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THE Dim HEROES
There ire Other Great Names
Than Those So Common
in War Poems.
HTE BRAVE WAEBIOES
Who for One Keason or Other Were
Bobbed of Just Eenown.
WHAT MEADE'S WISDOM COST HIM.
Thomu' Eeftisal to Obey Orders PreTtnted
Useless Bloodshed.
1 STAIff ON TWO BEILLIAST KECOEDS
PTKiTrrs roR the DisrATcn.
All great wars produce great -victors, and
they are crowned -with the greenest laurels
of the people lor
nhose cause they
have achieved
success. These
chieftains live in
history and their
memory is grate
fully cherished
long alter they
have passed a
vay; hut every
great war has also
its unrewarded
Meade.
heroes, whose merits are often equal, some
times even greater, than those who attained
the highest measure of distinction. The
rewarded heroes of our late Civil "War are
well known to the country and to the world,
but that great conflict left unrewarded
heroes whose names and merits should be
crvstallized in the history of the Republic
Prominent anions these are General George
G. Meade, General George H. Thonin. Gen
eral Fitz John Porter.Geueral G. K. arren
and General D. C Buell. .
Tne countrr has never done justice to
General Meade as a military commander.
So man ever accepted a command nnder
mv ircnmct.inpff as embarrassing and in
everv way discouraging as those which con
fronted General Jleade when he succeeded
Hooker as commander of the Army of the
Potomac. It had known scarcely anythirg
bnt defeat and distrusted both itself and its
officers. He has been thoughtlessly or ma
liciously criticised because he took the wie
precaution to provide lor his retreat from
Gettvshnrg had the chances of war made
it necessary, and also because he failed to
purue Lee more vicorouslv on the retreat,
and decided not to assault him at "Williams
port. Onu-cd Only for His Discretion.
"When General Meade arrived at Gettys
burg, which he did t the earliest hour pos
sible, he knew how desperate the battle
must be and how the advantage was with
the enemy, as Lee had largely superior num
bers on the first day, and should have had
largely superior numbers on the second day.
Hot until the morning of the third day uas
Meade's armv all upon the field, and then
one corps had made a forced march of nearly
3D miles. He had expected to fight a de
fensive battle east of Gettysburg, and his
toroiraphical examinations had been care
fully made and his lines fully formulated.
He thus acted as a wise and skillful General
in making the earliest preparations for the
retirement of his army to another position
in case he should be assaulted or flanked
from his lines on Cemeterr Hill. He was
thus prepared to retire his army at any
moment in perfect order, with every corps
advised precisely where to form their new
lines; but he proved by the dauntless cour
age with which he held his position at
Gettysbnrg that be did not contemplate
retre'at until retreat became an absolute
necessity.
When" Lee was defeated and retired from
the field, the Army of the Potomac was
worn by forced marches and fighting for
more than a week, and more than 20,000 of
its gallant warriors were killed or wounded;
and" when the two armies were brought face
to lace acain at "Williamsport, they were
yet equal in number, equal in prowes, and
presumably equal in equipment, and Lee
had the advantage of a chosen position for
repelling assaults upon his lines. Meade
might have won another victory, but it
would have been at such fearful sacrifice
that no wise soldier would have attempted
it.
37I-ht TJnTO -Wen Fame ns Grant Did.
After Gettysburg. General Meade had but
a single opportunity ot displaying his gen
eralship in handling the Army of the Poto
mac, and that was in the fruitless move
ment upon Mine Eun, where, bv disobedi
ence of his orders owing to a mistake ot one
of his corps commanders,Lee was enabled to
unite bis forces in an impregnable posilio i
before the Army of the Potomac was ready
for assault. He might have done at Mine
Eun as Grant did at "Vicksburg and Cold
Harbor, and as Burnside did Fredericks
burg, and sacrificed 10,000 men with only
defeat as his reward; but General Meade
was too great a soldier to sacrifice an army
to conceal failures in generalship. General
Grant, the victor of Vicksburg on the same
day that Meade was victor at Gettvsburg,
added fresh laurels to his crown at Mission
ary Eidge, where he had overwhelming
numbers to assure success. That achieve
ment made him Lieutenant General, as
Meade would have been made had he suc
ceeded at Mine Eun and Grant failed at
Missionary Eidee, and thenceforth Grant
was the only chieftain the nation could
know until his final victory at Appomattox.
I have reasons to believe that Meade lost
the Lieuteuant Generalship that was con
ferred upon Sheridan in 1869 because of the
disappointment in "Washington at his fail
ure to deliver battle to Lee at "Williamsport.
I saw Lincoln within a week after Lee's
retreat from Pennsylvania, and he inquired
most anxiously and in great detail as to all
the roads and mountain passes from Get
tysburg to the Potomac. I was entirely
familiar with them, and gave him minute
information on the subject. After a some
what protracted inquiry into the topography
of the country, I asked Lincoln whether he
was not satisfied with what Meade had ac
complished. He answered with the caution that always
characterized Lincoln in speaking ot those
who were struggling for the preservation of
the Government. I remember bis exact
language as well to-day as if it had been
tpoken but -yesterday." He said: "Sow
don't misunderstand me about General
Meade. I am profoundly grateful down to
the bottom of my boots lor what he did at
Gettvsburg, but I think that if I had been
General Meade I would have fought another
battle."
NEVER COMMITTED AN ERROR.
Georg
H. Thomaa VI as Ons of the Great
Men of the War Period.
