Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05

| JUDGES, lDEUtbLldi ClliktDs. AAll
not only the Postmaster General, but all of
his subordinates in the Department who
were supposed to have influence there. When
| General Jackson went on 10 Washington in
The winter OF 1889 10 enter upon the ofli,e
| ofPresident, they refused TO receive the usual
| fare from HIM, and not TO feel under o5liga
| tons 10 them he sent to Mrs. Stockton a pre-
sent Of greater value than the fare. His prl-
| vate secretary, Major Donaldson, refused 10
enter an extra coach, gratuitOusly offered 10
convey him and his party from Freierick
City To W Washington, until they had paid the
ordinary fare. 1t was these men who at
tempted 10 cheat me into q free passage from
| Frederick City TO Wheeling through instruc-
tons TO their agents. Few. however. declined
| the rendered freedom OF their coaches. and
thus II was that the executive, legislative,
and Judicial departments OF the government
| were In great measure filled with men
! whose money they had saved by this apper-
ent Hotrality. IL this was not CORFU ption
there is a moral difference between giving a
| man money for mis- influence or saving Ms
| money by valuable service, the OBJECT
being the same
! THE ORIGIN OF THE "GLoBE" NEWSPAPER
An interesting chapter is given to this
matter. Mr.. Kendall appears 20 have been
| the principal mover in the project, and he
| gave TO the Globe its famous motto, The
world is governed too much" 1t was first
started as a semi weekly paper, but the posi-
| ton tattained after the split with Dun Green
! required that il should BE- placed on an indie
| pendent footing and published daily; bat
Mr. Blair had not the means TO purchase the
| necessary materials. To raise the funds he
called on the friends OF the President in
| Washington, and elsewhere, who subscribed
| and paid in advance for six hundred copies
| at ten dollars per annum, and by this ard
the GLOBE was made a daily paper
Thus, first and last the GLOBE was eStab-
| llshed without dollar of capital Furnished
| 10y Its proprietor. and, as Mr.. Blair used 10
say, like the great globe we iuiab.t, W as ere
ated out OF nothing. Mr.. Benton is entirely
| mistaken In attTibuilng the origin OF the
Globe TO General Jackson. General Green is
/ equally ia error IN atfributtng H. 10 Mr.. Van
| bIIep or ms friends IL origlnated with those
! irlencs or General jackson who regarded
| measures more than men, and desired his re
| election for another four years, not so much
| for his own sake TO effect reforms in the
| government, which no other man was capa-
| he OF bringing about; chief of these was Its
| severance from the banking power organized
! and exercised under the charter OF the Bank
| OF tie United States
| REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
Considerable space is given 10 the history
| OF The great JacksOnian contest with the
| United States Bank, in which Mr.. Kendall
| took so important and effective part. Mr..
! Kendall sums up as the political conSe-
| querces OF that contest, that it "mlde Nj.
Van Buren President, Mr. fancy Chief jus
| tice Col. II. NJ. Johnson Vice President, Mr.
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| Attorney General, Mr.. Kendall Postmaster
| General; eXtineuished the last hope OF Mr..
| Clay Ia be President; aud, in conjunction
| with hGIlIncatiOn, it separated Mr.. Calhoun
| forever from the democratic and every other
| patriotic party, and lot him TO rest his fame
on the Incubation of doctrines which pro
| duced their bloody fruits in ISL"
| Mr.. KENDALL IN PRIVATE LIFE.
In May, 1910, Mr.. Kendall, finding that the
onerOus labOrS Ofhis position involved too Sc
| we're strain upon his delicate though elastic
! physical organization, resigned his Office.
and retired forever from public service. B1;
| his active mind must have soma employ
| ment, and after few months rest he began,
| in 1871, the publication, in this city, o. a
small sheet issued bi-weekIy, called ken
| dall's Exposition and 10 farming a. his sur
burban residence, Kendall Green - and in
| editing his paper, he found occupation for
both mind and body. His articles were noted
| for simplicity and vigOr, and his little paper
4 exerted a wide influence. He also undertook
TO collect material for a life OF Jackson. bat
| amid all his varied labOrs OF editing, writing
| and farming he was so embarrassed with pe-
| cuniary claims that in 1913, to extricate him
| sell, he formed partnership W tn his nephew
| John r.. Kendall. In general ella m aud real
| estate agency. But this business was irk
| some 70 his feelings, and necessity only re-
| conciled him TO il.
| CONNECTION WITH THE TELEGRAPH.
But while employed in the prosecution of
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| was IN state of much Encouragement IN
| regard TO his telegraph project. Professor
| Morse asked Mr.. Kendall for a proposition
| to take charge OF his telegraphic business
| The result was in March, ISIS, a contract be.
| tween the proprietors of three -fourths OF
| Morse's patent and Mr.. Kendall by which
| the latter was to receive commission of
| ten per cent. on the first hundred thousand
| dollars which might be realized from the
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fifty per cent. on all sums which might be
| thus realized over one hundred thousand dol
| lars. The contracting parties with Mr. Ken
dali were Professor Morse, who owned nine
| sixteenths, Alfred Vail, OF New Jersey, who
| owned two-siXteenths, and Rev. l.. ID.
| GAZE, of Washington, the proprietor
/ OF one sixteenth, the remaining fourth
having been previously conveyed by Prof.
4 Morse TO Hon. +. o. j. Smith, OF Maine.
Mr.. Kendall had now a field suitable 10 his
talents and coDgenial to his tastes; anu tIe
result was the attainment of an ample for
tune for himself and like pecuniary benefits
10 all interested in the patent. The noble
| use by Mr.. Kendall of that fortune in foster
| ing Christian, philanthroplc, and eiucatio al
| Institutions and enterprises, including the
| founding of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the
| Calvary Baptist Church, The Columbian
| pills Of the public schools. the endowmen. Of
!! mission schools, &c is matter too fresh in
| recollection TO need mention here.
But the very nrst year OF his prosperous
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| an event, the news of which was sem to him
over the same wires through which he was
| winning fortune. The telegraph conveyed
| TO him, with its usual cold-blooled aOr apt
| ness, the following distressing news:
| 80 O'Clock so minutes p. IA:
| Mr. William Kendall, son OF Hon. \ nos
| Kendall, was few minutes ago, met and
shot dead by Rufus Elliot, brother-in law OF
| John c. Rives."
Mr.. Kendall fastened 10 Washington and
| found the painful intelligence only too true.
| An alteration Of words with friend, begun
in jest, had resulted In a fearful tragedy.
| Mr.. Kendall to his last hours maintained
bis old Jacksonian fire of fervent patriot
| ism, and a series OF articles upon secession
| from his pen published in the EVENING
| STAR just prior to the rebellion, and at the
! commencement of the war, are distinguished
| alike for powerful argument and lofty pat
| riotism. To the last too, he was devoted to
| the memory of Andrew Jackson. He char
| actefized PartOn's Life of jackson as Carl
| caiure calculated to belittle the grand old
| hero, and expressed regret in his last days
| that he had not been able to carry out his
design OF writing that life himself.
We have in this running notice glanced
merely at the more popularity interesting
| features of the book. We can of course do
! 10 justice in such review to it's solid mer-