Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1885, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. et An Organization Whose History Over Half a Century. WHY THF SOCIETY WAS FORMED—ITS EARNEST EFFORTS TO BUILD THE MONUMENT BY MEANS OF PRIVATE CONTNIBUTIONS—DISTIN- HED NAMES ON THE LIST OF MEMBER- ars Congress slept over the pro- a ble monument to Wash- n to think the monu- d if the atter was In September, 1833, a para- » Was pablished in the National Intell of this city ealling « meeting of citizens » the er in hand, In response to that call a meeting of citizens stember 26, 1833, niel Brent, Joseph ph Gales, jr, Peter MeLelland, Pishey orge Watter- was afterwards Circuit Court of the Dis Cranch, the trict. At this me ing the Washington National inent Society was formed, Chief Justice years of age, nd Judge .. George Wat- inator of the enterprise, nd he served in that ‘his death, in 1854, and John Carroll Brent, who Lbs Dr. J.B. Blake ing, the present A M EX-PRESIDENT MADISON, When Chie ex-Presic ison was chosen to sueceed f the society. Mr. Madison, ranch accepting the office s dated Montpelier, Jul T have rece! yin the pl Chet Iusti of the distinction ns in which the society nz, Uke my illustrious the ¢ tion it cant t, under we friends of thize, und of + be proud,” MEME THE List ¢ present time with our ntified the country he illnstrions mien, roll s pists, Since | have bow a. Brut. Joseph | John M. Brodhead, Dr. MW Dr. his, HN George WM 2 Edward Clark, esq. Watter-« EX-OFFICIO Tpon the death ot nin 1836, mended so as to provide United States should | yelety. Andrew Ps » president, and he wats f tren. Win. H. Afarrison, tylor, M son. U. and (1 Th ‘oft . Ried Wal ¥. mayors, and A re ¥ years whe jety was mitribu- Wits the fnted in IS48, '@: N ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE, An address issued by the ty announeing the appointment of Mr. Whittlesey as general s interesting as showing the spirit and ut time. It was and after Whittieser te. for the in com- ioned proper site, but that difficulty en removed b h the expect proper t he pul I it bas not been The authori ed hy the agents the 2 00, to be invested in the st stocks in tie country. aad placed in trust in the names o Ie itizens of than Towson: Vivors or sir- > from risk, interest, at uny oi the conten. omplishial keep the public fully inform Hition of the funds of the societ > publish. ert, showing the ives ments last statement Of the trea’ Tn eli tterston, the secretary, by the board of man: every journal | in the L Estates which publishes this ad« dress, shall t the nicnume COLLECTING FUNDS, opted by the society was to secure | and unite the efforts of the people | ting a monument to Presi- | acting In At first nnual sum n. Agents were ap- of the country with The collections 000 in sment of the | further opera. ers remained Lrule hay- tions On a more With such success a see Se to 837,000, Mrs. uincy | Alexande myn the | ument society, effected an | ‘ting funds through n of the country. In November, 1847, unent Society passed a resolution that | rstone of the monument should be February, 1548, provided Id be obtained in time. one was lald the members of the Monument society were constantly obliged to to the public for funds. The father slow responses must have shaken their poor times in the patriotism of the American ople. Veral years, standstill nniil After the corne SIGNS OF DISCOURAGEMENT. In 1854 the shaft had reached a height of 154 feet, and the contributions, amounting in all to about $23,000, had been expended. following appeal to the country was iss Appeal to the Countr; ton Nat Fellow-Citizens Father of the Country, of the hy about $2: having reached 154 feet according to its plan, at a cost of | 10, needs your prompt and zealous support to raise funds, how nearly exhausted,to arry It on after the present month of June. ntributions are made this great na: tional work must be discontinued if board fn ers, Who Tender their services gratul- tously notineuradebt upon their own re- sponsibility. Is their patriotism to be so taxed, this work, begun in patriotism, be a ht of national disgrace? Surely there Mcieut number of nuble-hearted patriots in the land to prevent this. Nothing but a small contribution from all, in Properties to their means, tf only trom a dime » a dollar each, is wanted for the completion of the monument. The question isasked, will not such a contribution be made by every One? the people of this great couptry leave vo a few the honor, afrer long years of trial and toll, of erecting a’ monument worthy