Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-13

10 feast on fish and flesh and fowl be mercifully
Without that peualty the govt, which some for
May You ,hat f luxury enjoy. I. Buclner Bayliss,
pray.
Health. wealth and happinessi may you this
. three-fold boon attain,
In vain!
And If, dear Bev, between US. power again be
May you the wished-for once win and J. D. Hoover
lose!
May you ne'er lose your taste for wine, nor thin
potations choose,
Nor OIL yourfeet or fOundered, Bev, to drain your
Long may the generous life blood of tho grape
your wit Inspire,
And drive away dun care, old friend, wishes James
c. Mcclure.
Whenever, you're reported dead, and many .
With tears attests the souls sharp grief. may it DO
May such wake be given you as once was given
me,
And may l. Albert Pike, and all these friends DO
Whene'er again President you help to NOM
May your share Of the pickings be at least con-
sulatc!
Due NEED for loyal services may none from you
Nor those you help unSraseful prove. thus wishes
Should sorrow sadden you, my friend, or fortune
prove unkind,
Receive tn, bullets dealt by Fate with frm and
equal mind,
From Whatsoever quarters i'll luck's cross winds
wildly blow.
May you as safe At anchor ride a. Thomas
Donoho.
Dear Bev, ], Johann" Savage, drink with all my
soul to this,
May all the arrows Of hard fate your porsy person
miss.
Lord love you Bey! and bless you with those bless
ings manifold,
Which round the home-hearth clustering, are
more than place or gold.
May those dear ones at home be spared to mako
mat home when to 1t You return, once more o
paradise
May You with them to cherish you, long walk LIES
And fan asleep with them at last this Walter
Lenox prays.
Thel wish Is assigned to mo, and Is whom old
friends part,
Hand fingers clasping hand, and heart seems
clinging unto heart,
80 l. hugh Caperton. 90 all with ono accord do
While tho voice falters at the word. Dear Bev,
Old friend. good
The letter. duly signed. was sent by the next
steamer, and, as Bev told me, when he broke
the seal and read the verses and the familiar
| signatures, with wet eyes and choking voice,
he announced 10 the vice consul that he would
90 home for the day. rs he was not feeling
very well. Recovering, he sent for some
| friends, for Of course he made friends wherever
be was, to enjoy the greeting" with him. and
they enjoyed it. In q few weeks we all re-
coiveda copy Of tho greeting" beautifully
engraved Ia fac smile.
OTHER OLD FRIENDS.
Mr.. W. NJ. Burwell was absent from the city
or he would have been crowded in to the din
| ner. as one of Bev's oldest and best friends.
hap ha raf,r nal and Al,
said he would add postscript. can only re-
call the first two lines:
Il didn't eat your mutton, Bev, nor did drink
| Coyle's wine.
And now cold sober and sincere, add this
| postscript line
| Many OF Bev's friends were absent by reason
| OF my circumscribed dining room. Alexander
| Dimitry was in Costa kica as American
minister. and consequently the dinner was
peaceful. Dimitry was disputatious always, and
l remember at dinner given to. tho
chief justice of Canada or some
great legal light OF that region, Dimetry
undertook to enlighten him in Canadian law,
which Jack Savage resented. and some pretty
sharp words passed when Jack, concentrating
| all his wrath, called Dmetry ~ con-
! gressiOnal cemetery of dead languages"
The name OF Arnold Harris brings up mother
old army friend, Rip Arnold. Major Arnold
| was, l think, IN command of Fort Brown. which
was surrounded by the Mexicans and for
| some time we were unable to relieve them,
After long DELAY relief reached them. Arnold
Harris commanding the relieved troops and
conveying provisions. for the garrison had
been on short allowance for long time. Rip
Arnold threw his arms round Arnold Harris
| as he entered the fort and asked what he had
brought. "Oh, all you need" was the reply:
| meat, bread and IL barrel OF whisky" Good
heavens. ouly one barrel of whisky! Oh. Arnold!
why did you bring so much bread?" BY the
by. II am not mistaken, Gen. Ned Reale made
his way through the Mexican lines and con-
veyad orders TO the beleaguered garrison. A
feat of great daring and courage.
AN INCIDENT
in the life Of Mr.. Beverly Tucker has never ap-
peared in print, believe. He went from
England to Mexico when the confederacy
| failed and while Maximillan was on the throne
| The Barrons the wealthy bankers of the CITY
OF Mexico, wero the bankers of Maximillian's
empire. aud soon after Mr.. fuckers arrival it
was very evident the empire was doomed. The
Barrons sought MIR. Tucker and asked him to
take transfer OF their vast estates, including
the bank i'll the City OF Mexico, as they feared
contiscation. The legal transfer was made, Mr..
| Tucker took possession and the American flag
foatcd over the estates when. fow days after,
Juarez entered the city. The estates Mr.
| Tucker held for some weeks or maybe months
but rs soon a. the Barrons had made their
peace with the new government the properties
were reconveyod
THE MASTER SPIRIT.
The allusion in Mr.. Winder's toast to our
friend as ''Barnpm" refers to the fact that he
was naster Of the revels which wo entered into
with all the zest Of boys. and under his per-
suasive power wit and humor or song that lay
dormant under congressional or official dignity
was developed, and grave and reverend seigu-
iors" descended from their thrones to add to
the enjoyment Of the hour. Everybody was ex-
pected TO do something and they generally did
H. those were indeed 'noctes ambrosiana."
The grand vizier and La Bayadere Of our opera
bouffe still live believe. The one at that
time held high military position in the War
Department and was one OF the heroes Of the
war, whose name il eushrined in history, and
the other, Of about equal rank, led one Of the
desperate charges made by the confederates ae
} Gettysburg, and since then has held important
positions under the general government How
few OF those who made mp the goodly oom-
pany Of those daYa Kould apaHar 70 tho roll