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L v " .:"M i HIS JUNKET . Notes and Incidents of the Recep- . Hon Given the Secretary , of War In the flowery Kingdoms -' r '' w By'Robert H. Murray. f i - Special Correspondent .'of, The Observer nf an the Philadelphia North American, J With tte.--Tft party.:;-..,;:i:v:'-K,-.M On iBoard 8. S.- Mlnneaota,,fSept 26. ' -Iritereeting and ' Important details - ' of the negotatlons ; which prefaced ' i the .taking over of the fralrs' land -.: in the, Philippines by.-: the United ' States government were snavated , to-night by Secretary of War Taft to an audience composed of his fellow A passengers aboard the Mlnnesotai f v "My visit to the Vatican'! was the ; title. of the talk with which Mr. Taft O' ended the series of lectures and otHer - entertainments that have been given x almost nightly In ; the - dining saloon during the voyage. It was Mr, Taft's personal preference that "Tiie Pana :ma Canal" he his subject. He.yleld- ed to numerous requests voiced by . " those -who were measurably familiar '?,wlth the adroitness with which v Mr. " Taft four years ago conducted the del iIcate business of ; gaining the assent 't of the Vatican to the ceding of the I ; rich lands of the friars tftus solving one of the most vexatious of the ' " Philippine problems, t ': . , According, he to-nighV recounted v the history of the transaction-, com nienclng with the ? gaining of ..the v ; ' lands by the friars and ending with the formal relinquishing of them by the Catholic Church, upon; the pay '' ment of a generous compensation by .our government. i 1 Conspicuous tn. the Secretary's talk .was a glowing appreciation of .tht ability and personality of Pope . Leo - XIII, with whom be had several au diences. : ' , u ' "I ha4 supposed," salcf j Mr.' 'taft, 'Hhat the Pope, who 'was then- 52 years old, would have met us purely f---as a matter of formality, and enact- ed the part of a lay figure In the ne . - gotations. To my surprlsewhen we ushered into the papal cnamoer, nis holiness received standing. , He was ..- under the average stature, extremely . ent, and of waxen complexion, but exceedtngly qutck in his "- movements. Chairs had been arranged for us, and to these the Pope mo.tionel us while he seated himself on a dlas. ' 4 J i' - "Major Blddle, who; accompanied us as-Interpreter of the French lan guage, read an ad drees ; prepared by , me, which stated the situation as we understood 1t, and outlined the ob 1 objects of our visit. The Poue listen ed with close attention to the, reading - of the document. He then entered into a t cheer, concise discussion, which lasted 10 or 15 minutes. While he vouchsafed no conclusion' or final opinions, ne in a general way., ex-i to the congregation of vextradlonary' 1...I.JI..I-. I . .. - - . . . impression- of rope Io. "From the business in hand he v turned to more personal subjects,' and j chatted with us. for some time. It . struck me that he possessed a veil- , defined vlen of humor. ; For Instance. he aald that he had heard I had been; 111, and, earefutly scanning any, some-i what herole proportions, he dryly re- marked that my physical appearance gave no indication of the effects, of : any aeraous malady, "AH along has eye ,14s expression and his manner caused it to-be borne In upon one that, despite his age and somewhat ; feeble appearance,,-, i, ne f knew what he had in mlna, he appre - elated fully ther fine points of the matter before him, and retained a complete grasp of the subject . . , "When we were ready to . depart U tie rang the bell for a,n attendant to show ustiut. Thebtll did not operate readily,? and he granped it with no I uncertain hand pulling It so hard .1 fully expected him to break If ; : " "My inability to .speak-French nev ' er caused me more regret than ' it j did when, my lack of i knowledge of ' that language made If Impossible -for me to converse with the facility 1 so eaprenly desired with this ecclesiastical gentleman and statesman. . ; "I cannot doubt, from wjhat I saw of hlra that Leo XIII was the great- eat Pope; lii many years. Hlstate cnanship was - undoubtedly,', .of - the '- highest type;, he was a Latth 'poet of ' great purity and force,: .an Italian nobleman of fine education and a man - who controlled. - Almost-to the minute a of bis death he was the Pope ta tact 'itbePopo In controla Pope who car- rfe.f'U f tn policies of the Church as he thought they ought to be car . rled out" aj" :'x -' - - Mf- Taft digreised sufficiently: to t, glv various impressions of life as he ; saw Itjnftiome and In and abbut the "1 saw enough , ot the Vatican". said he, "to realise that .Washington was not the only place where politics '. held sways, and that, like the gentle- men ef