of the great and good Washington, or shall it ge a national mon- ament from the whole people? ‘That the mon- tment should stop short of one-third of the plan proposed no patriotie citizen can believe! But the time for making contfibutions can no longer be delayed. Let every citizen ask him. posited in the cornerstone of | M x Kas , D.C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. to the undertakir © to your postmast: convenient to you, be The pty tr will warding the monc for the ment of the Will he not render at aid now? this appeal will not be made in vain, I President of the Unite Winfie N. Tow Ww Peter For ae ee rd of man: TS e ently trust that Onicers. NKLIX F RCE, States und ex-officlo ice President. WERS, “ofliclo Second Jers. John WM Walter Jones, eden, jd Scott, awford, aye. | r its ait mp ng congressional | assistance, The “memorial was referred to a to stir nd to will » Monument xs it pd to sirbser ., every effort mac impulses of the peopl rse, inte: Atter th sull too que nilict to encourage Ss Work. APPEAL, A LAST tently ree wreed i years, on ihe THE FOUR SECRETARIES. 1. GEORGE WATTERSTON, 3. DR. JOHN B. BLAKE. 2. JOHN CARROLL BRENT. 4. HON. HORATIO KING. the patriotic 1in state, city member the was to Boxes Gth, tthe ng, ye 1G polls upted war the much pstions: the so- dd that the prosperity plished, 2d of February made a last af DR.C.H. NICHOLS. 2. JUDGE W. s. €¢ 8 J.C. WELLE 4. JOHN C. HARKNESS. 5. JAS. G. BERRE 6. DR. JOS M. TONER. 7 1B H, SMITH, & GEN. W. McKEE Di 9. DANIEL B. CLARKE, 10. 10: WW. MeCRARY. AR ADMIRAL C.P.R. RODGERS, 12, HON. GEO. BANCROFT. 13. G SHE Db. A. WA ‘Ss = self, have I discharged my obligation towards ; able, and it -d_to prepare an THE ORATOR OF THE DAY. | the father of Have T contributed | address to the 7 United States, —— | Hiy share to nt to be raised in his BRIGHTER PROSPECTS, A Biographical Sketch of Hon. Bobert honor? Tf not, let him at ones make his contt . . sey Hution howewse enate ted Conte | The society, in pursuance of the plan of their ©. Winthrop. tions. F be sure it is made. Delay | addr once more sent out its nts, and Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, who prepared the principal oration delivered today, and who thirty-seven years ago delivered the oration at the laying of the corner stone, is a descendant in the sixth generation of Goy, John Winthrop, whose name is written in large letters over the early history of the Massachusetts colony. He is agreat grandson of Goy. James Bowdoin, a grandson of Sir Jobn Temple,gbart, who died In ason of Thomas Lindell Wintitrop. May 12th, 1869, , studied law was a whig with Daniel Webstel Inember of the Massachusetts legislature from 1886 to 1840, and speaker of the lower house during his last term in that body. asa k and He served Representative in Conj in 1841-42, again from 1843 to 1850. He was cr of the House in the 30th Congress, 49, and distinguished himself by his tact as a presiding officer, no less than by his grace- ful eloquence on the floor, and his skill in debate. In 1847 he visited "Europe, and again crossed the ocean a few years Tater. “His taste for literature and” learning caused his election early in life to _member- ship in amany literary and. sclentife as- sociations, He delivered an address _ be- fore the New England Society of New York city"in 1810. He was president of the Massa- chusetts college of electors in 1848, and U.S. Senator, by executive appointment, to fill the unexpired term of Daniel Webster in 1850 and'51._ In 1851 he received a large plurality. Ot votes for governor of Massachusetts, but was defeated in the legislature, He delivered at Boston, November 23d, 1853, an oration on “Archimedes and Franklin,” which gave im- petus to the movement that resulted In the erec- tion of the statue of Franklin in that city, and he was the orator on the occasion of the dedica- needed THE A diy clety, a their report th secured a large membership in the socie means of one-doliar contributions, held a m f which Henrs nad on the in fave dl oF 1 It re fortheomi: vhen an urose to prevent the comiitive's report Hed up in C nd the much- assistanc NOTHIN TROUBL ision had arisen fn the monument so- made ing nd on the ve know-n the committer hing faction, hi Ing and elected a new board of managers before the term of the old board had expired. Congress naturally de when it Was un ble and would control the funds, to act, of the succeeding the structure. to remov. ears Was recomin years the wbandoned the work. On October had been ejected from office on February + 1855, resumed possession. admon: of a voluntary association, Congress had be applied to for a charter, and on February 1559, d to make any app rtain who. ld be resporisi- nditure of the upon their right the papers and records t ahead with the work, ng SIX fect to the height of It became necessary, however, n work in later atrial of three 1 know-nothing managers ociet: so-call THE SOCIETY INCORPORATED. 