Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1890, Page 11

ON ANALOSTAN ISLAND Where the Columbia Club Athletes Train to Break Records, MANY KINDS OF SPORTS. — A Model Athietic Fictd—Base Ball Grounds, img Track, Tennis Courts and Shade a: Comfort— Among the Athletes. Is IS TROT! Who is “prot, did you say? Why, Trot is the ugliest dog in Washington, and, if his dig- nity is unassailed, he is also one of the gentlest. Trot has a mission, which is to devour everything eatable in sight: and then he has a subordinate errand on earth—to guard the sacred precincts of the Columbia Club, of which he is the sole and exclusive prop- erty. It is singularly appropriate to place Trot ‘at the bead of such a story as this, relating, as it does, to Analostan Island, over which he may be supposed to watch, even as Cerberus @id at the gate to Pluto's regions. He is the club deity. Seventy acres of good solid land, within five minutes’ ride on a slow ferry from a centrally located wharf, such is the almost invaluable possession of the Columbia Athletic Club, for which it is envied by all of its fellow members in the field of sport. A piay ground such Analostan Island is not always to be found near @ large city, and there are bat few clubs of this sort in the country that can boastof half the round within twice the distance from the omes of a majority of the members. And it is not doubted that the members of the Columbia Club appreciate to the full the bene- fits offered them by this fine tract of land. for every evening there are crowds of them to be | found there enzaged in all sorts of sport and exercise. and especially now, when the icaders im athletic games are bu-ily at work training for the great event of the year. the annual meet of the Am«teur Athictic Union of Amer- iea in October. which is to offer a chance to the Washington sprinters and hammer throwers and jumpers to show their mettle on their own grounds, A MODEL PLAYGROND. Asaplace for the development of human muscles and for the filling of life with a large amount of solid enjoyment Analostan Island is unsurpassed. It is broad enough and long enough to give plenty of room to all who can come and is sufficiently far removed from the conventionalities of city life to enable the pil- grims to that shrine to do just avout as they lease. both in the matter of conduct and dress. reely be stated that the island is al- “stag” resort, that the flash of female costume is seldom seen there and that the denizens of that lovely spot are with but few exceptions of the sterner and strongor sex. Once in a while a barge p the im ity of the surroundings, but this is nearly alwavs at might, when the grounds are brightly lighted aud the sports have been of this freedom from the frequenters of the peculiar aud : not that of costume from any the restrainia ¢ island have unique socie! about it, for it is utterly the surroundings and with the « Which the isl marily intende ix no regulation about this matte! Man who govs to Aualos on a bathing beach w bowever strong a stateme ‘There hough it ition that any siend conld appear perfect propriety, t that might be. SOME OF THE RIGS in which the members attire themselves before leaving the boat house for the island are really rtistic in their ridiculousness, being mostly Patchworks from old rowing. bathing, cycling, ng and all sorts of eporting ¢ The more shocking a hat the bet- t ption it receives from the at . Shou!d a man appear in a “mother ht as some have doue in time past hero. Shor: pants, with no " and 4 “sweater” usually complete the outfi with the addition of a pair ‘of good shoes, d to the sport it in which a man is inten 0 ® to engage. hing to be af ature of that each sport bas its own je shoe, so that one well up in rscan_classit athlete either by the cut or the spikes of his foot Ali sorts of shoes step island side of the rive shoes, low. light, canvas soles, for th are tennis ts with rubber re ate ten or twel t is courts in that pe : there are base bail shoes made of harder materials and higher, fitted with a peculiar three-prouged spike up near the toe, siace the base bail field is one of the main features of the seventy acres; there are shoes, low, light leather affairs, w ral wicked looking prongs in the toes, very flexible and easy to the feet, as the island track. two months of scientific treatment at the hands of Prof. Tommy O'Brien, trackmaster, late of Brooklyn, is now en- titled to front rank among the foot race tracks of the country. Then, besides these sorts of eboes there are othe for the foot ball men. »wdone up in newspapers and ea for Winter use, and. special umpers aud others for the ham- atime the shoe cealers flow Suuday is the island, men over of the various h the island 4 spectators collision, hing else clab may ad Trainer ut, keeping eyeon the many ambitious young are sspirants for medals or other honors in Uctober. that ever: v that th TWE OLD ISLAND sENTINET. Asone enters the island from the ferry the @uly thing visible is the dilapidated old ruin that has for years been a landmark on the Fivez. It was formerly a part of the establish- ment of Gen. Mason, the former owner of the islaud, and it has not been occupied for over ten yea It is now used asa store house for the various tools required in keeping the isiand in condition. A pretty path leads Straight up asiight bill tothe sonth, and ina! minute one ix in the ubidst of the athletic | equipment. Onthe right are teu beautiful | Wuu-s courts, five in a row, with high nettings | each end to keep the balls within reach. Two others have lately been laid out on the east side of the walk. but these are not yet fm such perfect condition as the old ones.” A uz s itor, the newly d-signed elub hou-e that is Just being erected fos the use of the members | who frequent the island. It is one story in height, and bas @ wide veranda running all aroundit. It commands a fine view of the city and the river. and will no doubt be a great addition to the conveniences of the resort. In former days parties canght here in a rain storm were at the mercy of the elements, and many atale of woe has been carried home by the fair visitors who have been a trifle imprudent about carrying wraps and umbrellas, THE OLD MANSION. At present the walk up from the float is con- fronted immediately after the club house is passed by @ very unsightly boarding that serves as the “back stop” on the base ball field, but this is soon to be removed and another that can be taken down after the game substituted. This wil! add gre: to the looks of things on the island, for as soon as this point is there is a magnificent view straight ahead toa grove of old trees where the original mansion stands in its perfect ruin. It is a walk of about five minutes, at an easy gait, to this spot. The old pavement has !ong since disappeared, and there is