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gers have established & News Bureau of the '
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biographies, special correspondence and news
items at a reasonable price. The object of the j
bureau is to furnish colored journals with I
spociai Washington letters when they nave no
fipeoial correspondents. We have eoine of the
best writers in the country connected with the
buroau, which will enable us to furnish truth
ful, npicy and concise correspondence. Give
the News Bureau a call.
We know that such men as Messrs.
3. W. Freeman, Howie, Johnson and
ictjhors will send no one to the next
(convention who are oppssed to suffrage
onitjhc District of Columbia.
We have dismissed from our columns
ifihis week the demagogues, thieves,
Sharks, beats and office brokers who
Shavcanadc our city obnoxious. This
Uy, as well as the Republican parly,
ought ito got rid of such men.
Ulhe "Washington Bee, tho leading
mqgro stalwart republican journal has
an admiration for Bruce and Douglass.
iBruce made a record in the Senate- of
which the country ought to bo proud.
As (Register of the Treasury he will do
flikewisc.
Bruce is tho coming man.
Maid tend Times.
OUH SECOND VOLUME.
Aamid toils, trials and tribulations,
Ito-flay, we enter into our second vol
utin c. notwithstanding the many pre
dictions or prophereies, we have risen
above the foul atmosphere of the crafty
and (prejudiced, and thus established
icurself upon a basis equal to the
avorago journalists of to-day. "While
we in ay have erred and caused the
iminds to harden its relentless heart
(against us, for that which we declared
Uxibe right, we have no apologies to
ioffer, nor favors to ask at the hands
of our enemies. It is hopeful, how
sever, that we mav all live in union and
work if or two common incerests, n;jjjJ
Ov : the amelivation of the colored
aace throughout the country, and a
ipuiipetuation of the principles enun
ciated by the republican party. "We
are aware that we have, to an extent,
ibeen ignored by some of the parly
managers, nevertheless, we believe that
vtho majority of tho republican parly
(are favorable to tho success of tho
colored race. "We should not be un
Igratef ul because a few party managers
a re opposed to our interests, and as we
lhave to-day entered into our second
wdlume, let it be hoped that there will
ibea mew opening, morally, socially and
politically, among the colored people.
We lhave causes to be grateful to
Tin; MERCHANTS
of stihis city, who have rendered this
jpaper assistance, since it has been
ninder the present management, in the
wavor advertising. It can be readilv
iseen thal all of our material support
Ilia's, and does come from the merchants
of Wilis city. "We have" good friends,
Ihowcver, among the more unfortunate
ioT our ipeoplc, who have done all that
(l)CGomes a race. "We, therefore, roc
. omnicnd to our people, those mer
tdhantts who have, and does render aid
to a journal controlled by colored men.
We cannot forget to mention the
daitlhfulness, fidelity and enterprise
o'f our publisher and manager,
Mr. C. C. Stewart, who has won the
iresjiect and confidence of our people
and best business firms in this city.
Ujo our ,patrons, friends and fellow citi
zens, accept our thanks. The Bee
istjill Hives and reigns to oppose honors
ttomnmcrrited gain.
ii LEAF
FROM RECONSTRUC
TION. Fobruary 7, 1866, a delegation of
(colored men, representatives of the
ifferentstal.es of the I nion, then m
ltehington, had an interview with
iP.resicbMit J ohnson. Mr. G eo. T. Down
ting as chairman of the delegation,
imade the opening speech, he was fol-
flowed by Mr. Douglass who said in
substance, "In the order of Divine
Providence you are placed in a position
whore you have the power to save or
(destroy us. to bless or blast us. 1 mean
our whole race. Your noble and hu
imane predecessor placed in our hands
vthe work to assist in saving the nation
,and we do hope that you, his able sue -
cessor will favorably regard the placing ( fecfc for i)retheren to dwell together
tin our hands the ballot with which to in imity, Our bible teaches us that
save ourselves. We shall submit no toleration and forbearance are markers
jargumeat on that point. The fact that 0 christian love" and charity. To
wciare subjects of government and sub. mve great progress we must make
Ijeot lo taxation, subject to volunteer . great efforts. But times, circuuistan
'njt.he service of Ihocovmtrv, subjecUu m m$ u0ncl!tIona have all to Q with
being drafted, subject to bare the bur
dens of the state makes it not improper
that we should ask to share in the priv
ileges of this condition."