20, 1858, the legal beard which In the meantime, ished by the legal difficuities in the way thitt body passed ’an act ineoporating “The Washington National Mosument So- clety.” The Walter Thomas Carberry, Peter Fore ley, Phi Mie the gra H.Smi B. Ogle Tayloe, Thomas H. Crawford, W. incorporators - were Winfleld_ Scott; Jones, John J. Abert, James Kearney, Wim. A, Brad- ilip R. Rendall, Walter Lenox, W. F. and ‘Themis Blagden, (us survivors of Htees Of the site sel ith, W. W. Seaton, Corcorin and’ John Carroll Brent. The ‘only survivors to-day are W. W. Corcoran and J. B. H. Smith, By the act of incorporation the President of the United Stats for the me being is designa- ted as the governors of the several states are 1 vely ex-offici® president of the society, and pec- ex-officio its tice presidents. On March 2d, 1859, a meeting for the orzanization of the society Under the act of incorporation was held In the aldermen’s Hall in Washington, chamber in the City and President Bucharan ‘appeared and took the chiair as ex-officio presi- dent of f the saciety. He alluded to the resolu- “ons which he had introduced so many years before in the House of Representatives, and the extreme mortification which he sullered from the ill-suecess of his movement. it Wasa reflection on the that the resolution of Congress Years before should have been a dead cment. He sald ple of the country made sixty rmitted to lie letter on the statute book, and it was a duty the people owed to themselves to see that phe work should goon. President Buchanan, in conclusion, sai ¢ had no doubt that in less than teu years the monument would be com- pleted. erything @uce more looked favor- t for — uid. ms, to pri > individu: te corporations, to municipalities, to churches,’ to form of social, ” religious and by nization of the people.” But it w the responses were So Meaer us @ ule upon the s: nd. prospel n, the state of of the appe atu to to nd that was of ‘ appropriating $10,000 as t tribution of New York, to be paid whene it, Thee prospect of comp! act made it inoperat its appropriations for the work the socie of course, relieved of the necessity of fun ition: Was zton National* Monument. th g to tr: perty, longing tO the corporation, bul the urpose Of soliciting and coll material from states, ‘Ne in aid of the completion cf the nt. It should be added that in the sion on the expressed t cling: da: tributions. At a meeting o} a transferring to the go the reservation on whicl the the Aj cuted by Corcoran, and the seeretary, Dr. & B. Bl the deed is January file in the 8! gress at last assumed the task of complet monument, it was only after persiste urgent appeals had been made to it Monument society Mr. W. W the late Dr, John pattotic and liberal frame of mind, The as retained its organization, and ‘will, pected, be continued as he care of the monument. THE PRESENT MEMBERS of | fecting appeal to the people of the coun- assoc 8 “every usiness: s all in ost to, ct atstake. Of commonwealths of w York alone took no ben- ‘ot New York in April, 1871, he con= ver the enable vernor shall ce that a suflicient sum had been sub froin other sources to the society to resume its We k with a reasonable s of the When Congress began ty was, raising THE SITE RECONVEYED TO THE GOVERNMENT. By the provisions of the act of August 2, 1876, societ} nsier to the United States all sements, rights and_ privileges society uthorized to continue its organization for money associations or the monu- discus- sage of the bill the opinion was at this authority to the society would have no practical result, and it may be said that, realizing this, the society, from that r. made no further attempts to obtain eon- the Monument y,on the 8dof August, a resolution was ronment the monu- Subsequently a deed was pre- ney General and duly exe- the first vice president, Mr. W. 2 We jake, as officers representing the society, The date of 20, 1877, and it is now on te department, Though Con- ‘ing the nt and by the Blake were capecianion five and efficient in bringing Congress atouna to ¢ society itis ex- ly, entrusted with are Chester A, Arthur, president ex-officlo; W. W. Corcoran, first vice president; Winthrop, second