George H. Thomas was another of the tin
rewarded heroes of the war. He was the
same type of sol
dier as General
Meade, cautious in
movement and
heroic in action,
and both were mod
est and gentle as
a woman in 'their
private lives. Xo
two men in the
army more perfect
ly completed the
circle of soldier and
gentleman, and
cither was equal to the
Thomas.
highest require
ments of even the exceptional duties im
posed upon a great commander by our Civil
War. Either -would have taken Richmond
, with Grant's army, and saved tens of thou
I sands of gallant men from untimely death.
Both of these men fought one great battle
when in supreme command, Meade at
Gettysburg and Thomas at Nashville, and
thev stand out single and alone in history
as the two most decisive battles of the war.
Meade dealt the deathblow to the Con
federacy from Cemetery Hill; Thomas an
nihilated the army of Hood from the
heights of Nashville, and thenceforth
Hood's army is unknown in the history of
the conflict, "in all the many other achieve
ments ot these men they fought as sub
ordinate commanders, and their records are
unsurpassed by any of the many heroic
records made by onr military commanders.
Both were considered as hopeful candidates
for the Lieutenant Generalship to which
Grant appointed Sheridan.
General Thomas' military record is one of
the most remarkable to be found in the his
tory of our civil conflict. He is one of the
very lew commanders who never committed
a serious military error, who never sacri
ficed a command, and who never lost a
battle. He was probably more cautious
than Meade, but I "doubt whether any man
of all the generals of the war was better
equipped for the supreme command of all
our armies than George H. Thomas.
Target for Impatience at Washington.
In Sherman's great campaign from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta, Thomas was one of hit
most efficient lieutenants. So highly was
he appreciated by Sherman that he was
chosen from all of Sherman's subordinates
to protect Sherman's rear by confronting
Hood in Tennessee when Sherman started
on his march to Savannah. "When Sherman
cnt loose from his base of supplies and
started on his romantic march through the
heart of the Bebellion, he left Thomas to
give battle to Hood, knowing that Thomas
would be outnumbered by the enemy, but
entirelv confident in Thomas' ability to
maintain his position.
So rapidly did Hood march northward
that General Schofield was compelled to
fight a desperate battle at Franklin before
he was able to join Thomas at Nashville,
where he arrived on December 1. On the
next day after Schofield's arrival the author
ities at Washington became most importu
nate tothave Thomai deliver battle at once.
Stanton telegraphed Grant on December 2,
complaining of the "disposition of Thomas
to lav in fortifications for an indefinite
period. . . This looks like the McClellan
and Eosecrans strategy of do-nothing and
let the enemy raid the countrv." On the
same day Grant telegraphed Thomas urging
him to make an carlv attack upon Hood.
On the same day he telegraphed him again,
complaining that be had not moved out
from Nashville to Franklin and taken the
offensive against the enemy. To these com
plaints General Thomas replied on the same
day that had he joined Schofield at Frank
lin he could have had no more than zo,uuu
to take the offensive against nearly 0,000.
Again, on December 5, Grant telegraphed
Thomas, complaining ot his delay in attack
ing Hood, and again Thomas answered that
he could not take the aggressive for want of
sufficient cavalry force that he was rapidly
increasing and equipping. Finally on De
cember 9 Grant telegraphed to-Halleck:
"Please telegraph orders relieving him
(Thomas) and placing Schofield in com
mand." Censure Turned Into Congratulation.
And so the discontent multiplied until
December 13, when Grant issued special
orders No. 119, as follows: "Major General
John A. Logan. United States Volunteers,
will proceed immediately to Nashville,
Tenn., report by telegraph" to the Lieuten
ant General his arrival at Louisville, Ky.t
and also his arrival at Nashville, Tenn."
General Logan started immediately upon
his mission with an order in his pocket re
quiring General Thomas to transfer to him
the command of the army. When he reached
Louisville he learned that the battle was in
progress, and he wisely halted and returned
without visiting Nashville. On the evening
of the 14th Thomas telegraphed Halleck:
"The ice having melted away to-day, the
enemy will be attacked to-morrow morning. "
In the meantime Grant bad become alarmed
at the possible oousequences ot his owu
order in transferring the command from
Thomas to Logan, and on thelith be started
for Nashville himself to tie personal com
mand. When he reached Washington he
received the first information of Thomas'
attack, and later in the evening a report of
the great victory achieved, to which Grant
responded by the following 'dispatch to
Thomas: ."Your dispatch of this evening
just received. I congratulate you and the
army under vour command for to-day's op
eration", and leel a conviction.that to-morrow
will add more Iruits to vour victory."
Stanton also telegraphed Thomas: "We will
give you a hundred guns in the morning."
Two days later, when Grant learned how
complete were Thomas' methods and his
victory, be telegraphed Thomas: "The
armies operating against Eichmond have
fired two prolonged guns in honor of your
great victory."
Was bol dler nou:h to Dlaobey.
Thomas was eoldler enough to disobey
the peremptory orJer of the commander in
chief when be knew that his commander
could not know or appreciate the peril of
an attempt to oboy fill orders, and he ex
hibited tho most subllma qualities of a great
auiujcr num. oven in mo icce oi nis threat
ened removal lrom his command, he per
emptorily refused to ajht a battle that he
was convinced could onlv result In rlltu.tor
and in the needless sacrifice of life.