other uepominatlons, the Cathollc'clergy frequently serve their . church and cause by tactics ; which 'might - be regarded, a legitimately .within the realm of political manage ment." v , , " .An ahcedote, which he -sald lwas delated .to him by -a representative of t one religious order at the. expenseof 'another order, follows: - - , , 1 "The gentleman representing this particular order told me 'that there was a saying in one Italian. city that the north wind always blew In front , of the church of the rival order. In that city. This w$a accounted' for, he ' said, by the devil and the north wind j chancing to walk past' the church one day.. The devil paid, 'Just wait here for a minute; X wish to see the head ef thU order . With that the devil stepped Inside; and the north wind ha been waiting ior him to Ibis day." , ltvtratlons which the Pope was anxious to confer' upon Mr. Taft and his party to signalise the' visit - were declined. One of. Mrs. Taft'e roost prized mementors of travel is a bit of German enamel, representing St. Ur sula: and her virgins which the Pope gave hwfitXy.P'-fv' V Fhllllpplne Catholic Church. Of the situation In the Inlands at present, so far as concerns the inter ests of the Cat ho'lc Church, as well as those of other denominations, Mr. Taft said: ' . ; :-' ?Tp the representatives of ; Protes tant denominations who are working to the islands, or contemplate doing so, I will say that It Is doubtful how large & proportion of the people they will j- be able to convience of the expedien cy of Joining 'Proestant denominations,- Every Roman Catholic who desires the greatest- postble good for his community must admit- the value of the presence of the Protestants In order- to foster- and maintain that spirit of healthy competition which is so useful in religious enterprises,' and which makes for the greatest' good In business and the commercial ie o'f a country. "It 'must be admitted I think, that the .Catholic Church ' in the ' PhiUlp pines to-day is in a bad way. It is not supported by the government, much of Its property has been destroy ed, or seriously damaged by the war, ami it is" compelled to depend for sup port upon the people who are them selves poor, and who have not been accustomed to bear the financial re sponsibility of a church organisation.'' tlon." -. i ' Shanghai, Chinas Oct 8. This was the American eagle's day to scream in China, , Strident, exultant notes were uttered by the'blrd of freedom, from the gray of the morning, when the Minnesota, with Secretary of War TaCt aboard, anchored at Woosung, until the lights died at the Astor House; when the Americans . In the empire dined the most conspicuously representative. American that China has seen since the visit of General Grant,;-' -.:"' It rained dragons and' pagodas, whidh may be taken as the Chinese equivalent of our "cats ami dogs" ex preeeion. ' But rain and gloom did not appre ciably mar any of the festivities that had been arranged In honor of Mr. fMfc,xEvn. the Chinese garden party rwtthstood successfully the assaults of thfr elements. ' ' : t, " a .;,:rL:" 1 iAdolored BreaKiasi was jueh or wv iV over the rouirh- Probably ed pounds, is elaborately car launch Cafne bobbing over the wugn inscription: "Prws ened n':, .fJT. T'entedthe Hon, and Mrs. William How- from the Chinese cruiser Halyfcng. In the stern, with oilskins covering his gorgeous silk atid satin robes, rode In Mate Admiral Sah. to pay.. . call of ceremohy. , ; J a- ADMIRAL CALLS. ' v r ' oivomnanfment of seventeen' . . . AlnmVinrArl ' ". --nlod hv his Mtt mhen arrived Consul General from ine cruiser no niu-i 0 I J w im Denby and! ft committee of. tne Amen Aaanplalnn of China'. I AiniroiA maneuvered the smart Unboat Villalobas, spoil from Dew- w jM(.n uoon the Spanish naval forcea &t Manila bay, raised from the K0ttom pf this Bay and now an able j-ep 0f our mosqarto fleet In the 8-v , wnuB tnft ailors stood at ttentlon ttndn Secretary of War's flag was ,broken 0ut at the mainmast tiead. . .onfi.rrrt from the Mlnne rta t0 the. gunboat for the twelre- mile run up the Whangpoo to Shang hai, r ' He landed undter a canopy, formed -iMr k hrrnm,i tram one ttr'lUDO' w p vb a v ' of ithe Japanese -war vessels In port it wasia brutal day tor frock coats, top hat and full dress uniforms' to be abroad without the sneltertng circle of an umbrella; but nhere they were, rank after mk of. ttiem, soaked, but valiant clothing. Americans of con sequence in omimerclal or official cir cles in China, besides officers of the Japanese, the Oerman.the English and the lnede navies, prominent Englishmen and Other faotors In the foreign colony. ( -.ifr'i-'L-;;:. - - i' 4 -1- ESCORT OF SIKHS, rl Grlm-visaged and turbanid Sikhs, magnificently proportioned