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CHANGE AGAIS-r a COLOEED PASTOR.
SaIah Frances Washington. n coiorei girl,
APPEARED before JUs:ce Kasmire y,-Sterda Y
aId 1T feTrCd grave charge against her
pastor. tie Rev. Willis Saswell Bowman Of
~. iauls African Church, Morrisania.
According u her story, on Thursday night
Bowman, who has "A ~ r. AID three children,
.EVi cd her Ia "a G walk. ani Oh reaching
an un1roqueu'ec part Of the neighborhood
began a recital of the troubles aud perplexi-
Ties OF his domestic life. He ended By be-
seechirg Sarah 20 elopo with him, wher
she declined he threw her down and tried 10
hiGhun her by threats OF further violence.
Sarah scre amed and was finally permitted
To go home. She Afterwards had Bowman
arrested. The accused denied the story, but
the magistrate held him for examination.
Bowman IS thirty-two years old aud sarah
tfteeu.-TN \. World. 2sfh
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A NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN IN CALI
FoRNIA. - The Hon. Anthony Eleckhoff
member OF Congress elect from the sixth
district OF New York, has been on a visit 10
this coast, travelling extensively through the
inferior. IN the city he has been The recipienf
OF distine shed attentions from our citizens
OF German birth, and last night was Accord
cd the compliment OF a serenade at the Cos
The cast Nm fronciso Eeaniner
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and We think he Is improving rapidly"
DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF Mr.. E. L. STAN
ToN-We regret to learn that Mr.. Ed win l..
Stanton, whose illness has been noted in the
STAR. is b 'ay very low, his isease having
last night taken still more unfavOrable
turn.
THE FIRST CABINET MEETING since the
Presidents return was held at noon to- lay
1t was unusually short, lasting only until
half-past one O'Clock. They did not decide
the question OF the Sitting Bull commission
as was intended. They received word how
ever, from General Terry that he we'll be
here to- morrow morning, and after his ar
rival all the definite Instructions AMI ar
rangements for the commission will be do
cided as soon as possible.
Mr.. BELLS LIBEL SUIT AG AINsr DANA
Assistant Secretary Bell. of the Interior de-
partment, to-day received notice from his
counsel in New York. in the matter of his
libel suit against Charles A. Dana. of the
New y Ork Sun, that Dana, through counsel,
had asked for another extension of time
This being the fourth extension asked for by
Dana, Nj. Bells counsel declined to consent
and the application will now go before The
court for determination. Mr.. Bell says the
trial OF the cause cannot be stpO1ed longer
than three years, and that he is determined
In bring Dana TO account, NJ matter how
often the trial may be postponed.
NAVAL ORDERs-Lieut. John c. Morong.
oiuCitu w uuts III tIdIBe OI the naval rem
devious, San Francisco, Cal Ensign How
ard s. Waring, 10 the Hartford, at Norfolk
Va; Lieut. kossuth Niles. detache from the
command of the coast survey steamer Bari
tara, and placed on waiting orders; Master
Alec McCrackin, from the coast survey
steamer Baton Rouge. and placed on wiiting
orders: Master NJ. Fisher Wright from tine
coast survey steamer Blake. a I'D placed on
waiting orders: Carpenter ID. w. Perry, from
the Pens acoa, North Pacific station, and or
deIcd to proceed home and await orders:
Carpenter IL. \. Williams, from the NJ are
lsIal navy yard, California, and ordered to
the Pensacola.
PERSONAL Senator Mcdonald, OF mi,
is at Willard's. The statement that G "
Campbell, third assistant Secretary OF Safe
is 10 be superseded is not credited. He is an
ohio man ard a good officer. 49, w. o. Fish
pack, Washington correspondent of the St
Louis Repubhcdn, will accompany the Sit
ing Bull commission as CORES pom lent for
several Eastern and Western influential
journals. - NJ mister Comfy left Columbus
for the Sandwich Islands last evening
intending IN stop for few days in Chicago.
Mrs. w. III. Clark and Miss A ggie
Clark, who have been spending the sum
Washington last night. The health of
Miss Aggie has been completely restored.
"A portrait OF Mr.. COrcOran, now at
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Is being
painted for the University of Virginia, by
Mr. Elder, a favorite Virginia artist. It is
