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TELEGRAPH.
ESTABLISHED 1834
HOUSTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1870
VOL. XXXV. NO. 818
9K
DIRECT IMPORTATION.
W.D. CLEVELAND,
A6KNT FOR
A. SESSUMS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
GENERAL GROCERS
. ahd-—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Ne. If Mala Street Ne, ST
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
• IT AVE Junt reoelred and wlU b* eon.teatly supplied
XI with such article. aa
200 barrel* Texas SYRUP ;
209 J . barrels Texas do
100 kegs Texas do
150 barrels TAR;
176 cadies TEA, all grades.
Hotels, &c.
ENTERPRISE HOUSE
(LATB OLD CAPITOL HOTEL.)
bouhton tkxah.
i &
I
Board and Lodging,
Per Day, $2,00.
Th. proprietor guarantees u good (art aa oan b*
lound at any houMln this city," for a sarin* of out
dollar per day.
E. L. BREMOND,
Proprietor
ST. JAMES HOTEL.
NOW ORLEANS,
R.S.Morse. - - Proprietor.
a«4l 1. O. BARTBLS. Uuuii. dt
SUNNY SOUTH HOTEL,
Oora.r of Main Street and Baaomard Arenu.,
BRINHAM, TKXAH,
Mr*. R. J. Ofcle, Proprietress.
/"V CR pricee hare b««n rrMtly reduced and are now
\J lower than at any other Brat olaaa house, and we
bit and other aoeommodatlona equal
other Mtabll.hment In thehouth.
jplyfl7dtf
guarantee our table and other aoeommodatlona equal
To those of anr other eetabllahment '
Btage. call at toe Home for pMaengera.
Hal constantly on hand a largo and.
well assorted stock of the following arrielos
which wore bought from fibst hands, and
at low figure•, Tlx :
nous, all aradee, . CANDY,'
SUGAR, Texaa and La., RAISBNB.
oorraa pickles.
BAOON. OVBTBKS.
LARD, Tleroaa and Kara, BTBROIL,
BI0B.B.C. and U„ TBAB,
RAMS, HAOKSRBL,
POTATOES, MUSTARD,
ONIONS, BLB1NB.
TOBAOOO, SHOT,
CIGARS, LEAD,
WHISKY, all era tea, POWDBR,
Reotlfiad, Y«A*T POWDERS.
" Para old Bye, DRIED APPLRB,
BRANDY,oaaaaandbbla, BRaXDY PBAOHBB,
B1TTBRB, Old OaUa, BRANDY OHBRR1B8.
•< Hoitettar'a LYB,
« Drake*' POTASH,
BTARCH. Geo. >«x. PBPPBB,
BODA. Babbltta' HflOB
SOAP. Colgate'.,
CMNDLajj, Praetor and
8ammel<
CINNAMON,
1 CAN UYeTBRB,
, FRUITS ofevery klad.
Ware
Wooden and Willow
of every dwrlpVta.
■CrHriMr Weekly per steamer
From York.
S« DOXBB Western Oheeae,
M •• Goshen "
M •< Bnxllah Dairy Oheeae,
M KBGS Beat Uoahen Batter.
It HALFKEG8 Be<! Goshen Batter.
IS QuAHTBR KEGS Beat Ooahan Batter.
N 1-1 KITS on Brine.
BPBOIAL aad PROMPT attention given to aale of
COTTON, WOOL*HIDES.
NOT. II, divttV.
J. W. OLIVER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
afloxMton.
FOX & HE1TMANN,
RO. IT M«1a Street ..Ne. tf.
Awton, Texaa.
THB ONLY
ALL IRON HOUSE IN TEXAS
ALSO, KBBPB ON HAND
Blaokamithsand Wagon Mak-
ers' Supplies,
UN, WIBB, AX LBS, THIMBLES, BKBIN8, *o.
'**> CnI alwan ea kud.
July Mdfcwtf
&
s. OONRADI & CO
N*. 08 Mala «treat.
(VAN ALSFYNB'B BUILDING >
Texas.
FAULKNER HOUSE,
CALVERT. TEXAS.