men of im posing presence, whm the English brought on from India to police the foreign concessions, made a lane (through which Mr. Taft strode to his Carriage. Escorted oy the. Blkh he was driven to the Amertcan consulate general. There had gathered the con sular body of the city "to greet the Secretary," "'r: ,"' - It had been, reserved for Mr, Taft formally to open the new buildings of the Chinese Y; M. C A. ; His ten-mfn ute address was listened to by a large audience of Americans, English and Chinese, at the conclusion of which he accepted for the;trutees ,th deed of trust ' which had been, (said, "is sued by great-hearted American cltl sens in. behalf of the men of 'China's commercial capital v as an act of In ternational .brotherhood,' -I --r; The Chinese garden- party took place In the- Yu Yuen Garden out on the famous Bubbling Weil road. v; .The Yu Yuen Gardens are the fa vorite resort for dinners, euppen. merry-makers and ceremonious social affair. Acres of rana are covered with elaborately constructed pavilions, built of the rarest woods, set In a 100 or, so eminent gold, Jade, ruby, labyrinth of enchanting lake, brooks end winding paths, ' , Hundreds of workmen strove from early in the morning almost to the minute of Mr. Taft's arrival o rear canopies over a sufficiently large ex panse 01 me uaraens 10 sneiier me guests and their bostsv . . p , THE RECEPTION,- ' The. formal ceremonies of .the af ternoon took place in the jnaln pa- vlllon of the Gardens. .Mr. and Mrs. Taft were he eentre of eroop on a - ':W - : - r- - tk AV' . V-a " platform, to adorn wnlcU had been brought together a collection of teak wOod chairs and tables, rare, embroi deries, ruga and hug vases. . T the- ladies In the Taft -party the finest sight was the robes -worn by the turquoise and" other 'buttoned" man darins, in. the. throng. Such gorgeous embroidery could not be seen out of China, and "then only upon an occa sion of high .ceremony, such as Khis. , To honor especially Mr. Taft the Chinese gentlemen brought their wives or their daughters. Thesie were quaint little women, many of ' them with attractive, piquant faces. For the most part, they had on the garb of a Chinese lady of rank, but with some of the ' younger -women, particularly those who had been un der the teachings of American or English instructors, this attire was modified or entirely tiupplanted. The feet of the women of he pres ent generation, too,-had not been sub jected to the binding process, and these were covered with conventional shoes or slippers Instead' of the tiny shoes donned by their elder sisters. All of the speeches, which were brief, were expressive of esteem for Mr. Taft, pleasure at his -presence in China and confidence In the contin uation of close and friendly relations .between China and the United States;1 Mr. Taft responded wittily and elo quently. His words , were translated into Chinese sentence by sentence., . LOVING CUP FOR TAFTS. In the name of the Chinese of Shanghai the Toatal Shen gave Mr, and Mrs. Taft a magnificent silver loving cup. The cup, which Is as large as Pttnch bowl, and weighs arj Taft by the Chinese of Shanghai October 8fc 107." The dinner given in the evening by the American Association was a notable event One of the chief fig ures was Judge L. R. Wilfley. of the TJnitp.1 State Court In Shanghai. He t J, . cu . . inuis wum ci. , ajouio ana was lormcr- 1 . . a , . it axicFrnej- general 01 ine pnuiip Ijlnes. Now he is famous as the man who "cleaned up" this town. He has caused the American flag to be res pected more than ever before by sternly disciplining the gamblers, "shyster" lawyers and other undesir ables who were using the flag and their American citizenship to cloak crooked schemes. . SECRETARY'S SPEECH. Mr. Taft's speech at the banquet was, he said, not an official utterance. Nevertheless, - his declarations upon the policy of the United Stat 4 created a profound Impression. He said In part: Reports have circulated that the United States Intends to sell the Phi lippines , to Japan or some other country. Upon that point I do, not hesitate to explain a- decided opinion The PhllHppines came -to the United States by chance, but that government assumed a duty with respect to them, of which It would be the greatest vio latlon ito sell the Islands to any oth ed power, ' . . -ff) The only alternative which the United States Can in honor pursue' are either permanently to retain them, maintaining therein a stable govern ment, in which the rights of the hum blest cVtlxen shall be preserved, -. or, after having fitted, the "people for self-government' to turn the islands over to them' for the continuance, 1 of a free government of the same cnar acter. -c..-,:"-.