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A CENTURY

10 almost beyond Tho oxlstcuce OF anY American
bnaness house, but for this long period Walter
D&kes i Co. great Chocolate manufactory has
been pride to noston. Increasing yrars sdd tsstt.
Inonials Ut excellence from ali paris Of tho world.
Their goods arc Tor aAte al uxer tho country, and
are aeycfyeuIY pouutaf. .' '- -
, 1877-07-21
RURHEI1's COLOGNE

IL Of tho bess quslIly and il Oiled In elegant bot.
ties Ut superior auiah aud beauty. It Is offered In
popular sEzes and II popular prices. This refresh.
Ing perfume il thus brought within the rcacl of
every one. II Ia prepared from The pures& and beat
materials, and with the utmost care.
In quarter aud hAlf.plnts, ptnts, and quarts. In
baskst stylc. cork and glass shoppers.
, 1877-07-21
NOTICE TO THE LITTLE BUTTERFLIES.

NOTICE TO THE uJIlE BUTTERFLIES.
All ahs MIasea aud nlHatets who Woulu appear In
that larse stunp copclIa ihs photographer 10 get.
tug up Of those who took part 1t the lata butter
1y Ball. should ut Ut ouce II tho picture 10 rapidly
nearing completion.
, 1877-07-21

THE ROOT 4 SONS MUSIC co.
offer speesst Inducements 70 puEchAsefs, st whole
aala aad tetal Of sheet mus!e, music hooks. vlo.
ltas, 1altars, and all kinds OF musical Instruments.
General sgsuss for tho Standard oIgan and Weber
plano. Quality gu.faaleed. No, l5v ktAte street,
, 1877-07-21
SUBURBAN.. .


An adjourned meeting of thu hoard OF Trnstces
was held Tuesday evening. President shcrw,n In
tho chair. Four bids were received for lighting tho
street. lamps. The bid Of ltuebstone at "a cents
was acceptcd. Trustee Wood offered tho follow.
Ing. which Was adopted:
Rtsnfttf That the Committee on Police Of the VII.
laKn BE- and 4fo hereby Ea1e and constituted nohftt
OF lfr1tt with pOWtf 10 ACT In tDnnuct4Un with tha
Village MArsllll In all cnses u nuisance matter
A1alHsE thc rNh or wholesome tnJeYtat Of the cit
0f the SttlA9t and t1lGne 10 according tu tho
or'ilnsEecs thereon Without delay.
Gn melton of Trustee Robt tue Vi1n:e Marshal
was Instructed to canso all persons to restrain
helr CATTLE from running lafgo in the streets OF
the Village. Ths annual appropriation blu was
tcFett OH Artcslan-welt Dunaa, $500: contingent
fund. $500. TN n,otlon. Trustees MaShuws. Go.
burn. and ltnttler weru appointed n committee to
procure place for Board meetings And furnish tn.
same.
y general summary Of tho business Of The corpora
t!on fof the part year u a. follows:
AIn1nht collected "a fEf
IA!H nt 2ola
uci!n4uent taA anou1l& toe. .45l
Lsh.f.ca artestAn wr1t bon4s. TN
0fgef1 0nt on lS
....S5, 100
EVANSTON.
, 1877-03-31

RELIGIOUS INSANITY 7jib3MG of
the lst inst. said: A lew weeks ago, 4
young muR who had been attending the
revival services Mt Chicago, shot himself
ut his boarding house wlnle singing
"Swcet hye-Nnd.hye." A commercial
traveller who had listened to Mr. M0ody's
sermons in the same city, left his room
in an Evansville, Ind, hotel one evening
last week, walked down stairs, without
20 much Us Il collar to protect him from
the cold, and informed the clerk that he
was going out doors to do penance Tor
his sins. Religious excitement had
crnzed his brain. On Saturday night, a
Young man who had lost his reason
through the same cause, made desperate
attempts to wreck n train on the Erie
Railway. After forcing open the switch
and 0bstructing the track near the
bridge, he seated himself 0u q freight car
and waited for another AshtNhula hor-
ror, which happily did not come TO pass
When he was arrested, he remarked that
he had been reading about Mr. Bliss
death and was ANXIOUS to see n big acCi-
dent. These incidents illustrate the
dangers that are inseperahle from emo
tional religion. Mr.. Moody is practical
man, and breaches common sense.
broad daylight gospel. He aims To en-
kindle Christian zeal rather thnn relig-
ious excitement. But his audiences are
large and it is not strange that the over
wrought enthusiasm Of nn iIl,balanced
mind ends in insanity. To say that re.
vivals pave more paths to lunatc usy-
iums than to heaven is cruel folly. BIT
the leaders of the Boston movement can
not he too cautous. Let them make
their movement what their leader designs
it to be, arevival OF wholesome, practicat
Christian work.
, 1877-03-31