After tho war Thomas suffered in silence
the disfavor of those in authority. It was
doubtless the more distressing to one of his
sensitive temperament lrom the fact that
there was no visible evidence of the injus
tice that was so studiedly done him. Poli
ticians tempted him to enter the field as a
candidate lor President, but he wiselv de
clined, and on no occasion did he so grandly
exhibit the higher qualities of the soldier
and gentleman as when President Johnson,
having quarreled with Grant, decided to su
persede Grant as commander in chief of the
army by nominating Thomas to the same
brevet rank held by Grant The President
went so far as to send his name to
the Senate for confirmation as gen
eral by brevet, which would
have enabled Johnson to assign Thomas to
the command of the armv. The President
acted without conference with or the knowl
edge of Thomas, and as soon as Thomas
learned of it be promptly telegraphed to
Senator Chandler and others peremptorily
refusing to accept the proffered promotion.
THE OLD STORY OP PORTER,
A Conspicuous Example or Tardy Justice
Foreed at Last.
General Fitz John Porter was the most
conspicuous victim of military injustice In
the history oi
our Civil War. I
donbt whether
the military rec
ords of modern
times in any civ
ilized country
present such a
flagrant instance
of the overthrow
of one of the
bravest and most
skillful of officers
by a deliberate
Porter. conspiracy o f
military incompetents and maddened politi
cal partisans. He was the only one of Mc
Clellan's lientenants who had proved his
ability to exercise supreme command in
fighting great battles, and I doubt whether
there was then in the entire Army of the
Potomac a more competent man for the su
preme command than Fitz John "Porter; and
certainly no one was more patriotic in his
devotion to the cause of the Union.
But I need not tell the story. It is well
known.
For 15 years General Porter was com
pelled to bear the fearful stigma tbat had
been put upon him by a court that simply
ooeyeu uio ticuicuyb urucrs oi its uaiicr.
3Iany applications had been made from time I terminator ever discovered. Positively non
to time to have his case reopened, and fully poisonous and easy to use. 2B cents.
; ten years before the effort was successful
men like Governor Curtln, Senator Wilson,
of Massachusetts, and others had made earn
est efforts to have a review of Porter s case.
General Porter was restored to the army on
the 7th of August, 1886, by a subsequent
act of Congress, and was permitted to exer
cise nis own discretion as to active service
or retiring with his original rank. In obe
dience to his own request he was placed
upon the retired list.
In 1869 General Porter was tendered by
the Khedive of Egvpt the position of com
mander in chief of his army, but he declined
it and recommended General Stone, who ao
cepted it. Since then he has made his home
in'New Y,ork, where he has filled most im
portant public and private positions. He
retired in 1889, since when he has bees en
gaged in private business pursuits.
A STAIN ON SHERIDAN'S NAME.
"Warren Was Humiliated Just Because It
. Would rirase Grant.
The record . of General G. K. Warren is
the story of a brilliant military career,
touched with every
hue of promise, cut
short by tbe unjust
exercise ot that power
that resides in mili
tary rank, used upon
impulse and in ig
norance of actual ex
isting conditions,
without hesitation
and without refer
ence to inquiry or Warren.
Investigation. It was tbe 1st of April, 1864,
that a battle was fought at Five ForKs,
wholly decisive, far reaching in its results
and ending in the rout of the enemy's
forces. The whole nation was exulting,
when suddenly the news was flashed over
the land that Major General Warren, tbe
commander of the Firth Corps, bad been re
lieved of bis command, by oi der of General
Sheridan, on the field of battle.
The cattle as ic was fought was a series of
flank; movements, and was, as such, wholly
unanticipated by Sheridan. Warren li.id
just reached a point directly in tear of the
enemy at the Forks, and was pursuing his
success whea he sent bis Adjutant General
to Sheridan to report that he was in the
enemy's Tear, bad taken a large number of
prisoners and was pursuing his advantages,
when tbe stroke foil, in the midst of the
victory he had done so much to secure.
"Tell General Warien," said Sheridan, "that
by he was not at tho lront: this is all
1'vo got to say to him." He had already re
placed him without any attempt to commu
nicate with him, and tnis with the Victory
won, tbe enemy in retio.it and the evacua
tion ot Richmond and Petersburg made in
evitable. Conscious of Ills innocence and
knowing what he hat accomplished, Warren
went in person to Sheridan and asked him
to reconsider his action. "-:" said Sheri
dan; "I don't reconsider my determina
tion s." Nor did he.
Warren nt once sonshtan investigation,
which was then refused him, and 15 years of
incessant application and pleading were to
pass before it was secured; but at last tbe
long-looked-for investigation came. And
what was gained bv this investigation? This,
that but for the mocmcnt ot Crawford's
division under Warren's immediate orders,
tho enemy's lines would have been held,
and wero held until the movement of Craw
lord, and that the results of Ayres' attack
weie rendered possible by that movement.
What, then, could excuse the action of Gen
eral Sheridan in view of the victory secured
to him? Nothing but that he was Ignorant
of what was done, as ha himself testifies,
and that be knew nothing of the Confederate
Mumrord's engagement with Crawtord's
division, nor of the cavalry. He knew that
in relieving Warien lie was pleasing Gen
eral Grant, and he ignored then and subse
quently anything presentod to him that
intent in any way question hi action.
