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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
LATE CONVERSION.
what var. Beccher Says About the
atare as ReDresented nv frying

what Mr. Beccher Says About tie
stage as Represented by Irving.
The following from the New York
Worlds account of the banquet TO Irving
is of particular interest to theatre
goers
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the
first speaker called upon in the informal
talks which followed said il might be II
matter of surprise that he was present.
He was not qualified TO comment ON the
stage or the philosophy of acting. 1t was
an advantage to him, however, that he
was a Puritan of the Puritans, brought up
to look upon playhouse MS the devils
house, an actor as unregenorate and an
actress-as beyond burning. So it was
that he had restrained his inclination to
go to the theatre, "hut ut lust, having
taken counsel of myself, said 10 myself
that it would be well to corrOburate these
opinions of the theatre by going to see,
and | did, and am sure that no young
man would be hurt by my example if
they would only follow il and not go 10 II
theatre until they are 10 years old What
was the result of this temptation and fall
no, not fall, but rise Having tasted
the forbidden fruit went again and again,
and cut all the apples could reach and
this say, after having been eight times
to see the Lyceum theatre company, that
if all companies were such and all actors
were such, then l would recommend the
theatre MS n means of grace to my people,
Such entertainments nre not to he classed
MS forbidden fruit One good man is
worth dozen essays on man
hood, one good picture, whole course
of lectures on art, and one good mimic
representation of honest human passions
can do and does do much to advance
humanity. | am glad to see that the
churches are taking hold of this question
/ of amusement and treating il sensiblN
and heartily hut there is something greater
than enjoyment; it is happiness-that il
| the source of human existence. Somt
| people think it is the end of human exist
ence to be unhappy, because there wal
II promise of compound interest hereafter
hut somehow | feel like the man who salt
he had no doubt of the sweets OF adversely
bnt somehow he felt better in prosperity.
II can say this honestly, | have beel
II reader of Shakespeare all my life, bu
never read him until | heard him
Shakespeare in literature il what IL marbl,
statue is in an old cathedral, but the mai
who can touch these old effigies and maxi
them talk is the man who makes us trul,
acquainted with Shakespeare The his
trionic art is but an imitation in one sense
but it has the power of bringing befor
men as no letters can conception of til
literature of any age. The highest liter
allure is dramatized. and TO see such
drama is 90 fill man for the rest of Iii
life. shall from this dry read 0pheli
and see Miss Terry. have seen her an
know now what Beatrice was. than
her for 4 richness which shall carry wit
me Ms long as live. would like to sn
something of what Mr.. Irving has don
for me, but | will only say that when Ii
has gone shall feel as do in autumn
When the birds have gone shall feel thu
there is a vacancy which can never Il
adequately filed
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
moRr nLArn1oNr poErnr.
subject: Observation from Clyde
Hill.
Eben Newton Baldwin.


Written for the Gazette and Journal.
Where will you find spot more fair,
With finer view, or purer air
The sweet and balmy breath Of spring
Back from southland its flowers bring
The morning sun with its wealth of gold,
Brings precious visions Of wealth untold.
Gaze with me on yon glimmering stream;
The beautiful river, like fairy dream,
Lies tranquil, as II In sweet repose,
While onward, forever, and onward II flows.
The carnal heart, and the carnnl will
Are thus till voice says: Peace, he
still"
See yon ship with it's snowy sail,
Like a pale, winged bird SO tender and
frail:
From what port bound to what haven'
What precious burden does it bear?
No one can tell hut onward II llies,
Over beautiful waters, under beautiful skies
The land of the melon, on the other side,
viii soon be robed like II blushing bride.
And the river will kiss her ruby lips,
| And blossoms adorn her and lady whips
Where the Indian kissed his wife and child
Love soothes the pale-face, and makes hin
mild.
| The farmer slowly ploughs the field,
| And trusts to heaven Il generous yield.
| He sows the wheat and plants the corn,
And is glad when he hears the dinner horn
As he homeward starts he is filed with bliss
| For his wife and child await his kiss.
| The cattle graze in quiet peace,
/ In dozen fields they take their ease;
The tender grass is continual feast
To the dumb, but useful, noble beast.
Oh, God Thy gifts are all divine,
And the cattle on u thousand hills are Thine
CLAYNoNT, DEL, April 10th, 1885.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

RICHARD GRANT WHITE.
Death Of the ShaIespearian scholar
and Critic.