ORATOR AND NEwsPAPER.-Comparc
the orator, one of the noblest vehicles
Tor the diffusion Of thought, with the
newspaper, and you may gain faint
glimpse of the ubiquitous powers of the
latter The orator speaks to few hun
dreds, the newspaper addresses millions,
the words of the orator may die in the
mir, the language of the newspaper is
stamped on tablets imperish BILE as mar
blei the arguments OF the orator may
follow each other SO rapidly that the
majority Of the audience may struggle in
n net of ratiocination, the reasoning OF
the newspaper may be scanned Mt leisure
without q fear of perplexity; the passion
of the orator influences an assembly, tac
feeling of newspaper electrities ii con
tinent; the orator is for an edfice, the
newspaper for the word-the ene shines
for an hour, the Other glow for all time;
the orator may be compared to lightning.
which flashes over a valley for n moment,
but it leaves ii again in darkness the
newspaper to a sun blazing over the
whole earth, and fixed on the basis of its
own eternity. Printing has been hap
PLY defined as the art which preserves
arts. Printing makes the orator more
than an orator. 1t catches up his dying
words, and bresthes in,o them the
breath Of life. 1t is the gallery through
which the orator thunders in the ears OF
ages. lie leans from the tomb owe. the
cradle OF rising generations.
, 1877-03-31

AN HONEST BoY.-Tbe Detroit FIRE.
hcss tells the following story about II
good boy' He stood on the corner
OF Campau and Jefferson avenues, when
q policeman came along and pointing to
a box at bis feet, this good hoy said
"The farmer who lost that off his
sleigh will ieel awful bad. Is'pose you'll
take 1t TO the station, won't you 2"
" You are an honest boy" replied the
officer. "Some boys wbuld have lugged
that box home. Yea, III take il to the
station Il was u stout box, weighing
over eighty pounds, snd when the officer
set 10 down at the station house all his
bones sCked. Some said it was butter,
and some said cheese and so it was
opened. The centents were cobble-sto ones.
The officer ran all the way back, and ho
spent hours looking Tor the good hoy,
but without any luck. The g. b. knew
his business.
, 1877-03-31

Don't work too hard. Don't work so
hard chat you cant go home at night
ana jaw ar0ind IL supper isn't ready
and have strength to kick things around
and get up after supper feeling renewed
strength, snd 60 down town and play
billiards tifF 1 o'clock and come home
and sleep till Q, No, don't work too
hard. u is best to have little pleasure
as wesi IS work In she world, and, be
sides, woSt breaks down the constit's,
NiSn.
, 1877-03-31

CLEANLINESS NOT NEXT TO GoDLI-
NEss.-No devout Spanish woman da.es
to bathe without the permission of her
father confessor, hence her neck is too
frequently ornamenied with dirty stripes.
The aversion to cleanliness came for
ward in the time Of the anchorites, and,
indeed, whole sects of that epoch con-
demned ahlutions s heathenish, and
we're lauded because they wore their
clothes SO long that they rottej TO pieces
and fell off them, or because their skin
became as "pumiCe stone," from she
crust of dirt on it. The superstition
that cleansing the body soils tire sml
still exists among the women of those
Christian nations wbleh have long car.
ried ON conflicts with she Mohammedans
on whom the Koran enjoins frequent alb.
lutions. A female Bulgarian ID per
mitted to wash only once in her lSs--on
the day Of her wedding and in most
South sclavonian families the girls are
rarely allowed to batbe, the women
never. II Is not surprising to leagn that
with them the pig is the pet os the
household.
, 1877-03-31

