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t.. kz,1HLSTORlc HOMES OF
u - III 49, -. WASHINGTON
THff kEFsN ExgMssg Noted Men and Women Who Have
u - $3.50 a2s sI saHaSsss,z Inhabited Them.
,BT NARY S. LOCKWOOD.

! one Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Whitney,
and ex-Postmaster-G General John Wanna
maker.
Manifold associations cluster around thus
home which carry us back TO the Arthur
Administration, with a social atmosphere
refined and elegant. MIR. FrelinghuySen
as Secretary of State, was very near the
President, which brought the two families
into intimate relations.
OF Mr.. Arthur'S Cabinet none entertained
more royalty than The FrelinghuysenS.
When another page of history was turned
and the Frelnghuysens sought the seclu-
sion of their New Jersey home, this Gle
giant Old home lost none of its social atmoS-
phere. It's plrlorS never witnessed more
| brilliant social gatherings or gayer assem-
blieS than when William G. Whitney, Sec
rotary of the Navy, and his eStimable wife
were host and hostess.
The elegant ballroom was added while
they were in possession. This is a room
50 by 80 feet in width, with "A raised plat
form for the orchestra. At one end is Il
panels and antique settles. The room is
finished in hardwood.
The receptions given at the Whitney
home far exceeded in brilliancy and gener-
ous outlay any others given by the Cabinet.
There were flowers everywhere. banks OF
roses, violets in profuSiOn. ferns and
Smilax, japonicaS and lilies, which loaded
the air with delicate perfume. Champagne
and terrapn, salads and ices drew the
multitude.
Mrs. Whitney is a woman of generous
impulses, charitable to the poor and
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I The day before James A. Garfield was
made President he breal;fastcd with Mr.
Morton and IT was, perhaps, at this time
that the curious dispute arose as To the
terms OF agreement by which MIR. Morton
had been pledged either the portfolio Of the
, Secretary OF the treasury or MInISterShlp
! 10 France.
This was the secret bargain that had
gained crcdence by which Mr.. Garfield was
! to obtain the support OF the Stalwart fac
! ton; but when the campaign had been
! fought and won. Mr.. Garield'S advisers
| insisted that Mr.. Morton must be sent of
| To France. Mr.. Morton never revealed the
| facts and the secret remained with Roscoe
! Conkling. II is known that Mr.. Morton
! accepted what to him was Punishment
| from his country. and amid all the grandeur
| by which he was surrounded he sighed for
| his native land. While he was iii Europe
| Senator Hale lived III this house. An
apartment house is now in its place. Liti-
; coin Stanton. Sumner, Hooper. johnson,
! Grant. Motley. Garfield and Conliling have
all passed away and but the ghosts Of
memory people our brain, as once they
gave life and character 10 this historic
spot.
Mr.. Morton began life in a country dry
goods store in Concord, y. II. Later he
was Il teacher in district school. He
was Il bachelor Of y when he married for
his first wife Lucy Kimball, OF Flat Land
energy Of character, possessing wonderful
executive ability, generous and benevolent
to a marked degree. a woman OF many
charms Of person and temperament.
Grace Church Memorial Of New York
was the gift Of Mr.. Morton in memory Of
his wife 5 unselfish service To the poor.
She died in Newport in 1871, leaving no
children.
On the walls Of Mr.. Morton's house in
Fifth Avenue New York among the por
traits Of Washington, Grant, Garfield and
La Fayctte is a daguerreotype Of the old
country store at Concord where he began
his mercantile career which led 10 his
scniorship in Il large Wholesale house in
New York; from that TO ships. from ships
to foreign exchange and to the banking
house OF Morton. Bliss & Co, New York,
and Of Morton, Rice & Co, London.
The present Mrs. Morton is the daughter
Of William !. Street, Of PouGhilecpsic, and
the niece of Alfred B. Street. the Albany
poet. She is n lady Of refined tastes, cul-
tivated intellect and fine presence. She is
the mother Of five young daughters.
No home in Washington surpassed that
OF the Vice President on Scott Circle in
royal entertaining; for both Mr.. and Mrs.
Morton won golden opinions from the
people by the manner in which they
adorned their high estate and drew social
forces into life at home and at foreign
courts.
ITO be continued)
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Ladies of The G..

