Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-28
BLAINE'S EULOGY.
RECEIVED WITH GENERAL FAVOR.
A DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE HE HAD

A DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE HE HAD
General Rosecrans Slightly Corrects the
Orator.
The public Journals almos. universally
commend the tone and matter of Mr..
Blaine's oration; and all reports Of the
occasion speak of it as having been
in the highest degree impressive, and the
audience which assembled to hear it one
Of the most distinguished ever seen in
Washington. Beside the president, cabi.
net, supreme court, Congress and foreign
ministers, Generals, Sherman, Sheridan,
Hancock, Howard and other leading mill
tary men were there General r. G.
Schenck, ex-minister to England Cover
nors Hoyt, of Pennsylvania Foster, of
Ohio Hamilton, of Maryland Bigelow,
Of Connecticut Porter Of Indiana, and
Adjutant General Harmine, of Connecticut
Henry James jr. and Sirs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett, the novelists. Three figures
occupied conspicuous places on the front
seats and these were the venerable figure
of Washington's great man, W. w. Cor
coran, the lean figure of Cyrus w. Field
and the shrivled-up figure Of the historian,
George Bancroft. The foreign gentlemen
always form Il picturesque group, but
never so much as when clustered together
among thousands of people in solemn con-
ventional black. The red fez and GOLD
embroidery of the Turks were in curious
contrast with the loose. plain purple robes
of the Chinese. The representatives Of the
Japanese government appeared in Ameri-
can full dress, swallow-tails, white ties
and gloves, like the ordinary American
gentleman and ordinary American waiter.
In the presidents gallery sat Mrs.
Blaine, the wife of the distinguished ora
tor Of the day and the cynosure of all
| eyes. She had scarcely got seated when a
page entered IN presented her with a
bouquet of beautiful flowers. Mrs.
Blaine was attircd in rich black velvet and
circular lined with leopard skin, which
was allowed to fall over the gallery rail.
She was accompanied by Mrs Matthews
and Miss Dodge aod Mrs. Justice Field.
Mrs. David Dudley Field, Mrs. Bradley,
Mrs. Brewster, Mrs Frelinghuyscn and
Mrs. G. w. Curtis were near her.
Criticising the EulOEy.
General Rosecrans furnishes for publ
eating the following card
Mr.. Blaine, in his funeral Grafton be-
fore the two houses to-day, said "When
| General Garfield assumed his new duties
he found various troubles already we'll de-
veloped and seriously affecting the value
and efficiency of the Army Of the Cumber-
land" I was commanding general of that
army General Garfield was my chief of
staff. Had this been the fact | certainly
should have known it; General Garfield
was bound to tell ma Of it. Justice to
the truth of history and to the Army of
the Cumberland requires that l should
declare that | mover heard of such
otokn of %1,sv -,,,tsI CT ~
came from lips of the orator to.
day. The distinguished gentleman
has been wholly misinformed, and the
| statements above quoted have no founda.
| tion in fact. On the contrary, it was the
general sentiment aud constant boast OF
| the officers and men OF that army that the
Army of the Cumberland was singularly
| united and free from discussions, and,
therefore, no ones genius was required to
heal those dissensions. appeal to them
| to bear witness to this fact.
A few sentences further Oh Mr.. Blaine
! says =" His military duties closed on the
memorable field of Chickamauga, field
| which, however disastrous to the Union
| arms, gave to him the occasion of winning
imperishable laurels." He might with
justice have added, as Garfield would have
added, and to us the key of the South,
the objective point of tho campaign OF
Chattanooga W. S. ROsECIANs.
The Face and Hand of the Late PresIdCnt.
About the time the memorial services
were held for the late President Garfield
at Washington, his family and friends i'll
trusted to Mir. st. Gaudens, the sculptor Of
Farragut's statue, the work Of casting in
bronze the face and left hand of the de-
ceased. The plaster cast used for the
work is the only one in existence, and it
was thought necessary to have it in bronze
so that it could be kept forever as his
torical memento. The moulding and cast
ing in bronze were given to E. Henry &
Bounard, of New York, and they were
successfully accomplished. The face cast.
ing weighs seven and a-half pounds and
the hand two and a-half pounds. After
the performance Of the operation the
mould was broken, as the work was done
for the family. The cast of the face repre-
sents Mr.. Garfield's features exactly as
they were after death, showing traces Of
his suiferings. During the making Of the
mould and the taking Of tho cast precau.
ticns were adopted so that no copies
should be taken by any person.