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The National tribune., 1881-08-27
One of Mr. BentIey's Orders to be Revoked

Commissioner Dudley proposes to revoke what
is known Mr.. Bentley's Order No. 292 which
IN substance provided that where the claimant
wrote 10 the Pension Office complaining that his
or her attorney had demanded fee in advance,
all further official correspondence should be con-
Quoted with such claimant direct no subsequent
power OF attorney being recognized. The order
acted as a disbarment Of the recognized agent
without cause or hearing, and also the denial to
the claimant of the right of being represented by
attorney in all subsequent proceedings. The
revocation is measure of justice, the occasion for
which should have never arisen, and will benefit
claimants even more than the attorneys.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
PRESIDENT GARFIELD,

The President still lies in a critical condition.
He is excessively weak, wasted in flesh, and it Is
considered doubtful whether in view of the dis
ordered state of his stomach, his strength can be
sustained long enough to carry him through the
crisis of disease. To-day the 9th the swelling
of the parotid gland was lanced, opening a new
drain upon his system. The wound in his side
is reported as doing well al this writing. 1t is
hoped he may survive but the chances appear to
be so evenly balanced that it is difficult to fore
tell what the final result will be-
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
NEWS ITEMS.

General Leslie COombs died in Lexington, KY,
August %, in the eightieth year of his age.
Colonel James G. Benton, Ordnance Depart
ment United States Army in command of Spring
field armory, is dead.
General Erastus S. Purdy, of the Egyptian
army, who belonged to the First California and
afterwards the Thirty-secOnd New York Volun-
teers during the late war; and also served on the
statfs of Generals Franklin and Mcdowell, died
recently in Cairo, Egypt aged forty-two years.
TIE Third Brigade Pennsylvania National
Guard Militia is holding its annual eneampment
at Camp Garfield, near Wilksbarre. Twenty-Five
hundred men have reported for duty. The Ninth,
Thirteenth, Fourth and Eighth regiments, Battery
A and the Wyoming Artillery are the ground
Captain II. W. Howgate, recently arrested at
the instance of General W. B. Hazen, for embez-
element of Signal Service funds is getting into
deeper trouble than ever. Another defacation Of
$4,000 has been discovered.
Reports from all parts of the country show
great scarcity of water, owing to the severe
drouth.
The Executive Committee of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, for the Northwest have
decided not to hold Reunion in Chicago this fall,
but to join in the one to be held in Chattanooga,
September Goth and 21st, to which all soldiers
who served in this army have been invited
1t is intended on this occasion to visit Nash
vile, also the battle fields of Stone River Mission
AIRY Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and Chcamauga-
Additional information can be obtained by
addressing Charles \. Stone, corresponding secre
tary, p. o. box 5000, Chicago
about Sept. 10, a sham battle The Eighth Regi-
ment and the Grand Army of Lynn will consti-
tute the forces the battle to occur in the evening
off the Point, with all the effects including forts
gunboats, &c. During the coming week 1lumf-
nations and fireworks will be given each evening.
and concerts afternoon and evening by the Ger
manias.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
A BLOCK OF GRANITE,

The block of granite which Nevada contributes
to be placed in the Washington Monument has
been receiving the finishing touches at the hands
of the sculptor, John Barrett. The last of the
silver letters in the name of the State were
Just being let into the panel Those letters are
of solid silver are about thick as silver dol
lar some six inches in height, and OF proportion
ate width. They are so neatly fitted into the
solid granite that the joint is almost invisible
Above the word Nevada" is deeply cut III the
granite the motto Of the State, All for our
Country,'-and below the date, 1881 The figures
of the date will be plated with gold. The gran
ite composing it is the hardest ever seen. That
part which is polished is almost blue i'll color,
while the remainder presents a somewhat gray
appearance. Mr.. Barrett who has worked Amerl-
can GRANTEES in the Atlantic States and European
GRANTEES in the Old World says he has never seen
a harder bit of stone of the kind.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
GREAT SCOTT!