-.,-.:-:'"- v ... . t. ;-: t:. ; THE POLICY OF THE OPEN DOOR The policy- of the vYernment 1 of the United States has been authorita tively stated to be that of ceeklng the permanent safety, and peace Of China, the preservation, of Chinese territorial and: administrative entity, the protec tion of a'l .rights guaranteed by her to friendly powers by 'treaty and In ternational . law and, at a safeguard for the, world,, the principle of equal and impartial trade with all paxu of, the Chinese empire. The government of the United States has not deviated In the slightest way from Its attitude In this regard since the policy was1! announced by Secretary Hay tn 1900. . American trad with, China Is auffl cie'ntly great t require the govern ment of the United : States q take every legitimate means to protect it against' diminution or Injury by the political preference of any of U com petitors. , It would have the right to protest against exclusion from Chinese trade by a departure from the policy of the open door. ,i , ri' r 1 How far the United States would go in the protection of Ka Chinese trade Lo one, of :j course, could say. This mucn is clear, nowever, tnai tne mer chants of the United States are being roused to the importance of their Chinese export trade, that they would view political obstacles to its expan sion' with deep concern and that this feeling of theirs would be likely to find expression In the attitude of the American government. - ' 1 1 am not one r of th-otte 'who view with alarm the effect of the growth of China, , with her teeming millions, Into- a great indusrtrlal empire, I be- r M.'tt,4v4 falaft Dictating to deep Carbeiter ox eciW T " lieve that this, Instead of Injuring foreign trades with China, would great ly Increase it, and while it might change its character in some respects It would not diminish -Its profit. A trade which depends for Its profit on the backwardness of a. people in deve loping their: own resources' and upon inability to value at the proper relative prices that which they have to sdjl and that which they have to buy, is not one which can be counted upon -ae stable or permanent. "CHINA FOR CHINESE" CRY. For the reasons I have given if does not seem to me that the cry of "China for the Chinese" should frighten any one. "A11 that Is meant by that Is that China should devote her energies to the development of her immense re sources, to the elevation of her indus trious people and to the enlargement of -her trade, and to the admlstratlve reform of the empire as a great na tional government. Changes of this kind would Increase our trade with her. ' There has been a gratifying Im provement In the relations between the United States and China. Through the earnest efforts of President Roosevelt the administration of our immigration laws haa been, made much more considerate. The boycott which was organized ostensibly on the gmund of our harshness of administration proved in the end to be a double-edged knife, which Unjured Chinamen even more than Amerlcaiu, and other foreign countries quite as much. Hap pily that has now become a closed episode. ' 'Secretary Taft 'highly praised Judge Wi'fley'e administration of the Ameri can Court, and said he would recom mend the errectlon of a suitable build ing to house this and other depart ments. L. w. -Is the law of Arkansas such that the parents Inherit the child's portion? A. If the decendent has no off spring, his property goes to his fath er; If the father Is not living the mother Inherits. Brothers and sis ters follow the mother. M. H. E. WouU a letter ad dress to Mtes Helen Gould, New York, reach her, or must the street address be Inserted ? A. The letter would reach her sec retary, but would probably stop there. C M. A. What does the amper age of a motor mean? Wnat do it.- tAfema nH (n alafttfHnltv Vnlta. ammeter, volt-meter, watt? (2)- what is the horoscope of one born March 14th? A Inntnn la thn Mtronrth nt in .irtric current measured in amneres. I "The ampere is the unit of measuring by means of the ammeter. vou is th tidlt nf , lAPtrn.mnflvA fnrr. An resrlstere.1 bv fa vOlt-meter. A watt is the practical unit of electrical ao- tlvlty or 'power. One horse-power is equal to 746 watts. (2) Afraprs, honest, Inclined - to be despondent, foun.d in positions of trust. Pupil. -Will you print something about the -evolution of the piano? A.The .pianoforte was directly evolved from the vlavlchord and the harpsichord. - In 1711 Scipione Mafr fel gave a detallej account of the IJrst four instruments, which were built . by Bartolommeo Crtstof oei, namej by" him pianoforte, and ex hibited in 1709. Marlus exhibited harpsichords with hammer action In Franc in 1716, and Schroter of Ger many, claimed to have , Invented the pianoforte between 171? and 1781. Marlus was at first generally creJlt ed with the Invention, for It-.was not tlltv 1?88( when Crlstofoel's Instru ments had become famous, that the Italian advanced his claim, and it wa,ln 1768 that he brought forward the prdof of his contention, pianos of that; period, were shaped Ilk the modern grand,, the first-square.plano being built by FrleJerfva, an organ builder pf Saxony. In 1788, The first genuine upright, was patented In Eng land arid, the United States by John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman, in 1800. , , - .... ... A. C. G. Please suggest a sham poo' tonla for gray hair? 