WM, C. YOUNG,
PROPRIETOR.
There Is an excellent Livery Stable a
tkobed to thia House.
July 6 d6m *
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
GALVBSTON, TBXAB.
J. H. COLLITT, Proprietor.
PBTBR liOIBBLLB, Stewart.
tST Baagag. Wagon, for th. aa. of caeata, free.
Aucoat s-dtwdcwly
MENDENHALL
CO..
DBALaa i*—
First-Class Carriages of all binds.
maris- HOUSTON. TBXAB. d&wtf
OORNBR Of MAIN AND OOMMRROB STRBBTB
Howut n, Texaa.
Oommlaalon Merchant aad General Dealer In
Staple Groceries, Tobacco,
Sugar, Co/Tee, flour,
Whiskey. Potato**, Syrup,
Choice Butter, Bacon,
LaraI, Cheese. Cigars,
tPrHd, Apples, Crackers, ttc.
DARTICULAR attention la reoueated to hla FIRB
X rHOOP COTTON WAREHOUSE, dlaconuected
with any other honaa.
aar 0oualgnm.nt. of Cotton. Wool and Hldea eo-
Uolted, prompt retarna made on all oon.lgnm.nt. tor
October tt-dtwdcwly.
S. ft M. ROSENFEELD,
8T soeeeeoeeoo* Mala RU Heaatea 8
Hay. reoelred a large atook of
BROWN & BLEACHED DOMESTIC
AIm, reoelrlng dally a large aaaartment ot
SRRINC GOODS,
Clothing, Boots and Shoes
BW We hare oar own barer throughout the year
In Mew York, who attend, all th. principal auofloai
by which We oaa Mil at Ih. than ever. aep9-dtf
Watchmakers and Jewelers.
■V Watch.a, Clock, and Jewelry car.(ally re-
hM aad warranted.
i tala to
Speotaole Frame, always on hand.
Wa alM keep the BINORR latMt improved Family
RIWOIO MACHINES, wiu all the Uta improve-
——" appertaining to It febli-dtf
A lane aMortmentof 8PROTAOLB8; ory.tal
mike eya aad age. Alio, Gold. SUrer, Steel
Composition Speotaole Frame, ahraya on haad.
Professional.
JOHN BRASHEAR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
JBPIOIAK atteatloa arirn to Probata bnalnM*.
w aolnff raootd., aad Real B.tate Agency. Houa.
lea. Texaa.
OAJm—Agent tor th. Mmnd city Lift laaaraaoe
omyany. inly lat-dSm.
W. Newmann,
^PAMILY GROCER.
OORRBBmOF TRAVIS AND OONGRRSB BTRBBTB
■OOSVON. T1XAS.
"APLBUJJ&OR8?TOBACCO, ate.
and Feed Stable, eor.
i,Carr
■eyT
A&. Bo eera.r Haia aad Prairie Ma, api*6-ly
O. B. ROTTBNSTBIII HBAAM mimi tl
BOTTENSTEIN ft ENGELKE,
aaALBM ta
Palata, Oila, Glass, BrariMaa^kMM
.s. WALL PAPKR, KTO.
t Caasrraaa Mnet. i
I M*IM#M*M<MI*OOMO<eieMI«l
■dfetvty
Houston.
R COTTER 6t> CO..
Wholtuue and Retail Druggists,
MAIN BTRIRT, HOUSTON.
Ar. caatantlr raoelrlnc fneh anppllaa ef
OABTOR OIL, ALCOHOL, *C.,
TOILBT ARTIOLBB i
LCBIft'S UBND1NB BZTRAOTB dec.
AMO—Dealer, In the celebrated
Cresvlic Compounds Rt Agents' Prices
ni:
DBATH TO BORBW WORM;
BHSBP DIP; HIDB PRBiBRVBR;
ncarable ton*, tetten. rlndworm. etc. mcl
.pparently
sUMtwli
PAINTS. _OILS. &C.
