anacostians drifted westward toward the moun- tains, and forever lost their name and birth- eeeby: consolidating with similar homeless tr ‘the soapstone quarry is situated three- fourths of a mile southwest of Tennallytown on {be eastern boundary of the great rock of Dum- barton, and about taldway between George- town and the Chain bridge on the Potomac. In early colonial times the whole region from Georgetown heights to the Great Falls on the orth was purchased by the Earlof Dumbar- ton. The vast extent of territory on the oppo- site side of the river belonged to Lord Fairtax, of Greenway Court. The Dumbarton estate Was afterward sold to George C. and Lewis Washington, and from their heirs, early in the resent century, 1¢ was purchased by Henry whose “name a portion of the es- tate now bears. It has since reverted to the national government througa the nch-payment of taxes, and now awaits some Clear-sighted purchaser to develop this dormant source of wealth in our midst. Its ex- istence has been known to the perenne aos peo- sd since the country was first inhabit To em it was of no special importance. They carried away the bowls and diverted their origi- nal use to watering troughs for their poultry. Dr. olds said his attention was first attract- edto me was a student of medicine, and one day while ox fhoring Ue hillside for botanical speci- mens, ol ed & curiously worked moss-covered sto! amination proved unfinished soapstone dish. Senge! tapos of the discovery, cludir; the size, weight and unfinished condition of the 1 that it had not wandered far from the place where it was made, e to tions’ of centuries Hundreds of fragmets appeared Samong the leaves and moss, near! every one of which showed well-defined evi- dences of having been tested by the picks of the ancient miners. In an hour’ssearch among th? ruins he several well-preserved dishes, Which, being too heavy for removal, he con- with the intention of returning at an day to them. The subsequent yy Mr. ig, of the Smithsonian Institutioa, led him to communicate to Professor Baird the existence of the Dumbarton quarry, Who requested him to make an visit to the locality in company with Mr. Cush- ing, who, at the time, was st?ll absent to Vir- ginia. On his return, both visited the mine in company, and in a brief time succeeded in find- ing a profusion of unfinished aud broken uten- slis. Their search demonstrated the fact that ‘the quarry was superior to any similar remain, So faras known, onthe continent. They dis- covered in addition to other interesting feat- ures, DO less than seven well defined shafts, or excavaties, which led into the hill, whence the , early —S had procured a quantity of stone, superior to that found upon the surface. With the exception of the southern side, the en- tire hill is Stone. About midway from the base of the summit, at the southeast angie, are the remains of an anclent sbaft, formed for the pul ot testing the quality of the mineral, which at this Polnt changes into a coarse gvanite-lookiag Tock, now being quarried by the neighboring farmers. From the stream at the northern base. the hill 1s about 75 feet high, 600 in lent, and 300 in breadth. Its ‘gener:1 Out ine resembtes a truncated pyramid, with its highest’ plane at the eastern’ ena. On the northern side {t descends to the creek, Passes under it, ascends precipitously and ex: pands into a distinct quarry more than three Umes the magnitude of the one under discus- sion. The creek which forms the mutual boundary between the quarries runs for hun- dreds of feet over a beautiful uneven greenish- gray floor of soapstone, worn into fantastic ruts and pools by the sand and obles brought down from the adjacent fields during the spring and autumn floods. In a careful study of the quarry, in addition to the shafis mentioned, many hundred dishes were found. All were more or less broken, yet of extreme in- terest, and having a permanent value. Among these ‘relics were found many quartzite picks chisels, hammer-stones, and an occasional spade, with which the earth was removed. while Making an opening into the hill. The vast number of unfinished and broken bowls and dishes found about the hiliside, and the conven- fenee of the quarry to the river sustained his belief, that this must have been a point of much commercial interest to the Indians in pre-Col- umbian times, Vessels of different patterns, size, and