Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1884, Page 3

el CITY AND DISTRICT. THE DU PONT MEMORIAL. The Bronze Statue of the Naval Hero Unveiled To-day. CEREMONIES aT THE NaToR pt PONT CIRCLE—ORATION )—THR STATUE UNCOV- mory of Rear Admiral » U. 8. was un- with, appropriate cere- The andience was »se who were present or to the memory ot the dis- naval commander by braving the ver. Under the direction of well, the commissioner of public d grounds, a suitable grand stand ed. It was located on the south faced Connecticut ave- was built to hold five hundred it was expected that the ather would interfere with the at- seats of the stand were assigned it so that all could be seated properly and comfortably in case of pleasant weather. The front of the stand. from which the ceremonies took place, Was et apart for Fresident Arthur, Senator Bayard, Secretary Chandler, Dr. Leonard, and omission, © ng of Vice Ad- ». Rear Admirals Worden, Rodgers and Wells aad Surgeon General Gunnell. To the rear on the right were seats for cabinet offi- cers, members of the diplomatic corps, Supreme Court, s tatives, judgesof the Court of Ci Prof. Baird. and the Commis- sioner of Agriculture, District Commissioners and judges of the District Supreme Court. On the oppos.te side seats were reserved for mem- bers of the Da Pont family, Mr. Launt Thomp- son, the sculptor, Mr. Bancroft, officers who served under Admiral Du Pont. Gens. Wright, Terry and Biehle, from the army, ex-Seeretaries buildings a had been ¢ to of the Navy, Admiral Porter, General Sheridan, officers of the army and navy and Marine corps, and the Du Pont Post, G A. R, ‘ington, Delaware. | On account of ary processi« di weather the custom- ted. The Marine band was in atte e and played some very appro- priate music. A mariae vuard, a detachwent of sailors from the U. SS. Despatch and the light battery of the 2nd U.S. artillery stationed atthe Arsenal were in attendance. The cold weather had the tof preventing a delay, and about two o'clock the ceremonies com- meneed. Rev. W. A. Leonard. of St. John’s church, deliv ery appropriate and effect- ive pra; vhich the statue was unveiled and pre by Seery Senator Thomas F. E ‘d, the orator of the Occasion, then delivered the following address: . Bayard’s Oration. it unvelled to our view attests the gratitude of a republic—of a great family of repud- ‘y Chandler. lies acting in a nstional union. It has been erected under the aut of the United States, and t , has been con- gecrated by chty Ruler of the | Universe, and is now de rpetuation of | the name, tame, and m Samuel Francis Du Pont, d re in the navy of the United States, Wise, from appointment as 9, 1815, until his 25, 1805, rendered devoted and faith- | © to tie people of the United States and ramen| | in te present year In conformity with the | law, the execution of the work was piaced under the direction of the Honorable Secretary of W ar, and ¥ is approval confided to Mr Launt Thompson, of New York cit ‘t of hts skill and labor now stands before » of bronze, of herole proportions, 4 in an atti it admirably re; Th die nuturalto the man whom anite, designed also by Mr. ‘Thompson, rests upou a buse of biue rock from the biils of in the state of Dela- ware, the scene of the early youth and all of the home tife o bu Pout. ‘The artist has not only been in producing a likeness, de- clared to be by the famuiy and friends of ils subject. but tn his representation of character- istic actitude and expression bas admirably com- Dined truth to nature with fldelity to art. THE ADMIRAL {s here represented as standing on the quarter deck, Marine glass in hand, which he has just lowered after an inspection of a distant object, leaving bis countenance iit with an expression of alert inter est. It may be accep 15 a Vivid and realistic Tep-oduction and portrayal of a frequent incident in his daily mutaand of the blockad- ing squadron off the south A‘Juntic coast, in which duty wurelaxed vigi Was required. He is Tepresented in the uniform of the period, and Of bis rank in the naval service, The artist has in- deed been fortunate in his subject, and fs entitied tO conxratulation fur the ablity with which he has fof bis grea ypportunity. appearance of Admt- jose Of ais latest active oe Wao knew him long and in- © of his most dispinguished ear Admiral Daniti Ammen, ly given. “In appearance, six feet in height, ad- service by the pen of timau and Was 0: compantonstn-arms, ma © appropriat be Was distinguished, mirably proportioned, graceful and urbane, with an intelligent expression and action. It will not be considered aduialory to those who knew him to say that no ofjcer in our navy within the St half cen tury Was glited with a tore distinguished appear- ance or exalted character.” Long and illustrious as 5 THE ROLL OF HOXOR ofthe American navy, it is unjust to no name that adorns it to say that none has ever exhibited a more ingrained devotion, a more zealous and solicitous guardianship of Its honor, Interests andeMiciency than Samuel Francis Da Pont, and the rapid sum- mary of his life and say Will amply justity dees witch I shall now es- ie testimonial of posthum- gus boner by ‘his governinent which has caused us we bie h He Wa- (he youngest son of Victor Marie Du Pont and Gabrielle J phine de ia Fite Pelleport, daughter of