The President made a long speech in
reply, adhering to what had been an-
, nounced would be his policy in the
South that policy that he afterwards
bent his best energies to make success
ful. The interview finally wound up.
The President was immoral. The
interview closed in this war.
The President. "I repeat, 1 merely
wanted to indicate my views in reply j
to vour address, and not to enter hit'? a
general controversy, as 1 would not do j
so under the circumstances. Your
statement was a frank one and 1 j
thought it was due to voti to meet it in i
the same spirit."
"Mr. Douglass. "I thank you, sir."
The President. "I think you will
find that so far as the South is con
cerned that if you will all inculcate
there the idea in connection with the
one you urge that the colored people
!-.. 1 T . . ! j
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oetier auvanU
can uvu aim auvanee in civilization to
s elsewhere than
crowding right down there in the
South, it will be better for them.''
Mr. Douglass, "but the masters have
the making of the laws and we can
not get from the plantation,"
The President. "What prvcnls
you V"
Mr. Douglass. "We have not the
single right of locomotion through the
Southern States now."
The President. "Why not? The
government furnishes you with every
facility."
Mr. Douglass. "There are six davs
in the year that the negro is free in
the South now, and his master decides
for him where he shall go, when he
shall work, how much he shall work,
in fact he is divested of all political
power. He is absolutely in the hands
of those men."
The President. ''If the master now
controls him or his action, would he
not control him in his vote?"
Mr. Douglass. "Let the negro
once understand that he has an organ
ic right to vote and he will raise up a
party in the Southern States among
the poor who will rally with him.
There is this conilict that you speak of
between the wealthy slave holder and
the poor man."
The President. "You touch right
upon the point there, there is this con
ilict, hence 1 suggest emigration. If
he cannot get employment in the South,
he has it in his power to go where he
can get it."
In parting the President said, "they
were both desirous of accomplishing
the same ends but propose to "do so by
following different roads. Mr. Douglass
on turning to leave, remarked to his
fellow delegates, "The President sends
us to the people and we go to the peo
ple, to which the President replied.
"Yes sir, 1 have great faith in the peo
ple, I believe they will do what is
right."
Thus ended the famous Interview.
Following this an address was issued
to the people of the Viiited States, and
a reply made to the President, and
upon that address and the reply, was
formed the Sherman-Shellabarger re
construction bill, then followed the
Omnibus bill, admiting the States of the
South, save Virginia and Texas, to im
mediate repudiation carrying with this
the declared principle and statutory
law of negro suffrage.
The manly patriotic position taken
by Mr. Douglass, !Mr. Downing, Mr.
lohn P. .Tones, Mr. "William "Whippier
and tho others who signed found a
loyal greeting and response from the
North and the result was unqualified
.suffrage for our race.
The American people heard us then,
tlu-y will hear us now. The .conven
tion, when it meets will have no greater
question for consideration than the
important one of what shall be done
to get the colored vote counted in all
the South as in Virginia. If the states
will send forward their best material
for delegates, the convention will be a
conspicuous figure for great good and
wholesome results.
EPISCOPAL.
"Why we go to extremes, is hard to
explain. "While some are constitu
tional grumblers others well stand
any tiling, some are doing will but can
not appreciate the fact, for them ex
perience will be the best teacher, We
do not believe that the Church and
State ought to be any further con-
!
j nected than for the Church to give its
I moral and Christian support to that
which is right
"We do not like to see
political trickery brought into the
Church, for the assendency of any
dike or party. The great hindrance
J lo us nmv asa race is our want of unity,
uIieil brelheren of the Churchwill
j not settie matters amicably, it seta a
J:U example for the Slate and the
Church looses a part of her good influ
ence. The right must win, and when
a person or party acts arbitrarily, there
must be a way of getting around it,
without resorting to law or seperating.
; it is pleasant and has wholesome ef
it. Under unfavorable conditions we
can expecpect very satisfactory results,
we know the uncertainties of human
affairs, and'that glorious results some
times follow causes where there is
little hope of success. But that is the
exception, the rule is where chances
are against our cause it must lose. We
.
learn from statistics and experience
that the colored Episcop als are weak
when copared with other denomina
tions in numbers and finance, and have
to depend largely on the white
Churches of the same denomination.
Now il a united congregation cannot
pay for one Church without calling
for outside aid, how can a divided
congregation pay for two Churches?