shape; degree of thinness to which reduced, and particularly those showing the grooves and furrows produced by the cutting instrument with which they were fabricated, were exhibited by Dr. Reynolds to the audience. In selecting masses of Soapstone for domestic wares, the uatives seem to have been guided by the quality of the material, and the @ and shape of the dish in contempla- tion. Scme of the unfinished blocks are high and massive, with thick walis and botto 1s, which, being of the proper hardness, would seem to indicate that a mortar was inten ted. A broad, shallow dish, with a sliznty elevated rim and a thick bottom, could have been used efther as a’ baking pan or grinding implement in conjunc- Hon with “flat stone mullers, or -bot- tomed pesties. In this shape no such soilaity asin the mortar was required, as the mullers were used in a rotary manner. At a first glance it would seem that this mineral is too friable and yielding to be successfully employed for such a purpose; but a thorouch kuowledze of its character Wlilshow that tn addition to the other pecuitarities, it becomes quite hard and durabie when exposed to heat or long continued atmos- pheric influence. ‘This property renders {t valu- able tn ornamental architecture where elaborate designs and economy of time and exposure 1n their execution could be conbined. Nearly ali these dishes are supplea with handles at the ends, of earlike shapes, from the fourth of an inch toan inch and a half in length. Inoue instance was a dish with one handle near the top and the other at the bottom of the extren- ity. The capacity of these dishes was from a pint to seven gallons, and they are generally of a circular or oval shape, Alter fully explaining the different dishes be- fore the ‘society Dr. Reynolds said that the excavations were made upon regular mining principles—a vertical shaft from six “to ten feet large Was sunk down eight or ten feet unt! the underlayinz ledge was reached. A horizontal trench wa3 hext commenced at the boctom and carried out- ward in a sloping manner until the surface of the bill was reached. This trench was proda- bly made to enable the miners to remove large masses of soapstone with ease, and serve to carry away the water wlich would collect fa tue bottom. The lecturer then proceeded to describe the large quarry on the north side of tue stream, and sald he was led to believe that atleast four hundiel years must have passed since this quarry was worked to any extent. An alr of extreme antiquity now lingers about these relics of a rude race of people whose descendants are each day belng pressed more closely to the wall in théir hopieless struggle with Clvilizatio: A Strong Government for the Rich. {George Ticknor Curtis, in Harper's for June.] We hear a great deal about the destrabiensss of a “strong government” for this country. It is Ume to inquire what this means. If is time to mark the tendengles of opinion or feeling which indicate a dissatisfacuon with the po- lilical Institutions that for a period of nearly ninety years have carried tis country on tn a course Of development, prosperity and ha) ness quite Unexampled—tinstitutions wi have withstood the strain of civil war, and which have not yet lost their efficacy or their capacity to fulfill the purposes of their crea- lion. There is one particular phase of this vague hankering after what is called a strong government to which I wish to favite the at tention of as many persons as I can reach. I have lived to a period of life when a dispost- Uon to adhere to the old ways migat be tem- pered by a consideration of benefits that may possibly accrue trom changes to those who are to come after us, While we may ourselves be content with what we have always known and venerated, we naturally desire for our ehild- rep ail that improvements can give them. But as I icok back upon the past, and contemplate what the Constitution of the United S' really 13, Tam amazed at what seems to ine the short sighteduess of certain men and classes who indulge {n themselves and others this kind of disparagement of the present for.n ot our politteal system, which 1s plainly Imolted in the desire, more or lessdistinetly exaressea, for What is called a strong government. It is sald—and I belleve withsome truth—thit this desire is prevalent among the rich; that the teeling 1s coming to be somewhat common that property 18 not so secure imicr our pressat form of government as its possessors tuluk It ought to be; and that althouga no one ts as yet aredto point out what are the further uarantees or protections that property needs and could have, yet that the undesined seat!