Editor National Tribune: The seventh
Convention of the Nebraska Ladies of the
GAR. was held at Norfolk Feb. 8 and 10.
Department President Mrs. NJ. NJ. Stuil, Of
Lincoln, presided. The Convention was
hOnOred by the presence of National Senior
Vice President Mrs. 5. \. Mason, of Ord,
who as Counselor OF the Department won
golden opinions from all. Many courtesies
were shown the ladies by the G.. n. r.
Officers elected were Pres, Mrs. Anna f..
Marshall of Hastings; 5. Y. p. Mrs. 5. NJ!
Goodwin, Crete; J. Y. p, Miss W. f. Hesse
North Platte; Sec, Mrs. \. Winnie, Hast
ings; Treas, Mrs. Hattie Vaughn. Lincoln;
Chap, Mrs. Rosa Brown, Omaha; Con-
ductOr, Mrs. Georgia Priestly, Fremont;
Guard. Mrs. Jennie Knights, Lincoln:
Counselor. Mrs S. A. Mason Ord; Council
OF Administration. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Stull Mrs.
Marion Cramphin, Lincoln, and Mrs. Chase,
Shelby. Delegates to National COnven-
ton Mrs. J. HOrlocler. Hastings; Mrs.
Martha Graft. Harvard Mrs. W. II. COnger,
Loup: Mrs. L. H. Metcalf, Omaha. w. f..
Hesse, Corresponding Secretary, North
Platte Neb.
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In fact, it is perfectly plain that while the
subordinate commanders will not resign if lie
Is retained in the chief command. as | be-
lieye they certainly will ii McCook and Crit
tenden are not relieved, their respect for him
rs General has received an irreparable blow
And that not from his abandonment of the
army alone, but from his faulty management
on the field, especially in leaving a gap of a
whole brigade distance between the divisions
OF Wood and Davis and not providing for
it till after the battle had become furious.
when he attempted TO fill it with Van Cleve's
forces, rs | have explained in former reports.
But for this gap Gen. Davis thinks the
enemy could not have broken his lines and
routed his right wing. Thus you will see
that here IN the face of the enemy this army
is in dangerous condition The officers who
have taken this grave resolution are among
the bravest and most discreet in our service.
In my judgment the removal of Critter-
den and McCook is imperatively required.
not merely rs n matter of discipline, but to
preserve the efficacy, not to say the organiza-
ton. of this army
If it be decided to change the chief COM
mander also, | would take the liberty of sug-
costing that some Western General OF high
rank and great prestige like Grant, for in
stance, would be preferable As his successor
to anyone who has hitherto commanded in
East alone.
| should add that Rosecrans himself in
tends to punish Negley for having withdrawn
his division from the battle on Sunday with
out orders, and with his ranks undisturbed,
he having been directed to post himself be-
hind Baird on the extreme left; and all
parties feel that Van Cleve ought to be re-
ileved on account of his age. and the utter
confusion of mind and incapacity which he
manifested on Saturday and Sunday both.
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dent and Mr.. Sumner, and we have been
told by those near the throne that when
the President saw MIR. Motley tor the first
time, he was disappointed: in what way
does not appear. MIR. Motley was a
scholar, not a soldier. Whatever was the
real cause. whether it was slight indls-
cretion in the Alabama treaty, or his rela-
tons to Mr.. Sumner or some other reason,
the letter requesting the resignation OF MIR.
Motley was issyc ed by the President
Oliver Wendell Holmes says in his Mem
oirs, I'VE might as well leave out Achilles
from the IIiad as the anger of the PreSi-
dent with Sumner from the story OF Mr..
MotIey's Dismissal" and again, 1T is not
strange that the man who had SO lately
got out of the saddle should catch at the
scholastic robe of the man on the floor oil
the Senate"
Mr.. Motley's sudden recall from England
was a shock to his proud spirit, from which
he never recovered-a shock that affected
his SenSibilitieS, producing an interior
laceration from which he died.
Mr.. Motley'S three daughters married
Engishmen. The eldest, Mrs. Ives, a
widow, married Sir William Harcourt. Not
outstanding the feeling she naturally
shared with her father that America mao
wronged him, in Sir William Harcourt she
must have found a SympathlZer IN FePup-
liCan ideas, as he is the Stanch ally oi hir.
Gladstone and home rule" one OF me
other sisters married q Mr.. Mlldmay; me
third, a son of Richard BrinSley Sheridan.
All have become daughters of ID Eng
land. and in her soil rests the dust OF Johii
Lothrop Motley.
Mr.LeviP. Morton purchased this house,
and occupied it while he was in Congress.
He belongs to the old merchant aristocracy
of New York, and is one of the most popu-
lar of all merchant princes. When the
future OF the country was IN question at
the out break of the civil war, there was no
uncertain ring in his decisions; they were
founded on the broad principle OF patriot t.
ism, He has lived TO see France. when
under the Second Empire attempted to take
advantage os our civil strife and invade
NIpyicn become a free Republic upon the
American model, and himself chosen to
represent the United States at the Capital
OF the French Republic.
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SIMPLICITY ITSELF.
A SIMPLE, HARMLESS REMEDY.
Yet it Cures the Worst Cases of Dyspepsia
and IndiRsStiOn.