Kene, Marquis de Pelleport, and was born at Bergen ' Poin » September 27, 1803. His father was born In Parts in 1767, entered’ upon a dipiomatle career, and had been aitached to the French legation inthe United States in 1787, and 1785 b > first secretary of that legation, ahd in intea French consul at $. C., a point long after made interest- ing In the history of his son. After two years ser- vice at Charleston he was appointed consul gen- eral of France inthe United States, but left the service and returned to France, whence he emt grated to the United States with his father, aud pally settled permanentiy at_ Low on the Brandywine, near Wiinington, Del, where he died in 1824. - PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS, the grandfather of the rear admiral, was a dintin- Sulshed French evonomist, statesman and writer, Whose interest in the united American colonies was importantly manifested, and who finally became a citizen of the U States, and died th Delaware He lad rendered active service im the ne- mof the treaty between Great Britain and France In 1782, in which the independence of the United Stutes ‘was recognized. And In 1808 had been instrumental In tie negotiation of @ treaty With France under the admiuistration of Mr. Jef erson, by whicn Louisiana was acquired by the es. Ou bocd sides of his house Admiral n an honorable and dis- ty in France, whose descendants e United State have maintained ish tue high character of the race from which they sprung. Shortly after bis birth his parents removed to Louvers, a country E ty of Wilming- ton, Dei. and there, on the pictur-sque and health: ful banks of the Brauuy wine, pear Wwe memorable Held of battle of that natne, iu which the Marquis dela Fayette was seriously wounded, the early | {outh of the aduiral was passed. There was the ome Of his childuood and Bis affectiona,the scene of his manhood and married Lappiness, and there in the maturity of his years and tume, his mortal | frame Was vid at rest. He was married in 18— to Miss Sopuia bu Pont, who still survives him, apd has no children. When but a mere child, litue more than twelve years of age,on December 19, 1815, he received from President’ Madison his ap- Polkiment 48 midshipman in the navy. Almost Simultaneously Le Was tendered a cadetehip at West Point, but bis preicrence was strongly for the navy, and impressed with the traditions of his Materbs! aucestry, he eplered at once upon a career of arms. 4 LETTER PROM THOMAS JEFFERSON. ‘The interest of Thomas Jefferson in the family Ofwhis friend Du Pont de Nemours drew from bim a letter upon this occasion, of which an extract at ‘this date may be Interesting: “For twenty years to come we should consider Peace as the sumnwn bonum of our country. BY that tme Youre grandson will have ‘one of our hich admirals, and vear distinguished part in Fetorting the wrongs of both of bis countries on the most implacabie and cruel of thetr enemies. In ‘Unis hope, and because I love you and ail who are Gear to you, I wrote the Prestdent op the Instant of Feading your letter of (he 7th on the subject of bis adoption into our navy. I did it because 1 was gTalified in doing it, white I knew it was unneces- sary. The sincere respect and high estimation in which the President uolds you ts such that there is, Ro%gratifleation within the recular exercise of his functions which he would withnoid from. Be as- sured that If within that compass, the business 1s safe.” His sea service commenced forthwith, and he made his first voyage to the Mediterranean in he Franklin, seventy-iour, under the command of ‘the illustrious Commiodore’ Charles stewart. ADMIRAL DU PONT’S OFFICIAL RECORD. By the courtesy of the Honorable Secretary of the Navy I have been supplied with an abstract of his ‘ficial record in that department from the date of his entrance into the service as a midshipman until h, @ rear aduiiral; and interesuing and valu- able thouxh it 1s, it is yet too jong for insertion in ‘these remarks. AS a summary Of this record I may State, that from December, 1415, onward, ir war and peace, afloat or ashore, he, gently, aud with intervals of leisure, iew and of short uration, served his country’ until bis death in June, 1865. For eleven years a8 a midshipman; for sixteen Years a8 a lleutenant; for thirteen years as a Inander; for seven years as a captain; and for years 5 4 rear admiral; giving part even ‘childhood, his entire youth and the wnole mature manhood to fatthful public service, century of human life dedicated to honor fulness, and illuminated by the bition Of the highest human Knew him iongest and best wi ever seli-subordinating, seif- cheerful in the nee of duty ‘Mon of the commands of his oMicial gent in self-cuitivation and study, ecquirement Of professional knowledge ? A ae ii 4 BEE + Z i ie branch; rigid in the enforcement of his discipline, but merciful and just in the exercise of authority: Gentle, generous, courteous and considerate of his aSs0e ‘Sand Officlal int My fageous In the tace of danger, sensitive alike of his personal honor and the honor of his flag; spirited tn resenting indignity or disrespect;—conscientious, self-reliant and responsibie in council and decision, I have read a letter written near the close of his career to the Secretary of the Navy which so well illustrates these latter