nothing left for the feet but the grass and weeds where once a perfectly kept drive- way probably existed. Everything now is in the most complete state of ruin. The walls of the old homestead are still standit but the doors and windows are quite goneand in their laces are large, mournful gaps that have been ‘ormed by the tumbling in of the bricks. The floors are also vanished, and the great cellars are laid open, showing the subterra: omy of the antique architecture. run clear to the ground. and beneath the main floor form huge fireplaces where once stately dinners were prepared by the hospita- ble gentieman who held open house here to all his friends. Around the bouse are nothing but weeds and possibilities in the way of imaginings, The trees are dense and the weeds seem to vie with them in height. There is no path around the house and the wanderer is at the mercy ot tl large spiders and the cockle burrs that infest the pince. Two or three outhouses, relics of slave days, are to be seen to show where there was once a lively community. Gen. Mason had quite « planation on the island, raising all of his vegetable necessities in the rich soil of which the island is formed. He also had at one time a large field of cotton in bloom, and from this had made some of the garments worn by his bands. From the point on which the house is built, which is fifty feet above the level of the river, the island slopes off in every direction to the water's edge except tothe north. where there is a slight rise, succeeded by a plateau a couple of hundred feet in width and twice as many in length before the land begins to slope again. Toward the south there is nothing buta tangled mass of weeds and rank growths, ending in a marsh at the extreme southern end of the islaud. This part of the seventy acres has never been reclaimed by the club, but it 1s likely that asthe membership grows and as there mand for more room there will be clearing and an enlargement of the island's possibilities. THE RIFLE RANGE. Going back to the float.the left of the path is given up to the riflemen, who form quite an element inthe club. There is an old brick barn down in a little hollow. which serves as an excellent butt for a target, and here some fair seores are made. There are several ers of the army and navy in the club, and are the most frequent habitues of this part of the island. Onthe right are the ar- rangement for trap shooting, which is fast coming very popular in the club. THE BASE BALL FIELD ism model. It is now inclosed by the running track, but until a retaining board was put at the edge of the track it did not interfere with the game in the least. 't is so far ont into the field. however, that it aoes not prevent some exceedingly sciontific games on these grounds, The diamond is shaven entirely of turf and has been rolied and scraped and rolled again until it is absolutely perfect. The appearance of a single stone of the size ot a egg causes an amount of growling su: furnish reason for believing that there had been an earthquake. There is no grass within several feet of the base lines, so that all in- field plays are made with certainty, and there is little possibility of an error on account of rroundings. The Columbia ball team ready distinguished itself, and will no donbt come off with honors in the race for supremacy for the championship of the asso- tion. On a Sundey afternoon there ia usually same going on between “scrub” nines formed of men to whom the mod THROWING THE HAMMER. Hammer throwing is a nctart in athletics. and men have to cater speci training for it if they wish to excel, Itis an old Scotch sport aud is considered one of the very best tests of an lete. The place set apart for throwing the mmer on the island isa little to the west of he track, in a lower level. A seven-foot iron tire is partly sunk into the ground, emerging this forms the thrower's off, perb 5 feet, a space of ground is plowed up in order to give a soft soil, in which the hammer drops and marks its actual distance of flight’ The motion of throwing the hammer @ peculiar one. The thrower holds the hammer—which is but an iron ball weighing from 12 to 20 pounds fur- uished with a rather pliable hickory handle— in both hands, faciug away from the soft ground and retaining this position, With his feet firmly planted ou the ground within the circle. he whirls the heavy mass around his head two or three times aud then jumps. by means of two distinct motions, rapidly round to the other side, letting the hammer swing out from his hands as reaches the outer © ofthe cireie. A hundred feet is an ex- celient throw, and many a match bas been won y a 97-foot record. Balsam is used on the hands to prevent the hammer from slipp: THE START. The sprinters use the track almost continally, It is a very tine piece of work. thanks to Prof. Tommy O'Brien of Brooklyn. On the east side there is a straight piece of track fore hundred yards’ dash, and here the finest work of the track maker has been done. The turns are all made high on the outer edge in order to give the wheelmen safety ia turning. ‘ luside the track, and a little northeast of the home plate of the ball grounds, is the jumping diteh, a space of about fifty yards, ending if a patch of soft dirt im which the Jumpers can ‘all Without injury. This is about six feet wide and is also used for pole vauitia; _ The dressing rooms are at present contained in a large wali tent on the east sido of the track. where are all the accommodations necessary to au athlete. When tho ciub house is com- pleted this tent will probably be LeFT HIGH AND DRY. This: Analostan Island, a realm of delight for the tenuis player, the base ball crank, the fast runner and the pedal pusher. This is the — for a ‘ties, the horror of chaperones, @ delight of lori couples, re isan old canal boat, se: Spies on tes ud of the shore om the northwestern side of the island by some spring freshet and left to rot in the sun and rain. where the men who have no sports to attend to often congregate and eugage in wild dances and imitations of the days of the buccaneers, amusements in which they used to indulge when they wore kuickerbockers not from choice but by com- mand. The amateur photographer lurks around the island in his usually mild manner, snapping shote at innocent members attired in their ridiculous costumes, aud to him is due the credit of the illustrations used herewith. In this case the camera fiend was Mr. Howard Perry, the secretary of the club. It isa place of wholesome, hearty, healthy recreation, where the best of humor and the largest amount of fun—good-natured fun—pre- vail, and it is also the work shop where are be- ing’ built up the strongest of constitu- tions d the hardest of muscles. and the brightest of hopes for medals in the coming championship games. —— REED BIRD SHOUTING. The Season Close