described as ga lfe-siZe figure seated in an
arm chair, cOntemplative, reverend and b.
nevolent, very life-like, anu set on fiue
ckgrOund."
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GIN. GRO. W. GETTY, with battery I. 18th
artillery, arrived at Fort Monroe We sterday
from Cumberland, Md, and assumed COM
mand OF the artillery school ani post.
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INTERESTING 70 ETECrIYts-Whileth the
convict kuTr, whose disclosures have 50 blIs-
Tered The reputation OF English detectives
was under cross examination in the London
court, he was asked % give the names of an
Inc detectives TO whom he had paid money
he gave ten names and paused. Counsel
lo;o hlm 10 go on, and Then kurr asked a de
clGedly suggestive question: sDo YOU ws M
them in America. too"' There was a laugh
al This, and kurr was told that ne might
confine himself, for that occasion, 10 the
United Kingdom. IL is pity that he was not
allowed 10 make his story a tale OF two con-
unents by completing the list
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RESUMPTION IN THE PENNSYLVANIA
COAL REG !oSs.-Lindermf y, Skeer a Co..
three colliers al Stockton, Pa, resumed work
10 day, practically on The same terms as
those under which the men OF Pardee & Co.
have been working during the strike. These
Terms provide Tor reStOra;t ion OF the I2k pei
cent. reduction o. the LIST of September the
advance IN the price OF coal having warrant
al th!S action. {. r. ShDcner & Co miners
at Beaver Meadow. resumed work yester-
cay, The l. per cent. having been restored
with The understanding that after the LIST OF
september the wages shall be controlled by
Tie price et coal, thereby virtually returning
Ia The Old basis or sliding scale. THESE ar
Tangements virtually end thu strike in the
Length reg onS. Tie difference Of plans pGr-
sued by TIE different companies shows an
airs nee OF CONT nation on the part of the
operators, each having evidently determined
20 act INDEPENDENTLY.
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POISONOUS TOADSrOOLs.-At Merideu,
Conn, Valentine Kane and his two children
were poisoned by eating toadstOols for mush-
rooms on Wednesday. The children died
ThuyBdAy night.
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CINCINNATI, ~, August q -Tle body OF
j. ii. Mackey was eXhumed to-day, and ex-
amined by Drs. Wood, of Cincinnati, and
Daneron, of Newport, Ky. The result of the
examination cOnN Inces everybody that death
was caused by congestion of the brain. The
part of the skull supposed TO have been frac
tured was examined through q microscope,
but did not show Ike slightest fracture a
man who registered as w. N. Bryan, of War
zen county, Mo, took passage at s. Lou Cd
The steamer Mary Miller, a packet plying
between that port aud Cincinnati, as she was
leaving there the middle Of last week. HIS
actions were SO strange and his talk and
manner SO excited that he was closely watch
ed. TWAS feared that he would attemp t sui
eide, rs be continually talked of trouble with
"his woman" The boat landed temporarily
at RosfOn, a small town some miles below
Louisville, Ky, and Bryan rushed up the
bank with his gun and left all his other
effects Oh board. Ii is suggested that this
man may have been Mackey.
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BALTlMoBE, MD, August ZS-DurIng the
recent strike on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road The Sixth Reg ment, two companies OF
which fired into the rioter, and dad Suca
fatal execution on the evening OF Friday
July 10Th, was not afterwards called mic
service. although two new regiments and an
artillery company were enlisted and on
active duty several weeks. In the meantime
II was ruInored that the regiment woIld dis
band, and morning paper says: A full
meeting OF the officers of The Sixth Regiment
was held last evening at the armOry, Col
Peter, presiding. The determination TO dis
band, as expressed at a recent meeting, was
reaff1rmed. A resolution was also adopted
Endorsing the course pursued by Col. Peters.
Some time was spent In leave takings among
the officers; after which they quietly sepa-
rated, and the Sixth Regiment, as . military
organization, was at an end. The resigna-
tons will be forwarded to Adjutant General
Bond during the present week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

