The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-07-04
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A POLITICAL REMlNlscENcE.
THE MIGHT WHEN EMANCIPATION TRI.
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From the indianapolis journal.

only been engaged in the work of cler-
gyman about five years. Until about fifty
years Of age he was q member of the legal
profession, and also took an active part tn
politics. He was then resident of West
ern Pennsylvania, and vas elected mem
ber of the House of Representatives to
serve in the memorable Thirty-eighth Con-
gress. The reverend gentlemen yesterday
in conversation with journal reporter,
made reference to selns of his Congression-
al recollections:
Meeting gentleman on the streets OF
your city the other Gay, he said, at rec
jcgnized him as MIR. Thomas A. Hendricks,
who was also member of the House du-
ring the Thirty-eighth Congress, when the
emancipation Of the slaves received the in
dorsement of the representatives of the
people. always liked Hendricks person
ally, and therefore when we met accosted
HIM by name. Your ex-governor seemed
a little taken back at first, but when I re-
minded him that we had served in Con-
gress together, he at once remembered and
said, Why, yes Myers, Republican, from
Pennsylvania, isn't it?' and The recogui-
tion was complete. Mr. Orth was also 9
member Of the same Congress, and occu-
pied the seat next to mine, so that we be-
came well acquainted. Orth's name, I re-
member, was just about in the middle of
the list of members, and the clerk in read.
ing his name did mot always say it quite
plainly. A man was sitting by me one day
who had been frequent listener to the
proceedings Of the House, and when some
vote was beng taken he made the curious
inquiry: Tell me, Mr.. Myers, why does
the clerk always say when he gets to the
middle of the roll-call, God love us all
Upon being informed that the clerk really
said Godlove 8. Orth, be didn't look az
If he wanted to ask for any more informa-
tion that day.
Those were memorable days and exciting
times. No one who was in the Thirty
eighth Congress will ever forget the scenes
that were witnessed on more than one occa-
sion. / remember as we'll as if it were but
yere yesterday the night when the decisive
vote on emancipation was taken and the
monotonous question decided. just for a
moment there was silence anG then the
storm broke forth. The members on the
Republican side were wild with Joy.
Speaker Colfax raped mildly for order,
but did not seem as If be wanted very
much to bring the House to order-he was
as much elated as any one over the result.
The colored people, OF whom quite num-
ber were present, shouted Glory to God =
and manifested their joy in their own pc
culiar fashion, and cheer after cheer came
from all parts of the House. Some Of the
scenes were very e sn1xl PIT psaRls iaRss
s6eds a III IL bis hand he had just obtained
from the Department Of agriculture, and,
in his excitement, the paper burst and they
were all spilled ON the floor. I'm sowing
the seed Of freedom, he said, never mind
Two fat members ran across the floor Of the
House and threw their arms about each
others neck and hugged and cried with
joy. IL is such q scene an Ia only witnessed
once in q lifetime. ! was q young man
then--slmost the youngest member in the
House. | can never forget The wild tamnlt
OF that moment when the right triumphed
and the great struggle was oyer.'
:EsTIMATINa METALS IN ORES. AT the
late meeting of the Philadelphia. Academy
of Sciences. Prof. G. A. Kening exhibited
his recently invented " chronometer,a an
instrument designed for the purpose Of
making delicate determinations of the pres
ence of certain metals in ores. IL is based
upon the optical fact that complimentary
colors extinguish each other il mingled 10
proper proportions; for instance. II 10 Q
green solution Q red solution be added, the
liquid, if the proper conditions be complied
with, will become colorless. Prof, Kenig
has applied this principle to the .colorf
which certain metals, as lron, manganese,
copper, etc., prodtsce when fused with bo-
rax, which is the only chemical used in this
method of analysis. He prepares glass or
beads containing known quantities of q
metal in 100 parts, and observes how THICK
glass of one Complementary color must be
to produce extinction. To accomplish this
tile instrument is furnished with glas.
s,odoa of q 0rean ar red colnr emf AT an an