Wilmington journal., 1876-01-28
JUDGE PERDEW.

: prefer to be the executors of their ow
estates aud administrators of the
own charities. He is the we
known benefactor of Perdew Uni
versity in Indiana, and actuall
gave it, l am :n,d, $3.50. 900. A Soutt
erner could not help looking with IL
terest upon a man who had $50, 90
to give away and who actually di
give it away; and one who had the re
storation Of the Univt rsity of his owl
State deeply at heart could not hell
wishing there were many Peraew
nearer home, to hasten the happy da,
with generous donations. The OLE
gentleman was fond of talking upol
any and ell subjects, but who woult
would tire of a man, that had takel
$3.50, coo from his pocket and given
away In the cause Of education
GENERAL HOOKER, U. s. a.
Aud General Hooker is here too
Sighting Joe Hooker, he who com
mande;! the Federal army at the bat
tie of Charlottesville. But ne has
doubtless fought his last fight. He is
quite an Old man, whose white hail
aud ruddy face remind one Il thep:ct.
lures Of Sir Walter Scott. The Gener-
al mere IOE I0liS1 IiOul
i'll his right side, but has not fonnd it.
H. is now suffering from an attack of
erysipelas in his right leg. He is very
sociable aud genial, aud esps cially
complimentary and kindly in his ex-
presslons in regard to southern people,
but the old gentleman is kind aud po-
htc to all, having gracious word of
thanks for every little service rendered
l. 70 /,
married a young lady who soon died,
leaving h1'n a large fortune. He has
no one here with him but his privata
secretary, who 1 believe, is ID no way
re..ted to him. The old man is very
free, and very public in the expression
Oh sle opinions he entertains III regard
to men and measures. General Sher-
man he thinks has has depreciated,o or at
best damned with faint praise every
Federal Officer whose military repnta-
tion seemed likely to rival his own in
popular estimation. And as for Grant,
he says "who would De President
when Henry Clay could hot be elected
once and Grant has been twice
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
One OF the chief pleasures of the
winter has been a novel one, novel at
least to Hot Springs, that is to say the
pleasure Of seeing a real live legisla-
ture The Goth of November was the
happy day on which the assembled
wi, dom of Arkansas first illumined
this valley. The Legislators came
down to see the narrow gauge road, to
see this beautiful city as they had the
generous che ek to Call it, to Sc with
their own eyes this great American
Spa. this wonder of the world. OF
course there was a public meeting and
speeches of welcome and speeches in
reply thereto, profusely grateful for
cordial greeting and refined hospital
ity, and t,en there was something to
eat and something to drink, everybody
Was happy, everything was lovely and
as Babcock would say, ''the goose
hung altitudelum. On the Dist our
honOred guests left US and it took ten
deer for their breakfast that morning,
at least our house bought ten noble
bucks the day before and it was said
it would take that many to get steaks
enough to go GROUND next morning
aud venisou is no rarity here either.
THE EVERLASTING NEGRO.
But there Is no rose without a thorn,
and with this, as with so many other
Southern roses, the thorn was black
one. Among the legislators were some
negroes, aud the question was what to
do with them. Not, even If they were
honorable Ark 4nsas legislators, would
the guests of the hotel be willing to
breakfast or dine with negroes. Nor
were our landlords of that stvle, and
accordingly the colored gentry were
put in the attic to sleep, and given
separate chamber in which to take
their meals. At this treatment they
complained yery much whlic here and
after their return to Little Rock. But
this was a mere passing cloud.
EYES LOOKED LOVE TO EYES THAT sPAKs
AGAIN.
1t was leautifuI to hear the COM
mittee Of welcome and the Legislators
complimeuting each other. Surely
thera never had been such legisla-
ture, and surely Hot Springs was the
most beautiful place i'll the State, and
certainly destined to be the capital,
and IN few years to have / popula-
tion of fifty thousand; i'll a word the
Bajen Baden of America. On, how
pleasant 1T is to see brethren dwell to-
gether in unity; before it was all over,
[ came to the conclusion that "chin
music" as they call it, was as cheap
here as elsewhere. But there is one
incident of the Arkansas Legislature
that al legislatures cannot boast of,
that Is to say veritable sergeant at
arms, and especially one dressed in gen
uiue buckskin breeches with leather
fringe, some inch and half wide down
the outer seams of his trousers legs.
1t was a very remarkable costume, the
g -
North Carolina, at least in the leg sIa
ture, for many long day.
IORTH CAROLINA MODESTY.
But talking about the legislative
visit calls t. mind the fact that for
modest rln tssuming dIffident people,
No. tn Carolinlans have singular fa-
Guilty for getting into all the best and
most honored positions wherever they
settle away from home. The chief
speaker on the part of the Committee
of welcome was Major u, G. LHtta who
fin saw the Ii ght i'll the old North
State. Aud so it was Oh the other
si,.>. Perhaps the most prominent It
member of the Legislature is Colon.
Jess 9 Turner the Senator from Or w
ford county and chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee. He was
certainly tie best speaker of the many
who aired their oratory while here and
| WAS universally spoken of as the next
| governor of the State. And he too Is
genuine Tar heel having been born
and raised i'll that portion of the good
old county ri Orange, now called Ala
nance. Another very prominent man
young one but a universally popular
ore is Colonel Lucien @. dauza, now
representative in Cong ess from this
| Stare. He too IS a North CarolIniar
having been born in Brunswick county
His career has been a most honorable
one Entering the army az private
he fought his way to the Colonelcy o.
his regiment. After the war ended hs
returned to the prantice of law, wal
elected To the ast Congress but no
permitted to take his seat. He wa
reelected to the present Congress and
Is now at his post. The Cape Feal
has right to be proud of her son.
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