at Hand for Bagging the Little Feliows. SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE WAY TO DRESS FOR WADING THROUGH THE MARSHES—SKIFF HUNT- ING AND HOW IT IS DONE—THE PROPER WAY TO COOK REED BIRDS. EED BIRDS are already beginning to make the marshes around the city re- sound with their familiar chirp, and the gunners are making active prepa- Viations for the opening of the season, which begins on the first day of September. Reed bird shooting is not only a difficult pastime, but is fraught with danger, for, to be a successful gunner after these toothsome little morsels, one must subject himself to wading waist deep in the mud, and there is alwaysa possibility of being accidentally shot as he wades throngh tLe marshes, completely hidden by the tall grass, But when the season opene despite the inconveniences and dangers, the marshes are crowded with hunters, from the corduroy-dressed sport, with his wading boots and other fine paraphernalia, to the pot hunter, with his rusty musket and cur dog, wading in seareh of Mr. Reed, The greatest crowd of hunters turns out on the opening morning of the season, just as the first gray streaks of dawn are seen in the east- ern sky, for every hanter is on the ground early that day to get a chance at the birds be- fore they become wild. But this is not the best day, by any means, for while a large number of birds can be slaughtered, it's a shame to carry them home, for they have not had time to in- crease their avoirdupois and asa rule they are very bony. But they will not be so long, for as the wild oats (the birds’ favorite food) ripen the lit je fellows get as round and as plump as butter balls, a) WADING IN THE MARSH. Sportsnien watch with an interest that would do credit to a Virginia farmer the growth and development of the wild oat crop, for on its success depends wholly the reed bird season. If the crop is small there will be few birds, while on the other hand a large crop insures | many birds, This year the crop is a fine one, and from the appearance of things the season will be a successful one, for the birds are arriv- ing in large numbers. There are several ways ot hunting reed birds and each way has a large following. however. insures the best results To wade after game, and that small, requires a genuine sport, for a dude hunter, with his high boots and fine corduroy clothing, is out of place however, know it takes long ex- erience to become an adept. To be a success- fal wader the first and most important thing to learn is HOW TO DRESS. Experience teaches that the fewer clothes a wader wears the better, for tho heavy mud found in marshes and the corresponding weight of the water quickly tires a gunner, and this, added to a lot of clothing, makes him give up in alittle while. Dress as scantily as possible, bearing in mind that the clothing should combine toughness with lightness, You will quickly learn the value of tough clothing ina marsh for the saw grasa plays havoe with frail clothes, pecial attention should be paid to the trousers, These should be made to fit tightly, especially around the bottoms, for the saw grass makes a painful wound. Stout socks and above all light canvas shocs should not be neglected. Having properly clothed if and armed with a good gun and re- ju enter «marsh and look about you, Away off there to the rizht in a little bushy tree yon see « nice lot of reedies, Here's your chance to demonstrate your ability asa wader, Assuming a crouching attitude you commence to creep, taking care to make as little noise as searey a a crow when it gots hunted hard, and only the utmost caution will make you success- ful. Now youare within ensy shooting dis- tance, Don’t strive to get nearer—you may spoil ev Bang!!! bang!!! ! that’s a good shot. Go to the spotas fast as possible, for the hunter's enemy, the black snake, is thick inthe marshes and many a fat reed bird has made a good meal for a black snake while the hunter. positive he had winged his bird, searches on in vain. Bagging the dead birds and breaking the necks of the wounded ones. = proceed uuti! the sun i# high in the eareus. Time to stop then, for the birds have either taken to the woods or fields or eise are perching low down on the reed Returning to a farm houso,where itis always best to leave @ change of dress, you cast aside your muddy clothing and rigging up make your way to the city. happy in the possession of a fine bag of birds which in market would cost you any where from 40 cents to $1.50 per dozen, ac- cording to the advance of the season. The real enjoyment come, for what hunter does not delight ng the game he has bagged at a table surrounded by trieads? HOW TO Cook REED BIRD! After carofully removing ull the feathers and leaving the head on, for here the choicest morsel lies, wash them several time cold clear water and then over a bright coul fire broil them, taking care to smear a email picce of butter over them as they simmer. When they are sufliciently cooked tivy should be transferred to a dish on which some nice brown toast has previously been pisced in layers and then serve them. ‘Truly the gouty epicure cannot grumble over this dish, SKIFF lOOTING, Let's return now to the other way of hunting reed birds and learn gomething of it, The man- ner of hunting them is called skiff shooting,and many of the particular gunners resort to it for the reason that they don’t hay ay work to do but shoot Skiff shooting, while an easy and convenient way of buiing, is nog always at- tended with success, for the places a skiff can 9 are limited to the condition of the tide. No particular style of dress is necessary, and all that needs particular attention is a good shove: that is, 1 man who has had experience in shot a skiff, Peay! an — = oo ae strong he may be, cannot a skiff thro’ @ marsh unless he has bad euperitacr. Havieg engaged your shover at from $1 to $2.50 per da; la tegen! Bckrgiy your seat in the bow of the bos . _— en oe a bird is winged over, keeping his eye on the spot where th: it bird |. directs the boat loadii ‘The sport only uae tide, for when the get over the marsh, | simply : a AFTER THE WAR. Reminiscences of Andrew Johnson's Administration, THE PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER Sticking to Hie Colors—His Firmness, Generosity—The Im- peachment—Execution of Mrs. Sure ratt—Why There Was No Pardon. —_->__ Written for Tur Evextea Stan. NDREW JOHNSON’S administration came into power under such dark and gloomy circumstances that I do not in- tend to sadden your readers by dwell- ing on that sorrowful epoch in our country’s history, I had known known Mr. Johnson when a member of the House of Rep- resentatives and while in the Senate. We were neighbors for some years. When he became President I found the same nature I had known 80 long, but with a reserve that seemed conse- quent upon his