DR. Jennison. who has made life study of
stomach troubles, says: All forms of lndigeS-
ton really amount to the same thing, that is,
future to completely digest the food eaten;
no matter whether the trouble is acid dys-
pepsia or sour stomach, belching of wind,
nervous dyspepsia or loss of flesh and appe-
tite: a person will not have any of them if
the stomach can be induced by any natural,
harmless way to thoroughly digest what is
eaten. and this can be done by simple
remedy which | have tested in hundreds of
aggravated cases with complete success.
The remedy is q combination of fruit and
vegetable essences, pure aseptic pepsin and
golden seal put up IN the form of pleasant
tasting tablets and sold by druggists under
the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
One or two of these tablets should be taken
after meals and allowed to dissOlre in the
mouth and mingling with the food in the
stomach. dgests it completely before it has
time to ferment, decay and sour.
On actual experiment one grain of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets will digest three thousand
grains of meat, eggs and similar wholesome
foods.
1t is safe TO say if this wholesome remedy
was better known by people generally, il
would be a national blessing, as we are
nation of dyspeptics and nine-tenths of all
diseases owe their origin to imperfect di-
gestion and nutrition.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not 4 secret
patent medicine, but fifty cent package will
do more real good for weak stomach than
fifty dollars worth of patent medicines and a
person has the satisfaction of knowing just
what he is putting into his stomach, which he
does not know when widely advertised patent
medicines are used.
Alldruggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets,
full sized packages, 90 cts
A little book ON cause and cure of stomach
troubles mailed free by addressing The Stuart
Co., Marshall, Mich.
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DIR. CHNNOn'S STORY.
"reminiscences Suggested by the Read
ing of Inside of Rebeldom.'
A Re>is,Iess PROGRESS.