It inlht be done, but it does not seem
plausable. Again some advocate that
the colored EpiscojKilians form them
seives into a separte connection from
the whites. But from the discussions
and financial short cummings, we are
forced to judge either movement hasty
and uncertain of success. All who are
dissatisfied had better look well before
they leap and be sure they are right
before thev i?o too far.
DR. CROMWELL.
We "heartily thank and compliment
the Rev. Dr. Alexander Cromwell for
his able defence of our race against
the
who
half
as
or
attack of a Mississippi divine
charged our race as
being
heathens, and
our. religion
being anything but pure
true. It seems more than
passing strange that a good South
ern divine should have the hardi
hood to just note so many of our
imperfections, when he and his
brethren had our moral and religious
training in their own hands .10 long.
They taught us all of their vices, and
none of their virtues, if they had any.
By the aid of the North and our own
endeavors, we are wiping out the
stigma which they (divines and others
of the South) left on us. And at this
time we stand higher in morals,
Christianity and education than we
ever did before. It is to be pitied that
tho Mississippi divine has so little re
gard for tho truth as to make state
ments which are unjust and untrue.
Since he and his brethren proved un
worthy in tho past to teach us the
higher inspirations of life, we can get
along without them in the present and
future.
The only favor we ask of them ia to
let us alone, and turn the gushing tide
of their generosity and Christianity
toward their white brethren of the
South. There they will find an ample
field for their missionary work; there
thev can do much, good toward m ak
ing this a better country. There
seems to be a strange magnetism
which draws them to us. They are
still haunted by memories of the past.
When their interests were wholly ours,
then our morals, religion and educa
lion was plenty good enough. But,
alas! things have sadly changed. But
notwithstanding the change, even as
thev raised vast revenues from us in
the past, so they would in the future,
by calling on the ever generous
North to send them money to chris
tianize the young negro. And that
the funds ought to be left entirely to
those Christian saints to dispose of,
and no Northern colored man be
allowed to take any part in the good
work. Was 'such generosity ever seen
before? It proves to us concluively
that that reverend gentlemen, and all
like him, are wolves in sheep's clothing,
and all thev want is a chance to rend
us. And if we were ever foolish
enough to trust ourselves 4,o their ten
der mercies, our second degradation, if
possible, would be worse than the first
(Jen. Mahone, like an able com
mander, has been strengthening what
the soldier boys used to call the
"squirmish line," in preparation for
the engagement next fall, and the
great battle next year. The local elec
tions in Virginia show how we 11 he
has done it. RapuhUmn.
Yes. the Geaerai has been strength
ened, and if the colored people will
vote wisely next fall, there will be no
more force bossism in the State. If the
colored fail to vote against their own
interest, and thus re-establish force boss
supremacy, every negro who voted for
such a party ought to be given nine
and forty. ( Ed. )
The people of the district of Colum
bia enjoyed the right of self-government
for upward of seventy years. The
capital of the greatest republic on
the face of the earth is now about the
only place wiihin its limits outside of
Indian reservations where a citizen
cannot vote. This is home rule with a
vengeance. Republimn.
It is a disgrace to civilization that a
Republican form of government should
disfranchize one hundred and eighty
thousand people, right here at the capi
tal of the republic. The people of this
city should be careful whom they send
to the next national Republican con
vention. We v ant men who will see
that the Republican platform has this
clause in it : "We shall restore to the
people of the District of Columbia the
right of suffrage'
The entertainment given by the
Capitol Pleasure Club was a decided
success, the grounds and pavillion was
brilliantly lighted up with swinging
lamps and the excellent music fur
nished byProfossorWeber's handmade
a very enjoyable affair. Co.A. attended
in a body in full uniform with Qapt,
T. S, Kelly- commanding!
TOO MUCH POWER FOR ONE
MAN.
One man a diminutive one, too
in Virginia and its vicinity is endowed
with greater power than any other
man, save he, since the political mom
ing stars sang together,
On his breath as it were, hang the
future and welfare of his state and a
half a million citizens. He is a "big
ger" man than Arthur, or any other
Washington man. He is even greater
than a department clerk.
We assure the World that . Gen.
Mahone, so far as dispensing patronage
goes, has not done a whit different from
Mr. Morton, when he "ruled Indiana.
Mr.Fenton, of New York; Mr. Wil
son, of Massachusetts, or Mr. Cameron,
Sr., of Pennsylvania. But thislie has
done made Virginia a free state for
the colored people, who up to the time
of his reign, were only worse off in
many respects than when they had a
master. Perhaps you would write dif-
lerent it you Knew tnc reai true insuie
history of the Virginia political revo
lution. timm's hall.
