National Republican., 1883-08-03
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small TaIls About Men ana Measure.

extraction forced her way into Belknapi
presence and protested that her son, Darby
Greeley ("Graley," she pronounced it) wa,
not old enough to go to war. "Shure, mature,
she sobbed Tho is only sivnteen years old
He's moro lad and ye shouldn't let sich a.
him go into tho war;"
" He sworo he was eighteen and that is con-
elusive, so far as we are concerned. We can
not let your son 60" said Gen. (then major
Bolknap.
Mrs. "Graley" parlied with tho inpatient
major while longer, and finding him obdu-
rate, she took fond farewell of Darby, who
had been called into the conference, hugging
him and kissing him with true affection.
Now, Darby, mo darlin'," she exclaimed, as
she turned weeping away, be good boy
and take care of yourself. Keep close to the
maiur, Darby, and you'll never got hurted.'
Gen. Belknap, in relating the circumstances
many years afterward, said that he had
kept Darby close to him all through the war,
and that he wasn't "hurted" either. Poor
Darby" he said, "hos dead now He was my
forager, and ho was the greatest forager l
ever saw, and brave. No man could be q
good forager unless he was brave. That was
prime requisite. Darby never let my supply
of yellow-legged chickens run low"
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The supervising architect was ovorioyod
yesterday when the committee announced its
purpose to bring the tedious investigation to
n close, and he fairly beamed with smiles.
The inquiry has been costing him about 500 a
day, and man is naturally glad to get rid OF
such an expense. Opinion is divided as to
what the report of the committee will be.
Mr.. Hill thinks tho investigation has
shown that he has been gloriously ac-
quilted Of all wrong doing. The prosecution
has fallen far short of proving what it ex-
pected to, but tho testimony produced has
certainly left stain ON the Office which the
architects explanations have not entirely re
moved to the satisfaction of those who looked
for q clean record The most damaging fact
brought out, in the estimation of many who
have watched the investigation carefully,
was the employment by the supervising archi-
tect of q man to inspect and pass upon Bartlett
& Robbins's heating and ventilation job in
the Chicago custom house who was an en-
ploye of the contractors themselves, and who
returned to their employ at n largely in
creased salary after he had certified to the
excellence of tho work.
If the lawyers get their briefs in by the
middle of the month the committee will
probably be ready to submit its report to the
secretary on or before the first of September.
The committee is understood to be practically
unit, aud if left free could probably hand in
its verdict in thirty minutes.
The work of the supervising architects
office has boon in a state of blockade for three
months by reason of the investigation. to the
great detriment of work ON public buildings
throughout the country. The pressure hav.
ing been relieved some attention can now be
paid to needs of public business in that line
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DR.. Hamilton, supervising surgeon general
of the marine hospital corps, says that the
sea coast has never been better protected
against yellow fever and cholera than it Is
now, and he adds "Thcre has never been o
time before when so many points have been
threatened by epidemics simultaneously
There has been general output of vessels
from infected ports for the past two or three
weeks and had it not been for the strictness
of our quarantine regulations many of these
vessels with yellow fever patients on board
would have anchored at our doors. We have
been very lucky thus far, and l trust VIZ
shall continue So"
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Although tho secretary of the treasury has
decided tho epidemic law of 1873 to be ir
force doubts exist as to the power of the ma
rino hospital service to confiscate and destroy
cholera rags, or other infected property on
shipboard. The surgeon general can prevent
tho landing of this sort of property, however
and local health authorities of seaboard citie'
have been instructed to be on the guard. The
enforcement of quarantine laws is practically
in the hands of local health boards
backed and assisted by the general gov
ernment. Several Baltimore Shipper
were in the city yesterday to insis
upon the release of the infected ships Andeal
and California, with permission to steam vi
the bay to Baltimore, They were respectful,
referred to tho health officers of the lowe
bay and of Baltimore. Inasmuch as tn
Baltimore health commissioner, DR.. Belden
has said he would blow any floating pes
house that attempted to come near the cit!
out of the bay, they will not be apt to accom-
plsh much by talking with him. Baltimor
has suffered too much in a business way fror
smallpox to throw her doors open to yelloy
fever to accommodate two or three firms VIII
handle the business of q like number of for
eign shipowners,
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Gov. Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, was i
the city yesterday. The governors splendi
and successful race against great odds in tn
fall of 1880 will long be remembered. Iii
election in October of that year oyer Fran
Landers marked the close of theme memo
rable campaigns in there public's history. H
is very tall senatorial timber, and it woul
occasion no surprise were he to succeed Sena
tor Voorhees, in the United States senate.
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Capt. ]. A. George has produced lette
froom L. Jno. Ellis member of congress fror
Louisiana, in which the latter admits havin
paid him 5000 ON condition he would hel
the New Orleans Pacific get its "backb bone
land grant through congress. Tho writer NJ
braids George for working against tho schen
after being paid TO work on tho other sid
and he also charges the captain with havin
written an expose of the job in the New Yor
Sun. Other correspondence on the subject
made public, and the whole will prove yer
interesting reading for Ellis's constituent
and colleagues and the country at large
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Col. George De Shiels, of the Riggs hous
has been through Virginia, and he return
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