Theiecord of Warren's court of inquiry
will remain forever an enduring stain upon
an otherwise great reputation. Waueu,
after long and patient waiting, at last began
to despond and to doubt as to tho flnal Je
suit. His bealtb wa breaking. He lost the
flnry spirit that had animated him. Grant
and Sheridan were omnipotent, the heioes
of the hour, and anas-almble. And so tho
end came at lust before the decision of his
oourt was known, and they buried lilm in
that snnny city by the sea, where he was
known and loved and where he worked in
peaoe. Hli last reanest was that there
should be no military dlsplav, no emblems
of bis profe-ston upen bis coffin, and no uni
lorm upon his person.
SACRIFICED TO POLITICS.
One of th Born Leaders Was Palled Sown
From Washington.
General Don Carlos Buell very clearly
demonstrated in the early part of the war
that he was one
of the most ac
complished sol
diers of our
army. While
he was not dis
honored, as were
General Porter
and General
Warren, he was
displaced from
command in
liueTL obedience to
partisan clamor. He was a thorough sol
dier, brave, intelligent, skillful, and equal
to every emergency in whiohhe was placed:
but he was not a politician. He believed
that war was war; he believed that armies
were organized to fight battles, and to fight
them, according to the established rules of
military science, to accomplish the speediest
and most substantial results. During the
period that he was in command in Kentucky
he accomplished more in the same length of
time than any other General in the Western
army. It was political clamor and not mili
tary'necossltv.nor even military-exncdioner.
that made the War Department issue nn or
der on September 27 relieving Buell of his
fiosition nnd ordering him to Louisville,
I mi ting his authority to the command of tbe
troops in that city and directing him to
trans Tea the army to the direction of Gen
eral Thomas. Buell promptly called General
Thomas to this place, but Thomas was one
of tbe bravesVand noblest of our soldiers,
and he at once telegraphed to Secretary
Stanton: "General Buell's preparations
have been complete to move ngalnst the
enemy, and I therefore lespcctfully ask tbat
he may be retained In command."
In obedience to Thomas' request the order
relieving Buell was revoked, onlv to bo met
by a flercor clamor from tho political pas
sions of tbe dav for bis sacrifice. On October
8 ho fonght and won the battle of Perrys
vllle, after a sanguinary conflict in whichhe
lost ovor 1 000 men. Even v. hen Buell had
won n decisive vlctoiy, instead of being
complimented by the authorities nt Wash
ington, he was daily criticised for his failure
to pursue and destroy Bragg's army, that
largely outnumbered him. On October 23,
Buell was removed from his command and
General Itosecrans assigned to It. General
Buell in bis modest but soldler-llke farewell
to his aimy, arter referring to its heroic
achievements, broadly took upon himself all
responsibility for any failnres it might be
charged with. He said: "If anvthing has
not been accomplished which was practica
ble within the sphere of its duty, thi Gen
eral cheermlly holds himself responsible for
tbe failure."
Thus ended thn military career of one who
could and should have been one of the great
military leaders or our Civil War.
A. K. McCtUax.
A Feather in a Hat.
It has been computed that, for every bird
of the rarer species such as the humming
bird, the 'orange and scarlet cock-of-the-rock,
the oriole, and the kingfisher that is
worn in a woman's head gear, at least ten
have suffered the death pang, counting in
the yonng which die of starvation, the
wounded which fly away to drop down and
die in the woods, or among the reed3, and
those which are mutilated and destroyed by
the pellets so much as to be unavailable
for purposes of decoration.
Ill stock is too large and must be reduced
before Slay 1. To that end we have marked
all goods down and in addition, -nil! allow
lOporcent cash discount. You will save
money by making your pui chases of Dia
monds, -watches, Jewelry, silverware, clocks,
bronzes, etc., of M. G. Cohen, Diamond Ex
pert and Jeweler, 36 Fifth avenue.
W paok ana store furniture; clean, dry
warehouse: charges reasonable.
Uacgh A'Kezsa?, S3 Water street.
wan
Brronra Is absolntclv the best Insect ex.
DOM PEDRO'S PALACE.
Boom in Which His Grandfather Ab
dicated, Making Rim Emperor.
HOW HE WAS HONORED AS A BABT.
Solemn Fooleries of Court Ceremonials In
the Imperial Days.
IK BUPRESS DRESS Off BIG DATS
CCOBBXSrOXDIXCE OF TBS DlSrATCB.l
Bio de Jaxeibo, March 3L So short a
time has gone by since royalty lived and
moved and had its being in Brazil that vis
itors to the capital are still interested in it
late familiar haunts, and the citizens yet
loyal at heart to the institutions to which
they and their ancestors were born take as
much pride in showing them ofi as before
they began masquerading at republicanism.
One may spend a profitable week in visit
ing the several homes of the late Emperor
and following the paths he trod, acceptably
to all men. for more than half a century.
First one should hunt up the oldest city
palace (built in 1743), in Praca D. Pedro
Segundo, which, up to the last day of the
Empire, served as a sort of overflow house
for the holding of court receptions, on un
usual gala days, and was thrown open to the
populace on every Corpus Christi day, that
they might enjoy a peep at the crown plate
and jewels. There is nothing palatial or
imposing about the latter, though it is said
to have cost a mint of money. In 1808,
when King Joao "VX arrived with his fam
ily and court, the palace was altogether in
sufficient for the shelter of so many persons.
So the Carmelite Friars on the opposite
side of tbe street gave up their convent for
the use of the King, and it was connected
with the abode of royalty by a covered
bridge thrown across the thoroughfare,
which still remains,
A -Whole Xelgbborhood as a Falaee.