Editor National Tribune; / was much
pleased while reading DR.. J. p. Cannon's
story. While in Winter quarters at
Gravelly Springs, Ala, | became the Or
derby Of Geo +. Steahlin, Adjutant OF the
eth Pa Cav, and carried orders for him to
the house on the banks Of the Tennessee
River which j. u. Cannon mentioned III
his story as the house OF his father.
Sometime in March Gen. j. N. Wilson's
Cavalry Corps received marching orders for
Waterloo: but we took the steamer and
crossed the Tennessee to Chickasaw, Ala.
there we received orders, and they read as
follows: Ease off and prepare for d forced
march"
We received three days rations and off
we went for the front, reaching Selma,
Ala, Sunday, April 2.
The .Johnnics were driven behind their
breastworks. The Union men made a des-
perate charge, storming the works, cap
turing 5000 prisoners and u number Of
guns and ammunition and destroying the
State Arsenal. ii | mistake not, a pom
toon bridge was laid the next day over the
Alabama River, which was very strong at
the time.
We continued our march through Ala
bama to Columbus, Ga, where the John
MES gave us a warm reception and tried TO
destroy the bridge over the ChattahOOchee
River The bridge was prepared, lined
with cotton and pine knots on the inside,
center ready TO be fired but the rebS were
driven through on n dOubc-quick and
didn't have time. Before the JohnnieS
left the bridge on the Georgia side the
Yankees entered on the Alabama side,
with the 9th Iowa Cav. in the lead, If |
mistake not, scattering them in all dlrec-
tons.
So we pressed toward Macon, where we
took Gen. Howell Copp (rcbeD by surprise.
on the night Of April 27 The next morn
ing Copp surrendered his force to Gen.
Wilson, and great luurrah went up by the
boyS.-A. Huber, Co. q, eth Pa. Cav,
Pine Grove, Pa.
Forward, Hoys!'
w. w. Booton, Go. ID, It'll H. Cav, Lon
don Mills, H., writes; "Comrade Spencer,
in criticiZing DIR. Cannon'S story, says AT
no time during the fight ut Franklin were
we driven back one inch He forgets that
the portion OF our division (Hatch - sent
out to protect Schofield'S wagon-train was
being driven back rapidly when we mounted
and formed into line ON the slope of the
hill, then fell back 10 fence and dis
mounted When our mounted men had
retired, exposing to view a line OF mounted
and diSmountcd ConfcdcrateS nearly a
mile long, advancing rapidly and seemingly
in high spirits, were ordered forward
and rushed down the slope, coming to n
swift running stream where the command
heSItated. Mai. Graham, commanding the
eth III. Cav, waved his sword, and rush
ing into the water shouted Forward! boys
Than. Morris, Il brave soldier of our COM
pany, followed close upon the heels OF the
Major, and soon the whole command was
charging up the hill, yelling like demons.
| was on the sl<rmisf-line that night and
put my ear TO the ground and heard the
last rumbhng sound OF the enemy as il
died away in the distance
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was born in New York, and graduated from
West Point in 1915 He served in the Mexi-
can War, and was frevetted twice for gal
lanry. lie was promoted Captain in the
Mounted Rifles in May, 1851, and was on
the staff OF Gen. SturgiS at the battle of
Wilson'S Creek; became Colonel I'd Mich.
Cav, and then Brigade Commander in the
operations against Island No. 10. Was pro
NOTED to Major General Of Volunteers, and
commanded the Reserve CorpS on the
Ch ckamauga campaign. He was brrvetted
Lieutenant Colonel in Regular Army for
distinguished gallantry at Chickamauga,
and assigned to the command of the Fourth
Corps. He fell under Sherman's displeasure,
and was relieved from this. Later he was
in command Of the Thirteenth Corps in the
capture of Mobile, and was brevetted a
Brigadier and Major General for distin-
guished services. Was mustered out of the
volunteer service in 1856, and became
Colonel of the 18th. He died Jan. 10, 1873,
at Santa Fe, n. NJ, aged 50.
and appropriateness, and is generally lack
ing i'll firmncsS and SteadinesS OF will.
He is a temporzing man. breads so heavy
an alternative as is now presented, and
hates to break with McCook and Critten-
den. Besides, there is a more serious obstacle
to his acting decisively in the fact that if
Crittenden and McCOok fled to Chattanooga,
with the sound of artillery i'll their ears, from
that glorious field where Thomas and Granger
were saving their army and their country's
honor, he fled also and although it may be
said IN his excuse that, under the circum-
stances, it was proper for the Commanding
General to go to his base of operations, while
the corps commanders ought 10 remain with
their troops, still he feels that that excuse
cannot entirely clear him either in his own
eyes OK i'll those of the army.
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The Frelinghuysen House-Home Of Four
Cabine Onicers-Arthur's Administ a
tion-Mrs. VIII am c. Whitney a Charm
ing HOstess-A Man Of Letters-The Old
Mansion in Good Hands-The HOOPER
House-President Andrew johnson a
Guest-An Incongruous Mariage-The
English Observation-Disclosures Of Grant
and Sumner-A Secret with Roscoe
Conkling.
Among the houses Of Washington that
have associations Of National in crest at
tached to them is he home Of the Freling-
huysens, 1871 ] street
Many noted men and celebrated women
have met under this roof Four Cabinet
officers have here made homes, two Secre-
taries Of State, Evarts and Frelinghuysen,
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE UNSEEN HAND. BY Lawrence J..
Lynch. Published by Laird & Lee,
Chicago.
HAWAH'S STORY. BY Hawaii's Queen,
Liliuotalani. Published by Lee & Shep-
ard, Boston
One feels "a little curions TO see how a
Queen writes Il book and how. life looks to
her. L'HuOkalan's story is rambling and
mostly given over to unimportant details
but she has some interesting facts about
her island and its people.
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New Head OF the House.
lHdrper's Bdsar. ]

81 have called, Mr.. Jingle" said the tax
collector, ito ask you TO pay this bill for
taxes on your house for 1896"
Take it around to the back door and ask
the cook, said Mr.. Jingle. IF you d lived
here "a hours you'd know, sir, that she
owns the house. I've abdicated."
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EDITORIAL NoTE.-Tha next fnstallment
of the Letters of Charles A. Dana will con-
sist OF interesting d spatches relating to the
beginning OF the siege of Chattanooga and
the reorganization of the Army of the Cum
berland.
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ITO be continued.)

