Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24

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9tsvsasoa Mr.. Blaine held ne position for more
sn eng r period than any other Speaker. Nj.
ases for Ten years, leaving II TO goas one Of the
commissioner 70 the convention held at Client
10 arrange treaty Of peace ct the cioss Of the
waf OF lsla Mr.. Stevenson vas Speaker Of the
srssoss sSa I've s, Ar Con
resagntng to accept the appointment Of min
lister plsnipotenthry TO the court Of st. James.
REnNrscEScE OF coMnoDonx yxoRAHAx.
Death frequently draws the curtain which
has shut out nom view namo that had won
Tor itself historic renown. The announcement
OF the death Of Commodore d. N. Ingraham
recalls most wildly the action which he psr
formed and the fame OF which waited his name
over both continents. and caused the European
powers Tor ever after to respect American citi-
zenship. Capt Ingraham commanded the
United States sloop 81. Louis, attached to the
mediterranean squadron. Kosta was . Hun
garian who had lived in America some two or
! three years and had declared his intention"
OF becoming Q citizen Of the United States
ne mao visited Smyrna on business whom he
was seized. by order Of the Austrian consul,
ana takeu to Trieste on board the Austrian
man-of-war Hussar. Capt. Ingraham was In
the port OF Smyrna, and hearing that Kosta
eiaimed to De an American citizen determined
TO release him.
The representative Of the United States, Mr..
:. Z; Brown, 80 long resident Of CONSTANT
nopie, concurred in the views of Capt Ingrsham
ana ordered that Kosta be taken from the Austri-
ans and returned to Smyrna. Capt Ingraham,
clearing the decks of his vessel for action,
maze the demand on the commander Of the
Hpssar for the release Of Kosta and threatened
II mis- demand was not complied with in three
hours ne would open fre on the Austrian man
oirwar. After some delay Kosta was released
10 tne French consul to be returned to Smyrna,
lea. Capt. Ingraham was the hero of the dsy.
In recognition Of this service South Carolina,
his native state, presented him with q magnifi-
cent sword, Congress voted him resolutions
OF thanks and medal and the citizens OF New
York presented him with a gold medal in testi-
mony OF their appreciation of the great service
ne mad rendered to American citizenship.
throughout the whole country mass meetings
duct
CELEBRATED CORRESPONDENCE.
This incident led to the celebrated CORE
spondence between Chew. Hulsemsnn, Austrian
minister, and the Secretary of State Gov.
Marcy. The reply Of the Secretary of State to
the Austrian minister was 80 admirable and
withai 90 crushing that the chevalier asked to
De recalled and returned to Austria The let
ter Of MIR. Marcy was received in Europe as the
manifesto OF the United States government to
protect American citizens everywhere Chew
huisemann II we'll remembered here % a very
amiaple gentleman, retiring, indeed, almost q
reciuse, a bachelor, or at least had no family
here, where he was resident minister for some
years.
&EAARKABIE xLKcT1oN OF sPKAKKR.
My old friend, Mr.. D. F. Murphy, who for
the last forty-three years has been the official
eteH00rQnhap NJ he rp,< al
called from his store house of memory q re-
the most intense excitement. At the session
OF lS49 the Hon. Robert c. Winthrop had been
nominated for reelection as Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives by the wings, then q
powerful political party, and William ]. BrowL
OF Indiana by the democrats. The free soil
party, mere handful. held the balance Of
power. The contest had been waged several
days, indeed two weeks u more, and Brown
mad gained until he wanted but two votes of an
election. These would have gone to him on
the next ballot when Gen. Robert C. Schenck.
snen young and very able wing, obtained,
somehow, tho information that Brown had
written Mr.. Root Of Ohio and David Wilmot
OF Pennsylvania two leading free sellers. a let
Ter, In which he promised, if they voted for
MIN, ne would give them the naming Of the
committees on territories and the District Of
Columbia-to the free soilers the only COM
mittees they could utilize, for the south claimed
the right to take their property in slaves into
the territories, and slavery had not been abol-
lshed in the District of Columbia. Gen.
Schenck charged that such a letter had been
written and called on Mr.. Brown to produce it.
A very stormy debate ensued. and at last Brown
handed the letter to the clerk to read, and Mr.
Murphy. who was seated with Mr.. Alex H.
Evans OF Maryland, took it in shorthand as Il
was rea.l He then copied it and gave it to Mr.
Evans, who had the floor, and called for Q sec.
oud reading of the letter, which Brown declined
to have read again. He then sent Mr. Murphy's
copy to the clerk to read and called on Brown to
verify or repudiate it. Brown made no reply
1t ended his candidacy and Howell Cobb was
elected about Christmas. VIM. ]. Brown was
subsequently appointed assistant postmaster
general and his brother, Joseph F. Brown, was
for some years alderman from the third ward
and an official Of the Washington Gas Company.
The delays in organization Of Congress raises
the clerk of the House of Representatives to the
dignity Of presiding officer until the Speaker is
elected Col. Forney presided from tho open
ing OF the session to the election Of Gen. Banks
on the LIST Of February, and so acceptably did
he discharge the duty the House voted him the
pay OF the Speaker for the period he occupied
the chair. Mr.. Adams years before that. OBJ
jected to the clerk exercising any power beyond
calling the roll and moved that some member
OF Congress take the chair, and put the motion
himself, and 1t was carried, and the clerk. Hugh
A. Garland, think, vacated the chair.
JOHN +. CoYLl.