Another bridge, of light iron work, also
covered, spanning the Seventh of Septem
ber street, connects the old convent with
the Imperial chapel. Still there was not
room enough to meet the extraordinary de
mands or this royal family and their numer
ous retinue, aud building after building was
appropriated and annexed, until the whole
neighborhood became a continuous "pal
ace." For many years Queen D. Maria L
who is spoken of as a Jezebel made her
home in tbe Carmelite convent The suite
of rooms on'the third floor, now occupied by
the Instituto Historico whose library pos
sesses books of great value pertaining to
Brazilian history is pointed out as having
been her private apsrtments.
Many queer stories are told of these early
scions of Portugese royalty. For example:
It is said that Miguel, brother of Dom
Pedro L and uncle of the late Emperor,
used to divert himself and his profli
gate associates by seizing a sucking pig from
some poor woman's stall in the public market,
throwing it aloft and receiving it neatly
upon the point of his sword; while all the
mothers thereabouts hastily hid their babies
under their petticoats, expeoting them to be
served in the same manner. Sometimes the
sport was varied by the dainty noblemen
throwing up the squealing victims that His
Highness might catch them on his weapon
with less exertion.
Soma Rathrr Odd Street Names.
To reach Boa Vista Palace take a carriage
at your hotel door and drive down the Bne
Cattete, skirt the bay along the Praya da
Gloria, rattle through the Bua das Man
guerras (street of leather pipes), dash under
the acqueduct arches of Mate-Cavallos
(horse-killing avenue); turn into the Bue
das Invalidas (street of sick people), and
then follow the Mata-Porcas (pig-killing
street), until at last you come to the di
rect road that leads out to Sao Christavao.
The well-paved avenue has lamp posts set
on either side, and is lined with handsome
suburban homes set in gardens of perpetual
bloom, shaded by feathery palm trees.
The huge white building on tbe left, its
glittering walls and cupola crowning an
eminence overlooking the bay, is one of the
few institutions of Bio which" we shall net
visit. It is the famous Lazarreto "Imper
ial Hospital dos Lazoras" founded by the
Jesuits more than a century ago, and still
cared for by the Brotherhood Santissima
Sacramento da Candelario, It is said to be
crowded all the year around with lepers in
all stages ot,tbe loathsome disease, and good
Brazilians never look at its white walls
without crossing themselves and muttering
prayers tor tbe helpless 'wretches. .
The Sights Along the W ay.
You pass groups of mules, with skin-covered
panniers containing fruit, vegetables,
poultry and charcoal on their way to mar
ket; lavenderas (washwomen), clad in "the
livery of the sun" (black hide), and not
much else, baiancingnuge baskets ot clothes
on their beads; jaunty negresses, fat and
bejeweled, and carriages of the wealthy
with coachmen and footmen in gorgeous
liveries all so precisely like other-suburban
streets that you are riot aware of being
within imperial grounds till suddenly the
great palace looms up before you.
But it is not so near at hand as it looks,
for the drives are winding and circuitous,
and you bowl along steadily at a smart
pace for a full half hour during the greater
portion ot which the building is invisible
before you enter the splendid avenue of
mango trees that lead to the main entrance.
Ascend a flight of GO wide stone stairs and
you will find yourself in a corridor, or gal
lery, which runs around the four sides of a
vast inner court yard and communicates
with the principal rooms of the palace.
Fountains are playing in the court below
and bright flowers blooming, as gaily as
when the Emperor and his gentle sponse
took pleasure in them. The mulatto
soldier who shows you about the place
leads first into a long ball lined with paint
ings of Brazilian heroes, Kapoleonio battle
fields, saints, madonnas and iriars.
Where Dom Pedro I. Abdicated.
Most of the floors are of native woods,
satin and rose predominating, laid in -mosaic.
The smallest, but perhaps most inter
esting apartment of the suite, has its floor in
laid to represent an incident well known in
Iiusitanlan history a woman presenting her
two sons to Alphonse. The table in this
room is the same on which Dom Pedro I.
signed his abdication April 7, 1831. His
tory tells us that the arbitrary temper of
tbe old monarch had caused endless con
troversies, which culminated in a revolu
tion, as sudden and bloodless as that of
1890.
On the memorable morning the citizens
assembled at sunrise in the Campo da Santa
Anna, to demand of the Emperor that he
restore the Ministry which the people pre
ferred. Tne request had been repeatedly
and respectfully urged, without avail; and
on this day the throne tottered, for the Na
tional Guard and a considerable portion of
the army had gone over to the side of the
populace. An Adjutant was dispatched to
Sao Christavoa for a fiual answer; and tbe
hard-headed King, unwilling to give in, but
knowing himself unable to cope with vox
populi, abdicated on the spur of the moment
in favor of his little son the Dom Pedro
who lately died in exile, alter more than
half a century of prosperous reign then not
quite 6 years old.
ZJttle Dom Pedro's First Keceptlon.
It is related that the Adjutant returned
to the campo at lull gallop, waving aloft
the decree of abdication, which was every
where received with livliest demonstrations
of joy. The infant sovereign was borne in
triumph to the citv, and the ceremony of
bis acclamation as "Constitutional Emperor
and Perpetual Defender of Brazil" was per
formed amid wildest enthusiasm and vivias
to Dom Pedro Segundo. , rj
Two days later, while his mortified father
still remained on board a'French ship in the
harbor, the baby Dom held his first court
reception in the old palace downtown. A
To Deum was chanted in the Imperial
chapel. The troops appeared in review,
and an immense concourse of people, all
wearing leaves of the "avore nacionai" as a
badge of loyalty, filled the streets. They
detached the horses from the royal chariot
and drew the little King with their own
hands, and when carried back to the palace,
somebody held him in arms at a window
while an unnumbered multitude of "faith
ful subjects" passed before him.