Who is Freeman that represents In
diana in Washington? There is no
appointee of that name from this
state. IiuUannjiolis World.
He was al out like what all the
balance of them, who were there, are
misrepresahtatices, thats all. Five
men that attended that Ti nun's Hall
fiasco, taken aw-Sl'rom it. would have
left a body wittiout a aoul.
We used to inquire, whom in Indiana
does A. Freeman represent? We notice
he represents Indiana amongst the
anti-convention folks in Washington.
Thev
must do better than that.
World.
They cannot, material is scarce, so
they must catch on to anything they
will "oppose."
THE WAYLAND ALUMNI.
At the business of the Alumni As
sociation of Wayland Seminary, held
on Wednesday afternoon, the following
officers were elected: Pres. Rev. R. II.
Porter; Vice Pres.E. Duncan, treasurer,
Miss Maggie A. Washington, record
ing S'ecy. J. M. Garris, corresponding
Sec'y. P. W. Pulley, Messrs. Willis M.
Carter, W. D. Thompson and Mrs.
Carrie Waren, and Miss Bell James,
executive committee. The following
resolution was also adopted; When
ever an individual, race or nation has
been insulted, unjustly treated and
their natural rights interfeared with,
beyond endurance, by another individ
ual, lace or nation, there would be just
grounds for the separation of kindred
ties. It is on this principle that some
of the greatest revolutions for right
and truth have been accomplished.
We, the Alumni of Wayland Seminary
hold that the principal has insulted,
unjussly treated and has trampled upon
our most sacred rights. There are in
stances in which the principal of Way
land has maltreated beyond endurance,
students, undergraduates, and even
members of the Alumni. The assault
upon Miss Mary E. Williams which re
sulted in the arrest of of the principal,
was but the culmination of a long
series of abuses and insults which too
frequently mared the peace and
happiness of our Alma Mater. We,
therefore, resolve not to meet at Way
land so long as that institution is un
der its present administration. For
to meet there would simply be sustain
ing the principal in his attitude toward
the colored people in this, and by so
doing, we would forfeit all claims to
moral courage and independence of
thought and action.
The Anniversary exercises of the
Association were held at the 19th St.
Baptist Church on last Thursday eve
nining. The exercises were of a highly
interesting character, and a large at
tendance denoted the popularity of the
institution from which the essayest
had graduated. The following pro
gramme was admirably rendered, the
music was excellent: invocation, Rev.
Walter II. Brooks; instrumental vol
untary, Miss Estela Wood of Washing
ton, D. C; presidents address, E. B.
Brown, Hampton Va.; Alumni history
A. Clarence Murphy, Rochester N. Y.,
missive essay, Influence of woman,
Miss Maggie A. Washington Chris
tiansburg Va.; Oration, Keep it Before
the people, II. A. Wyland, Christians
burg Va.; Music, Farewell to the old
school-house, Miss Anna M. Mason,
Washington D. C; Music benediction,
Rev. William Waren.
There was also an Alumni meeting
at the Wayland Seminary. At their
business meeting the following officers
were elected; Rev. E. H. Bolden
Portsmouth Va., was re-elected presi-'
dent; W. F. Graham, Vice President,
Samuel Jackson corresponding Sect'y.
Rev. W. B. Johnson, treasurer; E. A,
Randolph, Rev. Harry Johnson, Mrs.
M. Alexander, Executive committee
THE MONDAY NIGHT LITERARY
SOCIETY.
By invitation of Hon. Frederick
Douglass, the Monday Night Literary
society held its closing me ting Satur
day night at Cedar Hill, Union town.
Among the guests were Rev. F. J.
Grimke and lady; Miss Briggs, of Mi
ner normal school; Prof. Bulkley and
Miss Bulkley, Prof. Gregory and lady,
Prof. Emsley and lady; Profs. Lane
and Cook, of Howard University; Miss
M. E. Strange, Miss Lawton, Miss M
Cook, Mi3sess E. D. and F. A. Barrier,
Miss M. P. Shadd, and and Messrs.
Howard, Coombs, S. L. Williams, E.
R. Bagley,H. E. Baker, Mr. Douglass's
sons and their families, Mewlett, and
others.
