Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
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ONE or THE THINNING RANK.


long l;st Of surviving Union generals
published the other day shows tna,, sincc
Generals Sherman. Sheridan. AMI ihomas
arc GONE General II. W. Slocum, the com
mander Of the famous old Twelfth corps,
stands nearly nj the head of those VINO arc
left, in order OF services. Inc ucne'a. 20
az popular "a he is brave. ! nave never
met man of more unvaryins ',ndar
tion for Others and have seen nun un"''
tho most peculiar circumstances.
II. Is noarly ten years now since GeneIai
Slocnm was defeated in the Democratic
State Convention. where be was an h9p'-
rant for the govcrnorship noinination; oy
trcachery in the camp of the BROOKLYN
politicians The next day when went 70
interview the General he had taken 10 ms
bed. rather from physical iatlgne thah s us
arroin,ment I suppose. When Mrs. Slo-
cnm bore NV message 10 him he insisted
mon seeing me. | went upstairs and
found him. his face looking pale and wan
against the white pillow-case. Mrs. 80.
cum sat by the bedside, her fine face full
of sohcitude and interest. but the oid
warrior seemed Just "a much concerned
in nv getting the interview was alter as
If he hadn't single worriment upon Dis
mind. -,
Only a little before Washington Bishops
death General Slocum was chosen IA the
subject of one Of his experiments. When
the sturdy old soldier, manned IN his coun-
try's cause, mounted the stage there was
tremendous Outburst of applause. Few
men have so many friends in their own
neigh bOrhOod.
JOEL b. HBHARDT.
IL would be very curious thing il Col
lector Joel Is. Erhardt were to be run for
Governor by the Republicans. 1t would be
another case Of o man made great by abuse,
for Collector Erhardt has certainly had
abuse enough 20 make oil his hair fall out
if he weren't as bare as billlafd-bali
already.
The post of collector of the port of New
York is harder than that of President of
the United States. The pressure for office
is lust about rs great, and the fellows who
are disappOinted feel nj liberty 10 swear at
him as they wouldn't at the President.
It's always been so. | went TO interview
Collector Merritt dozen years ago and
had got as far as the outer office when !
heard the most appalling racket beyond
the next door.
What's that?" demanded. starting
back.
oh" said Private-Secretary Sweet, who
was used TO it. that's only committee
of politicians talking TO the General"
The abuse goes with the Office. An angel
would get 1t just the same.
JEWISH COLONY.
How many people know anything about
the full-hedged Hebrew colonies in this
country? There is one at Vincland, n. j.,
founded years ago by wealthy Jews. IL
languished for long time. Then the pro-
motors discovered that they were making
Il mistake in coddling the colonlsts too
much. If one of them met with any loss
he expected the founders to make 1t good.
The result was what might have been eX-
ected-shftlessness. Then the founders
changed their policy and let the cOlOnlsts
severely alone. Since then they have got
along better. They do good deal OF
farming and market-gardening. though
there IL q prevalent idea that Jews do not
like this kind of work. Vineland has been
the scene of good many curious expert
ments.
EssAYIST AND HISTORIAN.
Moncuro d. Conway has been in New
York all winter. Mrs. CONWAY Is at fifty
one of the most winningly beautiful wo-
mon | have ever seen, with sweet face
totally destitute of afectatiOn. Her hus-
band looks fully twenty years older, but
works as hard az ever. Mrs. Conway uses
all her womanly tact to keep HIM from
breaking the rule which she has LAID down
for him never 10 work evenings. To keep
him from his desk she induced him to go
TO many social gatherings during the WIN
ter, where he enjoyed himself thoroughly,
if there were not too many flights OF stairs
10 climb TO the clOak-rOom. On the stars
his thin legs get tired very soon.
THE LABRADOR EXPLORER.
Professor Lee, who is the leader of the
Labrador exploring expedition, Is a singu-
larly youthful looking man for one who
has been professor of biology for nearly
twenty years, For long time his chief
grievance at Bowdoin College was that the
students and townsmen took him for q
boy. He had face smooth except fora
slight mOustache, head of light curly hair,
and slender figure. He looks much the
same yet. but has dredged for queer fish in
the Pacific and Atlantic and won a big
reputation among scientists. His father
is q professor. and 80 are hs two younger
brothers and one sister. 1t runs IN the
family.
AN UNPAISTED BIT OF VENICE.
II seems incredible. but Mr.. Musgrave,
the artist of the studio in the Mendelssohn
building, claims to have discovered a bit of
Venice which had never been painted until
he discovered II. 1t is a portion Of the
Bardopoli gardens, with more green and
less red than most Venetian pictures.
There il scarcely an artist IN the city who
hasn't the red sails of fishing boats on the
lagoon III one or two of his canvases.