'A.- Melt a small bar of purs cat tile soap in a quart of water, boiling down to one pint; cool And add one Pint of bay- rum, one tablespoon of borax and thirty grains of blsulpliate of quinine. ' KHp in a glass Jar and use as a shampoo. II. L.D0 you know what town n this country has the greatest number of telephones In proportion to popu lation? . . r . t , T , A. By mere chance I have fruit read tha( . Marquette,. Mich., claims this distinction, having 1800 pones to a population of 10,800, This means one- phone e vry sixth person. the Question Box V v,,, t I - S. B. S. What is the elghtj won 4er of the world? - :' 7 A The -term 'Is frequently applied to the , Escorial, a beautiful building 27 miles northwest of Madrid, Spain, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Span- ish sovereigns. - its erection began Dl: N. H. Was Brigham Young responsible for polygamy among the Mormons? - - A The Institution was Announced by Joseph Smith in 1843. but '.lis "revelation" was greeted with so much opposition that little promt nenc was given to, it for nearly ten years afterward. Josle.- If you must apply peroxide, da so with a toothbrush. A better way is to have it applied by another person. -, And a still better way is .not to apply it at all. ' F. p. When did .the government nrst issue greenbacks, and who Jevis- a the - national banking system ? A. Greenbacks were authorlzej by 'Congress after a suspension of specie payments in 1161. O. B. Potter, of "New York, Is said to' have been the inventor of the . national ' bank sys tem, just after the greenback period. M. M. N. Why Is the red anJJ white striped pole used to designate the barber's shop? A. -Because in former times the trade was conjoined to the art of sur iiery, an tdthe . stripes, representing the letting of blood and and ban dages, with a basin suspended be neath to catch the blood, were hung out to designate their profession. This existence of barbers as surgeons can be traced as far as 1871. when a for poration was formed In Fran.ce which was under the Jurisdiction of the king's barber. In England the barber-surgeons received their incorpo ration In the rejgn of Edward IV. (1461). In 1745 the connection was dissolved by an act whose preamble states that the trade of a barber "Is foreign to and Independent of the practice o fsurgery." in circles? fact: That most people take a longer Henry.How do you explain the stride with one leg than with the oth er. This deflects them from a straight line. D. P.-w:iat Is the blrthstone and fact that lost persons generally walk A. It" Is doubtless due to another horoscope of one born October 6th? A- The opal. Great foresight and fine Intuition, of a mechartlcal turn, phite stains lrom a gown? A.- OrJInary remedies for remov ing grease will not serve. On some fabrics a sponge dipped In hartshorn and water will do 1 the work. Try a small spot first, and if you are not satlsflej . with the result you might better send the gown to a cleaner, as otherwise you might spoil it. O. M". L. How can salt water be made fresh?. , A"rBy cnJenIng. Heat salt water till the steam -rises and collect the steam. When It sools It will be like fresh water, though not so pure as natural spring water. If you live near the seashore you can follow the plan common In Barbery, where there is an absence of fresh water: Dig a pit some little Jlstance from the shore, above high water mark,- as deep as low water mark. When the tide rises the pit will fin, and the tn it t!irouh the Band tak' W Tn of Randolph is not issu come 10 ne regarded as a most Im nature laairs G, W. H. Is there anv ImnrA. P"ety " In the Acceptance of a man's f'ort t0 Plaoes of amusement, she r' irm ner nusoana? ' A.- A healthy Instinct is the hat . fIJ' Naturally she should be care- I Iul b to keep the tongues of j gossips irom wagging at her expense. E. L. What 1 the horoscope of ons botniAugust 18th? A. Adaptable to environment, not very ambitious, 'Impulsive and a lov er of nature. H. P.Use Banana Juice to clean that' 1s r soletaolnshrdlueuolnunununu leather cushion. Linoleum that Is oiled and worn may be renewed by scrubbing and coating with boiled linseed oil After this thoroughly soaks in give It one or tow coats of best varnish. -iMF. -Is chewfng ot HqoorJct harmful? , , . , A, Not If used In moderation. It It a laxative. , C. J. N.