The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-04-22
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
WHAT Is GOING ON IN OUR Ma
TIONAL POLITICAL MECCA.
4 Description of the Panorama of the
Battle of Manas.as--A Good Joke on
Senator Vance--PersOnals, &C., Ac.

1 Special Cor STATE CHRONICLE.
! WASHINGTON, -. G, April Il lillian
/ Carl Brown, the we'll known artist of this
i city, desires TO have the statement sent to
! a North Carolina paper that he Is paint
! ing the portrait Of the late Governor More
| head corrected He tells me that he paint
| cd at least half a dozen portraits Of Gov
ernor MOrehead during his lifetime, and
! he Is unwilling that these portraits should
! be attributed to the use Of a photograph
after Gov. Morehead's death. Governor
! Morehead sat for all these portraits while
! Mr.. Brown was his guest at Greensboro.
! Governor Moreheads children EACH have
one of Mr.. Browns portraits Of their Father,
! the original one being now III the posses
sion of Col John L. Morehead of Char
lOtte, North Carolina. The mSstatement
probably originated from the fact that a
wealthy citizen of North Carolina has been
negotiating with Mr.. Brown to paint por-
| trait of the late Chief Justice Ruffin, which
the citizen above referred to, intends to
present to the University of North Caro-
lima. During Mr. Browns long residence
in Raleigh where | think he lived about
twenty years, he painted from life or
! from the most reliable miniatures in the
possession of their respective families
portraits of Governors Owen, Iredell, Dud-
ley, Manley, Morehead, Reid, Ellis, Hol
! den, Caldwell, Jarvis, Vance, and Ora
ham Nearly all of these We're painted
from life, and | may be mistaken in as
serting that they were not all painted from
! life Any cOnnOisseur in art can tell at
glance whether portrait is taken from
life or a photograph. One painted from
a photograph sometimes is deficient in ex
preston and in a life-like pose and gen
| eral appearance even when the brush is in
ha Of
| Mr.. SINNERS speech advocating the free
coinage Of silver is highly praised. Judge
! Crisp, of Georgia, says it is the best speech
that has been delivered on the subject.
Mr.. Daniel K. Goodloe, who has studied
the subject thoroughly, and who has writ
ten a book on the silver question, speaks
in the highest terms of it.
I | promised in recent letter to give your
readers some idea of the mammoth pan
Drama of the battle of Manassas, exhibited
in large round building erected for the
| purpose. Among the sights of Washing
ton, it already ranks with the Smithsonian,
the Museum and the Corcoran Art Gallery.
| The visitor enters the circular building and
ascends a winding stairway, at the termi-
nation of which is circular platform pro
| vided with convenient seats. From the
| platform the behOlder sees 20, 600 square
yards of canvas on which 1000 pounds of
of paint have been used by corps of dis
tinguished artists under the supervision of
Monsieur Poilpot. 1t cost S135, 900. 1t was
4 tremendous venture but it has been a
tremendous success On the left as you
look is a life sized picture of Robert f.
Lee mounted on his well known white
horse, surrounded by his staff General
! LOngStrcet IS pointing out to him some of
the movements of the enemy. In front
Stonewail jackson is seen on distant
hillside mounted on 'Old sOrrel" while his
| celebrated division meets the savage Ons-
Taught of the solid column of the ederal
army. Longstrect's division is held back
to cut off the retreat which followed
Stonewall Jackson's stubborn fight. The
flash Of livid fire as it comes from the
cannon's mouth, the bursting of bombs,
the crash of artillery, the dead and the
dying farms of soldiers are as realistic as
if one looked on the awful field Of the Both
of August, 1862. A city paper says:
s'To those who have not visited the Pan
Drama of the Second Battle of Bull Run
or Manassas, great pleasure IS IN store,
and those who have once seen this marvel
Gus work of art, find at each successive
visit something new TO startle or to please
It is undoubtedly one of the most strik
or executed by man. 1t is beyond the
power of descriptions; to be understood anC
appreciated it must be seen. The Optlca
illusion is so perfect that one gazing upOI
the scene can with difficulty understand
that the participants in the battle are no
flesh and blood; and that the hills, fields
forest, and very atmosphere is not real.
Mr.. Morrison has reported his Tariff bill
from the Committee to the House Con
siderable changes were made in the bill b,
members of the committee. Several week
will be now consumed by the House in dis
cussing it. AS other changes are sure t
! be made, it would be useless for me to oc
cupy your valuable space With the text o
the bill as reported on Monday.
: 1t is thought that Secretary Mannin,
will never resume his official duties. Man
politicians here think the Treasury port
,, folio will be rendered Hon. S. ]. Randall
q Others think Assistant Secretary Fairchild
! will be promoted to that position.
: Col. VIM. l.. Trenholm has been con
firmed as Comptroller of the Currency. Hi
! bond will be 800, 900.
Hon. John S Henderson made a stron
q and able presentation of Mr.. HurdS case t
4 the House Tuesday Of last week He think
=. Mr.. llurd was rightfully elected and is en-
i titled to the seat now occupied by Nh
: Romeis.
= The Senate has confirmed the nomina
- ton of Lieutenant Samuel G.. Lemlv. {
Salem, n. G.
# : The Assistant secretary Of State, Go,
20 | ernor. Porter, says the late Judge Baxte
% used to teH the following on Senator Vanc,
= AS young men Baxter and Vance practice
y, law respectively in east Tennessee an
e Western North Carolina They often a
:. tended the same courts and made tt
- long Journeys over the rough mountai
'o roads together. Often they had to sta
>. early Sunday morning SO as 70 reach Il
I, court house in time on Monday. Baxt
- :. would often ride to Nance's house Saturdf
', night so they could make an early star
;f This arrangement had continued for son
- - time when it dawned on Mrs. Vance
~ ~ mind (she was a rigid Presbyterian tn
n. Baxter was leading Nanpe astray, that
must bp a wicked man TO encourage the
Sunday jaunts! So bright and early t
a next Saturday morning she made Van
Id leave home alone so as to reach the cou
"a house by Saturday night. She receiv
h Baxter rather coolly when he rode up 81
,d urday evening and Informed him that
st usual companion had gone early tn
10 morning, and would not travel hereaft
on Sunday Rayter was very much cf