qualities tuat I have transcribed it: “I did not hold a council of war, either before or after the attack, nor have I ever held a council of war in my lite. I did not desire to throw upon the gallant officers who commanded the fronelads, and who had so nobly borne themselves in this novel mode of warfare, any of the responsibilities which pertained to my own station, and Idid not hear their opinions as to the withdrawal of the fleet until I had announced my own determination in the matter.” ‘These were the living principles of his action, and they were accompanied and strengthened by his devout and humble profession and practice as a Carisuian, which led him into an active and con- stevens membership of the Protestant Episcopal ehure ‘The range and varied nature of his service seems unbounded. He carried the flag of his country on the high seas into the four quarters of the giobe, everywhere and at all times maintaining with dig~ nity and punctilious care the national honor and the reputation of the service. A love of the navy and « thorough knowledge of its needs grew into his life and became part of his very belng. The tender and impressible age at which he entered | the navy had much to do with this, and the great | law of gradu growth was well expressed in him, as he rose from rank to rank unfolding higher ca~ cities at each step, until he became in the judginent of those most competent to speak, a thorough Sallor, skilled in every branch of his pro- fession. A nobl” emulation filled him and by study and careful self-cultivation he attained that Bich ficiency im languages and polite literature which lmarked his public reports and correspondence and Gistinguished him in official and social intercourse, His fine presence, volce, and manners proclaimed that be possessed: “All, that when language slow the thought im- parts Comes in that one word ‘Sailor’ to ourhearta” In every field of duty, on sea or land, he was found ever energetic, courageous, conscientious In the performance of duty. From "1815 to 1845 in ac- Uve sea service in all quarters, in men-ol-war of Well-known repute, the companion and cherished iiend of officers whose names ara HISTORICAL AND HONORED. Upon the founding of the naval school at An- napolis, unéer the adininistration of the Navy De- Partment, by the Hon. Geo. Bancroft, he assisted Commodore Franklin Buchanan in organizing the School, and very shortly was transferred to the Congréss on the Pacific squadron, Commodore Stockton commanding, and was agaln transferred to the command of the Cyane in July, 1846. The conquest of Caiifornia having ‘been effected by the squadron under Commodore Stockton, the Cyane was employed in biockade duty on the west coast of Mexico, and in cruising ta the Gulf of Call 0: ‘The exploits of the Cyane under DuPont’s com- Mand on the Mexican coast form a most brilliant chapter in the history of that war. In fact the conduct of the entire naval force on that station was worthy of the best traditions of American s2a- manship. enterprise and courage. Its influence upon the campaign has scarcely recetved its due appreciation, and its effect upon the prestige and Teputation of the navy was great and permanent. “ommander Du Pont returned in the Cyane to Norfolk in October, 1848, after three years of cqu- Slant and efficient’ service, having, notwithstaitd- ing long blockades at anchor and ‘defense of nar- bors, sailed 65,000 miles. The long lst of prizes captured, of vessels of the enemy aud property de- stroyed to avoid capture, of cities subdued and rts blockaded by his euergy and enterprise, has ‘ound honorable record in the files of the Navy de- Parunent. His personal gallantry flashed out on many occasions duri cama as when le landed one huudred of his officers and crew in the face of @ military force of all ar-as immensely su- Perior, and at the uead of his littie band fought Way through many times thelr number and Telieved the brave Lieut. Heywood and his herote vison in the mission house of San José, where ie had Deen beleaguered and brought to great dis- tress. The dispatches of Lieut. Heywood and Com- Mmocore Shubrick contain vivid descriptions of the Nery courage of Du Pont in this affair. discreet and prudent as cou we find no disaster to the public property nor want of care of the health or the lives of the ollicers or the men entrusted to his command. In the varlous affairs in which the Cyane was en; In the cruise off Mexico she lost sevent Wounded and out of crew of two hundred and ten men buta ie hy death from sickness occurred. After his return in the Cyane Capt. Du Pont was employed a8 examiner of midshipmen and reviser Of the rules of the navai school, He became a mem- ber of the light house board, aud combined with this important service the command of the recely- ing ship at Philadel member of the the surgery was necessarily sharp and painful. It Grew upon Capt. Du Pont a reat amount of personal bitter hostility from officers unfavorably affected by the law, when the ‘names of the individuals selected for 'retire- uuciation, and even: tion. But he was in the path g' 5 | E : : # Hl Fl | i l 4 te EF | E é if E i te i : fie of Norfolk harbor, and, under?the guns of Fortress Monroe, ravaged With linpunity the shipping, armed ane unarmed, in Hampton Roads, the navy of the ted States had been