-What Is the blrthstone and horoseffpe of on born October HthT h-J-';;."!-:---, -v::- " : ; AThi opal, , Silent, dlgnlfleJ, fine presemee. ttrorig will, high temper, and plenty of telf esteem. 3, 8. Did Robert 0. Ingersoll re nounce his -view ef religion before hit death? : - ' A.H did not. . ' , ,f 1 Immlgrat. You must, have two witnesses to your application for first papers as well as for second cltlien shlp papers. - 1 M; C -The amount of money In circulation f nthe United States Is 12.736,646.828, or 881.88 per capita. This is from the latest available re port. . 1 , ; n . - Ri" 8. M.Paderwskl Is. 'pro nounced PaJereffsky. G. I There are sixty-seven coun ties In Pennsylvania, i - X. June I, 18S8, waa WeJnes- day. Sometime Member of tlie Confederate Congress of t!.a Virginia Secession Conven Uon, of the Com-re-i of tha United States and Preside nt of the Virginia ConMitu tlonal Convention of .1901- 2. XEBUXOX B. VANXE. This di.stlngule!hed man may be truly called the favorite son of North Carolina, .'o man has lived In that State for many years past, who was more admired and. loved by his coun try men.: He was a man of, rare gifts end possessed many excellent qualities of head and heart. ' lie had a greater variety of gifts than any man of his day who has figured in public life. He waa logical, eloquent and 'remark able for wit and humor. He was born In Buncombe county In that State, May 13, 1880. He was of dlnMnguUh ed Revolutionary .ancestry. He came to the bar-In .1851, and at once com menced the practice of his profession. He belonged to the Whig party of his day.v&nd as such waa elected to. the General Assembly of his State In J8B4. He was subsequenlty elected to' the Congress of the United States, In which body ha" served until the with drawal of North Carolina from the Union In 1861 ; ; " . w -; While a member of Congress as an old line Whig, Vance opposed aecee- elon; but when it seemed to be Inevl table that such a course -wa to be dopte, he -was traqng- the 8rt In the field for the defense of the Con federate government as a soldier. He commenced his service as a captain. and was aoon elected colonel f the Twenty-sixth Regiment of his tate. On August 2, 1862, he was elected Governor of hks State and duly Inau gurated in Xlhe following September. A GREAT WAR GOVERNOR. , ;; His administration entitled Wni to rank as one of the foremost of tfhe war Governors of the South. Hla ser vices as a, soldier only continued about fifteen months, but during wax name he made a record for gallantry and bravery which won for him the es teem of both officers and privates in the, Confederate Army. When North Carolina seceded on the 20t0i ot May his company was In camp at Raleigh, and as captain he .reported for service In the Fourteenth North Carolina Regiment, in August, 1861, he was promoted as colonel of the Twenty-sixth Regiment and parti cAoated with that command in the BatUe of Newbern and In all the great battles around the city of Rich mond. . When General Lee's atmy was de feated Vance went to Johnston's army until he Joined President Devla at Charlotte, N. C. When he separated from President Davis he stopped ei Statesville until he was arrested as a political prisoner, and was taken to the old Capitol prison, at Washington. When finally released he returned to his' State and exerted all of his great powers to bring about a restoration of constitutional government among the States. In 1870 he was elected by the Leg Mature to the Senate of the United States, but upon the refusal of Con gress to remove his disabilities .he re signed the omce. Tie was agatn a candidate for the United States Sen ate, but was defeated hy a combina tion of Republicans with dissatisfied Democrats. . THRElB TIMES GOVERNOR. Such was his firm hold, however, upon the people for his State that they made him Governor for the third time In 1877. and his Inaugura tion marked the downfall of the "Re construction" party In (his State, In 1873 he was again elected to the United Bta.te goroat, and served his State with great fidelity and . ability for the aucceedtng twelve years. Dur ing his service as Governor,, while he vigorously resisted the encroachments of military power, no Governor ; was more active In providing for the com fort and welfare of his soldiers and In securing for them the necessary food and medical supplies. During the winter of 1868-'84 he distinguish ed himself by .his great eloquence In Infusing renewed .hope and confidence among the elxty-five regiments of North