The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-12-11

never pelng found In the position Of telling
genelais Wnat they ought to do, In lines Of
action oI which he knew nothing. Two
n lessons sh are % be drawn froai his life. One
Deiy9 , .nat al he was he drew from the
Puoa.tSS scnools OF Portland, for he attended
heiUg e bi bis educational institution; the other
sed,,s,r. r.s p1one spirit and bis unfagglng
inusSuy nnnaS A Comparing Judge WilliamsOn's ;
Papoa Pha1 ana Mr.. Pickar0s's, he said that
WI teas the ministers did much TO settle
% fhs co,sa "a aHe character Of the first people Of
the,r dnty and were the great meD Of
grea, gay. ty., 10 this day the editors Of the
"a tha iianaly ionaly papers have the same position
thousands. -u u'ieSsors Vi eountless
!, a, a;,iwn ipIown Thurston also spoke briefly
an an sc.Iogy euiIogy Of Mr.. Elwell, dwelling upon
a., al sgcieslastlcal history OF Maine, written
NIL ~ mr. Eiwell for Abbott's history Of
whinh' puollsned some Is years ago, but
tvne Mas ass never gene beyond the stereo-
"a AT ! this point the meeting adjourned to
hn,s ne y nfst paper of the evening was trl-
~ oS11 NJ " we memory Of DR.. Fordyce Barker
W WiI,w LOW iork. DIR. Barker was native Of
horn han' ~ dc,fanklln county, having been
in tba - oio iolo. he graduated from Bowdoln
schooI - S,ass Oh 1887, and from the medical
self AZ ~ loal. He first established him
went TO Paris for the purpose Of obtaining
Z medicai degree In France. He resumed
RiacIsice "a lo45 In Norwich. Since 1850 he
haeu Nv ~ ~ new York city. He was a mem
., pea u lne staff Of Bellevue Hospital 50
Sea.s' SSea.s' clqsing his career only with his
siclsno iTglsn ne was one OF the attending ply
was sI 20 upon President Garfield after he
NOrWicn, Ct, with his father. the Gus
Ipomsly py vote Of thanks was voted to Mrs.
DalAeI, anu the paper was referred 10 the
comhlttPe on publication.
e, hon. ". \. Talbot stated that DIR. Barker
Mss eiassmate Of his. In college be was
saentl saaan young, although older than the
os, opJ,aheI. Dr. Barker showed no signs ofthe
sNiinonce Nui.s which he afterward attained.
Neltner DR.. Barker nor GOV, Andrew the
sNo most famous members OF the class
neig Nc especially noted for studiousness.
". DARKER was we'll known In his college
uays az "a after life for his affabllity and
asm,aoliliy; These, with his great
tacs, social talents and imposing personal
sppearance made him famous. By
ne9ica. science he attaiPed his great fame
and influence as a physician.
Inc next paper, an account Of the ia
nous Grayes-Cilley duel, prepared By
Hon. Horatio King Of Washington, was
read Dy MT. George +. Emery. The paper
was an aDle and exhaustive review OF all
the circumstances Of the famous case, in
Guiding portions Of the acrimonious de-
bates In the House OF Representatives be-
tween Wise OF Virginia and Cllley, which
were at the foundation If the quarrel, and
the correspondence which passed between
the principals Of the affair.
The statements Of George w. Jones and
Henry A. Wise, the seconds Of Cilley and
Graves. are also given quits fully. Ia the
statemenf,th seconds seem to glory In the
sfair and honorable manner" Ia which the
duel was conducted. with ''due regard to
the laws OF humanity" Sworn statements
Of two friends Of Colonel James Watson
Weoo, are given, TO the effect that Webb
went ont armed and with the intention of
shooting Cilley down IL Graves did not do
II. Ante-mortem statements Of Cilley are
also given. showing that he fully under
stood the conspiracy that existed against
him, Extracts from newspapers are ap
pended, showing the excited state OF the
puolic mind In the north. 1t was an in
tenseiy interesting paper, and the audi
ence remained almost breathless as Mr..
Emery read Mir. Kings words with much
dramatic effect at times.