THE FAMINE IN INDIA does not abate in
the principal districts, and the absence of
rains leads to the belief that the worst has
not yet been reached. The Madras famine
alone has cost the Indian government the
expenditure of forty millions OF dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

SENATOR THURMAN expresses the belief
says the one point causing any IN certainty
IL the wOrkingmen's movement and It's re-
suits, and his Information is that IL will
probably work favOrably to the democrats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER G ENERAL
IYNER Is making tour of New England
W tn his wife, and will not return under two
or three weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

GEN. A. III. TERRY arrived at Chicago from
St Paul yesterday, and left night for Wash
ingtOn. where he will receive instructions re-
garding the Sitting b Ill com omission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

TktNToN, August %. - Che republican
state executive committee have called the
stale convention TO nominate . candidate for
governor, TO be held In this city on the 25Ah
day Of September next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

SUICIDE FIRM FEAR OF LINGERING
DEATH.-Patrick NcKenna, a pat ient ia the
Homeopathic Hospital on Wards Island.
committed suicide Thurday evening, by
shooting himself in the head. Mekenna ha a
been suffering from phthisic for several
months and the doctors had told him he
would probably die. He became melancholy,
and in one OF his morbid mods procured q
revolver. About O'Clock Thursday. two
other patients, William Smith and Morris
Sullivan, being In the room, he shot himself
and was dead before medical aid could ar
rive. The deceased had q wife residing al Sd
avenue and 109th street in this city. IL Is said
that he had lived unhappily with her for
number of years.|N y Tribune, 2Jh.
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RICHNoND, IND August 2s.-At II O'Clock
io-day Gov. Bun bank sent to the A ssoc ,atei
Press r, preventative here the folio wing no
ice:-"S senator Morton has rested quite easy
hIs foreLoOn, sleeping most OF the line. aud
Zee from pain. We feel confident that he is
geitii better every hour. and satisfied that
lie is cut of danger and Will recoYer.v
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MURDERS by JOSEPHs BAND-Where is
HCUmds Dispatches from Helena, Monta-
na, report that Joseph's band OF hostiles As
struck two parties Of white settlers, killing
sixteen persons and carrying OFF two wome n
and one man prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