vice president; To secretary; J. Bayard H. Smith, Gep. man, Dr, Chas, H. Nichols, B. AS James G. Perret, Edward MeKee ln, ‘John C clarke, Hon. Geo. W. MeCrai : Toner, Dr. James C. Welling, Weare Judge’ Waller 8. Cox and Rear Rodgers. ra ti article appear all the active bers Soclety, exeepting Messrs. W. W. Co Edward Clarke, whose portraits are connection with the monument Robert C. lo King, W. T. Sher- Watterston, rd Clark, Gen. William GC. Harkness, Daniel B. congo’ Bauerolt, tet Admiral C, R. P. In the groups of portraits accompanyin; ig this of the and ven in tion of that statue September 17, 1856, as he had been at the inauguration of the Boston pub- lic library, 1856, as president of the city librafy commissioners, ' Mr. Winthrop has been for many years the president of the Massachusetts Historical society, of which body he is the sen- for member. He ‘has for many years devoted his leisure to the cause of historical literature, taking little part in recent political questions. His residence is at Brooktine, near Boston, His Speeches in Congress and orations on various public occasions have been collected and printed. He has accomplished much literary work, most of it being historical or biographical in character. Some years ago he delivered a course of lectures on the early history of Massachusetts. His last great oratorical effort was made at the bi-centennial celebration of the landing ofthe Pilgrimsat Plymouth, held December 21,1870. The oration ‘at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington monu- ment was delivered while MY, Winthrop was Speaker of the House. Of that effort the. Na- tional Intelligencer said: “The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, the’ appointed orator of the day, then rose And dellveredan oration, which {oF emi nent propriety and appropriateness to the occa- sion, for classic purity of diction, unaffected ase’ and grace in the delivery, manly, heartfelt, thrilling eloquence and patriotic fire, has per: haps never been surpassed. The course of the breeze was favorable in wafting the rich and sonorous tones of his voice towards the audience before him, and they responded to It, pulse to pulse, by oft-repeated bursts of applauie, Of the speech, so far as we know, there is but one opin- ion, Mr. Winthrop was’fully up to the occa- sion, and has erected for himself, {f he had none other, an imperishable monument of renown. As Webster's great speech {s associated with the thought of the monument at Bunker Hill, so will that of Winthrop be coupled with that of recollections of Washington Monament at the seat of government,” HON, JOHN D, LONG. ‘ When Mr. Winthrop was selected as orator for this occasion it was expected that he would deliver the address in person. A serious illness last fall, however, rendered him unable to assume the labor of delivery; so Hon. John D. Long, a Representative from Massachusetts, was invited to represent him and read the oration, ———__—___+ee—____—_ “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.” How He Looked to Cotemporary Eyes— His Personal Appearance and Pecu- Maritics—An Interesting Description. At this time of the dedication of the National ‘Washington monument, everything relating tothe appearance and characteristics of the Father of his Country possesses a double inter- |" est, and will be sure to find attentive readers. Perhaps the most graphic description of him now extant is that contained in a letter in the lon of Benjamin H. Ackei of Raleigh, dice WaneeOntaa, Seen tate district, 8. GC. David “Ackerson, ae writer, Vv many years near Alexand: enor ‘acon in a continental regiment aan the dd ee poet we He was inti- mat ai ‘ashington. This partol the fetter, gt @ personal description of Wi |, Was written at the meanest of is son, who had a curiosity to’ know the Father of his Country ‘It was as follows: “In the first place, you should know that ‘Washingtan was not what the ladies call a pretty man. It seems that fate has destined andsome mey for other pu than herdic endeavor. But in military costume he was a splendid figure, such as would impress the mem- ory ever rwards. The first time I was ever brought in contact with the great hero was three days before the crossing of the Delaware, as I have related to you beiore. It was under the most unfavorable circumstances, as the wea- ther was bitterly cold, and a fierce wind was blowing. Washington had a large, thick nose, and it was very red that day, giving me the impression that he was not so moderate in his use of liquors as he was supposed to be. I found afterwards