Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-10

ole benevolent societies OF the Dis.riet- held
meeting at Carroll Han last evening for further
P.F. Mccarthy vas elected chairman, and Nr.
Frank McNerhaDy secretary. A draft of a con-
sttut1on was reported, and after discussion, it
was referred to the societies for their action.
The Late Chief Justice Chase.
hEkT1Ee OF CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON
ktLoGIEs OF THE INDUSTRIOUS DEAD.
Pursuant TO published call. signed bv E.any
or our prominent citizens, a meeting was held
IN the psTlOrs of the YOuEg Mems Christian
Association, at four o'clock Yesterday aiterDsS
10 take suitable action in reference to the desah
OF Chief Justice Chase The meeting was large,
and was composed of most OF eur leading cIizs
zens Of both parties.
DR.. Blake called the meeting TO order an.
nominated Governor III. ID. Cooke for chairman
who was unanimously elected.
REMARKS OF GOV. COOEE.
GoverEor Cooke, upon taking sre chair said
the meeting had been called for the purpose OF
PeTfoI ming the sad duty Of testfying to the
worth OF a great man who has lett US. The
value of the services rendered by him can never
be estimated, and the memory he has left be-
bind him VIII never be forgotten. After some
further eulOgsstic remarks the fiOyeTEJr closed
by stating that the resolutions would express
more iitungly the appreciation of ali his virtues
MT. Franklin Philip was elected secretary.
MI. Solcmons moved that a CON gnittee II tive
be appointed TO draft resolutions expressive of
the sense of the meeting; adopted, aHa the chair
sIpoIntei Mr. A s SoiomoRs, Dr. J. B. Bake
and N W. Burchell.
MIR. shepherd declining, Mr.. John W1lsen
Ess appointed ia his place.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
=. The committee retired, and shortly after re-
turned, when the chairman. Mr. Solonous pre-
sented resolutions that the citizens OF the Dis
niet CT Columbia have learned with sincere
sorrow oi T. e death of Salmon Portland Chase,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United states; that as Senator he was ever an
advocate or the peoples rights; as Secretary of
the Treasury, during the most critical period of
cur ee9ntry's history, he organized and sue
eessfully carried into effect the great financial
saved the people from bankruptcy; az Chief
Justice he added to the mstre OF his nsmA, and
has leit reputation as nonored as it will be en-
during; that coming among nearly a half
century ago, we gratefully recall the interest
he ever manifested in the welfare of this com
nunity; that his sympathetic nature male him
the friend and adviser OF The widow. the ornhan
and the frieDdless, and his kind social GuaI-
tiles are among the treasured recollection of
many OF our homes; that the citizens OF the
District, knowing him to be as good as great.
viii look upon his memory " as we look upon
the arch Of heaven-without a thought that it
Fan , eve. eecay OF ta. requesting the citizens
ternoon next, the day OF tue funeral: thai the
chairman OF the meeting appoint a conn ittee
OF ten to represent the people of the District ar
the obsequies; and thai the chairman comnn
nicate to the IA mily of the deceased this un-
feigned expression of our love and respect for
the late Chief Justice.
REMARKS OF Mr.. A. II. SHEPHERD
Mr.. A. X. shepherd addressed the meeting as
Follows; IL Is peculiarly hitting, Dir. Chairman,
that we should thus give expression to our feel
ings of sorrow for the sad occasion which has
brought us together to-day. In our history As a
city perhaps no public man more closely
identitsd with our local interests and our social
life than the late Salmon p. Chase. As Senator
Cabinet officer and Chief Justice be was the
nation s-not ours; and the nation remembering
MS eminent services, this day mOurns his loss
and will transmit him to history as one whose
patriotism never vayered - whose fidelity TO
duty was never questioned, and who was one OF
r. IaRf nal ants 81 ~
proud of him as public man, We of Washing
ton held him vet dearer As n neighbO- ami
friend: His kind feeling toward rs was often
public labors, he yet found time to aid, by his
PreseEse and counsel, projects devised in the
Interest of religion. education and charity. His
blameless life, his kindness of heart, his social
qualities, all combined to make him as attractive
in private life as he was distinguished in the
councils OF the nation. Let US here pay our
humble tribute To the memory OF this gre ~ man,
Who, though dead, will live in our hearts until
they shall cease their pulsations forever,
REMARKS OF DR.. c. c. cox.
Dr. z. G. Cox then delivered an eloquent
euloglum on the illustriOEs dead, in the course
of which he said The manner OF Mr.. ChIse's
death Is cause for congratulation rather than
regret, since he was spared the pangs and anx-
him there was no long twilight of suffering
through which 10 grope his way into the untried
world beyond. The broken circle OF life was
rounded at once into the fun, glowing orb of i'm
mortality. 'Sueh a death ;" In the language of
BostOn's great orator, when discOursing of the
last hours OF the great expounder, s'narrows the
dark valley To span Such Is a midsummer
day At the poles, where sunset melts into sun
rise, and the last ray of evening is caught up 70
appear as the first beam OF the new morning.,
Let rs while needing the lesson of mortality
which this lesson incuicates, remember the wise
cOunsels Of the departed. his lofty aims. his
rene, Christian life, his illustriOus achieve
ments, and endeayor to move forward in the
light OF his glorious example.
IMPRESSIVE REMARKS
were made by Nathaniel Hatch, Rev. Il. F.
Winslow, lwho represented the Young Mems
Christian Association ON this occasion.) q. ID.
Barrett, and @ :. u. Wall, the latter speaking
In behalf OF the cOlOred men, who regarded the
late Chief Justice a. one OF the most powerful
friends OF their race.
The resolutions, assubmitted, were then unan-
imously adopted
The Chair appointed as the committee to rem
FeseRt the District at the funeral on Monday:-
Aessrs. DIR. j. G. Hall, A. r. Shepherd. WV.
COrcoran, j. B. Blake. a. H. Herr, G. I'll. Mich
OILS, j. NJ. Langston, W. S. Cox, VIM Orme, and
H. A. willard.
Our CoIoRKD AMERICAN OPERA TROUPE
appear at Wallis opera house neat Monday and
Tuesday evenings in the pleasing opera, ." The
Doctor Of Alexandra" The company have even
Improved since their successful debut upon the
stage Of lincoln hall, and with the advantages