elevation. He rose with it and a dignity not assumed, but consonant with the presidency, never left him. I saw him under all the trying circumstances of his presidential career and that calm, composed determination was ever present. He lad hardly taken his seat when the mutter of the storm which broke upon him was heard. His views in relation to the treatment of the south had manifestly changed. During the camphign of 1364 his speeches were violent and vindictive, but clothed with the robes of presidential power he refused to yield to the extremists and laid down the platform, upon which he fought dur- ing hie administration, that the states in re- beliton held all their soverei states in abeyance and @ renewal of their to the general government. — Clothed with the power to punish he used that power to reiustate those who sought reconcilia- tion, Iam not going to dwell on that political side of Mr. Johnson's character or administra- tion, I leave that to others, There were so man: incidents in that eventful four years that would fill more than the space allowed me if I should undertake to detail them. The per- sonalities of Mr. Johnson and his friends wiil be more agreeable I am sure to your readers, He was in giany of his chara ics para- doxical, Reared in the most jhumiliating pov- erty he cared nothing for moncy—I mean he was ready to dispense it for his friends. On one occasion during the campaign of 1966 the late Charles Knap was chairman of the national committee appoiated by the Philadelphia con- vention, and Senator Edgar Cowan of Pennsyl- vania, whose re-election depended on carrying the legislature of thatstate, sent a friend, Gen. Zulick, since governor of Arizona, with a letter totho President, asking the appointment of two friends to some position, and saying the would contribute $5,000 to the campaign, an he thought that aid would materially assist his canvass, The letter, an open one. was y Mr. Kuap, Mr. Wen and myself, the execu- tive committee in charge of the campaign, who saw nothing improper in the request, and we accompa.ied Gen, Zulick to the Presi- dent, who read the letter, but the dark cloud which settled on his face as he read warned us we had ma a mistake, He turned to Mr. Knap and asked if he knew the contents of the letter, and said 1t was a proposition to sell two offices to Senator Cowan's frieuds for the $5,000. He turned to Gen. Zulick and sai am most anxious to have Senator Cowan re- turned to the Senate, but I cannot entertain such a proposition Gen. Zulick withdrew and we undertook to explain the letter, but he was immovable; under no circumstances would he listen to the appointment of the gentlemen. Mr. Wendall had ast returned from Peunsyl- vauia and the President inquired of him what chance there was for Senator Cowan's re-elec- tion. Wendall said he thought a very good one and explained to the President the ‘poljti- cal condition of the state. He listened to him with interest, and, ringing his bell, sent for Col. Morrow, to whom he gave some instruo- tions, and in a little while Col. Morrow laid be- fore hima check and withdrew. The Pre: dent signed the check and, handing it to Mr. Knap, said: “I cannot use public offices to aid in the election of a friend, but I have a right to contribute my own means to help him. Take this check. Mr. Kuap, and use it to aid in Sen- ator Cowan's election,” handing him his check for $5,000. Mr. Knap refused to take it, ae ing the money for tho campaign was already provided, Unable to read when he became of age he was such a stickler for style in the composition of his state papers that I have known him to keep one by him for twenty-four hours until Butisfied with the construction of « sentence, WHEN HE LOST HIS DIGNITY. Isaid I never saw the President lose that calmness which was a part of his nature, but I remember an occasion when there was none of itleft, Gen, Lorenzo Thomas, adjutant gen- eral of the army, had been selected to hold the War Department against Mr. Stanton, anda more untit man could not have been found im Washington, ‘With the eyes of Delaware upon him.” as he testified on the impeachment irial, he relinquished the office to Mr. Stanton, or absented himself, I forget which, and at mid- night,wben we learned Mr, Stanton was in pos- session, I went to the President and told ham, Words are inadequate to describe his wrath against old Thomas. I was seut to bunt him w and found he had been all the evening at a ball at Marini’s, but had disappoared and had not reached hom ANDREW JOMNSON'S FORGETFULNESS OF INJURY and forgiveness cannot be better illustrated than in the case of the late Senator Robert W. Johnson of Arkansas. On the day the Senator from Arkansas resigned his seat he met the Scnator from Tennessee on the floor of the Senate in the rear of the Vice President's chair, and assailed him violently, denouncing him as a traitor to the south in the mosto pprobrious obligations a 5 terms, The war being ended, Lreccived a letter | from Mr. Robert W. Johnson asking me to ob- tain from the President an order for transpor- tation to Washington from New Orleans, he was a prisoner on parole. Remembering the scene four years before, I hesitated to us this favor, and consulted Judge Haghes of In- diana, intimate friend of the President. We Went together to see him that night, and I handed the President Mr. Johnson's letter. He read it and said ‘Cert ly I should like to see him,” and ordered Col, Morrow to telegraph Gen, Canby to furnish transportation to ex- Senator Johnson, The arrival of the ex-Senator on « Saturday, I remember, was hailed by his old friends with rejoicing ‘that hardly céaued until Monday. when he was to report to the President. I was at the President's house when he arrived very nervous, tor he had re- allied that last meeting. He said he hada etter that nioruing from Gen. Humphrey Mar- shail asking transportation to Washington, aud requested | should take the letter to the Presi- dent, Isaid “No, ask it yourself.” Just then he was called, and he entered the President's room and had hardly more than reached him when we heard very hearty laughter, and ina few minutes Col, Morrow was summoned aud telegram sent to Gen, Canby to furnish trans- portation to Washington to Gen. Humphrey Marshali. The ex-Senator from Arkausas said when he entered he began an apology for the scene of four years before, but the President met him with both bands extended and would not hear a word, HUMPHREY MARSHALL was a very extraordinary man. Full of the tal- ent which distinguished ali of his name, he was like the most of them erratic. He was ap- pointed minister to China by Mr. Fillmore, and at that time the ministers had, in addition to sulary, an outtitof a year's pay, I think, and an infit of half « year’s pay. Mr. Marsball had drawn his outfit and had escaped his old