MKm1aKTN1spSkv1kuurEsy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. zzz
method Of discussion is coming to be no
longer force or words, but deeds and
lives. Can your simpler religion pro-
duce holy lives. Can your supposed
perilous position prove itself safe, not by
arguments, a.lirmations or dcnnls, but
as commencing itself through the power
Of its love, joy, peace and other virtues
| You believe, on the other hand, certain
doctrines OF opinions important. Men
are not to be persuaded with proof texts,
but rather as your doctrines give you
character, which without them they
fail to secure.
You see Gods check against error.
Whatever false views of truth, lack of
conformity to nature, or want Of har-
m0ny with Cod somewhere and sooner
or later, is shown in mems lives. II
righteousness and love in any respect
really depend on single idea from
which men to-day may he drifting
away, lie sure, though this present reac-
tion may go on for II century, yet the
tidal wave OF human progress shall re-
turn again towards any lost or forgotten
truth which mems souls need.
Two or three points in conclusion. The
people of this generation care httlc for
past issues, The Baptist separation, the
divisions of Old School and New, the
Unitarian controversy, the Universalist
protests, these questions subsde when
ministers 0f religion anxiOusly ask dem.
onstration of their faith in God, and
when the reality and the hepfulness OF
religion itself are involved Mean While
TO many the vision seems TO grow clear
that religion is more simple, more com.
prehens've and more natural than the ar.
tifciai systems through which it has been
only shadowed.
We care little, also, for UNCONVENTIONAL
lines. Except us they indicate methods
and church government, they seem no
longer to Indicate true distinctions.
Neither are'people going TO travel from
one sect.ine to another for truth and
freedom to day. They can commonly
work out freedom and truth where they
are. Many of us use these names already
only under protest. We object to pro.
tess peculiarity in opinions upon which
thousands of other names are really as
one with us. We do not love even to
seem to stand as secretaries when the
Broad Churchmen are everywhere.
Finally, what people want 60 sec
proved to-day is not negatives 1t does
not help them veiy much to batter Mr..
Moody's theology. But they are inter.
ested to know how the grand elements
of true character-integrity, earnestness.
humility, love-can be won and devel.
oped. They would like to lie shown
that they do not depend upon dogmas
and theologies. If then we possess the
spirit of candor, discussing for truth not
for victory; If we are ready to lear new
truth or to recover old truth neglected !;
if we love and serve people; if our
conceptions OF truth inspire genuine en-
thusiasm if we are generous and appre.
ciative of goodness wherever found ;
above all, if our lives have in them the
power of helpfulness, and are them selves
both proof and revelation OF God-we
shall thus he the best possible demon
stration of the delight, the safety and
the truth Of liberal faith.
| -e-A-e--s
CLEANLINESS NOT NEXT TO GoDLI-
, 1877-03-31

Oregon contains 1924 squase misss,
With population Of 100000,
National Republican., 1877-02-09
OCAL MISCELLANY.

lF rou WANT TO RENT, call on B.H. Warner Il
Co.
DR.. Hartley cures esCATARRH-7a2Te Tenth street
northwest.
streets northwest.
Ask for the Hebe de Ia Refine cigarettes; they
are the best Of all.
IL YOU WANT TO borrow MONEY on good real
estate, call on b. II. Warner Il 20.
Interest paid on deposits by J. II. Squer Co.,
bankers, l4lo Pennsylvania avenue.
Left-of clothing, watches, pistols, SC, bought
at Herrog's, 9l5 ID street. Orders attended to.
All kinds Of trunks made to order, repaired and
covered at McMurray's. sos Pennsylyania avenue,
Market Space.
A carload OF fine Western New York cider, 20
to 4ogallon casks; also, a lot Of Vermont boiled
cider; Just received at Spicer's butter store,
northwest corner OF Ninth and E streets. Prices
low.
We call attention to the advertisement in
another column Of Smith, Birge & Co., Ioit Penn
sylvania avenue. Their facilities for steam and
warm.air heating, manufacturing as they do
their own apparatus, are, perhaps, superior to
those Of any other house in this community.
II. E. Ofiey & Co.'S exchange and deposit bank,
northeast corner Of Fifteenth and T streets, deals
in all classes Of Government securities and in
District Of Columbia and all nrst-rate investment
bonds and stocks; also, In American coin and
foreign money. Demand drafts on Europe In any
amount. Best rate allowed for s per cent. i'm
provement bonds. orders promptly hled for the
new United states ~ per cent. bonds.
National Republican., 1877-02-09
OBITUARY.
Rear-Admirnl wilkes.