The name of Scott seems destined to flourish
Tgerennially in America as the synonym for sue
cess in one another field of glorious achieve
rnents. Captain Martin Scott who fell fighting
gallantly at MOlino del Rey was the famous
marksman of half century ago, of whom it is
told that a coon at which he was aiming came
down from his tree and surrendered at discretion
OF the great Winfield, who gloriously vindicated
his right to a name so auspicious to a warrior,
every American is justly proud and his exploits
fill a brilliant page in our cOuntrys annals And
as If 10 prove that Peace hath its victories no
less renowned than War" the name of Scott is
UNNECESSARILY associated with the greatest and
most successful railway system that has been de-
reloped in the Western Hemisphere Nor has the
death of the great railroad king ended the sue
ession of iIustrious Scots. DR.. George A. Scott,
the eminent electrician and inventor of the Elec-
rric Hair Brush, worthily prOlOngs the line and
wrestling from nature some OF her protoundest
secrets brings health and vigor to thousands OF
his fellow mOrtals who rise up and bless his name
NowOnder then that by comllOn consent the name
OfSoott has passed into our language as the eptome
of all that is great in human endeavors, and gen
erations vet unborn will doubtless send ringing
down the corridors of time, the best express
sion of their sense of llustrOus actions, the eX-
clamation with which we head this article, and
which titly closes it, Great Scott"
The National tribune., 1881-08-27

knowledge becomes valuable only IN proper
ton as it is utilized made capable OF being
utilized by its possessor. To impart instruction
as an abstract principle-to consider the whole
object of the transmission of knowledge as at
tanned when the mind of the pupil has received
the ideas sought to be conveyed-does not fulfill
the important mission of a teacher, in the true
and highest sense of the term. Together with
ideas thus impaired or truths taught the teacher
to make the work effective and complete sus-
ceptibe of accomplishing the greatest good, must
convey means whereby and through which the
learning acquired by the student may be made
useful To the majority of those who study it
is the practically useful only that is valuable.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
ARMY REUNIONS,
nlanlaS.

At kittanning, Pa. on September Is, the third
day of the Armstrong County Fair, there will be
a joint Reunion of the One-Hundred- -and-First,
e-Hundred- and Third and One Hundred-and
Thirty NINTH Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the
Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves.
A Reunion of the One-Hundred-and-Tw Twenty
fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers will be
held at Huntingdon, in that State, September II,
the anniversary of the battle of Antietam. Sur
viving comrades are requested to send their ad-
dresses to Milton S. Lytle, Huntingdon.
The twelfth annual reunion of the Eighty-third
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers will be held
at North East, Erie county. Tuesday, September
9Th
Company H, Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers,
will held their annual reunion for 1881 at Shell
burne Falls, Mass, September 7th and 8th.
The Eastern Iowa Veteran Association hold
their annual Reunion at Maquoketa on the 5th 9th,
and 1th of October next, and a cordial invitation
is extended to all soldiers enlisted men, and Off
GERS of every arm of the service engaged in the
late to attend and participate in the exercises
of the occasion. Ample provisions will be made
to entertain all who may be present.
A grand Reunion of the Grand Army of the Re
public and Veteran Soldiers of Maine, will be held
at Lake Marranocook September 1st.
The Reunion of the First Maine Cavalry will be
held at Dover, on Wednesday, August 81. The
oration will be delivered by Col J. B. Peaks Of
Dover Prominent officers of the organization
will make the responses. Ex-Governor Davis
will be present.
The Steuben County N. " Soldiers and
Sailors Association hold Reunion and picnic at
Grove Spring, near Bath, September 9th
The eighth annual Reunion of the old Twelfth
(Webster) Mass. Regiment, Tuesday, August 80,
will, this year, include an excursion to Gloucester.
The Reunion of the Twenty Mass. Regi
ment and Third Battery Association will occur at
Lexington in that State Oct. l, instead of Leomin
ster, as heretofore published.
The soldiers of Stephenson county, H., viii
hold Reunion on September IS. General Logan
will be the principal speaker.
The Cedar county, Iowa, veterans hold Reun
ion at Upton, September 29th and Both.
The survivors of the Fourteenth n. J. Vols.
Gen. TruaX's old regiment, will hold their third
annual Reunion at Elizabeth, y. j.. ON the 19th
of October, proximo.
The Thirteenth Ohio Vol Infantry will hold
its annual Reunion at Massillon in that State,
September 2Sth
A grand Reunion of the eX-pupils of the Ohio
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home will be held
at that institution near Xenia, on Tuesday, We'd
nesday, and Thursday, September 9th, 9TH, and
9th, 1881. Arrangements are being made for
duced railroad fares, and everything possible will
be done to make this occasion an enjoyable one.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27