delieved (o contain vessels 0: War of the ighest type, and the equals in thelr respective clasees of any olher navy. On the even- ing of the same day the Monitor, the first iron- clad of her own type, the offspring’of the genius of Ericsson, arrived in Hainpton Roads, and the next day presented herself to the Merrimac in defense of the wooden irigate Minnesota, up to that Ume considered a formidable man-of-war, but in the presence of the Merrimac proved to be a defense. ess victim. In the desperate and critical battle that then took piace in Hampton Roads the end of wooden navies was decreed, but what was to take their place was and stil remains undecided, ‘This reinarkabie sca fzht was no mere test of Manuvres of navigatfon and aclentifie target practice, {twas the ecperimentum cructs of verle table war, a death grapple of skill, backed by cour- age unsurpassed, and sealing its convictions in wounds and deaih. ‘The terrible earnestness of this encounter disclosed the true features of the new departure in maritime warfare, and so sudden and sweeping a revolution had never before been Wrought in history. It proved much, but not all, and in the sequel much that is (ragical has occurred. ‘The pathway to complete success 1s often paved wit allure and suffering. The Monitor—whose name 13 inseparabie from tat of Ericsson, whose genius devised her; of Worden, whose herolsm tested her, and of Greene, who caught up the torch of glory a8 it dropped trom the hand of Worden, when be fell bitnd-d and bleeding in the combat—came in a few months to a pitiable end. In December following, the Monitor having been thoroughly repaired, endeavored to find her way, under tow, froin thé capes of the Chesapeake to Charleston, to participate in the conteipiaied attack on that city, and in a mere cap-full of wind went helplessly to the bottom of the sea off care Hatteras. The Weehawken, at her moorings in Charleston harbor, tn fair weather, went down in Sve minuves after her first signal foF assistance was given. Contributions of disaster to heavily-plated war- ships come from the English navy; the Captain, a marvel of tmpregnability, sunk in'the bay of Bis- cay, with her fefght of 600 officers and men, and the’ handful of haif-arowned survivors were never able satisfuctorily to account for what had hap- pened; the Vanguard, armor-plated, collided with NO especial violence with her consort and sank in- Stanly in the Irish sea. And the problem of Weight and strength versus security and efficiency Temains unsolved. In the winter of 1861, in at- tempted secresy, but with anxious haste, the skili and ingenuity of Americans on elther side, in the Shipyards at Brooklyn and Norfoik, were quieply maturing inventions which were to’ be the main facts in deciding the great contest. THE MERRIMAC AND THE MONITOR were the pioneers in the new system of-naval war fare, the offspring on either side of American skill, and tested equally by the courage of American sea- men. The combat between these two vessels ended wooden fleets, although as yet wooden cruls- ers may be temporarily in use, for this has now be- come the “age of steeL” In November, 1861, Com- modore Du Pont had safely and sktilfully carried ais fleet of wooden ships, led by his agship, the Wabash, into the waters of Port Royal harbor. And with masterly skill, handling his feet wiih & perfect regularity, and fis guns with a fatal pre; Cision never surpassed in naval operations, had Feduced earthworks of great strength defended with guns of superior cailure, manned with akill and co With celertty and unchecked suc- cess he had accomplished all and more than the task allotted to him, and had conquered and se- cured an admirable base of applies and of naval and military operations, most advantageous to the government and dangerous to the enciny. Seamanship, comprehens.ve military Judgment, intelligent and aggressive warfare were hever bet- ter illustrated than by him in this expedition. A Paper blockade was succeeded by a vigorous block- ade de facto, and a long line of coast, with adjacent Tivers and Rarbors, fell under the control of ue United States and so continued. All this had been accomplished with the instru- mentalities known to the naval warfare up to the Spring of 1802, But’ the methods and instruments of maritime war were now to give way to the Rovel inventions, and the latter were pressed for- ‘Ward in the midst of delighted surprise and excite- Ment without a careful estimate of thelr real Capycities nor of their serious defects. Yet in this Subeture the abiuity and. ready. wel iseiplined in- Velligence of the officersof the American navy Were admirably displayed, and they quickly recog- nized all that had taken'place and addressed thelr powers to thenew work before tuem, It 18 hot to be wondered at that, reacting from the ALMOST HOPELESS HORKOR which the appearance of the Merrimac and her re- sistless power caused in the minds and hearts of those who witnessed them, and all to whom such Lidings came north of the scene of action; the un- expected arrival, as in special Benediction, of the Monitor and the unhesitating courage which her the gallant Worden, interposed his and uphapp: was” much excitement, and a popular de. mand for success; and for a time reason seemed to have been swept and talon tigre and was yielded to