THREE STAGE ROBBERS on the Cheyenne
stage route were arrested in Deadwoo1,
Dakota territory. yesterday. One of the rob
bers resisted arrest, and shot Officer May
through the arm. The fire was returned, a nd
the rObber was then shot through the body.
He Is thought to be fatally wounded.
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A GENITAL PARK MYsTERY-S'Ry1s lrr
Disappearance Of q Redu'Uul lUusg WDmIa.-
A New York dispatch OF yesterday says.-A
Mrs. Ninotte Andrews, n mighty refined and
educated lady, aged % years. has q isap reared
since August IL. She Is o. English birth. A
This is one of the most singular cases that
ever came TO my notice." Then he took from
his pocket the photograph OF a light com
pleXioned, sunny haired woman. upon whose
lips was smile OF serene happiness. This
was taken when She was young" he ada 81 q,
''but she is to-day as beautiful as she was at
that time, though Cei face l. more care-wOru
ard her eyes ave strange and wild. She has
been married to Cuban about three years.
soon after Their marTi7g The " &c began 10
81 Ow symptoms OF insanity. She walked
about the house Ia IN 2imleSs wav. saving
nothing and paving 10 attention 10 anything.
She was perfectly quiet and never ma IL any
trouble. IL was a kind OF passive insanity,
and no one would notice anything wrong
unless he was long in her company. She
lived happily with her husband, and each
was pass lunateiy foCd of the otner. As the
hot weather set in Mrs. Andrews beca me a
frequent visitor at Central Park. Sne wan
dered in listless way up aud down the
shady walks. On the 10th OF August she
arose early and ate breakfast with her hus-
band. After be had gone down town she
donned her walking habit and stole quietly
into The street. She took car for Central
Park, and was noticed by friends as she
passed down path to the menagerie. When
last seen she was standing in front OF an
animal cage gazing vacantly at the animals
Since that day every effort has been made
Detectives have been working steadily, but
have obtained no clue. 1t is my belief that
She has been lei away by evil persons, and
that she Is in some house in the city"
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Striking MINERS-The miners and Ia
bOrers of the Pennsylvania Coal Company,
at their meeting at PittstOn, Pa, yesterday
resolved not 10 go to work unless the com
pany complied with their demand OF 10 per
cent. advance per ton.
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DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF Mr.. E. L. STAN
ToN.-We regret TO learn that Mr.. Ed win l..
Stanton, whose illness has been noted in the
STAR. IL t. -1ay very low, his isease having
last night taken a still more unfavorable
INV
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~And now they refer to Howard m
"Great Expectations"
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SENATOR MoRroN's CoNDIrroS.-Sec-
ond Assistant Postmaster General Brady re-
ceived the following telegram from r ch-
moDd, Indiana, at IL O'Clock this morning:
"Senator Morton is still better this morning,
and " G think he is improving rapidly"
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BALTIMORE, August zs.-sirsinis .ixe-, old, -
DO ~efvIIoG. 5a: 10. con-o.idatai, 6, d.. s-cou
series, ~. North OBronns skies, Odd, - iii %
cay. sugar sCtINe snd Il IN, lU-s siO's
BALTIMORE, august n -,JOgiOG NJ Ber-midiliag
llail's. Eif>r hrHsvr but not Gur-.bIy IN sil-r
Wheat, . uja-sH steady and n. IA, western ACTIVE
ara love U.llcrn red, g. ina IS; d.. Fuitg )
al 10, Go. smb 7, GOALS, No 2 western VIZ re-.
4. rpt. Ias-s; August, Is, September, s.
OCT be, SUs bid, tie. m"r, III. OJrur sIu'h-fu
Uu'l Al d sE'aty, western We, trneT a hig er-
-soLtheIr white, tSaa, do. yellow. sass; ~--tert
mixtd, sFo' ard August, 81: Sept mber. 81 : -
oc'OeeT. Ssh' s',smer, n ni'nsiIy Il. Oats u.a-.
an iikLer-WesieIn white, -; do miNel, 81 81
Ry pUlet- 60. tbay dull AMI uuchs ugei Prov sion
.u,rt ard uncf snged Bauer unchanged. Pr;r.
leun--cTuce ste-dy. IA retn-1 hrnier. % 1skI3'.
Coffee quiet and uncha' ged. Whisky an . IS,
Rsceipt.-F Flour. fOo, - beat, 9j,s5: corn. "A 90
cats, 90: re, 60. Shipmept--Whe,;, Us 30
corn. 2llc9.
NV yoRE. August 2s.-Stocks strong Money,
3s. Gold nIis kxCbsBse. I. rs. ~ >. saGrt S5sis
Governments firm and fraction niger
NEW YjfT, August 2S-FlOur steady. Wheat
SPIT stead. failures :, and NJ iOSer. Corn Ua
settled and a cent lower.
IoNroS, August -, L. 81 Q. m.-U. bonds
1877 l09. Erie raj way 1t do. preferred. l9.s
LIVERPOOL. August =. 2:0 p. -l.-BT cal = MI
hIm. Com c6s 81 ais. per IGatter Tor mixed
western. heat u. I'd a'2-4d pCrceuta fer aversg,
CT orniA hits i2- "a abs Jaiiior 1 cluh, ani
lie ais Sd, for red winter. Bacon, 5js Tor lOag
clear miCdles.
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wII.LET 4 LIBBEY,
Oes,ser Strth street and Netc York are,sue.
tyHu Opposite Northern Liberty Market.
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-BAY-lntsr-
nal revenue, s195 CPS 50; customs, s6O1 ,46O II.

AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to day were Representatives Watson and
o.Nein, Of Pa ; Senator Bruce, OF Miss, and
hon. j. ID. Defrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

ARMY ORDERS. = Leave OF Capt T. j.
Gregg, I'd cavalry, is extended five months
for disability; leave granted Second Lieut..
&. Lloyd, 18th infantry, is extended i've
months.
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SENATOR MORTON.
He Il Muela Rettar

RICHMOND, IND August Since one
O'Clock this morning, ard up to 9o'clock,
senator Morton has rested com fortably
Gov. Burbank has telegraphed Presiden:
Hayes as follows Senator Morton is
much better this morning, and is improving
We all feel confident of his recovery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-28

AMONG THE WAsHINGrONIANs regis
tered at Jordan's White Sulphur Springs.
Va, are Mrs. ID. w. Middleton and family.
Mrs j. &. Maury, Miss Jolly, Mrs. McRob-
er and family, Pay Inspector Carpenter,
ID. Campbell Morrison, j. y. Wa ,gaman and
wife, Mrs. l.. X. Camp, Elisha r. Camp.
Mrs. rnst klnny and the Misses Kinnv
Mrs f.. c. Eadie, and j. II ,rriso1: from
Georgetown, Mrs. j. NJ. X. Welsh
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MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER.

