©be Cfutrt groiorrat.
DELLEFONTE, PA.
T he Largest. Cheapest end Best Peper
FUHLISIIKU IN CKNTHK COUNTY.
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
SPEECH OF
HON. ANDREW U. CURTIN,
OV PENNSYLVANIA,
In the Home of Renrtttniaiivea, Thurtdoy,
March '2, 1882.
Th House, as In Commit!"* "f tho Whols II"US no
th. state <>l Uu- I'nion.h ivuig oo.lrr c..osnlrtk,o IS
bill (II K. No. dKfc)) making i|ipwpnll'iw for lliv
consular and diploma do aartlca <•! Iha rnmt f..r
the ttft-al )rar pudlug Juua 30. iNU.aud f.* other pur-
Mr. Curtin said : Mr. Chairman, the
time may come,and it is possibly rapid
ly approaching, when It will be quite
unnecessary to exchange with foreign
nations ministers or ambassadors. Ilui
while we do send ministers abroad n.
represent this country, in deference to
the customs f nations, we should clothe
them witn all tho proper | owers anu
surround theui by all appliances which
will give consequence to the represen
tativesof this great nation. We should
give them that standing among ibe na
lions of the world which this country
itself holds, nor take Iro u tiieiu any o
the dignity ol their high position.
I understand perfectly well in wha'
an embarrassing position a foreign nun
ister would be placed should he have i>
consul appointed without consulting
him, without his selection, who woui-
have access to nil of the archive# HDI
papers of his office, and to all of tli
private and public correspondence, ami
have full knowledge of his business, j
and one who would have charge of the
legation and the disposition of the alls'r
of the Government intrusted to the
minister at the court to which he is ac
credited in his absence as charge dV
faires, which is the lw. I know full !
well that it is common to complain ol
the expenses of our diplomatic inter
cours< with foreign nauon# and of out
consular service. Our representation
abroad is not made to produce mnnei
O." revenue. It is a representation of the
interests of a great people. And, sir. I
do object to making consular appoint
ments abroad a source of revenue.
I regret, Mr. Chairman, to have heard
the calculations of expense ami profit- ,
of the diplomatic ami c insular service
made bv the chairman ol the committee
He exhibited the numbers of pa-spurt
isaued by various ministers, and the
balance in favor of the Government
growing out of the consular service. The
consular serviceof the United States *•
require for the benefit ol those engaged
in commerce and trade, ami a just pro
tection to American mariners. Theser
vice, in my judgment, should he rem ,
dered free of any expense to the citizen
and be paid tor by the Government.
The fees exacted are a tax levied oil
the trader, merchant, or mariner, and
in restraint to that extent of our coiu
merco with foreign countries The issue
of passport# is not properly the l>u-in*-
nf the minister, although he is clothed
with the |Mwer. There are very lew ol
the countries in Europe where a pass
port is required, and American cit zen
traveling either for business or pleasure
are in the habit of securing passports
from the Department of State before
leaving home. He lias direct cornier
tion with the court or Government l>
which he is accredited, lie conveys to
bis own Government all that occurs in
the country where he resides in relation
to or can have any importance to the
trade, commerce, and interests of oui
people abroad, and he is there, as has
been said by the gentleman who lnl
addressed the committee, to protect Up
rights of citizens, whether loleign born
or naturalized, and 111 that respect receni
events tiave clearly demons!raied thai
to withdraw otir ministers.or to abridge
their power, would tie an acknowledge*!
weakness in our Government which
could not be condoned, ami a calamity
to those oT our citizens wh have ruth r
ed arrest ami imprisonment in foreign
countries. It would be a source of sen
ous objection, in my judgment, 10 an
American minister at a foreign court i*>
allow a consular officer, without refer
ence to his own wishes or the qualifies
tions of the consul, to he appointed with
power to have access to ami control ot
the records of In* legation, ol the ar
chives, and of nil the business interests
represented by bin) at that Government.
The selection of a secretary to lake
charge of such matters should tie lelt
with the minister himself, so that the
citizen who i* liest qualified may be se
lected to fulfill the duties. The re) uion
being confidential, the qualifications of
a aecretary should be of a much higher
grade than those require*! {,, fulfill the
duties of a consulate. Justice to the
minister as well as to (hi* Government
surely demands tbnt he should have as
his secretary a citizen well qualified, and
one in whom he can place most implicit
confidence.
Mr. Cnairman, I have said that the
time may come when we may dispense
with this system, and thereby cut down
th*ex|Mn*e; when steam and lightning
will give such rapid communication as
to annihilate time ami space, and we
can assert our rights and protect our
interests without the presence of mini*
ters abroad. It may be in the near
future; but such a happy condition in
the affairs ol humanity may be |mst
poned until the lion and the lamb lie
down together, or the proclamation of
the promised peace and good will settle
down upon the world. But while it is
the practice of the whole world—of all
the great nation* of the World—l hold
that we, the American nation, ahouid
be represented in every naiion. or
wherever there is an organized tiovern
inent or exercise of governmental power,
and that we should have an American
minister, selected for his fitness, to rep
resent our fifty millions of freemen at
the seat of Govern men l of every foreign
nation, and should surround him with
all the rights and powets, the dignity
and the consequence of this great us
tion.
Mr. Chairman, we have never been
the propagandists of our political ideas.
We have never charged our ministers
abroad to interfere with Governments
to which they -re accredited, or to com
mend our broad liberty and the dead
level of our social organ isatioo to the
civilized nations of the earth. On the
contrary, they are expressly forbidden
to interfere with the laws of the Gov
element to which they are accredited.
Sir, in the one hundred year* of the
existence and example of this nation,
where tree government lias been exer
cising its mighty power over peoples
who enjoy its blessings, and nil the Gov
ernments of the world have felt it |*>wer
111 relieving oppressed iiuninuity, silent
ly hut constantly our example has been
contracting the power of the ruling
classes and remitting it to I lie masses of
the people, where it justly belongs.
Our precepts and example, our liberal
political ideas have broken down the
imrriera between centralized power and
the masses of the people, and every con
cession made in Europe to the voice and
dOßlfol of the people in their govern
ment is n signal embodiment ol the
force of the American ideas of govern
•uent and the rights id common ho
nullity. The people have povVer in all
he governments in Europe save one.
Kings and emperors are lessened in
heir powers and prerogatives, and in
uy judgment, believing as I do in the
mure ol this great country and of our
form of government, our broad liberty
nid equality, Hie emperor and the king
vill soon remain as the tinsel, nominal
•lead of the government, if they are not
entirely dispensed with as unnece* arv
ii governments which ami to seiure
ndividual happiness and prospeiity
md enjov the blessing* of liberty, peace,
old concord; and there will come
ime when the rights of humanity will
stand up and be asserted and appear in
iving light in the presence of the Am--
lean idea of human rights and liber
ties. [Applause ]
JEFFEKHOM DEMOCRACY.
The York Daily publishes the fol
lowing letter received hy the .Jefferson
Democratic Association of that place
irom James Parton, the author:
NEWRERRYPORT, M ASM, February
IJ, I X.M'J, — C'/i'i uiirry fr . Black, />*/. —
DEAR SIR: I accept with gratitude
.lie honor done me by the Jelicreouian
Democratic Association of Yot k in
adding inv name to their list >f bono
rary members. 1 thank you also, ln.il*
i**r the documents accompatiyin.' your
letter and fur the agreeable .manner in
which you communicate the action ot
your association.
For many years I have wisher! to
see the democratic party re created in
the spirit <d its illustrious founder and
of his worthy colleagues, Madison and
(iailatin. 1 have, nevertheless, voted
with the republican party from its or
ganization, and I do not doubt that an
immense majority of ita member#, and
•■I its leaders, arc honest and patriotic
men.
fin every national i-sue except one
(the extension of slavery) the Demo
cratic party seem# to me tohavelteen
substantially right; but, in the course
of time that one i-eue became all im
portntit, so that every other interest 1
had to stand aside until it was settled.
Happily, by tlx: union of patriotic
men of nil parties, that terrible qucs- ;
tion is forever at rest, and the time
seems now ripe for a revival of the
simple and aiigut principles which
triumphed in 1800.
Not that wo should follow Thomas
Jefferaou, or any other n.nn, with
thoughtless devotion. Jefferson and
his colleagues were sufficient for fht-ir
own day ;bul no man, ami no group
of men, can he sufficient for all days.
New questions are UJMHI US, new dan
gers, nud new difficulties ; and we have
t > a-k ourselves, t.ot merely what
J. ff-r-on did in his time, hut what lie
would l<- likely to attempt ot advi-e it
he were now present among it#.
I think, fir oue, that he would lie a
civil service reformer. Iecause the
s|wiils system is not democratic, it
savor# of |H-rs*uial government, which
he hated. I think lie would In- a more
positive nnd sweeping free-trader even
than he was in his life time ; nud yet
he would probably not desire to pre
cipitnte free trade and unsettle in a
moment the work of sixty years.
He would wish rather to pria-eed can
tiously, but unswervingly, having in
view the total, but not suuden,extirpa
tion ol the protective system.
I think, 100, that he would endeavor
to remedy an im onvenience from
which every president >f the United
.States has suffered, an inconvenience
resulting from the inadequate coni|icn
sjtioo of tho higher officer* of govern
ment. A king can get any ninn to
serve him, because a king can offer to
the most valuable man hi* market
price, while a president of the United
State*, representing the richest employ
er in the world, lias an extremely limi
ted range of choice, because he cannot
make it |M#siblc f*>r poor men to ac
cept difficult situation* without doing
violence to their own interests. When
President Jefferson asked James Mon
roe to proceed, upon short notice, to
Paris, to negotiate for the purchase of
Louisiana, he lamented that lie could
not offer him just compensation, such
as a merchant or a cor (Miration would
give tor a private service ofcorrespon
ding importance. When the negotia
tion wa* at an end, hy which the Uni
ted Htate* obtained an aequisiiion of
territory more important to it than
any country has ever yet permanently
obtained by conquest, Mr. Monroe re
tired only to render other gratuitous
services, and to end fifty years of ar
duous public life in insolvency and
dependence. How different the fate
of the negotiator employed by the
Emperor Napoleon for the few days
service rendered by him without leav
ing home. For that single act Napo
leon made M. de Mnrhois a present of
nearly forty thousand dollars.
Thomas Jefferson never contempla
ted a government either of millionaires
or poor devils; nor politics controlled
hy bosses assisted by pugilists and liar
keepers, lie wished to see at the head
of governments the flower of the hu
man race. He wished to see cities
governed hy men who lutd proved
their capability hy having succeeded
in business for themselves. We can
tell with certainty whut kind of men
ho would now wish to see iu office, \
whether federal, state, or municipal,
hy recalling the men chosen hy himself |
when he held the appointing power.
Kvery member of his cabinet was a
liberally educated man, and he clr.se
persons of proved ability for employ
ments demanding inch of business.
He hated the hereditary principle
becuuse, as he said, "It heaped iuipor
tance upon idiots." The boss system
does the same, and hence, 1 am hound
to conclude, ho would have hated that,
if lie hnd lived to see it developed.
1 wish your society great prosperity
and success. Thomas Jefl'crsou ho
queatlied to us immortal principles; it
i* our humbler put t to create methods
lor giving those principles effect. The
nation ha* not liecome corrupt; it has
simply grown very large and very
rich. We have to adjust our politics
to larger conditions, and apply Jeflcr-.
sotiiau principle* to the government of
a vast and growing empire. in this
arduous work I trust your society will
bear a part. Ue*|iecl fully yours,
.JAMT.A FAIITON.
At a regular meeting of the Jefferson
democratic association of ork, Feb
rut rr 27, IXW2, it was resolved ;
That this Association desires and
invite* the fullest and freestdiscu*-iou
of the doctrines of Thomas Jelfer*ou ;
tliut we hud it with pleasure, from
whatever source it may come; wheth
er from the friends of federal consoli
dation, or the advocaus of local lib
erty ; whether front federalists, iuiperi
iih-t, so-called republican or honest
democrat; reiving firmly, as did Mr
Jetlervou biniselt, upon tlie virtue and
intelligence of the jasnple, certain that
whenever the i—ue between the bless
ings ot home-rule, and the deadly evils
ol centralization sliull be fairly under
stood, they will decide promptly and
wisely as they did iu the years 1 Hut*
and i*7l>.
We gratefully acknowledge the able
and interesting letter which Mr. Far
ton, the distinguished biographer ot
Jefferson, lia* kindly added to the
literature of the awMicialion, and we
c uuineiid it to the thoiighttiil attention
ol men of all parties, who are prepar
oil to sacrifice merely parii-au con-id
erntions, and sever merely partisan
ties, to save the constitution of I**7
from threatened subversion, and the
erection of what is euphemistically
called a "stroug goverumeul" ou the
ruins.
But while we heartily concur in the
main with Mr. Barton's deductions
Iroin the system of Jefferson, and ad
mire his lucid and forcible application
of luiidHUieutal principles to the exist
ing situation, we are not to lie under
stissl II agreeing with him throughout.
We hold, tor instance, and we believe
Mr. Jefferson, who maintaining that
frugality, economy niul simplicity,
w< re the great essentials of republican
government, would have held with it*,
that our public servants are a* a rule
well paid ; and that many nt them are
greatly overpaid. We got lictter,
more iaiihful and more honest service
front tliein, when salaries were low,
than since they have been raised in
the general rot of federal centraliza
tion and extravagance ; and if wc were
called upon to vote for a change, we
would lavor, nn| nn increase, hut a re
duction. That Mr. Jefferson in the
single isolated case of Mr. Monroe, re
gretted hi* inability to r*>m|>ciisatc
nim for an extraordinary public ser
vice performed at an extraordinary
private sacrifice, is true; hut it doc*
not follow that lie even then consider
ed the ordinary pay of public official*
for ordinary services le* than it ought
to have been. It was in those days of
JcfT-rsoiiiati simplicity, and truly re
publican salaries, that men slot si rea
dy to serve the country at private
loss. We sec nothing like it now;
when salarieshave grown largeenougli
to tempt cupidity, and officesare made
thes|sdls and rewards of partisan Work.
Instead of that *|iectaele —Jefferson
adjuring Monroe to go serve his conn
try, practically without pay—we see a
federalist Congress voting a retired
civilian, already everloaded with gra
tuities, a mere gift of ten thousand
dollars annually, instead of directing
proper proceeding to lie instituted for
i the recovery ofone hundred thousand
dollars wrongfully receive*] hy him.as
presidential salary, under color of an
infamous statute, passed iu flagrant
defiance of the constitution, and sign
ed by this, the chief beneficiary.
We hold with Mr, Far ton that Mr.
Jefferson would have approached the
difficult question of tariff reform in a
conservative spirit, keeping in con
stant view the general good of the
whole country and not the particular
interests of a few owner* of capital in
vested in certain artificially stimulated
industries. We think, however, that
Mr. Jefferson was rather a lair trader
than a free trader. His leading prin
ciples nn this subject might be formu
lated thus: Congress may do that
which ia necessary for the general
welfare, —as for defense in war—and
to that end might impose a customs
duty, protective and even prohibitory
in character, if the object thereof were
to render the Uuited .Stales as a nation
independent of foreign nations in the
matter of warlike supplies. But con
gress may not "under the plea of build
ing up desirable industries," levy, eith
er directly or indirectly, u tribute upon
the whole people, which does not reach
the treasury, hut whit h pa*c* us a
mere bounty into the pockets of a
favored lie#. When Mr. Hamilton
announced the reverse of this proposi
tion in hi* celebrated Report on Man
ufactures, Mr. Jefferson accepted the
issue as a vital one, and informed Presi
dent Washington, that in his judgment
it involved nothing less than the ques
tion whether we were to live "under a
limited or an unlimited government."
But for independence, for defense, for
international justice, lie believed in the
coiistitututtoiiul power of the United
States to lay dsaeriminating duties,
and to go even to the length of embar
go, the lost measure short of war. h
M clear that no man, of his day, did *o
much to advance the domestic ninuu-
I'uelurcs of hi* country a* Mr. .!• Ili-r
sou ;aml to this cud he exerted himself
equally in both his public and his pri
vate capacity. He preferred to rai-ethe
neco-ary revenues of the general gov
ernment from custom duties, wisely
adjusted to that object, rather than hy
direct taxation ; and the first blow of
his reform administration was nt the
inquistorial system of internal revenue,
developed hy Hamilton, and the large
corps of needless officeholder* employ
ed in its execution.
But this is a limine upon which wo
might pile line upon line and precept
upon precept from Mr. Jcfli-rson, and
still leave some room for honest differ
• nee* of opinion as to precisely what
course he won I I lake "were he |w-rsona'-
ly present among its." In article 11, of
ttie constitution of this association, we
present our own statement ol Jcffer
-<iniull principles,compactly, but clear
ly, we hope, in so fur as they seemed
applicable to the pre-ent situation.
The article is as follows :
"It* purjsise shall IK? the association
of J ff rsoniau democrats for the pr<-*-
ervation of the constitution of the Uni
ted States, the autonomy of the state*,
home rule, freedom of elections; for
resistance to revolutionary changes,
tending to consolidation or empire; t<>
the election of any person to the presi
dency a tlmd time; to the presence of
troop* at the poll; to the appropria
tion of public money for anv purpo-o
hut the support of government; t<
commercial restrictions for the liem-fit
of the few at the cot of the many;
and to class legislation, which de
stroy* the natural freedom of trade
and dp|viils labor to build up monopo
ly. To these ends we invoke the spirit
and reassert the principles of Thoma*
Jefferson, the author of the declaration
of independence and the lounder of Un
democratic party."
Upon this declaration we stand, and
U|Hin this, the slavery question being,
a* Mr. I'urtoti remarks, happily and
forever settled, we believe that all
friends of pure republican government,
limited be the i*e safeguard* of Un
written constitution, must ultimately
come to stand with u*. whatever may
have heeu their previous party rela
tionships. ('. F. BI.A* K, Fie-.
J. A. JiLAOKtt, Secretary.
A French Ucterfhe.
M •♦■mi
We walked out together, and iti (he
course of conversation we touched upon
the way iu which some person* can so
disguise themselves a* to hide their in
dividunlity from their most intimate
friends. I expressed myself a* being
doubtful whether this could lie really
done, provided the parties to be de
reived were on the lookout for such
deception. My companion differed
from me, and offered to disguise him
self so effectually that he would, iu
the course of the next '24 hours, s|-ak
to me for at lcnt 10 miuutes without
arousing my suspicions. I accepted
the challenge, mid staked the price of
a dejeuner at any cafe he would like
to name. He agree*!, and tin- very
same day won the bet iu the following
manner. Shortly after leaving the do
lectiVe. I met an old friend, who asked
me lodine with him nt Versailles that
evening.
I agreed to do so, hut could not
have Paris as early a* my friend in
tended to do, ami therefore told him I
should go down hy the -"i JO train from
the (lure St. I/itz ire. I did so, and n
I got into a first class carriage I re
marked a short, gentlemanly looking
man, with while hair, who followed
tneintothesnmccompartment. French
man like. heU-gan to talk about things
in general, ami we chatted more or
less, nearly ail the way to Versailles.