Rear-Admiral Chas. Wilkes, who has been
confined 10 his residence on La Fayetts square by
q lingering illness, for more than year, died
early yesterday morning. He was 70 yearsof age,
having been born in New York in 1901. He was
appointed . midshipman in 1915, and served on
the Mediterranean station in lsl9.'2o, and In the
Pacific In ls2l--23. In 1890 he was commissioned
as lieutenant. He was appointed to the depart
ment Of charts and instruments in 1880, and was
the nrst in the United States to set up and oh.
serve with hxed astronomical Instruments. On
August ~, 1888, he sailed from Norfolk, Va, in
command Of . squadron Of fvc vessels and
. storeship TO explore the southern seas
From that time until the summer OF 1872 he was
engaged in exploring expeditions, the result OF
United States Exploring Expedition In lsi3 he
was made . commander. In lst9 he published
gon 4" and In 1855 his Theory Of the Winds"
In 1855 he was made q captain. While In COM
mand OF the frigate San Jocinto, In 1851, he took
forcibly from the British mail steamer Trent,
Messrs. Slidell and Mason, commissioners Of the
The commissioners were afterwards surren-
dered to England. He received his CON-
mission as commodore in 1872, and was placed
trst on the list, While In command OF
the notilla in james river he shelled and de.
stroyed City Point on August 2sth. In 1868 he CON-
manded . squadron In the West Indies, and cap
tured many blockade runners He was commits.
stoned as rear admiral the retired list July rs,
1868. The funeral OF the deceased admiral will
take place at st. Johns Church at three o'clock
this afternoon.
National Republican., 1877-02-09
MAKING A PRESIDENT.
Tconfinued from Firaf PAGE. 1

tConfnued IRON Ftrh Pdgs1
being refused, they did the next best thing thy
ney General.
Mr.. rHunnAs's INQUIRY.
Mr.. THURMAN said he would like to hear
counsel on the point whether, II the Tllden elect
quire into the titie Of the Hayes electors,
Mr.. MERRICK took the ground that the state
a.fy Could stop som
reply toiir. Epxgsps, he said the Lesl,latuIe
had the power to inquire Into the legality OF their
election, and It's decision was stronger than the
certificate Of the Governor.
den electors were sanctioned by the Legislature,
sSs @ yos.s :! tSs si.ie: Ms supposed Il. S.@.
mination of the question who were the true rep.
reseptatives Of the people Of Florida, and hsd
pers presented by the President Of tho Senate,
among which was this statement Of the vote OF
the SLATE by counties: HSmerSns s.,! authorities
bound TO receive the evidence accompanying the
Mr. MERRICK eontended that the certificates
whether they were signed by the Governor or
by the Attorney General were but the an
noupcement Of an accomplished act, Q fact con-
and the element OF time was not an essential one
TO their validity. It was not the canvass or the
certineates that determined the rights OF the
IN relation 70 the Judgment Of sasS sr,sn,o
I'm the certificate the basis OF the Governors ac-
tion, It was bcfore'the Court as evidence Of what
were the laws Of Florida, and to tell them that
according TO the laws OF Florida the Hayes eiec-
tors. were not appointed by the people Of that
State. That the Court heard the case upon the
facts. and had found that the Hayes electors were
not land the Tilden electors were, chosen by the
people Of Florida. Mr.. MERRicK closed his ar
gument at 4:4b, p. m.
Justice CLIFFORD stated to tho bar that
there would be no further public steps taken In
this case to-day, and the Commission adjourned
to 10 O. m. to. morrow.
National Republican., 1877-02-09
SOIETY NOTES.