- ment that something more is wanted for 11s protection 1s seriously making its way among men of large possessions, Whose infiuence and means are afforded to a class of politicians who openly use the “cry” for a strong govern- ment. Thope tt will not be inferred from the special attestion which I propose now to pay lo the Interests of property that I look upon those interests as the sole objects of govers- ment. [hope I have not Lost sight of the great trinity which Magna Clarta first, so far as I know, united in one fadissoinble 'connection— Lite, Liberty, and Property. Butin a country like tyis, where property is within the reach of all who have the requisite ladustry and skill to acquire it, but where weaith is Hable to be und actually is gathered in geet masses, it may properly be a subject of distinct consider- ation whether our political institutions are or not weak in respect to the protection wuich they afford to accumulated capital.g 1 have often asked myself whether the rich of this country know what they are talking about, or what others are talking about, when the discourse turns vpon this idea of a strong government. I try to put myself in their iene and to ask myself whether, know- ing what my studies and observation have taxght me, I should sympathize in this feeling in case I belonged to the class to which I now refer. Do people who talk thus or feel thus about our present form of government know What the Constitution of the United States is? Do they know that our complex system of government, with its checks and balances, isa government Of great strength? Do they kuow that nowhere iu the world—ay, not even ex- cepting England—has the problem of recon- ciling the interests of liberty with the tnter- ests of property been so successfully met and answered as in these United States? Have they ever tried to measure and understand the number and force of those guarantees and pro- we been incorpo- h the extent of substituting some other govern- meat in the place of that which has des tended tous from the far-seei! of ’3i— they could ever get another, callit what you will, under which property would be so safe as it is now? THe Tenacity of impressions received in childbood is a factor that should be held most important in every scheme of early educition. ions with nature Some of the sweetest date back from that period, and we may often trace their quaint ring in the of the man or woman. ‘THE GREATEST MaN is he who troubles him- sed Upon iim by. his who nds doing honest work to the best of ‘his ing reward?! ss S27 Jones says it isn’t the color ot her hatr that troubles him in choosing @ ely The color of her money is what him composed of the much desired pot- | In Georgia there are 2,663 Baptist churches, 1,553 minist: ‘and 219,726 members of the Baptist Church: : —An English newspaper has an advertise- ment for “an who can also take —It 18 now about 140 years since the begin- ning of and converts from Teathenisin no neater shan amillion and a = Attention is called in some of the religious Dewspapers to the want of in the Presbyterian Church in New La, K city duri the past twenty-five years. i “i — The English Church Association has within 8 few years spent $217.365 tn trying to put down. ritualism, $60,000 of which have been swallowed up by prosecuting Mr. Mackonochie, — In 1822 Jefferson predicted that Unitarian- ism would ere long be the religion of the major- ity. In isso Dr. MeCosh writes: “‘Unitarianism has and ts laid out for decent burial.” — In the last ten years Calvary Baptist church of New York has received 450 members, the present membership being 900, and has contrib. Uled over $400,000 for benevolent purposes, —The vestry of the Protestant Episco) Church of the Evangelist, Philadelphia, have | determined to get rid of their rector, Rev. Dr. Franklin, by seiling te church uuder a mort- gage fcreclosure, — Rev. Dr. Platt, of the Protestant Eptscopal Church, made a savage attack ata missionary meeting in San Francisco upon the public Schools there. He denounced them as Godless instututions, where the boldest ingdelity was taught. — The United Presbyterian Church, which Wa; formed