by the Navy department in sich a degree that Mr. Hox the AS sistant Secretary, told Admiral Du Pont t “one at sea, ments of the most able and experienced officers the navy, and their representations of the im; fections ‘of these ai and thelr undinsss fi experinient, and to risk and probably lose whatever of prestige pertained to a long and successful professional career. in order to meet the necessities of war and the wishes of the government.” THE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON. ‘There is no space here for a description of the attack of the fleet of eight iron-clads on Charleston. It proved to bea failure, but his self-reliant and courageous judgment ordered the withdrawal of the fleet when the proper moment arrived, in order, as he wrote, to “prevent a failure from being con- verted Into ‘a disaster,” and with the intention to Tenew the attack the next day;—but so furious had “been the contest, so vigorous and stubbora the Tesistance as well’ as the persistent intrepidity of the attack, that upon calling his commanders to Teporton the evening after the battle,—it was discov- ered that five out of the eight vessels were disabled, and that “half an hour more Nghting would have laced them all hors de combat.” The Keokuk, an ron-plated vessel, sank the next morning from the injuries received. ’ Read by the light of thie facts as We now know them, it becomes dificult to measure me value "to, the | cause | he was enga: of the judgment and decision o} Sdinfrat Duy Pont, at ing juncture under review. ‘The scope of the “disaster” so alluded to, conse- quent upon the eight tron-clads falling into tie hands of the enemy whilst in a disabled conditton, 4t may be well to consider. ‘The possession of such ‘Yess-ls at that time by the enermy, would have put an end to the entire blockade by’wooden vessels, and the unprotected condition of the sea-board of the northern states (which unhappy 1s suffered to continue) would have made a wide-spread devasta— tion in that quarter speedily possible. With the blockade so broken, the action of forelgn govero- ments in respect to the recognition of the new confederacy, might have given a turn to events nov Pleasant for contemplation even at this remote dute, et these suggestions may assist in measuring the Tesponsibility of the commanding officer—the tm- portance to his country of the soundness of his opinions given to the Navy deparument, and the value of his judicious conduct in ordering the aitack ‘o comé to an end just when he did, thereby preventing a “disaster” grave indeed and whose far reaching consequences it 1s difficult for the im- agination to limit. ‘There is not, in my opinion, a public virtue more valuable, and unfortunately more rare, than the deliverance of judgments in a period of udverse popularexcitement. And yet just then fidelity Is most needed, and the expression of Teal convictions, ADMIRAL DU PONT’S DISPATCHES. When Admiral DuPont's duty required the de- Uvery of his judgment, as to the practicability of capturing Charleston with the new fleet of tron- clads, and without the co-operative movement of a Strong land force, he gave it sincerely, and pre- ferred to dispiease rather than mislead the public and those who had entrusted him with the com- mand. As I read his dispatches the more I feel his fame and memory deserve this public recogni- tion, for he possessed the qualities that save na- Uons—those personal qualities that are indeed the Pivots upon which the great wheels of human Society securely and smoouuly revolve, aud which all political societies need for thelr sdiety in the | high places of public trust. Wordsworth expresses weil the thought, “Say, what is Honor? "Tis the finest senso Of Justice, which the human mind can frame.” And this man had honor—sneered at by the base and shallow as a mere abstraction, but which will prove in the great stress and strain ot events the Most absolute reality. “It was this that impelled Admiral DuPont to tell unpalatable truths in ao hour of exeitementwhen great reswits were pending, He was overborne, and his yreat heart was pained, and his high and deiteate pride wounded by tnjus- Uce, ignorance, aspersion and the other countless Shafts, againsi’ which no coat of mail can protect, But time was his vindicator, and the correctness of his judgments Was goon established. His successor in command, Rear Admiral Dahlgren, an officer of high attainments and courage, never ‘attempted a course of action different from his predecessor, and in his published memoir ampie material will be found—it it were needed—whuily wo exonerate Ad- miral Du Pont and to justify the counsel he gave and the action he pursued. ‘The history of te navy from that day to this attests the truth of all he reported, and since he led the feet of tron-clad monitors to the assault upon the defenses of Charleston, no renewal of the attack was ever or- dered or made, and no other vessel of the type has been put in service. ‘The proper scope of an address on such an occa- ston as this does not include a more detalled blog- Taphy of the officer In whose honor this statue is erected. In saying what have, 1t has been my intention only to describe the man as he lived, and the circumstances which surrounded him, which tested and proved the qualities he possessed, and which entitled