Richard Grant White died of gastritis Mt
his house in New York yesterday week. He
had been i'll all winter.
Richard Grant White was born in New
York on the 22d of Mny, 1922. He wll- the
son Of Richard Mansfield White, and eighth
IN descent from John White, II prominent
Puritan and one Of the founders Of Cam
bridge, Mass. Mr.. Whites father was Il
prosperous South street merchant. Young
White went 10 the Columbia College gram
mar school and was graduated from the
University Of the City of New York in thu
class Of 1889. After graduation he studied
medicine In tho medical college of the
university, but gave up medicine To study
law in the Office Of the late Judge Woodruff
HI was admitted TO the bar In 1916
While waiting for practice he wrote
articles upon music for the Courier
and Enquirer, and afterwards upon art
Upon the establishment Of the World, h,
became one of its editors. MIR. Whites frs
magazine article was on Beethoven, ans
appeared in the american Magazine in 1853
His first ventures in Shakespnarian criticism
were made IN q series Of articles upon th'
marginal notes ni the Collier folio OF 1852
The articles Were printed in PHtHdm'S Mag
dEhie in 1885 and were supplemented h.
"Shakespeare's Scholar In 1857 apprare,
the first parts Of Mr.. Whites edition q
'uhh'opthIt. NhIuH anu ln'iI H'Nt ull
of the best known Of Mr.. White book
| appeared in 1861. III 1861 Mr,White receiver
an appointment 10 the head Of the lievenI
Marine Bureau IN New York which position
he held until he resigned in 1878.
For nearly 30 years MIR. White ha, beel
constantly before the public ms n writer q
magazine and newspaper articles upo
| literary and art matters. He was also III
author of the articles upon Shakespeare am
Shakespearian literature In both Appleton
and Johnsons cycloppdiuS
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

HOW the Former neatly Corrcctr,
a False Impression.

heOW the Former Sently corrected
a False Impression.
In the i'aN MAJ G0sette, Of Il recent
issue, there appeared the following com
mrnts upon the appointment nf Minister
Lowells successor
President Cleveland has appointed u Yer
mont lawyer his name is immHtoriul, no
one has ever heard of it on This side Of the
Atlantic ,.hut no doubt he t. Il most respect
able and competent person To succeed the
most eminent American Of this generation
aS ambassador at the Court Of st. james.
II Is Il pity that tile new President, who has
promised so fairly about civil service re-
form, should have u diplomatic appoint
mcnt which can hardly he called reform
The only good thing about II is that II will
serve as n foil to bring out into still clearer
reliefthe genius and tile fame Ofthe retiring
minister. But even that is but poor consola-
ton, for Mr.. Lowell did moi need Il toll.
In II subsequent number the Gd<ettt
has this I'm the same subject addressed "a
the editor:
Will you allow mo few lines of comment
upon Il paragraph in the Pdn NAL GdzeT,
OF last evening, which fear may tend tC
produce a mischievous nisapprehensioni
President Cleveland would be the last mar
to make an inconsiderilte appointment Il
any office, especially to one 50 important Il,
the English mission. MIR. Phelps is us fal
as possible from being the unknown OF
obscure person he is assumed TO be in YOU
paragraph. None but II distinguished ant
| agreeable man could have been choseI
| president Of the American Bar Association
none but IN able and accomplished lawyer
could have been called to u profGssoIship n
Yale College. Mr.. Phelps Is Il man of lligl
character, of marked Independence, and o
| the most agreeable social qualities. 4
| change Of ministers was unavoidable, ant
| both countries are to be congratulated oil
the wisdom of Mr. Clevelan's choice.
| remain, your obedient servant,
j. IL. LOWELL.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
GRANT.
III. q. Runner.