en- emy, faro, reaching New York safe iu the pos- session of his outfit. The steamer did not sail for a day or two and he undertook a last tussle with lis old enemy before sailing for the celes- tial empire, and in the words of the .lamented Arkausas gentlemen, “he fell among thieves again and couldn't win a bet whether he cop- pered it or no!” and his outfit was non est, aud until he could negotiate on his infit he was de- layed in New Yor. ‘George D. Prentice, in the Louisville Journal, was one of Humphrey Marshull’s most persist- ent persecutors. Wheu the secession move- ment began Humphrey, who was a very large meu, in a speech said the union troops should not enter Kentucky —_ unless they did so over his dead body. Prentice said they had no idea of making such an ascent; they would tunnel him. He deseribed a foroed march Humphrey had made out of tacky, and said, like Falstaff, “he larded the leen earth.” ‘Eminent as a lawyer, he learned his case and was never known to study « case or look oh se from the oppvsing counsel's speed ME GAVE UP TRE LETTER. Another iastance of Mr. Johnson's remark- able nature. When he removed Sheridan from the command in the south and,appointed Han- cock he did so, I think, without consult Freee Bf andor enge Ed be hgh Grant, latter wrote a which was tor him re | D. C.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 violent and to the President alm@t offensive. I went tothe White House to obtain a copy of the letter and the President handed it to meand said: “Col Moore will make a copy of it for the Intelligencer, and at that moment Gen. Badesu was announced, when I withdrew into the library with the letter, which I had not read, and I had hardiy entered when the Presi- dent came in and said: “Give me that letter; Gen. Grant desires to withdraw it.” I pro- tested against his relinquishing it until a copy had been made, but he saidno; he had no right to withhold the letter or to keep a copy of letter the writer desired to withdraw. He gave Up what would have been @ potent weapon in the coming political fight, The impeachment which followed the fight with Mr. Stanton occasioned bitterness of feel- ing throughout the country. \d Washington was crowded with the frien nd enemies of the ene It was a time of great excite- men THE CALMEST MAN OF ALL, Many friends came from all parts of the country to tender him thoir aid and sym- pathy, but the calmest man of all was the Pres- ident himself. A republican Senator, who feared the result of an acquittal would be'a vi dictive war by Mr. Johnson on his enemies. which would cause bloodshed or something ap- proaching it, was assued by Mr. Reverdy John- won and other democratic Senators that such would not be the case. He said if he could obtain that assurance from the President him- self it would influence in a great measure his action. He could not goto the White House, for that was surrounded by detectives, who re. | ported every one who entered to the manage: of impeachinent. Despite these argus oyes, however, the Prosident took a late supper wit ome friends in the neighborhood of the Ar- lington and spent an hour with this Senator, that he was one of the republicans who voted against impeachment. In justice to both, now dead aud gone, I kuow they never met after that night. THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE AND RESULT. The Hon. Jonn B. Henderson, now a resi- dent of Washington, then a Senator from Missouri, refused to acknowledge the power of the legislature to instruct him how to rote where he satasa judge. He voted to acquit with Senators Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Ross, Trumbull and Grimes. ‘The vote of Mr. Koss was watched with great in- terest—no one knew how he would vote. On the day the vote was taken Senator Voorhees was at the office ef the Intelligencer and mani- fested great unxiety, and though on very close terms of intimacy with Senator Ross, he had no knowledge of how he would vote. When the acquittal was announced the friends of the Presi- dent thronged the White House and gratuia- tions Were poured in upon him by letters and telegrams from all parte of the country. Amid this scone of excitement and hilarity he alone remained calm. He never doubted bis quittal. Senator R close of that session, and for some years ‘worked at case” to support his family. He was tendered for himself and friends any favor the administration could bestow, which he de- clined, and refused even to call on the Presi- dent, to whom, however, he seut his congratu- lations. Mr. Cleveland appointed Mr. Ross governor of New Mexico, The late Senator Beck of Ken- tucky was called on to help Judge Trimble, who for some years represented Kentu Congress. He calied to see the President and said his friend was a candidate for the position aud he could not too highly recommend him for any position, but if he was President he would appoint Mr. Ross, for ne had suffered for years for the conscientious discharge of his duty and was entitled to recognition by the ad- ministration. The President, taking Senator Beck’s view of the matter, made the appoint- ment at cnce. A REMARKABLE CONVENTION. I cannot close this notice of Mr. Johnson's administration without alluding to the remark- able convention held at Philadelphia in May, 1866. “The arm-in-arm” convention it was the northern and south- jelegates came into the hall arm in arm, led by James L. Orr of South Carolina and Gen. Crouch of Massachusetts, and so on through all the states. The convention was remarkabie as being the first meeting of the north and south after the war. It was Charleston, 1860, and Philadelphia, 1866. Henry J. Raymon as chairman of the committee, offered the resolu- tions, which were of the most conservative character, When the committee, indeed the whole convention, came to Washington to pre- went the resolutions passed by the convention to the President Gen. Grant stood by the side of Mr. Johnson and shared with him the thanks which they conveyed. z Mr. Johnson's cabinet was, with one or two exceptious, an able one: Gov. Seward, Seere- tary of State: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: J. P. Usher, James Harlan and O. H. Browning, Secretaries of the Interior; William Dennison and Alex. W. Randall, Postmaster | Generals; Hugh McCullough remained in the Treasury Department against the protest of every friend Mr. Johnson had. ‘The administration was burdened not only with the reconstruction troubies, but the pres- ence of Maximillian and the empire in Mexico was added to the domestic problem it had to solve, The diplomacy of Gov. Seward wax ex- ercised with great fairuess and consideration, and he was aided by the able representative of France, in the persou of the Marquis de Mon- thalon.'whose knowledg» of American policy aidod greatly in the peaceful solution of that question. The