him to be perpetuated in the re- spectful and affectionate remembrance of his coun- trymen; that the generation who knew him may feel gratifed by the Just reward his name receives; that the youth who are now upon the threshold of life may find in his character and career an ex- ample and incentive to pursue with earnest devo- tion the path of ruggedjduty, until they gather on the table lands of truth the sweet flower of honor andthe loftter crown of Divine approval. Our age 4s one of utility, and our lives in this new and vast country are filed with ceaseless activity in the creation and acquisition of material wealth, so that ‘society needs other and counteractinz forces to free us from sordid influences and lead us to higher and better lives. Encour- agement must ‘be given to pursuits that have OU Wealth as thelr aim or reward. There must be an incentive to our youth “to scorn delights and live laborious days,” and this tt {s a public duty to supply. Education will broaden the sorizon of knowledge, and learn ing Wil increase the intellectual demands; snd knowledge will supply means for their gratifica- Uon; and the mind and the soul wil thus rise above the “grossness of material Ufe, and a progress upward as well as onward will’ mark American clvilization, Publte respect and recogaltion of vir- tue exhibited in the public welfare should be gener- ously and gratefully bestowed. Nothing should be omitted that can mould public co iuion to give honor and praise to those who hay .rved worthily and are entitied to the palin of pubic favor. ‘The night before the battle of Aboukir Day D said to his officera, ~‘Before this time to-mo: shall have gained A PEERAGE OK WESTMINSTER ABBEY.” Such were the rewards which his herole gptrit sought. A peerage officers of the United States are forbidden to receive, nor have we as yet In our new land a venerable repostrory for the ashes and memories of our distinguished dead, but there ara public buildings fit to recelve the statues of those who have well served the Republic in any calling, and no place 60 proper as thls city, the seat aud center of tie government of the United States ‘The erection of this statue is tn the ine of public Justice und proper recognition of the unselfish de- Votion of the individual for the welfare of the com- munity. Approval of this public act of justice will be wide-spread in this broad land, but no where so strong asin the statein which the ashes of her heroic son are deposited. ‘The state of Delaware has given to the United States Navy men on whose brows the laurels of Fictory ave, been Justly placed. ‘The victory on Lake Champlain was gained by one of her sons, Commodore NeDonough, and in the severest bat? ties of the second war with Great Britain, another of her sons, Commodore Jacob Jones, stood in the front rank of honor. From the earllest confedera- ton of the American coiontes, Delaware has borne an honorable and faithful share in the “common. defense and general welfare,” and to-day the hearts of her people are with gratitude in tals recognition by the general governmen et one of her citizens, so proudly cherished and beloved in life and mourned in death as Rear Adiniral Samuel Francis Du Pont THE STATUE SALUTED. At the conclusion ofthe orationarearadmiral’s salute of 18 guns was fired by the light battery,and the exercises were over. The statue has been described heretofore in Tae Star at length. When it was unveiled and shown to the gaze of the public this atternoon the effect was highly satisfactory, and the general comment was one ot admiration. It was designed by Mr. Luunt Thompson, of Philadelphia, and was cast in the THE WINTER FASHIONS. NEW OPERA CLOAKS—GLOVES AND BOXNETS— A WASHINGTON TOILET—THE NEW GIRL OF THE PERIOD—BRIDESMAIDS’ NOVELTIES, ETC. PLUsH opera cloaks will be fashionable. A GoLp colored plush opera cloak is lined Seatskin bonnets are elegant, becoming, stylish and expensive. < LrrTLe children stiil wear the Mother Hub- bard cloak; sacques which reaca to the edge of the frock are also much worn. A Prerry sacque for a littie child.is of white | Austrian cloti with cufls, roiling collar, pockets | and facings of white surah. Sorr Cuina Crepe is extensively used for trains, It isdraped in deep puffs over surah Ik, and when made up for ball-dresses is very gracetul. LittLs Perertnes of seai or silk plush are the rage at present. They look exceedingly jaunty and chie upon tall, slender wome: * GLOVES aRE Ver¥ Lone and are made to fit | the arm ciosely. Some of the Suede gloves have ribbons of the same color ranthrouzh oops at intervals along the arm. Bosnets ark Worn Very HiGH in tront and not at all winter-like, for they are so small as not to cover even the back of the head; the fashion 1s extremely becoming to youthfui faces. A Narnow StTaspine LINEN CoLzar ora frill of muslin or lace is worne around the neck by young girls. White mull and velvet ribbon MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. i PERSONAL MENTION AND NEW PLATS, — C, W. Couldock fs resting at Joseph Jeffer- son's plantation. pending the resumption of tin “Hazel Kirke” season. — John T. Raymond has had a version of “A Wooden Spoon” submitted to him and is con- sidering its purchase. — LH. Glenney bas just completed two new ‘Dark Days,” aa adaptation trom Hugh 's novel, and “Face to Face,” adapted from a French source. 