Smile. on, thou new-come sPring-if on thy
breeze
The breath Of great man go wayering up
And out OF this worlds knOwledge-it ID well.
Kindle with thy green flame the stricken trees,
And fire the roses many-petaled cup,
Let bongh and branch with quickening life-bl0od
swell.
But Death shall touch his spirit with life
That knows not years or aeasons Oh. now small
Thy little hour Of bloom Thy leaves shall fall,
And be the sport Of winter winds nj strife:
But he has taken on eternity.
Yea, OF how much this Death doth sot him
free!--
Now are we one to love him, once again.
The tie that bound him To our bitterest pain
Draws him more close 10 Love and Memory.
Spring, with all thy sweetheart frolics, say,
Hast thou remembrance OF those earlier
When we wept answer to the laughing day
And turned aside from green and gracious
things?
There was a sound of Weeping over all
Mothers uncontrolled, for their sons were not (;
And there was crueler silence: tears grew hot
IN the true eyes that would not let them fall.
Up from the South came great wave of sorrow
That drowned our "Reminiscences, splashed
with blood our stills;
To-day, that spared, made terrible Tomorrow
With quick presentiment of coming ills.
Only we knew the Right-but oh, how strong,
How pitiless, how Unsuitable the Wrong!
AND then the qulvering sword-hilt found q hand
That knew not how TO falter or grow weak
| And we looked on, from end to end the land.
And felt the heart spring up, and rise afresh
The blood Of courage to the whitened cheek,
And fire of battle thrill the numbing flesh.
| Ay, there WAS death, and pain, and dear ones
missed,
/ And lips forever To grow pale unkissed
/ But 10, the man was here and this was he:
/ And at his hands Faith gave us victory.
| Spring, thy poor life, that inocks his holy,
death,
| Is hut candies flame, a flowers breath.
| He lives in days that sufrerings made dear
| Beyond all garncred beauty Of the year.
| lie lives in all Of us that shall outlive
/ The sensuous things that paltry time can give
| This spring the spirit Of his broken age
Across the threshold Of his anguish stole
| All of him that was noble, fearless, slge,
| Lives In his loved nations strengthened soul
Tuck.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

The trial of james d. Fish. ex-presi-
dent of the Marine Bank of New York, on
charges of misapplying its funds and
making false entries on its books, with
intent to defraud the bank and deceive
the bank examiner, resulted on Saturday
night in a verdict of guilty. The jury
was out six hours. The indictment
originally contained 25 counts, and the
jury found Fish guilty of l2 counts. These
charged specific acts of misapplication of
the bank moneys and making false entries.
On three of the counts, or as afterward
condensed, one count, charging abstrac-
ton of the banks securities, he was not
found guilty. One count alone would
give Fish from three to five years in
prison. The counsel for Fish applied to
Judge Benedict in the United States
circuit court Monday to have their client
admitted to bail. The court refused tc
grant the motion. The counsel will re
new the application before the court in
banc in May next. 49,.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

j. = itickcrsn postmaster OF i.slin,
tun, Mo. wits hm d,a,i, and Mrs Iiirl..
rrsou was dangerously Wounded. Oh r.!
dal last, ~ Frank inyiur. with wlnrt
Dickorson had h"rn tt frud tor some
years.
\ cable dispatch was received SIM.
day in Bath Ne. announcing the arrival
at Dublin. the sln" dIny % the ship
Louisiana which left San Francisco ola
October l4th Of last ycnr. ! he vessel
was supposed Ia haze ht"u lost.
Mrs Cniharine Hogan was SHOT and
dangerously wounded by her hrother-im-
law. James u. Hogan. in Newport Il. T..
nn saturday night. After shooting Mrs.
Hogan her aslalunt committed suicide.
He was unbalanced IN mind, and hal
been drinking,
Hiram Fuulks mn elderly bachelor. who
lived alone on II farm near Independence.
Kansas, was murdered On Friday night.
by some unknown persons, His body
was thrown into well and the house WINS
rnnsarkcd. a bag was found concealed
on Fnulks' person containing 81 100,
Frank l;ankin, well known scale
manufacturer, WINS on Saturday sentenced
10 Imprisonment for life in Selbyyille.
Kentucky Rankin shot and killed AInrtin
Cody, bricklayer, in cold blood in No
vember, 1883. This is Rankin's second
trinl, the sentence being the same in both
trials.
John V. Undertook, an excise commits
sioner and editor of the Indepeaoe,.t
AdCertiser, a weekly paper, published ut
Nyack, N. ", was publicly assaulted with
horsewhips Sunday by two women, the
wives of COnstables David Shakespeare
and W. H. Harris, for publishing offensive
articles about their husbands.
The Excelsior knitting mills of j. 4.
Sinner, Mt South Bethlehem, Pa, We're
burned on Saturday night. Loss, $25, 900.
Incendiarism is suspected. EARLY Sun
day morning the house of Mr.. Cannon, in
the same place, was burned by the ex-
plosion of an oil lamp. The family
escaped in their night clothes Two hun
bred and fifty dollars in drawer was
consumed.
The Presbytery of Charleston, South
Carolina, on Saturday adopted by large
majority the overture from the general
assembly of 1884, striking out from the
confession of faith the following words /:
1.-The man may not marry any of his
wife's kindred nearer in blood than he
may of his own; nor the woman of
her husbands kindred nearer in blood
than her own"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