A polished Scotch granite sarcophagus nearly
nine feet in length has been placed upon the
grave of General Joseph Hooker, in Spring Grove
Cemetery, in Cincinnati. The style of architec-
ture is of the Grecian school, combined with
shields of the medieval age, and the whole con-
stitutes one of the finest specimens OF the stone
cutters art to be found in the cemetery. The
monument cost about 1000.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27
The capture of jeff. Davis cost S97 1882.

During the period beginning March 4, 17S9,
and ending June so, 1880, the Government paid
out, on account of pensions, S5i7 ,2i1 ,335.
During the same period S2,105,680, ,42l6l were
paid out rs interest upon the public debt
Since 1861 the Government has paid OUT sa
account of pensions Si76, 493. .27064
The National tribune., 1881-08-27

Love of hattery, in most men, proceeds from
the mean opinion they have of themselves; in
women from the contrary.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27

The total gross expenditure made by the Gen
eral Government, account of the war OF the
rebellion, up 10 june 80. 1880, amounts TO
S6199 929909.
The National tribune., 1881-08-27

never wonder to see men wicked, but | often
wonder to see them not ashamed
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
Sometime.

A beautiful waif on the sea of
literature, which could only have
come from the pen of the gifted
Geo. ID. Prentice:
"SOmetime-it is n sweet, sweet
song, warbled to and fro among the
topmost boughs of the heart, filling
the whole air with such joy and
gladness as the birds do when the
summer morning comes out of the
darkness, and day is born on the
mountains. We have all our pos
sessions in the future which we
call sometime Beautiful flowers
and singing birds are there, only
our hands seldom grasp the one, or
our ears hear the other. But, oh,
reader. be of good cheer. For all
the good there is a golden some
time; when the hills and valleys of
time are all passed-when the wear
and fever, the disappointment and
the sorrows of life are over-thcn
there is the place of rest appointed
of God. Oh, homestead! over whose
roof fall no shadows or even cloud,
and over whose threshold the voice
of sorrow is never heard-built up
on the eternal hills, and standing
with spires and pinnacles of celes-
tial beauty among the palm trees of
the city on high-those who love
God shall rest under thy shadow,
where there is no more sorrow nor
pain nor sound OF weeping-some-
time"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
National Enemies.1

We still have intemperencn, cor
rupt literature, profanity. bribery,
and host of other vices, with
which to contend. Every year of
the existence of an evil adds to its
vigor and danger, and we should
remember that every burden which
impedes our progress needs 10 be
cast OFT at once, lest it prevent the
growth of a dozen blessings. Our
government cannot endure every
thing. There is some limit to the
power of resistance of even a great
nation. The true spirit of obedi-
ance to God, as the citizen should
practice it, must begin in the home.
Children must be taught it, not on
Iy by what they hear, but by what
they see. This good spirit must go
into the schools, the churches, the
counting rooms, the workshops. the
field and ballot boxes until in every
part of our land, and in every class
of our people, there shall be seen all
that loyalty to God and love of righ-
teousness that exalteth u nation
which distinguished our fathers
when our ship Of state first went out
from her old colonial moorings a
hundred years ago
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
Our Homes,

Who can tell the worth of q true
home? There is nothing on earth
equal to it, and, / often think, moth
ing which gives us so true type of
life in heaven. Nothing can do
what home can to elevate and puri-
fy the world; nothing makes men so
strong and steadfast, so firm in
principle and manhood; nothing
makes woman so true and noble, so
gentle and womanly, so lOvable
'Tis the pure happy homes scatter
ed up aud down our land, out of
which came loyal, honest men and
women, in which our hope lies, and
which will do more to free us from
the evils and woes of intemperance
and corruption in their multitude of
forms and phases than all the laws
and politicians can ever do.
Make the roots pure and right
and the tree will be vigorous and
healthful. Homes are the roots of
national life. If these be pure, our
national tree Will cast off all un.
healthy growth, all corrupt branches
and become in time good in every
part. Women is the heaven -ap-
pointed home maker. and here she
will find work broader, grander
and more beautiful than any other,
though l would by no means
disparage any of her efforts for
good wherever and whenever made.
So, | say, God bless the homes
and their inmates, and make them
all they are capable of becoming
make them many and blessed every
where.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
jay Gould.