NEW OMNIBUS LINE.
~ On and after this date will rua o DAILY
LINK Of nrst-class C9Sy ey alces from the sY.f3Sa
street cars. corner fenusy Nv sniS avenue Xk -
and eth street east D. Cos grts-iopa Gem ~
terry ana New jail, !esy j. every ~ minutes. are
i've cents.
sagIO I'm GEO. W. KNOX.
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THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARDERs.
Col. Thos. Anderson, of the late Louisiana
returning board, and Col. CAN'T left here last
night for New Orleans via Cincinnati. j.
Madison Wells still remains here To look
after an $4,000 claim he mas against the
United States. He had pleasant interview
with the President yesterday.
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-HO VIM
Walsh, of the sixth Mary and congressional
district, announces that a competitive exam
mat ION will be held at Cumberland Septem-
Der Il. for the appointment 10 a cadetsiip at
West Point Military Academy
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=.
Paris, OHIO, about O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, 81 shoemaker named Louis Dash at
tempted 10 murder his wife by cutting her
throat with razor. Afterwards he cut his
own throat. severing the jugular vein, and
died. Mrs Dash cannot recover.
STOLEN BANK NOTES RETURNED-As ox
containing the notes stolen from the Reese
willie IN " ational bank was returned 10
II by express yesterday. The robbers also
" closed letter saying the money had been
disposed of, and the bonds were where all the
detectives in America could not find them.
A MURDKRER's APPEAL.-Henry WAh-
len, the murder OF Max Hoehne, at Elm Sta
ton, Pa, appealed To the German Society of
Philadelphia TO furnish him with the means
OF defense. At q meeting of the board II was
decided that the society was not intended to
provide defense for criminals.
X. There was a large gathering of
Ohio, to take part In the triennial cOnvoca-
ton. An address of welcome was delivered
last 0 evening nI by Rufus u p sPaulding, fol.
the order takes place to-day.
THREE STAGE RoBBERs on the Cheyenne
stage route were arrested in Deadwoot,
Dakota territory, yesterday. One of the rob
bers resisted arrest, and shot Officer May
the rObber was then shot through the body.
He Is thought to be fatally wounded.
STRIKING MINERs.-The miners and la
bOrers of the Pennsylvania Coal Company,
at their meeting at PittstOn, Pa, yesterday,
resolved not 10 go to work unless the COM
pany complied with their demand OF 10 per
cent. advance per ton.
ONE OF THE SEvEKESr STORMS for years
visited Lowell. Mass, yesterday. Rain fell
In torrents, with hail stones the size of mar
bles. Lightning struck the tall tower Of the
Booth mills, demolishing the upper windows,
and did other damage.
THE FAMINE IN INDIA does not abate in
the principal districts, and the absence of
rains leads to the belief that the worst has
not yet been reached. The Madras famIn ne
alone has cost the Indian government the
expenditure of forty millions OF dollars.
MURDERS BY JOSEPH's BAND-Where is
HCiCdId: dispatches from Helena, Monta-
ia. report that Joseph's band OF hostiles has
struck two parties of white settlers, killing
sixteen persons and carrying Off two women
and one man as prisoners.
SENATOR THURMAN expresses the belief
that Ohio will go democratic this fall. He
says the one point causing any un certainty
IL the wOrkingmen's movement and It's re-
suits, and his Information is that 1t will
probably work favOrably to the democrats
POISONOUS ToADsrOoLs.-At Meriden,
Conn, Valentine Kane and his two children
were poisoned by eating toadstOols for mush-
rooms on Wednesday. The children died
ThnrsdAw night
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SECRETARY SHERMAN, in conversation
yesterday, abiding to h s visit To OHIO. OBJ
served that he was very much graft ied at
the prospects of the republican party In that
state; that he had had AL opportunity to CON
verse with the lead ing men of the party and
he had reached the conclusion that In
chances OF republican victory were very
favorable; that the democrats were much
divided upon local issues, while the republi-
cans were organized and determined to lose
10 chances of success.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-20
Death Of Cant. E. Wells.

This gentleman died at his residence in
Port Tobacco, Nd, on Friday of last week,
in the Goth year of his age. He was the
editor and proprietor of the Times, one of
the most reliable and prosperous journals
ID the State. We knew the deceased
well, having been intimately associated
with him on several occasions, and always
found him to be man of spotless charac-
ter. When he died Charles county lost
one of its best citizens; not only as christ
ian, but in the everyday life, did he ex-
hibit his true nobility of character. By his
courteous manner he drew around him the
most devoted friends, while in his family he
was the idol around which chung loving and
devoted wife and children. The Mary
land Editors Association has lost one Of
its Oldest and most efficient members, and
society one of its brightest ornaments.