At 15 the boy was invested with all the
prerogatives of his Imperial throne. At
that age he is described as remarkably fall,
but without the handsome proportions
which so distinguished him later in life,
with mind of a mature cast a close student
who had made exceedingly rapid advance
ment. He Married a Two-Tear-Old.
The day of his formal consecration (July
18, 1841) was marked by one of the most
imposing celebrations tbat ever transpired
in the new world, followed by illumiaations
and festivities for nine successive days and j
nights. At 18 he was married (by pro-
curation) to Dona Theresa Christiana Maria,
aaugnter o x raucis J-, xiing ui mu oiciuea,
the bride being two years old
The apartment next to that in which uom
Pedro pere rashly committed his own un
crowning is the Imperial bed chamber, in
which Pedro No. 2 was born. Like the
rest of the suite the room is fitted up with
French furniture, its only Brazilian features
being a number of immense jaguar skins
spread upon the floor, all the skins with
legs, feet and claws extended and heads
stufied to perfectly represent life, turning
their glassy eyes toward the top-lofty,
canopied beadstead as if guarding the occu
pant. The chamber, where the Empress
spent tnuch of her time, is 30 feet above
ground, with folding French windows over
looking a charming vista of forests and
mountains, groves and gardens.
The guardroom is next, and in its center
is a fluted column, around which sword and
halberds are arranged. Marble statues stand
all around Egyptian divinities, Pomona,
Diana, a Medicean Venus and the same uu
fashionabiy formed female leaving her bath,
which has evidently not been through, judg
ing from the dust collected on her shoulders.
A Y-ry TalaaDIe Old Museum.
Beyond is the chapel, with Oar Lady of
Sorrows upon its altar, nnd by her side St.
Anthony holding the Blessed Babe. The
most conspicuous feature in this historic
sanctuary is a huge painting of St. Peter de
Alcantara, the Patron of Portugal. There
is a museum in the building devoted to an
tiquities, which contains, among many other
interesting things, a lot oi ancient Peruvian
pottery; money that circulated in the days
ot Socrates, Plato and Aristides; coins of
Bhodes, Borne, Thrace and Ithica, and a
fine collection of antiquities from Hercu
laneum and Pompeii, which were presented
to the Empress a few years ago by her
brother, Bomba, of Naples.
Adjoining the museum is a laboratory, set
apart for experiments in natural philosophy
and chemistry, fitted up with an air pump,
electrical and other apparatus, in which the
Emperor is said to have greatly delighted
in his younger davs. Beyond the laboratory
is a complete little theater, and upon its
drop curtain is painted a scene whose quiet
sarcasm was probablv not intended by the
artist. It is called "The Lauding of the
Portpguese," and represents a group of as
tonished Indians, to whom a priest is offer
ing a crucifix, while a company of frowning
warriors, with uplifted spears and battle
axes, stand ready to back the priest in his
philanthropic mission of impressing new
doctrines upon the natives.
Preserved the Spanish Court Customs.
"We purposely left the throne room to the
last. It is large, lofty and gloomy as a
tomb, and never used except bv caudlelight,
for the Brazilians have been extremely
tenacious of all the solemn fooleries of
Portuguese ceremonies. For example, on
every third of May during Dom Pedro's
long reign he opened in person the session
of the Assembly General, and the proces
sion from his throne room to that in the
Senatorial palace was a surprising pageant.
There were the halberdiers (foot guards),
with their battleaxes; dragoons and hussars
in picturesque uniforms; mounted militarv
bands; six enormous state carriages, each
with six splendid caparisoned horses, and
liveried postilions and coachmen for the
officers ot the Imperial household; the
chariot of the Empress a strange affair;
said to hive belonged to Sebastian, who
lost his life warring with the Moors drawn
by eight iron grays; the magnificent Im
perial carriage, its eight white horses decked
with Prince oi "Wales plumes, followed by
a long cavalcade of troops and an innumer
able company of civilians.
The Empress, surrounded by her maids of
honor, in their robes and trains of green
and gold, was always attired in court cos
tume, consisting ot an underdress of white
satin heavily embroidered with gold, rich
lace falling over the corsage and forming
the si e eves, which were looped at the
shoulder with magnificent diamonds. The
train was of green velvet, with gold em
broideries like that on the skirt, and a
broad sash scarlet, purple and green the
combined ribbons of different orders
crossed the bust from the right shoulder to
the waist, and above it sparkled a mass of
emeralds and diamonds. Her hair, curled
in front, was topped by a wealth of dia
monds and emeralds, set in the shape of
Sowers, rising above tbe forehead in the
form of a coronet, from which a long white
ostrich leather curled gracefully backward.
KIdlculous Costume of the Emperor.
The Emperor dressed in imitation of his
illustrious ancestor, King John, must have
looked rather funny. He was obliged to
wear white satin from tip to toe, even his
shoes and the roses upon them being of the
same material. His naked throat was sur
rounded like a schoolboy's by his shirt
frill, whose triple row ol edging rested on
a long ermine tippet, nowadays called a boa.