Carolina, which constituted part of the Army of Northern Vir ginia. HE FORAGED ABROAD. One of the most Important acts of Governor Vance's administration as Oovernor was the selection of a State agent to go abroad for the purpose of purchasing supplies for the North Carolina troops, in due time ' the steamer Lloyd Clyde, afterwards call ed the Advance, arrived ..safely- at Wilmington with the needed supplies, and the result was that no troops In the army were so well provided with food and clothing as were those from North Carolina. - While . practicing his profession tn early life Governor Vance found time and ouDortunltv to write a series of articles descriptive of North Carolina scenery, which have ever since been regarded as perfect gems of apprlate neas and beauty. Among other things he wrote the following: The Era of Discovery," "The Picture Presented to the Discoverers," "The Race of SetUert,". "Character of Colon tots," "Phyjrtoal Aspect of the State," "Edu caUoV' "University of North Caro lina." "Sketch of t. L. Swain," "Sketch of Professor Mitchell," "Ca tawba Valley," "Mouhtaln Scenery," "Roane Mountain." "Causes of the glow Growth of tto State," etc! It would be Impossible In the limits of this article to republish selections from all these sketches, but X take the liberty of copying a portion of that descriptive of the untimely en J , of Professor Mitchell: ' , "Such was the region In which the lost professor waa to be sought At least 500 men were enraged m the search. Well and faithfully did they labor. From Friday morning until Tuesday their efforts were fruitless. No trace whatever could - be found, and at every moment the task grew more and more hopeless. ' The faint expectation of finding him alive and suffering , gradually went out of all men's minds, hud then came the more ttober desire to find his- lifeless body. At last, on Tuesday, came a melan choly confirmation of his disputed as-1 ertion that ne had been on the -very highest peak In 1844. An old hunter and experienced mountaineer ; by the name of Wilson was) present fmm Yancey county, who had gulJed the professor on his former visit. He said ha believed he eould retrace the very route by which they had ascend ed thirteen years be-fore, and ''expressed the opinion that the professor had himself undertaken: to descend Into the valley of Oaney river by that way. The result proved this opinion to be correct '(-. " TRAIL TO DJSATHV "A careful and minute search in the edge of a beautiful tittle prairie near tha highest summit discovered the trail of human footsteps. ."So faint waa it that an un prac ticed eye could not .have distinguished It (torn the mark; left by some wUd animal; but these Nlmroda with that wonderful sagacity which Is the re sult of close observation antl almost tnrtiooXJve reason.. reoognbMd.it at a glance. An increauious town-r -. present desired to: know how they could tell it to be the Impress of a. man's foot - " 'Come here,' aid the hunter, pointing to. a spot on a fallen tre trunk, where the rana moss had been disturbed, .'kneel ; down (and look at that closely. 1 r" 'What do yon see?' : , . ' 'Nothing, was he reply. ' v Look closer yet, and carefully. , Now what do you see?' . " 'Marks of the tracks In a shoe- , heel,' said theiastonlshed and enlight ened town-man. ' , ' "The effect of this discovery.', was almost electrical. With rapid steps " and eyes as keen and true as the scent of wsll trained sleuth hounds,', off bounded the hunters upon the trail, and somewhere lost In the rugged and fearful wilds below. A large number, feeling that they could be of no as sistance to following that delicate ' trace, remained upon the heights, whilst the others: swept downward upon the search. As the ground be came rougher, and the way mora dlffl cuk, the traces left ty the wanderer ' became more plain and nnmlstieka- ble. Soon the trail left the ; sharp " Crest of the rMge down whioh tt had " started, and came to th arte .-. a. . splashing stream. And down this they followed tt without difficulty for about four miles, wflien they came to a cataract with a Sheer .fall of forty , feet. On the dizzy edge of this they found a broken laurel branch over- ' head, and torn moss under foot. Cau tiously descending, they found th dead body of hkn they sought. Tha v spot was almost romantic and pecu liar. Pouring over th'ji precipice this . mountain torrent had originally Stnlrlt HMn cuTM vw,w K,ln K,. Va attrition of Its waters for untold cen- : turies had worn out a smooth, clreu lar basin, about fourteen feet deepi and ae many In diameter. WHERE MITCHELL LAY. s "This waa filled with cold, pure and perfectly limpid water, In whioh lay " the, body calmly, perrectly preserved. ; In the very midst of that nature which he had loved so well, , and whose mysteries Jie had studied so diligently, the great devotee had lain Mm down to die- Her utmost charms were lavished upon his obsequies. The pure waters enveloped him in their winding sheet of crystal; the leaping naltanat mnor hia ,nnUm in tWa : wondrous and eterna song, of which old ocean furnishes the grand, all- - compreihenslve key. 1 v-ream ana goiaen wild nowera v flaked the billowy thickets of darts.