When within ten minutes or so of our
destination, my new friend quietly took
off his hat, pulled off a wig, got rid of
a mustache, and to my utter amaze
ment sot revealed Itefore me as my
friend the deteetive! How he had
managed to find out that I was going
to Versailles—-which I had no idea of
myself when I left hint—or how he
had so effectually concealed his ap
paaranc* that I, silting within three
feet of him, had no idea he was (lie
man I had left some four hours previ
ously, are problems which I cannot
solve. The detective himself only
laughed when I asked him how ho had
contrived it. He was evidently great
ly flattered at the amazement 1 dis
played, hut beyond showing me with
some pride hia wig and mustache, he
was very reticent, and would enter into
no details. That he had fairly won
the breakfast (here could be nn doubt,
hut he said he would rather put off
the event until hcrould see his way as
to whetho* or not he should be able to
recover a part or the whole of the
property which my friend ha<l lost.
W then parted, he taking the train
hack to Fa l is, ] going to the house
where i wu going to dine.
A White Indian.
A **IESIIST'S SKi.r-SAcairica— THE ZVHI
TRIBB.
Chicago Turn*
Mr. Frank II Lushing,accompanied
by nix Zuui Indians, arrived in the
city yesterday, and i stopping nt the
I'ulmer House. An extended uccotint
of his life for two und a half years in
the tribe —he having been sent there
hy the Smithsonian Institute—appear
ed in lite Tunc* Monday. The np
pi-arance and unsophisticated manners
ot these Indians show that their con
servative tenijtcrameni has kept their
natures from acquiring that ''sharp
ness" which is noticed in so many
other tribes. While they were at sup
|er they received an invitation to at
tend a reception which was being given
hy the Templar lodge, No. -1 40, HI the
dancing hall, and, together with Mr.
Lushing, they spent a line! hour watch
ing with wondering interest the "war
dance 'ol the pulelaces. (>u solicita
tion of the Templars, three of the
Indians gave the assembled company
itii exhibition of their own dance, to
the evident satisfaction of nil. The
dance was an improvement on the
racquet, and threw the Newport into
the shade. It was a cross between a
"hoc-down" und the gyrations of a man
Mill! ring from a cramp in hißstomach.
Being very tired with their sight-see
ing and dissipation.tlu*y retired. Ttiey
leave to-night for Washington. Mr.
Lushing, the young man who ha- thus
taken three years out of hi* life for the
advancement of science, is a memlier
of the bureau of ethnology under Maj.
Powell, one of whose H--MHIIIS he i*.
lie wa* sent out two and a half years
ago, and presented himself to the tribe
lor membership. He WHS cordially
received, but came near losing his lite
when they discovered him taking note*
and making sketches. This, however,
he ColitlUUisl to do. Mild has expressed
all his notes to \\ dshiugtou. fne
greater part of his information i* lock
ed op in hi* long haired cranium, ano
*afc from the Indians. He began by
adopting their costume and customs,
and by learning their language and
manners. Tlii* he sueei-eded in d ling
in a short time, an I gamed their re
spect and admiration.
Step by step he advanced until he
found it necessary to adopt their re
iigiou also, that he might learn ad the
ceremonial details. This he al*o did,
and he is now; second ehiel of the tube
of sixteen hundred. 11-- has made a
thorough study of tin Zmi language .
iucluding its grammar ami etymology.
Being an enthusiast in etliuologv he
found ample time und opiHirtuuities
(or this branch of science,and hi* w-.rk
will doubtless prove of great value.
He found thai hy joining tie- priest
hood of the 11 iw he would be further
enabled to prosecute his researches,
and lie accordingly joined and lias
attained the first degree. Five of those
with him are rcenilx-rs of the order.