From 4 o'lock till 8 was pleasantly
spent on the croquet lawn and about
the grounds. At 8 o'clock the guests
assembled in the parlors at the call of
the president, Rer. F. J. Grimke, and
listened to a short progainme, consist
ing of music by Miss Sprague, Prof.
Emseley, and Miss M. E. Strange. The
latter lady also recited "The Painter
of Seville." A review of the society's
work for the year was then given by
Prof. G. W. Cook and Mr. E. R. Bag
ley. President Grimke made a few
remarks relative to the work of the
society, following which Mr. Douglass
delivered a short address, and closed
by extending an invitation to Cedar
Hill next year, Supper was then served
and the .party, about 10 o'clock, sep
arated. ' '"
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER'
THE PKOPLE AWAKENED THINGS
NEW SOCIAL NEWS, &C.
Philadelphia, Pa.,
May 28, 153. )
the nast year our citiiens
Duniiir
have been awakened from the lethargy
-
that has been an incubus upon them for
years. They begin to realise that they
have rights the same as any other class
of citizens, and are not to be cut's paw
to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for
somebody else to masticate, meetings
have been held to protest against out
rages perpetrated against us, and that
the civil right's oill be rigidly enforced.
Clubs have been organised in the sev
eral vfards, which we have either the
majority or balance of power, to sec
that white men shall not have all the
honors in representing these wards in
the political conventions, but that the
same may be equally shared in by all
class??. This is not enough, we need
something more than political honors,
which at the best, are nothing but a
sham. We need employment for hun
dreds of young men, who as far as edu
cation can give them a fair knowledge
to enter mercantile life. If some of
our men who are reputed to be wealthy,
viz : the McKees, Stills, Pages, Goulds,
Shadds and others, would start com
mercial shipping houses, or some man
ufacturing enterprises, hundreds of
which could be named that would not
require much capital, thereby giving
the unemployed talent that has a brain
to do and wi'll to perform.employment
would go verv far in solving the negro
problem, and show the capacity of the
negro for business, and the unfaithful
ness of the statement that the negro is
but a tit instrument for the most men
ial occupations.
The week has passed with its accus
tomed gaieties, the most prominent of
which were those mentioned in my last
letter. The United Orand Lodge of
Pennsylvania made a very fine street
display, settiug at rest many of the
croakers who declared that it would be
simply a ridiculous burlesque show.
There were twenty-seven lodges repre
sented, and a membership of over three
hundred paraded our principal streets.
At night the Grand Lodge with its
subordinates repaired to Horticultural
Hall, one of the largest in the city,
where a complimentary concert and
reception more tendered them by the
city lodges. This should be an effect
ual reason that there is a union in the
craft in the Old Keystone Stae. Am
ong the prominent persons present
from other states were E. L. Jordan,
AV. C. Mathews, of G. L. of Delaware ;
R.Williams, 8. Trust, J. Tines, G.L.
of New York ; C. N. Robinson, A. C.
Stevens, Win. Jackson, P. S. Golding of
the G. L. of New Jersey.
The Progressive Club, on the same
evening gave a very enjoyable concert?
notwithstanding the festivities at Hor
ticultural Hall ; they nevertheless had
a fine and select audience drawn by the
fame of the Gilbert family, and chorus
of the Amphion Association. The first
named acquitted themselves as they al
ways do ; but I cannot say the same for
Amphions, most of the members seem
ed to lie out of voice, but I suppose all
the defects of the evening will be dis
sipated in the forthcoming rehearsal set
down for Thursday night.
Post 80, G. A. R. entertained their
friends on Thursday, in West Philadel
phia, and drew a host of their friends
with them this is one of the strong
est Posts in the city, numbering about
500 members memorial day they will
decorate the graves of the fallen heroes
of the republic at Woodland and O'ive
cemeteries, the orators of the occasion
being Messrs, Josiah Wear and W. F.
Powell.
Messrs. Warrich, C. H. Edwards and
A. F. Stevens, left bust week to pay a
visit to pav a visit to the Monumental
City and Washington. D. S. Alexan
der and Miss Eliza Green of Baltimore,
were united in wedlock by the Rev. J.
Thompson. Howard Gould and W. J.
Johnson, have opened a printing es
tablishment at 922 Lombard street.
These young typo's will no doubt do
well. 1). P. Adger has brought suit
sgainst a saloon-keeper on 13th street,
for refusing to accommodate himself
and lady with refreshments.
In the debate of last week Messrs.