.Jav Gould is a distinguished
member of this new aristocracy. 4
few years AGO he was selling leath
cr in the swamp, but now he controls
more railroads than any other man
in America. Goulds first bad luck
is the calamity which Dcfel his grand
country residence Mt Irvin@ton. He
paid nearly half million for this
establishment, which includes Il
large tract of land, with all the ap-
pointments of luxury and taste.
Among the latter was that ma9nili-
cent conservatory, which was total
" destroyed last Saturday. Read
er, think of winter garden nearly
five hundred feet in length and OF
corresponding breadth, with an l.
on each end. Imagine if you can.
the vast variety Of cXotics which de
fed the blasts of winter and display
ed their glories to the eye of the
railway king.
Such was the extent of the estab
lishmcnt that two hundred tons of
coal were required for the winter
use. Among the ornaments was a
fountain, whose jet played beautl-
fully IN the sunlight, while on either
side were tropical fruits and flowers
in rare abundance. "Ihis conscr-
vatory indeed contained almost ev-
erything Of the kind that could graf
ify the taste or awaken admiration
but the winter paradise is now a
ruin. 1t is said to have been the
only fine conservatory ever destroy
ed by fire, the latter being due to
an imperfect nue. The damage is
100000 was invested in plants. 1t
is said to have been a spectacle pc
culiarly painful to any one of floral
tastes to behold the exquisite palms,
aoaves, and other eXotics stiifened
with ice or withered with the blaze.
The rum will soon be cleared away,
but nothing can be done toward re
construction before spring.
This is Gould's first winter in his
country seat, and he was eXtrava,
gantly proud of his conservatory
Hence the losses felt severely, and it
would not be surprising if the fami-
" were to break up and take board
in the city. The country is now
desolate indeed, and the loss of a
million or more were hardly so great
an annoyance as to the above men
toned calamity. Gould, indeed
may much more easily make double
that amount than restore the for
mcr scene of beauty. This is the
first of Gould's misfortunes, ant
some predict that it will not be alone
He has had wonderful period o
prosperity, and perhaps change is
~ hand
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
A Good Card.

A village merchant from up the
country had concluded his purchas-
es, and was ready to go, when he
suddenly remembered something
and said:
81 want your help to bring out an
idea. Pve got tired of advertising
after the old fashion, and | want tt
strike something new."
"Did You ever try the dodge OF
giving away a chrome to custom
ers?"
"Yes. Played that out two years
AGO Folks don't take to chromos
as they did"
Have you offered a silk apron to
the lady making the heaviest pur-
chase at one time?'
81 have. And | had to give it tC
an old woman who purchased an ole
bcd-tick and a half pound Of tea.
GLOW would it do to give away
say ten half-pound packages of tes
during the day.
II tried that dodge, and those wh'
didn't get the tea wouldn't trade
with me again. I've given ava,
oysters, sardines, butter. rolling
pins, washboards, and almost every
thing else, and now ] must hav'
something new. ! keep all kinds o
goods suitable for all kinds of Gus
toners.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
Railroad Taxes in Georgia.

The Railroad Commissioners of
Georgia, from a sense of duty in the
exercise of powers vested in them
by the Legislature for the protec-
tion of the public, have taken the
important step explained in the fol
lowing telegram from Atlanta:
"The Railroad Commissioners to-
day issued circular to the railroads
Of the State, informing their mana
gers that after February lst, they
would not be allowed to charge more
than three cents mile for passen-
gers, which is q reduction of two
cents per mile, the rate now being
five cents per mile. This circular
has caused much feeling against the
Commission by the railroad mana
gers, and it is thought that the re-
suit will be that there will be rail
road party and an anti-railroad par
ty in Georgia. The Commission
has the power vested in it by the
State to regulate rates of freight
and passenger tariff, and its dccis-
ion is binding"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
after Sarah Bernhardt left Eng
@ool, I,a,,