062. —Hattie Delaro has resigned from the | £210. jottie of company. She will join N: Goodwin's support at an early date. ae — Joseph Jetferson closed his season here on | ©2077. Saturday night. The company will open, with | S234 R. L. Downing, of this city, as the star, on Christmas nizht, in Orange, N. J., playing “Tally-Ho” for the first tine. w operas will be taboo with Manaver Jokn A. MeCaull for some time to come. It is his intention to present elaborate revivals of all of Gilbert aud Sullivan's works with the very | best casts. — Fred and Victoria Vokes are now appear- jing in an afterpiece at the Novelty theater, | London. In tuture they will take joint engage- | ments in stuck companies. Fawdon Vokes is in iil health. BaeEteee! a 630005. — The new pie | is to play at Daly’ | coming spri: in which Miss Clara Morris theater in New York the « is an adapiation from the French of M. Georges Onnet. The leading character is a gypsy girl striving torise from a low degree to a higher. bows are used to fasten t but most girls pre- fer a simple breastpin that is convenient to wear with any dress. Hat anv Bos front in a singularly defiant, ager: which, with the terrier-like bai women, give a ferocious expression even to the mildest tace. Bripes go to the altar with the left hand un- | covered. The glove is carried in the right hand | with the boquet of loose, !ong-stemmed white | roses and foliage. Bridesmaids carry florai fans | or baskets swung from the left arm by bro: satin ribbous. | Girts’ Cloaks are ina variety of shapes, la-| though the Newmarket is the favorite for dress | as well asfor school cloaks. Very handsome | ones are made of brown, garnet or navy-biue | plush. They are lined’ with quilted sura’ Those for ordinary wear are made of Jersi cloth and are quite plain. Dolmans for young giris are of diagonats,cheviots and ladies’ cloths, and are trimmed with beaver. | Many FasntonaBee Lapies this winter wear Beau Rrummet surtouts of golden-brown Otto- man cloth, the fabric be with a ver heavy cord. Th ndsoiely lined with quilted satin o: shade or ofa c trasting color, and above them isa very deep pereline of seal or seal plush which reaches be- jow the waist, both front and back. The muff and bonnet are en suite. | For THE Soctat Curistwas GaTHERtNes this | year the Cinderella dances forthe young people | are in high favor. They do not n great disturbance of the house, nor an: tional provision for the inner mai admit of plenty of beauty sleep, thouzli | that strictly so-called is supposed to be enjoyed before midnight instead of after. ‘Grasshopper dances” is another name give to these winter hops. These, like the “Cinderellas,” are of an informal but not less enjoyable kind. At some of these parties it is mtended that the dancers shail dress in character of a kind that will not promote extravagance. The costume by rule must be manufactured at home, and the use of costly materials discouraged. Ix 1HE INTERESTS of good taste it is pleas- ant to hearthrough the dealers in leading fancy dry goods in the city, that all showy and ec- centric styles of hosiery are doomed to oblivion, and that rich,solid shades insilk and fine merino are first choice for general wear. And even for full dress, where pale tints of cream, tea rose, cameo, flesh, bebe blue, mauve, or ecru silk hose are worn, there is an absence of the lavish decoration which recently characterized the finish of “fancy” evening hose. Tue New Yorx Post says thatthe order for a toilet of white velvet brocade to be worn in Washington the coming winter has been sent to a Paris house. and ts as follows: The train is to measure ninety inches in length, with a very full rose and shell-pleating around the foot | of the entire skirt, and in the center of each cluster of pleats a bunch of pale pink roses. The front, of heavy white. lusterless satin duchesse, will be covered with pink velvet roses | in applique, with rich green velvet leaves and | fine sprays. Around the square neck will be setafull garniture of pink roses and foliaze | with a frill of rich lace beyond, and the elbow sleeves are to havea similarfinish. A very rare set of opals will be worn with this very magnifi- cent toilet. Vests of all kinds were never more prominent in the season’s fashions than at present. They appear upon {imported dresses designed for street, home, reception, and for party wear; and | the most charming among them ali are those made wholly of white lace, and fastened up the front with tiny pearl or Rhine-stone buttons. Awone modern toilet inventions are strips of fine felt, highly perfumed, which are intended to be worn inside the dress bodice. Its presence is supposed to obviate some of the unpleasant effects which dancing sometimes brings about. The odor isthat of frangipani—a perfume which many people detest. GoLpeN Brown rivals Titian red for the basque and train of dresses for Christmas din- ners and New Year's festivities. The princesse back with bunched-up tram grows in favor for such dresses, and the fronts are of zold-brocaded | satin. The corsage with the neck pointed bot | back and tront is becoming to a fine flzure, and may be finished with tine folds ot white crepe | lisse. Tue Newest For of the jersey ts, for the | winter season, accompanted by a jacket of