Robertson, Brown and Wobb carried
off the honors for producing the best
argument War, being their side.
The Alumnia o" Lincoln University
held their annual session in Central
Church Alumnia oration by Rev. Jos.
Thompson, June Gth Commence
ment exercises at the Univeritv, June
5th.
Much displeasure is evidenced here
that your committee should heed the
clamor of a few malcontents and sore
heads, and change the place of meeting
of the convention, when it is consid
ered that it is the colored voters in the
Nor hern States that the result of the
next election will mainly depend. Such
States as New York, Pennsylvavia,
New Jersey and Connecticut may be
considered the pivotal States. Unless
the Republican party carry these States,
they are doomed to be defeated, but as
the"case now stands, no Northern State
will be represented in the convention.
Wallace King is now in the city with
the Callendar troupe. He informs me
that he will leave the troupe in the fall
to join an opera company about to be
formed, of which Madam Williams
(Zelika) will be the star. Others
mentioned in the troupe are the livers
sisters. Operas to be produced, La
Africani, Bohemian Girl, Trovatore,
and other well-known operas.
Occasional.
Time.
The folio ving inscription i8 said to
have been found engrossedon an old
watch:
" Time is tho present moment well employ;
Time was is past thou canst not it ecjoy;
Time future is not, and may never he;
Time present is the only time for theo."
A cure for rheumatism an Encrlish
doctor has found in total abstinence j
irom ioou. lie declares that many
cases of acute articular rheumatism
have been cured by fasting from four
to eight days, while chromic rheums
tism was also alleviated.
The pins used in this country are
made by fourteen factories, chiefly
ioeated in New England. The annual
production for sevoral years past has
been about 7,000,000 pins. This num
ber has not varied much for some
years, the dernandjouiaining about the
frtUUPj
DPJLL OF THE WASHINGTON
CADET CORPS.
Yesterday, the 2Sth., by invitation,
I had the pleasure of witnessing a
drill by the Washington Cadet Corps at
their armory in this city. I do not de
sire to appear partial, but I must say
I was delighted at their performance.
It was almost perfection, and the mem
bers could hardly have shown greater
proficiency had they been "born to the
work," Their execution of the various
evolutions, their prrficieney in the
manual of arms, and their quick and
ready attention to orders, and to all the
minuteat necessary for their discipline,
was gratifying in the extreme, and re
flects credit upon them and their cap
tain, who has exerted himself to ren
der them an honor to the Capital City.
After the drill was concluded, Mr.
M. M. Holland was called upon, and
addressed the Corps in reference to
their Commander. Mr. Holland had
the good fortune during the war to be
associated with Captain Fleetwood,
and could; therefore, speak from a
personal knowledge of his many high
and enobling qualities, and of his
heroic acts upon the battlefield. It is
not generally known, but it is a fact,
nevertheless, thi.t this noble specimen
of manhood was examined and recom
mended for a commission in the arm; .
The recommendation was most heartily
indorsed by the regimental and corps
commanders, and the well merited pro
motion would undoubtedly have been
received with the liveliest satisfaction
by the entire coqjs ; but it was de
feated in Washington, because the
time had not yet arrived -when the na
tion was ready to place the colored
man on a full equality with his white
brother.
I mention this matter now. simply
to give one more reason why Captain
Fleetwood should be loved and cher
ished by all who know him.
An Old Soi.iii-:k.
Mav 29, 1883.
GRADUATES IN LAW.
rOM.MKNCE.MEKT EXEUCISKS OF
AIU rNIVKKKITV.
HOW-
The Congregational Church was
filled last Monday with an interested
and appreciative audience to witness
the graduating exercises of I he law
department of Howard Cniversity.
The church platform was banked
deeply with fiowers, and floral tokens
presented the graduates, many and
elegant.
The order of exercises was opened
with music, after which Dr. Rankin
led in prayer. The essays of the
graduates and jiost graduates were
then delivered in the following order,
interspersed with music : .
Thesis, "Stare Decisis," Emma M.
Gillett ; Thesis, ''Abuses of the Jury
Svstem," J. G Hutchins ; Thesis,
"Libel," Robert J. Smith: Thesis.
"Popular Study of the Law," Ruth G.
D. Havens ; valedictory, " Influence of
Law on Civilization," James Dean :
B. F. Leighton,, Esq., then delivered
the address to the graduating class.