The suit fitted his stalwart legs and arms so
snugly that he looked in imminent danger of
bursting through, and he must have been
thankful for the voluminous train with
which in that sorry case he might envelop
himself. He carried the royal scepter in
his hand a long, slim, gilded pole, which
he grasped about two leet from the top, as
hermits are painted with their staves. On
his bead was the crown, a great golden
spheroidal which might have been modeled
from a melon, its orbicular sections meet
ing at the top and supporting a globe, sur
mounted by a tall cross.
From the gloomy throne room we went
down a flight ot stone steps to a flowery
sun-lit garden thinking within ourselves
that tho contrast was not greater than be
tween the pomp in which the good Dom
Pedro lived, apparently beloved by all the
people, and his sad death in exile, with
none so poor as to do him honor. The at
tendant pointed out a marble bench, which
he said was the favorite resting place of the
royal pair in their morning promenade;
and we sat down upon it, wondering whether
after all life is worth living under the
shadow of a crown. Fannie B. Wash.
THIY CEOOSZ TEEIS IBXZ&
Birds Have Decided Preferences as to the
Location oi Their Nests.
Pearson's Weekly.l
A writer in a recent number ofVafur makes
some interesting remarks on the fact that,
notwithstanding the vast amount of litera
ture that has been published on the subject
of birds and .their habits, no naturalists
have yet seemed to notice the decided
preference shown by certain species of birds
lor particular kinds ot trees.
According to the facts collected by this
observer, jays and rooks prefer to rest from
flight on oak trees, and are usually to be
found in greater numbers on them than oa
other trees; finches like limes best, and
black caps give the preference to laurels.
The nightingale finds its favorite haunt in
nut groves, and the thrush, mostly frequents
the Dircb nnd the ash. The beech tree is
the peculiar fancy ot the woodpecker, and
the tits and their various first and second
cousins are usually found most numerously
assembled in the blackthorn bushes.
Uirrn, May 1 a special discount of 10 per
cent for cash will be allowed on all dia
monds, watches, jewelry, silverware, clooks,
bronzes, eta The largest stock in the city
at It. G. Conen's, S3 Fifth avenue.
DAMMING A FLOOD.
The Immigration Problem Most Be
Taken Up Again Very Soon.
LEAKS U THE LAW KOWE, FOECE
More Undesirable Foreigners Coming Our
Than Ever Eefore.
TIIE EDUCATIONAL TEST FEASIBLE
rWKITTEr TOR THB DISPATCH.!
Bobert D. LaytoD, of this city, has for
three years past served Uncle Sam as In
spector of Immigration, and in that capacity
has seen from the inside the operation of
the laws governing the immense inflow of
foreigners into the United States. Mr. Lay-
ton's views are colored only with a deep
sympathy for the workingmen, who neces
sarily form the largest element among im
migrants. It is not many years since Mr.
Layton occupied the position of General
Secretary and Treasurer of the Knights of
Labor, at a time when that organization
was the most powerful in the world, and he
has always been a close student of social
and political economy, especially as they
affect the laboring class from which he him
self sprang.
It would seem, therefore, that Mr. Lay
ton is particularly well qualified to discuss
Robert D. Layton.
the question of immigration, which is sure
to come before Congress this session in
such a serious form as to demand immedi
ate attention. Mr. Layton intends em
bodying the observations and statistics
which follow in bis official report. Mr.
Layton said:
A Turgor Flood Than Ever Before.
"The distress in Europe since last sum
mer, the harsh policy of Russia toward its
Hebrew subjects, and the comparatively
prosperous condition of this country have
combined to throw upon our shores a larger
number of tbe poorest and least desirable
immigrants than ever before. There is no
reason to believe that these conditions will
change to any great extent this vear, and the
tide of immigration is more likely to in
crease than to decrease. Few people real
ize how enormous the volume of immi
gration Is. Take last month for instance,
the month of March, and at the port of New
York alone over 43,000 immigrants were
landed, or an average of 1,400 a day. A
small town, nav, a pretty big town as towns
go out 'West, added to the country's popu
lation each dayl The steamers from the
German ports, especially,carry a prodigious
number in their steerage. For instance, in
last month the Friesland brought 1,111, the
Damstadt 1,353, and the Westernland 1,473
Steerage passengers.
"What is being done to check the en
trance of undesirable immigrants? Not a
great deal, perhaps, but more than has ever
been done before. Superintendent of Im
migration Owen told the Congressional com
mittee who were investigating the admis
sion of immigrants infected with typhus
fever at Ellis Island, the other dav, that
from April 1, 1891, to January 31, 1892, 676
contract laborers had been barred, 481
immigrants had been excluded as likely to
become a public charge, 96 had been re
turned as having become a pnblic charge
within one year, and 2,116 had been ad
mitted under bonds. The total number
sent back for all reasons from April 1, 1891,
to January 31, 1892, was 1,253.
Inspectors Need More Power.
"Pittsburg and the surrounding district
has been especially favored with burden
some immigrants, for I have returned within
a year no less than 46. I could have sent
back many more whose cases I investigated
partially had the law given me luller
powers. It is here tbat I am inclined to
think that an effective amendment or rather
addition to the present immigration law
might be made. At present when I am
called upon to investigate a case the im
migrant can remain to be investigated or
not as he pleases. Verv often Be gets
scared aud disappears, aud becomes in time
a charge upon some other community. Im
migration inspectors should have power to
arrest immigrants who are for anvofthe
reasons specified in the act of March, 1891,
persons to be denied our hospitality.