*. COTTER «i CO.
amBBP eonatantly on band a uil«u,ply of
LINBBBD OIL;
TANNBRB' OILfc
NRATBVOOT OIL;
KBROSBNB OIL;
BPIRITB TURPBNTINBI;
VARNlBHBB-aU klnda;
WHITB LEAD—dry and In oil
HMD
COLORS—Air aad'in oil; *'
PAINT BRUBHBB;
VARNISH ..
* PUTTSi
WINDOW GLASS, d£ca *o.
kSO-dtwly R. COTTER * CO.
COTTON, WOOL AND PRODUCE
FACT OR.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT.
OFFICE—Comer of Mala aad Oommaroe Bis.
■0®ST«Hf, TBXAB.
Agent for O.rmanla Life In.nrano. Company
* at for Bac.t'i A me rl oaa Line ef Btoam
ram.n.ta Oowea. aagl4-dly
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
HOUSTON AND AUSTIN.
New York.
Rwlah
tanda
trail
wlllakb
A LL peraon. harlng Land ertlBoate. they
/a. located or Bold, by placlnit them In ro? b
can hare them attended to. I will locate and pi
expeun., for HX cent., apecle, per acre. 1 will
attend to the payment of taxes, Inreatlgatlon of title.,
aad aal. of land throuirhoat the State.
J. W. LAWRBNCB. Gen'l Land Agent,
. .= At-. _ Hoa,tol> • « Anatln, T.xaa.
Aogoat n dtwdcwJm.
FOR SALB.—A So. plantation fltuited on Cany,
tor ul. cheap. J. W. LAWRRNOB,
aa« II General Land Axrat.
F. DELESDERNIER,
13t MAIN BTRBBT..... 1 1
Houston, Texas.
Has alway. oo band a ful I aaaortment of
BUILDING MATERIAL.
Agent for ■
Architectural Iron Works
OF NKW YORK.
October ltt-d6m
THOMAS BOND.
MANUFACTURBR OF XVBRY DESCRIPTION OF
HARNESS AND TREES.
— Alno —
WIIOLBHALE DEALER IN
Leather, Muddlery Ac Harneae Hardware.
Ne. 46 MAIN BTRBBT Me. 44
Houston, Texas.
October 10.d3in
SWis*
hup. to Bres
The Houston Gas Company
WARRANT ITB GAS
NOT TO EXPLODE,
Whig ih la aMr. than can be aaM of any other
kind of Oaa now In um ; and. a. for RoreeineOII, Ita
terrible daoa.r. ar. atteited nary day by Fiarfal_*r
All hoaMholdar. ahrnld arrant, to Bar. uoai i*a.
la th.lr dwelllna., which they can eaally aocompliah
bjr ypWln^at th. Convany'a offloe, at th. .tor.of
ST- CHARLES
OT8TBH BAIiOOST,
jjfSi
P, R. BILLIOQ tc OO.; Proprietor.,
NeS CONGRESS BTRBBT........Ifa. S
(H.twsen Main and Trarl. St.., near th. Bank)
Houston, Texas.
Ohole. Fruits. Alto—Freeh Oi.Ur. reoelred erer
morning.
October e-d3m
W. H. PARSONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
WILL practice In the State and Federal Oouit. ol
Harrta and Galreeton counties.
September 17-dtf
City Directory tor JHasons
ana Odtl Fellows.
MASONS.
ItMAeen Comnumdry, No. I—Meet. th. eeoad yi
day to each month.
Wuhtnfum Output Ho. *—Meeti th. ttxit Meada
nueh month.
Holland Lodg*,Nt 1—Meete th. MMnd and toarth
Wwlneaday. In each month.
ODD FaLLOWB.
Webb Encampment. No. IS-Mati th. lecond aa
oarth Monday, la aaoh month.
hem* Blur Lodge. No. 1—Meet, erary Tueeday.
Qermania Lodge, No. M—Meet. «r.ry Thnreday.
All th. meetingr >f both the Ordere are held a
nl«ht, at their Ha>.. In the Headmon bnlldla,
abor. th. Old Capitol, on Main .tract. VMtbu
Brethren will alway. Sad a hearty weleoua. .lOdly
to the;
CITIZENS
• OF THB -
SOUTHERN STATES.