after Sarah Bernhardt left Eng
land a london clergyman took her
character as the subject Of great
moral lesson. A friend of hers re
piled, and both attack and reply
were sent to her by him. This is the
answer she returned:
"Sir:: | received your journal, in
which l find both the unmanly ser
mon of the Rev. X-and your en-
ergetic reply. | assure you | am
more touched by your impassioned
defense than l was wounded by the
insult. believe with all my soul
that hypocrisy is the most cowardly
of all vices. l have child; | love
him. The stones they cast at me
as 90 along shall not hit his young
head. l will guide him to the end.
because that is my duty. If, when
he was born, l had strangled him
and thrown him into the gutter, !
should be at peace with society
But qae c0ulez cour. am so origl'
nal that l prefer to be at peace with
nv conscience and with my God.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
Thf 9ireside.
Number Seven in the Bible.

Number Seven in the Bible.
On the seventh day God ended
His work.
On the seventh day Noah's ark
touched the ground.
In seven days dove was sent.
abraham pleaded seven times for
Joseph.
Jacob served seven years for
Rachael.
And yet another seven years more.
Jacob was pursued a seven days
journey by Laban.
A plenty of seven years and a
famine of seven years were foretold
in Pharoh's dream by seven fat and
seventeen beasts, and seven ears of
full and seven ears of blasted corn.
On the seventh day of the seventh
month the children of Israel tasted
seSen days in their tents.
Every seven days the land rested.
Every seventh year the law was
read to the people.
In the destruction oil Jerlclo,
seven persons bore seven trnmpets
seven days; on the seventh day they
marched around seven times, and at
the end of the seventh round the
walls fell.
Solomon was seven years build
ing the temple, and tasted seven
days at its dedication.
In the tabernacle were seven
lamps.
The golden candlestick had seven
branches.
Naaman washed seven times in
the river Jordan.
Jobs friends sat with him seven
lays and seven nights, and offered
seven rams and sevens bullOcks as
IN atonement.
In the Revelations we read Of
seven churches, seven candlesticks,
seven stars, seven trumpets, seven
plaques, seven thunders, seven walls,
seven angels and a seven headed
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-03
BROOKHAVEN MISS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1881.
BrOken-Hearted.

The funeral of Mrs. Eliza V.
Haigh, wife of j. Lloyd Haigh, took
place from her late residence IN one
hundred and forty sixth street near
Mott avenue, yesterday afternoon.
The husband of the deceased wO-
man, as may be remembered, was
sentenced in this city last August
to four years in Sing Sing prison,
having pcrpetrated forgeries for
large amounts of money. He had
been connected with an extensive
wire manufacturing concern in John
street, this city. 1t was expected
that Haigh would be permitted to
attend the funeral of his wife in
charge of officers. but the warden of
the prison decided he had no au-
thority to grant such permission ex-
cept in obedience to legal mandate
which in this case could not be OBJ
taincd.
The neat cottage where Mrs.
Haigh had resided was filled with
friends, most of them being mem
bors of the Mott Haven Reformed
church, of which the deceased per
son was a promine mt member. Sev-
cral Of the officers and employees of
the wire company with which Haigh
vas connected were also present.
There was sad scene when the
casket containing the remains of
Mrs. Haigh was carried ont, follow
ed by her six small children and her
aged father and mother. On the
head of the black cloth covered cas-
kct was Il pillow Of tnbe-roses, in
the centre Of which, formed with
violets were the words "Our Nam
ma" There WAS not dry eye
among the visitors when they saw
this melancholy spectacle. There
were three girls and three boys, the
eldest girl being about fifteen and
deaf and dumb the youngest, II boy,
aged about thee years Ms. llaigh
also leaves babe three weeks old
The body was placed in the recciv-
ing vault at Woodlawn cemetery.
When Hai9h was informed of the
death of his wife he broke down
completely. His wife had clung to
him through all his trouble with
true womanly devotion. She had
promised him that she would bear
up like Il brave woman under the
burden of sorrow he had imposed
upon her, but after the birth of her
child the poor woman could face
her troubles no longer. She began
to SINK, and died on Thursday from
utter cXhaustion-nothing more nor
less than a broken heart. The little
orphan children will he taken care
OF by their grandparents until their
father returns to them, If he ever
does