"A place where such persons can be secure
ly detained pending examination should also
be specified, for at present even where there
has been flagrant infraction of the immigra
tion laws we have to depend upon the cour
tesy of county and city authorities for the
sale-keeping of the immigrant to be re
turned. I am convinced that this country
will have to take stronger measures to ex
clude the vicious and those who are unable
to earn a living here. Some undesirable
immigrants must always creep in, but the
percentage is too large at present for the
well-being of the nation.
Educational Qualification for Immigrants.
"The restrictions of the present law have
done good, but I think it will be found that
they must be made more stringent before
they willfilter the stream of immigration
properly. The most dependent class of
immigrants is naturally the most ignorant;
a majority of those who have been deported
from my district were as ignorant as a man
I dispatched to his native land last week,
who didn't know the month or year of his
birth, didn't know what day he sailed for
this country, didn't know the name of the
line of steamers or the steamer upon which
he came, or whether he landed in New York
or Philadelphia. Of course he couldn't
read or write very few of those who are
turned bacc can.
"It is my belief founded upon experience
in the administration of tbe immigration
law ot 1890 tbat the educational test favored
by many persons having a practical ac
quaintance with the subject, the test being
the ability to read and write in the ordinary
acceptance of the words, would exclude
over 30 percent of the immigrants now en
tering the country. Those excluded would
be the least desirable element. At present
the law excludes 'All idiot", insane per
sons, paupers or persons likely to become a
Iiublic charge, persons suffering from a
oathsome or dangerous disease, persons
who have been convicted of a felony or
other infamous crime or misdemeanor in
volving moral turpitude, polygamists, and
also any person whose ticket or passage is
paid for with the money of another, or who
is assisted by -others to come.'
Some of the Cbeckv Proposed.
'Among the many additional checks to
immigration proposed are the educational
test, a property and character qualification,
the former to be not loss than 300; the
disqualification ot all persons over 45 years
of age; tbe exclusion ot certain nationalities
which have been found undesirable; the
exclusion of all immigrants for a short
term of years, and the exclusion ot all im
migrants forever. The two last suggestions
are too radical for consideration. Tbe
others are feasible to some extent, but no
one can tell how they wonld limit the
numbers or improve the quality of immi
grants until they have been tried.
"For my part I think the educational
test the best. It could readily be enforced,
and, as I have said, very few good citizens
would be lost to the United Stutes thereby.
This year, perhaps, the immigration ques
tion will be allowed to rest; for its agita
tion is a tiokiisn matter which no party
seeking for the votes of the foreign-born
element feels inclined to bejin on the", eve
of a Presidental election. But the labor or
ganizations in particular are studying the
effects ot immigration more closely every
year, and a conviction is growing with their
most intelligent members, as it is elsewhere
generally, that more radical restrictions
must be imposed if the people of the
United States are to retain the advantages
which have long made them the envy of the
civilized world.
One of the Most Serioa., Abases. '
"There is one interesting discovery which
I have made in regard to women immi
grants, namely, that it is becoming a very
popular practice in the Old World to ship
women wno nave Deen Detrayea to mis
country so as to put the expenses of ma
ternity upon local authorities in the United
States. This country is used, to put it
plainly, as a foundling asylum and lying-in
hospital for Europe. The poor farms and
cuaritanie institutions of America are
crowded with such cases. Hardly a week
goes by that does not bring to me some
piteous tale of feminine frailty and man's
cowardly deceit.
"Very often a mere girl is packed off to
this country with the promise that her lover
will follow on tbe next steamer, or send her
money sufficient to tide her over her trouble.
She is only too willing to conceal her shame,
and when the promises are broken she has
only two alternatives, a suicide's grave or
tbe charity of a strange land. The imposi
tion upon us is mean and contemptible, as
well as a serious drain upon local revenues,
but how it is to be avoided I don't know,
nnless some international agreement to pun
ish the cowardly scamps who now escape
scot free could be found practicable.
Hepbubjt Johjts.
The French Belle on a Bicycle.
The French lady cyclist, at the Biviera,
has introduced an innovation. Her costume
makes even the indolent residents of Nice
and Cannes turn round and gaze. Her at
tire is a fine feminine burlesque of the male
cycling dres. "With a pair of dark blue
knickerbockers, amber hose, and the long
pointed shoes of Marseilles, she pedals an
ordinary gentleman's "safety." The nether
garments are grotesquely baggy, although
there is not the slightest attempt to pass
them off as a divided skirt To compensate
for this a neat jersey, in Mediterranean
blue, clothes tbe upper portion of the figure,
and over it is worn, in a darker shade, a
close-fitting and decidedly tricky jacket.
The whole outfit is surmounted by a jockey
cap.
TOTAL AESTIHENCE NEWS.
Catsledkal society will have a lecture
soon.
bT. KnniAif's GiDsr Socizrr should be In
the union.
Tub union meets to-day at St. Bridget's,
T7ebster,avenue.
The second edition of tbe school children's'
pledge will have a limit of 25 years.
Sechetabt Joyce was called to Syracuse
last week to attend the funeral of a cousln.
It would be a pleasant surprise to have St.
Agpes' cadets enrolled in the union before
the Scottdale Convention.
Birr. Phesidest Lambiso met a number of
representatives from the different societies
at Duquesue Hall last Wednesday evening.
Tbe good wort.of the Tourist Club Is com
mendable; but it shonld be so managed as
not to Impede tbe general progress of the
union.
It was developed at the meeting Wednes
day evening tbat the prosperous soeletles
were those having the hearty co-operation
ol the pastor.
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