When the par. madlolnal re, to retire, now eo wide-
ly known aa WOLta'B BOHIBDAM SCHNAPPS,
waa latroduMd into the world under the Isdonement
of foar thousand leading member* of the medical pro-
faMlw, kioc twenty year, ago, It. Proprietor wu
wtllawara that It could not wholly .aoap. the penal
ty attached to a 11 new and usefal preparation.. He
therefore, «nd«arored to inreit it with th. atrong.it
poaalble ufeguard acalnat counterfeit., and to render
all attempta to pirate It dUBcalt and dangerous. It
waa lubmltted to dl.tlngul.hed ohemiata for analyala,
and pronounoed by th.m th. purert .ptrlta erer man-
ufkotnred. It. parity and properties having been thaa
aMettalned, sample, of the artlole were forwarded to
ten thoueand phydcians, Including all the leading
practitioners in the United BtatM, for purpose of ex-
periment. A circular, raanMtinc a trial of the' pre-
paration and report of the result, accompanied each
■pecimen. Four thousand of the most eminent med-
loalmen In the Union promptly reeponded. Their
opinions of the artlole war. unanimously favorable.
Bach a preparation, ther Mid, had long bMn wanted
by the protoMlon, a. no reliance oould be plaoed on
th. ordinary liquor, of commerce, all ofwhlohwera
mora or Iom adulterated, and tharefor. unfit fumed-
lolnal parpoMS. The pecallar exoellanoe aad strength
of th. oil of juniper, which formed one of the princi-
pal lngradl.nts of the Bohnapps, tog.ther with an un-
alloyed oharaoter of th. aloobolio element, give It, In
th. estimation of the faculty, a marked auperiorlty
over every other dlRualve simulant aa a diuretic,
tonic and restorative.
The following are a fbw of the testimonials Id
fcroro the Bohnapps:
Mr. Udolpho Wolle, ill Bearer .tract. New York:
Dear Sir—I feel bound to .ay that I regard yoar
Sohnepp. aa being la erery reapeot pra-emlneatly
pun, and dtserrlnj of medical patronage. At all
event*, it la the purest possible artlole of Holland
Gin, heretofore unobtainable, aad M snoh, may b.
lafely presort bed by physloians.
DAVID L. MOTT, M. D.
Pharmaoeutloal Ckeml.t, New York.
36 PINB BTBBBT, New York, >
Mor. ,1,1M7. {
Udolpho Wolfe, Esq., Present;
Dear Sir—I hare made a chemical examination of
aMmploof your Bohiedam Bohnappa, with the In
tent of determining if any lorelgn or injurloua sub-
ataaoe had been added to the almple distilled apltlU.
The examination hM resulted la th. oonclualon
that the sample oontalned no pilsonouaor harmftn
admixture. I hare bean unable to dlsoorer any traoe
of the deleterion. substances which are employed in
the adulteratlou of liquors. I would not hesitate to
nse myself, or to recommend to othen, for modloal
purpose., the Bohiedam Schnapps as an exoellent
and unobleotionable rariety of Oln
Very respeotftilly, yours,
(Hlgned) CHAS. A. BBBLY, Chemist.
NEW YORK, 93 CBDAR BTRRET,)
Nor. M, 1867, J
Udolpho Wolfe, B.q., Present:
Dear Bir—I hare submitted to ohemioal analyst,
two bottles of Bohiedam Bohnappa, which I took from
a fre.h vaokage In yonr bonded warehouM, and find
aa before, that the aplrltuou. liquor 1. free from In-
jurious ingredients or falsification ; that it has the
marka of being aged aad not reoently prepared by
meobanloal admixture of aloohol and aromatioa
Respeotfullr,
PBB0. F, MAYER, Chemist.
TEXAS ITEMS.
The Waco anspension bridge ia
completed, and bore the teat of a pro-
oesaion acrosa it withont a qoiver.
The Begister aaya Lawless, charged
with the murder ofafreedman named
Elijah, in East Waco, had been tried
Rnd found gnilty of marder in tbe
first degree.