vel- vet, plush, or fine cloth, which has a rounding | Zouave effect in front, and is cutala postiliion in the back. The jersey worn beneath this | Jacket has a braided or chenille-embroidered tront, and has all the effect of a waistcoat when the cutaway Zouave, which buttons only at the throat, is worn above it. EaR-RINGS are now seldom seen on girls in their teens, and many ofthe rising generationre- fuse altogether to have holes bored in their ears The simpliest arrangement of the hairis adopted by echool-girls, such as hanging braids, or else a braided knot low on the nape of the neck, while the front may be brushed back smoothly from the forehead if it is low. or cut ina bang that may cover part of a high forehead, and per- | haps result in inducing the hair to grow lower down. | THe New YoRE QUEEN says a London firm has introduced a novelty for brides-maids’ dresses. The materials employed are cloth and veivet, in such colors as red and gray. The akirta are plaited, and draped with paniers and panels of velvet. The bodices are made pointed | with velvet waistcoats, laced across; but from | the neck to the bust white cloth is inserted, en- | tirely covered with gold Russian braid in good designs, and on the corner of the upright coliar isa monogram in gold embroidery. The cuffs have the same white gold cloth introduced, and nothing can well have a more novel or disti effect against the darker shade of cloth. Tam O'Shanter caps to match are intended to be foundry of the Henry Bonnard Bronze company, of New York, of which ex-Treasurer Gilfillan is president. The arrangements for the unveiling ceremonies were in charge of Commander Bow- man H. McCalla, and he was asalsted in curying them out successfully by Lieuts. Ackley, Kelley, pocees, Mason, Dyer, Stanton, Sharp and oi Gen. Hazen’s Reasons. WHY HE THINKS THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SHOULD BE RETAINED UNDER MILITARY CONTROL— worn with them. fr 1s CLarMep by those who are supposed to be high authority on the subject that the gen- tle, graceful and reposeful blonde young lady, who for so long has reigned as queen in fash- ion’s world, is now, for a season at least, to re- tire, and in her place is torule the brilliant, blooming, and wide-awake girl, with dark brown hair, large hazel eyes, and rosy lips and cheeks. With the incoming of this style of breezy beauty, an additional exhibition of feel- HOW THE WORK Is DONE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. Gen. Hazen, in conversation with a Stag re- Porter, strongly advocated the retention of the meteorological work under military control. “The chief reason,” he said, “1s, that under no other system can the data be gathered so as to make it of the highest value, not that civillans cannot take the @bservations, but only after training can they do it accurately, and if not accurate the data have no value for the present high sclentifie work. The record must also be continuous, if not, likeachain, the broken links destroy the whole. Only a mili- tary system can secure this accuracy and continu- IF g ustances are of constant occurrence in this ‘where temptations 8 ing and emotion is allowed in the place of the non-expressive role of the more angelic blonde. If the young lady of to-day is, therefore, sud- denly informed that her home is on fire, her relative dead or her last, best frock or bonnet ruined by milliner or modiste, she is now at lib- erty not to faint, but to weep, scream or make use of any adjective or expletive which may be suited to the case in hand. Under the new code she can laugh heartily, eat plentifully of roast beef or mutton, which the doctors say will help to make the beauty of the hour still more rosy and |; she can praise, blame, or iove or fiberiy tae nearly all that in her fair blonde alster was considered inculte and unfeminine. pe csmccatt irae daca ‘Wanted—Frivolous Young Men. ¥rom the Boston Courier. “Ic ts no use,” a young lady recently remarked despairingly, “there are no frivolous men any g B: a NET TRIMMINGS are clustered in | ive style, | § worn by most | ¢, | ern staze, —“Love on Crutches” at Daly's theater ts | one of the hits of the day. Nothing morepleas- Jing than this comedy has been seen on the e of this or any other piace of amusement in York since the season began. Exquisite j tas iscervible in every department of the | representation. | —John T, Raymond received a hearty wel- come kK at the Grand Opers house, New | York, when he was seen as General Josiah Lin | ‘The spectators were in a mood to enjoy the fp quibs and cranks | with which the comedy abounds. — Until now every body has been left under the impression that Lord Tennyson's, “Thomas a Becket” was to be put on the stage, and was | meant for the stage. Now that the work has | 6 Just appeared, we are told by the author in | § his preiace, as Teported Uy cable, that the drama | { tn its present form is not’ tntended for the mod | ¢ ber in ur Congre “Desiree” was presented Monday night at | the Bijou, in Boston, to a crowded house by the McCaull Opera compan: cau be said to chie Access. audience at first was disposed to be chary of approval, aud tet several numbers go vy without applause, show yuse was not lied with the ut when the applause eaut all the more. Prot. 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