Marquis de Monthalon was with the French legation uuder Mr. Pagert during Mr. Van Buren’s administration, aud married the daughter of Gen. Gratoit, if I remember rightly, ia the house now occupied as St. Ann Infant Asylum, Gen. Gratiot built the house while chief of the engineer department. Mr. Johuson appointed Lewis D. Campbell of Ohio, minister to Mexico. and empowered | hun to obtain for the Emperor Maximillian safe conduct from Mexican territors. Unfortu- nately, Mr. Campbell was taken sick at New Orleaus en route and was unable to proceed on his mission of mercy, aud Maximilian was shot by order of the Mexican president. The | Princess Salm Salm, who will be remembered as being here with ber husband, who was, I think, on Gen. McCleilan’s staff, was in Mexico and made every effort, with other Americans, to save the life of Muximiilian, but in vain. I | think it was her efforts which | President to sond Mr. Campbell to Mexico on his mission, She returned to Austria—where she now resides near tne unfortunate Carlotta. Mr. Pagert,who was ministor from France when | Marquis de Monthalon married the daugiter | of Gen. Gratgt. had married the daughter of Major Williu B, Lewis, who was one of the auditors of the Treasury under Gen. Jackson. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND MRS. SURRATT. Ihave uo desire to provoke a controversy, but I cannot but in justice to Mr. Jotimson say, of my own knowledge, had the recommenda- tion for the pardon of Mrs. Surratt, signed by every member of the commission but one, been presented to him with the sentence of the com- mission, the country would bave been spared that biot upon ils escutcheon. Mr. Johnson had no knowledge of its existence until nearly two years after the execution, und heard of it for the first time when Mr. Edwards Pierpont, then Attorney General, alluded to it in his opening speech at the trial of Jobn | Surratt. One of the defenders of the Depart- ment of Justice who recently appeared in the Jeutury alluded to the sileuce of Rev. Father Walter as an evidence of his belief in her gu and cousequently justified her execution. ‘The twenty-five years of silence having expired which the venerable Father Walter imposed upon himself at the request of the late Arch- bishop Spalding, his statement of the case may be looked for by the public within the uext few months. Mr. Johnson never ceased to regret the execution of Mrs. Surratt, and would gindly have availed himself of the petition, withheld from him, to commute her seutence. I have heard him express this regret while in the residential chuir, and after the expiration of his term of office here and at his home at Greenville, where I visited him. SUCCERDED BY GRANT, Mr. Johnson took no part in the inaugural ceremonies of Gen. Grant, as the general re- fused to ride in the carriage with him,as is usual, He remained at his desk clearing up his pri- | Yate papers, and at 12 o'cl walked over to the residence of your correspondent, where his family had preceeded him. He remained in Washington nearly a month and was over- wholmed with attention and invitations from Baltimore, Philadelphia ssi) peed York, all of which he declined. When Greenville be had determi: rivate life, but he subsequently elected the Senate, and on his return to this city as United States Senator he received an ovation. Geena ona he took his seat was crowded, and as he advanced to the Vice Pres- ident’schair to take the oath of office leaning on the arm of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson the galleries burst forth in applause. Within a ii he died suddenly, but with a disease which ok sirens him while im the presidential ebair. The quarrel between Forney and Mr. John- son, to whom he had offered ‘the support of his papers, both daily,” occurred, , pcause the President refused to appoint Mr. Stebbens collector of the port of Ni aud secondly, because the President refused give him an interview he asked to urge the ap- pointment, saying he had an ¢: wit * correspondent. Forney le’ e next morning he opened his visited him at d to remain in ith ft in @ rage. batteries on fare, eondyoted by Forney in nis “two. papers, both daily,” « meeting rf citizens, democratic who was s0 woil satisfied with the interview | left the Senate atthe | induced the | and conservative. was held at the National The. er, and proceeded from there to pay their re- spects to the President. The late Richard T. Merrick with his usual eloquence expressed the sentiments of the meeting toward the Presi- dent. Mr. Johnson replied ina speech of some Jength, and at its conclusion some one in the crowd called out “What about Forney?” “Oh! he’s a dead duck,” said the President. That stuck to Forney fors long time and he grew Very sensitive about it, as it was taken up by the press like other chance expressions w! ® lodgment in the public mind. Joux F. Corma, ee IN FAR-OFF NORWAY. A Washingtonian’s Trip to the Land of | *tred, a: the Midnight Sua. WONDERFUL GLACIERS AND ORAND SCENERT— AMONG THE NORWEQIAN PROPLE—A VISIT TO & LAPLANDER CAMP—TRAVELING WITH BOYALTY-— WOMEN'S DRESS, Correspondence of Tae EvExixe Stan. SrockHoim, Swepen, August 8 E have just come from Hague, where, for a few days, we renewed our ac- quaintance with that charming city, which gives one more idea of the vle- gance of the old noblesse and the rich old burgermeister times than any city of Eu- rope, the Louses are so handsome and well kept up and equipages in fine style are so nomerous and so stylish. From there we went on to Amsterdam, which is im violent contrast in every way with its stately neighbor, The Hague, for it is a bustling business city, full of | Bo activity much more like an American city | than any other in this part of the world. From here we made an excursion to the island of Marken iw the “Zulee Zee,” the only place in Holland where the peculiar costume of the peo- ple is worn exclusively and has remained un- changed for generations. It is very peculiar, Particularly with regard to the head dress | which is worn by ail females from infants to old women, and consists of a cap, a three-cor- nered handkerchief and @ long sausage curl of | the same length and thickness on every mortal | woman, ouly varying in color. This is the ouly vestige of hair that is allowed to appear, the rest being carefully tucked away. Their linsey drerses and coauterpaue calico bodices make Upa queer costume, and the men look just as quecr, From Amsterdam we went by steamer to Christiauia across the North sea ina Duteb- built steamship, and between the “build” and the capers cut by the Northsea I broke my record utterly and Was assick “as any other man.” Indeed, i: was a very queer voyage. for the = three sailors and one passenger were the only ones on the ship uotill. The stewards d!d not even svt the saloon table, for | there