The New Era says the steam cot*
ton gin of William Fordtran, at Wea
ley, Austin county, waa burned
last week.
At the District Court in LaOrange,
the jury in tbe case of the State vs.
John O. Moore, found him guilty of
murder in the second degree, and
fixed the term of hia imprisonment at
twenty-three yeara in the Peniten-
tiary of the State of Texas.
The Waco Examiner says a MexU
can lion was killed last week on the
North Bosque.
We copy tbe following from the
Henderson Times:
On Friday last, in obedienoe to the
sentence of (be District Court otRnsk
county, pronounced at the last term,
Ben Thompson, colored, was execQn
ted in this place for the murder of
Thoa. Melton.
Firb.—On Friday, 17th December,
1869, the gin hoases, together with
between twenty-five and thirty bales
of cotton belonging to M.C. Johnson,
on Mnrvaul creek, in this county,
were entirely destroyed by fire. The
loss is not less than five thousand
dollars. The fire originated by aome
little negro boya lighting a match,
and setting ths motes on fire under
the gin stand.
The Appeal says that in Bryan the
gambling honses furnish their patrons
the music of a brass band.
The Calvert Enterprise pays high
compliments to Maj. J. H. Norton,
and Lieut. G. V, Wolfe, late in com-
mand of troops at Calvert. These
officers have been ordered to report
to the headquarters of the army at
Washington.
The Austin Republican saya the
Legislature will be Republican but
not Radical.
The same paper says: Mr. New*
comb will fail to get the state print-
ing, and that he must content him
Belf with the positions of Alderman,
Notary Pnblic, Assistant Assessor of
Internal Revenue, and editor of an of-
ficial journal of the United States."
On the night of the 4th Mr. J. T,
Brook was killed in Waxahachie,
IT. J
CHEMICAL AMD TECHNICAL LABORATOBY,
it Bxohange Place, New York,
Nor. , 18OT.
Udolpho Wolfe, Bsq.:
Dear Sir—The undersigned hare carefnlly and
thoroughly analysed, sample of your "Aromatio
Schiedam Bohnapps, seleoted by ourselves, and
hare found the tame free from all organlo or inor-
gaaio subatanoea, more or Iom Injurious to health.
From the result of onr examination we oonslder the
artlole one ol superior quality, healthful as a bev-
erage, aad effectual in Its madlcinal qualities.
BMpecttolly yours,
ALBX. TBIPBL, Cheml.t,
FRANCIS B. BNOBLHABD.M. D.
For sale by all respectable grocers aad druggl.U.
UDOLPHO WOLB'S ESTATE,
aorlOdSm it Beaver street. New York.
Removal.
T HI underalf ned beg. leav. to Inform- hla frlond.
and th. publlo generally that h. hM ramorad hla
well assorted .took of
Croekery,
Glassware,
Lamps,
Table Cntlery,
— AND BRITANIA WARE —
From 16 Conarass street to No. 7 Mslo street i
door to the Texaa Expreta, where he will M ni
towalt on his custoners. >uul._
Houiton. Dec.31-dlm I. BMMICH.
Penan, wanting COKE should apply Immediately,
i th. Company are aboat making arrangemanta for
'35AL\,ARl'Iu5fible*(Srroofinrp«t oM a
"d's'^CTI!? t0 "
other
ira.
H.. WEINER
with
Dt. FRIEND * LEVY,
w N . SjII
Auction sad Commission House,
WILL BILL AT ADOTION EVERY DAY AND
n«n< ■
SoUatM. PartlM will sleaae Mad
aMSai Hsilaaa to sate.
JUST ARRIVED
««( MAUt,
T H O U S A N DIS
OF
GOSHEN BUTTER,
FROM
HUNTER, miVIS & CO.,
New York.
FOR BALI BY
JOHN COLLINS,
MOOS*. MARKET S«UAU.
, DMMiber^dtr
n.xt
appy
Knickerbocker Mutual
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
•F NBW VSRK.
ORGANIZED IN 18«8.
KBABTUS LYMAN .PrMld.