In 1859 by the unton of two or three booics mosuy S LAS grown, in the :0 yeus <4 tg existence, from a body having 40s ml: Asters and 55,547 communicants, to one with 674 malnisters and 89,692 communicants. — Dr. Rufus Clars, at the Sunday-school Cen tennial, ob-erved by the Foreign Sunday-school Association in New York May 5, sid the Sun- day-school bad become the greatest theological seminury in Christendom, and the time had come to make it one of the greatest missionary forces 1u the world. —Mr. Charles Reade, since bis reported con- version to Congregationalism, 1s sald to bea most diligent student of the Bible, the whole bent of his mird being now toward attaining Christian knowledge and doing Christian work. It is sald, further, that he ts meditating upon a delineation of Scripture characters and events. —You have doubtless noticed again and again with what resignation and delight some good Christians can sit In a circus for three or icur hours; but let the parson preach more (hen forty minutes on a Sunday and you will see a general twitching ani restlessness all over the Congregation. Wiy Is this? Can you tei? 3 —It is announced by the Christian Intevi- gvneer that the most important question to come betore the Synod of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, which meets tn June, is that of Free masonry. The classes of Holland and Llinols have overtured the General Synod oa the sub- Ject, and a lively debate is expected when the matter is taken up. ‘The question to be settled is, “*May Members of the Church Properly be Freemasons Also?” —The Roman correspondent of an English newspaper telegraphs respecting the visit of Cerdipal Manning: to Rome that it has been the object of the Cardinal while In Rome to obtain “trom the Holy See certain extensions of pow- ers and faculties such as would render his supremacy over the English Roman Catholic hui more de eand definitive by removing cr lessening the cases which he 13 at present under Une necessity of referring to Rome.” —A new and thoughtful charity has been © ized by ladies in New York in behalf of werthy poor patients discharged as “cured” from the bospitais, but who are too feeble to resume work, and’ consequently die from ex- austin or drift back to the hospital. Fands heeded to estabilsh a_home for these conva- pcnts, in which, with needed rest and careful wurst they can bridge over the Interval. ‘any leeding bru and clergymen cor- ially Iuaorse the Movement. — The First Baptist Church of Richmond in- tends to celebrate in June the one hundredth niversary Of its org: z ‘The origin is acsoclated with the presence of the British army uucer Cornwallis in Virginia, and at the ume 1. Was started the membership was limited to ‘ourteen. Richmond at that time — iy 1,500 Inhabitants, and St. John’s Episcopal hurch was the only house of worship in the «ity, Services were usually held tn it only three tm oe year—at Christmas, Easter and at Whit- suntide. — The Soctety for the Religious and Intellec- tual Improvement of the United States Army ud Navy has issued an appeal for aid. In the urtiy there are but twenty-five chaplains to two hundred and thirty-four army posts, aud iw of the posts sre without any lib:ary. ‘The object Cf unls society is to supply that vant by sending religious and other reading uatler to those posts, and to assist fn estabilsh- iug Inisslonary chaplains at such posts as have ‘The society needs mouey with which to 7 es boxes In churches and allroad depots to veceive donations, —In connection with the anniversaries of tue Protes: aut religious socieves in Paris, a conter ence of pastors aad elders was held, at wat:h important) Questions were discussed. On the 1h st * What isthe best attitude for our Vrotestant churches to assume In relation tothe emes under discussion tor the complete secu- arivation of state education in all branches of ithe Instruction?” it was agreed that seculari- on 1s the only way to secure the rights of greed, lowever, that a certain number of evange ical senools ougnt to be malntained, but Olely by voluntary contributions, — The London Jerwish World writes that “it must, no doubt, appear to a stranger ridicu- lousiy inconsistent with the much-vauated Iib- eralism of this country to read in the news- papers that several Jewish bakers, in a quarter don almost entirely populated by Jews, ere fined at a police court for selling bread