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George Ruth, shot on Thursday by one Of
the detectives guarding the Mccormick fac
tory, in Chicago, died Friday.
George II. Mills. convicted Of the murder
of his wife was hanged Friday in
BROOKLYN. New York.
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nii, snli nnh' Hgns lhLtiiS 'llli' ''clory
hlu iuu 1iI,y ~ NnMi'"'hrl' IN, Mei'
"''iip" 'i'''"S 'ho''ii'iH' '+''N' F'o'""u.'
The steamer Dem Richmond, from New
York reached her wllurf N Albany Fri
srnson.
Janewny ~ DO. of New Brunswick Y.
have brought suit against the Pnnnsylvnnin
railroad for $500 .OOD damages. caused in
the prent tre of january 7tb.
~.
NJ f'Sil't III 'i.c I'il1h r'''In' pI' iluioh
I'LL, ,li',i' nus ut7il'sv" nv mn nrnlEc.
uu,!nnH't, NrsHrl7 NV nj, nl"h mn lt',Ih".r
nii'' ~ n. NJ, an i'' "''''E' - $50
'"ti'e" "' 9%"""".
News comes FROM the Nnrihw"Hl Territory
of the massacre by fr"e Ir'iHn- Of II SET
tiers, NJ Frog Lake, about ih miles north ri
Fort Put. AmnnE the virtHs were the ln-
dim agent aGd two pr:Hsi-. Fort i''ti viii II
IS Sarrisuned hN oniA - mounted ~ Ii", l.
IN danger.
After the adjournment os M" 'rruunsSnr
ir.islntut. il, Nashville. ou Thursday pii.ht
brutiiy Sergeant. t-Srms Turner SHOT and
slightly Wounded "A Democrat nnmri
MrGalyng. who %vmpathiZei Win tho i'm
prisoned senators. AIctiHry"r defended
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
REACTION on THE ExcHANGEs.
The Excitement Abaied on the
Receipt of Better News from
England.

England.
The New York Times in its financial
columns Saturday says: The news OF the
financial improvement in London and at
various Bourses of the money centres of
Europe, presaging a less pronounced belief
in war. brought reflection To the operators
upon the Produce Exchange yesterday, the
first effect of which was visible at the
opening of business No such scenes of
excitement as those which marked the
opening on Thursday were visible. No. 2
May red wheat, which closed at 30 cents on
Thursday, was offered freely at opening.
From each side of the ring the offers were
shouted forth, and although one lot was
taken at 96I cents, the first official sale was
recorded at 96 cents, a decline of 8 cents.
The pressure was due to the sale of low
priced wheat to realize profits, and to the
withdrawal of many discretionary orders
by the agents Of foreign operators. Follow
ing this came a rally, due largely to the
covering of shorts, under which the price
gradually rose to IS, reacting to 81 cents
then up again to 974, from which it
gradually declined to 97t cents. The
market throughout was measurably free
from excitement
Corn took a jump in the early hours of
business, the limit Of the advance being l
cent per bushel over the previous nights
closing, but reacted toward the close to !
of a cent. The demand which induced the
jump was due to the exporters, and the
weakness Mt the close was due to the with
drawal OF export orders. Speculation ran
largely to oats, the price of which was run
up to II cents. Taking the visible supply
Of whent and flour, and the amount techni-
cally known as ION passage, the rise in
value on Thursday morning would amount
to over "a 1000, 600, and the increased value
Of corn in sight indicated by Thursdays rise
would be 1881 900. Despite these enormous
differences in values from nightfall tc
morning no one was reported hurt, and nc
rutnofS were fttaru COnEortiiuS any nTui.''
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
9-S--
PERSONAL.