OBO. F. BNIFFBN
Assetai 04.300.000.
H. O. PAXSON,
Btaaaaer af Brmarh OSiro, New Orleaae
W. 8. COLEMAN,
General Agent for the State of Texas
Omoa—at| Allen Lewi, k Co.'a
Ualroeiea, Texaa.
DR. W. D. KELLY. MSBIOAL BxAMia.a.
This Comnany wiiT"iasae. apoa stable Urea
P.llolas of the various kinds t ordinMTllf ,Ten Yea
Boa-Forfeltable Lift) and Bndowmeat. tor anyamoua
from to a*!"""- Poltoles are either with p^4t>
or without, a. the applloant may dealra. A P-Jlioy
la thia oompaari.aura aad profitable iare.tmea ,
aad ia a Mrtam prorialon tfr •h.lpWamlly t
the time It Is most needed. Should the asMred llr*
lone. th. policy Is desirable Man inrestmeat; ahoel*
hello soon, Itlslaralnableto hlsfaBtly.
PollelM Issued apon the lires of Ladlat
{Xilffty of th.
■NIOKBRBOORRR LIFE 1NBCBAMCB
COMPANY
We extract the following from the
Corpus Christi Advertiser." We con-
sider it of the utmost importance in
connection with tbe bright future
whioh now dawns upon our " Star
State."
As an experiment, we last week
ot some of the Laredo coal from Mr.
eaden to see how it would burn. It
was a complete success. It barns
freely, emits a great heat, and leaves
no " clinkers," and there ia little or
no tronble to make it burn, as it kin-
dles like a pine knot.
Combined with mezquit, it makes
splendid fire. Several who have
seen and used coal in the North, say
it is superior to almost any used there.
If it were possible to have this coal
brought here at a less expense than
SI per 100 pounds, so aato make its
price somewhere within the range of
reason, it would be an immense sav*
ing upon the consumption of wood."
We call the attention of Coal Mas-
ters and mining capitalists every
where, to the above( and we add
thereto, tha6 it is quite a notorious
fact that there are numerous places in
Texas where splendid marketable
coal crops out opon the surface in
such workable quantities that shaft*
pinking may be diapensed with.
Owing to the daily extension of
railroads in Texaa- transportation is
now contiguous to the coal fields—
and a ready market can be found for
all that is mined. Tbe Laredo coal
spoken of ia upon the Rio Orande and /
quite accessible by water communi-
cation. The SI per hundred pounds
is in gold. In connection with the
above we may note that we also read
in one of our State exchanges, that an
iron ore smelting furnace is being
erected op country,
Newspaper reporters write that
(ton. B a tier baa been fairly inaugurat
ed as tbe successor of Thad. Stevens
aa a Radical leader ol the House.
Judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania,
ia the leader of the Democrats.
WS5? hM "1"£2!yb.£.a"tiafjeuoa
T«aa. Va" aiVShliig"Meaeles wU^leueadSle
Yesterday waa the day fixed for the
meeting of th* Georgia Legislature,
We shall probably know to-day
whether a quorum convened,
Orangee are now growing Inxua
riantly aa far north aa San Francisco.
•ivllfcuaa ef the Paat aad raaelag.
no 2—james monroe.
" Th. vaoaat drudge will sometlaMa vaunt.
Of laden, deal aire who bo.%
Same, known to fame In say. of yoie,
Spite of the ami Hag atranger. iauati
Baireoent freedom loet—what heart
Oaa bear the humbling thoagbt—the aalck*.
ning, mad'aiag .mart r
The lite of a man ia rather to be
judge in its unity, than itsatriking aa*
lient points. The unity and harmony
of human aotions are of more value
to our race than the brilliant display
of either one or many spasmodio ef-
forts of high genius; critics differ in
opinion,aa to what constitutes genius,
and perhaps they will always differ.