that this was @ peculiarity, His nose was apt to turn scarlet in @ cold win He was standing near a small camp _ fire, evidentiy lost. in thought, and makin, no effort. to keep warm.” He — seeme Six feet and a-halt in height, and was as erect as an Indian, and did not for amomentrelax from Amilitary attitude. Washington's exact height wassix feet two firehes in his boots. He was then a little lame from striking his knee against atree. His eye was so gfay that it looked almost white, and he had a troubled look on his colorless face. He lad a piece of woolen tied around his throat, and was. quite hoarse, Perhaps the throat trouble from which be died had its origin about that timer ZE AND STRENGTH. “Washington's boots were enormous. They were No, 13. His ordinary waiking shoes were No.11. His hands were large in proportion, and he could not buy a glove to fit him, and had to have his gloves made to order. His mouth was his strong feature, the lps being always tightly compressed. Tha pressed go tightly 28 to be pa that time he weigned 200 was no surplus. flesh about ¥ mendously muscled, and the fame of his great strength was everywhere. His huge tent when wrapped up with the poles was so heavy that it required two men to place it in the camp wagon. Washington could lift it with one hand, and throw it in the wagon as easily as if it were a pair of saddle. ‘He could hold a musket with one band and shoot with precision yasother men did with a horse-pistol, $ Were his weak point and there he ‘ong. He was at that time in the prime Tis” hai 1 chestnut brown, his prominent and his hh ounds, and there nim. He was tre- of life, cheeks wer nirast to eyery other part whieh seemed large and bony His finger joints and wrists were so be gentiine curiosities. As to his habits at that period Ifound out much that might be interesting. APPETITE AND HABITS, “He was an enormous eater, but was content with bread and butter, if he could get plenty of {t, But hunger seemed to put him in a rage, It his custom to take a drink of rum or on awaking tn the morning. Of course all this was cl ‘d when he grew old, [saw him at Alex a year before he died. His hair was very gray, aid his form was slightly bent. His cliest w: thin. He had false teeth, which did not fit, and pushed his under lip owtward, believe be drank much more in oldage. He had whisky in the morning, and at dinner two bottles of Madeira wine. He was a great lover of fine wines and fine horses.” AS A SLAVE-OWNER. In these days of universal freedom it may be Interesting to know how Washington treated his slaves. Some valuable information on this point is given by Josiah Quincy, an old man of 87, lately residing at| Marshall Hail, on the Maryland side of the Potomac, W! y years with the Cus prsonally knew a number of s onged to Washington, ashington did notown slaves for pleasure,” “He mude them work, I tell yy were not out on time in the ing they must have a good reason for it, Mr. Cystis often said that Washington could get k out of a negro than any other man in Virginia. But he was a very just man, He would not overwork them, and he would not let them be punished if th richly deserve it. He would not whip a stu himself, but he would knock one down with his fist. One of his slaves, n: Sam, whom I knew, bad a cut on his cheek which’he said his master put thi The general caught Sam riding one of his fine horses one da ave him a blow which + Washington taught his slaves to be religious, and would not separate families. He often vist ited the sick at their cabins. All his slaves loved him, ‘Though strict, he was a Kind-heart- ed master.” Mr. Quiney says that as late as a few years azo acolered man Known as Jim Washington, who was born the slave of Washington, in 1791, was living near Culpepper Court House, and he thinks the old man may be still alive. WASHINGTON IN ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria was Washington’s business place for years, He lived at Mount Vernon, only nine miles away, and his marketing, buying aud general business was done at Alexandria, He voted there. He had a little office built on alot Which he bought when he was a young man, and it was only afew years ago that it was iorn down, Alexandria Was, in fact, his nearest town, and here he came to dance at the hotel parties, trade at the stores, and to tall politics on the street corners. A correspondent of the Cleveland Leader re- cently published an interview with Mr. William Carne, of Alexandria, who said “The last 1 > old men who remembered Washington pe ally passed away about 20 years