Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-21

! beginning q he sssuiou. Tneir hostis
! ~ 20 capital and eUEputxtisas has no
] been do0besd foe . u0moul There b q
: mncta comnunism Ia the Capitol az Al
6sny today - there il n BIesker and
wooster streets. II NO other evidsncs
J vas u hand the attempt to drive Iabc:
: out OF the prisons would show it,
Ceaesai Grant Makes . speech.
NEv Yosx. April eo.-0eu. Grant. In
Introducing Colfax Last night, Who lee
Jared on Lincoln, aid: Ladies' And
oeofiemeu;-It has been assigned me "a
present the orator Of the evening. VIA
VIII deliver lsetars On the life and
public SERVICES Of our late marsyred
fnstdsnt Lincoln Is vas not my 0ooj
fortune to have known that sminsu /
man IL early dAyS, although ~ hailed
from the samo Sea18 and were cisixens
OF tns sAms state at the beginning Of the
great rebellion, yst I nevsr met him
until 1854. when I Vas called Iase 70 eaks
command Of the Army Of ihe Poeuwaa.
l had heard much about Lireolu. and
all my prejudicos vsrs in his favor.
had heard many anecdotes attriboted
70 Rim, which seemed 70 me- rsther
coarse 70 come from suSa . source. Az
- ny coming % the East saw aress
deal Of him. He seemed 10
love 70 spend his time With
omesn Of the Army Of ths Posomac,
snd vas always as my hsadonarters
when possible, and I never heard him
talk ssri0usly about anything that be
Did not illustrate H. strong points
ne wanted to make BY an anecdose, al
Ways appropriate. always dear. always
sooh that il mighs b repeated here or
in any society. II b my liFm convics,on
that many OF the anecdotes that arc
attributed TO Lincoln were never uttered
By him. All that I ever heard we're
illustrative OF the point he wanted 70
mako, and Am told that this vas his
course at the bar - lawyer.
shall NOS repeat any anecdotes that
we're told me for my instruction, bat as
came In this evening vas hsnded n
note reminding me Of q circumstance
that l rad not known before, or IL l
had have forgottou, which mar rs the
appropriateness OF the date fixed for
hearing this lecture. IL is very near
only a few days aftsr the ami
ycrsary OF the death of the
great man Of whose life and pabIio ser-
woes you are to hear this evening, and
It Is also the centennial anniversary Of |
tina annonncecn~nt ~ W..h;,,..a.
his armv Of the ;nds,ardsnna ~ ~
Colonies, I,sdi.. ssS Gon.i.
have ROW cffsred no,. 80 ,>rsrns ' ,han
AN in the hahit oS mat;na or ~. go
for / talk hest whar .itt;no ..$ -,
presf Mt IN Won IN. ora to- 81 - .-s.,srs.
gentleman who for four yeaSn was nv |
colleague as Vice President, vhilo / Was |
IN the Office Of President, tine late Vice |
Colfax. fApplauss.l
Several journals, n0tioeably the Su..
severely criticize Colfax for lecturinu /
upon 80 good and great q man a. Lin
coin.
gx,e,s,ve Smart.
Ar,vr. "a. -, "a
u;ch..s 49,. 49, nk 49, 80 ycaI Ego
r.sdI;,c 1919 =; ~ n sSu 'maeo venue,
10 ~ n T'.,aa. .S; - Ssto
90 I'm W suou, 1u~ sonu
cows 100, ,.cn;r.s.. u .;.!.n gu" ~ Ooal.os
H. =, 80. na..';. = ,sso. " ~. suI v S
~. $500 49,. - 49, sOn u,%
ar. ~. 49, ~ 80. w. H. .v'. e. I'm
hanstsd With this H thov -, .s! 49, ga
him 4. ono s;n0;nC sor,.. -" srS tsil;u u
rude Jokes. He STAYED in bed sixtsen
days. and at the end Of that time Wa
able TO Get 10 the train 10 come home
only by being transported in . chair,
borne by two stout negroes. The parties
being IN official Positions, the grand
Jury refused to iudics them. and the
Italian then employed counsel TO bring |
suit against the persons named. De-
iendanss set up Tor defense that q they
did as sharesd they we're too drunk to
know what they W0rO doing. The Jury