Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-01

| is at perfect liberty to write better one:
| Natures wild picturesque shows here at home
The dashing waters over solid blocks,
NJ The tumbling waters on the Jagged rocks.
The cutting waters through red banks Of loan.
The booming waters in repeated shocks.
Rook, riven battiem rs and azure d dome. '
rb In iron rom rocks s upon the rivers yergs s.
Such HI holes q Dante saw BY the sad stream
But who can tell the age-long torturing means,
October q, 1879. JOHN sAvARY.
| Sudden Death of Gen.JOseph Hooker.
Major-General Joseph Hooker died at Garden
City, l. L. at AIS p. m. yesterday. He had been in
| his usual health until an hour before his DEATH
| and proposed going to New York to-day to attend
| to business matters He entertained a large
| party at dinner at the Garden City Hotel on the
25tb) and he seemed to be In the best OF spirits
| ard to enjoy social intercourse with his many
| friends as al any time of his life. His intellect
| was unclouded, and but for his unfortunate
| lameneSs he would seem to have been as active
| as ever. He took his accustomed walk in the
park during the afternoon, and did not complain
of feeling i'll Till about o'clock when he retired
| to his own apartment on the second floor and
summoned his valet Thomas Lawler, who as
| sisted him to reclining position upon couch.
After an hour he arose and busted himself about
his rooms. until 4;45 his valet, hearing the Gene
| raj struggling for breath, FASTENED 10 his side
and assisted him to lie down upon his bed, at the
| same time ringing the bell for help. Mr.. Nick
| erson, the hotel superintendent, hurried to the
room, but when he arrived the General was
| dead.
General Joseph Hooker was born at Hadley,
| Mass, in 1915. He graduated at West in 1887,
and served in the Florida war and in the war
| with Mexico He was in succession brevetted
| captain, major and lieutenant colonel, for gal
| liant and meritorious conduct in the battles at
| Monterey, the National Bridge and Chapultepec.
| He was on leave of absence from 1851 to 1858,
! when he resigned his commission, and became
farmer in California, and served also in 1859 as
| superintendent OF military roads in oregon. He
| re-entered the service at the beginning Of the
| civil war, and was appointed brigadier general
| OF volunteers March H. 1861. He was employed
| In the neghborhood OF Washington TIL March
| 1861 when he was placed in command of di-
| vision OF the army OF the Potomac. He was made
| major general of volunteers May 5, and took an
| active part in McClellan5 peninSular campaign,
| especially at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair
| Oaks, Fraziers Farm and Malvern HILL and
in the subsequent campaign at BrlstoW Station,
| the second battle OF Bull Run, Chantillv, South
| Mountain and Antietam. where he was wounded.
| He was made b'fgadier-general OF the United
| States army September 20, and at the battle of
! Fredericksburg commanded grand division I'M
der Burnside. He succeeded Burnside in COM
mand of the army of The Potomac January 90
1865, and fought the battle OF Charlottesville in
the beginning of May. On June q he resigned
his command, BECAUSE General Halleck would
not consent to the evacuation Of Harpers Ferry
| and the placing Of the 10000 men there under
HoOker's orders for demonstration on Lees rear.
who was then invading Pennsylvania. For the
skill and energy with which he covered WASH
| ingtOn and Baltimore from the meditaLed attack
of the enemy he received the thanks of Con-
greSs. He was succeeded by General Meade. In
September he was placed in command Of the
18th and 18th army corps, which were concen-
trated about Chattanooga, and took leading
part in the series of battles fought there in No
vember, commanding in the action on Lookout
Mountain. for which he was made brevet major
general. Subsequently, in command of the Goth
army corps, styled the Army of the Cumberland,
he was prominent in the operations about At
| corps in August 1864, in consequence OF a QueS-
ton OF rank. In September he was placed in
command of the Northern Department, in 1865
in the Department OF the East, and in 1866 OF
that Of the lakes. He was mustered out of the
| volunteer service September 1, 1866, and in Oc-
.ober, 1868; was made breyet major,general OF
| the United States army, and retired from the
| service on account of his feeble health.
| DID,, the bishop-elect of Northern New Jersey,
| is at present rector OF st. Paul's Church. Pat
erson, and dean of the Convocation OF Jersey
City. He is man about So years of age, and
was born In Philadelphia, where he received his
education, his chosen vocation at that time
being that OF c:vll engineer. He subsequently
ordained deacon in Philadelphia in 1917 by
Bishop Potter, and priest in 1s4s in Pottsville,
Pa, by the same bishop. He was missionary
in the mining regions from 1913 to 1850. In the
latter year he became rector OF Christ Church,
Troy, N. Y, and continued there until 1854,
when he resigned that charge to succeed Bishop
| 1859 lie resigned from that church and became
rector OF Trinity Church, Cleveland, O. In 1859
| he came to this city, and accepted the rector
ISL h he Became rector Of ST. Paus Church Pat
ersop. Shortly after his arrival in this diocese
his talents and ability attracted the attention OF
of the convocation OF Jersey City. During
the time he held that position he had
done much to build up the missions in the
corvocation. Commenting on Df. Starkey s
election the Newark Advertiser says "He is
understood to entertain moderate and conserva-
tive views Of Guardianship, without commit.
1 Ctnnf rNNrf
| came from those who are recognized as the high
church party, but they chose him rather because
of his moderation, and the opposite wing accept
him with equal content"
Deliberate su1cIDE.,.so you won't lend m; me
liam, can't" ssThen will go into the cut and
have racket all to myself" The above CONVEX
sation occurred about seven O'Clock on Wedn2s-
lage on the Erie railway. near Paterson, N. J:
The first speaker was William Du Quette, and
the second Mi. Kinne, the station, agent.
lance down the track, to point near where ii
cuts through small hill. A freight train was
approaching, and he placed himself in front OF
danger signal. In another minute his mangled
and lifeless body was picked up few yards
from the station. Du Quette was printer by
trade, and at one time manageda small paper in
| PaSsaic but OF late years had been employed as
compositor and pressman. Formerly he was
very industrious, but for the last few years had
been addicted to drnk.-[N Z. Herald, 51st.
| OXALIC ACIDS SWIFT WORK.-A young mar
named Bailey, living six miles south OF Fairfield
Clay county, Neb., was accidentally poisoned by
his mother last Friday. The young man hat
been sick for some time, and his mother admins
tered dose of epson salts, as she supposed bu
| which proved to be oXalic acid. He lived JUS
twenty minutes after swallowing the fata
| dose.
DEADwooD's BURNED RECoRDs.-The people O
| burned DeadwOod are asking for an extra ses
| sion OF the Dakota legislature as a mean.
through which relief may come from the many
complications arising out of the destruction o
all their public records; and it will be necessary
to appeal to Congress to secure authority for thu
| proposed extra session.
THE COST OF A Playful, ScUFFIE.-Miss Min