ago. He w: take hisstand on the steps at the City Hotei and would begin to address the crowd on | greatness of Washington and tell them aney- Gotes and gossip concerning him, [have made aspecial study of Washington as a young man. The traditions of Alexandria represent him as a very proper young fellow, six feet tall, rather stately in carriage, and exceedingly fond of horses. He liked to try new horses, and it is said that during asingle day he rode ten ditfer- ent horses into Alexandria, Every one tells me he made a fine-looking figure on horseback, He sat straight and had thorough command of his steed. This straightness he kept until the last. He fs sald to have danced a good deal as a young man, and have been very fond of balls, As to his cireumstances as a youn: were rather poor, and he learned habits of busi- ness which stood him well in later years. He did not begin to make money until he became a surveyor, and then he made It very fast, earn- Ing twenty-five dollars aday, As io his bus ness contracts, I believe he was very liberal in making a contract, but he was very rigid in ex- acting {ts fulfillment. He wanted everything set down in the agreement, and I have seen a contract of his employing an overseer in which he stipulates that the overscer shall have the right to be drunk for a week at Christmas. He robably knew the man well enough to know at he would get drunk anyhow, and not wish- ing to have any trouble with him, made this stipulation in his contract.” fave you heard anything of his relations with his wife?” “Nothing, save that they were of the most amicable nature. His marriage, you know, was a case of loveat first sight, and in one of the few love letters which now exists of those he wrote her after his marriage, he speaks very tenderly of her, and addresses her as ‘My Dear Patsy.’ Mr. Custis said Washington wore his wife's picture in a locket tled around his neck to the day of hisdeath. He managed most of the details of the house himself, and during hi: life took most of the care off Mrs. Washington’s shoulders. Martha Washington was, however, thoroughly domestic. She prided herself on her knitting and spinning, and when her hus band was inal ted as’ the first President, the suit he wore had been made by his own ser- yants at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Washington wove many of her own dresses, and there are two spoken of which were made of cotton, with silt stripes of red and brown. The silk ‘came from the ravelings of brown silk stockings and worn-out chair covers of red sill, It is said by some that Mrs. Washington became insane be- fore she did, but Ido not think this isso. It is true she shut herself up alone ina room, and remained there until her death, but you must remember she was an old woman, and there is a wide difference between the crankiness of age Ot man, the: and insanity. It is possible she may have been‘ rsimonious, as is chai but {tions to that erect ——+e+_______ The Old Continentals. The following lines, published anonymously many years ago and included in the volume of “Poems of New England,” edited by H. W. Longfellow, are printed as appropriate to this day, when the Old Continental uniform again ere are nO appears: In their a regents Stood the old continentals, * Whilk a tuoe yaa lung le the grenadiers were lung! And like hailstones fell the plungiag Cannon shot! ‘Where the files é Of the isles, From the smoky night encampment, Bore the banner of the rampant aga learn; immef, grummer, grummer, Rolled the “roll of the drummer, Through the morn. ‘Then with eyes to the front all; And with guns horizontal, Stood our sires; And the balls whistled deadly, And in flames flashing redly, Blazed the fires; ‘As the swift Billows drift, Drove the dark battle breakers O’er the green sodded acres Of the platn; And louder, louder, louder, Cracked the black gunpowder, amaint Then like smiths at their forges, Labored the red St. George’s Cannoneers. 