on aSvnday. The old act of Charles IL, of sacred ind blessed memory, was invoked against the offending Jews by the London Operative Bakers’ association, because it was alleged that a professing Christian baker, of the satne neighborhood, was compelled to carry on his bus:ness on Sundays to prevent his customers s to Jewisk shops, Which latter, neverthe- Were closed On Saturdays.” fhe French Jesutts have purchased for 40 Suves Court, the family seat of the Eve- iyns, near Dentford, in England. This hi toric old inansion has seen various fortunes stave {he courtly author of the famous diary eater- talned good company therein, and Peter the Great ad his troop of peopie turned the dwell- ing into a pothouse and spoiled the trim hedges by driving wheclbarrows through them. ‘The Jesuits intend to set up an educational estab- lishment there. Six members of the brother- hood are guests of the Duke of Norfolk, who has given thein an unlimited Invitation. Six others are enjoying under the same conditions the hospitality of Kothesay Castle, one of the High- jand residences of the Marquts of Bute. Among | the latter ts the Count de Couct, descendant of ‘ire de Couct, whose name recalis a tragic ode of the Crusades. — The Methodists of Canada are more demo- eratic than those of the United States, and if they keep on growing in this direction Dr. ckinah, thelr fraternal delegate to the gen- ral conference, thinks they will soon have a civil president in the Dominion and we shall lave an emperor at Washington. They elect bishops for four yearsand American Methodists tor life. They have 123.000 members and 1,20) preachers, aud the increase of the former fast year was 20,000, They admit lay delegaies to their annual conferences, and the Americans will probably do so after this, but uhey will have to amend their church constitution, which fixes the basis of representation in une general conference, which basis must be largely tn- creased or the general conference will become an unwieldy body and difficult to entertain. ‘vhere are men inthe conference who are rich enough, Dr. Woodruff thinks, to pay the Salarles and expenses of the bishops for the ext quadrennium. Let them speak now. — Concerning Colonel Ingersoll’s recent lec- ture in New York the Evangriist says: “It 13 paintul to see great talents prostituted to such inean and vulgar ends; and equally painful to know that some estimable Christian people at- tended the performance. Mr. Ingersoll spoke very patronizingly of Christ, and read the Ser- mon on the Mount with emphatic approval of its humane and benevolent spirit. And yet the whole aim of his two hours’ tinade was to de- stroy all faith in Christianity as a Divine re- ligion. This is very poor business for a man to able anxiety in ihe orthodes cnarek oh ae ol It is of recent ‘nd 1s confined thus far chiefy to St. General Etiior Siar:—In your issue of May 15th, “Veritas” says: “Nolther Congress nor any Surineion once tae setae eer AN, ery wer the remains of 1On. Ralosald, ‘may merit piace in your salsa a ace ir valuable nmin. and tend WO take the craked pals ot On Monday, December 23, 1799, the following Tesolution Senate: “That a mar- Sie monument be erected by the “Unl ed s ie Capitol, at the Y ington; and tha the tumny “or” Geet seorge: ington be requested to permit his Dody to be deposi under it; the monument Berea ee ‘a oe Washington, assuring her of the profound ro- spect Con| Will ever bear to her person and character; of their condolence on the late aflict- ing dispensation of Providence, and entreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington is the manner ex- pressed in the first resolutéon.” Oa Tuesday, December 24, 1799, these resolu- tions were concurred in by the House. ‘The following isthe reply of Mrs. Washington to the President : *MOUNT VERNON, December 31, 1799. Sir:—While Teel, with keenest anguish, the late dispensation of Divine Provide van not usible to the mournful uributes of re- spect and veneration which are paid to tie memory of my dear deceased husband; and, as his best services and most anxtoy alWays devot to the welfare and happiness of his country, to know that they w Prectated atid gratefully rememberes ho Inconsiderabie consniation. Taught 01 T have €o long had be Ine, Hever Lo oppose my private wishes to the 1c Will, I must consent to therequest ma e ¥ COngTERS, W had the goodn to transmit fo m Ing this I need With gr. abd ind I cannot, say what a Ing Tmake toa sense : ful acknowlefigments a thanks ter the pe nal respect and evidences of ¢ to. pressed by Congress and yoursel lence « 7% main, very respectfully, sir, your most be eat humble servant, MARTHA Wasntnoron. The error alluded to by * Veritas” — that t TeMains of the illustrious dead were removed from the o!d to the new tom in 1ssi, “Dy an act of Congress’”—may probably be explained by the following communications: “In the Senate, Thu iy, Februar 2. the Vice President foré that body thie following correspond- R, Tuesday night, Feb. 14, 1802. |. 