Many confound talent with genins,and
the masses ascribed genius to snooesa
however attained. The fifth Presi-
dent of the United States was no Al-
exander, nor C«eaar-no was he Demos-
thenes or Cicero- It was neither tbe
skill of military leadership, nor tbo
persuasive tones of overmaatering
eloquence which placed James Mon-
roe in the highest office in the gift of
tbe people. An aotlve partisan of
the Revolutionary War, an officer
nnder tbe eye of Washington, wound-
ed in the patriotic conteat, a reproe
sentative in the councils of his native
State, a member of the national Con-
fress, Governor of the Old Dominion,
orelgn Ambassador, Secretary of
War, Secretary State, each separate-
ly, and both at one time in tbe war of
1812. James Monroe aucceeded
James Madison in occupying tbe Pres-
idential chair, in an era remarkable
for its great names—its great fames,
—its grant powers, and its great glo-
ries. His predeoesBors (except Well-
ington) were all livibg. His succes-
sor was hia chief in bis Cabinet. He
was supported in the Congress by
Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Randolph,
Macon and Barbour. Hi* administra-
tion was remarkable for its calm on
politcal waters, and for the assertion
of some great politicsl doctrines
whioh effected the destiny of the con
tinent and the policy of foreign
States.
It was near five years after he ceased
to be President, that I fir®t **w him.
He had be** aerviDg his country re«
oently in the honorable offloe of a
Justice of tbe Peace. He was, when
I saw him. seated in tbe same old
Speaker's Chaic, in tbe Hall of Dele-
fates at Richmond, from which the
peaker of tbe old House of Burges-
ses, at Williamsburg, exclaimed
"Treason, treason," to Patrick Honry
when inveigling against British ty<*
ranoy. He was President of the Vir-
ginia Constitutional Convention of
1829-30. He was out of place. There
were few men there wbo were not
suited to preside. Before him waa
the chief of the Judiciary of tbo
United 8tates—an ex-President and
ex* peaker of the National Honae of
Representatives. He was awkard in
his movements, yet the dignity of bis
bearing, his honors, his sage counsels,
bis practical wisdom, bis untarnished
reputation, bis age, all commanded
for him what mere parliamentary
skill could not have secured.
He presided about two months and
resigned in favor of Philip P. Bar-
bour, tbe peer of Clay and Stevenson,
as presiding officer.
I remember but two incidents aside
from whatpolitical journals record aa
history. The capitol square of Rich-
mood ia the city's great prominence.
I passed through the square, golog to
or returning from school, and oo one
of my walks, James Madison and
James Monroe, ex-Presidents of the
United States, members of the Conn
stitutional Convention of Virginia,
were on tbe promenade, slowly walk-
ing. Suddenly John Randolph of
Roanoke crossed their pathway. He
had differed with tbem in their war
policy, he had bitterly opposed the
war ot 1812, still he venerated Inex-
pressibly every representative of the
greatness and glory of his native
State. As he neared tbe venerable
men, he lifted his hat from his head
and bowed with such courtier-like
nobility of bearing as impressed me
with the belief that men ol high in-
tellect were giants in those days of
State and National glory.
Monroe attended Madison in his
visit to the fair named in a former
article. Their preaenee drew an im-
mense crowd to the Federal Court
room, where the fair was held. The
opponents of the anion of Church and
State, saw In these great men, patri-
ots who bad aided in laying deep the
foundations of civil ana religious lib-
erty.
Dying on the 4th of July, 18S1, in
New York City, at the bouse ot bis
son-inslaw, Samuel L, Governeor,
his remains reposed in that city until a
few years before tbe late war,when bis
ashes were conveyed by authority
and command of tbe Legislature of
Virginia to Hollywood Cemetery at
Richmond, There, standing in full
view of Richmond, tbe James river,
its islands and scenery of unsurpassed
beanty, I saw tbe monument lifted
over his mortal remains not tar from
the shaft which points out tbe last
resting place of John Tyler, who
also, held tbe high office of Piosident
of tbe American Union.
The life and the example of James
Monroe may be a copy for American
youth. The fitting biography of tho
illustrious civilian has never been
written. W. C. C-
Baylor University, Jan. 6,1870.
Tho subjects of interest before
Congress are the readmission of
Virginia, tho annexation of St. Do*
mingoand the filling of tho Jodg-
ahipa.
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