was uo oue to eat the meais there, It was impossible for any one to sit up without hold- ing on with both hauds to something fixed. IN FAR-OFF NORWAY. It was impossible im Chrisciania to realize that we were actually in far-off Norwi Such fine buildings, fine shops, well dressed people, handsome carriages, elegant suburban resi- dences, would lead one to suppose oneself in « great metropolis instead of the laud of cold and snow, We live in @ beautiful hotel with as fiuea restaurant as [ ever found in Paris. The whole city Was astir, too, with preparations when we arrived for the visit of the Etaperor of Ger- many. They were putting up fine arobes, &c., and the palace was in the hands of the spring cleaners, and brooms and mops were in full swing of preparation for the royal visitor. After passing four very pleasant days we went to Troudhjem, where we took the steamer Olof Kyrre, which Was to carry us to the north cape, to the land of the midnight sun, aud we were exceptionally fortunate iu having chosen to muke the first trip of the season, for we saw such # suc jon of snow moun- tains, glaciers, thundering torrents and vast fields of snow, made dazzlingly white by the light of the sun that blazed and shone in his glory for six days and nights, as we could not have seen even in the next steamer's trip, for the snow was lessening a little every day us it grew warmer. GRAND siguTS. It was a sight or series of sights so magnifi- cent that no words of mine could give evens feeble idea ot them. No picture, no written description I ever saw, prepared me in ever so smali degree for the solema, lonely grandeur of the vast fields of unbroken snow ly close to tain succeeded by another, whos r dipped into the fjord. It was so extraordi- nary in every sense of the word that I was up | almost all of every night, if night it couid be | called, when the sun shone with both heat and | brilliancy like that of noon time at bome. | One's adjectives wore quickly exhausted in socnes like these, and one could bat wonder and be still, On our landing at the cape many of the passengers made the ascent, bat we did not, knowing there was no advantage in doing #0, but we got permission from the captain to go out, rowed by two sailors, to the frout of the Vast Lead land and see the sun that was peep- ing from behind some lignt clouds, and the sen- sation was weird in the extreme when we real- ized that we were in au open boat on the Arctic ocean at midnight. AN ENCAMPMENT OF LAPLANDERS, On our way back, after leaving the cape, we stopped at Tromsodal and were landed to walk @ mile or twoto see an eucampment of Lup- landers with a large herd of reindeer. This was very interesting, albeit the Laps are the dirtiest of all creatures. But dirty as they were I was induced to go one step inside a tent or hut. because the mother of a little three- mouths’-old baby would not lift the calico cur- tain from the baby’s bark aud skin cradle until { went inside. So I gathered my skirts well about my feet and went inside and immediately she lifted the veil id let me si the baby’s face, the one and only cl-an white thing in the hut. A fire | in the middle of the floor and a hole in the sop of the hut made perfect ventilation or it would not have been endurable, for five meu and women and five sleeping children perspiring in | their fur clothes and coverings were within one tent. Then we went home after seeing the deer, who were geutie creatures and quite tame. DISTINGUISHED COMPAXY. On our way we went in and out of many fjords that we had not seen on our way up, and all of equalif not superior beauty to those we had seen. We traveled in quite fine company, too, for the Archduke Carl, brother of the Emperor of Austria, with his son Prince Ferdinand, their suite of several counts and barons aud such “small fry” were of the party. There were a half dozen deadly common Amcricaus on board, who actually seraped ac- quaintance with some gentlemen of the suite and the young prince, but it was most mortify- ing to see any American girls act as they did. ve continued on the steamer until we got to Bergen, being almost alone by that time, hav- ing dropped our passengers at all the different points on the way from whence they were to take the various routes through to Norway. We started from Bergen and went to Odde, where we began » driving tour through @ | splendid pass, but in a vebicle which carries & pain to the back of my neck when I think of it—a stablspjerre, which rattled and bumped us through gorgeous scenery which, er for my vertebrw's sake, we had to walk throug! in many en we began our long drive we had a caleche that was the embodi- ment of comfort. so that by changing horses frequently we drove from 50 to 60 miles a day without fatigue through some wonderfully beantiful scenery thet was like that of Swit- zerland put under a powerful magnifying glars, it is so vast and so grand, Atlast we returned to Christidnia and in time to see the excitement there at the depart- ure of the kaiser, who had made his visit and was saying good by, and it was a fine sight. ‘The King of Sweden and Norway, with the kaiser on his right and the crown prince and his brother opposite. filled one of the ten ba- | rouches that conveyed the royal party to the yacht, Salutes wore fired, the band played, the people shouted and waved and threw show- ers of flowers into the carriages, which were ach drawn by four biack horses, with four outriders, After a visit of five days to this beautiful city of S:ockholm we leave tomorrow (if allas well) for Russia, and shall be three more days at sea, which will help to make our forty days and nights of sea travel before wi get back to Washingtoa. NJ. ——_—_—-or___—_— The Trials of Youth. From Smith, Gray & Co.'s Illustrated Monthiy. Young Cubley (who hasn't caught sight “a oO stee—the it rrp) i his Mrs. Billinga—“‘Ko, mother!” THE “WATER OF LIFE” Origin and History of Unqusbo h, Otherwise Whisky. fad SECRETS OF DISTILLATION. > How Alcoholic Beverages Are Manus How the Crude Product t Mant ted - Poonous Cheap Drinks—The Deadty ou. HISKEY, or whisky, as a distinctive spirituous iliation from grain, has assamed an anome- lous importance among the manufacturing i dustrice econ omic and commercial values, and in ethical consideration. manufacture has become a leading article of wealth in se¥- eral of the states of the Union, yields to the government through an internal excise an enormous revenue, whilst ite ethical con- sideration is brought forward both in the church and politics. Ite manufacture was unknown to the ancients and it appears from the early ch os of the extreme north of Europe to have been invented by those hardy barbarians as a solace to the rigor of their i and hamid chime, Its Gaclio name of nisge (water ally nsque~ baugh (water of life), re acquired ite jon when introd in le