The degress were then conferred by
President Patton, and the audience
dismissed. The graduates were James
Dean, Florida: Robert J. Smith, Wash
ington, D. C; James F. Carle, New
York; Jacob G. Hutchins, Georgia:
Louis V. Bryant, Colorado; Mary A. S.
Gary, Michigan. r"
The post graduates were Emma M.
Gillett, Pennsylvania: Henry E.Baker.
Mississippi; Lawrence O. Posey, South
Carolina; Ruth G. D. Havens, Con
necticut; Reuben S. Smith, Florida.
On the platform were President
Patton, Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, Bishop
Payne, Bishop Brown, Rev. F. J.
Grimke, Frederick Doughiss, Judge
Allen, and Messrs. J. II. Smith and
John D. Smith.
The success of the law department
is due to our voung citizen and busi
ness man, Mr. J. G. Smith. The ad
dress of Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens was
enthusiastically applauded.
Fashionable Opium Bens.
In an article on the raid of Chinese
opium dens in New York, the World.
of that city, says:, The atrocities of
Mott street will not surprise those who
are aware of the prodigious incr. aseof
opium-smoking in the United States
during th3 last few years, not only
among Chinamen but als among
Americans. The chief of fie bureau
of statistics has prepare i the folio win"
table, which shows a startling an J
continuous increase:
Pounds imported.
Year. Gum opium.
Opium Prepared.
1872 15b,H5t
187n 183,233
1877 230,i:J2
1880 2 13,211
Gl'.77t
47,127
77,1UG
The Chinese population in the United
States has remained nearly stationary
since lS7b but since 1877 26,7G8 more
pounds of smoking opium have been
importel than would have been con
sume I by the Chinese. -The habit was,
of course, unknown in An erica until a
few years ago; but in New York as
well as in Western cities it has stea lily
gained devotees. A rei e.itly publishe I
confession of a woman who kept a
fashionable smoking-parlor uptown,
And which is trustworthy, shows that
ladies of good society were her regular
customers. Her parlor was abandoned
only because one of the victims tol I the
ae-jret, and la lies were ashamed after
ward to be seen entering the " millin
ery establish nent."
There is every reason to believe that
opium is regularly smoked elsewhere
Mian in Mott and Pell streets, and
though it may not lead to such revolt
ing crimes among fashionable and rich
victims, it none the less deserves the
condemnation of society and the in
vestigation of the police.
Defining: "Distributed."
A visitor to a Brooklyn public
school asked a class of boy's to define
the word " distributed," which had oc
curred in their reading lesson. One
said: "It's something you give
away," and others similarly missed
the mark. "Now," said the visitor,
"if I should give one of you an oyster
soup, another some salmon, another
some roast beef, another some salad,
and another some pie and strawber
ries, what would you say I had done
with the dinner?"
Several gave answers imperfectly,
but at length an overgrown boy, with
a husky voice, raised his hand.
"Well what would you say?
"I should say it wan a bully din
A CATERS OP CURIOSITIES.
TlicScpuIcbcrof Shawnco Brave, WhrrrU
Befcatbcrcd Ghosts Dance at Midnight.
One of the most remarkable caves
on the continent is to be found seven
miles southwest of Equality, in Galla
tin county, 111. It has long enjoved a
local fame, but strange to say its in
terior wonders have never been de
scribed in print. Absolute darkness
reigns within, and explorer are pro
vided with lighted ramlffiLiair.pi
going out too easily. Froirffcffihc open
ing there is a passageway forty fe t
long and six feet wide. The walls are
of sandstone that appear to have be:n
subjected to intense heat. The ceiling
is not over eight feet overhead, but in
the second passageway, running at
right angles to the first, it is fully
twenty-five feet to the top. Here aru
a series of corridors, laid oil with the
regularity of city thoroughfares and
leading to-all points of tho compass.
The iloor is of dirt mainly, but hero
and there long slabs of burnt sand
stone make a secure and easy path. A
distance of 500 feet is traversed be
fore the first capacious apartment is
reached. Here a natural grotto about
seventy feet in length and Jrearltii
presints a wild and weird appearance.
The ceiling, forty feet above, is studded
with. stalactites, many of them pend
ant like icicles and reflecting a brilliant
light where the rays from the candles
fell. The walls are of a light yellow
sandstone.