The order corres|smls to the Ma->uic
organizations of civilization, has the
character of a political ring, control
ling all the "iidlooeuie" and even go
ing so far as to deal out capital pun*
ishment when necessary.
Mr. Lushing says that the only
capital ofh-use among the Zuui* is
witching, but that this crime includes
many others. The criminal is given
over to the priesthood ami then dis
appears front society. T.ie trilie. as is
known, is the oldest among the North
American Indians, ami is also (he most
conservative, which accounts for the
failure of civilization to make the
slightest impression u|s>n theii r ligion
or manners. They are all spiritual
ists. the priest* acting a* mediums
Their erri nd ea-t is partly to gel their
cans and bottles full of sea water,
which they hold ns sacred. This will
probably gain Mr. Lushing great ad
vantages on his return hi the trilie.
which takes place in about two months.
The Zunis, Mr. Cusliiug says, are the
true stock of the old Pueblo race ami
through them he is enabled to Irare
hack all the old traditions and man
ners to the time of the Montezuma*.
He finds that the religious rites, the
ceremonies of the secret order, all itic
manners and customs are identical, to
the minutest degree, with those of the
rare of three hundred years ago. as
shown hy the cave picture*. Mr.
Cushing is therefme a genuine Indian
to all intents ami purposes, having
adopted all savage manners and cus
toms, as well as religion. The Times,
however, has his word that he has not
married into the tribe. This they
much desire him to do, hut so far he
has refused. He seems to have great
influence with them, ami he shows his
love and respect for them in every
action. He is a brother, hy adoption,
of the head cacique, who is with the
tiarty, and it was with the utmost so
licitation and teudernos that be as
sisted the rheumatic aboriginal about
the room. It might be of interest to
know the name* of the Indians, hut
life is too short for protracted pleasure*.
Mr. Cushing evidently has made a
thorough examination of everything of
scientific interest regarding the tribe
and its traditions, and undoubtedly is
entitled to a great deal of credit for
the sacrifices which he has made to ac
complish his results.
N KITH I%R a man uor woman is en
tirely sale until he or she can endure
hlame and receive praise without ex
citement.
Daniel Webster'* Widow.
I.AIII TO *t*T AT R'XIIEM.K—SKE7< II or
UtR I.UE.
WpsrM Ljr Tl*K|.h I, 11,. TltiosELr.
New ottK,Mur'-li I.—Tlic funeril
of Mr*. Daniel Webster took place thin
morning from Trinity Church, New
lloclielie, uin J tin* remain* were bui ied
in WooiliuMii Cemetery. The service*
were conducted hy the* Jtcv. Dr. Cuna
<Jy. Mra. Webster was the great
statesman'* second wile, ami wan born
in New York City in 17!>7. II*r father
was the late Herman D-roy, la-ad of
the once finnuun lioune of Iy-my, Jiay
apl, Mi Ki vcn A Co., who hud a large
iruile in different paru of the world.
Mr. Leroy war ui-o the firi IloliariiJ
Oxiwul to the United Hlates. Mr*.
WelmtcrV mother wa* Hannah Cornell,
a daughter of the la-i of the royal
Attorney* General of the S:te of
North Carolina. Caroline wo* one of
eleven children, and inherited from
her parent* qualities ihntbesp ike high
liirtli and high connection*. Kven in
her girlhood day* she wa noted tor n
certain Mateiy and imprt---uvc de
ui can or that cau*e*l her playmate* to
look up to her with delcictitial res|a-ct.
.Slie *u *ern to a fashionule hoarding
school in New Hrun*wick, New Jer*. v.
where *he received her education, aud
on her return to lu*r home at once began
11 make a brilliant imprecision in the
leading society of the city of that day.