h Gauche brogue had some nx. Irish and Scotch whisky is »from malt. I United States ally made wheat, cora, ackwhe rm potatoes ote, Stat are Lilinois, Ohio, York and Penusyivama. Sagar ¢ tries produce rum, vino brandy, and grain rows and gin. The last nam genoraliy from rye and present prou’ Europe, whe’ of its aspirat usually ma he r: Kentucky, 1 ¢ liquor, y and favored with juniper, It is au error ably pre- vailing that it is distilled from the berry of t juniper tree. Gin was oviginally made Holiand, where this liquor is sometimes called “Hollands.” Itis more adulterated than any other liquor, and is flavored with oil of turpen = tine, coriander, cardiman and other seeds, almost every dealor having ® private receipt for increasing it puugency for a “special brand. TRE PoOTRONOUS FUSIL © ‘The torm whisky is usually rest first distiliation, which fasil oil, When sixty per ce: is called high wines or simply sp purified by Iu the manipulators whisky as made by reducing cologne aud alconol aud adding favoring or extracts. Fusil oil is a colorless liquid when ve smell and burning to the taste. Spirits contain fusil oil moro in propo’ tion as the distillation is pushed, but it has ut- tle affinity for water. Upon the system it acts as an irritant poison; its vapor produces nausea, headache and yiddiuors. About three-fifths of the distilled productsin the United States are high wines and about one- fifth alcohol,which is used exclasively for man- ufacturing and mechanical liquors are sold by the ’ proof gallon, the governmeut reckoning 6) irit Proof when fifty per ceut is absolutely alcohol, CHEAP BUT KILLING DRINKS “What,” inquired a Stan man of a wholes sale manipulator or rectifyer, “becomes of the enormous outpat of the millions of gallons of spirits from the distill of the United States?” “Mostly drank,” was th “The high wines are either cheaper grades or raised to a hi 9 addition of cologne spirits, and graded through Manipulation with essential oils ter and other chemicals aud sired degree and brand. There of cheap grades soll in t better kinds, We s« at deal low as eighty a gallon, a gr usually get whon you pay ten conts a di it. Our higher grados are used in ho’ the better class of resta where they charge from fifteen to tw cents a drink for it. Our best usually goes in smaller quanti ties to private individuals. Kestauratears and small grocery k. it stall adding water, acid ens other chemical drugs. 1 know bars where two drinks are #0 five cents drink in some sections of the city aduiterations are very nonchalent reply. is Vastly more than of the wh and of some small or five cents, is © common charge for single These cheap injurious, if not abso- lutely poisonous, it has often occurred to my mind as being singuiar that health in- spectors do not pay ate they do under our gen the udulteratious of fo of dealers. If there d products in the bands is no authority to take inspection of liquors adulterated as they do of the products of the dairy, there must have been some oversigut in the drafting of our sumptuary laws, BRANDIES made from the fermented juice of the grape and other fruits contain the same intoxicating principies, The peculiar aroma of wine brandy The is derived from the husk of the grape essential oil when distilied from the husk is so powerfal that a few drops of it are ficient to taint a large cask of spirits. Braw is pale and dark pale when first distilled an acquires color from the cask, besides from such coloring matter as tannin, o-nanthic, ether and acetic ether, Iminense quantities of bigh wines are shipped ubroad to wine-making countries tobe manufactured into wine b addition of the esse: from the husk aud other ma back to this country grade wines. this country the great majority of restaurateurs have formulas for the manutacturing of all the wines they use from cheap spirits by the use of essential vils aud other chemcai drugs.” IN SPITE OF THE VIOLENT CRUSADES made against whisky, its manufacture bas in- creased in this country ina ratio greater than the increase of population, One reason for this is in the fact that it has been found profit- able to ship it to new markets throughout the world, and its recognized legitimacy among t other industries of the country by a psuede e couragement from the goverument for revenue purposés. A questionable civilization is also introducing it into newly discovered fields of trade as legitimate commerce. IN POLITICS whisky, asa single issue, lias to contend single handed with all the other issues in political economy adopted by the several great national parties in @ partisan spirit. Individual par- tisans are rarely inane to jeopardize the economic issues of their respective parties for the sake of interests ofa purely sentimental character. I will also be found difficult to in- duce s national government to regard with favor any measure that will cut off any consid- erable source of revenue. The discovery of the mode for distillation of whisky by a bar- barous people in ouly a tolerably productive clime of tho essential cereals, its rapid prog- Tessas au art towards higher civilization until ite adoption asa national beverage and an important commodity in the general com- merce of the world, with tne higher ethics disputing its way' inch by inch, gives “ha bed history unique and wonderfal. The same disposition or necessity that sted the primitive mode of distillation to the Norseman i have seen displayed in « = ison, where discipline was so rig ao So make it an inducement 9 violate it E have there seen under cover of the “moon- shine” secrecy of a small box « miniature distillery—the “still” fashioned out of « smell fruit can wil ‘worm” attachment of reeds trickling its drops of nepenthic distillation from the stolen garbage of « prison kitchen. What its future history may be is one of the Many conjectures of this age. The criminal records of every land, the church and higher morals on the one side, civil liberty and reve nue and fit on the other side. Who cas predict the result between such giants in or- ganized combat’ cesses Miss Howard Becomes Mrs. Dr. Teufel. The author of “One Summer” has cele- brated in good earnest, as witness this from the Bangor (Me.) Commercial: ~The many Bangor friends of Miss Blanche Willis Howard, the famous novelist, will be delighted to bear of her marriage, which occurred a few days in Stu! , Germany, to Dr. Teufel of that city. Fie busaaproess is one of the most eminent practitioners in Germany, the court physician, and a man of wealth and lending social position. It was a brilliant match on either side, and the American acquaintances of Miss Howard will extend their warmest tions. Dr. and Mrs. Teufel will in Statigert in the future. They con- templated a ding trip to the United States, but for some reasou ebandoned it and will pass ‘their honeymoon in Europe.”