Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08

Providence Mat city and the st.se were
was in full blast. At Boston they encamped
on the common and their reception was regal
On their return to Baltimore the know nothing
riots broke out and Gen. John sFeer NicAolk
was in command OF the troops; The Asquithh
| thousands and the mob outnumbered the
| troops ten to one. Col. Law, commanding the
Independent Grays. was asked If he could clear
| the street and he said he could with three com
panies, and he asked for his own, the Maryland
Cadets, the Independent Blues and he
did clear II and dispersed tho mob sitter
severe fighting. They were called .'the
| silk stocking company" but they
| of the Washington monument or the inaugura-
| ton of Gen. Taylor, cannot remember which.
/ had secured quarters for them at the National
Hotel, but there was no company to receive
them. The Infantry had several companies
~ their guests, wnd I don't remember that
there was any other company here then. The
Blues had disbanded. think. know my mil
itary ardor had oozed out like Bob Acres
courage. and my uniform, resplendent in gold
lace aigalette and all, had been given to IN
eminent actress and done service Gs Claude
Meia0tte when he returns from the war to ''out-
bid yon sordid huckster." Excuse depression.
There was no company to receive the Cadets,
but Dr.. Boyle, always equal to the occasion,
marching At their head to the National Hotel.
An OLE CORNER STONE.
The name of Capt. Ned Barry brings up
another "Reminiscences of the long past. I OBJ
tanned through my friend, Mr.. McDermott, q
copy of the inscription on the corner Stone of
the Barry Chapel, Of which / wrote some
months ago. 1t has been preserved and is
enshrined in the wall Of vestibule
Of St. Dominic's Church. South Washington.
A cross is at the head. in the name of the
Blessed and Undivided Trinity amen, this
fret stone of a small Roman Catholic Church 10
laid in the city of Washington in the year of
Our Lord aud Saviour Jesus Christ 1906. and
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under
the title and name st Mary, erected
by and ut charge Of James Barry" Capt.
Ned Barry, everybody called him. was one
Of the sons Of James D. Barry, the nephew and
heir of Mr.. James Barry. He married the
daughter of Grifi tn Coombes and lived at Poplar
Point opposite the navy yard, where he had an
estate OF some 500 acres. Dr.. McWilliams.
whose father was an eminent physician here for
many yearA was, with Charles w. Goldsborough,
Peter Force, Richmond Johnson. Adam Lind
say one of the guardians of the poor and physi-
clan in 1922. He was also one Of the board of
health with DR.. Sim, Dr. Hnntt- Or. Sewell and
Others in 1921 / find he was president of the
Botanical Society, organized in 1917, and coun-
sellor with DR.. Thornton Mr.. Gales, DR..
HUNT and George Hadfeld, the archi-
tsct, and OF the Columbian Institute. founded
in 1916. DIR. McWilliams has le-
gcndnry history Of house on Cap
itol Hill occupied by six bachslors, all six
feet tail, who subsequently married, and each
had ak sons, all six feet tall These bachelors
were JAS. ID. Barry. DIR. Frederick May, Thomas
Law, Louis PHILIPPE, the exile, and two others
whose names he had forgotten.
Six MEN WITH SIX SONS EACH.
We can vouch for two of the six after they
D.
we're Ned Barry. Dave Barry, James Barry,
Robert Barry, Dan. Barry, Griffith Barry,
DR.. Frederick Mays sons were DR.. John
Frederick May, who died recently, William
May, George May. Henry May, Charley May
and Julian May. DR.. Noble Young was the
authority for thislegend.
WHAT WAS CALLED RAPID TRAVELLING
A correspondent kindly sends me this extract
from the Port Folio of 1876" 1t is headed
Travelling" ''The following statemate of dis
lance, fare. expense and time of travelling from
Philadelphia to Quebec NAV be of some use to
the traveller. From Philadelphia to New York
BY steamboat and stage, sfo; thirteen hours
ninety-six miles. New York to Albany by
steamboat, 81, twenty-four hours. 100 miles
From Albany to Whitehall by stages. IS. and
expenses %. twelve hours. seventy miles. From
Whitehall to st. Johns by steamboat, So
twenty-six hours, $50 miles. From St Johns to
From Montreal to Quebec by steamboat, $40,
twenty-four hours. 1876 miles. Total, $50 miles
10S hours cost. SAT.
Thus person may travel 700 miles in q lit
tie more than four days, at an expense Of $50 or
about cents per mile. and sleep comfortably
on the way The arrival and departure of the
stages and steamboats, are 80 arranged that the
above route may be performed in about five
and half successive days and the traveller
tarry six hours in New York, nine in Albany,
m Mt nhan -
Snch expedition IN travelling. we believe, can
not be equaled in any other country on the
globe The same distance is now run in four
teen hours at a cost of S14 / was r41ainded
by Mr. bryan OF j. B. Bryan Brother that
In 1852 we went to the whig convention at
Lundys Lane. held on the anniversary OF the
battle where Gen. Scott won his first laurels.
and we were nearly three days going. From
baltimore to FrenchtOwn BY rail- from French
town to Newcastle by boat and then by rail to
New York. The time from here to Lundy's
Lane, near Niagara Falls, is about twelve hours
ABOUT Ex-sEcRETARY RAMSEY.
have letter from the Senate library in
forming me that Alexander Ramsey, who was
member of the Twenty-eighth Congress, is still
alive. residing at st. Paul. MINI. In 1s41
went to Harrisburg for the purpose of settling
an outstanding debt with the legislature Of
Pennsylvania In those days the members of
the various states legislatures were supplied
with certain newspapers, and the National
I'.teL,gencer was always among those selected
and for some reason there had been no settle
ment Of the account with the state of Penn
sylyania Tor some years. / had letter
to Mr.. Ramsey, young wing lawyer
at Harrisburg, from Mr.. Seaton, and as
the settlement required legislative action
left the matter in his hahds. The following
year Mr.. Ramsey came to Congress and was
one Of the most active OF the WING members
When / saw Mr.. Ramsey last some few years
ago, he was full Of life and vigor and seemed
really but little changed in all these years l
think he was the first territorial governor of
Minnesota and when admitted as a state was
elected governor and then Senator and Secre-
tsry of War and then commissioner to settle
difficulties with Utah or the Hot Springs, l for
get which.
WHERE THE OLD LIBRARY Is.
I have a letter from Mr.. Vim. J. Marsh, the
nephew of the late James F. Halliday, informing
me that tine Washington library was turned
| over to the Young Mems Christian Association
complete by the surviving directors. Mr.. Marsh
says: "The exact date l cannot recall, but up
to the time the Y. NJ. c. A. occupied their build
| ing, corner Of 9th and d streets, 1t was under
their charge, for often in my youth, fifteen or
| eighteen years ago, have been there and OBJ
tanned books. The library was a very fine one. -
l am very glad to know that the collection has
been preserved. The Washington library was