Further on, in an apartment nearly
as large as the foregoing, the viM tors'
attention was directed to a large in
scription on the wall, cut deep Si tho
rock, which read : "epuleher of .Shaw
nee Braves." The guid in explain
ing this inscription, said that tho
Shawnee Indians
once inhabited thn
region surrounding
the cave, and .fc
was a legend
that this nurticiiLir
cavern was used as a burial-place fr
the great chieis or the tribe. X()
mounds were visible on the surface
of the floor, but it was re
lated that an "early settler
once brought a spade, and on digging
a foot below found a regular ehYini.l
house, and the guide said tin re could
be no doubt tlutf tlr's partieuhv par1
of the cave was full of huiiuui bones.
The guide related the adventures of a
man who had gotten lost in tbe cae
and spent two nights near the burial
spot of the Shawnees. Th. man, who
lived in the neighborhood many years
ago, went to the cavo alen.' and de
termined upon an exploration by him
self:. After he had proceeded a feu
hundred yards his cand e went out.
He did net have any matches, and Int
his bearings while attempting to re-
turn. It was then 10 o clock in
morning, and for three davs
thi
and
nights he wandered through the cav
ernous corridors, being finally res mil
by a party of explorers, who cauin
uuon him and found him exhaustel
from hunger
and fright. The m 'ii
gave a thrilling account of the horrors
that he had seen and heard in tho
Shawnee catacomb. AVhile sitting on
a stone in this apartment the walls
were suddenly illuminated as if ly
lightning, and 100 ghostly wnnw.
painted and befeathered, flashed into
view and began a war-dance in thp
middle of the cave. They dancvd ami
relied like so many fierce li -ink and
brandished tomahawks thaf :emied to
run with hiynangore. Their whoons
souaaedBtHejJjbmgrv of ennmetl l
raBfis, andfapiuwred different wall
nnswereHvfth wild e hoes. This
frantic revel was kept up for hours,
when the light was suddenly extin
guished, and a stygian darkness fell
upon the cave.
To substantiate this stoiy the guide
said that during the war men u ho
wanted to escape the draft made the
cave a place of refuge, but many of
them retreated with terror after
spending a night within, declaring
that they would rather go to the u ar
and get "killed than stay a weik in
such a den of horror.--. Three m n
who l'ved on the Saline creek li: d,
however, remained in the cave o it
six months, only stealing ut occasion
ally to obtain supplies of tood. About
fifteen years ago a young man wan
dered into the cave-and got lo:4. He
was many days Without food, and
when found was so weak that lie
could not speak. He died within a
few hours after being taken out.
Practical Hints About Glasses.
Persons finding their eyes buo-nins
day and itching on reading, a well a-
those who find it necessary to pl;r. an
object nearer than fourteen inc!i-s
from their face to read, need spec
tacles. Persons under forty ytars of :vi.
should not wear gla scs until the ac
commodating rower of the eye- has
been suspended and the exact state f
refraction determined by a eompct nt
ophthalmic surgeon.
The spectacle glasses sold by pe'
dlers and by jewelers generally ar
hurtful to the eyes of tho.-ie who rad
much, as the lenses are made of in
cerior sheet glass and are not symm t
rically ground.
No matter how perfectly the lensrs
may be made, unless they are mounted
in a suitable frame and prrorlv
placed before the eye, disc-mfort w.ll
arise from their prolonged use.
There f,re three systems o grading
spectacle lenses, the English, the on
iric and the Prussian. Those mad t
supply tho demands of the tr;ul- n
this country are carelessly made, and
are poor imitations of either the Kag
lish or th m.trical syst:n. 'ff)
metrical scale ha; no Kngish cqmvi
alent, is not graded by any ur. frm
rule of dividing tlw inter foeaA spa -.
and is therefore unsuited to ihe evad
ing demands of j-cerve.
Persons holding objects loo-near the
face endanger the safety of thr ey-
and incur the risk of b"CEmmg nvvr
sighted. "The near-sighted -ye is an uns un l
e e, and should 1' fully eorrreWd v. .th
a" glass, notwiihfita uiing th ftt't it
mav need no aid f r reading.
The proper, time to h -gini wearing
glares is jist as 3. on as tfar e;.e tiro
on being subje-ted t roio" 1 ' ' "
Jle'li'jfil fremiti.
It is said that the temple f Belus,
which some choose to consider as the
original Tower of IJabel, was orna
mented with statues of pure gold.
The first abbey founded in England
was built at Bangor in 560; in France
atPoictiersin360; in Iralnml' in W
fifth century; in SgqUpM to w &w
century,