The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-18

or sympathy had been equal and greater than TIE
unprecedented need. lie spoke with tia force a
a maa who had passed through an ordeal Of life
and death. and his u;teTsnces were 6!l or elo-
qgeGce. Gov. SHEPPARD led the guests into the
Banquet Hall saying, that though our friends
have had pestilence that is 10 reason Why we
should eudaugeE theft lives BY famine, aud the
three hundred were not slow to honor the magni-
hceut Tepast. Speaker Randall II reply 70 Nj.
heailugs toast 4" The nurses Of Washington, -
made an elegant response. Post Master General
Key vas called Tor. aad representing Tennessee
IN the Cabinet. Gov. Sheppard introduced him as
belonging N administration he (Shephard) did not
approve, but be 81 really though. he KEY the best
Of the batch" Key returned this good naiured
bandaze ten fold mill from bushes Of too much
praise piled upon a back ground OF abuse, such as
Key used 10 indulge in towards Boss Sheppard, -
be and all his enthusiastically those Sou;herns
present. Young and Heating, formerly 10 heap on
Alex. SHEPPARD. Bat be vas now free 10 confess
that ia the great day Of awards If Shepherd did
not receive the welcome mandate OF =" well done,
he did not know what other people had a right to
expect. Gov Sheppard = a man OF wonderful
magnetism, the happy magnetism OF charitable
deeds in fact-but as he was not the hero OF the
evening be will have TO have another chapter.
One item mentioned 10 conversation With Col.
Young aud Col. Heating gives 10 a few words, a
Photographic view Of the distress their city has
even now a." We have seven h4ndred orphans.
homeless. moneyless. TO provide for before the
winter SETS i'm Col. Heating is engaged by the
Howard Association to write a history of the cpl
demic, and be Is probably the only man who could
do this work from actual knowledge Of the daily
events. His pen l. as graceful as bis speech. OF
which / cannot refrain from quoting. He said
when introduced By Gov. Sheppard | am glad of
the opportunity which Is thus afforded me Of thank
ing you for the money and good nurses you sent
down 10 Memphis during the fever. | can best
illustrate my feelings tonight By an aphorism.
The people Of the South were conquered by the
people of the North, but the noise OF the cannon
and the wounds of bullets never reached or touch
ed the hearts Of the Southern people. The con-
quests Of peace have done more than the cOnquestS
OF war four months OF the sympathy Of the North
have done more than four years Of war could do
they have cemented and united the Southern peo-
pie in a gratitude and friendship toward the North
which shall b. for all time
GETTING To WORK.
Congress seems disposed to be good, and has
made 4 fair beginning by passing two bills for ap-i
preparation in the army and navy. While they are
behaving so well it seems invidious TO recall the
fact that these moneys should have been given las:
year, and would have been, had Congress been act
uated by q full sense of responsibility. General
Banning, Chairman of the committee on Military
affairs, announced to a newspaper man that the
would report in favor of donating
cannon for the Custer statue. Which work is now be-
ing produced by the eminent sculptor Wilson Mac
Donald Of New York. and is to be placed at West
Point, as a memorial to this gallant cavalry officer.
By way of varlety-I will close with a cursory
glance at the
CoRcORAN's GALLERY OF ART.
This building is situated at the corner of 18th st.
and Penn. Avenue opposite the new State Build
lnSS. IL Is In the renaissance style, built OF brick
with trimmings of Belleville Greensboro. 1t is IO4
by l24 feet and bears the name of the man who
built and generously endowed it, for the benefit
not only of Washington City,-but for every lover
ct art in the country who can take advantage of
the unusual opportunity here given to study sculp-
ture and painting. 1t has a collection of casts
from the antique rivalled only by the British Mus
cum or South Kensington Gardens. OF modern
sculpture it has two of the most famous Examples,
namely Hiram Powers, Greek Slave and 1.-THE
Dying Napoleon" by VIncenza Vela. In painting
ii is equally rich. Endowed so hansomely and year
ly accumulating it is impossible to select a picture
to mention, lest twenty of equal merit seem neg
~lectfully ommitted The collection of Ceramics is
very interesting. and illustrate the different nation
al schools; that is, if the term be admissible. The
bronzes are chiefly French. and largely from that
in animal figures, Barge. The endowment
for this gallery is nine hundred thousand dollars,
the interest of which is yearly expended by a Board
Of Curators. in added gems. Every advantage is
given students for studying or copying, and the
Importance of such a world of beauty
given freely to the public is already felt and seen,
but cannot be estimated, at least, in this century.
E. B. ].