The body fnund il Comey Island creek.
which was supposed TO he that of S. s.
Commit. is not Tint Of The missing editor
II is nov thought that i, may lie the body
of Lieutenant Rrmry, who Disappeared
from The training ship Portsmouth, On
February 18th
John Kelly is getting better, Ms wit.
ness this spit of sea foAm | Town M from
the beach the ever sounding waves
that wash Atlantic City hmye brought much
needed. steep TO MIR. John Kelly. He
finds the long stretch of White beach
there healthful and invigorating prone.
made and MS he trcads il his step grows
springy MS the sand under his fent. The
salty winds and the sun have made lis
face us brown rs a cigar
Cyrus W. Field Tuesday week resigned
ms one of the executive committee of the
Manhattan Railway Go. andI Wednesday
week ms one of the executive committee
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany This he does to carry ont n pur-
pose long since known to his friends of
retiring when he had completed so years
of active business in New York. After
half II century he feels that he can claim n
release, and though he retains his interest
and remains director in both companies
he wishes to throw the active manage.
ment on younger men, His eldest son
takes his place ~ Il member of the eXcCu-
tive committee of the Manhattan Com
pany. Mr.. Field sails next month To
spend the summer abroad
John A. Brnshonr uf Ifttshurg. known
throughout the scientific world ms II
manufacturer OF fine rejecting telescopes
and other optical instruments, spent
Saturday evening and Sunday with
friends in this city. lie brought with
him for shipment To the University of
| Moscow, Russia, TO fine dilTraction graf
ings, figured by himself and ruled on
Professor Ruwlnnd's machine ut the
Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
The ruling of these grltings is at the rate
of Ia, 43S lines TO the inch, graduation
which has been found by extended ex-
pertinent to give the most satisfactory
spectrn. The larger grating measured -
inches and the other % inches i'll length,
With sufficient magnitication Mr.. Brashear
says these gratings will show %
lines between the ID lines md will show
both the ID lines double. Similar gratimgs
have been supplied to the Pulkova and
other famous European ohservntories and
Mr.. Brnshcnr has orders booked for many
! more,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
PRESS OPINIONS.


A correspondent writes to ask us,
apropos of this whether there is no
humanity, no courtesy, no sympathy with
misfortune" in the breasts of editors and
proprietors of newspapers. There is no
editor or reporter without these qualities
in a greater or less degree, though we
admit that i'll some cases the degree is
small Butt the very best Of them the pas
sion for news sometimes acts like alcohol.
Ithardens the heart, dries up the fountain
of pity, DISCUSSES fair nature with hard
favored rage, and makes man smack his
lips over the sight of q ruined home or
heart-broken family like tiger over n
mangled deer. There is something terrible
in its action on the true newspaper mind.
--Ne'1 York EGening Post.
1t must be said that il would be mex
pedient to Immediately apply the theories
of this Civil Service reform with the
fullness and completeness that some of
its advocates might desire One may
say that the way 10 reform the civil SER
vice is to reform il, as Mr.. Greeley once
said that the way TO have a resumption of
specie payments was TO resume. Such
statements sound we'll hut they remind
one of the plan put forward II short time
ago by some philanthropic individual for
the immediate realization Of the millen-
mum. Suppose that before the first of
next month every man, woman and child
should agree that on and after Alny Isl,
1850 they would lead pure, honest, hon
orable and temperate lives that they
would avoid all sins and endeavor to eX-
emPlify in their conduct every Christian
virtue. Why, presto Mt the striking Of
the clock the world would he transformed,
and instead of continuing TO be the seat
of misery, vice and crime, il would he
come n veritable paradise, But the
trouble with sucll a proposition is that it
does not take into account the weakness
of human nature, and with other radical
proposals the obstacles 10 be overcome
are equally overlooked. Reforms, to be
lasting must move slowly and must al
every point feel the strong and certain
support of public sentiment. In the alb.
sence of this aid, President Cleveland
could do nothing; but by carefully NOV
ing step by step, we believe that before
the time for the next Presidential election
arrives he can place the entire civil ser.
vice of this country on thoroughly non
partisan basis, with the hearty approval
of ninety-nine out of every hundred
American citizens. Boston Herah Ind.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16

GRANTS April auniverSarics.


April is dotted heavily with Grant ami.
versaries, April LIST, 1865, Grant turned
Lees right at Five Forks; April I'd he
assaulted and carried the lines Mt Peters.
burg April Sd he entered Petersburg and
Richmond. April 9th, 1862, the battle OF
Shiloh opened; April 18th Grant drove the
rebels from the field; April Sth, 1865, hi
had thrown his cavalry across Lees line
of retreat, and April 9TH, Lees army sur
rendered
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
A FROZEN BoDr.
Found damned Under a box
Mauuer-A Had E,0calitv.

Nhe-hsRoA AnaA@A h41s@AsAhys
JACKSON, MICH, April liza body was
meath box manger In riokety barn near
the river. 1t was that of man about 80
years old, with dark hair, skull crushed
and jaw broken eyes, cheeks and neck had
been eaten by rats.
The body had on nothing but under
clothes and white shirt. They were clean
and new, and the victim was evidently well
to do. There was seal ring on the left
hand, and the muscles of the left arm were
shriveled from paralysis. The murder was
probably committed during the extreme
cold Of January ms the body was frozen solid.
The discovery is creating Intense excite
ment, rs that vicinity is the toughest part
of the city, and several outrages have been
committed in that neighborhood within II
| year. George Wilson, the murderer, was
secreted near there for several days afterhe
| escaped from prison.