4 the villainous saltpetre ‘a flerce, discordant metre und Our ears; Like the roar ‘On the shore, Rose the ho: clangor, As they rode in roaring anger And Dish r es higher, er, o a Burned the old-fashioned fire ‘Through the ranks! Then the old-fashioned colonel Mioped through tbe white infernal d thr And al broad sword Pers Trumpet loud! And diue Bullets BUILDERS OF THE MONUMENT. Thomas Lincoln Casey is Stas. Sketches of Col. and Colone} Thomas Lincoln Casey, to whose good Judgment and engineering skill the successful completion of the monument in good season is largely due, stands sixth in rank among officers of the engineer corps of the army. He has re- sided so long in Washington, where most of the time he has been stationed on important duty, that he has always been regarded as @ Wash- ingtonian. He was born in New York, in 7 is, therefore, but 49 years of age: He was ted a cadet-at to the West Point acade: in the class ble engineer- par ticularly Ww he was’ made superinter ings and grounds, the Rockwell, whieh then ir aqueduet! Jone charge of complet ment, under di made superint: new State, Warand Na : nt building The former duty be has just brought to success: ful completion, and te latter is being per- formed in # most satisfactory manner, public buil now held by Col, e Potom was given So Was ction of the with the work, | worked under i thoroughly ev | of the nt in the 1 sire | gineeriag | engineer duty | ington Monument, BERNARD P. GREEN. Mr. Bernard R. Green is a civil engineer by nature and by education. He hb: n Col. Casey’s assistant in constructing the State, War and Navy department building since that duty was assigned him. Although having no direc official connection with the construction of the Monument, yet he has assisted materially in the work. Being in Col. Casey's office he was consulted as well as Capt. Davis on matters per- taining'to the monument. Mr. Green performed @ good deal of the work on the foundation, and Farticularly upon the design tor the roof’ He is forty-one years of age, and a native of Massa- chusetts. He was educate and since his graduation from colleze has always been employed as assistant to some en- gineer officer. He was Col. Casey’s assistant while stationed at Portland, Me., and subse- quently was Gen. Duane’s assistané at the same post. When Col. was given change of con- structing the State, War and Navy department building he sent for Mr. Green to assist him upon that work, P. H. M'LAUGHLIN. ‘The engineer officers cheerfully yield a large share of the credit for the successful perform- ance of the great task of erecting the monument to Mr. P. H. McLaughlin, the master mechanic. Mr. McLaughlin is now in bis 43d year,a native of ‘New Bruyswick, of Irish-German’ descent. When a boy he learned the miliwright busi- hess, and then went to sea for several years on a merchant vessel; was shipwrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia, and afterwards went on a Cana- dian railroad as a fireman for some montis, At the age of 19 years he, in 1861, entered the havy as carpenter's mate, and was Subsequently ghicrearpenter ou the old frigate Constellation, In 1866 he left the navy and settled in Balti- more as astairbuilder. When W. H, Allen, of Baltimore, built the Ascension church Mr. Me- Laughlin was selected to superintend its con- struction. When work at the monument was resumed Mr. McLaughlin was made master c: penter. In 1879 Col. Casey appointed him su- perintendent of the wofk to succeed Mr. Ne- varre, the former superintendent, who had been. sent to Tennessee to take charge of other work, Col, Casey's official staff, as engineer of the monument, includes Mr. James B. Dulton, chief clerk; Gustav Friebus, draftsman; F.L. Harvey, r., and George M. Thomas, clerks: and Mr. Jolin . Crowley, manager. Mr. Harvey is'secretary of the joint commission for the completion of the Washington Monument, ooo ____ THE MEMORIAL STONES. Blocks Contributed by Patriotic Socie- tles— Offerings Sent from Other Lands— Some of the Notabie Inscriptions. If money had been contributed in the early Gays ot the monument as plentifully as memo- rial stones the Monument society might bhve been enabled to continue the construction of the monument much longer than it did before appealing to Congress for aid. One hundred — fifty-six stones are now on hand. The character of most of the stones is such that they could not be utilized in building the mon- ment. Such of them as it is thought do not offend taste will be cut down and attached, in the form of panels, to the inner walls @& the monument. A number of the stones al- sean in place in the old portion of the monu- ment. Of the 156 memorial stones forty come from states and territories, one comes from the Cherokee nation, nine come from foreign coun- viz: Turkey, Greece, Japan, China, Siam, Brazil, Paros and from tri Naxos in Grecian Archipel- go, en and Switzerland. Sixteen come American towns and ities, as follows: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltim Nashville, Newark. X. 3 Salem: Mass.; R Alexandria, Va.; Freder- sek Had Chiviesinne “Stas Title oc + . .; New an Cowal wines ities neene eee atc \d and subordinate lodges sacivil engineer, | tonal Greys, of this o! lent society and the society, of this city, al blocks.” The postmusters of the Hoosier state were evidently moved by the patriotic sent: mentor the hour, for one of the stones isin scribed, “Postmasters aud Assistant Postmas ters Indiana, 18: The stone ‘contributed by Michigan Is not = but asolid block of copper, apon which mped the coat of arms of the state, One Asmall block of granite, ts inscribed ns This block of stone fs from the orig!