Mrs. Fish entertained friends at dinner ycstcr.
Secretary and Mrs. Chandler give dlnnsrpn
MIS-. GoI. Corhhili will have dancing at her TO.
eeption to-day at Ingieslde. F
Tho Japanese Minister will have large re-
Prof. Vaientncs masked party takes place this
evening at st. Joseph Hall,
The reception at the British Ministers last
evening was ono Of the most brilliant Of the sea-
Tho musical reception given by Prof A. s. Roo,
IT,, last evening, which had been postponed sew
eral times on account OF his severe indispostion,
was very successful and enjoyable affair.
Miss Effie Ensign, Of New York, young
lady OF attractive presence, with large, brown,
laughing eyes, and genial personal traits 10 with
her uncle, Judge Higgins, at I'll ID street q. v.
Mrs. Wheeler and her daughter Alice, Of
Keene, N. H., are with Miss Moulton at Judss
Higgins, al ID street n. W, where they Will re-
main for time to enjoy the pleasures and attrac-
tions of Washington. Both mother and daughter
are nne specimens o, New England Intelligence
It The n. 4. W. Club gave very pleasant sur:
residence Of Geo II. Plant, Esq, and proceeded
in body to the residence of tho young lady, who,
although very much surprised, received them with
a cordial welcome. Some OF the costumes wcro
very novel and handsome.
senator Sharon gave an elegant dinner party
at the Riggs Hous last evening, in honor OF tho
Misses Rsilley. Among the guest. were Chief
SooH' senator Boot6, Paymaster Burnett, J. II.
Flagg, Esq, and others. The floral decoration,
q said Wns fine,
National Republican., 1877-02-09
PERSONAL.

Hon. Jno. Esforth Is sojourning at Wiilarfs.
Col. T. A. Halsey, U. s. A., is a guest at
Hon. T. E. woodbridge, of Vermont, is reg
Hon. Robert =. Reese and wife, of Ohio,
are guests at willards.
Judge W. A. Cooke, of Florida, is registered
at the Arlington.
Hon. Alexander II. Stephens still continues
slowly to improve.
Albert Reyser, Charleston, Va, registered
atWiliards yesterday.
Hon. A. B. Cornell aud wife, of New York,
are guests at the Arlington.
Gen; Lew Wallace, of Indiana, arrived at
Governor Iugersoll, of Connecticut, arrived
at the Arlington yesterday.
Major James W. Owens and wife, Of New
ark, O., registered at wiliara's yesterday.
]. W. Dooley, of the manufacturing firm of
DOoley,s Yeast Powder, is sOjournlng At tho Ma
w.H.H. Hutton, Mobile, Ala; Chas. NJ.
burg, Pa; ]. ii. Anderson, Chicngo; NJ. N.
Towne. Maine; NJ. Z. deAguero, New York; Miss
MnnysriIie, @ Vie ha % Frank T Lewis T Boston; ROSsrt Sss
Coffin, New Haven; ]. W. BIggs and wife, Chi
cago and Henry Warren, Providence, r. l., reg
istered at the Imperial yesterday.
J. Hull, MINI; John Z. Richardson and NJ. S.
LopgdslS, Pa; J. LeiSacher 7; J; sewader and
PhiiadSiphis; s. fandreSn and wife, al and Mis-:
Landrean, Ky; Mrs. L. q. Hays, Pa; NJ. q. Hays
and wife, Alabama; T.. S. Hamlin, N. Y.;J.J.
Taren, Conn; 7. S. Ransom, Boston; I. Z. Morse,
Troy. n. r., and II; Reon, N. Y, ore the latest
arrivals at Willard's.
T. II. Smith, W. X. Underhiil, and George
| Place, N. Y; S. s. Miller, Lewis q. Cassidy
! and wife. Chicago; Mrs. 0avanagh, PhIia.; T. L.
| Carman and wife, N. Y; T. H: Hardesty, Baltic;
| David weatherey, PhiIa.; Mr. and Mrs Geo L.
| Harrison, Jr., Phila.; Z. S. Kimberly. New Ha-
ven, Ct; ]. W. Broadbury and family, Maine
| Saltenstall, Mass; Mr.. Merwin and family, Now
Haven; Mr., and Mrs: A. p. willard, New York;
New York; 7. Q. Anson, New York; A. Laden.
bury, New York; Gen. II. A. Barnum. New
York: =. T. Smith, Michigan; II. d. Colder,
Payn, Chicago; s. Oscar Ryder, New York; W.
| Mackay Laffan, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. W. Z.
Bird. baltimore, are among the latest arrivals
National Republican., 1877-02-09
THE GLYMoNT MURDERIRS.
for their Eseeuson To-Dn

