Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-18

Bible sacred authority for the existence Of
slavery. Mr.. Jacob Thompson was Secretary
Of the Interior while Mr.. Bishop was commits
sioner of the patent once. and between the
Secretary and Mr.. Bishop very warm friend
ship existed.
Mr. rHoMPsoS's coNrrprxcR SHOCKED.
Mr.. Bishop visiting Niagara Pals during the
war met the ex-Secretary, then confederate
commissioner, whose confidence in the defeat
OF sherman was 90 great that he prophesied
low. While talking with Mr.. Bishop and ex-
pressing his confidence telegram handed
him announcing the capture of Atlanta Its
effect upon him, Mr.. Bishop said, was almost
prostration. He rose from his seat, said good
bye and left without another word.
EDNUxDs' AND THuRMAS's INTIMACY.
The withdrawal from the Senate Of the very
able representative from Vermont, Mr.. Ed
munds takes from that august body one OF its
most conspicuous members. The retirement
some time ago Of his old friend and companion.
Judge Thurman, must have made the Senator
from Vermont lonesome. The intimacy be-
tween these sages somewhat remarkable,
and the exhibition of their congenial tastes
caused considerable amusement on the floor Of
the Senate. Their long service on the Judiciary
committee cemented that friendship. Al reg
ular intervals during the sessions Of the Senate
blast from the Ohio Senator's ''bandAna."
heard echoing through the chamber arrested
the attention Of the chairman Of the Judiciary
committee, who, pushing aside his law books
however deeply engaged, he obeyed the sum-
mons, gravely rose and followed the lead of the
Senator from Ohio, though by an opposite door
and. as all roads lead to Rome. thew soon met
at the door OF the committee room on the Judi
clary, from which they soon emerged, wiped
their mouths, refreshed and invigorated. to re-
turn to the Senate as gravely they had left
II, and by tn same opposite doors. Ii Mr..
Edmunds' assurance of investigation and his
intimacy with Gov. Thurman and the assur-
ances given by Mr.. Bsyard which led 10 the
formation Of the electoral commission. These
TWO democratic Senators came upon the floor
OF the House Of Representatives and urged the
passage of that measure. They cannot divest
themselves Of the responsibility for the defeat
of Gov. Tilden.
ELLIOTT WAS THE ARCHITECT.
was shown extracts from the correspond
ence and the journal Of the late VIM. p. Elliott,
proving him to be the architect Of that beautiful
building, the patent Office. Mr.. Eobt. Mills was
constructing architect, and vas the architect
OF the treasury building. Letters and official
documents from the committees of the two
houses of Congress attest Mr.. Elliotts claim.
The evident desire OF some one TO deprive Mr..
Elliott of that well-deserved honor gave him,
during the later years Of his life, incessant
trouble. Mr.. Elliott's journal contains the
fullest details of every meeting held by the
congressional committees and the cabinet
and OF the interviews he held with Gen. Jack
son while the question Of the building was be-
ing discussed in cabinet After the matters had
been fully arranged and MIR Elliott ordered TO
proceed in laying out the ground for the founda-
ton OF the great building Gen. jackson or
dered change that would not disturb old
Mrs. Orrs cottage or cabin. Mr. Elliott
declined to make the change, and
after some delay the architect was ordered
to begin on his own lines, regardless Of Mrs.
Orr pigs and poultry.
The patent centennial celebration. at its meet
ing. expressed very decided opposition to the
occupancy by the Department of the Interior
OF the building designed and erected for the
patent otice alone, which invasion. as they re-
gard it. SO contracts and lessons the space
needed that the patentees whose funds oon-
trlbuted for patent rights not only suficed to
erect the present building. but they willing,
they say IN their report, that the four millions
patent fund In the treasury shall be appro-
priated to the erecting of a new Department. of
the Interior that they may be the sole oecu-
pants OF the patent Office. A perusal of Mr..
Elliotts journal recalls so many Of our old resi-
dents and events filled with interest that it
would repay publication. Mr.. Elliotts fame
Is safe In the hands of the friends he left. and
they are many, who are not likely TO forget an
architect OF such eminent ability.
SOME NExcUsABLE BLUNDERs.
In the years gone by long ago there was in
the Office of the National InteHigencer, among
the many worthless who filed the old building.
Mr.. George NJ. Grouard. Mr.. Grouard had
charge of the public printing the foreman
OF that department. which was in the large
building on 9TH street, and MIR. Sam1 McElwee
for many years foreman of the Office on
ID street, where the Register of Debates was
printed, and where Gen. Simon Cameron as a
young man worked lat case" Mr.. Grouard
was mau of somewhat choleric temperament,
and when dirty proof was put before him
his expletivss were original, if somewhat tinc-
tured with oaths. One of his expressions
comes back to me very frequently as 1 read the
most inexcusable errors il the daily press. He |
would say il tones of thunder. - -
there Is more stupidity to the square inch in a |
printing Office than anywhere on EARTH
One OF our city Journals gravely announced |
the Bonaparte who died recently (Plon Plon) /
was the husband of Miss Patterson. who was |
married in Baltimore in 1903. What excuse |
could there be for this in this age of biograph-
ical Dictionaries and encyclopedias? Another |
publishing an old whisky list of Mr. Thomas |
Dougherty at the Indian Queen Hotel in 1915 be- |
fore the days ofJesse Brown. SAYS Mr.. DOugherty |
was gentleman from Pennsylvania prosecut- |
ing a claim here, when a moments research of |
Ben: Perley Poores Congressional Directory |
would have informed him that Mr.. Thomas |
DougEerty was a member of Congress from |
1872 to 1914, from Kentucky, and then Was
elected clerk OF the House of Representatives.
Errors SO easily avoided are objectionable in a |
newspaper. The Arlington has published a |
very handsome little souvenir of its surround
ings, but in its first page commit frightful |
blunder. The author of IL saws Sir Henry Bull
wer accepted the Freeman mansion with his
talented son, Lord Lytton ('Owen Meredith. |
Sir Henry Bulwer was, L think, a bachelor,
and Owen Meredith the son of his brother. the
great novelist What excuse can a writer offer
for such blunders when the information lies
almost at his hand, SO universally accessible as
are now all books of reference, and particu-
larly in Washington. The old Indian Queen"
painted on a swinging sign, was a very impos-
ing affair. Some years after this period, when
Jesse Brown was the landlord an old gentle
man named Venable rode up on horseback, and |
handing over the counter. then Office and bar
his saddle bags. requested Mr.. Brown to Law
them aside, as he would return home tomor-
row, having only a little claim to settle with
one Of the departments. His horse was stabbed /
and very soon ''eat his head off," The old gen.
tleman remained at the hotel while his money
lasted, and then began the inevitable descent,
from the hotel to boarding house Of the best |
class, then the lower class, and to save the old |
gentleman his friends obtained him a place as
Of one of the galleries at the Capt.
toll. He there remained until he died, land the |
little claim" remains unpaid. This is the story
of hundreds who come TO Washington, lured /
by the syrene song Of justice from the govern
ment of the United States. JOHN 4. CoYLE.
In Savannah.