-; green laurel, and tall, conical firs and -delicately tapering spruces Interlock ; ed their weeping branonee from shora 1 to ahore. "No trace of man, save the broken -laurel branch and the uptorn moss on the rock above, was to be seen. To , all seeming, that virgin spot had seen : no human face before the noble one -which now looked upward from 1U u iinemcu wu upon me unspoasHDI beauties ef the glen. "Enveloping the body in a sheet and suspending it from, a pole, they ' boxe it up those rugged steeps where -an unencumbered man could scarce- -ly stand upright, tour miles to the top. Here k was desired that' ha should be burled, but the members of his family who could be consulted : not consenting, he was placed In a rude coffin and borne by painful and tedious stages to AshevlHe, where he was interred by the s:de of another , noble chmsmate. the Rev. John Dick son. D. D of Charleston, 8. C, and ' attended to the grave by a vast con- tuuioo vi om jib waa nut permitted long to sleep in that pleas-' nt AhnrrihvjirJ Slit tf.au , a m Ik. respect and esteem tn which hla char acter was ; held by all classes of our people, and so profoundly was tha' public mind impre.-ved by the clrcum- -stances of his death and tha causes-; which led to It, that his family yield ed to the almost universal wish that his body should rest at Mount Mitch- : e". Jt i THE GRAVE IN THE CLOUDS. v "Accordingly, in the following sum mer, his remains were taken up and once more carried to that high peak and reinterred with Imposing cere monies In the presence of a great mul- , tltude of people. It was a scene to 1 be long remembered. Toe Right Rev. 4 James H. Otey, Blahop of Tennessee, delivered the funeral oration; sx-Got- ernor Swain made an eloquent ad dime the former a member of tha first class whioh the deceased had In structed at Chapel Hill, and the lat- ter a co-laborer in the university for nmr a thltvl a . rtnhnv "Strangers from distant State and from distant pans of our ma State 1 ware present; while till of the sur- I rounaing counties were targety repre sented, not only by their stalwart' ' men, but by great numbers of their wives, daughters and children, some ! of whom had walked and climbed perhaps twenty miles to witness: tha interesting scenes. Tne day waa calm and bright,' The level apot on tha -'. summit, not larger than a rood-stsel I room, was thickly filled wHh epeotsv tors who spread far down its conical sides. Her in the face of all tha Inexpressible glories which spread out in every direction, high over h AUanMe world, and far removed, as all such scenes should be, from the strife and tumult of the lower-and distant lands, and where nature 'ex erted her grandest charms to lift tha ' soul of men to tha contemplation of Htm from Whose hand' they came, . they laid the' Christian herb's duet ta rest , Hla monument and hla : tomb are one, and a grander hath no man in this world. :.It looks eastward' to- . ward hit New England birthplace, and behind him ks tha great land of tha Southwest, fined with so many whom ha loved and taught There,' saya Professor Charles Phillips, once a beloved pupil and a' long . fellow teacher 4n tha university,; 'ha ., shall rest until the Judgment day, m- a. mausoleum suth aa no other man has aver" had. "Reared by the hands of Omnipotence, it was assigned to him by those to whom It was given thus to express their eayem, and it was . consecrated by the lips of eloquence warmed by affection, amidst the rites 1 of our holy religion. Before htm lies (the North Carolina he loved ao well t and served to faithfully. From his wflty couch ttt hills and valleys -melt Into Its plains aa they Stretch away to tha shores of the eastern ocean, whence the dawn of tha - last day stealing quietly westward as tt lights tha, mountain tops first, shall wako htm earliest to, hear the greeting of "Well done, good and faithful ser vant." - HE SPOKB IN PARABLFS . ; Few men 'hava been -so gifted a Governor Vance as an anecdotlaf I'o called his anecdotes , parables and used them to illustrate the plaint." t and homellesit ruths -)ilch nevt r failed to reach the commone't tin,,r stan.ling and the great heart cf V poylj ii waa cu-vluiiL.:' a. c'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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