EDITORIAL NOTE Interesting mansions in
old Georgetown will be told of in the next in
stallment Of Historic Homes"
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9p. Mo change of Importance. Rebels
still remain in Chattano ga Valley; report
they had withdrawn erroneous. Telegraph
cut to-day between here and Bridgeport.
New line ordered on north side Tennessee.
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Praise for The National Tribune.

J. L. Rice, Nj. Grove, Mo, writes: Never
were more truthful words spoken than in
the issue in which. speaking of the last
Presidential election, You say 'EXpecta
tons entertained at that time have fallen
short of realization. Dissatisfaction is wide
spread and profound | know this to be
the truth. Nearly year has passed, and
it is still required that the soldier prove a
disability emitting him to $50 per month
i'll order To get Il rating of Sl2."
The National tribune., 1898-03-10

1870 q. m-Advices from Burnside re-
ceived this morning. He was ut Carter's
Depot 3d. had defeated rebels there and
burned bridge. Was about to move hither-
ward with whole available force. VIII
probably get here about Wednesday next
week.
The herald., 1898-04-14
Memphis Race Entries

The following are the races and weights
for the races to be run at Memphis. Tenn.
today. Commissions received and placed
by the Los Angeles Turf club, 143 South
Broadway Gn the rear), where all orders
will be telephoned to Black & Co., rooms
at Agricultural park:
First race, selling, 2-year-olds, four fur
Iongs-Blaze Face, ITO; Cimbrian, lOs; Sa-
gitta, 105; Sir Blaze, 105; Annihilator. 105;
Climacus, 1O3; Logan Laudeman, 1903; Hub
Prather, 101; Grumpy, 1o1; The Kentuck-
ian, 1O1 John Mannion. 100; Onatavia, 90;
The Geezer, 9S; Irene F., 9S.
Second race selling five furlongs-Story
Teller, 112; Wheaton, liz; Raymond F., IN;
Melter. 112; The Brewer, liz; Cuchiching
112; Voyager, 109; Wilfred Laurier, 1O9;
Chauncy Fisher, 109; Refer, 107; Mary
Zeta, 1O7; Miss Floride, 107; Yellow Jacket
1O7; Celia B., 107; Belle Ward. 1O7; Lennep
107
Third race, Ardelle stakes. 2-year-olds
four furlongs-Ruth Black, LIS; Bridal
Tour Brennan entry, lis; Clara Fields
rs; Matanza, lis; Our Nellie, 115; Lady
Memphis, lis; Willy Howard (Schorrs en-
try). lis; Gay Parisienne, lis; Lizzie Kelly
lis.
Fourth race, the Country Club handicap
one mile-Ornament. 125; Good Times, lO6
Buckvidere, 102; Judge Steadman, 81.
Fifth race, selling, seven furlongs-Nim-
rod. 1OS: Van Brunt, LOG; Jane, 1903; Irksome
1903: Whirlaway, 103; Mover, 103; Kruna
1902: Leonisus, 101; Cave Spring, 101; High
Test, 101; Gold Corn, SO.
Sixth race, selling, one mile-Remp, lO9;
Johnny McHale, 80; Rob Roy H., 96; Tole
Simmons, 81; Oninoor, 81; Blitheful, 81; Tom
Lilly, go.
weather clear; track fast.
The herald., 1898-04-14
THE PRINCETON PETITION
Leads Prof. Shields Out of the Presby.
terian Church

WILMINGTON, Del, April 13.-Bishop
Coleman was notified today by letters from
Bishop Potter of New York that Prof.
Charles Shields of Princeton Theological
Seminary has been received into the Epis-
copal church and was recently confirmed
by Bishop Potter. Prof. Shields is the man
who Joined with Grover Cleveland in sign
ing petition for liquor license for Prince
ton Inn. He was once Moderator Of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church. His action in signing the petition
for a license for Princeton Inn caused much
adverse criticism. At a meeting Of the
New York Synod Of the United Presbyter-
ian church, held in Jersey City, October 1st
last, the Committee on Reform created a
sensation by its reference to Prof. Shields
course. Its report read:
words fail US to express our sorrow and
amazement. We enter emphatic protest
against the appearance of this monste,
Oiquor) under the sanction of profes.
sors of American Protestant institutions
of education"
Prof Shields on October 25 authorized the
statement that 'in consequence of the I'm.
Just, unconstitutional and defamatory'
action" of certain presbyteries and synods
involving his good name, he had decided
for his own personal protection to separate
himself from the Presbyterian church.