6 be lette have done tae the j honor to write to me, requesting my consent to the removal of the remains of my venerable | §rand-parents from thetr present resting-piace to the Capitcl, I have thts moment received, Ugive my tnost hearty consent to the removal the remains, after the manner requested, aud congratulate the government upon the ap- Proaching consummation of a great act of hational gratitude. I have the honor to be, with perfect respest, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, GEORGE WastixcTon P. Crstis, To the Honorable J. © Calhoun, Vice Pre: dent, &c.; and Andrew Ste . Speaker of the House of s EKNON, February To the Ronorable the President af and Speckrr of the House , Gentle: 1 have to edge the re. celpt of your letter and the resolutions of Con- gress, to carry into complete effect that wht Was adopted In December, 07 the remains of Gen. W. of Government. I have recelved with prc sensibility, the expression of the desire of gress. representing the whole natton, to ha the custody and care of the rematns of my re- Vered relatives; and the struggle which it has produced in my mind, between a sense of duly to the highest authorities of my country and private feelings, has been greatly embarras- sing. But when I recollect that his will, in re- spect to the disposition of his remains, has be becently carried into full effect, and that they bow repose tn perfect tranquillity, surrounded by those of other endeared members of the family, I hope Congress will do justice to the motives which seem to me to require that 1 should not consent to thelr separation. I pray you, gentlemen, to communicate these senti- Inents and feelings to Congress, with the grate- tul acknowledgments of the whole of the rela- lives Of my grand-uncle, for the distinguished honor which was Intended to his memory, and to accept for yourselves assurances of my Zratl- tude and esteem. (Signed) JonN A. Wasnineron.” As the unsightly pile in South Washington 1 as, al the present late day, all Une appearance of amonument raised to congressional parsi- L.Ony, One cannot help thinking that the last xriter had an uncommon gift of seeing far into the future, and desired to shield his tu - trious dead relative from so huge a pile of dis- W. 8.6 ect. Washi gion, Ma -_—_—_—— the date of 8¥ Uf not calls seut to the Dead Lat oa 8— Anderson Annie Mrs; Adams Daught; Ander- or Gabriella Mrs. Akers Louise Mrs: Allen Sciote. 4 Thomas M Mys: B Powe Mere, Burton CT Mrs; Barny Chas ® Yrs; Bartly Clementine; Barney OB Mos, I-rry * ozabeth ra: Be ‘iva Mrs: Brooke Hattie; Brocks Jenrie Mrs; Bush Jave M Mrs: Bell Jane Mrs; bricht J Mre: Both Luwesa, Brown Lo ley; repay Lucy ; Bird Mary L; Browa Barah ; Barbour Mrs. C-Cornish Alinday; Crutchfield Bettie Mrs; (hase Fiza: Clark HT Mrs: Goleman Ira B: Qo ins Laure Mre; Cox Richard Mrs; Cooper Sidney re. B_Duke Mrs, E—tvune Belle; Easton Carcline; Edmonston M ‘antelroy Agnthie Mrs; Finley © EO Mra. Flueber Lucy : Fank Ro G_—Grimes Belle Mrs Capt nebecce Garver derah ae. aa om Honk Ann; Herbert Josephine: Hayes Mas- fica Hart Marsrate; Hollingsworth Miss. Howard kuth Mrs; Soward 8 E Mrs: Huzan WH Mrs. S—Jones Alice Jackson Anner: Jackson Annie; Jones Margritt Mrs; Jones Mary 2: —King Suean Mrs. L—Lee Elizabeth Mre: Laskey Engeine: Lyles wis Jepnie; Lee Marvaret Mrs; Livingston Mrs. Mety Etta; er Aun CO; Magruder Anie Barriet: Manpin Julia; Mann Lizrie: Mi: Miss; Meaney Mary’; Melien Miss: Ma- Magruc ™M Moxley ler Maxvie fop Malinda Mrs; Morris Marty Aun Mrs; sider * Te. Me—McCsahill John Mra. N-N Nae N- Neel Clar: hM F Mre. P—Posey Amanda Mrs; Peyton Lenora Mrs: Powers Mattie: Perkins Sarah J; Pearse Reginald Mrs; Perkin ‘Temp. Y-gueen May : Queen Mary. Rcherds Ada E. 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