Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-28


Marcy. One day Col. Berret went in the De-
partment Of State and Mr.. Marcy said to him
do you think you could And me a man who
can go to Europe and keep his mouth shut,
letting no one know he 10 going, and SO the
Herald won't find out he has gomez Mr..
Marcy and the Herald were not particularly
that went on in the administration. Col.
Berret said he thought he could, but he must
have time to think Of q man such as he wanted.
Mr.. Marcy said: ''well, let me know when
you find him and I want him as soon as you
can find him."
Col. Berret thought of Dr. Young, a very quiet
Rentlemanly man he was, and he took him to
Mr.. Marcy and introduced him. Mr.. Marcy
asked him II he could sail in the next steamer
and let no one know he was going. The doctor
said he could and Mr.. Marcy gave him letter
with instructions to deliver Il to the American
minister ct Paris and return. That night the
doctor left, carried out Mr.. Marcy's instruc-
tons to the letter and returned and delighted
Mr. Marcy, for the Herald had not found il out
Mr.. Marcy subsequently told Col. Berret the OBJ
ject in sending DR.. Young. The department had
obtained Information Of o serious plot to assas-
sinate the emperor and the letter sent commu-
nicated this knowledge to Napoleon the Third.
DISTINGUISHED EDITORS PHOTOGRAPHED.
Mr.. Brady's collection contains no more in
teresting pictures than those Of the distin-
guished editors Of the country. They are
nearly all here-those who for 80 many years
directed the politics Of the country in the days
OF the old wing and democratic party. Mr..
for picture as any one ever knew, was
captured by Mr.. Brady, and Mr.. Seaton. too,
who gave him several sittings. Mr.. Brady says
when Mr.. Blair came in to sit for the last picture
he took Of him Judge Montgomery Blair was
with him and they met at the gallery Judge Chase
and Mr.. Gushing and for an hour they discussed
the great men ranged on the walls of the gal
lery, some in serious manner and others in jest
and joke, and they all sat for pictures that day.
Mr.. Brady said old Father Ritchie was one of
the most agreeable "sitters," full of humor and
pleasantly, talking almost necessarily.
Here sin his habit as he lived" stands John
q Rlves. Perfect In position and expression.
1t is just as 1 have seen thousand times.
George D. Prentice, Henry J. Raymond, Horace
Greeley, James q. Bennett, ST., and the younger
Bennett. when boy of seventeen, in the group
Of the editorial staff Of the Herald; Charles A.
Dana, when young man with dark hair and
beard, and again as one OF the staff of the
Tribune with Greeley, Ripley, Gay, VIM. H. Fry
until the crack of doom. Here find Col. Jack
Hayes and Ben. Mccullough, almost forgotten
heroes. Mr.. Brady says that Jack Hayes came
in to Sit with Col. Baltic Peyton of Tennessee
name that conjures mp the past when the
wing party was in the ascendant and the No
tional Inteuigsncer was its organ. During the
administration of Mr.. Buchanan Col Ben. Nc
Cullough was q frequent visitor to the White
House, where he was favorite, and one of the
imperial photographs taken of him at that time
was for Mr.. Buchanan.
THE PoET-HERo, THEODORE o'HARA.
Brady calls my attention to another poet
hero, Col Theodore O'Hara, whose immortal
verses the "Bivouac of the Dead" will carry
his name down the corridors Of time. He was
then in his young manhood, had won his spurs
on the field and had given to the world those
lines which will never die. Over each national
cemetery they are cut in granite, those two
lines from his great poem:
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead"
He was here soon after the Mexican war and
1 think had some governmental position and
afterward opened a law Office, practicing before
the departments. He was one OF that genial set
which added SO much brilliance to the social
life OF Washington; one of Albert Pixies
friends, nearly all Of whom have passed away,
leaving the old general still with us. How long
we may hope to have him we cannot say and
can only hope. l have left Col. Jack Hayes
and Bailie Peyton in Mr., Brady's hands while
wandered of. The picture of Col. Jack Hayes
recalls the long ago and the hosts Of those who
were with him here, none Of them l can re-
member remain. The sight Of his well-re-
membered face recalls a story Judge Bell of
Texas related of Col. Hayes as occurring at
Monterey when the army was making the
attack on that city.
HOW THE BISHOPS PALACE WAS TAKEN.
Judge Bell was with Col. Hayes and his
regiment of Texas rangers and Gen. Worth
was about to attack the Bishops Palace"
. strongly-fortifed position, ono of the
outposts. Gen. Worth ordered Col. Hayes
to move with his regiment and q regi-
ment Of Maryland troops under Col. Jeniffer,
a West Point graduate, to the rear of the pal
ace, and when the firing began in front that
was to be his signal for attacking the palace in
the rear. The regiments took their position
and Col. Jeniffer asked Col. Hayes if he would
make the attack by column. Col Hayes die
not understand the military terms and said he
would think Of it. Soon after Col. Jeniffer
returned and said: Probably Col. Hayes,
you will attack by companies" Still Col
Hayes declined to say how he would
attack and again Col Jeniffe- returned
and said: Probably. Col. Hayes. you will move
EN- echelon." This was too much for Jack Hayes,
and he replied "Col. JeniffeI, when I hear the
signal gun. will tell the boys to take the d.
thing and they'll do it." Judge Bell said soon
came the signal and Col. Hayes order to attack
would not be found in Hardie or Upton, for he
shouted go for them boys" and they went,
and in few minutes the capture was made.
JOHN F. CoYLE.