The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-05-19

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TINS Is b21e statement. which no late
Minister has been abe 70 keep within and
3 Ssve himself invidiozS notice Mr. Motley.
81 Vienna spent aH his sala-y and ali the
/ income q his private fortune. and reduced
his prIyste principal besides But in this
F co1ntrE. .hs7e 2re many rich men who
would give half their entire fortune 10 be
( endorsed 1bcOSi s the representatives Of
Z the United St2ieS- Tier wives and
T daughters demand some recognition which.
I 70 Their charm, Mere money vii not gre
: even here II ? commercial republic
sHcEEAzr OF STATE AZ HONE
The State Department stands nile ont
I Of town. the tenant Of large. brick. tow
erei building, once AZ orphan asylum. Be
: yond ana above Il. rises Meridian Hill where
I on stands Columbia College. and the fine.
white monument periShsble. I fezr. Of the
Z Howard University On this hill. rheT hsi
/ projected the future White House. Three
miles further OFT, Is the Soldiers Home.
{ where the Presidents make their summer
residence Gong CIT there al alone. one
I night on horseback, pistol shot was fred
T 81 Abraham Lincoln That vas the cause
F Of his riding With an escort afterwards.
a1d the Deuoc-@tic press made grezt out
J c! about L. ignorant that h;s life had
been attempted.
+ The Stzte Department is sufficiently
eommodi0us- Carriages wzlt before it n
these Gays pe-pstually- Ascending q short
pair Of stSirs. yOu are upon the main floor.
: long hzl rlualnE le1gthwiss Of the build
Ing, and a. the angie Of the hall and the
stairway. L the w2iting-rO0u fO- visitors.
II Is snail esrpeted nom With 8 desk in
The middle, and pictures hanging round. Of
LOeolnis Cabinet, OF some battle land
sapss. Of Seeretsry Howell Cobb. and Of
ths1 sterling American uS1. William L
Marcy. than whom 40 ration ever had s
better head and heart 70 preside over its
interests snd lis honor abroad- Thisroom.
81 noon, : fall o. people. waiting 10 get
s1cienoe; some With anxious. tEitehing
faces banging great hOpes OF foreign travel
upo1o opportunities no bigger than Eagrant
wish and strangers letter Of reeommen-
os1on Others pet1l2nt 81 delay. believing
their Own consideration high as the high
EST: some with dull. business faces. intend
ing 70 push their claims with the trumpet.
and the de5anee OF q royzl herald. again.
some Congress3en upon the business Of
constituent, and tEittiDg him with their
crznpei tine Here y0q see how little Is
the had OF 6ePendencs. See them rnav.
guaE- with Wy faces curSng the AVS de-
lSy. The insols,cs Of once. and the sDurns
that patient merit Of the unworthy takes.
Oh Shakespeare, poet Of statesmen, he
only ean read thee right, who has held and
hunted ofsee,
At one end Of the lol- hall without. Is
the O5ee Of the Secretary; u the other.
the mons Of the clerks Between. stand
the Tuuners. 6Oorkeepers and ushers. 10
pass IN the cards Of the people and bring
back answers The neighbOring rooms
are curious 70 explore. hing with old prints
Of statesmen passed away Here Is John
Mclean Of Delaware. among the rest With
shoe-buckles. 4 tou1ee. knee brooches. his
hand on the Constitution and the Fs1s7-
ais Did you eTer hes- Of John MeLeang
He lived on D1ck Creek. in the town of
Smyrna population seven hundred or less.
He raised peaches and wheat. and Ioitered
away the SINNER on > gOodls-box before
store. smoking cay pipe and taking Of
Fox and Canning. In the winter. be vas
great man II Washington, and made For
eiga Ministers and Consuls- People wait
cd before, IN the old Office where this old
portrait hung when bran new, and they
PIT Il their papers. and brought Up their
-beekers Just IS re are doing now and
felt as mean about Il John Mclean.
with his hand on Europe. splitting IN the
New Word. listened TO them aIl. grave IS
greatness. and wondered what place pos
tsrity Eo1ld give him when they consulted
his life. portrait and stste-papers- All Is
gone Of John Mclean. but this old gilt
framed engraving. fading. fading. til We
hardly get the gis1 Of his expression now.
and We look AZ hin between tEo ticks Of
the watch. and ssy-
Funny cd rooster, Who Vas John !
NeLeAni-
Wei. the tine VII come when some
body vii ask: Who was Hamilton Fishss