Arrangements for their Execution To-Day.
Charles Henry Simpson and Martin Henry,
the two colored men under sentence Of death for
tho murder Of John W. Everett, near Glymont, on
the 10th Of July, 1879, will be hanged to-day at
Port Tobacco, Charles county, Md.
The story Of the murder is short. The two men
entered the store at POmunSey, whore young
Everett was sleeping, for the purpose Of robbery,
and killed him with wagon spoke. They then
robbed the store Of 40 IN money, three pairs Of
shoes and q satchel. Rewards were offered
for the arrest of the murderers, and sew.
eral parties were arrested on suspicion
On September q they were arrested In Mont
gomery county. They were tried, found guilty,
and on the 7th Of December sentenced to death
by Chief Judge Brent. Since their sentence both
have made statements cOnfessng their partlcipa-
ti0n In the crime, but they charge each other
with having inflicted the fatal blows.
Two companies OF the Flith Maryland Regiment
have been detailed TO attend the execution.
The gallows have been erected in the rearof the
court house at Port Tobacco. The platform is II
feet long, ~ feet wide aud feet inches high.
The two uprights for the gallows are lto, and
are 10 feet Inches above the ground. The cross
beam Is tNs, feet long, and braced on each side.
The trap-d Is s feet 4 inches by feet, swings
upon four feet hinges and held in place by splr.
nj spring with lever attached, which may be
worked from the platform or from below.
National Republican., 1877-02-09
KILLED BY A HIGHWAY ROBBER.

Death Of Bogue, the Lead-pencil Peddlor.
On the night Of the lst inst, Chas. Bogue, o
cripple, engaged in peddlins lead.penclls, was
assaulted and robbed bya man named VIM.
Morris, on Louisiana avenue between Ninth and
Tenth streets Morris struck Boguc over the
head with club or some blunt instrument,
fraeturing his nose and ipjuring his skull. While
special oficer Lloyd discovered him, and after q
chase, captured him. Bogue wa. attended at the
day was sent to the Washington Asylum hos.
pital where he died early yesterday morning.
Morris was held for the grand Jury In default OF
Smell was yesterday morning informed OF the
death Of Bogue and instructed the clerk Of the
Police Courr not to receive any bail from Morris.
autopsy, decided to hold an inquest to-day at
nOOn
National Republican., 1877-02-09
T.P. 3. Reception.

The T. P. 8. Club gave q very sociab.e
dancing party last evening Mt the residence Of
Mrs. John Bitx, on New York avenue. This
being the first Of number Of receptions which
they propose to give. Among the young ladies
who graced the occasion with their presence, We
noticed Miss Lulie McGraw, ice.President Of
Marion Dougherty, Jennie Boyd, Alice yass,
Fannie Redier; Sallie Knight, and Misses
KToass prSsfen snS Shap5an, aoasy. & Lssfcrs, ssS
the Misses Cunningha Misses Ida and Lizzie
Marshall, Mrs. Allison Nailor, Jr, Mrs. ID. Nc
Graw and Mrs Krouse.
The gentlemen were represented by Mcssrs.
J. s. Rodier, l. Q. Porter, Cbas. A. Clements, y,
B. Cole, W. +. Nabens, Geo. j. Renneker, q. W,
Rollins, A. Rollins, Krouse, Browning, Ooburn.
Hunt, Ward, Benson, Dougherty, Mouldin, Dix.
or, McGraw, Fisher, Sets, Niers, Dunn, Forncy,
Downing and others.
National Republican., 1877-02-09
ROYAL BALL AT NORFOLK.

In Honor Of the Grand Duke AeNis-Im-
mense Gathering Of Distinguished visitors
from Other Cities.
rBy Telegraph to the National Republican,
NORFOLK, Va, Feb. s.-The bail given by
naval oficers at this station, In honor OF tho
Grand Duke Alexis and the Russian naval off,
GERS, is In progress tonight. The most exhaust
i've preparations have been made, and neither Ia
Dor nor expense has been spared in endoavoring
to have this the most brilliant affair occurring in
naval circles for many years. Eleven hundred
Invitations were Issued, and many distinguished
persons are here from New York, Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond and other cities. The
hotels are crowded with strangers, and II Is with
difficulty accommodations can be obtained for
them.
The ballroom improylsed for the occasion is
the sailoft In the navy yard, and is decorated in
the most elaborate and elegant manner. The
banquet hall is over the main entrance to the
yard, and long tables are spread groaning be-
meath the weight of the choicest delicacies pre-
pared by an accomplished caterer. The music
Tor the occasion Is furnished by the post band
ut Fort Monroe, and the band Of the flagship
Hartford, making total OF my pieces.