- hapel built to William Tell in 1388, on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, at the spot where Fresented by Consul tsome marble block {# s of Alexandria, the triends and nels oon The German Benewoe mbta Ty pograph! contributed memoris sek ay the words, ‘rom the home iark; by the ladies of Manchester, N. HL" A @ block of marble is adorned with a ef head of Shakspeare, and tnseribod as “A tribute of respect: from the ladle f the dramatic profession of A block of white marbie cone wd of Interest tothe city of Baltimore, cut representations of Minerva, nook chil aes: ription fe schools of the A.D. MDOCCLI, number of number of pupils, ” Fae stme phis of warious school officials ron the stone. A block of lave about fect, Withont polish or ornament, simply, “Lava, V Wm. "A bluish colored stone comes > cifizens of the United States of cin Foo Ch TUM Another mat mbly plock is” inscribed of the Presbyterian Sof America in ses Another ond Commune of Naxos, Grecian Archi- >.” Ahother stone wk's Field, Kings county, N. Y., * has inscribed upon its ot bras Memory wieder oe, in raised, Wash fon. MDOCO = the followtny und the ton, trom friendly Bre- of cat itke ® has inlaid upon if a small piece of on Which is carved a head and sew YI The inseription is as fol- hend was carved between 2,000, years agoby the ancient Eeyptians pri yle din honor of Augustus on the banks « it frm there by J. A. Lehma d to the Washing: ton ma The stom bears an Inseripth ited, is as fe friendship between Majid Kahn the monument to Washi nthe Abdul. written op suntr 1 his nam of white marble from the r his inseribed in ¢ he here, th citizen, ty. The land of vcles and Pericles—the mother berty—sends this ancient stone from the Parthenon as a testimony of honor and adiniration se stone bears a brief inscription, at it was sent irom the harbor of ince of Isa, fifth month of the year a China has a long inscription ending with the Hew the Monument Compares with Structures. 5% Inches above The topmost point is 597 feet hes above mean low water in the Potomac ion, amdy Hoe 1, ISS4, by ited States reputed rect, it is the only sire: human hands that would Washington Monument. The following Is com ive list of the structures of the world, past and present, most noted for their heigh ke Tower of Rabel (reputed) : Washington National Montiment jew City Hail, Philade en facto: | sbury spire (A. eof Chartres (A, russels, each, . Rarnen, Prussia. 3B. k's Cathedral, New York, (when ted) 7 Bs ney, ste Frankfort Chimney, Glasgow gas’ wor! Victoria Tower, Westminste Campanile, Venice. &. Capit neoln Ca Leaning Tow Trestle on N. Western Union Masonic T: Notre Da! is e English Cathedral, Montreal London monument “commemorativ great, fire... York Cathedral Leaning Tower of Pisi. highest of the big trees of Calaveras, Cal., 6 feet. “_____ see PRESIDENT POLK’S HORSE. Why Fears Were Felt for the Presi- dent's Life when he Reviewed the Corner-stone Procession. is Among the horses assembled on the ground at the City Hall for the use of the marshals of the procession when the cornerstone of the monument was laid was a fine animal new the city, and it was suggested that it should be tried before it was assigned to a marshal. Two attempts were made by colored riders to sit the animal. One was sent head foremost some home, At this point who had served in the the Mexican war, and who ‘was one of the as- sistant marshals, approached and sald he would ride the animal.’ Although his friends tried to dissuade him, he at once, having @ small whip in his hand, mounted the animal, As soon as his feet were in the stirrups the animal putforth his best endeavors to throw him, but the cap- tain stuck to his seat firmly. For'ten or fifteen minutes the crowd beheid one of the most stub. born contests ever Witnessed between man and beast. This ended with the entire su of the animal, and Capt. Stewart used during the day. After the ceremonies at monument a desire was expressed the organizations to have the Presi Me i B i Hot the least dangerous. for the reyiew on cession was arranged for the reyie sieillh i ! Bi i] eo.