She became widely known for her gill*
a-a conversationalist and l'ir her at trac
tive ipialitie* generally. Her father'*
house at thi* period ua* at No 7<>
Hroadway, theu one of the fashionable
centre* oi the city, and it wa* here
that, in IS/M, *he uu* first int rial need
to Daniel \\ eb*ter, tlie S -nator ir >n
Massachusetts. 'I n otiversaiiomil
ainlitie*. which had charitie<i *o rnanv
ol the visitor* in her latin r* lion**-, h,.,n
captivaied the distinguished Senator,
and after only a few month*' courtship,
he married ner. lie ceremonv wa*
(H-rformcd in Grace Church in Feb
ruary, UJ!, in the pre—in a large
and fashionableassemblage^
Alter Mr. Wtbsier'* death Mr-.
Wi liater returned In Niw N <,rk and
lived with her brother* and si*u-r-.
Hill tw.i of the family have survived
h<-r —the brother* who were at the bed
side when the deceased lady pa--'-d
away. After Mr. Welster' death 1 <K>
citizen* ol H <*IOII ion iri lintel ?I,i.ei\i
each to a fund of ?10>MMI;|, which wa
invcte*i lor hi* widow's benefit, and
the interest ol this *lic rec<mil regular
ly, although she had inherited suffi
cient pr>.|H rtv from her family to sup
ply her needs. Mr*. WelisUr Was
among tin* s|iectalor* at the unveiiing
ot the Hunker ildl Monument and
the Ja-t public event she atleuded wan
the ceremony ol the unveiling of her
hu-baiid * statue in Ccutrui i'ark in
1*77. For three year* preceding her
death she had ln-en in the in*tut of
staying nUlhe Iy-rov House in Ho
chelle, of which had in lua
life lime often carried acros* the teas
mercantile goods f.,r lu r father's house,
lb r sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob La-roy,
had liocii staying wiih her since No
vein tier la*t, w hen Mrs. W'eliMcr first
liegao to be ailing, alihongh she was
aide to be up and around the house
• lady. Her courte .u* niaunets w<-rc
the subject of admiriug rumnieut
am uig all who came in conlact with
her, and shetrcaied high and low* with
equal kindness and politeness, those
wiio were more intimate were often
erit- rtained by her anecdotes of her
husband'* career, of which she remcrn
be red and could narrate score*. She
wa* very unostentatious iu her later
year*, aud loved the quiet retirement
ot the romantic house that wins an
added interest ami historical value
from the fact that she lived and died
there, lier Imnilv were among the old
est set tier* in IVlham, and the family
name is well known all over the couu
try.
TIIEGREAYICKT. —Thegreatest thing
in the world in the tali* of Niagara;
the largest cavern, the Mam moth cave
•if Kentucky; the iarge*t river, the
Mississippi —4, (MM mile* IU extent; the
largest valley, that of the Mississippi
—i:s hrea 5,000,000 square miles ; the
greatest city park. that of Philadel
phia, containing 2,7<KJ acre* ; thegreat
ml grain port, Chicago; the largest
lake, I.ake Superior; the longest rail
roal, the Pacific railroad —over 11,000
miles in extent; the most huge ma-*
of aolid iron i* Pilot Knob of Mis
souri--height, 250 feet, cireuiuferem-e
two mill's ; the liest s|iecitiien of archi
tecture, (timid College, Philadelphia ;
the largest aqueduct, the Croton of
New York, length 40J miles, eost $12,-
500,000; the longest bridge, the ele
vated railroad in Third avenue. New
York; its extent from the Battery to
the llarlem river—the whole length
of the eastern side of the Manhattan
Island —seven miles long or nearly
40,000 yards. The longest bridge
over the water, however, will be that
now Iwing constructed in Russia over
the Volga at a point where the river
is nearly four miles wide. The most
extensive deposits of anthracite coal
are in Pennsylvania.
IT is one of the unexplainalde things
of moral ethics, how |eopie decide so
promptly as to how little rain and had
weather it takes to keep them away
front prayer meeting and how much
U required to keep tbctu away from a
good show.
No man is so fond of liberty him*
self as Dot to be desirous of subjecting
the will of some individuals iu society
to his ova.
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