The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-08
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sss; yvneaeverhss sense u duty pointeo she
yay, there was he sure to tread. BY him
.dyersaries were uncounted, and results
we're ,,ncalculated His lips never express
I'd It, but his manner seemed to say WIFE the
young princeof Tyre:
alike bold champion, assume the lists,
Nor ask advice OF any other tn9ugbt
/. AN Tho levity ;s taken from the routine OF
con gressional eulogy by the remarks OF MI.
He began by saying that one
week before he had been requested by MIR.
to address the House On the
resolutions in respect to the death OF MI.
Ferry., Now his friend Mr.. Starkweather
was dead; and, mourning the double ioss'
Mr.. Garfield begged permission to read re-
marks prepared by Mr.. Starkweatiler on tue
death OF Mr.. Ferry rather. than atteinRt 10
express his own sentiments. The tribute
OF. Mr.. Starkweather to Mr. Ferry was the
last effort OF his pen.
Mr.. Starkweather prepared brief DO
graphical sketch OF Mr.. Ferry by moraliz'
ing upcn the vacancies by death IN the SEN
ate, rs follows:
~Twsce within few months death mas
invaded the sanctuary OF our hearts ana
taken from us our trusted public servants
and most honored citizens. No two men OF
this generation among all the honoreo
names Of our Commonwealth could toucu
so many homes with personal loss. ME
their work here is finished, there Is lett &c
us the reflection that for this life our plea
SAINT relations are severed forever.
"sAround us each discovered chain @E's
In sparkling ruin lies,
And earthly hnnds can nc'er again
Unite the broken ties
1Mr. Ferry had strong religious eie
ment in his nature. 1t was most beautlfu
and grand, amid falling strength and Ions
years of pain, to hear him discourse OF
".Rest ut last.
Rcposc complete, eternal
Love, rest and home
~No cloud obscured the effulgencc OF his
hone or dimmed his vision. Clear and mgt
his intellect and his faith rose above al
storms and darkness, and sustained nm IL
sweet companionship amid the unrevealet
mysteries OF pain. AS his end drew neal
he came back to his home, after brie
absence. There, under his own roof, will
the angels OF his household about him, lii
passed to his rest.
"Thinking Of trials past, and knowing
as we do. how well he had wrought for tho
future, trusting in the merits Of his deal
Lord, he could repeat the sweet lines:
"'Bcyond the parting and the meeting
shall he soon;
Bcyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond this pulses fever beating,
! shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet hope!
lord larry not but come.
/ "sBeyond the frost-chain and the fever,
l shall be soon:
Beyond the rock waste and the river,
| Beyond the ever and the never,
/ shall be soon.
Love. rest, and bome
Sweet hope
|, Lord, tarry not, but come"
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR.
MI. Springer, of Illinois, had a tilt at the
| Diplomatic and consular bill, in which he
exhibited several vouchers OF presents ano
contingent expenses to be footed by the tax
payers OF the country. Then he grew funny
and poetical over the omission OF pro
vision for Greece in that bill-thc consular
and diplomatic, not the bill of presents, &c
Mr.. Springer makes all manner OF sport Of
John Meredith Read, MiniSser-resident al
the Court OF Greece. He read and com
mented upon letter to Secretary Fish from
that gentleman, in which the details OF {
magnificent ball that took place in Athens
were given. On that occasion, the letter
states, Mr.. Read chad the honor to he Sc
lected to lead contra-dance with thu
Oueen"; adding: "The spacious salons
| were filled at lalf-past $, and the festivities
continued until half. past in the morning.
Upon this Mr.. Springer imagined thu
Minister singing what must have sounded
| to the inhabitants there as Greek would tt
us, the American refrain
1--WE won't go home till morning,
TIL daylight doth appear"
Mr.. Springer reads further from the di
plomatic correspondence, showing that MIR
Read was entertained by the King an(
Queen in the. beautiful private apartment:
of their MaieSties, and says:
elf the people Of this country coult
have looked upon that group, which
might he fifty described in the touching
language OF John Hay narrating the finding
OF Little Brooches in the sheep-fold, they
would have
".Sccn them huddled there
So warm, and so sleepy, and white
"How did our Minister get there9 1t il
simply amazing. 1t must have been by
some providential interference, as was thu
case with Little Brooches, whose advent
into the sheep-fold was caused by the in
terposition OF angles
'"They Just scooped down and toted him
To whar 1t was safe and warn.'h
Dwelling further, in his speech upon thu
delightful sensations of the State Depart.
ment upon hearing that Mr.. Read hat
danced contra-dance with the Queen, Mr.
Springer concludes that some one must
have sent dispatch in reply, saying: