The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-08-16
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, August 12.-Secretary Morton
believes in practicing what he breaches. Sew
eral weeks ago he publicly advised young men to
buy farms in Virginia, because of the cheap
ness of land i'll that State. To show that he
considered that advice good he proposes to buy
a farm in the State himself, and to divide his
residence after his return to private life be-
tween Nebraska and Virginia. Secretary Nor
tons good words for Virginia so interested
some prominent citizens Of the State that he
was invited to deliver an address at Manassas
near the famous battle field of that name. He
has accepted the invitation and while there he
will decide about the purchase of farm in
that locality, which is only % miles from
Washington and connected by rail.
A great deal of silly twaddle was nipped in
the bud by the cabcZram received by the De-
partment of State from the U. ). Consul at
Port Louis, Mauritius, stating that he had made
arrangements to send Mrs. Waller, wife of the
negro eX-ConSul, who is now serving u twenty
years sentence in Il French prison, and her
children, to France, by the steamer leaving
there the Goth instant. OF course the pathetic
story of this woman and her children being lett
to starve in a foreign land will continue to be
printed in the class of newspapers which pre-
fer misStatements to facts all the time.
Hon. Chauncey +. Black, OF pennsylvania,
who was in Washington for several days in
connection with business of the National Asso-
citation of Democratic Clubs, of which he is
president, said of the Republican fight in his
State: 1.-The Democrats, while the funeral Is
none of theirs. are sincerely DESTROYS to see
Senator Quay triumph over the combine that
is trying TO compass his political humiliation.
l don't think that Democratic well wishing will
be of any benefit to Quay on the contrary, it
other load-a good bit heavier one than the
sympathy of the Democrats Thus handicap
ped, Quay has desperate fight on his hands,
but my belief is that he will win. The charac-
ter of the men fighting him is enough to put
the people on Quay's side. They represent all
that is detestable and corrupt in modern poll
tics. They are an ungratetul lot too for M st
of them are under the heaviest obligation to
Quay"
upon the bench of the u. S. Supreme Court,
made by the death OF Justice jackson, OF Ten
ness. will be filled before Congress meets; The
position being too i'm portant 10 be filled by q
recess nomination which the Senate might de-
cline to confirm after the new Justice had tax
en- part in the work of the court. The absence
of prominent Democrats from Washington
makes all the talk abouta successor to the late
Justice Jackson nothing but speculation. Be
cause President Cleveland nominated Justice
White, of Louisiana, TO the vacancy after two
New Workers had failed of confirmation, tine
spectators now say that the President Will
fill this vacancy from New York. which is, of
course. more or less probable, but all the same
it is only a guess. Three members of the pres
ent Supreme Court-Chief Justice Fuller and
Justices ShiraS and White-wcre appointed by
President Cleveland and the appointment
which the late Justice jackson received in the
last days of the Harrison administration should
properly have been made by him. Thus what
Mr. Harrison deprived him of Providence has
restored to the President. Understand | do
not mean to imply that the selection of Justice
jackson was not Il good one. On the contrary,
it was an excellent one, and might easily have
been made by President Cleveland. who had
during his first administration made Mr.. Jack
son U. S. Circuit Judge. Only it was not re-
garded as just the proper thing for an outgoing
Republican President to fill such an important
place, belonging to the Democrats, when he
knew that the Democrat selected could not
take his seat upon the bench before Il Demo-
cratic President came in.
Representative Bankhead, of Alabama, pass
ed through Washington on his way home from
New York. He was asked who would be NOM
mated for President by the Democrats. He
replied: 81 do not venture Il positive opinion
on that subject. Personally am for German.
l shall lie for him first and last, and have
strong hope of his being nominated" G. 4. S.
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In Memory of MabIe F. Rogers,
Who died one year ago to-day, 18th of August,
1884, aged months and 10 days. Loved
i'll life, in death remembered"
How we miss you, dear Mable,
No tongue can ever tell;
But our Saviour. i'll heaven,
Knows our feelings well.
When to her parents house l go,
My heart is filled with sorrow;
For she's not there, she's gone above,
To rest forever more.
Her gentle cries now are hushed,
Her warm, true heart is still
And on her young and innocent brow,
Is resting deaths cold chill
The dear little form was robed in white
And placed under the cold, cold sod:
L was naru SO naru, 10 pace ner Inere,
But we know she is safe in the arms of
Jesus.
Around her grave we lowered,
And when the words came,
dust, to DUST
Our hearts were almost broken.
When we looked at dear Mable
And kissed her cold, white lips,
thought farewell, dear Mable, but not for
ever:
There will be glorious dawn,
We shall meet to part, no never,
On the resurrection morn.
Thou thy dear form lies sweetly sleeping
In the cold and silent tomb
Thou shalt have glorious waking,
When the blessed Lord doth come.
BY HER AUNT, +. L. w.